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WILL RECOMMEND TMJEOUCTIOI PRESIDENT PRLDICTS 200 MIL LION SURPLUS AT END OF FISCAL YEAR. ' Washington—A promise that he -will recommend further reductions of taxes to Congress at the necember session was made by President Cool idge in an address at the semi annual budget meeting. He predicted a surplus of S2OO 000, ' 000 at the end of the fiscal year June 30, and estimated that the surplus for the coming fiscal year would approxi mate "$290,000,000. Admitting there was little prospect for several years at least, of cutting government expenditures below three billion dollars annually. Mr. Coolldge said the outlay for the current fiscal year would total $3,035,000,000, exclu sive of money applied to reduction ot ■the public debt and operation of the postal service. It is his desire, he added, to hold expenditures for the coming year. In eluding the amount applied on debt reduction but excluding the postal serive, within $3,375,000,000 or $125, 000,000, he said, less than estimated comparable expenditures for this year Mr. Coolidge also declared he would attempt to hold estimates for the fiscal year beginning July 1 ; 1926, to $3,080,- 000,000, exclusive of the postal ser vice. No estimates were given of the Amount needed for reducing the debt and operating the postal service. The President told his audience, made up of cabinet officials, and de partmental executives, that they must continue their efforts to decrease the cost of government. He gave Con gress credit for supporting the budget and declared that while the tax burden Wad been materially lightened .it "is still with the people." "Back of the tireless, persistent and drastic campaign for constructive economy in federal expediture," de clared Mr. Cololdge. "has been the re lief of the people of this nation from a great burden of taxation. It has been successful. Taxes have been re duced. The burden of the people has been materially lightened. "But the reduction has not yet reached the point where'taxes have • ceased to be a burden. It Is to the reaching of this point that (>uf ef forts must be directed, x x x The way has been prepared for further tax re duction. This I will recommend to thj Congress In the next budget message." Death Claims Senator Ladd. Baltimore. —Senator Edwin Free mont Ladd, senior senator from North Dakota died here from kidney trouble, which developed as a complication of neuritis contracted a year ago in his home state of North Dakota. The affliction which Indirectly caus ed Senator Ladd's death fastened upon him a year ago while he was visiting in North Dakota. With his clothing wet from passage through a rainstorm, the senator, whose ruggedness oV mind would not admit of bodily dis comfort, traveled all day In that con dition. The wetting resulted In an attack of neuritis In his left shoulder which went later to his wrists and hands. Physicians at Johns Hopkins hospital here, where he came for ex amlnatlon In March of this year, found his condition not serious, but advised against over exertion. Senator Uadd also was advised to have removed sev eral affected teeth which were believ ed by the physicians to be endanger ing his general health. A planned trip to North Dakota caused the senator, who. in his tremendous Interest In his work, was said by his secretary to have been impatient of the restraints of doctors, to postpone the dental work until after several speaking engagements had been Ailed. The trip ended at Cleveland, where Senator Ladd went to visit his son. Vernon. He returned to Washington with a renewed attack ot neuritis and rheumatism and two weeks ago was admitted to the Baltimore Church Home and? InArmary. Wlthiu a few 4ays kidney trouble developed and his condition became serious, but was not considered critical until two days be fore his death. - » -PlaW to Explore Unknown Country. Washington.—An unexplored tract of country, estimated to equal the site of Massachusetts, in which no white man is believed to have traveled. Is to be entered shortly by a'geological and topographic party of the Geological Survey. The party, which was sent Into the Arctic circle In Northern Aalaska to search for oil In the naval petroleum reserve No. 4, has reached Kottebue a smaM Alaakan town Just north of tha arctic circle, which has a white population of one trader, a missionary, a school taacher and half a score o' others. , Care Hit Station, Killing Woman. Staantoa, Va. —Mrs. L. M. Haley. 