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J 1 t. '"I .it :1! 'it it I i ri ;fi' it f I ft :?: ,i .. . ..( ti r . f .' v ! .I -t . i., -t ' -' 'ti (' GREENSBORO DAILY NEWS AND TELBGKAM Published Every Day la the Yens ny fareenseore ivewe cempeny E. n. JKFFRK9S Hhh a. n. .IOYM:it . . .Advertising Mil. uaiii.k :nlilil?Y UdMor lA. L. STOCKTON. .Managlag Editor lii. .. . u .1 MOA vaari SOe per weeki Ually Only, ' yeari inc per HffK. nmsiv wfh ually, Oct Sunday, in Member Of Associated Press, The AMerlatrt Pnsi Is exrlwlfrlr mtttlid to tbt lw ror rpiiiililli-iillati of ill new, (l)mtfhei rmlltrt .t lw UM gtianrlMcmUUrf W Ullt MO sad alas --rtlw low! newi oubluhfd berrin. ' I All rlgiiu or witillcatlon at pUt tueaubea . I nemo in slao mmw, KKIDAY, FIOHKUAHY 10, 1632 , IKIIIHOWKn HHllvPS. AVhrn New York city has paid Sen ator Hiram Johnson his 125,000 fur legal Kervlces, people there need not be accused of undue familiarity if they n-fer to him as "High Johnaon, even if hi regular fu miliars use the same expression. Hartford Courant, The kaiser says he has' a "real af fection for America." Perhaps he ha, but we think we have got him now where he can't show It quite ao ex plosively h he did on the 7 In o May,. 115. Bftn'nn Transcript. An original man l one-who doea not talk about the weather. An ex ceptional man ! one wJ)o haan't a bad cold. An Interesting man la one who dot-sn t advise you to try (tie Deal cold euro." Louisville Courier-Jour, nal. : , - The first Instance of disquieting overhead was probably the sword of Damocles. Uopton Herald. We observe that the powers have banned poison gas for war, which assures us that no poison gas will be employed until the next war. Co lumbia llecurd One I'ortland man has resolved to raise a full beard during the comlng year, because, as he says, that is about all that Is left to him that a woman can't do- Portland KxpreBS. f Jerome Napoleon Jionapsrfe. ay a New York mehsagc. denies the report that b Jiu been offered the crown of Albania. Indeed, it Is-said that the Albanians urr most friendly toward ' hint. London I'tim-h. ' la It lrulnnd that's free now, or Knulund.' Hull Htrect Journal. PARACRAPH1CS. " Amonft those conspicuous in fall ur to, observe Smile week is Old Sol. 3 , - Apparently Pennsylvania' new Senator Pepper cherishM aribitions of living up to his nume. The plenary mdment in the para grapher's day is that -at which time the colymn becomes plenary. Not that he is then too plenary for ut ttrnace. Quite the contrary, usual ly : The impression we gain from re n.arks, submitted by him to 'the House of representatives yesterday is that Congressman Gallivan, of .Massachusetts, is not what is called hereabouts a sincere prohibitionist. Another sign of spring-the cot ton market got excited yesterday, a thing which occurs most frequently as planting time approaches. This is an inexplicable phenomenon, but co-operattvo marketing may have some effect on it, perhaps. (. Is the prize mystery of the mur der of Taylor, the motion-, picture director, to be dissipated by the dis covery that a man who killed him self at San Diego Saturday night was Ssnds, the Taylor butler? There is a saying that suicide is confession, under such circum stances. ' . ; ", - , ' The Chicago crime- commission estimates that Chicago i the home of about 10,000 professional crim inals. People familiar with Chi cago phenomena will conclude that evtm more interesting 'would bo a report 'en the number of amateur criminals operating there.t if there are no more than 10,000 profession sis." --(.-. .-...,..... Also, since yesterday, it is Boy Scout week. The scout .organization 1k .J2 years old, and how the-country ever got along without Boy Scout organization it . is not easy now to sec. For scouting tills the mind of boyhood. It nut only ab sorbs great part of the abounding energies of the scouts ' thehisclvcs for three or four years, but' it fills the thoughts of the' V""i2er boys, who await with impatience the age when they can join, and spend much time in preparation for it. Scout ing is turning out leadership, a bet ter average quality of manhood, and best of all it is "adding immensely to the happiness of youth, and thus increasing the sum total of humani ty's mo,t prised possession. Rev. R. Murphy Williams, a well- informed and . thoughtful citirtn I ' who 1s accustomed to - weigh hi; words, said the .!' other day that Greensboro is the most prosperous city in 'the south, the soundest financially. . , if CTecnsboro . is in the respect the, best advantaged of'southern communities, it may.be that It is really thd most prosperous town in the United'Statcs; and one might go further and tuke in even more territory. For the uppor south, as is well known, has been subject to less financial vicissitude than any other section, while Amer ica is the best situated part of the globe. Due to peculiar local condi tions there may be, here and there, few localities better off than Greensboro, but that is a matter of doubt. Rev, Mr. Williams, a man of wholesome, robust faith, said that ours has been a generous community, and he has no doubt that has much to do with its pros perity, ' . ' HIGHWAY MISCELLANY. The state highway commission lettings continue to furnish a re liable index of road building costs, ine 13 projects disposed of at Ra- icign weanesaay gave a new rec ord average, touching the low level of 24,700 per mile of standard class A construction. These are gross figures, less large bridges, and represent the actual cost of eom plete roadway less engineering and supervision. -1 he Hagedorn bid, Thomasville to Uuilford line, Central highway, 3.7 mile at 119,700 figures out nblut 32,000 per mile for standard (concrete) construction. , This leaves but three big jobs undisposed of on the Central highway in this part of the state, eleven miles, Thomasville to Lexington, the Spen cer bridge