Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, August 11, 1921, Image 2
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"SHOPPING LIST"
HIP THEJflROLIKAf
FORTHCOMING PAMPHLET IS ;
CONTRIBUTION TO MADE-INCAROLINAS
EXPOSITION.
FIRST EDITION TO BE 30,001
In the New Publication the Manufai
turers Will be Classified According
to Their Products.
Charlotte, N. C. ? Announcemei
?? tho nnhHf?ation of
wao uiauu vi vmv ? ?
"shopping list" which will contain th
names and addresses of every mam
facturer -in the Carolinas and a d
scription of their products. This pul
lication is designed as a contributio
to the forthcoming Made-ln-Carolina
Exposition and to be the buy-at-hom
movement of which it is a part.
The first edition of the list wfl It
of 30,000 copies, which will be dl
tributed among the jobbers and reta
merchants of the two states, throug
chambers of commerce, women's clut
and similar organizations, as well ?
the exposition.
In the new publication manufa
turers will be classified according 1
their products and preceding eac
classification will be a brief, conch
description and resume of the parti
ular industry to whicn the classific
tion belongs.
The new publication is to be prin
ad and distributed by the Observ*
Printing House of Charlotte, whic
will distribute it without cost to tt
manufacturers or merchants. It is a
ticipated that the "shopping list" wl
be published annually hereafter, a r
vised edtion being prepared eac
year.
Dreadful Accident at Sea.
Eureka, Calif.?Twelve bodies ha^
been brought here out of a list <
thirty-six passengers and twelve <
the crew missing in the wreck of tl
coastwise steamer Alaska, whic
struck a rock in Blunt's reef, fori
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mites souia ot uere, auu ssul
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To Release Irish Prisoners.
Dublin.?In pursuance with Its ne
Irish policy of conciliation. British c
flcials announced the imprisoned mer
bers of Dail Erin, the Sinn Fein pa
liament would be released to enab
them to attend the important sessie
which opens on August 16.
Growing Long Staple Cotton.
Washington. ? Egyptian long stap!
/ cotton is being grown in the Colorad
or Grande River valleys of Californ
and Arizona.
It is a new industry in this regie
that has been made wonderfully fe
tile through irrigation.
, Denby Supports Dye Embargo.
Washington.?Secretarys Weeks ar
Denby have come out in support <
an embargo on dyes and chemica
?** ?! Kovo nrnnH pnatnratlnn tr\ t V
Fordney tariff bill of the embarg
provision, stricken out by the house.
Forest Fire is Raging.
Bangor, Maine.?A forest fire ra
ing through valuable timber land c
a 12-mile front, threatens the villa*
of Howland. together with the $1,00(
000 plant of the Advance Guard Pu]
Mills company,
Petrograd is Said to Have Fallen.
Berlin.?A news service report her
not confirmed from any other sourc
declared that anti-Bolsheviks had dri
en the Soviets from Petrograd an
now hold the city.
The Greatest Fortune on Earth.
New York.?John D. Rockefeller
wealth is estimated at $2,400,000.00
by Henry H. Klein, whose book, "D;
nastic America and Those Who Coi
trol It," was made public here.
Cuba Stops Liquor Running.
Havana.?Cuba clamped the lid o
liquor smuggling to the United Statf
when orders were issued to search a
vpssck leavlne- nnrt and ronflsoat
liquor unless properly cleared.
Must Pay Inheritance Tax.
New York.?Judge Hand, in feden
court, ordered Reginald C. Vanderbi
to pay $30,000 tax on a $500,000 b
quest left by Alfred G. Vanderbil
drowned on the Lusitania.
Photographs Sent by Wireless.
Annapolis, Md. ? Transmission <
photographs and written document
in facsimilie across the ocean by wir
less has been accomplished. Tw
successful tests of this epoch-makin
invention have been made within tb
last three days.
Babe Ruth Fall*; Behind.
New York.?Babe Ruth fell behin
his 1920 home run record for the fin
time this season when he failed t
get a circuit drive in the game bi
tween New York and Detroit.
Chinese Film Company Formed.
