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(Coi>\ f r Hu* 1 "*|.«rl m<*nl Hyifipllv'l by th* A:ii»rlr»n NVwo Skrvlr* ► NAMED ADJUTANT FOR CALIFORNIA Frum k«‘C|i(n^ r(‘<*or»Is for thy* I'nl- \ of ('nlifnriiiii, .liitiit'K K Fisk aits jcriidiiiiltMl tn ket*|.lnc r« , con!s for llte California* <|«>iinrtii)pnt of (liv Anmicaii la'irion. h'isk was a|>iioint- p<! ilfparinifnt adjutant on .lulv 1 l»y f)t*|iartmi‘tit < ■ommand.fr .lanifs K. Col- Jins. upon tin* rfsi^nntion of Morton Kapiton, wlio had liffii departmi*nt tul- (utant for thrf** voars. For 17 \ fars Fisk whs ronUPC^d with ttu* uni varsity. I >urinK-tan of thosa \aars In* had‘hat*n assistant ra- fordar. A-- assistant chalrtiian of irtu- l hIc and drama, ha assistad, In hringine to tha Cn-ak thaatfr at tha uni varsity ftian\ of tin* worlds mdad dfiithaTla • tars. From tha time of its oriratiiy.ation Fisk lias haan adiva |n tfia work of F.arkalay post of tha l.agion. I la IH a past aommandar of tha post. Ila Is London Tha story of tha Lon don eonfnranaa alosad with a not- worthy im ld<*nt Tha sinnlnK of tha doumants was alidad, and tha British prune minister. Ramsay Mac Donald, was shakimr hand# all around. Whan he came to Chancellor Marx, the prime minister, still ttnp- plhg the chancellor s hands, lad him to when* M Herrot. the French premier, was standing surrounded hy friends. Without a word, so the story po’es, Mr MacDonald lifted H Harriot’s* rRht hand and joined It with that of Dr Marx Then he stepped hack, smiling genially, while the French man sml the (Jarman tightened the grip and shook hands cordially. ?0 MILLION DOLLARS NEEDED FOR RELIEF WORK; MILLIONS LEFT HOMELESS. Washington.- Minister Schurmao at P king reported to the state fl-part- merit that, according to figures obtain ed from, the China international relief j commission'. $20,000,0(10 Mexican, will lie needed for relief operations 'in”eon- I iiaction with floods in China. • The commission . astimated a.dOO.- ; (Mto Chinese would, he affected hy the j food shortage The minister reported J the situation as "vitY serious," adding J that the spring crops had been destroy ed over w ide areas h\ the rain. Wat* r : w ill remain over large areas for some months so t*hat winter wheat can not La planted, 0 NEW STRUCTURE Af YAD-, I KIN RIVER TROW,*. -jREN TO TRAFFIC. Spam ar.— Witinsomething like JO.-■ noO visitors In attendance and with suitable ceremonies presided oyer by Congressman C. Hammer, of Ashe- horo. the mammoth steel and concrete douhie width bridge spanning ■ the Yadkin fiver at. Spencer .was thrown open to traffic bet ween Washington i-and Florida at noon Friday. On behalf of (lie contractors. H. B. Hardawav and company, the bridge whs presented to the state highway association hy Major Wade H. Phillips, • if Lexington .whose address was both insfiiring and instructive. The speak er brought out a vast amount of in formation relative to tlo- splendid -tniof.iire, the history of the movement -and the realization of a dream of the highway enthusiasts. The principal sp-aker of the day, hovVever. was Attorney \\ . L. Cahoon, >f Elizabeth City,- representing Chair man Frank Page and tVo- 10 business .men located in various parts of North Carolina comprising the state highway association. ■ He told the great crowd th-al this srre'aF HfTdge-f-fTrcH-k-^tin-g—Jli.