and the Haw river bridge. The letting of a small section in Burlington, a $14,000 job, disposes of all projects east of Greensboro to tile Orange line except the Haw river bridge. In Orange the Orange to Durham line, soil road, built for hard surface com pletion, will be (part of it the con tractor , took about two years on an eignt-pnie jot) ) three, years old in the spring, as they say in horse-trading circjes. It is time the commission began to think of surfacing it, Hillsboro to Alamance line has been let, a soil contract, which must stand a year or two, on account of the heavy grading. The Eno river bridge at Hillsboro a f 30,500 job, bid on Wednesday, will complete the central highway as a soil rood through Orange. The sur vey on Thomasville to Lexington will be completed this month, and no doubt construction will begin be fore many months. This is to be a yeas' of maximum activity along the Central highway through the piedmont., Half s doz-j en or more jobs of various sizes will necessitate detours, so . that relatively speaking the Central high way will be out of business. The law requires contractors to main tain detours "in good ponditlon," but a 'detour is, at the best, but a detour, and with the best of care ij infrequently at its "best." It will not be until next year that, the public can begin to appreciate what the Central highway is to be like. The report of the Guilford coun ty highway commission, made pub lie yesterday, shows that there have been constructed 13.4 miles of hard surface road at a total cost of $396,- 000, or 29,000 per mile. A con siderable portion of the construc tion is sub-standard; either pene tration or narrow asphaltic. An additional 2.8 of hard surface con struction has been laid, but the cost of the work is not given, it being included with another job. The Archdale road, 2.3 miles that cost a hundred thousand dollars, is to bo deducted from the county showing, and will lower - average coits appreciably. This is S part of the state highway system-and the report 'shows the cost of it assumed as a loan by the state. It was built before costs began their nose-dive. and is expensive stuff. Most of these county projects were under taken, . and the contracts let we assume the work was done on con tractbefore the costs had improved much, and that fact is to be given consideration in making compari sons of costs, with the Btate work, for instance. It is difficult, under existing conditions, to make any sort of comparisons. It is entirely probable, we think, that the county would save, money by asking for bids on all surfacing projects end letting to the lowest responsible bid der, but that- cannot be proved from available data. Bids are asked on the next project the county authori ties have in mind, a job of consider able size, nd the joint commission in to be commended therefor. The woods are full of contractors, there having been no fewer than 178 bid ders on the state work Wednesday, niid numerous ccerns have been for months asking for a chance at the Guilford work. If the work i thrown open to competitive bidding the taxpayer knows that he has gm the most possible for his dollars always assuming the quality of th work, which can be guaranteed, if, any event, only by adequate inspec tion of every stage of every process. The total expenditure the coun ty board in its year of operation under the $2,000,000 fund author ization Is up towards $800,000, with $100,000 due in credits from the state and a quarry and equipment that may be put down as a $100,000 asset; say a net expenditure in the neighborhood of $000,000, of which $300,000 has been put on hard-sur fact projeots (leaving the Archdale job out of consideration) and $300,- 000 on soil construction. So far a . balance has been maintained which looks equitable, as between what may be classified as urban and rural construction. The latter 1, mainly Incomplete, involves four times as much mileage as the for mer, and thus serves a much greater teiritory. The outcome of all this mil construction will depend main- ly on the degree of success the county has with maintenance, which continues to be a problem for the tuture. Thq cheerful paragraph yester day morning about the tractability of snow No. 2 was written ill-ad- visedly and without the latest In formation. That snow has pestered ar.d baffled, not to sa defeated, the maintenance department of the fifth dli.trict.. AH went merrily enough Tuesday, snow was soft and light, and the trucks made no difficulty at a)i of it But there are a limited number of trucks, one can make only SO miles a day. the fifth dis trict is an area of magnificent dis tancesand the stuff, packed by traffic where the Machines did not retch on Tuesday, froze that night. After the previous snow there was no freeze, and the maintenance dc pHrtnjpnt worked night shifts. Wed nesday and yesterday the trucks could do no business at all. One heavy outfit, working on Route 70, having cleared Greensboro to Reids ville Tuesday, made every attempt to clear the road further north. On th drag were piled all the crossties nd boulders the truck could pull but it simply slid over the glassy surface without feezing it As long n toe roads remairi frozen they can take no damage, but it is tough on traffic. Confronted by these eon ditions tire department simply settled down to a policy of watchful wait- ir.g. Order were issued to all out fits to hold everything in readiness, and get into action with the begi ning ef a thaw or the beginning of, another, snowfall. The experi ence the boys have got within the past zortnlght indicates that, bo far as the fifth district central highway is concerned, a truck located at Greensboro and another at Reids- viile should be able to handle al most any sort of snow; the fall is negligible In the southern part of thf district, decreasing in amount as one proceeds south from Greens