Los Angeles, Cal.?A Chinese fill
? company, financed by a Chinese me
chant here, and having a business an
active staff composed exclusively <
Chinese, with a Chinese leading w<
man .has Joined the ranks of the pr<
ducing concerns here.
Lenine Would Go to Scotland.
Copenhagen.?Nikolai Lenine. Ru:
eian bolshevik premier, plans, subjec
to British permission, to leave soo
for Scotland for a holiday, says a sp<
cial dispatch from Revai.
To Erect Beehoven Monument,
i Mexico City. ? The German colon
of Mexico has announced that it wil
unveil a monument to Beehoven. a
one of the features of the Centennia
celebration here next September Tw
leading German sculptors have ben
engaged for the work.
DISOWNED BY HEAD OF KLAN'J
I Members of Imperial Council, Headed I
] by Imperial Wizard Simmons, Are I
' Considering Resignation. '
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Atlanta, Oa.r? Members of the imperial
council of the Ku Klux Klan,
beaded by William j. oimmuus, imperial
wizard, were in executive session
here, said to be considering the
resignation of Major Bruce Craven,
(1 grand dragon of Nortn Carolina, and 1
D the latter's reported action in order- '
ing the disbanding of the klans in
that state.
5- Later in the day Mr. Simmons is- J
sued a statement saying:
"Bruce Craven is not an officer of
the Ku Klux Klan and never has been.
He has no official connection with
the organization whatever. That is
lt i all I can say at present, but if it
a would appear advisable, I will make j'
ie a more complete statement about the c
j matter later." i j
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n Greensboro, N. C. ? Major Bruce ,
LS Craven, grand dragon of the Ku Klux j j
e Klan in North Carolina, has resigned
his position and ordered the disband- |(
)e ing of the order in this state. The[(
8. order he characterizes as being a; <
,t "failure and a fraud" and "exclusive-^
,jj ly engaged in the collection of initia- ]
)S tion fees." <
ia j Major Craven gave an interview
here, announcing his action and tell- j
_ i ing why. .
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h ! Bluefield Jail Too Small. '
?e ; Bluefield, W. Va.?The Mercer coun-!
c- ty jail here has become so crowded !
a- that there is not enough room for '
those given jail sentences during this '
it- term of court. However, a plan was 1
sr accepted by Judge J. Frank Maynard, '
:h of the criminal court: Prosecuting At-;>
ie torney H. B. Lee and SherifT Hunt to 1
n- meet the emergency. When defend-1'
11 ants are given jail sentences, they!<
e- will be permitted to give bail and,
:b take their turns at serving the sentences
as soon as other prisoners'
terms are completed.
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re Cubans Want Lower Rents. '
of Havana.?Lower rents through gov- '
of ernment action is sought in a peti- 1
ie tion presented to President Alfredo
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:n /^ayas vy icautro ui txu urucny uunu
ly which the president addressed from
a balcony of the national palace. ;
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Mail Pouch Unopened.
w St. Louis?An unopened mail pouch 1
>f- containing $46,000 in currency, ob- 1
n-jtained by three bandits, who held up !
r- J a postofTice messenger at Northwood
lei River, Illinois, was found in a corn-.
>n field ten miles from the scene of the
robbery. i
Swedes to Have Celebration. 1
le New York.?Next October New York [
o. is to have a Swedish celebration, as J
ia a supplement to the Pilgrim FourHundred-Year
anniversary. Swedes
m settled Delaware in 1638, only 18 years
r- after the arrival of the Mayflower.
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Bryan Backs Disarmament Plan. 1
St. Louis.?The world should look '
'd hopefully forward to President Hard-'1
3'j lng's proposed disarmament conferls
ence, according to William Jennings
ie Bryan.
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American Yachts Win.
Cowes, Isle of Wight. ? America .
c_ won the fourth international yacht
in race here, defeating the British en-j
?e tries by the close margin of 17 to 16. j
j. (Jreat Britain won the first three |
|p races
Mechanical Sugar Cane Cutter.
London?A mechanical sugar cane
e. cutter, which is expected to solve the
e> labor difficulties of planters the world <
v-iover, has been invented by Sir Perry ?
id Scott, the gunnery expert. i
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Spaniards MassacYed by Moors.
