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RAPID PROGRESS ON BIG BUILDING THE MADE-IN - THE - CAROLINAS EXPOSITION AT CHARLOTTE TO HAVE AMPLE ROOM. THAT "BUY AT HOME" SLOGAN The Great Structure Will be Complet ed and Ready for the Decorators by August 20 at the Latest. 1 ' Charlotte. Construction work is proceeding rapidly on the big brick and steel structure in which the first Made-ln-the-Carollnas Exposition will be held from September 12 to 20, when thousands of dollars of products of Carolina factories will be displayed in a manner deemed best suited to im pressing upon Carolina' people the "buy-at-home" idea, according to an nouncement by R. Kent Blair, of the committee on building. This struc ture will be completed and ready for the decorators to begin their work by August 20 and probably a week earlier, It was explained. " In addition to this building, the exposition directorate has found it necessary, in order to carry out Its plans, to build an air dome affording space for 9 large num ber of booths W the display of exhi bits and also provide seating capacity for about 2,000 people. The main building will be divided into exhibit spaces about-251000 square feet being available for this purpose, while the remainder of the floor space will be used as asltes and assembly points and for other purposes. In the alrdome, about 5,000 square feet bf floor space under cover will be avail able for exhibits, though the exhibits In this structure will be of less bulky nature and include most of the ex hibits of various civic organizations. Doctor Carlisle on Tour. Columbia, S. C. —Dr. Mark L. Car ' lisle, pastor of the Washington Street Methodist Church, left to attend the Methodist conference In London, to which he has been appointed as one of the delegates representing the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The conference does not convene till September 6, but Dr. Carlisle will take a trip on the continent of Europe for a few weeks before that date. Much Gold In Reserve Banka. Washington.—Locked and idle in the coffers of the four eastern reserve banks at rfoston, New York, Phila delphia and Cleveland is more than $800,000,000 in unused gold reserves. This money is potentially capable of furnishing credit to the extent of ten billions of dollars, but there Is so little demand for It In the East that re discount rates have dropped twice . within a few weeks. Naval Stores Production. Washington.—Naval stores produc tion waa more than one-quarter larger during the 1920 producing season, which ended March 31, than during the previous ffeason, according to sta tistics Issued by the department of agriculture. Plans for Control of Leprosy.* Tokio. Thd Japanese government Is considering elaborate plans for the control of leprosy which Is at present but little cared for/ It Is estimated that there are some 16,000 lepers in Japan. Heavy Export Financing. Washington,—Summarising the ex port .financing handled since Its re sumption of activity last winter, the War Finance Corporation' showed n total volume of business of 463,471,700. Lloyd Qeorge Coming. London. Premier Lloyd George has doflnltoly decided to attend the disarmament conference at Washing ton the Sunday Pictorial says It learns on*»rcl table authority. To Rataase American Prisoners. lliga.—Soviet Russia has agreed to release American prisoners and to ac cept famine aid from the American Relief Association. Armored Airplane Arrives. Dayton. Ohio. The armored air plane has taken its place alongside the armored motor car as an effec tive Instrument of war. Ltads All Other States. Raleigh.—"North Carolina has gone farther than any other State In the matter of teachers' requirements," de clared Dr. John Tiggott, the newly ap pointed Commissioner of Education of the United States, In an address be fore an educational conference in Now Jersey recently. Paper Mill Is Guarded. Dellows Falls. Vt.—Two companies of militia arrived here to patrol the| Internatloaal Paper company's plant, where employes are on strike. Victim of Burgeon's Knife. Washington.