boro, v The maintenance gangs have run against numerous snags, and their education has proceeded ', rapidly, within the past few weeks. They hi ve just begun to fight, however, and have things all set t6 buck snow from now on, if there is snow to buck. , They are determined to save the soft roads , from injury and keep traffic conditions the best pos sible on all roads. TROUBLE IN A FAMILIAR PLACE. The vicinity of the Ulster border has as much bad blood to , thee square mile as any place of similar density of population on the face of the globe, arfd the present out break of it is going to furnish a severe test of the ability of south ern Ireland to conciliate Ulster, of the embryonic free state govern ment to pass its formative stage, and of the Anglo-Irish peace treaty itself. In a series of raids intended as a demonstration, it appears, againBt the hanging of certain political pris oners at Deny, soma .200 unionists were kidnaped, and while at (his writing there are no reports of vio lence upon the person of any of them, six counties aflame with par tisan feeling presents a situation appalling Indeed, with a nationalist newspaper declaring that the raids, although explainable, are "indefen sible." .,' The further declaration that under disciplined control they could not have been made" is sug gestive of difficulties the new gov ernment is confronting in that vicinity, amongst .its own turbulent elements. I The imperial government de mands action from the south Irish authorities, and the measure of their disposition and ability to con trol the situation must shortly be demonstrated. PLANNING A GREATER HIGH POINT. The people of High Point, if the board of aldermen adopt the report submitted by their engineer, will vote on a prpposal to enlarge the corporate limits to include a total area of nine square miles, or more than double the present area. The essential idea og which High Point has been working is to have a popu lation of 20,000 or more included, and preliminary estimates have con vinced the High Pointers that this is entirely feasible. With favor able action by the electorate High Point will become one of the fore most towns of the state in point of population, the largest In Guilford county which ' circumstance will afford every loyal man, woman and child of the Furniture City an im mense amount of satisfaction. The resultant publicity value will be in estimable. But to our way of thinking, pub licity and the gratification of eivic pride will be, while highly valuable in themselves, by no means the most valuable of the results accom plished. The boundaries of every municipality should extend well out Into the unimproved sections about it, in order that the city may at all times control development Nor should the municipality wait until its limits are filled up before ex tending again; if a growing place it should be constantly outreaching. . Had this been a settled policy of town growth our towns would bo in much better situation with respect to the important matter of parks ancTplaygrounds, for one thing. It It much easier to acquire these while they are barren old fields, or cow pastures, than when they have become valuable city lots. The policy becomes immensely more Important, in view of this con sideration, now than it has' been in the past; because the value, the necessity, of such open spaces is but beginning to be realized by ' the general public. High Point's ex pansion is most timely, and the city GREENSBORO DAILY NEWS, FRIDAY, . FEBRUARY 10,, will act with wisdom if it shall take in much more than appears likely it will actually need for development into residence and business prop erty within the next decade. Who can predict with any degree of certainty the immediate future of any one of half a dozen or more North Carolina towns that are steadily growing into- cities? The conditions of life and industry in this part of the country are not fixed, but changing. It may be that one or more of these towns is des tined to a rapid growth, that will soon double, treble, its population and business. High Point, among others) is well warranted in antici pating such a growth. , It is a mat ter that will depend largely upon the esprit, the ambitions, of the people themselves. The will to be great is a motive power that is capable alone of carrying a town fast and far. ; Still, it helps' lot in the local observance of Smile week to learn (hat the stockholders and .directors of the Jefferson Standard Life In surance company have given final and official indorsement to the plans for the erection of the company's building on the old courthouse site, with renewed assurance that the work wiH begin in the spring.- The structure will add some hundreds of office rooms in Greensboro, and If we were of the sporting fraterni ty we would risk a considerable wager that every one will be spoken for before the building is complete. PI BLIC PULSE A GREAT NEGRO SCIENTIST. Editor of The Dally News; I am aura It will be lntercatlnk to both races and especially Interesting and inspiring to the negro youth to read the biography of Prof. Q. W. Carver, of Tuakegee Institute, Ala bama. Not unlike many negro boya who have and are atill struggling to make themselves useful In the world. Prof, carver started In the face of all kinds of discouragement to pre pare himself for service. He la without question the greatest scient ist the negro race has produced with possibly- few equals In any raoe. He has made numerous contributions to science1 and Is today possibly . the world's greatest authority on the aweet potato and peanut. His biog raphy and a few of his achievements are as follows: Professor George W. Carver waa born at Diamond Orove, Mo., about the cloae of the Civil war, In a little one-room log-shanty on the planta tion of Mr. Moses Carver, who waa the owner of his mother. His fath er belonged to a Mr. Grant, who