65. Waynesboro, was killed and Ave other yaraons ware Injured, none of them ferionsly. when Ave run way CJesa paake and Ohio freigiu cars, unattach ed to a locomotive, crashed Into and damollshed the Norfolk and Western passenger station at Waynesboro. Those injured were Alexander Krauss. of tha Bronx. Now York; Mrs. J. O. Gray .of Vinton, a suburb of Roanoke. Va.. and Mrs. M. M. McCue, Norman Fisher and Charles Etter. all [ 22 ARE DEAD iN WEEK END ACCIDENT. New York. —Twenty two deaius by accident and violence was the week-end toll in New York and New Jersey. Reports from other East ern States were expected to swell the total Drownings exacted a toll of nine lives; six are dead as a result of automobile accidents, three were killed in shooting and stabbing af frays, one man is believed to have been poisoned, two were killed in falls and a naged woman was burn ed to death i na tenement fire. The list of seriously injured ran into scores. DIES OF HEART TROUBLE FAMOUS LEADER IN MANY CAM PAIGNS HOPED FOR BEST UNTIL LAST. Washington.—Senator Robert M. La j Follette, for many years a stormy pet rel of American politics, died here | after several months illness. Death resulted from heart failure, ; induced by a general breakdown and j an attack of bronchial asthma. The Wisconsin Senator anu late in-j dependent Presidential candidate., be gan failing ia health even before the > 1924 campaign. Several weeks ago he I contracted a severe cold which de- j veloped into asthma. His heart, which | had been unable to stand the strain, j gave way and he sank rapidly. Senator Da Follette long was a viC- ] tlm of angina pectoris, a heart ailment, j and this, with his asthmatic attack, caused him to suffer greatly from j shortness of breath. Violent cough- ; ing spells accompanied his illness. To the last, however, he insisted on j cheerful reports being given out as to ; his illness. . Dr. Charles C. Marbury, the family j physician, who was at Senator La Fol- | lette's bedside when he passed away, j issued the following statement cover- j ing his illness and death: "Senator La Follette had suffered from angina pectoris for ten years. The attacks gradually increased in I frequency and in severity. The stress and strain incidental to political cam paigns and his Senatorial duties fre quently were attended by anginal at-: tacks, of varying degrees of intesity. I "These attacks became decidedly worse in 1923. He spent the Fall of that year in Europe and on his re- , turn suffered severe attacks of angina ' pectoris for a month or more. He re sumed his duties in the Senate during the Winter of 1923-1924 for about six months and then had an attack of pneumonia from which he made a good recovery." - Warned of Pins Beetle. Washington.—Timberland owners in the south are urged by the department of agriculture to keep a close watch this summer over their pine lands to note any clumps of pines dying from attacks of the "southern pine beetle." Recent studies made, by the bureau of entomology indicate outbreaks of this Insect occur during periods of "j abnormally low rainfall. The weather j bureau reports that the rainfall for the ] Arat Ave montha of 1925 has -been much below normal In the south [ eastern sections of the United States, the deAciency at nome stations being ! as much as 15 Inches. All timberland owners In this re gion are familiar with the destructive work of the beetle, if the present dry spell should continue, It Is likely, says the department, that serious losses will occur this summer. Pine owners are advised by the de-1 partment to make an examination of i timberland once a month or oftener ; tor clumps of dying trees Indicated by fading or brown foliage. Such trees, It Is adviaed. should be prompt- , ly worked up Into lumber, or the logs placed In water until a more oppor tune time for sawing. Ons Killed, 10 Injured. Kenton, Ohio.—One person was In stantly killed and ten were injured when a Big Four passenger train struck an open siding and left the track at Grant, Ohio, ten miles north if here. The engine and three choacbes roll- , •d from the track. A diner, parlor j car and sleeper on the rear end of the I train remained on the rails. The dead: C. C. Woodward, train news "butcher" of Toledo. it Killed In Storm. Washington.—Frank Nenhauser. 11. at I/Oulsvllle. Ky., proved himself the best speller of 2.000.000 American school children when he won the na tional spelling contest here. A gold medal and 1500 in gold was the re ward to the winner. Second place was won by Edna Stover, 11. of Trenton. N J.. who re celved $250 In prise money. &0 Manufacturers Pay Fine. Chicago.—Pines aggrgeatlng 8166. 000 were assessed agalnat 50 chair manufacturers who pleaded guilty be fore Federal Judge Adam C. Cliffe lo violating the Sherman anti-trust act. They are the first of 26S furniture Arms named la indictments returned recently here after a grand Jury inves ttgatloa. to ha sentenced. Those sen tenced ware punished in groups, aad tha flaes ware Axed, it was aald. ac cording to flmancia] staading of the companies lavolved. raaging from |l,- m to «im EMU REVISION OF THUS SEEN CHAIRMAN GREEN OF HOUSE PREDICTS NEW LAW BY JANUARY. Washington.