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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-08-29
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY
GENERAL TO RESIGN

Washington.-E. Marvin Underwood,
assistant attorney general, has an.
nounced he would resign August 81.
Mr.. Underwood declined to say what
his plans were. It WIS understood he
will become general couls sci for a raj
road. Mr.. Underwood gave up the
practice of law in Atlanta, February
"a, 1914, to accept his present position.
He has taken part in n number of
cases under Attorn'y &c leral Gregory.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-08-29
ITALIAN DRIVE CONTINUES
ON OTHER BATTLE FRONTS,

The great offensive of the Italians
from the region of Tolmino to the
head of the Adriatic sea is going on
despite the stubborn resistance of the
Austrians and the difficulty of the
terrain.
Meanwhile, the British and French
forces in Belgium and on the sectors
of Lens and Verdun in France again
have made progress against the Ger
mans and also have held all the
ground they won in recent fighting.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-08-29

Need of a million and a half differ.
emit wooden garments for use in tbe
trenches of France and Russia, empha.
sized in a cablegram from those conn.
tries, has caused Durham people to
start a second Red Cross campaign.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-08-29

The Southern Methodist missionary
conference, which opened at Lake
Junaluska August IL came to a close
Mills of Washington, D. c., who spoke
on international good will as promot~
ed in mission bands by missionaries"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-08-29
OLD NORTH STATE NEWS
Brief Notes Covering Happenings In
This States That Are of Interest to
All the People.

R. L. Matheson, sheriff, of Alexan-
der county, died suddenly at his home
at Taylorsville.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-08-29

Secretary Daniels announced that
Edward E. Britton, editor of the News
and Observer for several years. has
been selected as his private secretary.
Mr.. Britton takes the place of Frank
Smith, who goes to New York to enter
a business career.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-08-29

The prospects seem bright for the
addition of a domestic science course
to the school of Cornelius.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-08-29

A "big drive" was made in Washing
ton county last week in the interest Of
food production and conservation the
County Food Conservation Commits
sion held a number of meetings at
strategic points throughout the coun-
ty at which agricultural experts ana
we'll known speakers discussed wit:
the farmers the demands of the food
situation and plans for meeting it.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-08-29

Governor T. W. Beckett, who has
shown interest in the agricultural de-
velopment of the state and especially
In increased food production and CEN
servation during the present emer-
gency, has Vol the sobriquet, "Ae-i-
cultural Governor" has promise o
deliver an address at the farmers and
farm women's convention which will
be he'll at the A. & E. College, the
28-30th inst.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-08-29

Report OIL the development of the
Columbia fArm loan bank in North
Carolina, Soath Carolina, Georgia and
Florida has been issued by F. j. Won
Engelken, president. The report shows
that ffty-ive associations have zen
chartered in the foul states as fol-
lows: South Carolina, seventeen;
North Caroline, t~wentysi1; Georgia,
eight and Florida, four. The total
amount granted for each state is as
follows: South Carolina, 631,77S;
North Carolina, S89,33o; Florida, $685.
$50: Georgia. s12s.sSo.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-12

firearms instead OF one where shells
were made and fIIed. there might be
more reason attached to the claim that
deep laid plot to wipe out the plant
employed there. But such was not
the case. The very business itself was
hazardous. There were explosives re-
quired to make the completed article
and all that was needed to accomplish
the terrific destruction that was caused
was already in the building SO that
the chances of the horror resulting
from accident are as good IL not better
than those that 1t was done inten-
tionally unless there is something sub
stantial in the way of proof.
It is a pitiful tale which comes from
that Pennsylvania town where women
dead and injured. and even with the
officials inclined to the belief that what
was at first thought to be accidental Is
now considered to- have been in
territorial, 1t is plainly evident
that there must be conducted an In
vestigation which will determine. If
such a thing is possible, just what the
trouble was and upon whom the re-
sponsibility can be placed. It is need
ed not solely to clear up any uncer-
tainty which exists regarding this
particular AFFAIR. but for the purpose
of making anything like 1t i'm
possible in other establishments of the
kind
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-12
THOSE ANNOYING PARENTS

