SAVANNAH RAID
NETS NEAR 100
J
LARGE FORCE OF ORY AGENTS
THROW OUT CITY-WIDE
DRAGNET.
Savannah. Federal prohibition
authorities threw out a net in all sec-
Savannah and drew into the
toils of the United States court nearly
100 • small" liquor dealers who officers
•ay have been operating her* for many
months."
The movement of the law caine as
a complete surprise to those taken In
to custody. Their arrests were made
by « large force of deputies who had
been issued bench warrants by Federal
Judge Barrett of Augusta. The men
operated under the direction of George
B. Mcbeod. United States marshal.
Prisoners appeared to be of a more
emotional type. They were largely
of the small shopkeeper clasß or per
sons who were charged with selling
forbidden beverages qnietly in their
homes. In many instances they were
very demonstrative and loud in their
protests against arrest and deteiton.
So great was the congestion of the
prisoners in the federal offices that
no effort was made in the afternoon
to arrange bonds. The greater num
ber were able to provide sureties and
were given their liberty.
The government provided a midday
meal for Its involuntary guests who
crowded the quarters of -the district
attorney and marshal.
Many of those arrested were first
offenders, officers declared, and will
In all probability escape with the im
position of fines, if convicted.
25 Killed in Acccident.
Chicago—Twenty-five persons were
killed and many others were injured
throughout the country in week-end ac
cidents ranging from automobile col
lisions to fiying mishaps. Seven auto
mobillsts were killed; five persons
were drowned, five succumbed to vlo
lence. while five others were fatally
hurt la train, storm, fire and launch
accidents.
The automobile toll for the week in
nine Middle Western Slates, was 87.
Ohio led with 26. with fatalities in
other States aa follows: lllionis, ]l;
Indiana. 14; Missouri, eight; Texas,
alx; lowa. Kansaa and Oklahoma, four
each, and Minnesota, three.
Sunday automobile accidents In
Chicago accounted for three deaths;
on* death each occurred In Kansaa
City. Topeka. Kansas: Duquesne, 1111-
nota. and Columbus. Ga.
Decrease Noted in Grain Caports.
Washington.—Grain exports from
the United States last week totaled 3.
786.000 bushels compared with 3.840,
WO the previous week.
Comparative figures for laat week
and the week bfefore were made puh
lie by the commerce department as
follows:
Barley 1.319.000 bushels against 1.-
38( 000. corn 103.000 against 100.000;
NU 97.000 against 701.000; rye 36.000
agalnat 147,000; wheat 1.365,000
agalnat 1.54.000
United State* and Canadian wheat
hoar In tranalt totaled 274.000 barrels
against 174,000 barrels the week be
fore
Mrs. Bryan Per Dayton College.
Atlanta.— The widow and son ot
William Jennlnga Bryan heartily ap
prove the proposal to balld a funds
mentslist school at Daytoo. Tenn., a
memorial to the commoaer and will
give their support to the erection and
maintenance of the institution.
This announcement was given to
The Assorts ted Press here by F. K
Robinson and H. H. Praaa of Dayton
prssldsnt and secretary of the Brysn
Memorial aaaoclatlon. who had jus*
returned from a conference st Miami
with Mrs Bryan snd William Jennlnga
Bryan. Jr.
Ceea-Cols Declares 11.75 Dividend.
Atlanta.—Retirement of 83.000,000
In preferred stock and declaration of
the regular quarterly dividend of 91 71
per ahare on common stock marked
the meeting of directors of the Coca
Coin company here.
The action In voting to reduce'the
oastandlng preferred stock follows
the retirement of $2,000,000 of slmllsi
securities s few months ago and brings
ths total preferred stock now ont tr
86 000.000
October 1 was sat as the dsts for
payment of the dividend on the 500.000
shares of common stock.
Financial reports submitted to ths
directors, covering the period April 1
June 30. showed gross receipta of 98.
630,409.04, with manufacturing and
general expanses of $9,593,700 M.
Matricide Pleased By Jury's Verdict.
Bnn Francisco. —Dorothy KUlngnon.
convicted of manslsnghter by s Super
ior Court Jury calmly awaits her sea
lairs
V The seventeen year old girl who shot
and killed her mother hare last Jann
mry 13 because she was dsolod perm Is
si on to nttsnd n "party" has made
kaews that she was satisfied with the
verdict and that "a termendous load"
was ot her mind.
The verdict cantos a penalty of one
to ton yssn in prison. f%e will he
oligible for parol* sftoj on* year.