own ed the adjoining plantation. When Juet a tot he thirsted for an education and literally lived In the woods trying to learn every stone, flower. Insect, bird and beast. His only book was an old Webster's dic tionary which he sought as a source of answers to every question until he almost knew the book sy heart. At the agef 10 he left for Neoaho, a mall town about eight miles from the farm on which he waa living Here he had the opportunity to go to ohool, After two years, he secured Job with a family and moved to Ford, Arkansas, 'and later went to Minneapolis, Kans where he finished his high school course. After finishing high school, he ap plied for entrance Into one of the colleges and waa accepted but when he arrived and the president aaw that he was colored, he was refused. He had spent moat of hia money ao he had to do something for a liveli hood, This condition led him to open a laundry In this vicinity until spring and then, he went to Wlnterset, la., to accept a Job as first cook In one of the large hotels. i One evening, he went to a white church and sat In the rear of the house. Here he attracted the atten tion of the chorister by his voice and thereby g ained two very warm friends tn the persona of Mr. and Mrs. Millholland. These friends en couraged the young negro to enter college and to specialise In music and painting. Having 'a passionate fondnese for these arts he made rapid progresi. After remaining In Simpson college for three years he entered the Iowa State college at Ames, la., where he pursued the agri cultural course, -receiving, two de grees, B. 'A. and M. A. After graduating he was elected to the faculty and placed In charge of the greenhonee, baeterlologloal laboratory and laboratory work In systematlo botany He was serving In mis capacity wnen ne met ur. loos er - T. Washington, who persuaded him to. come to' the Tuakegee insti tute, at, which Institution he Is now situated as director of the scientific research and experiment station work. During his time at Tuskegee Insti tute, Professor Carver has made many contributions to science and to agri culture. Cohspiouous among . these contributions are his 10 products from the sweet potato and a like number of products from the peanut. Professor Carver has been ' called upon frequently In -the past year or two to demonstrate the possibilities of these products, having appeared before the waya and means commit tee at Washington, D. C, the Peanut Growers' association and many agri cultural colleges In the south. He is very much Interested in his work and Is an Interesting and pleasing speaker. Professor Carver Is a fine botanist and noted rhemlst. He : haa made taicum powders from the clays of the Alabama soil, 100 or more moat beautiful paints, stains and varnishes. from the clays of Alabama sou. The following publications by Prof. Car- over are both Interesting and profit able! . - - - Ilia analyais of the cow-pea, from which he produces 21 by-products. "Twelve Ways to meet the New Economic Conditions Here In the South," bulletin ti. "Forty-three Ways to Save the Wild Plum Crop," bulletin 34. "Three Delicious Meals Bvery Day foo the Farmer," bulle tin 13. In the latter publication you will be Interested to note that prao tlcally everything mentioned In his menu may be grown on the farm and in the garden and it VIII simply make your mouth water to . read theae recipes. They are simple, practical and useful Prof. Carver' la a very modest and unassuming man with a remarkable vocabulary, keen and aotive mind that is capable of entertaining people in all walks of- life. He la possibly centuries ahead tf his time In many of his wonderful works and dlaoov erlee. The following is what some of the world's most distinguished men say about him: Prof. Carver is pro bally the very finest painter In the state of Iowa." 1922 Hon. Jam'ea Wilson, ex-secretary of agriculture, Washington. D. C. , "That wae the beat lecture on agri culture that It has ever been my privilege to listen to," Chancellor W. B. Hill, University' of Georgia. . ' Prof. Carver is a surprise to ail who have pot known him. To be with him but a ahort time will reveal the faot that he is a genius who lives In closest touch with nature.1 President R. W. McOenahan, Knox- vwie college. Knoxviile, Tenn. "One of the most expert agrloul turlsts in the south." Hon. B. B. Comer, ex-governorf Alabama. , "There is no work more Important than - that yoa are , doing." Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, ex-President of the United Btatee. ' "Without question, Prof. Carver la the most interesting representative of the colored race 1 have ever met" Charles LaFollette, of the Big Four railway. -" a ne. greatest scientist our raoe has produced." Dr. C, T. Walker, Augusta, Ga. "One of the best chemists in the south." -President C. Thach. A. and M. college, Auburn, Ala. 'One of the most thoroughly sclentitlo men of the negro race." Dr. Booker T. Washington. Jne of the most remarkable and extraordinary minds I have ever met." Dr. David Falrchlld, agrlcul tural explorer In charge, U. 8. de partment of agriculture, Washing ton, D. C. This is recognition of which one might well be proud. any Greensboro. JOHN D. WRAY. FRANCE'S ARMY PLANS BEING LAID ONLY FOR ' DEFENSIVE PURPOSES Continued From Page One.) francs annually. Here is the tabula tlon for England 1921-1923: War department, 106.816,000 pounds: air, is.svo.uou pounds; navy, 82,479,1 uuu; mnia, eo.au.ooo pounds; Egypt, 1,843,000 pounds; total, 864,269.000 pounds. i Colonial office and dominions 14,000,000,000 francs. - Thus England has more than one-fifth while we have 10,000,000 pounds, making a grand total of t79,25,000 potfhda, which at par value of the pound 85 franca equala T,000,000,000 francs or at the current' rate of exchange 50 franca less than one-fifth, while maintain tng the expense of national defense ana tne