—The house ways and means committee will meet October 19 to draft a revision bill Chairman Green announced, adding that it would hold public hearings for two weeks, and would have a bill ready for con gressional consideration in December, He predicted the house would pass the bill before the Christmas holidays and that It would become law in time to apply to taxes due next year. Arrangements have been made by Chairman Green for a force of trea sury experts to cooperate during the summer and early fall ..with experts employed by the committee in going over technical features of the revenue law. and in preparing for consideration by the committee of proposals desig nated to improve and expedite admin istrative work. Recent suggestions looking to the elimination of dual taxation on the part of states and the fed?ral govern ment received support in the an nouncement by the Chamber of Com merce of the United States of the re sults of a referendum dealing with the question. TBe constituent organization hold ing membership in the national cham ber voted overwhelmingly in an ex pression of opinion that the federal government should repeal its present estate tax, should refrain from impos ing estate and inheritance taxes in the future, and should join the rep referendum report to members of the ing their taxation system. "Death taxes have, by an unbroken series of precedents, been recognized as exclusively a field for state taxa tion, except in time of war emer gency," the committee submitting the referendum report to emmbers of the chamber contended. "At preseiy,,, state taxes on Inheritance and estates are numerous and burdensome." These taxes form an appreciable part of the current revenues of many of the states, the committee found, and their imposition by the federal government brings abupt "multiple taxation of estates and still further confuse a situation which already Is choatic due to the conflict of state laws. "Federal income from such le vies." the report added, "has never formed more than insignificant por Hons" of its total ordinary revenues and "is no longer necessary in order to balance the national budget." In setting for a general principle of co-ordinating national and state tax systems, the committee asserted that confusion growing out of dual taxa tion was particularly obvious in rela tion to corporations, income and death taxes. Forest Fires Cost Millions. San Francisco, Cal. —California for ests got the worst singeing in their history during 1924. The State's forest Are bill for the past year was over >5,000,000, accord ing to statistics made public by the lo cal district headquarters of the United States Forest Service. ■ I/OKHPs sustained and cost of fire fighting were the highest of any season since systematic protection of the tim ber lands and brush areas of the State was started 18 years ago, the statis tics shojw. Figures compiled by the State For ester and the Federal Forest Service show that a total of 2.657 fires occurr ed in California during 1924, as against an annual average of 2,060. The acre age burned over by these conflagra tions was 1.085 939 acres, of which F>36.899 acres was timber land and 548.140 acres brush and chaparral areas principally valuable for water shed protection. Death* By Autos Show Increase. Washington. Deaths caused by automobiles and other motor vehicles except motorcycles, in 58 of the prin cipal cities of the country In 1924 in t-reased. in the aggregate, both in num ber and in proporatlon to population, figures announced by the department of commerce showing a total of 5,030 deaths and a fatality rate of 19 per 100.000 of population. This compares with 4,905 deaths and a rate of 18.8 for the same cities in 1920. with 15.7 in 1921 and 16.9 in 1922. While New York hsd the largest number of deaths. 1,001. the highest rate, 34.8. was reported from Patter son. N. J., and 45 titles exceeded the New York rate of 1t.6. The second highest rate. 29.6 about shown In Pitts burgh, and the third highest 38 5 for Camden. N. J. Bedford, Mass.. had the lowest rate, 9.8. while the second lowest. 11.5 was reported for San Antonio, snd third 11.7. for Des Moines. American Autos Replace Camels. Washington.—American automobiles are ousting the well known camel as means of locomotion over the Syrian deserts, according to advices to the Department of Commerce from Consul Greeg Fuller, at Teharaa. Persia. "Along the old roates where two years ato only the camel caravans could safely travel, scurrying Ameri can motor cars are now making their regular trips from Aleppo to Bagdad from Bagdad to Berlrat and Damas ens." Fuller said. THE, ALAMANCE GLEANER, GRAHAM, N. C COLLECTION AGENCY 18 ANXIOUS TO HELP U. •• Washington.