• •••••••••••••
• TRENCH MORTAR EXPLODES *
• AND KILLS EIGHT NEGROES. •
• •
• Rockford, 111.—Eight negro sol- •
• diers, including one officer, were •
• killed at Camp Grant by the explo- •
• sion of a French mortar on the •
• field range. Si* others suffered •
• serious injuries and perhaps a •
• score received first-aid treatment •
• An inquiry has been started by •
• MaJ. Gen. Milton J. Foreman, com- •
• mander of the 33rd of •
• which the eighth Illinois ipfantry, »
• the nejsro regiment, Is a unit. •
• Capt. C. A. Brown, commanding •
• the Howtirer company, was the •
• officer killed. He served overseas •
• with the eighth infantry and was •
• decorated with the French Croix •
• de Cnerre for gallantry. *
• The explosion occurred as Cap- •
• tain Brown and 'his mein were •
• gathered closely around the field *
• piece for firing instructions. Army •
• officers believe the mortar was •
• overloaded. *
PRESENTS MUTTER FORMALLY
PEKING BIDS WASHINGTON TO
PARTICIPATE IN CUSTOMS
* CONFERENCE.
Washington^—China's invitation tc
the United States to participate in the
special customs conference provided
for by the nine power treaty *as pre
sented formally to the state depart
ment by Minister Sie. It sets October
26 as the date of the conference, which
is to be held in Cslna.
Presentation of the invitation in
Washington. Tokyo and other Interest
ed capitals has brought to a head pre
liminary discussion among these gov
ernments as to their course if China
raised, as it now has done, the ques
tion of restoration of Chinese tariff
autonomy for discussion •' the con
ference. The Chinese call for the con
ference stated flatly that China pro
posed to bring up the subject.
The Washington government has
taken { the position In exchanges with
the Japanese government that the con
ference should be authorised to dis
cuss the matter If presented. The
Japanese government, however, was
represented in unofficial advices from
Tokyo as being unwilling to have the
conference undertake discussion of
the tariff autonomy question, which
was not specified in the treaty to so
on its agenda since the Japanese ®P
pear y however, to be willing to refer
the matter to » subsequent conference
there seems little doubt that a satis
factory agreement on the point can
be reached.
The Chinese invitation was taken
under consideration by department
officials but no formal statement was
forthcoming nor was there any Indica
tion when a reply would be sent if
furfher is necessary in addition to the
tact that the American delegate*.
Minister John Van A. Mac Murray at
Peking and Silas Strawn of Chicago
have been appointed. Mr. Strawn will
confer with Secretary Kellogg prepara
tory to his departure for China.
Firemen Killed as Trains Crash
Lead vl lie. Colo*—Two firemen were
killed and 14 passengers are known to
have been Injured In a head-on col
lision between the Panoramic Specials
on the Denver and Rio Grande West
ern railroad, in Granite canyon, ten
miles west of Buena Viato. Colorado.
The dead:
Firemen: J. W. Taughtenbaum, of
train No. 7, and C. E. Pheian. of train
No. 8. both ot Salida, Colo.
Only the names of two of the In
lured, the engineers of the two irslns.
who saved themselves by * jumping
when the crssh occurred, were avail
able. They are G. Johnston, and Ed
Claire. Claire Is said to have a frac
tured leg.
Failure on the part of a iel->grapa
operator at Tenneaaee Pass to trans
mit orders was reported to have been
responsible for the collision. Both
tralna were heavily loaded with eaat
and weatbouad paasengers. the major
Ity of them tourists.
The trains crashed at a carve ta
Granite canyon and the engine and
wo conches of train No | were de
railed and tossed against the canyon
wall near the banks of the Arkansas
river.
A heavy grate •( Granite prevented
the traias from moving at high speed
through the an»on. Both trains are
operated on a schedule t 0 permit a
daylight vie* of the Rocky Mountains
Passengers were absorbed In viewing
the scenery when the trains crashed
Crased Negro Kills. Doctor.
Karmvllle. N. a- Dr. p. Mosley.
proßlnent physician and cltlaen of
Parmvllle. was shot to death by a half
crased negro by the name or Kraak
Prltaell. when he answered a summons
to call professionally at the home of
the old negro
Lswtr Prices In the Sheep Field.
Washington,- The sheep industry
spparently Is Just approaching til* end
of a period of high prices, the Depart
■•at of Agriculture declared la aa out
look report on lambe aad cool
Fairly wall suataiaed prices far
lamba for the remainder of the year
hat poesiMy lower pricej fu- Spring
am be la 19M are to be expected, while
the outlook for wool, it was sdded. In
uncertain, with lower prices p.-ohaMe
aaat year unless aa increased demaad
develops
V THE ALAMANCE GLEANER, GRAHAM, N. C.
BUSINESS OPINION
CONTINUES GOOD
MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS
EXPANDED DURING PAST
WEEK.
New York.—Business sentiment
continued cheerful laat week, with
expanded manufacturing: opera
tions and a number of commodity
price advances supporting indications
of general gains in industry.