- ca-t aii'l ♦Italeigh. -Police authorities were seeking to apprehend Harvey Un derwood, of Bailey, driver of an automobile which crashed into a motorcycle ridden by Herbert Drew and Ludwell polk, Raleigh youths, causing injuries that resulted in their deaths. The accident occurred on the Bil- hurne road about 12 miles from the city. An investigation by Traffic Offi cer Mangum was said to have re vealed that the automobile was on the wrong side of the road. There were no eye witnesses to the acci dent other than the passengers in the car. Shanghai* Millions have been ren dered homeless, and at least ju.imo persons have been drowned in the de vastating Moods which art* sweeping widespread areas of China, submerg ing t**ns of thousands of villages. Thousands of refugees are pouring into Peking. It is impossible to get even an approximate of the fatalities, but 60,00(1 is ,said to he a conservative estimate. James K. Fisk. now, for the second year, holding the chairmanship of the department Amer icanization committee, where Ids work has attracted national attention. He has taken a leading part in civic af fairs. When the war came Fisk was made a first lieutenant in the signal corps and was assigned to the personnel branch of the aviation service; at Washington for about a year. He en tered active living at Bolling field and at March Meld. He (jualiMed as a pilot and was ready to go overseas when the armistice was sigma}. << League" Floods Boston With Appeals for Aid An organization known as the “Na tional I dsnbled Soldiers’ league,’’ which has been flooding Boston'”!w ith appeals for aid for disabled service men, was denounced recently by-<Jen Clarence It. Ivlwards. state commander ■of the Aiyj'i'ican Legion Circulars a<* : cnmpnnied by lead pencils, sent to various business -organizations and flfliis .by tin* League, read us follows: j “Here are five exeellont-qualitv pen j ells. We had to pay for theip They are useful fo you. one dollar is mere than they art* worth, hut if. you will se*l u the profit will help ns in our tight to better the sad l"t confronting the disabled soldier.'' ’ (Je'neral Ell "arils pointed out that .this orguni/.u Hon recently ran afoul of the law, and In* express,.,r indignation that it Is making such appeals. I »on t give them a nickel w a■» the advice given the public hy t In general. Large Amount Is Spent *' in Legion Relief Work •lohn , 11 ’ on i n n. national eomifrander- of the American Legion, in pointing _otn to Miiniesot!i I .egicniiaires fecent- !> what the I.egion has done in wel- —farosw ork < i eel tired :. “tiv mtditioii.to rhe aid given by the LI’ihi Legion posts throughout th£ na tion. the l.egron natiorial reljahilitation an,.I w eltarc* cotiimitte** aloncf has spent more than .<'.*7'**•',• ni p. isf jo months in relief work. The American Legion is mother. Mothers don t ask futile puesti-.ns wjien their children j are in need of aid. They give tlie aid , or -see that it is given.’’ Bureau Officials Now Mpke Final Decisions Rehabilitation ottlcials in suhdistrlct offices of the l nlted States veterans’ bureau now have authority to ‘make final decisions on matters relating to training and reinduction into training of bureau trainees, as a reeult of a general order issued by Oeneral Hine*. director of the veterans’ bureau. Tbe decentralization of the bureau s activities came as the result of two and a half years’ agitation on the part of the American Legion, which pointed out that decentrallaatlon would exj>e- dlte administration and relief for ib« ▼eterans. Unusually devastating floods with accompanying widespread destruc tion of property have been re ported from various sections of China during the last few weeks. Late in July there wen- serious inundations in the provinces of Chihli and Hunan. On Saturday, further floods were re ported from Kw iwigsi and Sink king but it was r,‘ported that the lo'< of life had'been up until that time com paratively small. Disastrous floods in history im lude the following: Johnstown. Fa . May 21, ISSI), m arly 2,(Kill lives lost, . Galveston. Texas. September 8 1000, more than 6,000 lives lost in in undation resulting from huricane, and $12,000,000 in property destroyed. ^ Pittsburgh. I’a , Man h 12-16, 1007. few lives lost but #10,000,000 in prop erty damage. Bans. France, January 20,. Febru ary 6, 1010. few lives lost but esti mated damage placed at $2(tt*.00<'.0o0 Austin. Pa., September 30, 1011. loss of, 771 lives and $6.tt00,00(t in property. Mississippi valley, spring of 1012, known loss of life 230. property dam age in excess of $10,000,000. _Ohiolndiatta. March 22-27. U'13. loss of L'>2 lives in Ohio ami'.’