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Established in 1888. A VOLUME XXXIV Germans Wreck R. Road 1 As Retaliation For Laws ] Imposed by the French vCudo'i Speech Has Decided Effect in Stimulating Passive Resistance ( Among Hundreds of Workers and | Industrial Leaders in Ruhr. I j . .Essen?The most serious case of j railroad sabotage yet reported was ? discovered today south of Essen f where 1 50 yards of track of the main *line between Essen and Duesseldorf * had been torn up during Tuesday c night. t Chancellor's Cuno's speech in the reichstacr has had a rlpcidod piTpH in I stimulating the passive resistance am- I ong the hundreds of thousands of ? workmen in the ltuhr as well as the heads of industry, according to Ger- * man sources here. The French oil the contrary, do- f dare that the speech was disappoin- t tir.g to the population which had ho- ( ped to find it a more definite declaration that might lead to negotiations a with France. German trade union leaders here > ?re almost unanimous in the state- 1 ment that the speech will make the ' fact ory workers and coal miners I 1 more determined than ever to main- , tain their resistance to occupation. ^ Berlin?The rcirhstag debated the ; speech of Chancellor Cuno; the discus t sion revealed general unanimity in support of the government's state- ^ ment, while in the Reichstag corri- * dors the talk chiefly concerned itself :i with the effect of the chancellor's J > ?i U nit. Djiviri. i nui udu. In the course of the debate. Dr. Sdward David for the socialists said the French ought to understand that an agreement was only pvbgkqggggfl an agreement was always possible, with France desiring only reparation and peace, but with France wanting to annex the Rhineland and Ruhr, never. Herr Hurst contfervati*1?, regretted that Chancellor Cuno had not annpunced a rupture of diplomatic relations and a policy of reprisals. sT Herr Stresseman of the peoples party declared: "No reasonable minded person will oppose an understanding with Franc but in her procedure it is now up to France to create p requisites for such an understanding." i COLOGNE?Additional territory ' east ol Cologne was occupied today by the French troops in order to give France complete control of all the t custom posts on the right bunks of i the Rhine. By this move the British , bridgehead at Cologne is now sur- \ rounded by French patrols and out- \ posts. The area east, of Cologne for | the present i? being patrolcd by the French. ( The customs posts ut the Derring;hausen railroad junction and in the town of Wipperfurth southeast of , Elbeifcld were occupied by the French Tuesday and detachments of , French troops were stationed at Grafath and Remscheid to guard the ines of communication extending just beyond the British area. NORTH CAROLINA RANKS FIFTH IN CROP VALUES North Carolina with a total crop value of $342,637,000 took fifth place among states in li*22, according to figures compiled recently. If the value of live stock, $87,000000 is added to that figure the total farm production of the state last year was valued at $430,000,000. Since the state ranks 23rd in live stock values, the average for the crops and live stocks brings it down to twelfth in respect to all states. Cotton and tobacco are largely responsible for the crop values and the live stock shortage pulls down the average considerably. At least one hail the other states of the Union have more improved land than North Carolina. North Carolina retained fourth _1_ J? * ? OO 1 ' piBCC 111 ic?pctl> IU WC it is icauuig crops in 1922, -when the total value was $298,044,000. A similar rank was held in 1921 when the value of the 22 leading crops amounted to $219,"667,000. Texas holds premier place and Iowa and Illinois take second and third place, the order of their rank varying from year to year. In all crop values, North Carolina ranked sixth in 1921, with a total crop value of $252,376,000; in 1922 it had risen to fifth place with a total valuation of crops of $342,637. Two men labor continuously in the Pennsylvania station in New York to remove wads of chewing gum travelers have tossed on the floor. - i* Hfc Non-Pvtiian Family Newspaper. D< BOONE, \ Boone Trail is Again Ignored in New Contract The following from a Yadkinvillt* dispatch to the Winston Journal: According to information publish d in the Manufacturer's Record the! ^orth Carolina State Highway Comnicnifttl u-iil lot nut at tVio A m-il mn..t ng 163 miles of road building proects. Several bridge contracts will j tlso be awarded, these being in Av:ry, Robenson and Mecklenburg coun ies, the latter on the line between j klccklcnburg and Cabarrus. The contracts will involve the :onstruction of road sections in he following counties: Chowan Perquimans, Hertford, Bertie, lyde, Craven, Wilson, Durham,iarnett, Orange, Wake Randolph, doore, Cabarrus, Iredell, Caldwell, Ashe, Henderson, Avery, laywood, Madison and Graham, t is taken that. the money to be pent on the 163 miles of road to >e contracted at the April meeting s a part of the first $30,000,000 as he recent issue voted by