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Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-09
PRODUCE THE FACTS.

When President Wilson leaves it to the people of Missouri to decide who is right concerning what he said to the Rumanian and Serbian delegates in France about which doubt has been thrown by the assertions of Senator Spencer and the denials by the president, the people in Missouri insist upon being shown But it is matter that reaches beyond the borders of that state Senator Spencer has not been making the statements with the knowledge that he was dealing in falsehoods He is guided by stenographic reports of the speech as revealed fro nthe French ac- count of the conference and it doesn't answer the senator's statements to say that they are false.
 The president in his speech abroad was apparently explaining how the league would operate to those who need ed to be convinced and if the French re- port is correct he gave. those delegates | to understand what this country would
 be obliged to do under the provisions oi the covenant should certain conditions arise.
 l DclIiS ltio case ne WAS pfOIllSlHf them that the army and navy of tn, | United States would be subject to cal
 to Europe. Though the same use of tht
 presidents speech abroad has been mad by others before Senator Spencer n' denial of its accuracy has beer t3re~oiusly mace. The president TOW re
 lies upon the mere declaration that h
 did not say what he is alleged by tn
 French report to have said
 Enier the circumstances it would ap
 pear to be the proper thing to do to le it be known what the president by hi
 owr admission did say. The fact tha
 he refrains from doing this leads to tn conclusion that it was not intended fo 'A home sconsunlption and that it simpl
 would confirm, what is so generally be lieyed, fsthat the protection oi our ow
 interests requires that We keep out C the league. .
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-09
MAKING ANTHRACITE FROM BlTuMlNous COAL

sThird-The roasting or carbenixing of I these hriauets and Fourth1The recovery of the gases and taFs produced by the double earpeniza- ! ton and the distillatieR of the tar for briquet pitch needed in the second step. | The Clihchfeld plant covers some twen- ty acres. This Is mere than enough land for the plant, but allows for extensive future expansion. Space is provided for ] a large coal storage. The coal will be brought from the mines a few miles | away and either handled by locomotive ] cranes in the storage yard or brought
 directly to the ceal-crvshiHg plant at the f primary retert building Here the coal | is elevated from track hopper to a
 large coal crusher, and again eleyated and distributed by eonveyers to stx so-
 ton feed. hopper bins located In the two primary .retert buildings. The reterte, 24 | in number, are built in batteries of six. | arranged in two gropPs of tive batteries, | Overhead and between the rsws of re- I terts thus formed are the Se-ten feed Il bins, three bins te each building and its i2 reterts. It takes nearly three hours | for the coal to travel through the re-
 tofts and the distillatien temperatuFe Is
 about $50 to s5e degrees r. The caRac- ity of each retort is an easy ton per hour and the coal is reduced ffem an I initial volatile of, say, se per cent Co about 8 to 10 per cent.
 Gas for starting up the reterts and for
 emergency, is furnished by two sets of
 wator=gas generators A 300 boiler
 Horsepower plant with emergency power | generating unit a large spray pend, a water. pumping station, completely equipped laboratory, . large machine shop and storagehouses complete the 1 slart.
 The town. is built on hillside over
 looking and adjacent to the plant. II
 consists of the general office buildings = steres bankhouses, about 20 modeFr i. bungalows. managers house hrehouse : garages, mess hall. clubhouse and other ,, buildings. Every possible comfort if provided
 r Based on the recovery obtained from
 commercial apparatus of practically tht , same size and type as that now ready al ! tHinchfield, the following conservative : yields are expected from the 500 tons ot 2 coal per day put through the process: 4arbocal .............. 42o toni . lar ..................... l6,2oo gallons 5 Gas. .5,4oo, ,eee GU. ft. day-55o B. T. U
 Concentrated ammonia, I 1.seo gallens--1s per cent d l Tar Oils .....,. .......s,... sI00 gallons : Afetor spirits ........r,.-. 12eb galloni Il A glance at the quantity of these read r fly salable precincts will explain why tn f process is commercially practicable
 There is no other process which can ob '- tain such high yields of by-products am
 at the same time convert the coal int h } product equal in all resBeets to anthra s cite The general use of the process i a lahis country and other countries, provid
 Ing as it does for the conservation of an l.; the production of a slnekeless fuel is no
 liar of.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-09
A City of Nine-PIus Lives.