—The death toll of the' anrgaon's knife in the office of the Su preme Court of the United Btates within the last three months was in creased to throe. Henry C. McKenney. acting clerk, of the court and In Its employ for S2 years, died In a hospital here. NO PRELIMINARY GATHERINGS Whatever Discussion There is On tHf Agenda or Program of Conference / Must be Available to All. * Washington. The United States Government means to deal' fairly by all the powers -Invited to the disarma ment conference ana therefore Is j frowning upon the suggestion of a preliminary parley. Right at the start the American government has put its foot down I hard on one of the things that brought such a deluge of criticism on the Ver sailles conference, namely the prac tice of a few powers getting off to one side and framing a program which became a source of suspicion on the part of the other nations who were I not in on the secret preliminaries. ( President Harding and Secretary Hughes are outlining principled of I procedure which are American rather Ithan European. Having Invited all j the great powers to a the j ; American government would not feel j that it was exactly fair to have a pre ! llminary gathering of a few nations | ahead of time. The United States Is ! anxious to hold the conference at a time that is convenient to all, but nothing would be gained by a hurried meeting early In the fall In which j I mutters would be hastily discussed. Whatever discussion there is on the: .agenda or program must be available to all powers. There will be no se- J cret understandings, alliances or en tentes within the conference. Many Poisoned by Ice Cream. j New Orleans, Emella Sacrifte, a nine-year-old girl, Is dead and aixteen i men, women and children are in a I local hospital as the result of poison- j ing. Home-made Ice cream served at ja silver wedding anniversary is be-1 'lleved by physicians to have been the ; cause. Great Drop In Exports. Washington. Exports to Europe .fell ofT nearly *1,500,000,000 while I those In South America Increased j j more than *30,000,000 during the fiscal! | year ending June 30, last, as com : pared with the previous year, com merce department figures disclosed. Fof-m Parla Chapter U. D. C. j Newton.—A chapter of the Unltetf. Daughters of the Confederacy has : Just been chartered for Paris. 'The! chapter will be. known as the Major General de Pollgnac Chapter, being named for Prince Camille de Pollg j nac, general In the Confederate army. Holdings of Leaf Tobacco. j Washington.—Leaf tobacco held by manufacturers and dealers on July 1 aggregated 1,672,017,169 pounds com pared with 1,452,962,024 pounds a year ago. President of Baptist Assembly. Asheville.—Dr. B. W, Splllman, of i Nashville, Tentt., was elected presl | dent of the wvhthern Baptist Assem | bly at the annual meeting of the I board of trustees at Rldgecrfest. ftu Klux Klan Invades Colorado. I Denver. —The hooded tribe has In . vaded the West. The so-called "in ! visible empire," Knights of the Ku ■ Klux Klan, has organized units at I Colorado Springs and Denver, Killed Father for Cause. Sylvanla, Ga. —John Collins, Jr., 12, i son of John Collins, a planter, plckefl . up a shotgun and killed his father I • when the latter was whipping the , boy's mother. —c To Review Cases of Veterana. ! Washington.—Review of the cases .j of apme 10.000 war veterans rated ■ permanently disabled was ordered by tithe trar risk bureau. j —————————_ • I Faater Schedule on Southern. j schedules | between South Carolina cities and all points will be put into effect by the Southern railway system August 14, according to announcement of W. E. McGee, division passenger agent. The speeding up of the schedules. Mr. McGee says, comes as a result of the recent completion of the double track from Atlanta to Washington, the run ] ning time between Atlanta and Wash ington being reduced by an hour and ja half. Hun Debt to United States. Washington —Germany owed to the United States up to April 30, last, the sum of $240,744,511.89 for maintenance of American troops In occupied terri tory, according to a report transmit ted. . . Monticello to be Bold. New York. Reports that Monti cello. the home of Thomas Jefferson,' near Charlottesville, Va., Is on the i market, were confirmed by Jefferson M. Levy, former congressman and • present owner of the historic estate. ! Big Stock Dividends. New York.