Madrid.?Twenty Spanish soldiers,'the
last remnant of the Spanish troops to
10 resist capture of the town of Nador, j
y- 15 miles south of Melilla, were massa- <
n-jcred by the Moors, after having sur-: i
rendered, according to advices. ]
The massacred Spanish troops had :
held out for 11 days against great
n odds, the dispatch said, taking refuge
>9 first in a church and finally in a near- ! ]
11 by mill. They surrendored only after I
;e the attacking tribesmen had ofTered 1
to spare their lives. j 1
A Decrease in Employment.
il Washington. ? A decrease in em-)
It ployraent in July of 1.1 per cent was <
e- shown by the payrolls of 1.428 firms (
t, each employing 500 or more workers ]
in 65 principal industrial centers, is a 1
late announcement. 1
>f $65.00 Fine for Smoking,
cs Zion, 111.?Smoking a pipe in Zion
e- cost Frederick Stocksthl $65. The c
o city, which has ordinances regulating t
g women's dress and how its residents (
ie shall spend Sunday, also has a ban t
against smoking. i f
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In Competition With Ford.
d Washington.?A new offer to pur3t
chase the government nitrate plant ]
0 at Muscle Shoals, Ala., for which f
e- Henry Ford has submitted proposals, j
is expected by the Government, Sec- s
I retary Hoover said. t
ii Would Pool Tobacco Crop,
r- Douglass. Ga.?The Douglas tobacco
d growers and prominent business men f
>f have called a meeting of all tobacco c
> growers of Georgia to meet here for a
> the purpose of pooling the tobacco c
i crop. j c
Postoffice Messenger Robbed.
s- St. Louis.?Three bandits held up
1 ~ fT/,^ DaUI/U o nno*. I ~
I clim luiuiii* rciniuu, a jjuoi- t
n office messenger, at Wood River. 111., I p
i- near here, and escaped with three r
mail pouches, one of which was be- t
i lieved to have contained $60,000.
y Newspapers Reduce Prices.
Hi Des Moines, la.?Three Des Moines g
s afternoon newspapers announced that d
il the price would be reduced to two [ h
o cents for street editions, with greater c
n cuts for newspapers delivered by car-' ii
rlers. . fl
INTE BELLUMOAYS
HILL BE RECALLED
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VOMEN TO HAVE A PROMINENT
PART IN GREAT "MADE-INCAROLINAS"
EXPOSITION.
1HIN6S GREAT-GRANDMA DID
Spinning Wheel and Other Equip*
ment Used Before the Civil War I
Will Attract Keen Attention.
Charlotte, N. C.?Back of the "Maden-Carolinas"
Exposition has been
leiinitely thrown the full strength of
,hree of the leading organizations of|
sTorth Carolina by action taken within
he past few days, according to announcement
from the executive offices
tere of the exposition.
These organizations are the North
Carolina Press Association, the North
Carolina Association of Commercial
Secretaries and the Woman's Club ofj
Charlotte, with a membership of 600. |
Unanifhity characterized the action of,
;ach body, the statement added.
The Charlotte Woman's Club voted
.0 \indertake the task of organizing
i great exhibit which will show the
part the women of the Carolinas have
:aken in promoting the industries. |
Such an exhibit will be of historical!
is well as educational and artistic
nterest. Such articles as the oldfashioned
homespun clo Ji and the
processes of and equipment for manifatture,
attract these days the keen
nterest of those whose knowledge of
them consist of what they have heard
their elders say regarding the things
pf Civil War days.
Pershing at Camp Jackson.
Columbia, S. C. ? General John J.
Pershing, chief-of-staff of the army*,
irrived in Columbia at noon and spent
the afternoon on a tour of inspection
Df Camp Jackson and the citizens'
military training camp.
Less Expenses or More Taxes.
Washington.?A cut of more than
^250,000,000 in the ordinary expend!
tures of the government this fiBcal
year is necessary if additional taxes
are to be avoided, the house ways and
means committee was informed by
Secretary Mellon.
Oteen Purchase Authorized.
Washington.?Purchase of the sites
and buildings of the Public Health
Service hospitals at Augusta, Ga., and
Oteen, N. C., for the use of disabled
soldiers was authorized by Secretary
Mellon.