Milan early earned position of leadership among surrounding cities. a leadership, however, which did not go unchallenged. The city has been de- stroyed many times, once by league of neighboring towns, and at other times by alien conquerors, After each destruc- ton it has sprung up on a seemingly frmer foundation to achieve greater pop vlaFity and more far-reaching infiu- 'nee.
 Apart from any reputation Milan may have gained as an index to indus trial unrest, it is a leader among Ital-
 Ian cities in other respects. Indeed, the sIilaLese insist that their city, their ,.apitale morale is the very heart ant head of Italy's modern life and activity first i'll industry, first in municipa yrogresg, first in political importance
 Even at the beginning of the eleventh century Milan was of some importanc, iadustrially, it's handicraft workers turning cut textiles. arms and jewelry Tile innumerable wars to which Italial cities an1 provinces were subjected
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-09
GEORGIA AGAINST THE LEAGUE.

When Maine in its recent state elee-i tion went overwhelmingly republican af-' ter g. campaign which was waged on na- tional issues it was maintained by the democrats in their disappointment that 9 republican victory was expected there for Maine is a republican stronghold Whatever the excuses that have been of fered there is 10 lodging the fact that the democrats were much disappointed over the fact that their candidates made such a poor showing and that the people of the state indicated by their votes that they were strongly for republican prin- ciples
 It is little different tale but one with the same sort of an ending, simi- lar disclosures and equally great disap- poirtment that comes from Georgia. This is one of the rockribbed democratic states, & commonwealth where demo- cratic sentiment can be expected to be displayed if anywhere, and yet Georgia's verdict on the league of nations is the same as Maine's.
 l Georgia has not had an election yet | but it has had two significant primaries, and nomination in Georgia on the democratic ticket is of course the same as an election. In that state the fgh; surrounds the nomination rather thar the election and it is not to be overlook. ed that in the naming of candidates fel United States senator and for governor men were selected who are strongly op. posed to the league of nations and Yhc made their campaigns on that as wei as other issues. -7
 The result is that expressions have been secured from betl extremes. those who live in 9 state that is admittedly republican and those who live in a stat, that is equally strong the other way. I not only discloses what the people oi these states think about the league ana it's dangers and what they intend to dt in the way of sending representatives tt oppose it whether republican or demo crat but it gives an added reason as tt why Governor Cox thinks it necessary to take a swing down through the solic south, and to make all sorts of claim. as to what effect the league would hav, upon the price of cotton.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-09
CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 1. 1920
 l0,956
BE MADE AND STUDY THE MA
 CHINE.

IL IS a capital provision that has been made for having the voting machines demonstrated during the days that vot- CTS are being made. It is the new voter who is going to want instructions in the use of the machines. the simplicity in the operation of which cannot fail to appeal to all who are planning to use it.
 With the 1000 or more to-be-mades ap- bearing at the town hall to qualify and take the electors oath the necessary time should be taken to get acquainted with the machine understand what is re- guired of the voter and learn how to op- crate it in anticipation of election day. No one who does not know how to vote by machine should think of waiting un- til election day 10 find out. The time to do it is in advance, when there is plen- ty of time to explain all, the details, to answer questions and to show just what the individual does in casting his or her ballot. Such instructions are necessary and advantage should be taken in full of the demonstration.
 No better time could be set for such a purpose since the machine is shown at the town hall and it is there that all must go in order to be made voters. Thus it will be possible to kill two birds with one stone.
 Today marks the opening of the period for the making of voters An unusually long list is before the board to be made Having applied for the opportunity to qualify as a voter each and every one should make an effort to be made A larger proportion of the. to-b -Tnades car be expected before the board this year since it is the first opportunity follow ing the passage of the suffrage amend. mont for women 10 obtain the full right Those who have made application should remember that they are not voters and that they will not be until they are sworn in. That requirement should be attended to as early as possible during the next ten days, the, board being ir session today also October II, 13, 1t and 1s.
 All should bear an mind not to wal until the last day and to get acquainted with the voting machine
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-09
OUR POPULATION.