>4 in Indiana, with total prnpert.y damage estimated tit 103.0**t.t ,0* it t. Texas. December, 1013, nearly 2('0 lives lost m Belton. Brayn. Brown- wod. Marlin. Tempi,* ami other towns Property damage $6,0110.11110. * Erie. Pa.. August 1016. less of 37 lives and $7."o0.0OO in property-. Phelilo. (’OF. June 3. 1021. more than lot* lives Ips* mid projieitj* damage Ire- tween lf..tH!e.0iio and $2o.oi'i* t>ou. Swat,aw. China. August 2. 1022. 72.- uiiO lives 1 <*,st ami city nearly destroy ed hy typh >on an,T tidal wav,* Fort Worth, Texas, April 24 26, 1022, . n I 1 ves lost and $7,*Mi0,0ti0 prop erty h'js ii ■ . * S in Salvador San Salved *ri June 12, 1!*22. 2eii peisons drowned .n Cande laria dinti' f i, t flood. i ■ _. . . L— Cpttor, Hurt By Lack of R.ain. Weather conditions in southern states during the week were sutuinariz**d hy the de- parDm lit of agrieuliur,.* as follow s. Ther, was considemidc* rainfall during the week in the'tiorthearn por- ti -tis of the, cotton belt and’ show* rs wa re ut.ev only. d;strihnt*'d iti t he south east; in- the central and we-tj gulf -,*■( lions, including the southern por tions .of Arkansas and Okiahotna. only a few local* areas received ma terial rainfall and sev, rc r drought con tinued generally. Two Women Killed in Motor Accident. Hagerstown, Md. — Mrs. Emma Stable, 69, of Gettysburg, Pa., and Mrs. Retta Stable. 38 of Washington, D. C., were killed on the .national high way several miles west of here when the automoBttUlin which they were en route from vTnprhlngton to New York state skidded and overturned Robert N. Sthale, apt^ and husband of the dead women, who was driving, escap ed unhurt. Stable said he Vas driv ing a the rata of only fifteen tnilea an fyluF when the machine skidded on the weVfoad, th<* west is not only a splendid and use- .ful structure hut that it represents tin* very blood and brawn of th** b'-st that North Carolina produces, lb- cited the tad that the man who. de signed the bridge W. L. Craven is a native of Cabarrus county; that fhe chief engineer on th** job, J. B. Prid gen, is a native of the state, and that the contractor was born in North Carolina Tlije bridge was accepted as rep resenting th** last word' in engineering and structural skill. The speaker explained that the state has kept a. census of traffic over the old toll bridge discarded, and that the tolls have amounted to $300 per day for a long time and that the new bridge will mean just that much saved to the public. This will pay for the bridge in two years. Dr. Georg** S Howard, of the State, Cnivers.t*y. was called on and made a ringing talk on the relation of good roads and bridges to the educational movement. The new bridge, which had been A under construction for more_ than a year, cost $200,(*"(». is 1.30O f**et long, parallels th** main ! ne of the South ern railway at Spencer and stands 60 feet above the waters of the Yadkin river W. F. Morrison, of Statesville, was the engimer in charge of the struq- tunjl work on the bridge while Kar* Sloan is the resident engineer on the. rotRl work throughout this section. FAIL AS TO JUHR ISSUE 4 COMPROMISE ON TIME FOR EVAC UATION IS SOUGHT AT CON FERENCE. _ j •—■ London—The French and German delegates to tie* international confer ence resumed their struggle for a compromise on a time limit for the evacuation- ut tile Ruhr on** of the (jnestions which is holding up the work of the ( (inference and which must be disposed of before the conference can proceed in a definite way with tji«* program for instituting the Dnw.es reparation plan “~~ The Hermans say that the