—The directors of the j Delaware, Lackawanna and Western! Railroad company' declared a stock dividend of 100 per cent, payable on August 20 to stockholders of record. Church Makes Big Gain. New York. The Presbyterian church In this country gained 65.456 communicants last year and now has a total membership of 1.692.555, It la announced. The Sunday school mem bership la 1,433,2*3. Total contribu tions for the year were 147,016,441 |i iGREAT EXPOSITION SEPTEMBER 1229 A MUBIC FEBTIVAL COMBINED WITH MANUFACTURING AND EDUCATIONAL EVENT, RAND GONCERTS ON EACH DAY Vocal Music Feature la Emphasized in Announcing the Practical Com pletion of MuslcaT.l^gram. Charlotte, N. C. —That the JWade-ln the-Carollnas Exposition, to be held in Charlotte-September 12 to 29, will ! attain recognition as a music festival 1 as well as a manufacturing and edu • cational event of great importance was emphasized today by David Ovens, chairman of the entertainment committee, when announcing practi cal completion of the elaborate musi cal program. Each day the exposition will be fea ! tured by band concerts, vocal quar i tette numbers and instrumental solos. The elaborate scale on which the ex ! position will be held, the demand of 1 the people of the Carolfnas for artists of high rank, and the important ser vice this exposition will render to the effort to promote the manufac turing industries of the Carolinas and Impress upon the public their eco nomic Importance impelled Mr. Ovens to go to extremes of expense in con tracting with artistfe in music. Outstanding as a musical feature I will be the afternoon and evening con | certs by the New York City official concert band, under the direction of A. H. Nussbaum. Mr. Ovens has-#lso arranged for the organlzntlon espec ially for this show of two Tocal mixed quarjettes, each composed of artists jOl note. Soldiers' Home Is Madhouse. Washington.^— The Johnson City, Tenn., old soldiers' home was charac terized as a "madhouse" and the Fort Henry, Md., hospital was described as being fit only for a sewerage dis : posal plant by Colonel R. Forbes, war risk director, before a senate commit | tee in a plea for broader powers to meet the hospital needs of world war ; veterans. Federal License on Autos. Washington.—A bill requiring the owner of every automobile to obtain ; a federal license, good in any state, j was Introduced as a means of clear ; ing away the conflict between states, : against which many motorists have j complained. Locomotive Derailed by Truck. ' South Bend, Ind. —D. L. Flynn, Elk ;harj, Ind., fireman, was fatally hurt and A. J. Johnson, engineer, was se verely scalded when a New York Cen tral train struck a heavy automobile truck at New Carlisle, Ind. Puts Price on Robbers. . 1 Detroit.—r-A reward of *5,000 was an I nounced by the Detroit clearing house association for the arrest and convic | tion or killing of any person who robe or attempts to rob a member bank ol that association. Canadians to Pay Loan. j Ottawa—Sir Henry Drayton, min II later of finance, announced that the j *15,000,000 loan due in New York I would be paid without any furthei government borrowing. 1 j Fire at Ocean View. I Norfolk, Va. —Halt a hundred men women and children were driven from their beds at Ocean View when firt destroyed two clubs and six cottages. Turks to Leave Peninsula. i London. —The Turkish Nationalist# have decided to evacuate the lsmid : peninsula, says an Exchange Tele ' graph dispatch. Bleaaa Is Out of Politics. Rock Hill, S. C—That he would not again be a candidate for public office was In effect the statement ol Cole L. Blease at the annual Filbert picnic. Age of Prohibition Agents. Washington. All federal prohibi tion agents appointed In the futOTe must be on the sunny side of'fifty, under orders Issued by Commissioner Haynes* .The President Imposed Upon. Waahington.—Representative James F. Byrnes, of South Carolina told the ■ President in a letter addressed to him 1 that he had been imposed upon in the story of alleged famine and pellagra epidemic In the South as no alarmlntf | situation exists. Germane After Mexican Trade. Washington. German steamship interests are preparing to re-enter the service between the Paciffc coast of Mexico and Central and South Aceri can ports. Ships Are Selling For Song. Washington.