In population the United States did not grow as fast as it was fguped that it would during the past decade. It did not grow as fast as it did in the two previous decades else We would have been numbering no, O00 ,O09 instead of few hundred thousand less than 106 ,oe9,- 900
 Quite in keeping with what was to be expected, however, aEe the figures which show that more than half of the popula- ton of the country now lives in other than rural territory
 The fact that the country does not show the growth that was anticipated and that the people have moved into the cities can be attributed in a large de- gree to the effects of the war Large gains that were made each year through immigration were almost wiped out dur ing tho war and with the losses through casualties and disease which were both far above normal the reason for the sluinn is apparent. .,,.t-
 Likewise when 1t Is found that the cit ies are now showing more than half the people of the country, it is recognized that it was the high wages paid by the industries of the country turning out wal
 
 material that made it next to impossible for those living in rural districts to re- sist the cali. Having gone to the cities the census found them still there without accurately disclosing just what the re- adjustment is going to result in
 The census came at time to disclose peculiar conditions. Not only did it fint The cities swelled by the inflow from tn. rural sections but it found many state! with unusually large gains This was due 10 the activity of war industries and il is a question how large a propor ton of such abnormal gains are going t, be held. The past ten years would hay. sho~n different gain but for the wa and the next ten will undoubtedly mak, up for it. Instead of paying too mucl attention to numbers. however, there i need that We give the proper amount o attention to the standard of our citizen ship and see that that doesn't slid backward.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-09

Appearing lately in the various tech nical and trade journals have been nu- merous articles dealing with and set ting forth the advantages of the low temperature carbonizatien of coal, writes M. M: Brandegee in the Manufacturers Record. More frequent reference is also being mdae to he briQuetting Of fuels. 1t | is probable that few indeed realize or know that the government now owns the largest plant in the world combining the practical application of both as carried out under the Smith" patents.
 | The plant is situated at South CliEoh- | field Russell County, Va, about fifty miles northwest of Bristol, Tenn, and almost in the heart of the coal mining
 region. It will be operated for the gov
 erH4aent by the Glinchfield Carbocoal
 Cooperation. which, in turn, is under the supervision of the parent concern the International Coal Products Corporation | The plant is the direct outcome of over I five years large-scale experimenting al l Irvington, N. J. experiments costing Hundreds of thousands of dollars hut
 successful to a high degree Using the process developed and perfected by the latter corporation the new plant will daily convert five hundred tons of high volatile hitumiHous coal to 'carbo-coal and resulting by-products., .~e,,. 2
 ''Garboceal'' is the trade name for g
 smokeless fuel sold in briquet form, but
 differing decidedly in properties ane
 mode Of manufacture from the usual
 briquet fuels now on the market It is es-
 sentially kind of free-bqrninge com
 pressed coke, and has been demonstrated
 to De superior to or at least the equal e natural anthracite. '
 Carbeeeal has successfully been uset l for steaIning locomotive and dornestit purposes. Since it is hard and dense, i readily stands transportation, and re
 quiring only very slightly larger dis
 placement per ton than the coal iron
 which it is made, can be shipped unde
 the freight rates applying to coal Thi
 fact makes it possible to locate sucl
 plants at the mines. if desired, rathe that at points near the market.
 The present plant, located as 1t is
 within a few miles of the mines, ca easily reach the markets of Georgia Fqerida Virginia, Tennessee, North an South Carolina, and then north by wa of Cincinnati to those of Ohio, Indian and Eastern Illinois. Tfdewater , reached at Norfolk or Charleston.
 } It should be emphasized that the pre- , cess is applicable to a great number an variety of different coals Iignites an , low-grade fuels. For this specific plan , as above noted, a hlSh volatile bitun1ir ous coal is used which is unhtted fc 7 coke oven use without the addition ( low volatile coal. '' '' .4 , 1 The Smith" process may be summal
 ! ized as follows:
 | First-A primary distillation in whic : the coal passing through coptinuou , low temperature reterts is reduced to 7 semi=coke called seni=earbeeoal.' Second-The briquetting of the crusl ! ed semi-carbocoal with pitch.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-09
Stories That Recall Others
ExeaFated.