evacua tion should be completed withirr six months after it has been started while the French are holding out fur line year. It is bePievefL lutvvev er7 ' that a comproriAse will he negotiated. Meanwhile th** work <»: fhe confer ence was proceeding with a meeting of th*- “big fourteen'' at Downing Street. It was understood that th”** “big ■byirteen.” after their meeting at- Downing Street 1* ft ther* without having arrived at any settlement on replication in kind, Tne French premier. M Herriot, Is supposed to have returned from his Paris trip with authority f.o agree to the evacuation within 11 months, hut the question of when the vv hdrawal is to take place and th* d* 'ailsOf its execution remains to h*' settled. With the matter also is hound up IS PROMISED BY COOLIDGE lb FINALLY ACCEPTING NOMI NATION. Washington.- A "government ot common sense,’’ dedicated to honesty and economy at home and poac» abroad, vvai* prom is* d- -by president Coolidge in formally accepting the nomination of th** republican party as Us candidate for President. Dedai ing. domestic* affairs of chief i concern to the nation, Mr. Coolidge proposed further tax r* duction and “more tax reform" and announced his intention to appoint a committee to in vestigate m**ans of aiding agriculture. lb* summed up th** foreign policy of th** administration in a single word — peace and (promised- ra propose "after the Dawes reparation plan gets under way another conference to consider further imitation of armaments and codification of international law. Addressing himselt to possible oppo-, sition party issues, Mr. Coolidge reJ ferred to. fhe question of honest gov* ernni m and replied that "the govern ment is sound* 1 ' a ml wotild., proyhcufe wrongdoers fehrlessly. He reftured to a probable "discussion of liberal thought and pr, gressive action" in (he eatnpaigfi and answered that lihefality In tlioucht tnrd prog-rsss in—aclion is all well enough for the country, "hut its greatest asset -is common sense." - was devoted largely to the acconiplfshinents of the decision regarding the -ire of Mail Service Hero Paid Tribute. Washington.- A her,* of the Govern ment's army of ciydian employes Eugene Stark. 23 year-old postal clerk of East Orange. N. J, was ordered to repprt personally to his commamjer in-chief. Postmaster General New. and tell how. aft**r having been wound ed hy bandits, he shoe and killed one of them and routed the other in fru* (rating a mail robbery July 31 In the New Jersey eity. , A hand-some reward as well as sp*-*- c.al < runmeftdat ion of his brav*»ry had b**eh awarded th** young mail clerk, and President ('oolfdge arranged his program to permit him to congratu late the youth personally arid heap his story In the presence f his offi, al fam *!v, PdstmThliter li neral New told “V Stack that the Arm. and Navy dec »r, ated their nien for , onspicious act's of bravery hut the Posjoffice Dej'artr nient had no wav of doing that other than to place in an employee’s' record a citation for sin h Jets He handed Slack a check for #2.'".*•> saving that was the limit who h (’ongrtss had pro vided for su**h r* wards. i . D*ccrease in Exports. Washington. M} rrhamiis** • xi*orts from the Ll’rt ited S* i:* - .Ivrittg • July. _w ele valued at .?2':s Iion.oeis* against 83o2d86.027 for July I’c.’;* tl-.** com mercial department announced. Im re valu against $2S7.433.7:*y foi Exports in Jiih . 1922. w* #14 - 762.2;»> in excess ..f ::aborts ex., ♦•••del exp*>rts by $4u(*,* ,,| 'LF Imp rt< of got;' last month wen valaed at $7x834.423 against $27,929.*. (47 for' July, 1!»2.3. Gold - xports totah *d $.127.17 s ngai'nst ?''*2^jm2. for the same m, nth-a^ear ago Sil ver in ports for July w * re $7,127.'