American Prisoners Freed.
London. ? London headquarters of
American Relief Administration announced
receipt of information that
all American prisoners in Russia had
been released and are leaving that
country.
Bill Passed by Senate.
Washington.?The agricultural cred-'
its bill, embodying the administration
plan for loans by the War Finance
Corporation, to aid exports of farm
products, was passed t>y the senate.
Dirigible to Sail August 25.
Washington.?The monster British
built naval dirigible R-2 will sail from
Howden, England, AuguBt 25, for its
station at Nakehurst, N. J.
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Twelve Tank Cars Burn.
Alexandria, La.?Twelve loaded tank
cars from El Dorado, Ark., were destroyed
by fire when a train was
wrecked by derailment near Bentley,
La., causing a loss of $30,000.
Gold Imports in Three Months.
Washington.?Gold imports amounting
to $32,000,000 during the ten days
ending July 20, reached the highest
mark for any similar period in the
past three months.
Italians Diverting Traffic.
Montreal.?Italian steamship companies
are diverting their passenger
traffic to Canada because of the
United States restrictive immigration
aw.
Others of Our Dead Arrive.
New York.?Conveying the bodies:
)f 1,400 American soldiers who died
)n French battlefields, the army transport
Cantigny docked at Hoboken.
Memorial services for the dead will
je held at the pier.
Rights of American Shipping.
Washington.?The right of American
shipnine to its just proportion of
he world's commercial tonnage is the'
juestlon involved In the Egyptian coton
case being considered by a conerence
in London.
The AI lies May Co-operate.
Paris.?Allied co-operation with the
United States in relier work among
amine sufferers in Russia has been
>roposed by Premier Briand for contideration
at the coming meeting of
he allied supreme council.
Charles is Hunting Trouble.
Geneva.?Unconfirmed reports still
>ersist that former Emperor Charles
if Austria has left Hertstein secretly
ind now is in Hungary awaiting an
ipportunitv to launch a coup de etat
if the allies.
Much Coal Being Exported.
Charleston. S. C.?During the month
f July 55,388 tons of coal for trans>ort
were handled at the Southern
ailway tipple, bringing the total for
he year to 281,548.
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Boll Weevils More Active.
Washington. ? While rainfall was
:enerally very light in the cotton belt
luring the past week, moderate to
leavy falls occurred in the Atlantic
oast districts and caused an increase
a weevil activity in Georgia and
loath Carolina. 1
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REGARDLESS OF THt JURIES
"Baseball Is Entirely Competent to
Protect Itself Against Crooks,
Inside and Outside the Game."
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Chicago. ? None of the An<ferican
League players, who were acquitted
of an alleged criminal conspiracy to
throw the 1919 world's series, has anj
immediate prospect of being restoret
to organized baseball, ^cording to t
statement Issued by Judge K. M. Landis,
national baseball commissioner.
"Regardless of the verdict of juries,"
said the statement, "no player
that throws a ball game, no player
that entertains proposals or promises
to throw a game, no player that sits
in a conference with a bunch of crooked
players and gamDlers where the
ways and means of throwing games
are discussed, and does not promptly
tell his club ahput it, will ever play
professional baseball.
"Just keep It In inind that, regardless
of the verdict of juries, baseball
is entirely competent to protect itself
against the crooks, both inside
and outside the game."
Curran Opposes Tammany^
New York.?Opponents of Tammany
Hall, represented by the coali JpnRepublican
movement, have formally
named Major Henry H. Curran, president
of the borough of Manhattan, as
their choice for mayor at the primaries
September 13.
Earhings of Great Northern.
i New York.?Earnings of 7.73 a share
on 249,478,250 of capital stock of the
Great Northern Railroad company in
1920 were shown in the annual report
of the road, recently made public. Net
corporate income was reported as
$19,304,097.
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Georges Not Coming Back.
| London.?Georges Carpentier, says
I The Daily Mail, has not arranged to
I tight Tom Gibbons or for any other
;contest in .the United States, and it
is extremely improbable that he will
ever be seen in the ring in the United
, States again.
Insurance Higher on Autos.