—The efforts of the American government to bring about settlement of unfunded war debts has attracted the attention of an enterprising commercial collec tion agency. • In a letter'offering Its services the American debt commission "in collecting some of the claims which you have against the small countries," the agency pointed 'But that "a certain amount of applied psychology Is necessary to effect successful collections." ® "We believe we have psychology and the system that will net you and, incidentally our republic, prompt and satisfactory results," the letter said. "Our charge for a collection is 10 per cent." COTTON DOES VERY WELL SOME SPOTS, HOWEVER, ARE SUF FERING; CROP AND WEATH ER REPORT. Washington.—Crop and weather con ditions in southern states were sum marized by the department of agricul ture as follows: Moderate temperatures to rather warm weather prevailed in the south, and while rainfall was of rather local nature, good showers occurred in many places in the astern, central and northwestern portions of the cotton belt. Moisture was still insufficient, however, in some sections, and drdughtly conditions continued over the southwestern districts, especially in central and southern Texas. Gotton made fair to very good prog ress in the Rio Grande valley and in western and northern Texas, but it deteriorated in many central and south portions where plants are small and blooming prematurely, with some dying; the general condition of the crop in Texas varies greatly, ranging from very poor to very good, depend ing on the local moisture. In Okla homa, Arkansas and Louisiana growth was fairly good to excellent, though there was some damage by wind and sandstorms in western Oklahoma. Early cotton is blooming in south eastern Oklahoma, and squares are forming in nearly all parts of Arkan-. sas. Conditions by states: North Carolina: Corn, tobacco, pea nuts, sweet potatoes and truck bene fitted by warmth, ample sunshine and rains in east, but too dry in west and drought becojning serious in moun tains. Cotton shows considerable im provement, except in southwest; con dition fair to very good in east; poor in west; clean and good progress in chopping. Favorable for harvesting wheat and shipping peaohes. South Carolina: Good rain coastal plains greatly benefilcial but drought in northwest portion becoming inten sified. Early and intermediate cotton fairly good In northwest and progress very good on coastal plain; chopping late crop In few sections; first bloom reported; some weevil. Complaints of corn becoming yellow In northwest; improved elsewhere. Tobacco irregu lar growth; curing begun. Sweet po tatoes slow growth. Truck crops suf fering from drought in northwest Peaches and blackberries plentiful. MacMillan Begin* Voyage. Boston.—Amid the din of roaring guns and shrieking marine whistles Lieut. Commander Donald B. Mac- Millan and his little crew sailed from the Charlestown navy yard on ihe steamer Peary to start officially his ninth voyage into the Arctic. When the Peary 'passed beyond sight of the cheering crowds MacMillan left the steamer and boarded an automo bile to speed to Wlscasset. Maine, where his schooner Bowdoln is anchor ed and ready to sail north. Just before the Peary sailed, Mac Mlllan outlined hit plans to the nota bles and the throng of Bunker Hill day celebrants. He explained that his original plan, the exploration of the vast and un known Arctic tract called Crocker land, might be delayed a week to per mit bis expedition to search for Capt. Roald Amundsen, who has been lost to the world since he started his polar flight almost four weeks ago. If word is not received from the Norwegian explorer by August 1. when the MacMillan expedition expects to reach Etah. Greenland, the norther most point Its ships can go. MacMll lan's flyers will begin . a search. Amundsen, he said, will run out of food if be has failed to reach Cape Colombia. The American believes the iost explorer will be found in one of .he three places he plans to search. Amundsen's fate settled. MacMil lan's party will fly to the unknown polar continent to complete their orig inal task. He said he expected to re main there until the middle of August and probably would return to the Unit ed States about September 20. Admiral Robinson Chief of Fleet. Washington.—Admiral S. S. Rotat ion. Commander-in-chief of the battle fleet, has been selected to succeed Ad miral Robert E. Coont*. as comman der-in-chief oT the United States fleet. Secretary Wllbdr announced the selec tion la making [nbllc changes in higi fleet commands te take place this fall after a completion of tki fleet's chulse to Australia. Rear Admiral C- P. Hughes, In com mand of fleet training at the navy de partment. will succeed Admiral Robl sea. AMUNDSEN PARTY REM SAFELY SCIENTIFIC THROUGHOUT THE WORIHD REJOICE OVER RETURN. Oslo, Norway.