execution of treaties. I would like It to be remembered that Europe is not in a state of or. derly quiet, that it lav menaced by bolshevlsm and that people were verv glad a year and a half ago when our soldiers or our officers saved Poland from demagogic barbarism whose torrents would have, overflowed all civilization. When we render service to the world we who are on ex posed avenues we ask more oredit, more patience, more Indulgence from nations who do not always face the same peril. The nations ouo-ht to know that the daughter of the French revolution, which was the revolution of the world, haa no In. tentlon of taking Germany's place In murderous Imperialism. TAX ON BANK CHECKS AND REALTY DEALS IS ALSO CONTEMPLATED Continued From Page One.) the other subcommittee under the direction of Representative Green, of lowa, began work on the bill. It was said that no changes would be made in (sag nve optional puns as written In the original Fordney measure, but that several alterations in some of the administrative features . were planned. . One important change was made today, the committee striking out the provision requiring the army and navy departments before making payments to former service men to ascertain and deduct any amounts that tnight ,be owed the government by the men growing out of their war servloe. - Brigadier General Lord, budget officer in the war department, told the osmmittee that the cost of examining the records of the more than 4,000,000 men who served with the colors would exceed the amount that the government would' obtain under the provision. HIGHLY IMAGINATIVE PICTURE IS MOLLY 0' Mack Sennett -Production With Mabel Normend As Star Is Unusual. "Molly O," a Mack Sennett produc tion, with Mable Normand as star. sow1 appearing at the Imperial the ater, departs from the usual Sennett mirth-making comedy. It is a high ly Imaginative pioture which often departs from the , probable, yet it Is full , of comedy, romance, drama. pathos and wit that one Is inclined to overlook the Improbable situations. This story of a washerwoman's daughter with ambitions reaches Its peak when Molly O' marries the muoh sought-after Dr. John Curtis Bryant. Reared In poverty by a strict and "old fashioned father," Molly O' seeks a brighter life. It is the story of a gritty girl's fight for happiness; and undaunted Holly O' reaches her goal through a chain of amusing cir cumstances and with. a streejt philoso pher as a subatantial helper. It's the Cinderella sort of a etory; but the happy union la almost disrupted by an old rival who seeks revenge through Molly O's brother. However. with a thrilling rescue from an air ship Molly O" wins. A special musical program by the Imperial Orohestra, under the direc tion of George Gaskell, adds much to the attractiveness of the picture.' en the same bill with Molly O' Is Mirth Comedy, "Week Endf' and the two make a good program whloh 111 run at the Imperial the rest of the week. BESSEMER NEWS ITEMS. Midweek Prayer Service Deveted Te -CeneMeraMea of Ceveteaaness, (Sprrlil te Dally N.wi.) Bessemer, Feb. . Mid-week prayer service was held last night with a large attendance. Everyone present recited a Bible verse, beginning with the lettir "B. This proved very In teresting. Delia Lowdermllk render ed a solo, "Scatter Seeds of Sunshine." The subjeot for the evening was "Cov etouenese." Many Interesting .read ings were given. The service closed with- song and prayer. Miss Wilms Thomas la ill at her home On Eaat Market street exten sion. - . Dewey Laughlln, of Proximity, en tered school here Wedneeday. Miss Kuov uausey, who haa been ill for the past week, returned to school Thursday. - Greensboro Man Elected To " Tobacco Association Board ' Raleigh, Feb. t George A. Nor. fatood of Goldsboro, banker and far mer, was today elected president of the Trl-State Tobacco Growers Co operative association at a meeting of the dlrectore. Bright Williamson of Darlington, S. C , xwas elected vice president for Couth Carolina and Jo seph M. Hunt of Blackstone, Virginia was elected vice-president for Vir ginia. M. C. Wilson, ef Keysvllle, Vir ginia is secretary treasurer. Mem bers of the executive corhmlttee are J. M. Galloway, of Greensboro, and H. J. Watktns, Jr., Virginia. South Boston, NOMINATION OF METTS IS SENT TO THE SENATE Additional. Advance Of . $138,000 For Agriculture In This State Approved. , . , Daily Ntrwi Bureau Mid TelfffTSPB OfflM. m AUm Sulldlat (si Utmi win) Washington, Feb. 8 President Harding sent to the senate today the nomination of John Van B. Metta, of Raleigh, to be a brigadier general of the officers reserve corps. United States army. A batch of postoffice nominations were sent to the senate today, but no Tar Heels were Included. Inquiry developed that there Is no change In the Morehead City controversy and the nomination of Cleveland K. Willis Is still before the postoffice commit tee of the senate where Senator Sim mons has It stopped temporarily. The postoffice department today accepted the proposal of the Bank of Fremont to lease new quarters for a postoffice In that tows on the south side of Main street, between Sycamore and Goldsboro Streets. The lease will run for five years. . The war finance corporation today approved additional advances amount ing to 1198,000 for agricultural pur poses in North Carolina. Tar Heels whose names have been placed on the federal pension rolls. at the sums named, Include: At $30 per month. Mania B. Plxlav. Roxboroi Cecilia R. Mektns, Rodan the; Martha A Shipp, Elizabeth City; Julia A. Gurkln, Woodvllle; EliaB Gentry, Marshall; Clarisa Spate, Bath, At $24 per month: Zachariah T. Brack ett, Mooresboro. At $11 per month: William P. Brooks, AeheVllle; Charles Feather- stone, Fletcher; Henry Conner, DIUs boro. At $15 per month: Charles H. Jenlr. Ins, Tarboro; William T. Huffstetler, Ashevllle; Samuel R. Cauble, Salis bury. At $8 per