the Leg^sature just adjourned is nor yet availible. Only two of the counties named n the proposed road projects are j n the seventh district, these being I 'aidwell and Ashe. The informa-j ion published by the Manufactur-1 rs Record docs not give the num- i or of miles of road proposed in eihor of these two ("unties, nor does t designate the number of the roads o be built. The thousands of citizens of Yad:in county whose hearts are set on | he paving of highway no. CO, known i i?c tKi> Hnnnr. Tro'l rw?i?? I if the seventh district are disappoinetl to learn that this highway was lot included in the projects propos:d for letting at the April meeting of he highway commission. It was eonidently expected that the April meetng would see the Boone Trait bid warded, at least to the Wilkes couny line, as a hard surface road. Both the Wilkes and Yadkin county ommis&ioners have put their ofTici&l X K. on the paving of the Boone frail and they are still hopeful that vommlssioner Hanes will %>, it vhen the tir-? is ripe. It is recogni*id that Commissioner Hanes has both lands full and is working with his roat off to make the best showing >os8ible for his district and to beneit the majority of the people and lor his reason no one has abandoned the dea that the Boone Trail will be ul~ imutoly hard-surfaced. AWlTlfy R r\rir'o P.r?lf I Course One of Finest LENOIR March 8.?Seth Rainer, jolf course builder of Long Island, New \ ork has been at Blowing Rock luring the oust sevBnt) day< In help n locating and laying out the 18io!e golf course for Green Park lotel. Mr. Rainer with C. V. Iienkel, f Statesville, one of the hotel proprietor!., was here today returnyig from Blowing Rock to Statesville. Mr. Rainer says that the new golf course at ttlowingdiock is one of the tinest he has ever seen in any inland or mountain section. This golf course builder has been connected with and has designed many of the famous golf courses in America. Among these are the Long Island, New York course and White sulphur Springs Virginia course. He says that the course here surpasses anything he has had anything to do with. The Green Park hotel is making a number of improvements Mr. Henkel says. A new and larger dining room is being built and other improvements are being added. Five new cottages arc under construction and will be completed before the season opens. Too Cold for Happiness It was one of those cold raw November days that northern New England knows. A Roman pageant wn: being given near New York. On th< second day an elderly but enthusias tic maiden lady from New Englaiu hied her over from the nearby towi where she was staying to view thi works. As sue approached the sc ini of activities she encountered one o: the outposts of the pageant guard, ; tall, skinny ,-awboned countrymar bare-legged and bare headded, cla only in a tunic of fiiin-y muslin. "Oh sir!" cried the lady, claspin; ber hands in an ecstacy of enthusi asm, as she addressed the blue-Iippe shivering Roman, "are you Appiu Claudius?" "'Appy ac Claudius?" responded t man. his teeth fairly cbaltenng, "e ma'am, I'm un'appy as 'ell."? Ca] pcr's Weekly. i There is always a brighter sid - Think how utterly idiotic the rejec - ed scenarios must be. ? Baltimo; Sun. tfmicj evoted to the Best Interests of Boo VATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH. CAR Germany Offers to Pay France $7,500,000,000 According to Reports Offer Ha* Been Turned Down by the French. Britisher Says it Should Have Led to Negotiations. France Does Not Want Pay. LONDON DISPATCH ? The announcement that Germany offered approximately $7,500,000,000 to France as the nnal sum it would be ?i;iv tv jM,y ui rc.paranon.s, amazea the British foreign office, which denied that any in formation regarding Germany's offer had been communicated to Great Britain by France. A high official .said: "It is under-: standablc why France refused that amount, which is far less than the sum offered last May," but he admitted that Great Britain would be glad if Poincaire had used the offer as a stepping stone to negotiations leading to peace. Publicists who have learned of the offer made and premptorily turned down without discussion by France, are agreed that France's action in the matter is in line with her rule or ruin policy in the Ruhr. Sir Charles Higham said: "France certainly should have given consideration to the German offer, if it was submitted. While it* is a difficult problem to discuss without official figures before me, 1 am quite sure that if Premier Poincaire had consented to reopen negotiations on the basis cf the latest German proposal it would have been the entering wedge that would have brought back peace to the war ridden continent I do not thiuk the present intolerable situation in the Ruhr can last as it is ruinous to the whole world." Normal Angell said: "It could only he expected that Premier Poincare would decline Germany's offer to France. He does not want Germany to pay its indemnity. He does not wnm Germany to gat into a position to pay its indemnity. France's invasion of the Ruhr docs not mean a