—Any cltlxen desirous of a ship, costing seevral hundred thousand dollars, which Is capable of drawing 14 feet of water and render ing excellent service, ma/ obtain one from the United States shipping hoard for a song: THE ALAMANCE GLEANER, GRAHAM, N. 0. UNITED STATES DETERMINED I The Demand for Release of American Prisoners is the First Official Representation of Subject. ' Washington. Formal demand for the release of American prisoners in Russia has been made upon the So viet authorities by Secretary Hughes. The state department was advised that the communication had been f handed to "the Soviet representative ' | at Reval by Albrecht. | The text of the communication has I not been made public. It is under- I stbod, however, to be a brief insis tence that the Americans be released before there can be any thought of better relations between the United States and Russia. The action was taken in ttye name of humanity and ' because all efforts to secure the re ' lease of the Americans, made through ' i Dr. Nansen, of the Red Cross, have ' | failed. *|. What course will be taken by the J i United States if the Soviet authori '! ties Ignore or refuse to accede to the 1 , demand was not indicated. " The communication was sent to " Consul Albrecht July 25. The curt I demand made upon the Russian au " thqritles for the release of American 'J prisoners is the first, official represen • | tatlon made upon the subject,'although '! Lenine and Trotzky and their asso ciates have been previously advised 9 1 informally of the determination of the '! United States not to consider closer ' | relations with Russia until this was I done. !j a i Governor Fires Officer. . I Montgomery, Ala. —Conrad W. Aus ! tin, chief of law enforcepent officers, 8 ' was dismissed from the service of the _; state by Governor Thomas E. Kilby, j! for insubordination, in that Austin re {j fused to discharge deputies who raid -3 ied the homes of Mobile citizens after (the governor had ordered their dis j charge. 8 : Mexican Congress at Outs. Mexico City.—The chamber of depu [ ties voted down a request by Presi , , dent Obregon that he be granted ex traordinary powers to adjust article I I 27 of the constitution, which national j j lies oil deposits. The Senate almost I simultaneously voted to accede to the r request. t- 0 Japanese Will Participate. r j Washington.—Communication from J Tokio, believed to contain the for |mal acceptance by Japan of President Harding's Invitation to participate in e ! an international discussion of Far n | Eastern questions as well as disarma s ment, reached the state department. r-'| 9,1 Have Reached Agreements, e London. The dominion premiers I have reached an agreement on mat j ters affecting 'the Pacific' conference, | concerning which they previously had . 1 differed, says the Daily Mail. l '\ ' t 9-i Norway Treaty Approved. 1- j Washington. The Senate foreign e j relations committee has approved the j treaty with Norway, signed June 30, i last, for submission to arbitration of | Norwegian claims growing out of I requisitioning during the war. e j 2-1 Tax Legislation Comes First. is! Washington, Virtual agreement >f; was said to have been reached at a | dinner conference at the White House for Senate consideration of tax revis ! ion legislation before the permament j.' tariff act is taken up. Ie I k 127 Days of Unbroken Slumber. >rj Louisville, Ky. Attending physi- I cians announced that Michael Fitz | gerald, 13, ill with sleeping sickness, i entered upon the 127 th day of illness a, without waking a moment. n i e I To Consider Road Debt Bill, j Washington. Considerable of the i administration railroad ' debt funding i bill Is to be beguri by senate and house s commissions. The Republican leaders 4 hope that It may be passed by the > house ahead of the tax revision bill, | and reported to the senate before the proposed recess of congress. They I said they hafl been advised that such d a schedule would meet the situation C; without necessitating having congress if jforego Its vacation in September, t This Is a consummation devoutly hoped for by that body. Death of Grasa Opera. I- Atlanta. —Final enactment of the e! bill recently passed by the Georgia house Imposing an annual $2,500 tax r on grand opera means the end of the annual week of Metropolitan grand opera in Atlanta, it is predicted. s Permits for Power Projects, s Washington.— Preliminary permits 1 for construction of live power pro a Jects, three on the Perdldo and one » each on the Styx and Black Water [ rivers. Alabama, have been granted by the federal power commission. Baptists to Jacksonville. j Nashville. Tenn.—Jacksonville. Fla.. > has been awarded the 1922 session of f the Southern Baptist convention. -1 which will convene May 17 and con- I tlnue for a week. It was announced Iby Dr. Hight C. Modre, recording sec retary of the convention. Rob Jacksonville Bank, tft Jacksonville. Fla.