Raleigh.?The alarming increase in ;
automobile thieving in North Carolina
has caused insurance companies to
place additional resincuuus upuu mc
insurance of cars against theft and
to increase rates an average of 33
' per cent.
Expect Bumper Apple Crop.
Halifax, Nova Scotia. ? A bumper
apple crop is expected in the Annapolis
Valley this year, and it is estimated
that over onj million barrels
will be available for export, all of
I which will pass through this port
Sucessor to Caruso.
London.?A Milan dispatch to ttie
Daily News says it is authoritatively
^stated there that Giovanni' Martinelli
will succeed Enrico Caruso as leading
tenor at the Metropolitan Opera
House in New York.
Guerillas Worry Soviets.
Riga, Latvia.?Guerilla warfare with
j small bands of irregular or peasant
troops was being waged by bolshevik!
forces of eight "fronts," acording to
an official bolshevik report.
1,444 Failures Last Month.
New York.?There were 1,444 com|
mercial failures involving liabilities
!of $42,774,153 in the United States
, last month, R. G. Dun & Co. reported.
This number was 120 more than
June.
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Russian Rail Service Reduced.
Warsaw.?Railroad service between
Moscow and Kiev, Ruslia, has been
I reduced to an average of one train
a week for freight and passenger.N
Tellegen Wants a Divorce.
New York?Lou Tellegen, actor, has
filed suit for separation from his wife,
Geraldfne Farrar, opera singer, on
a charge of desertion, it was aqnounced
by Tellengen's counsel.
Rough Time for Anti-Beer Men.
Washington. ? The prohibitionists
are having a hard time with their
anti-beer bill. They may not get it
through this session, for New England
senators opposed to the measure
threaten to break a quorum and
prevent action.
First Bale Sold at Auction.
New York.?The first bale of new
Georgia cotton was sold at auction on
the cotton exchange for 50 cents a
pound. It was classed as strict low
middling. The proceeds will go to
charity.
Won't Play For Gleason.
Boston.?"Kid" Gleason, manager of
the Chicago White Sox, said that none
of the players involved in the world
series conspiracy charges would ever
play with any club of which he was
manager.
To Investigate Revenue Bureau.
Washington. ? Investigation of the
affairs of the Internal Revenue Bureau
has been found to be necessary,
Commissioner Blair announced, due
to alleged leaks of tax information.
Explosion Kills Four.
Fniontown, Pa.?The press mill of
the Du Pont Powder company's plant
at Oriental, near here, was wrecked
by an explosion. Four men are known
to have been killed. The explosion
was so violent thnt windows in houses
for miles around were broken.
American Yachts Lose.
Cowes, Isle of Wight.?Great Britain
won the third of the series of international
races for six-meter yachts.
Would Stop Road Building
Pensacola, Fla.?Armed guards have
been placed around a road construction
camp near Millview, in this county
about nine miles from Pensacola
to break up an alleged attempt to
drive the road builders away from
the job. Contractor W. R. Taylor reported
that two men fired from nine
to eleven shots at him and his son..
SUPREME COUNCIL
NOW IN SESSION
NO DISCUSSION ON SILESIAN
QUESTION TOOK PLACE AT
FIRST MEETING. '
WELCOME TO GEORGE HARVEY
United States Ambassador, Unofficial
Representative, Made Cordial Response
to Premier Briand.
Paris.?Members of the Allied Supreme
Council, which opened here,
adjourned their first session without
Vmvinc HisriiKsed the TTDner Silesian
ctuestlon. The time of the first session
was taken up in listening to the presentation
of the French, British and
Italian viewpoints by their respective
experts on Silesian matters.
At the opening of the session Premier
Briand said he was most happy
to welcome the representative of the
United States "whose counsel will
facilitate agreement upon the important
questions about to be discussed."
George Harvey. United States ambassa<||r
to Great Britain, and America's
unofficial, representative at the
conference replied to Premier Briand's
remarks with a cordial appreciation.
Mannlx Will Take the Oath.
Brisbane, Australia. ? Archbishop
Mannix, who has just returned to Australia
from a round-the-world trip,
during whicH he attempted to visit
Ireland but was not permitted to do
so, has expressed his willingness to 1
take oath of allegiance to the King.
Unemployed Fire Lumber Yard.