month: Oscar MraAfnrA ' Gaston. At l per month: Manlv rt. Bi. lard, Ashevllle. Representative Bulwlnkle ftidav Te, ceivea a communication from the postoffice department , promising to accede to his recent request that registered mall from Gastonia for Richmond, Va., be re-routed so as to expedite delivery. The denartmnt promised to put in an improved serv ice. James Mensles, a Wltmlmstju busi ness man, was In Washington today, $7,500 VERDICT TO v BE FOUGHT BY.NEAL Defendant In' Land Commission Suit i" ilee Exceptions RalJ. ' road Damage Suit On. Counsel for Mrs: Eula B. tieal. of Richmond county, filed a bill of . ceptlons yesterday afternoon to the veraict or the Jury which awarded the Southwest Land company $7,6ot damages for alleged breaoh of con tract in connection with a land sale made by the company for Mrs. Neal. a. J. ana n. o. Akers are real eatata dealers ' operating as the Southwest Land company. . .' The land company, whose head quarters Is In Abingdon, Va., con tended that Mrs. Neal had agreed te pay all received from the land In ex cess of $40,000. , The bids aggregated $65,830. The land company sued for $15,680. The jury, awarded approxi mately half of the amount asked- in (he Suit Of B. B. Caatevene against the Southern railway for $10,000 for the loss of fingers of hts left hand, the defense had not com pleted presenting its testimony when Judge James E. Boyd recessed court until this morning. : It Is expected luai me case will go to the iurv Some time during the afternoon. The plaintiff alleges that his fin gers were severed when a Southern railway train started without warn ing at the Danville station in June of last year.- The defense oontends that the plaintiff had no business be. ing where he was when he was -hurt OFFICERS RE-ELECTED IN SUMMERFIELD BANK Resources Increase 20 -Per Cent During Year Splendid Reports Made At Annual Meeting. The Bank of Summexfleld held Its annual meetings of stockholders and directors yesterday at Summerfleld and heard highly satisfactory re ports covering the business of the past year. All directors were pe eleoted and P. H. Simpson and How ard Simpson, president and cashier. respectively, were alee re-elected. Report was made showing that during the year the' bank has added to its resources approximately 20 per cent. The showing made by the of ficers was especially gratifying In view of the fact that the bank has been in operation only about two years. All the directors expressed confidence In the future of the Insti tution. Winston Officials Planning f or Big Park Development (fpMdel to rally xnra ) ' Winston-Salem, Feb. . . -The city officials are planning for an exten sive park development in the north ern part of the city. Options have been Secured en ."Bramlette," the' home place of Attorney Lindsay Pat terson, Including aeveral acres, and adjoining property, the same to be used for park purposesfor the chil dren of that part of Winston-Salem. Later It Is expected to erect a .large nd modern school building on the knoll, on which now stands the Pat terson home. The deal for the prop erty on which options have been se curd will likely be ratified by the al dermen at their weekly meeting Fri day night. The local tobaceo market has pass ed the 80,000,000 mark In the number of pounds, sold of the 1921 erou. A large number of farmers have eolditlten their last load and the quality. of the weed being offered these days is practically all of the lower grades. Colfax Man Bound Over On Charge Of False Pretence E. W. Reynolds, a young white mas ef the Colfax section, ws bound over to Superior court yesterday afternoon by Squire J. R. Caffey on a charge of obtaining fertiliser valued at $180 under false pretences from W. H. Warren, also of the Colfax section. Testimony was offered to show that young Reynolds obtained the fertiliser only after saying that his father would algn a note for tfce $180, and that the father later said he knew rothlng about It and refused to sign. Squire Caftey put Reynolds under a bond for $200, part of whloh was put op by former Lieutenant -Governor Charles A. Reynolds, of Winston-Salem, an uncle of the defendant. Half Of the Population Of Uniontown 111 With the Flu L'nlontown, Pa., Feb. . Approx imately 10.000 persons, or 60 per cent of the population of Uniontown. are 111 with Influenia, and unless drastic measures are take'n to combat the disease the situation wilt become ex tremely serious, W. C, Hall, city health officer said tn a statement today. The health department reported to- day that six deaths, due to Influenia I had been recorded here in the last i tares oaya. PROMINENT CITIZEN OF IREDELL IS DEAD County Commissioner Brown Dies From Pneumonia Brown Bag Co. Organised. (Special is baur Km), Stateavllle, Feb. 9. J. A. Brown, member of the hoard of commission ers of Iredell and prominent citlsen of the county, died at his home In Skarpesburg township Tuesday night after three weeks' Illness. Mr; Brown had been a sufferer from heart dis ease for d number of years and he became ill with , pneumonia three weeks ago. Mr. Brown' waa 54 years or age., He is survived by his wife, who was before marriage M'.sg Ellen Myej-s, daughter, of William Myers, of High Point, and three children. Four sisters, alio, survive: Mrs. B. S. Millsaps, of Stateavllle: Mrs. H. 8. Goodnight, of Sharptburg towushlp; airs, avu nuitv, or uoncora township, and Miss Julia Brown, of the county, For six years Mr. Brown had been a member at the board of commls sjoneri and was supervisor of the public roada of the county for some time prior to his death,-, .; Funeral services were held from Plsgah churoh this afternoon at . 