—Six bandits en ■ tered the Bank of South Jacksonville, »| »cross the St. John'* river from here, 11 ield up the teller and escaped with j :aah estimated at (10,009. % PELLAGRA REPORTS VERY ENCOURAGING POBT DISPATCH OF BT. LOUIS, WIRED FOR INFORMATION. AS TO SITUATION. FEWER DEATHS THAN USUAL For First Six Months 'of 1921 There was a Decrease of 13 Fatalities From This Cause Over 1920. Raleigh. In response to an inquiry as to re ported famine and pellagra conditions in North Carolina from the St. Louis Post Dispatch, W. H. Richardson, pri vate secretary to Governor Morrison, wired the paper that there is no fam ine or unusual prevalence of pellagra in this state. In a statement declaring the reports of pellagra and famine not applicable to North Carolina, the State Board of Health declared: ; "Pellagra Is not a reportable disease in North Carolina and there is, there fore, no way of checking the number of cases except through the number of deaths reported. For the first six months of 1921 there was a decrease of thirteen 1n the number of deaths from this cause in North Carolina. A decrease is shown for each month up to June, which latter showed an in crease of four. The total number of deaths reported for 1920 as having been caused by pellagra was 297. The total number reported for the first six months of 1921 was 116. If the same average is maintained f.or the remain ing six months of the year, 1921 will show a net decrease of sixty-five deaths from this cause. Wage Agreement la Reached. The statement is made authorita tively that all of the crafts on the Southern Raifcvay system have agreed with the officials as to wages to be paid skilled and unskilled labof and that the contract between the com pany and workers will be signed when fourteen minor points as to rules gov erning working conditions have been settled. Information comes from thi» same authority that these points are already near an agreement and that the delay IS signing the contract will be incident principally to the approval of the National Labor Board. Invite Wallace and Rooaevelt. Washington, (Special).—Headed by Senator Overman, a delegation from North Carolina called upon Secretary of Agriculture Wallace and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt with invitations to addres the Southern Tariff congress at its session in Greensboro, August 15 and 16. j(lh the secretaries were said to have given assurance they would make every effort to be present. Date of Execution Fixed. J. T. Harris, Ridgecrest merchant, under sentence of death for the mur der of F. W. Monnish, Alabama church man, will go t6 the electric chair Oc tober 20 unless executive clemency in tervenes, this date having been set for his execution by Governor Morrison. Postmasters Appointed. Washington. (Sp*-ial).—William W. Studd»rt, of Washington. liorth Caro lina, has been designated for appoint ment to West Point, with Clyd> F. Gregson, Elizabeth City, first alter nate, and Carroll R. Holmes, second alternate, Farmville. The postmastership at Salemburg has been declared vacant. Walter N. Anderson has been com missioned postmaster at Suit. Sick Man Secure* Pardon. Richard Blackwell. Wake county man serving a chaingang sentence for selling whiskey, was granted a par don by Governor Morrison. Physi cians informed the governor that Blackwell has only a short time to live. New Director Takes Charge. R. A. Kohloss has taken charsre o? his n»w Job as prohibition enforce ment director for North Carolina, suc ceeding Col. T. H- Vanderford. Executive Clemency Denied. Governor Morrison has denied to 'give pardons for the following: Robert Oreer, Wake county, stealing automo bile; Vlck Williams, Union county, serving seven year sentence for sec ond degree murder, and John Knight, Wake county, selling whiskey. In the case of Knight, whose mother Is re ported very ill. Governor Morrison said he would grant the prisoner a 60- day parole If he coald be convinced that the mother's condition Is as seri ous as reported. Women's Training Corp Camp. The Raleigh Woman's Club, during the presidency of Mrs. E. H. Griffin, was largely responsible for the estab lishment of the second United States Training Corps damp for Wdmea In Ashevllle last summer; and two Ra leigh women, Mrs. T. W. Blckett and Mrs. B. H. Griffin, have been moving spirits la putting over the third en campment now being held. Mrs. Blck ett la commandant® of the Southeast era Division, and Mrs. Grtttn has been commissioned "Cokwel," and is Chief at Staff. __ - *** * ,■£ v-rv:. • a Exceptions to Rats Decision. Coincident wth the filing here of 37 exceptions by cotton mills to the rate Increase recently granted to the Southern Power