- (',13 against $10.1*66,463 for July. 1023. while exports were $9.1 '.at.362 against $6,233,163. '\ the French and Belgians to retain a number of th**:r men in th** Rhineland railway regime while the Dawes f lan is operating The German* are in sistlng in their demand that th** rail ways he turned ha, k under *an ail German status. Reports from all three .committf-s of the confv rence rfow hove he* n agreed to in. principle, and the opinion seems g**ne.ral that the- on, tne will he definitely settled hy Thursday or Friday. .-Vs a result of exchanges of-views in London hanking circles says Th*- Daily Telegraph, the interes* rate on th** propose,<1 loan to Germanv under the Dawes plan is generally computed at seven per cent and the :ssu,* price is 1*3 while the underw riting will cover 91 1-3 per cent. The ad<lre> a review of the administration during - 'the last four years, and contained a speefftc- ji ogram for # he futur in which th** President outlined h.ts views in charar' .tori-tic short, pungent s* ntences. D-'tailing his views, the President announced he favored: The prffreipie. of protection. The child laVpr amendment The periivanent court of interna tional justice. -mX. - ■ -Furtlo-r limitation of armaments. Support by- the governmeht in .en couraging American citiZ'-ns and re sources to <,-*;st in restoring Europe. Enf >r, emeiit of th** prohibition laws. Sp**ciM,’ally he' declar**,! Opposition to any general extension of govern merit ownership and control and to aggr**ssive war. ('olumbia.—Arrangements have been completed fof the holding of the an nual state convention of the- National League of PistrictTrostmasters in Co lumbia Thursday, August 21. The d-ate -president. H. O. Jones bf Salley, and secretary, John McMillan of Ul mers. have succeeded in gettings the national president. John T.. ('lai*p of Beech 'Grove, Bid., to attend and ad dress the postmasters. This alone will j he worth the trip of every district postmaster in Synth Carolina to the convention. In addition ther** will be addresses by representatives of the postal service, including th • division of railway rnailis* rv'ice and inspection bureau. Central accounting post master. E. H. Jennings of Charleston, has promised to ntond and says he is anxious to meet personally every dis trict postmaster in the state. Post master Jennings has sent out iiotie* s from his office, in which he urges every postmaster to attend. In his address to the postmasters h** will have as h a subject.' "Rendition of Quarterly Ar oints” and this subject-should be of interest to every district postmaster. Postmaster T B. Madden of Colutn- ~b1 a hiring- th** disbursing postmaster for the state will have as his subject “Preparation of Rural Carrier Vouch ers.^ 1 c_L The meeting will he held in th*’ . —ULailed States conr* room located in th:* old post office building, and will he- gin promptly at 9 3o a. in * * Those who expect to a'teinl should try to reiu h Columbia on the night of tin* 2uth in order to be on time at tho opening session. The state ffjc* rs •whII go jo Columliia on the day b*j re the convention and "ill have head quarters at * the JefL-rson h •:.*1 1 i.e first assistant post mast, r genera! has granted, through the Daily Bulletin, leave of absence for thus** who expect fo attend but each Will he required to report to the inspector in charge upon his return to effice the injmhtx of days absent. Florida Ro^te is Certainty. Charlotte. N C. A ha 1 surface h ghway from Hlllsvllle. Ya . to near ry. N C.. as part of the (rr*at- Lakt-s Florida tourist rout, proposed by th* ! R tomans and Kiwaniaris J West Virginia Vlppinja and North Carolina, to' W. Va . to th lin**, is assiit e<l in a t*j< Textil* tarian. Bull, vv tl s tne * built - f rom Biuefi .■ids. wester •n Nor:. i Car, ilina ! . ur.d f»r term s' des - rib- ram m* eivetl die-r* by •ditor of Th,* Sout h**rn n. and ci pCu.i linent Ro- * the t( >!egr., :n. vv riic-h . M, I .in vTlTo. pro '!