London.?Disappointed over their
failure to obtain Jobs at a timber yard
in East London, which advertised for
60 men, 5,000 men. unemployed laborers,
broke into the premises and set
fire to a stock of l"mber valued at
1,000,000 pounds sterling.
Great Income Tax of Hawaii.
Honolulu, T. H.?Hawaii pays the
largest per capita income and miscellaneous
taxes in the nation, not excepting
New York, according to Colonel
Howard Hathaway, collector of Internal
revenue at Honolulu.
Gov. Small Is In Springfield.
Springfield, Ills.?Governor Small,
accompanied by his son, Leslie, and
several members of his party arrived
In Snringfleld, making the trip from
Kankakee by automobile.
Picked Up HI* Severed Foot.
Defiance, O.?When the mowing
machine he was driving cut off his left
foot. James Sharpe, 15, picked up
the lost member and drove his horses
to the house before he fainted from
loss of blood.
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China Apr-ees to Date.
Washington-?The Chinese government
has notified theistate department
it was announced that November 11
will be agreeable as the date for the
conference en limitation of armaments
and other discussions.
Would Increase Stock.
Washington. ? The Louisvillei &
Nashville railroad company asked authority
of the Interstate Commerce
Commission to Issue $5? onn.000 capital
stofk to he dlstribn*0^ as stock
dividends among its stockholders.
In honor of Rorer A. James.
Washington.?The House adjourned
after a five-minute session out of respect
to Representative Rorer A.
James, of Virginia, who died at his
home at .Danville. Va.
Body of Dp. Srone Removed.
Calgarv. Alberta.?The body of the
late Dr. W. E. Stone, president of Purdue
University, has been recovered
j and is being brought to Baniff.
Will Disband Bulgarian Army.
Sofia.?The Bulgarian government
has drawn up a plan for the disbandment
of the army and the recruitment
of a volunteer force.
Textile Business More Active.
Providence. R. I.?Business conditions
in the worsted, woolen and eilk
branches of the textile industry in this
state are picking up. and manufacturers
in the cotton end are antlcipatInv
an improvement.
Beer Regulations Ready.
Washington. ? Regulations which
will permit the prescription as medicine
of a case of heer at a time without
limit as to the numper of prescriptions
noxtawait the decision of Secretary
Melron as to their issuance.
Commisson8 go Begging.
Washington.?The war department
has 1,000 commissions for second lieutenants
and nnlv 10G annlications. The
examinations Cor appointment are fixed
for August 22. and applications
must be in by August 13.
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Curley Successor to Gibbons.
Washington. ? Official announcement
of the appointment of Bishop
Michael J. Curley, of St. Augustine.,
Fla.. as archbishop of Baltimore, succeeding
the late Cardinal Gibbons, was
received by Catholic officials.
Holiday of President is Over.
Portland. Maine.? President Harding
ended his vacation visit to the
White Mountains of New Hampshire
and crossed Maine to board the yacht
Mayflower here for?.the return voyage
to Washington.
Publish Draft Evadors' Names.
Washington.?Upwards of 17,000
names of allege draft evadors issued
by the war department between June
5 and July 4 were published in the
congressional record. The-'list occupied
86 printed pages.
DECISION IN REVENUE CASES
Federal Judge Boyd Makes Permanent
the Temporary Injunction Issued
Against Collector Bailey.
Greensboro?Judge James E. Boya
<n federal court, made permanent tht
temporary injunctions issued against
J. W. Bailey, collector of internal revenue
for North Carolina, restraining
the collector for selling property to
satisfy assessments n.aae against 29
persons in the western district by the
commissioner of internal revenue and
the commissioner.of prohibition, for
allaged violations of the Volstead
prohibition act.
Assessments made possible by the
Volstead act, Judge Boyd ruled, are
not to be summarily executed by the
internal revenue department on the
unsupported word of the enforcement
agents, without the knowledge of the
accused person, but must be assessed
by a court of competent jurisdiction
after that court has neard the case
and found the defendant guilty.
"The rights of American citizens
must be protected at all hazards,"
the opinion declares. "This protection
cannot be -guaranteed if federal prohibition
agents are allowed to Indulge
in flights of fancy, estimate the length
of time a still has been in operation
and forward reports to Washington
that enable revenue authorities to
figure out penalties amounting to
thousands of dollars against a man
who sometimes has already been acquitted.