company, It became known that the, power company will also except to the order of the corpora tion commission. Judge J. Crawford Biggs filed the exceptions for the mills, the names of practically all the attorneys in the case heretofore appearing on the document registered. Revision is asked of all the rates fixed by schedules submitted with the power company's petition. Ex ception Is taken also to the assump tion of jurisdiction by the commis sion, and this question will get tile first try out in the courts. If the exceptions are overruled, as mem bers of the commission have stated they will be, the appeal to the courts will be primarily to settle the ques tion of whether or not the commis sion has the rght to fix power rates for the corporation, operating both in North and South Carolina. Last Day For Filing Returns. July 31 is the last day for filing re turns on the capital stock tax and re turns must be In the hands of collec tors of internal revenue on or beTare midnight of that date, according to a statement Issued by J. W. Bailey, Col lector- of Internal Revenue. Blank forms are available at the office of the Collector of Internal Revenue. Form 707 is required for domestic and 708 for foreign corporations. "The capital stock tax is a special excise tax imposed on corporations with respect to "Carrying on or doing business. The tax on domestic cor porations is $1 for each SI,OOO or so much of the fair ave/age value of its capital stock for the preceding year ending June'3o, as is in excess of $5,000. i Bank Cases Sent Back. » The noted case of the 250 state banks in North Carolina against the federal reserve bank of Richmond to cause the federal bank to honor state checks on which exchange has f>een collected, an injunction proceeding emanating in Union county, has been sent back by Judge E. Y. Webb, of the federal court, to the state courts, where testimony will be taken on an issue to make permanent the tempo rary restraining order issued by Judge W. F. Harding in Mecklenburg supe rior court. Cotton Improvement Work. , The cotton studies and cotton im* provement work of the division of agronomy of the North Carolina State college and experiment staton have attracted the attention of cotton perts and students of foreign countries. During the past two years repre sentatives from Russia, China, India, Japan, Sweden, South Africa, and Bel gium have studied the methods and work being conducted here on the col lege and station farms, and elsewhere in the state. Several Charters Issued. Charters were filed with the Secre tary of State for the following corpo rations to do business in North Caro lina: Renfro Hosiery Mills of Mount' Airy, with $200,000 authorized capital. Wilmington Merchants Association, of Wilmington, with SI,OOO authorized capital and SIOO subscribed. Audubon Welfare Association, Inc., of Audubon, non stock corporation. Credits Being Liberalized. Washington (Special).—Much has already been accomplished toward lib eralizing credits, and much remains to be done, Senator Smmons said, follow ing conferences with senators and high government officials. He feels confi dent that legislation will pass at an early date "which will afford great relief not only to the farmers but to the banks In the agricultural districts. Farmers Signing Contracts, "Before sunset\of January 1, 1922, the limit set by the contract for co operative marketing, seventy-live per cent of the cotton and tobacco grow ers in three states of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina will be signed up for co-operative marketing," declared Dr. J. Y. Joyner, head of the tobacco growers' association of the three states, in an address before the students of the State College summer school. Governor Pardons Sick Convict. Governor Morrison authorized the pardon of Richard Blscknall. convict ed at the December, 1919, term of .su perior court and sentenced to serve two years in the Wake county jail, ■abject to being worked on roads. Blacknall .later developed an acute heart affection, whefSUpon County Physician, Z. M. Cariness advised the governor of the prisoner's condition, stating that he could not live much longer, and suggested a pardon for htm. Later, Solicitor H. E. Norris join ed in a recommendation for clemency.' Corporation* File Exception*. Every statement In the corporation commlsHidn'B Southern Power com pany order Was bitterly attacked In exception* filed by the Cannon, John son, and Gastonla group* of