debt' collecting move, but is an action to cripple Germany financially and economically Ford "Plays Square" by Paying Debts of Old Rival j Detroit, March 9.?A desire to play square with those 14 who have helped to make the automobile inj dustry what it is," even though some of them have been his business enemies, prompted Henry Ford to pay the balance of the indebtedness of the Lincoln Motor Co. it was learned today from persons close to the Announcement today that Mr. Ford voluntarily had undertaken to pay approximately $ 1,000,000 to creditor of the Lincoln company, sets a precedent in the business world, accordir.g to Kalph Stone, president of the Detroit Trust Company, receiver for the concern. Mr. Stone pointed out that by the terms of the purchase of the Lincoln company Mr. Ford was under no legal obligation to reimburse its creditors. The Lincoln company, then in the hands of a receiver, was purchased' at at auction by Mr. Ford last year. He paid $8,000,000 for the property. After preferred claims were paid there was left for distribution among other creditors the sum of $3,450,! 000, which amounted to 47 1-2 cents ! on the dollar. The $4,000,000 being , paid by Mr. Ford makes up the difference between the amounts received by the creditors and the sums due them originally. In announcing the settlement today Mr. Stone made known for the first time that Mr. Ford had the action in j mind when he decided to bid for the I Lincoln property at the receiver's I salt*. Fair Ecoo|b * The goose had been c&rveii and ' everybody had tasted it. It was ex cellent. The negro minister who wai ' the guest of honor, could not re1 strain his enthusiasm. - '"Dat's as fine a goose as I evei 8 set my teeth in Brudder Williams f he said to his host. "Whar did 501 8 get such a fine goose?" b "Well norf pahson" replied the ca: ^ ver of the goose, exhibiting great dig nity and reluctance, "when you prea K ches a speshul good sermon I neve axes you whar you got it. I hope 1 you will show the same considerat ls, ion."?Lawyer and Banker. hi 0 j There is nothing better for a con '' I murity than arousing men to com j together before God in His house.William Allen Knight. e. The delta of the Mississippi hi t- just been surveyed for the first tin re with accuracy by using cameras fro airplane*. a Mt me. and Watauga County. **thc Lea OLINA, THURSDAY MARCH IS. Slight of Hand Stunt Makes Pensioners Easy Targets for Crooks Changes Envelopes After Money it Pieced in Them by Unsuspecting Persons Working Toward Carolines Honesty Test. WASHINGTON. March IK?A "sharper" is going through the south cheating veterans or the "widows of ex-soldiers out of pension money. A slight of hand trick is used to swindle the old people. This fellow has worked his way through Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia and is traveleling toward the Carolinas and Tennessee. The Federal government i- after him. Gayly dressed and glib of tongue the fellow makes headway, where a less pretentious chap would not.. 'Posing as a special agent of the pension bureau," the department of in t rior warned today," this man has been calling at the homes of pe \sioned soldiers with an announcement that an increase in their pensions to $72 has been awarded them, providing that they pass a simple test. "The surprised pensioner, according to the information obtained by the bureau of pensions, promptly agrees to any sort of test and the swindler then presents an. empty envelope and asks that the former soldier piace all the money in his pos? session inside it. Here's the proposition, the fake pension agent then explains. All the government wants to know is whether you're and honest man. Now, I'm going to seal this envelope with the money you've just given me in it, and leave it with you to keep until the commissioner of pensions comes around tomorrow. If he finds the money untouched, you've passed the test and proven you're an honest man. If he discovers you've torn open the envelope and taken out the money it shows that you're dishonest and no increase in pension will be given you. "Sums running all the way from $5 to $50 have been eagerly dug up Itu lha nanclniniH a-iilftwe ??/l on! diers, end the clever flim-flammer in each instance has deftly slipped the money into the envelope and given it to the pensioners to hold awaiting the arrival of the commissioner of pensions the following day. But the commissioner fails to put in his appearanee either the next day or any subsequent days* Growing impatient the pensioners finally give up hope and tear open their envelopes. Instead of finding their money in it they are startled to discover a few pieces of old newspaper . The sleek stranger claiming to be e. pension ager.t has worked a slight of hand trick in transforming the money and instead of putting the currency in the envelope has placed it in his pocket. Department of justice agents and special examiners of the pension bureau are conducting a search for the swindler hut so far have beer unable to catch him. De-atli rhf*als r.Kair of Human Victim GREENVILLE, S. C. ? "Cas, closed by death