The children in this grace are required 10 use the words of their spelling les son in sentences to show that they know the meaning of the words
 Excavated was one of the new words of the lesson. HenFy's dictionary said 'excayated' meant "hollowed out" so Henry wrote this sentence:
 This morning George hit Robert in the stomach and he excavated."
 Poor Excuse.
 The wife was one too many for the head of the house in his efforts to get sn occasional night at the club.
 My dear he remarked the other day T have only just realized how imperfcc, am in my knowledge" |, His wife agreed. No. man. continued the husband ought to assume that his education is l finished. As for myself, I Gm going tc forge ahead and take up the study oi astronomy"
 The look in his wife's eyes beeamq more eaglelike than ever. Her voic, assumed a cold, hard tone. Her bacI | stiffened. Benjamin" she thandered, you mus J try again. That excuse for staying ou late. at night won't do.' The majority of workers in copnel | saines are immune from typhoid.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-09
THE GROWING CHILD
School Children Should be Vaccinated
By the U. S. Public Health Service

School Children Should be vaccinated
 Very few people today have seen E. case of smallpox, because, as re- suit of vaccination, civilized lands have almost no smallpox within their borders. Before vaccination was dis covered and praetieed, however, one tenth of all deaths were caused by smallpox. In Russia, in those days, but of every seven children born, one flied of smallpox, In the eighteenth Century (befeFe vaccination was .prac- lieed) sixty million people died Of smallpox.
 In e17o7, there was an epidemic of ,mallpox in Iceland, and out of a pop ulation of fifty, thousand people eighteen thousand died of the disease 1 Just think, nearly half the entire 1 population carried off in a year by a disease which today can be entirely prevented. Yet, in spite of all this eraRks go about crying out against | vaccination.
 In Prussia, before the Franco l9russian war (1ST0) there were ninety deaths a year from smallpox, to every one hundred thousand of the .popula- ton. Twenty years later, after tht amount of smallpox afflicting the sol tliers led the government to adopt 2 I compulsory vaccination law, thu deaths from smallpox per one hundred I thousand peulation fell from ninet! 10 two. At the same time (1SS4 Austria had not yet learned its les non, did not have compulsory yaceina tion, and had fifty-two deaths a yea from smallpox per one hundred thou sand of population, whereas Prussi; had only two deaths.
 Do such figures mean nothing t you? If you are sane, and will listel to reason, heed the advice here given
 Vaccination is a very slight ant painless operation and is an effec
 tive protection against smallpox. All infants should ba Vs sccinate6 by the time they are six months ele
 and should be again vaecinated befor
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-09

the federal law is far from being what it ought to be- while in a great many in stances the state laws NcoacerRSag the sale of liquor are being totally ignsFed.
 In this connection it seems a bit strange that men who have indulged in stuff with a kick, whetierl it is bottled in bond or moonshine, should be gath- cred in by the police but those who sold 1t to them, those wile have no license te sell it and who cannot get license te sell it, but who are getting many times the former price for 1t go uhnoletsed The fault of GouFsa lies in the enforce ment If the law was not being winked at such conditions would not exist Whether Chicago will succeed in getting better conditions will depend upon hoR insistent the demand it. :'
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-09
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Hell and Heaven.