The girl in the plaid skirt frowned
fiercely. Il am so tired" she an
nounced, .'of fathers who have sue
cessfuliy worked their way up from
poverty stricken boyhoodi / 1ou't
know of any wet blanket that Is more
drenching than a father who had to
get up at 4:s0 winter mornings to
milk the cows!"
II know just how you fee1!" chinned
in the curly headed girl. My father
aHe can't begin to compare with
n1ine!" declared the plaid girl f1erceiy.
st can't for the life of me see why a
father couldn't sometimes be rich and
lazy from the time he was born, ant
they don't seem to grow that wayi
There must have been a perfectly aw-
full lot of poor families forty years
or SO ago-I never heard of a single
father who ever thought of sleepir g
later than 6 o'clock in the morning!
Why, nay father doesn't go quite SO
far as saying that he lay awake anxi-
ously all night for fear he wouldn't
hear the clock strike 4, heralding he
dawn, but he strongly suggests it,
"He says 1t is a sign of the dread
full degeneracy of this age when am
late for O'Clock breakfast, and ySu
would think he was suffering an Al
tack of apoplexy when notice is sent
home once or twice a week that /
have been late to school! He tells
how he always was eager to get up in
the early dark of morning and that
nothing ground his proud spirit more
than being Obliged to stay in he'd
aftS- he was once awake!
My goodness he says. What are
we coming to? Why 1 had to tumble
out of bed in an ice cold room with
frozen water in the pitcher and go
cut and feed ten horses and fifteen
cows and all the pigs beSare 1 got a
bite of breakfast 1 never knew what
it was like in winter to eat breakfast
except by candle light! And clothes!
If you can't have a change of apparel
for each individual function you con-
slider yourself disgracedI Why, when
I was a boy 1 was lucky if 1 got one
new suit of jeans a yeari And 1 had
to wear heavy knitted socks instead of
these cobwebby silk affairs, and I had
a 25 cent made up necktie that lasted
five yearsi'"
That sounds perfectly familiar"
chinned in the curly headed girl.
What my father RACES about in par
ticular are amusements. Almost any
thing will arouse my father into a
perfect fury against the way young
people squander money on movies and
theatres and things. He says that
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-12
VIOLATING THE EMsAReo.

Ever since this country has been en-
forcing the embargo on the shipment
of arms and ammunition to Mexico
there have been indications from time
to time that plans were not only being
made to disregard the order but that
consignments of both were reaching
those in Mexico who were engaged in
revolutionary operations. Such meant
of course that in case of this country
experiencing further trouble from that
direction that it's troops would be sub
ject to attack with munitions which
had been manufa ctured in their own
country.
The enforcement of the embargo
has therefore been a duty to which
this government has been forced to
give much attention. How well it's
suspicious have been justified and. how
carefully its interests have been guard
ed is now revealed by the overhaul
ing by two United States destroyers
of a schooner destined for the west
coast of Mexico with a cargo OF am
munition.
This calls not only for the confisca-
ton of the intercepted shipment but
the running down and punishment of
those who were involved therein. and
this does not apply solely to those
who were caught with the goods for
it is plain that there are others higher
UP who unquestionabiy are more re-
SponSible than those who were in
charge of the vessel 1t has been fire.
quently claimed that revoIutionists in
Mexico have received their encourage
ment and support from this side of
the line. Such might be possible
without transgressing the law, but at
the present time with the embargo in
effect it is a glaring infraction and
one which should be treated with full
regard for the nature of the offense.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-12
STATE MANAGERS.