*nt v K; w m is clu •. th- • su- a r roll r Amt v V; i v. in.a. Decrease Milling of Cotton. Washington Cotton consumed dur ing July totalled 346.671 bales of lint and 4 1 1ss ( linters. compare,} w ith 3r»u.* 277 of lint and 29.6.S3 of linters jn June, this year, and 462.664 of lint and 46,• 933 of linters in July, last year, .the Census Bureau announced. * Cotton on hand July .31 w.i* held as follows: In consuming establishments: 719, 827 bales of lint arid liiu.64'i of linters, c<tiupared w ith 960.620 of lint and 110.- 779-of linters on June' 3!', this year, and 1.093,618 of lint and 127.139 of linters in July 31. last year. In public storage and at compresses: 673.934 bales or Tint and 67.796 of tint ers. coui’phred with $82.2,,4 of lint and s 69,742. Of linters on Jun.* 3h. this year, and 9.1s.9o3 ,>f ij n t and 36 y.iu of enters on July 31. last year. _ Imports during. July totaled 6 597 bales, compared with 13.641 in June, this year, and 6.366 in July last year, Exports during July totaled 211.633 bales, including s.9,'6 bales of linters, compared with 230.979 inolud.ng 13. ■s.'i.of lint.rs in Jane, this year, and 171.469 including 3,661 of 1.liters oil July, last year. Cotton spindles acfivY daring July if limb* red 2$.710,,369. of wdudi 16.392.- .t’014 were in Cotton ferowung States ( Oirtpared with 2ibSl6.4s6, of which 16,- 7.8 2.726 wore^kt cotton growihg states, 'n Juj’.c. tirSs year Presbyterians Get Money. Clinton— The sum oi $i2.300 has recently- been r, < **iv* d fr uu th** gen eral rdui'atjon board hy the I’reshy- terbui Coleve ot South Carolina, it was announced by tte pr* .-ident. Dr, D M. Douglas. This mkkes a toial ■ f $76.0fTTf which has been received from this source. It will he recalled that the genrrah .•duration hoard pr miised th** college $'126.90*) provided $25i* non he raised for endowment. This am uint was sub scribed during the $l,(uio.<HM! *ami*algn and $162."00.of it has pe.-n collect'd and pul to the endowm'ent fund Half of the amount ollecled or .$76.,'i**> has b*-.*n receivod from the g. neral '-'luca-. Con board If th** refnaining $98,000 can b** collected th** college can nil mediately receive a ( h*** k, for th*- $49.* OO't whii h is still due from the general education board. The insCtuti- n ,s in need of this money and Dr Doug-' las and other college officials hope those Who , an do so will finish payint their pledges this fall. re- * _ . . The Thomas Smyth dormitory is ylr- tually completed, with th#^* xception of th** hanging of the We us and laying of til** floiys Tlye contrie'tors have as sured,. th** officials th** building will be ready by September j Th 0 imnfii. r of applb ants indit a'^s a larger'attendance than ever before at HR* college In fact, th** numb* r of a[ pli, ants already receive d is mu* t larger than the actual eni-eliin*n* ,lur ing 1923 24 it Is *'xpe, ted the ■ >m nb y ear wiIMuMhe ! ann.* r on** f, r tne Institution f*erv isors oi hav.* agreed to r.'-loan to the s'a:.' of Virginia $3(io.,m*(* which the s*,<t* owes the county, and which L duewo b** paid about January l,~Tf'*26^for the purpose of consfrurting a iKtrd-su'rfiK e road from Hillsvill *. \>7 to th* North Carolina line j.* waft. .'.iry -The terms of the npejjosal b-signaie 'Fancy. .Gap ro oj aWqh** t*ne to he x**built. y Rotarians from Charlotte ('(Oj-Cbnl. Lexington. 1 Thiuna'sTTlIe, aljsbury. High Point, G••*:*.iisiu»ro. Wir.s'on Salem. Mt Airy n! other n ( iTTo* tar ,*ns frows \V*-u Virginia tn!d Vir g nia r+pH**- in a me*.•ink at \\ ythoville. Va . to. pfbtivoto (};*• i: t**!;, sts (*f ;i_ h. nl-sur-fa, higliwav from BiUefieids. v VL Va,, tu, Mf. Airy, to divert motor' jo arts'* traffic -from the (;,rent Lukes section thr Ug.h YVesicrn North Caro- lina-to Florida. This motor travel has h. en tak ng a rout** tlirt’iigh Uhaita- nooga. Tenn . or Richmond. Va.. a dis- tam * of more.than 6i* miles out of the wav. Red Cross Cables $100,OOC to China Washington The American R*d Cnips cabled $liai.iH'ii for th** relief of vt< t ;ms. of t !i<* floods sweeping sever al provonces of •('!! n-a. Chairman John Ptirton Pay m* ordert d the - donation upon r**fe::*t of a rt*]i,.rt transmitt d through the S.ate , apartment at the roqiic.