Mir. Editor: Seeing that a sage in Wilil- mantle has dissipated Hell, with all the approaches and appurtenanees thereto, and silenced all the Norwich students, theologians and rotarians, it may not be impertinent for one outside of these biblical forces to suggest to the man in Willimantic that he shall now tell us just where heaven is, and how to get there. Also to assure us that that happy place, too, is not an invention of heather philosophers. There is a great deal said about both places in the Bible and we are afraid to conclude with the above named sage, that local habitatien and a name, in this case, has been given to 'airy ncthingE."
 ' INQUIRER. Norwich, Set 8, 1920.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-09

Flowed up it's industrial development even after the introduction of the fac tory system, but since the unihcation of Italy in 1870, and the relative political :alm that has followed the growth of the city's industries has been marvel Dus. Textiles, locomotives and electrical apparatus are the leading products and long list of metal manufactures could Ne added.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-09

Trust wemsu on league" says Cox.
 Yes, wo csn+ as ehe resnlt in Maine
 wen shows. They are firm believers In
 that An,ertcalsisn. that Senator Beande- kgesaand the UEttnd States aenaAs have beens 1faR,
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-09

Prefteers should realize who is re- sponsible and stop complaining. because there has been 8 falling off in the de- nand fer goods. @
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-09

Ponzi declares he is solvent, butyhe is figuring by tbe same method that caused 90 many people to part with their cash forever.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-09

+ is amusing to note that eur pacifst secretary of war whose. former assist ant has recently declared confidence only I tn republican administration, has been assigned to tra1 Senator Borah.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-09

There will be no sympathy for those Cuban sugar planters who are left with nearly g half million tons of sugar on their hands.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-09

That Chicago landlord who has re- duced rents ten per cent. ought to be taking the right course to become mayor
 of the city.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-09

The presidents word against the re- port of the peace 'cert'e'...-'e- rTeasIl't ex- actiy convince Missourians that the pres ident is right. ,
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-09

The man on sthe corner says: The wind is very stFengly in one direction if we are to, judge by straw votes.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-09

If there is one thing more than any thing else that tAe people have been looking for it's the reported drop iE the price of diamonds. s'-=
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-09

There are some people who are begin hing tp realize what the situation was before kthsre was any coal
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-09

That was a glowing reception tha, was given te the Sunday school .copYen Ition in JaRan
Norwich bulletin., 1920-10-09
EDTTeRIAL NOTES,

Every frosty morning brings new wailss over the absence of a coal supply
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-24
MRS. JOSEPH BELL

Word was received here Wednesday
morning to the effect that Mrs. Joseph
Bell, of Weeksville, died last night at
z o'clock at Norfolk hospital, to which
she was taken Tuesday morning for an
operation. Mrs. Bell has been in poor
health for several weeks, it is reported,
and Tuesday her attending physician,
DIR. r. B. Davis, decided that an oper-
alton would be necessary to save her
life. She was nearly 10 years of age,
and before her marriage was Miss Mat
tie Knowles, the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs S. s. Knowles of the Weeksville
section. She is survived by her hus-
band, Joseph Bell, whose continued in
suits and neglect are believed to have
strongly contributed toward bringing on
the condition which resulted in her un-
timely death. The funeral was con-
Quoted at Newbegun Methodist church,
near Weeksville by Rev. e. L. Stack at
II o'clock Thursday morning.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-24
REV. D. p. HARRIS GETS
CALL TO BIG CHURCH
Former Pasquotank Pastor Goes to
Calvary Baptist Church in Ports
mouth, Virginia

Rev. Dennis P. Harris, formerly pas
tor of Berea and Corinth Baptist
churches in this county, has been call
ed to Calvary Baptist Church, Ports
mouth, Va. and has accepted the call.
Two years ago Mr.. Harris was pastor
of country churches in Pasquotank.
From Pasquotank he went to Clinton,
n. G.. to serve as pastor of the Bap-
tist Church in that town. And now he
steps into the pastorate of one of the
biggest Baptist churches in tidewater
Virginia Calvary Baptist Church is
one of the biggest and best equipped
churches in Virginia. 1t IS said to be
the best equipped church plant in the
cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth. Cal
vary will pay Mr.. Harris a salary of
$500 a year and furnish him with a
home lights and water. Mr.. Harris was
in Elizabeth City this week,