Many experiments have been at
tempted in the past few years for the
Improvement of municipal government
and the adoption of business methods
in connection Herewith. These
have included the commission form
of city government and the city
manager plan and where they
have been introduced the results have
varied in accordance with the support
which has been given to them and in
accordance with the kind of men who
have been selected to assume these
responsibilities, 1t being recognized
that where the same political domina
ton prevails as under the old methods
and where the same type of men is
selected to handle the reins. it makes
little difference what sort of a char
ter or form of government a city is
operated under.
But apparently inspired by the re-
suits which have been obtained by a
city manager, the Kansas legislature
has decided to extend such an idea
to state government and the law which
has been passed to that effect has re-
ceived the approval of the governor.
Kansas thus indicates that it wants
the commonwealth conducted upon
the same sound and sensible basis
that a corporation with as great in
terests at stake would he. and the fact
that the legislature has approved of it
indicates that those who have been
profiting in the past from the public
crib are prepared to make the sacri-
fee which must go with the chang
and place their own interests second
to those Of the state. For that rea-
son the experiment which Kansas is
about to make will be watched with
keen interest throughout the country.
Kansas has signified its willing
ness to be the dog for the testing of
such a plan.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-12

best of all fertilizers. The owners of
coal, ice and lumber companies, am
of delivery concerns who employ many
horses and thus have much manure
to dispose of, usually sell it at a good
price.
The human food need is so great
this year, however, that quantities of
this manure should go to those culti-
waiting back yard and vacant lot gar
dens- The man who can provide free
manure to gardeners who cannot af-
ford to buy it, will be a real public
benefactor.
Another necessary item for the new
gardener is lime. Particularly in va
cant lots in which the ground has
not been stirred in years, the soil is
apt to be acid. If it is sour and acid
soil which the novice gardener under
takes to cultivate. he will be disap-
pointed with results.
Fortunately the Inning of garden
eol' is not an expensive proposition.
pound OF lime only costs a penny
or so in bulk quantities. and a pound
Of 1t will sweeten 80 square feet OF
ground.
Pants are like animals in that you
must feed them if they are to thrive.
There is Il certain amount of plant
food in soil, but additional plant fer
tIl1Zer-put into the ground will pro-
duce greater crops.
In this connection there is an eco
nom1cal and an extrs VACANT way of
IF you scatter manure broadcast over
your garden before spading it, that is
wasteful. The better way is to spade
me manure only into the plant rows.
The fertilizer between the rows is
largely wasted
Every gardener should know of the
rtore of fertilizer which he can get
by the expenditure of a little effort
This fertilizer is called humus and it
consists of rotting vegetable matter in
the soil.
Thus in spading up a garden all of
the sod, dried grass and stalks of
plants should be spaded in. This
process not only restores TO the soil
the actual plant food which is in this
vegetable matter, but it makes the
soil more friable and easier for the
plant roots to penetrate If, and it does
more-it actually acts as a producer of
nitrogen from the air. Nitrogen is
one of the most valuable and most
expensive or fertilizer elements
In the rotting humus billions of
microscopic -germs-come to
live. Each tiny organism breathes of
the air that filters down through the
soil and fixes an infinitesimal amount
of the airs nitrogen in its bodv in
sdch form that the plant root can feed
upon it.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-12
THE DEADLY, MINE.

Not only the submarine but the mine
has played a much greater part in
the present war than il has ever done
before. 1t has been used without re-
gard to what the consequ ences might
be upon neutrals and it has been re-
sponsible for the sinking of much VAL
liable shipping and the loss of many
lives And at the present time the
Germans have by no means abandoned
1t for the submarine. Rather are they
making use of it in connection with
the ruthless naval warfare, and what
desperate chances are being taken in
order to derive the greatest results
from it is clearly disclosed in the tale
which is told on the return trip of the
American liner St Louis to this coun-
try after having miraculous1y escaped
trouble from such a source as it was
about to enter British port A rusty
looking tramp flying a dirty Norwegian
flag had been discovered throwing bar
rels overheard and each of these bar
rels had been found to contain mine
When inquiry was made regard
ing this harmless looking declxioad it
was claimed that the barrels contained
fish destined for Cardiff but there was
little in the way of an explanation
which could be offered when the rea-
son for throwing them overheard be-
fore reaching their destination was
sought.
Mine sweepers succeeded in gather
ing in something less than d hundred
Of these barrels. but it is supposed
that it was one of them which the
New York encountered in that same
locality and. it all shows how little re-
gard is paid to the rights of shipping
when such dastardly efforts are put
forth and when such a powerful aux
iliary to the submarine is employed
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-12
Unity DEMANDED.