-t ot th** R* d Cross by* Min is'erSchurman at Peking M nister. Echurmap estiniated that ten miUlian persons are already af fected i, ythe floods and that ' #l".'*uO, 11■ d**d for relief .work. Army Fight on Weevil ; .Atlanta, (1i.- Int**nsiv<j research work v, ith pow erful poisons for , yn- t:*;n ng tlo* bold vVet yil vv»,l begin in i bout ten days ;jt the Georgia oxperi- ■ neiTt stataui of the chemical welfare depi.runent of the army, if was an nouiicd Ji^re _ hy Bridagivr Gen et il Amps Fries, chief o fthe ser vice who surve y (Cft'he Griffin, sta tion. , . First Tobacco Week Success, Darlingtdn The first week of the tobacco season.was a .most gratifying siicess. Most of tile tobacco being sold was of good quality and th> pa <t mers were ph ased vv rh pric**s pa 1 The opening day's average was a frac tion under 18 cents and the improv* ment the latter pun ,,f the week in price brought the week's average u; to 2''' cents. The two independent warehouses sold practically 226 ,>"0 pounds during the week just- pass.,}. The cooperative wur.-li-.ifses i,r,< also steadih; receiving the vv.-.-d from C- members. T"n,* advances being pad an* quite; satisfactory, and the farm- ers that. ai J e rnei)lb* l .s were v ery lunch pleased when they recivi-d* an -tli i payment on their 1923 era, the open ing day. , — ' Postoffice For Lyman. _ Lyman The citizens' of Lyman haw* !>e3n agitating the ,a,n-'nu 'ion of a new pbstoffice imilding and it is- now uiid'-rstood til'll the government will erect a handsome new .-iructure her,* soon. Two Killed and Mary Hurt. Inverness, Fla.— A workman build ing the Crystal Riv^r Road near Red Level.playfully tossed a lighted dyna mite fuse at a boy. It fell in a box of dynamite. Two workmen were kill ed and two others badly injures by tbe ^explosion. The_denjl are A. D. Berlin. 58. of Red Level, and Louis Turner 18. of Inverness. The injured are. A. D. Berttne, Jr, 14, and Hubln Turner, 28. both of Red Level The Injured are ia t hospital at Ocala. { GreensbOro Building Nears $3,000,000 Greensboro Building totals here so far have gon** fo $2,864,636 for 1924 and indications arc that they will soon. c ■ pass the three millions dollar matk. The city hall permit will add arOund $350,000 to the total. Work on it has already started. It appears t*at work v will begin be fore the end of the year on the $1,* 300,000 passenger station. Six hun dred and seventy-nine projects have been started here this year, a large 1 number of them dwellings. Kill Two m Bank Robbery Seattle,W il — Miss Isadora Hall, vice-president of the Snoqualmie Val ley Bank at Tolt. was ordered to throw tip-her hand* by three bandits at the teller's window of the bank. She obey ed then sheriff.Matt Starwich and six deputies arose from behind the tel ler's counter and oredred the bandits to surrender. In the ensuing revol ver fight two of $he. bandits, B. C. Mar- lone and Ted Lashe, were killed. The sheriff had been advised of the impending attempt to rob the bank. Weevil Increases Through Barnwell. Barnwell.—Within the last week the* infestation of the boll weevil has in creased enormously in the county, ac cording to County Agent Boylston. In making an observation during the past few days it is found that the infesta tion in some fields is as high as 60 and 60 per cent, although the average is much less. Some farmers are now Justing their cotton systematically, while In most cases nothing is being done. Whete boll weevil infestation is high and the condition cf the cotton varrasts it, dusting is recommended. 4 t 1 * v <9 i—“ - n- :