—The entire Amundsen North Pole expedition ar rived safely in Spitsbergen in, one plane. The party did not return to Kings bay by plane but was picked up by a fishing boat and conveyed there. It is reported that the expedition reached north latitude 88 degrees 30 minutes, or about 100 miles from the North Pole. The government, on the receipt of the news of*the arrival of the Amund sen expedition in Spitzbergen, sent Amundsen a telegram of congratula tions. The news created excitement wher ever it became known. There were joyful celebrations in the city. Copenhagen*—The Social Demokren publishes a report from Oslo, the Nor wegian capital, stating that Captain Roald Amundsen, who returned to Spit zeburgen after his sensational Arctic flight, is dissatisfied with the results attained and is "quite determined to resume the attempt" to reach the pole. The explorer is quoted as declaring that the experience gained in his present attempt would enable him to attain his goal. The other members of the expedition, the account con tinues, appear equally animated by a desire to beat the aerial polar expedi tions planned by other countries. They expressed the view that Important scientific results had been achieved thus far. Captain Amundsen himself was reticent Amundsen's comrades were unani mous in their appreciation of his lead ership. The American member of the party. Lincoln Ellsworth, was sadden ed by the news awaiting him of the death of his father In Italy during his stay in the north, but said that he would continue his financial backing of Captain Amundsen. New York. —Explorers and scient ists rejoiced with laymen in all parts « of the world at the safe return of the Amundsen-Ellsworth North Pole air plane expedition. The return to Kings Bay, Spitzbergen, exactly 28 days after hopping off, was greeted with many expressions of "I told you so." But the words came principally from ex plorers and scientists, who knew Amundsen's courage and ingenuity in coping with the hazards of the Polar regions. Though the expedition fell 100 miles short of landing at the Pole and was compelled to return partly in one plane and partly by fishing schooner, scien tists expect to glean much valuable knowledge from the flight. Donald B. MacMillan. who sails from Wlscasset, Maine, at the head of the All-American Arctic expedition, admit ted that a big burden had been lifted off his mind. Amundsen's safe return, he said, would enable him to devote all his energies to science instead of first hunting for the Amundsen party. He also altered his plans so that the airplane base of the expedition now will be established at Cape Thomas Hubbard instead of Cape Columbia.* "I always thought they would come back," said Viljalmur Stefansson, not ed explorer, here. "I am exceedingly 'glad of the outcome, and it is another feather in Amundsen's cap. You will recall that we all thought Amundsen would go to the JPole and continue on to Alaska. But doing what he has done leaves the United States with a great opportunity to discover new lands if they lie in this area." Bernon 8. Prentice, brother-in-law of Lincoln Ellsworth, financial back er and lieutenant of the expedition, expressed the gratification of the American advisory committee over the flight. When anxiety for Amundsen's safety was widespread several weeks ago. it was Prentice, as head of the | committee, that headed off organiza . tions of relief parties. The Norwegian Government, which 'on June 4 sent two relief planes to Kings Bay, cabled congratulations to Amundsen. Earl Rossman, explorer and big game hunter, who just return ed to New York from two years in the Arctic, told how Eskimos said they would wait for Amundsen and Ells worth at the former's supply depot at Wainwright. Alaaka. It was in an attempt to fulfill the second great dream of his life that Amundsen organised the North Pole flight. Having discovered the South Pole, the nortwest passage and the north magnetic pole he wanted to add the North Pole to his conquests. Fin aaclng the expedition was a trying task until Ellsworth advanced a sum reported to have been $85,000, about two-thirds of the total cost. Sam L. Rogers Dead. AahevlUe. —Funeral service of Sam uel L. Rogers, director of the United Btates census bureau daring the ad ministration of President Woodrow Wilson, and prominent In state and na tional politics, who died at his home in Franklin, were held Friday, accord ing to word received here. Rev. W. H. BakV, pastor of the FrankHn MethodU. church, conducted the services. Mr. Rogers was stricken with an at tack of apoplexy oa Thursday. Jnae I iji DOINGS IN THE :i ii TAR HEEL STATE ii i { A| ,. tt ' [ '! \ NEWB OF NORTH CAROLINX !! ! I TOLD IN SHORT PARA- I! I I GRAPHS FOR BUSY PEOPL* 11 Selma. —Excavation has started by Federal Development Corporation, of Selma, on the new postoffice building which is to be located across the street from the City Hall. Tabor.