There has been considerable said
since congress declared this country
in a state of war about the organizing
of a coalition government. That
would mean the calling to the govern
ment's assistance of those who could
be of the greatest aid to the nation
during the war regardless of party
lines, but in the position which this
country has taken party lines not only
should, but must be, abolished. The
country must stand solidly back of
the administration and those who are
directing its affairs. 1t isn't necessary
to call republicans to places in the
cabinet simply because they are re-
publicans. The time has arrived when
the coalition of the whole country is
demanded.
Unity has been the watchword in
the past and it should be at the pres
ent time. and in dwelling upon this
Elihu Root. in his address before the
Republican club of New York. struck
a keynote. as he has on many other
occasions. when he said I'VE as re-
publicans, Danish from our hearts all
thought of partisanship and pledge
ourselves to do our duty to our coun-
try in good repute or i'll repute, in
success or failure. That is the way
that the republican party must show
mat it loves this country more than
it loves place and power"
Such of course is the only position
to be taken for as Mr.. Root said in
praising the stand which the presi-
dent had taken in his message, we are
fighting for liberty and justice as
against oppression and barbarism, the
liberty of mankind and the ideals of
America, and that cannot be split on
the rocks of partisan politics. For
the time being the country must put
partisanship behind it and present
united front.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-12

when he was boy an entertainment
in the schoolhouse reused the neighbor-
hood to a regular fever of excitement
and the girls pressed their one dress
each for days and days ahead and the
boys pomaded their hair every night
for a week preparing for the grand
spiurge.
And if the horses were tired he
would walk fifteen miJesI think he
said fifteen, but it may have been
three-through the snow or mud up TO
his neck to get to that schoolhouse
entertainment And it didn't cost him
cent to hear Mary Jane Seymour
recite The Face Against the Pane or
listen to Elmer Todd play Home.
Sweet Home on his flute. For the
life of him he can't see why we do
not get up nice, simple entertainments
like those now instead of insisting on
going to shows at $3.50 a seat! He
says he has his suspicious of Tom
Gragney. who took me to the opera
several times-when he was a boy if
he had spent more than a quarter to
take a girl to show his relatives
would have inquired into the matter.
You know he got his start working in
slept on a cot in the rear of the office
to save room rent. And out of the IS
a month he managed to save some
thing like $500 a year, So when he
came to Chicago"
81 know" cried the plaid girl.
When he came to Chicago he didnt
know soul and had only $40 to his
name-and look at him now! That's
what mine always tells my brother
when he asks for $40 to pay his first
dues! It's perfectly terrible. Your
mother, my father says to me, your
mother when she was a girl. didn't
have 10 cents for spending money a
year! She did all the homework for
fourteen people because her mother
was an invalid, and when there were
thra shers she cooked the dinners for
thirty folks besides and never batted
an eyeiash, and she always looked neat
as a pin and we'll dressed in her cali
CO gowns and she put up 500 jars of
preserves.
And had ten pieced quilts, three
bedspreads and dozens and dozens of
ACE edged pillowcases in her trous-
seau when she got married. chimed
in the curly haired girl dolefully. Say,
what chance have we got anyhow"
Well" said the plaid girl with a
long sigh, I'd feel lots worse about It
if it wasn't for one thing, I've decides
that when fathers talk to us they kind
of get into the habit OF sort of exag-
erating!"-Chicago News.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-12
THE WAR PRIMER
By National Geographic Society

Corunna, the Spanish seaport from
which Ambassador Gerard took pass
age is the subject of the following
war geography bulletin issued by the
National Geographic Society:
This city is by no means the most
important of 1berian coast towns.
~hough it has a long and interesting
history Situated on a tongue of land
between the Bays of Ei Orzan and La
Bahia at almost the extreme northwest
ZIP of the Iberian Peninsula, Corunna
is the chief city of the province of
Galicia and the seat of it's captain
general
"Galicia was once an independent
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-12
HOME GARDENS
Fertilizer.