cotton mill*, and the Buckeye Cotton Oil com pany, and the power company will st uck the order rrom the other flank in exceptions filed formally. A lesser attack wss filed by the Piedmont Power and Light company of Burlington, and bat one friend wss found tor the order, that being the Shelby group of Bills. \ / i. .'tti: . i. •.hAft-;- fc, PLANNING 10 MEET EXPECTED DEMANDS REGULAR SERIES SHORT-TERM BONDS TO BE ISSUED BY FINANCE CORPORATION. FARM AND RAILROAD RELIEF Official* Contend That Interest on the Bonds Will Not Be in Exces* of Five and a Half Per Cent. Washington. lssuance of regular series of War Finance Corporation , short-term bonds may begin in the near future in the event of passage by Congress of the pending legisla tion to broaden that boay's powers to include the making of advances for agricultural and railroad relief, offi cials said. Methods of financing for funds to carry out the large demand likely to be made on the corporation if the enabling legislation is enacted, officials asserted, may follow the gen eral policy of the treasury in raising. , money for its current needs. With authority to issue between $2,000,000,000 and $3,000,000,000 obli gations as Congress may finally de termine, officials explained, the cor poration would probably go about ob taining funds as their need arose. Under such a policy, officials declar ed, the corporation might begin with the issuance of between $50,000,000 _ and $100,000,000 in short-term bonds maturing in six months or a year and with interest at the most favorable rate prevailing at the date of issu ance. At present, officials contended, the rate might be as low as 5 1-2 per cent on. six months' paper. . 4 Seek German Colonists. Memphis. Nego/.ations are In progress with a colony of ten German farmers and their families, who plan to come to the United States this fall, to secure their settlement on i tract of cut-over timberland in the Mississippi Delta, it was announced. Ex-Champ Comes Back. West Palm Beach, Fla.—Lieutenant W. Milton Farrow, 72, one-time cham pion rifle shot of the world, staged a' come-back here before the local rifle and revolver club by making ten suc cessive bulls eyes, a perfect score of fifty, at 300 yards. Decline in Cotton Crop. Washington.—Decline of the cotton crop during July resulted in a reduc tion of 230,000 bales In the fgrecast of production issued by the Depart ment of Agriculture, a total of 8,203,000 being estimated. Home For Retired Clergy. Jacksonville, Fla.—The Retired Min isters' Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church has completed ne gotiations for the purchase of a ho- , tel at Eustis, Fla., as a home , for re tired clergymen. Reds Not Mobilizing. .Riga.—Leon Trotzfcy, the bolshevik war minister, in an interview with the Rosta agency at all reports in circulation that the bol shevik! are mobilizing against the states bordering on Russia. Men Harnessed to Plows. Mexico City. Men harnessed to plows and engaged in stuiriy cultiva tion of the soil are not an%ncommon sight in the state of Morelos, accord ing to travelers in that region. Beasts of burden are scarce. Lightning Strikes Launch. Perry, Fla—One man was killed, two seriously injured and several oth ers narrowly escaped drowning when lightning struck a launch with a fish-- ing party aboard during a severe elec tric storm off the gulf coast. Will Repatriate Hungarians. Budapest. —An agreement between Hungary and Soviet Russia for the repatriation of the Hungarian pris oners in Russia was signed July 2H at Riga, it was announced here. China Honors Goucher. Peking. A presidential mandate has been issued conferring the third grade of the China Ho decoration on Rev. John Goucher, president of Goucher's Women's College, Balti- - more. i More National Banks Operating. Washington. National banks in operation June 30 numbered 8,178, rep resenting a net gain of 82 for the fis cal year, says a statement issued re cency by Controller of Currency Cressinger. Fifty Per Cent Cut In Candy. Uevr York.—A cut of approximately 50 per cent in the price of all candy from gum drops to bonbons was an n6unced by a chain candy store com pany, following a general agitation against high prices of these and other commodities. Munitions Factory Closed. Paris. A dispatch to the Havas agency from Danzig says that the arms and munitions factory there has been closed by order of the council of the league of nations.
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