Elizabeth City.?W. C. Crosby, of
Raleigh, director of the Division of
School Extension of the State Department
of Education, and Capt. A. O.
Clement, of Goldsboro, general director
of the big projected moving picture
production of North Carolina's
earliest historical episodes, were in
conference here, with Miss Catherine
Albertson, widely known historian of.
the Albemarle section, and Misses
Marguerite LeRoy and Delia Harris,
respectively, present and vice-president
of the Young Woman's Club of
this city.
Mbrehead City.?The North Carolina
PresB association liberated itself from
some old-fashioned shackles. It
smashed an idol or two during the day
and at play beheld beautiful maidens
smashing all kinds of idols. Nobody
talked shop, but everybody talked
about North Carolina
It was a convention full of "pep,"
as the short story writers say. There
were about 100 of the newspaper men
here, and they came without the traditional
pad and pencil.
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Charlotte.?Said to have been traveling
at a rapid rate of speed and encountering
a closed road sign on the
paved boulevard that connects Myers
Park and Dilworth, C. R. Stancill, of
1118 South Tryon street, applied thd
brakes to his automobile, which overturned,
causing injuries to his wife,
who died shortly afterwards at the
Presbyteria nhospital.
Fayetteville. ? Perhaps a record
claim for the death of cows will be
filed against the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad by H. S. Kirkpatrick, Cumberland
county lawyer and farmer, who
alleees that 19 fine Guernsey cows |
owned by him were killed by Coast
Line trains i none day.
Wilmington.?No request to tender
his resignation as United States marshal
for the eastern district of North
Carolina has come from Attorney General
Daugherty to George B. Bellamy,
of this city, and the marshal said
that he was expecting no such request
at any time in the near future.
Salisbury.?Mrs. W. H. Stewart, the
wife of Editor Stewart of the Carolina
Watchman, has completely lost the
sight of both eyes. Mrs. Stewart has
been in Washington un^Ter treatment
of a specialist. It was not though
she had any serious eye trouble an
the loss of sight came unexpectedly.
Henderson. ? An increase in the
county tax rate of 1921 to a figure
something like above one dollar is
regarded as almost a certainty by
members of the board of county commissioners,
following tne greatly reduced
valuation of property in this
county.
Second Vaccination Campaign.
Raleigh.?The second vaccination
campaign of the Wake County Health
Department, to continue for four
weeks, will begin August 8th, according
to announcement of Dr. E. F.
Long, health officer. The first campaign,
now in progress, will end this
week, the workers to observe the same
schedule as during the past three.
The additional drive, Dr. Long stated
will give practically every person
in the city and county, white and colored,
an opportunity to be immunized
from typhoid fever and diphtheria.
Preacher is Assassinated.
Winson. ? The assassination of Rev.
Ennis Pearson, pastor of Shiloh
churcn, in layiors tuwuauip, ueai me
Nash county line, was one of the
most dastardly crimes ever committed
In Wilson county. The deceased had
not a known enemy in the world.
At the cornoer's inquest nothing was
: brought out that would lead to the
I incrimination of the party who committed
the cold-blooded deed, but the
supposition leads to the belief that
some moonshiner in the neighborhood
is responsible for the crime.
Legionnaires to Tour France.
Lexington.?Major Wade H. Phillips,
of this city, member of the national
executive committee of the American
Legion for North Carolina, will represent
this state on the American
Legion tour of Prance, which begins
August 3 and ends September 10,
Major Phillips will leave for New
York, from whence the party of about
2f>0 legion men from every state in
the union will sail on the Oeoftte
Washington for Bordeaux. No other
North Carolinian will #o. so far as
Major Phillips has learned.
SNAGS STRUCK IN
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
THE HIGHWAY COMMISSION OF
MECKLENBURG OBJECTS TO
CLAUSE IN CONTRACT.
CONTENTION'DELAYING WORK.
State Highway Law Does not Provide
for Counties Providing Right of
way for State Roads in Counties.