This is an appeal to public spirited
citizens of Norwich to aid the home
gardening movement by providing fer
tilizer for those who cannot afford to
buy it.
problem this year. The prices of it
are very high. 1t is out of the ques
ton even to think of potash, which
is one of the necessary fertilizer .ele-
ments, for the war has put it's price
beyond reason-in fact, there is lit
tie potash to be had at any price.
But there is one commodity which
exists in considerable quantities in
every city, and that IS manure. the
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-12
IL EpoYsToNE HORROR.

On account of the tcrrors which
have been set loose in the prosecution
of the war and the handicapping of
the enemy, conclusions are quickly
jumped at following such a horrible
catastrophe as that which occurred in
the munitions factory at Eddystone,
Pa. but sober judgment is neverthe-
less called for. Had it been a plant
where explosives were not utilized
such as a factory for the making of
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-12

to get more.
Trying to push saloon up against
the armory in these times, is monkey
ing with the buzz saw. If the man
sense enough to realize that without
being told, his fellow liquor dealers
ought to take him aside and whisper
gently in his ear-for the sake of the
Observation-Disclosures Telegram.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-12

Of~course everything strange in the
shape of a vessel will hcnceforth be
put down as German raider. the
same as every ripple on the water last
summer was a shark.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-12

Taking the report Of either side, it
becomes quite evident that the war
has been pretty much up in the air
over on the other side for the past
several days.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-12

Germany cannot get much satisfac-
ton out of the speech of the head of
the new Russian government when he
urges that nation to stick to the allies
to the finish.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-12

That one other American ship which
Senator McCumber wanted sunk be-
fore congress took action has been put
under the waves before Germany had
a chance to hear about the challenge.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-12

Regardless of the way Germany feels
about 1t. it cannot overlook the fact
that it was the only belligerent that
kept urging the United States into the
WAL
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-12

From the way in which some of the
militiamen are shooting themselves
and their comrades. they appear to
be able to hit what they aim at.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-12

The worst thing about that Wash
ington story that General Wood is t.
be retained at his present post is thai
it is an incorrect report and not tht
truth
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-12

There are fears now of a shortage
of tin in this country. but not the
kind which makes the mare go.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-12

The man on the corner says: Man
might pay more attention TO his con-
science If It. were to blow a horn.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-12
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Winter wins in proving that 1t can
come back. but it is a safe bet that it
cannot stay.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-12
Civ of Norwich Water Works

Office of
Board of Water Commissioners.
Norwich, Conn. April 1. 1917.
Water rates for the quarter ending
March 81, 1917. are due and payable
at tia office April !. 1917. Office open
from t.30 u. m. until p. IN.
Additions will be made to all bills
remaining unpaid after April 20. 1917.
CHARLES w. BURTON. Cashier.
apr3d
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-12
OTHER VIEW POINTS

Stopping an annual waste of seven
hundred million dollars of foodst uffs
in American homes-the estimate of
the Washington experts-is one way
of offsetting shortage of production.
1t may be said that the figures are
based upon guesswork. But enough is
known bout American habits to make
a charge of wastefulness hold. Today
is the best time for taking up the
question of economy. Every house
keeper who uses material previously
thrown away helps the country
Providence Bulletin.
A Bridgeport saloon keeper wants a
transfer of his license to a location
near the armory. Military men oppose
the transfer for obvious reasons.
For the sake of himself and the sake
of his kind not to mention any issues
Of patriotism that may be involved,
this saloon keeper should be given
prompt permission to withdraw his
application.
Any one who wants to know what
war does to the liquor business need
only cast his eye on Europe Let our
country get well involved in war, and
brewers, distillers and dispensers of
liquor will have a hard fight to save
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-12

VERGE a. VERcI
In the Novel Comedy Skit
A 10Th CENTURY ELoPEMENT
Special Scenery and Effects
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-12
DAVIS
BIG SURPRISE BILL

DOROTHY SouTHERh TRIO
Three Beautiful Girls in q Hish
Glass Musical Offering
Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-12
CONSTANCE TALMADeE

eETsYs BURGLAR
The Thrilling Adventures Of al
Slave Whose Love and Wealth
Comes True in Five Part Triangle
Feature.