of defendant.' These cryptic words written acros the record in the case ot Cliff Haw kins charged with murder and pla ced twice in the "death uouse" of th South Carolina penitentiary, tell thend of one of the most spectacula and bitterly contested cases in th criminal annals of the state. Hawkin passed quietly away in his cell in th Greenville county jail. Meningitis wa pronounced as the immediate caus of his death. For more than two years Cli" Hawkins, young planter of moui tain section, had waited ift priso for the final judgment of th courts. He had been tried for th murder and convicted and 3ei L tenccd to die in the electric chai Almost on the eve of his electroci i tion the sentence was suspend* . and only last week he was to that his case would he decided i r the present term of court of gener sessions. * In July 1920, a negro worna 1 was fatally shot by a white ma Vrtnf H u\t<z nhriiit i n cp f the negrees, hearing that a whi - farmer named William Morg - had .told officers that Hawkins sh r the negress. Hawkins went to M< 3 gan's home and lulled him. He th turned his gun upon himself and i dieted a serious wound. Afterwards Hawkins was indict by the grand jury on two coun l_ charging murder, and the case whi e has just ended through a change _ venue to the greater court of justi was begun. The trouble seems to be that 1 is many people think the law should le enforced and not enough think B should be observed.?Portland T< der of Northwestern Csrolin." 1923 "Clean-Up" Week f From March 26-31 The week of March 26-31 has been proclaimed clean-up week by Gover- y (nor Cameron Morrison in a public! , proclamation, and the state insurance department, headed by Commissioner Statey W. Wade, wi!! lead the campaign against rubbish and firebreeding conditions. * I In his proclamation, the Governor | asserts that "in the $8,000,000 loss lc j of property in North Carolina by o: Fin- during the past year, the sta- t* stistics will ever be able to measure our individual guilt, nor repenalize j, our carelessness; yet the respon- ., | sibilily is there and the fact that j ^ | it is a public burden, an open re- j *pr< iach, does not lessen the personal l/ offense." - hi The proclamation follows: b; "Cleanliness is not only next to Godliness, but partakes of it in that it point.- to the saying of ha- ot man life. This is true not only in ] the care of the human body but in tin prevention of fires and accidents which take each year an appalling toll of lives. 'In failing- to remove from out tl homes and places of business ail tl rubbish and fire-breeding conditions, H ; we set aside both the laws of God j v,and man, accepting the charge *>f sj j criminal negligence and inviting w the murderous sacrifice of human { life us well as the wanton destruc- ' tion of property. "in the $8,000,000 loss of proper- aty in North Carolina by lire riur- ie ing the past year no statistics will ti ever be able to measure our indi tl vidua! guilt nor penalize our care- lv lessness; yet the responsibility is ( there, and the fact that it is a pub- jj li< burden, an open reproach, does not lessen the personal offense. "Cleanliness in our lives, in our homes, in our places of business, is Ml a duty we owe our families, our a? neighbors and friends. Let us U| glorify that duty in the discharge ix of it. Cleanliness is impossible ei vaaoat aii-l IUUL-IOII, Irlicu ICl ^ us clean up. "Now, therefore, I, Cameron V Morrison, Governor of North Caro- 10 lina, in order to impress upon our ** people the menace of t&reiessness K' and to induce a general and active st interest in tire and accident pre- vi ventior., do hereby designate the w week of Murch 2*6 to ill. 1923 as n, Clean-Up Week, and urge that it j be observed b> devoting a part of each day to a thorough inspection of attics, closets, basements, store- ^ age rooms, and the removal of all ** waste, trash, or other accumula- *tion that might cr.Ui e a lire *.r ac- o: cidei o: "Let us act ept a personal res- Q ponsihility in making Ncith Caroli- n na 9HB?Q,or l'1* and property by , dist c:<-a?:iig up our own premises and then co-operating with our city authorities and stale insurI ancv department, in removing ha- v . zartiois cerd.tions from our schools h - institutions factories and other pub, lie places. o "Done at our city of Raleigh this t, th;' cightij day of Match, in the a year of oar Lord, one thousand ^ nine hundred and twenty-three, and } ^ in lhe one hundred anil forty- t eighth year of our American lude- 4 penitence. ^ J '"Signed: CAMERON MORRISON ; Governor/' ] s ~ Cheese School Well At- 1 e tended and Men Are ' r Doing Good Work < o Time spent in Boone at cheese s school by the cheese makers of Wa- < e tauga Haywood and Henderson couns | ties will be valuable to the milk pro*s?ducers. The men are intensely interested, rf and are proving, by the wcrk they i- are doing, their ability to operate n cheese factories in a way that will >e pyv the milk producer ai! his milk is le worth manufactured into cheese- The have also taken much interest in feed r. feeding, and breeding of dairy cows. 11- It is hoped that the time spent, at id this cheese school by the men who Id attended will be of some help to the at cheese industry of North Carolina. nl T A?