1 o'clock. ' ' ""t , ; Percy Sherrlll, a well Known young white man of Troutman. la held in Jail here on a charge of carnal Knowledge o a young eirl. LOna Cavln, who Is under 14 years of age. A preliminary hearing Is scheduled for some time this week. Sherrlll Is 29 years of age and has been mar ried about four months. He is of a good family, his mother residing tn Hickory. He makes complete de nial of the charge. - - .1 The home and school Improvement campaign for Iredell county closes on April 22, and this Is to be. a fed letter day for the schools of the county. This Is a cohttnuanee of the cam paign which was productive of fine results last year, culminating ta a big gathering here a year ago. Prises will be offered and it Is now expected that Dr. E. C. Brooke, state super intendent of public instruction, and Hon. Joaephus Daniels, former sec retary of the navy, will be present to deliver addreaaes. The Brown Bag- company, with principal of flees- in Statesvllle, ' has received Its charter, and a formal organisation was affected tn the chamber, of commerce rooms - this week. The company has sn author ised capital Block of $100,000,. but haa begun business with $6,000 paid in. ine orncers are: F. L. Johnson, president; James P. Flemming vice- president; Jesse M. Brown, secretary ana treasurer, -xne board of direc tors include the above named gentle men una c.-L. iiuraock and O. W. Henry. , DEVEREUX PLAYERS DELIGHT COLLEGIANS Intereeting Performances " Draw Responsive Crowds Of Pleas? ed Onlookers. '.. ' Performances of Rostand's "Ro manoers" and Gilbert Chesterton's "Magic." an amusing satire on spirit ualism, entertained two large audi ences at the Greensboro college yes terday afternoon and last night The ever-popular Devereux players, Justl tied the high regard they have-wpo with. Greensboro -theatergoers ', in previoue appearances. . The afternoon eelectlon was a de lightful romance in which Miss Graf achieved an exquisite bit of dramatic Impersonation in the role of a love stricken young girl. Clifford Dever eux, head of the company, justified his reputation for forcefulness and wholesome personality in the role of Percint. Reginald Fife and , J. B. Souther cleverly supplied much laughter with their whims and foiblea as old English gentlemen. Ed mund Goode's work as a bandit add ed color and excitement ' ! . The evening performance of the Iphesterton satire again developed the unusual -art of Miss Graf, In' the role of an Irish girl: Miss Nanna Forbes also won the plaudits of a sympa thetic and responsive audience. Ed mund Forde played to perfection the part of the duke, whom Chesterton described as "very much of an ass but a gentlman withal." Reglnal Fife and J. "B, Souther were both good. The finest piece of work In - the sketch, however, was that of Mr, Devereux as the magician. His pan tomime was exceptional. The college authorities, it is un derstood, -hope to secure the Dever eux players for a more extensive engagement next year. ELECT REV. G. S. HALL. Ellsnbetk City Rector Made Nuperln- , tendeat Thompson Orphanage i . ... (Spetlal te DsUr Ken --- Charlotte, Feb, 9. The conference held here yesterday of the Metropoli tan Insurance people -went to the credit of Charlotte district, on ac count of the district leading the oth er 61 districts. Security Savings bank has declared a semi-annual .dividend of t per cent on its paid In capital Of $90,000. i Rev. Geerge Sr Hall, rector of Christ's Episcopal church, Elisabeth City, was elected yesterday superin tendent of the Thompson orphanage, succeeding Rev. Walter J. Smith, of Charlotte, resigned some months'ago, the election of Mr, Hall being the principal Item of interest at the an nual meeting of the board of man agers of the orphanage Leon Williams has arrived in the city to become secretary of the As sociated Charities. Hamilton C. Jones is president of the association. Mr! Williams was a student at Trinity and atudled law there for four years. He graduated from the luw school and was admitted to the bar In 1907. Ho was secrotary of tho New Bern chatrfber ef commerce for three years. Garibaldi and Bruns, who were burned out of a commercial horn during the big fire of laat week, have a temporary stand on south Tryon, next to McCausland's. , , Two Automobiles Thought Stolen Here Last Night ' Automobile thieves are blamed for the loss of two automobiles la Greensboro last night a Chandler .belonging to Thomas Crabtree which disappeared from Its parking place at the American Exchange National bank between t and 10:30 o'clock last night, snd a Ford whleh had been parked near the police station by George A Forsyth.. Both Supposed thefts were reported to the police who were searching for the cars last night but without aid of any aloe as to the probable thieves. Last night was the flret In a long time in which two automobiles have been reported stolen. The usual toll has been three or four per week. Local Ice Man To Preside ' . At Southern Ice Exchange II. E. Cartland, secretarStreasurer of the Artctic Ice and Coal company, leaves Saturday night to attend the annual meeting of the Southern Ice exchange, of whloh he is president which will be in session at Nashville, Tenn., February 18-15. The Southern Ice exchange in the oldest association of ice manufac turers in the world, passing Its 98rd anniversary at the Nashville meeting. Under Mr. Cartland'a -leadership It has developed the larjgrwt memher shijLdnrlng Its history. " ' GIFTS FOR RELIEF OF JEWS tOMING SLOWLY Total I. A Little More Than $11,. 