Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-11-07
Domestic


the farmers has been changed from
April to January l. The change IS
deemed advisable because the farmer
is ucually busy in the spring.
Congress will be aske dior an APP
preparation of ten millions of dollars
for further extending the government
tai forest reservations not alone for
watershed protection, but to assure
ample supplies Of -hardwoods and
spruce.
Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, author
and poetess, died at her home, The
Bungalow, in Branford, Conn. She had
been i'll for many months as result
Of overwro kduring the war.
The agricultural department at
Washington has issued an order per-
hitting the shooting of of fish-eat-
ing birds at government fish hatcher
les. The permission is now effective.
Rationing of sugar to manufacturers
of candy, soft drinks and the like is
soon to be suggested by the sugar
equalization board. This step re-
suits from the fact that raw sugar
has risen beyond the point where it
can be bought advantageously for the
home.
All people who want to go to for
eign nations, even to Cuba, must have
passports, and must give a good rea-
son for the intended visit. This an
nouhcement is made by the secretary
of state at Washington in answer to
many inquiries.
General Pershing, who is now busy
completing his final report on the
work of the American expeditionary
forces, will visit Atlanta, Ca, some
time this fall in general tour of
army environments, supply depots and
munition factories.
Quintard hall, the main barracks of
Sewanee military academy, Sewanee,
Tenn, in which 120 acdets and tn >
faculty were Quartered, was Quilted
by fire. There was no loss Of life, but
many Of the students lost their cloth
! ing.
With 15 known dead and six or more
missing, only time can bring an ac-
curate count of the toll Of the great
seas which bodily lifted the Crosby
passenger steamer Muskon and smash
ed her to pieces on the piers at the
entrance of Muskegon harbor, Mich.
Scores of persons were injured in a
pitched battle between 1000 striking
longshoremen and several hundred
men who were on their way to work
at the Bush Terminal dock in Brook
lyn. Between fifty and one hundred
revolver shots were fred, and sticks,
stones, bricks and clubs were used by
the combatants. Police reserves were
summoned and ten arrests were made.
Holding that the war prohibition act
of November 81, 1918, violates the
fifth amendment to the constitution,
Judge Walter Evans, in federal dis
trict court in Louisville. KY, granted
q temporary injunction to the Ken
lucky Distilleries and Warehouse COM
pany, restraining Elwood Hamilton,
internal revenue collector for Ken
lucky, from interfering with removal
from bond Of 100000 gallons of
whisky valued at approximately $751;
100000 held by the company,
A plea for application of the prin-
ciples of Christianity to the political
and Industrial problems now confront
ing the nations was made by Secretary
Daniels In an address to the western
North Carolina Methodist conference.
General Persh.ng has prepared rec
Gommend atoms dealing with the reor-
ganizaticn Of the army and other
phases td the military establishment,
including the question of increased
pay for I'LL ranks, which he win pre-
sent to he congressional military COM
mittees.
senator Miles Poindexter, Of Wash
ington, In statement to the people
of the United States, announced his
candidacy for the republican nomina-
tion for president. and presented q
platform q policies and principles.
which ne win advocate In his cam
paiEn.