Charlotte.?"Ample right of way
and the removal of telegraph and telephone
poles and other obstructions
with a view to prompt construction of
said road."
This paragraph in the contract submitted
to the Mecklenburg highway
commission by the North Carolina
highway commission, with reference
to the Charlotte-Statesville road, is
the bone of contention that has so far
prevented the signing up of the contract
and launching upon work on the
road.
The state highway law does not
provide for counties furnishing the
right-of-way for state roads in the
counties and the Mecklenburg highway
commission is not authorized, to
enter such a contract with the state
body, in the opinion of J. L. DeLaney,
attorney for the county body, and
Thomas Griffith, chairman.
The Mecklenburg highway law provides
the attorney said, for the expenditure
of no county money on state
highways within the county, for which
the county will not be reimbursed, and
no provision is made in the contract
by which Mecklenburg will he repaid
in the sum that she may have to expend
in securing right-of-way or
removing telegraph or telephohe poles.
Kinston.?A bejt line of auto busses
Is in contemplation for this section.
Service between Kinston aud Greenville
will be inaugurated. It is proposed
to continue this from Greenville
to Wilson. Wilson to Washington,.
Washington to New Bern and New
Bern to Kinston by relays. Roads
for a large part of the distance have
been hard-surfaced. Eventually asphalt
or brick roads will connect all
the towns.
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Winston-Salem.?H. O. Chatham, a
prominent manufacturer, who owns a
farm just north of the city, Is planning
to install an irrigating plant under
the direction of the government
and he is anxious' that other land
owners in Forsyth will also install
lJantsi
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New Bern.?Leaving a letter giving
instructions regarding his funeral,
naming the man to dig his grave and
the kind of coffin he desired, E. A.
Hough, 72, prominent retired business
man of Bayboro, near here, ended his
life at Bayboro by firing bullet through
his head. Ill health la believed to
have been the cause. . j
Charlotte.?At a meeting of the tpflk
producers of Mecklenburg county with
a number of business men of the city,
a definite decision was reached to proceed
at once with plans for the organization
of a creamery and ice cream
llant in Charlotte. /
Burlington.?Assurance of a new
passenger sti.'.lon, the openingktf Main
street across the railroad and the
early development of 20 acres of central
business property in Burlington
resulted from an agreement consummated
in a conference of railroad officials
and real estate men here.
Statesville.?Dew3y Bost, Arthur
Aldridge and Paul Rooks were each
given 20 years at hard labor in the
state penitentiary by Judge McElroy,
lor assaulting and robbing Jim Norman,
of Concord, Jitney driver, on the
Buffalo Shoals road, July 1.
Winston-Salem. ? Internal revenue
collections at the local office for July
showde a nice* gain over the same
month last year. They totaled $4,808,962.86
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Southern Pediatric Seminar. ^
Black Mountain. ? The Southern
Pediatric Seminar was in session here
last week, and was continued at Asheville
and Saluda through August 6th.
The Seminar Is a two-weeks' course
in the study of the child In disease
and health, Intended for the general
practioner. Different divisions of the
course are offered at Black Motfntain,
Saluda and Asheville.
The idea of the Southern Pediatric
Sominar Is that a fuller knowledge of
" e child, sick and well, be made
available for the general practitioner.
Former Preacher Is Pardoi^ed.
Asheville.?Governor Morrison announced
that he would pardon N. C.
Farmer, of Clay county, now under a
seven year sentence at the state prison
on a charge of second degree murder.
Farmer who was formerly a
Methodist minister, was convicted of
the murder of a party by the name of
Shuford. at Hayesville. and was on
trial seven years after the alleged
crime was committeed. Recommenda
tlon for the pardon was endorsed by
Judge Webb, the solicitor and numbers
of citizens.
Robber Gang Leaders Captured.
Favetteville.?What are believed to
bo the leaders of a gang of robbers
who have operated In the section surrounding
Fayetteville for the pasl
two years, have been arrested here
The latest, arrest followed the at- ?
tempted robbery of the Atlantic Coast
Line freight station at Stedman when
Capt. W. W. Bindeman and two sergeants
of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad
police and a deputy sheriff ol
Cumberland county concealed them
selves in the freight warehouse in ao tlcipation
of a robbery.
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