000 and Contributions Still Comet Williams Appeals. ' Contributions to the Jewish relief fund continued to trickle Into the coffers, of the treasurer, J. D. WIlk ins, through checks mailed directly to Mr. Wllklne, to Rev. R. Murphy Williams, and a mass of small and large gifts through the schools, pas tors, and banks of the city. ' The total of the fond to date was plaoed by Mr. Wllklns at a little in excess of $11,000 on a quota of $l!,- 100 for Guilford county. Full reports were not made from many agencies through which contributions are being made and the exact figures were not available. Rev. R.i Murphy Williams, chair man of the campaign, made an earn est appeal last night to the people of Greensboro and GulKord eountv to respond to the call of distress from the famishing thousands of helpless Jews In Russia and Poland. War and rerviuuon. ne said, have destroyed the economic tabrla of a rraat . tion of the country and make It lm. possible for millions of people? -to Sam their bread, through no fault of their own. Unprecedented failure of rainfall coupled with the other disasters of the last Seven, or eight years, has prevented the usual harvests. The people are actually starving In thou sands and are unable t help them selves. They can only . turrt their eyes with hungry appeal to the more favored parts of earth and hope that those who have In abundance will Share k little with thoae ehii nothing and are perishing. ' In urging the people of Gallford county to give to the cause, Mr. Wil liams quoted David, the "sweet sing, or of Israel" from the 41st Pslam, as follows, "Blessed Is he that con sidered the poor; the Lord will de liver nlm In time of ti-nnhi.- Lord will preserve him and keep him alive and he shall be blessed upon the earth and Thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of hie enemies. The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of hia languishing; Thou wilt make all his bed In his sickness.1 -"Ths God of Israel will surely deal kindly with him who deals In ness and liberality with the chUdren f' Israel," declared Mr. Williams. It is not often that any people who are full of enjoyment In the bounty fl I rd' ar Klren an opportunity SLu . ? . worthy eanse as the relief of the suffering Jews of the near east. We must live up to our opportunity and show hy the liberal, ity of Our of feringe that we are worthy of our own good fortune." DIRECTS JAZZ BAND -WITH DIMPLED KNEES Feature Offering On Grand Bill Makes Audience Reluctant To - Depart Five Good Acts.' The piece de resistance at the Grand for the last three days of the week or, should one say "pieces" do resistance? is or, should ws say , "are" Glayds Delmar and' her "Syncopated Sextet"; in the vernacu lar, a Mas -band. Gladys voice won't ' ever gain entree for her "before the crowned heads of Europe"; but her dancing may. And she is the only directress of a band ever appearing in Greensboro who, In lieu of a ba ton, dlreots with a pair of dimpled knees. And if Jass were golden they'd be a Klondike strike. Coming at the close of an excellent bill, Gladys and her syncopaters left audiences' re luctant to depart. And almost .equally In favor'wltb theae audiencef was Grace Doro, who. assisted by ten fingers and a baby grand, converted one of Frank Hood's family pianofortes into a trick piano, making It, In a manner of reporting, sit up and speak. After convincing her audience that she Is an artist in Juggling the keys. Miss Dor turned her attention to some Inter pretations that proved a scream. The folks down front didn't want to 'give her up at all. And after shey'd played herself almost to death, she bowed. They liked her bowing, too. To put It moderately, she's popular, : Then there Is Ed Lowry, whose partner, Irene Prince, arrived In the elty Just in time to All an engage ment with a physician, and who want on alone and put over an edition of the "Vest Pocket Follies" that would bs a credit to almost any program te say nothing whatever, even In passing, of the couple of nuts with entitlements of Paul Hill A Co., who bring down the house, scenery and practically everything In sight with a burlesque they call a "Fool's Par adise." However paradisical it may be, there's no gainsaying It's fool- iistt. Walter Ward and Ethel Dooley are number nve on a bill that ranks easily with the best; and their "What We Can Do" is a-plenty. . , DR. HALL TELLS NEW "DIGNITY OF LABOR" College) Girls ' Delight Fathers Of Leo St. School With Musical Program At Monthly Meet. The new dignity reflected on labor and the common man as a result of the teachings of Christ was the theme of an interesting talk made last night by Dr. A. C. Hall of the N. C. C. WC, to about fifty 'fathers of Lee street echool boys at the school. The meeting was the second of a erles of -monthly get-together affairs Inaugurated by Principal B. M., Williams. The next will bs dur ing the third week of March with Dr. fi. C. Lfndeman of the depart ment of. sociology at N. C. C. W. As -n, -nrelude to Dr.. Hall's talk threu young ladles of the college presented a musical program which drew vigorous and frequent applause from the gathering. The performera woro Misses Dorothy Clement, Al- " herta Thompson and Murine t-t Bldell. 1 The ladles of the Parent-T. acher as sociation of the school ntrved re freshments. A feature at the next meeting will be a demonstration by the Lee street school troop of boy scouts, the only school troop In the clty' Christian Endeavor Alumni Organized At Westminster As one of the features of Christian Endeavor week, which- has been ob served by all Eodeavorers (his week In honor of the forty-first birthday of the organization, Westminster Presbyterian- society had tl banquet lost night in the primary tooro of the church. .Telegrams ' were read from E. P. Gates, general secretary of the united society nf Christian Endeavor, and Bert Jonoa. state pres ident, congratulating Weatminatsr society and wishing it c ntinued sue- cess. Following the supper a Christian Endeavor alumni society was organ ised among the older people of the church. The following' officers were -elected: E. G. West, president; Miss Annie Hardin, vice-president; Mrs. H. N. Darling, secretary and treas urer. This Is the second alumni so ciety , lnthestate. ! , Decrease In "Fie" Caeca New York, Feb. . A decrease of 8S per cent In the tnfluensa and pneumonia epldemlo was reported to day by Dr. Royal 8. Copeland. health commissioner.,. . : r....v.'yfH.-. eM jt