—While ringing the Baptist I church bell, as a call to service. Rev. Mr. Martin, the pastor of this church, had a narrow escape from death when the bell broke loose from its fastening I in the steeple and crashed to the floor of the church, just missing Mr. Martin, i Greensboro. —F. D. Bluford was elect ed president of the Negro Agricultural and Teachnical College here, it was announced by-trustees, who made the choice. Their choice was unaimous. Laurinburg.—An unusual death was recorded in the county recently when the 9-year-old son of Henry C. McNalr, a well known colored man, died as the result of being bitten by a rattlesnake. The boy was bitten on an afternoon and about 24 hours later he died. Greensboro. —A four-year old child of Policeman R. E. Southard, at this city, was fatally injured here when it was struck by an automobile driven by Miss Alice Yaekle, of this city. A few minutes after it was carried to * hospital it died. Kinston.—Most of the newspaper publishers of two States are expected to meet in a joint session of the North and South Carolina Press Associations at Brevard, the afternoon of July 9, ac cording to H. B. Braxton, president of the North Carolina body. Asheville.—Fires in Western North Carolina forests during the present weather have destroyed approximately two million board feet of timber accord ing to an estimate made by A. C. Shaw, assistant supervisor of the Pis gah national forest. Hickory.—Boxing will be a feature of the fourth of July celebration to be held in Hickory, a committee from the legion post, after a visit to Fort Bragg, announcing that fifteen of the camp's best fighters, straight from the stable »of Bob Martin, would be brought here. Raleigh.—Warner E. Mitchell, 23- year-old printer, was drowned at Myra Lake, formerly Doctors' lake, when he sank without warning while he was swimming near the bathing ropes in the lake. Funeral services we're held from his home at 538 East Martin street. Salisbury.—At a meeting of the exe cutive committee held In Salisbury plans were made for the annual meet ing of the rural carriers of North Caro lina, which meeting will be held In this city, August 7-8. Headquarters of the carriers will be at the Yadkin hotel and the sessions for business will I ae held in the community building. It ' is expected that around 500 carriers will attend. Wilmington.—James - 6 son of Robert H. Revelle, of 201 Kidder street, was drowned in the river off the foot of Meares street. The body was recovered by William R. Mintz, a companion. Coroner Asa Allen viewed the body at the scene of the drowning, later advising that he did not consider an inquest necessary. Kinston. —Kinston will be the oni* receiving point for members of the or | ganized tobacco growers in Lenoir j county this fall, it was stated. The as | sociation Is expected to operate Par ham's warehouse, while the Central, larger building used by the "co-ops" in the past, will be turned over to J. Hugh Parham, .independent tobaccon ist interested in both buildings, and associates.' Marion^—With the coming -of Ed ward J. Ronseim, of Statesville. Mar lon has become the headquarters for all work of the Catawba River Council Boy Scouts of America. At the same time work at Cove Echo, the Scout camp west of the city, was started on the final rush which will complete the camp by July 1 and have every thing ready for the opening on July Cth. Wilson. —Mark Page, ten-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Page, was drowned in Contentnea Creek. Mark and two other little boys went huckleberry picking, and went in ■wimming in the creek. The little boy unnoticed by his companions went into deep water, and was drown ed before aid could be given. F«yetteville.—Reparations are going forward for a big celebration of the Fourth of July at Port Bragg. The program for the day's events, as out lined by the post receratlon officer, shows that the morning will be devot ed to the annual track and field meet of the enlisted men and aviation stunts by flyers from Pope field. In the after noon there will be a polo gram* be tween the Port Bragg officers and the team of the Sandhills Polo clnb of Plnehnrst. AUTOMOBILE HINTS Every driver should know the city traffic regulations. • • • ▲ clutch which slips Is the cause of •-oast sat waste of power and fuel, be sides Imposing sn unnecessary strain am the motor. • • • Thirty-seven per cent of all the an- MBiobUes la Canada are reported m *Wac4 bj farmers, with oaly 16 per -«Bt operated by business people. Statesville —ln an automobile collis ion ten miles ont from here on the Hiskory road Brooks, 4-year-eld son o( A. W. Silver, of Vixen, Yancey county, was seriously injured. Asheville. —Five thousand visitors are expected at ftidgecrest, the . South ern Baptist assembly grounds, 18 miles east of Asheville, during the season of summer conferences, June 18 to September 1. Rockingham^—Judge Bryson after hearing argument