>o TnnU 1Q')1 n *W..? ...:1 K.. ?? uci 9 uionc i.7*.u ?* jfcoi mat win ut remembered by the growth and den, vclopment of the dairy business, n. The makers are planning on organo? izing a North CVarolina Cheese Mate kers' Association during the last week an of school. The members of the Assoot ciation will meet three times during >r- the year each bringing a cheese to en be judged and scored. The maker rein ceiving the highest average score on his cheese will receive a silver troed phy cup. This will enable the makers ts, of North Carolina to make a uniform ich , cheese that will demand a good price, of H. I.. WILSON ce, Rather than miss a football game at Coaldale. Pa., 10,000 persons retoo mained in their seats and refused to be desert the game to fight a fire which it destroyed a house on the outskirts of tie- town. Appeals were made for fireman to respond but no one moved. Published Weekly NUMBER 20 3ay Tribute to Author of the Great Mountain Railroad Measure /ilke* Commercial Club Give* T. C. Bowie Grand Ovation?Proclaim* ed "Leader of People" and "tike Giant of the Mountain*." rom Carter's Weekly. When Tam C. Bowie* Ashe county 'gislator and champion of the people f the "lost provinces'' and the moun ! _ 10 2-2 - - ?????? nn citizen snip in general arrived in le city at 12:50 Tuesday afternoon e was greeted at the station by Presierit J. ('?. Hackctt of the Wilkes ommercial ( iub and about 1000 citens. anu he was accorded one of the iggest demonstrations ever received y any Nwrth Carolinian in this secm of the slate. The nimouse crowd at he red to pay tribute to the giant i th moon tains for his great viciry in the session of the General ssembly which has just ended?the itssage of the Bowie railroad bill. Sometime prior to the arrival of :e train citizens began to gather at le station, and when Mr. Bowie arveti the station yard wa thronged ith a mass of people and many were ao.diug in toe str<?t ;.r.<i on the side alk. Bowie's name was heralded inthe air and never has any man iten welcomed with greater enthusitu than he. From the train Mr. Bowwas escorted to the Orpheum theat the city's new play house, where ?cre was spanking. and where again igh tribute was paid one of North aroSina's brightest sons. President ackett presided over the meeting, ,,.1 ? '??^ ' ' iu uj ivi nuivni>; mm iiiv assemoiy ad met with only one purpose, that F showing appreciation for the noble zhievement of Mr. Howie, he called por. Ex-Congressman R. N. Hackett introduce the "legislator. Mr. Hackit paid a glowing tribute to the our.tain legislator and asked that k*ery citizen in the county give the eating commission his most earnest id sealn^tfi 3 id. That Mr. Bowie was reatly touched by the great demonration and continued ovation was ery etisy to discern. He said that hen "1 see this demonstration I do ot regret one thing that 1 have done, his great mountain section will be pen for we have $10,000,000 in cold ish for the construction of a trunk ne railroad from the middle west, hieh is a key to the development f all of North Carolina." P. E Brown x-sherifl of the county praised Mr. lowie's achievement in highest terms inferred to him as "the leader of our eople" and the i;.:r of this mounnin section." Following the meeting Ir. Bowie in company with his priate stenographer. Miss Maud Colva .*v c^... u:.. A..*. u-. The constructio n of a trunk line { railroad from North Wilkesboro > some point in Tennessee would give . direct a ad the most feasible outlet rom the middle west and the Appaaehtan coal fields, thus saving manuacturers of the state approximately 5100 on each car of coal delivered at Winston-Sal em or Greensboro. The Bowie Railroad Bill, which provides 'or the construction of the branch ine and trunk railroad is one that iviJl benefit the entire state, and especially eastern and central North Carolina. Factories and stores closed in order to pay a merited tribute to Mr. Bowie who, even though he is now a resident of Ashe ^county, is a son of Wilkes. Thousands Cut off From Government Pay Roll Dufiner the two rears uf thi? liar ding administration ending March 4 almost i00,00(? employees have been sepcratcd from the government service, according to a capitulation made at the direction of President Harding and given our recently at the white house. Detailed figures furnished by all departments and independent establishments of the government showed that reductions totaled 119,188 but these were offset somewhat in increases in certain of the departments numbering 20,396, leaving a total reduction of 98,792. Nearly all- of the departments contributed a reduction of the personnel. The pest office department increase of 9,166 was explained in the white house announcement as due to the national expansion ot the business of the department. If you can't travel you can^get' Pullman luxury at home. Just crawl up on a closet shelf and stick a i cinder in your eye.?Coatsville Bee- * ord.