made the temporary receivership of the Carolina Coal Mine Company permanent continuing John H. Kennedy, the temporary reciivar, as permanent receiver. Rutherfordton. —The county commis sioners have decided to build a new modern courthouse for Rutherford county to cost around $250,000. It will be erected on the same site as tne present building. Statesville. —Tl\ere wure 7,018 futo mobile license tags sold during thp past year at the branch office liere, ac cording to E. B. Quinn, local manager of the Carolina Motor club, who has charge of the sale of license plates. Mr. Quinn estimates that at least 10,- 000 plates will be distributed from the office here during the coming year. Windsor. —The town of Windsor and the territory around it was visited by a destructive hail storm. An area about two'miletf long and thre*e miles wide with Windsor in the center caught the brunt of the storm. The hail was five inches deep on the main street of Windsor. Crops in the vicin ity were ruined. Rocky Mount.—Progress in the eradication of tuberculosis among cat tie is reported in Nas'a and 'Edge combe counties. In Edgecombe ooH cattle comprising 178 herds, have been tested without the tinil'nj? of a single reaction or suspect. In Nash the same result obtained durin? the test ing of 395 cattle, comprising 214 herds. Wilson. —During the progress of a rain storm lightning struck a farm house five miles south of this city. Lindsey Bass, white, was instantly killed, his father was rendered uncon scious and never revived until morn ing and his mother and several other members of the family were severely shocked. Lillington.—By virtue of an agree ment reached between the local board of trustees and the county board oi education, Lillington high school and the school farm are transferred to the care of the county. The trustees have surrendered the charter of the local school and deeded the property over to the board of education. •Statesville. A 200-gallon steam blockade distillery was captured destroyed in Wilkes county, near An tloch church, by T. M. Halyburton, fed eral prohibition agent, whose hea£ quarters are in Statesville. The plant was running in full blast when the offi cers unexpectedly appeared on the scene. The three, men in charge made good their escape. Statesville. —Miss Mattie Adams, ot Stony Point, is in a critical condition in a local hospital, suffering from in juries which sh« sustained when she jumped from a fast-moving car driven by Arthur Fox, on the Taylorsville road. Miss Adams' skull was fractur ed at the base. She has been uncon scious since the accident occurred. Mooresville. —Three young boys with a .22 caliber rifle resulted in the deatb of Whitfield Dry, 11-year-old son ol Mr. and Mrs. N. M. Dry, at their home on South Broad street Wednesday afternoon. The victim was 'n a room with his small 8-year-old brother, Paul, and Jack Harvell, 11. The two Dry boys were fooling with the rifle while Harvell was looking out a window. Albemarle. —At a funeral In Fair view cemetery, a black snake about 3 1-2 feet long crawled from the hood of a touring car and tried to bite one of the men in the crowd near by. A shovel was secured and used as a de fense and the snake was killed before the interment was made. GoMsboro. —Wayne county continues its truck shipping. Beans, potatoes, cucumbers, squash, and a number of other products are daily flowing from here and nearby towns, going to the northern and western markets. Poul try continues strong. There are sever al agents at the depot all the time during business hours to greet their farmer friends with their products. Monroe.—P. E. Linnell, 65, shot and killed himself in his home on Frank lin street. _After breakfast Mr. Linnell went to his room to prepare for work. He was only in his room a few minu tes when his wife heard g gun Are She rushed to his room to find him dead. He had tied a ribbon around his right foot and onto the trigger of a 20-guage shot gun. Then he point ed to the left side of his head and jerked his foot, thus couslng his death. • Morehead City.—As a part of a stu pendous road-building progaam which involves the construction of more than 100 miles of hard-surface Carteret county, the board sioners placed a contract for the con struction of 12 miles of road between Beaufort and Atlantic which !> to be the completing link of the highway from the Tennessee line to the eastern mainland point of Carteret. The average retaH price of all auto mobiles In 1923 was $811; that of a truck SI,OBO. • • • The only difficulty about giving a band signal when backing an automo bile. la that the driver does not have tbree hands. • • • "Rim cutting" | a large!, caused by dented or even slightly bent rim*. Make rare y«r wheels arc in goo,] shape and you will 'tnglhen Um life of yonr tin*
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