With car loadings crossing the mil
lion mark for the fourth consecutive
week, the railroad situation appeared
especially bright, with optimism in
tensified by a series of favorable July
earnings statements. Virtually all
carriers which have reported so far
have shown substantially higher net
income than in July of last year.
Gains in car loadings have been
paralleled by the improvement in
freight traffic computed on the basis
of net ton miles which for the . first
six months of the year totalled 212,-
506,796,000. This was an increase of
more than seven billion net tons, or
3.8 per cent over the corresponding
period last year, but 5.8 per cent un
der the same period of 1923 when the
volume of freight was the greatest on
record for the first half of any year.
The increased capacity of new freight
cars and the greater efficiency of load
ing have tended to swell the volume
of net ton mile traffic.
Gradually improvement* in the iron
and steel industry was noted by the
weekly trade reviews, which reported
that operations had been speeded up
to seventy per cent of capacity and
that the month probably would show
an average of 72 per cent. Gains in
week-to-week purchases, rather than
any increase in forward buying, ac
counted for the expansion of mill ac
tivity.
The firing of 1,500 additional coke
ovens in the Pittsburgh district pro
vided supporting evidence of better
ment in the trade. The price situa
tion showed little change.
An enlarged demand for many com
modities last week followed by a se
ries of price advances, which em
braced sugar, industrial alcohol, vir
tually all the non-ferrous metals and
scrap iron. Quotations of crude oil
and gasoline, however, were lowered,
but in view of the sharp reduction in
the output of petroleum this action
failed to affect the oil shares »e -ious-
Iy.
Although price reductions of auto
mobiles had been expected to stimu
late business, the development of an
open price cutting war has aroused
some apprehension in the motor in
dustry.
Flier* Prepare For Wor*t
Paris.—The French veterans. Lieu
tenant* Francois Coli and Paul Taras
con, both maimed in the war, are go
ing to jump off for their 30-hour air
flight to New York cohfident of suc
cess, but ready for a wreck at sea
and 15 days adrifit waiting for help.
They have arranged to lighten their
420-horsepower plane so that it will
float indefinitely, and will carry com
pressed provisions and an 'apparatus
for distilling sea water. Their ma
chine, including 3,000 liters of gaso
line, will weigh four tons at the
start.
The first ballast to be dropped will
be the running gear when they reach
the sea. If they are forced to de
scend on the ocean their plan is to cut
away the cloth of the lower plane so
that the ship may ride steadily, and
cast out a canvas anchor to aid this.
They can thus float for several hours,
but if help does not come they can
pump out the fuel from the three big
reservoirs and, if necessary, cast off
the motor, when the airplane should
float llß\a big life preserver.
The aviators will carry twelve
rockets and a complete medical kit,
and can find subsistence on dried food
and distilled sea water for a oouple
of weeks.
No date has been fixed for the
flight, but the men expect to start
with a favorable east wind behind
them and travel at the rate of about
125 miles an hour.
Maa and Wife Executed
Budapest. Hunfrarv.—With five
minutes to say good bye before their
death, allowed by the court, Mitzi Led
erer and her husband, Gustav, former
lieutenant, choking with anguish and
j blinded by tear*, were unable to say
a s.ngle word. They had been con
: victed of the murder and dismembei*
| ment of the ovfter of a sausage fac
tory, Frani Kukelka, who was visit
ing the couple in a suburb of Buda
pest.
"You have Ave minutes," he said,
"four, three, and one, and now no more
tme to bid each other rood bye." The
man and wife were parted immediate
ly and executed.
Mm* l>unn Dies of lajarie*
Lexiagton, Ky.— Miss Susan A.
Dunn, of Lancaster, Ky., for the last
several years head of the Latin de
partment of Queens college, at Char
lotte, N. C., who was attending the
summer school seesion at the Univer
sity of Kentucky, died at Jhe Goad
Samaritan hospital Hare as the result
af injuries received when she was hit
and ran ever by a taxicab.
William Wade, an employee of the
Fayette Taxicab company, was the
driver off the cah. Re wept as he
teld af haw he triad te step hla car.
• TWO AVIATORB •
• PERISH IN FIRE. •
• » •
* White Sulpfiur Springs. W. Va. •
* Captain Fraser Hale and hjir me- *
* chanlc. Private Earl C. Norris. of •
• Boiling field, Washington. were •
• burned to death at Whit*; Sulphur »
* Springs when the airplane In *
• which they were returning to *
• Washington fell, taking Are as It •
• crashed to the ground. *
• The accident occurred near •
* the golf course at the fashionable *
• White Sulphur Springs resort and •
* in full view of qiany guests who *
• were on the links. The bodies of •
♦ the two aviators were charred al- •
* most beyond recognition. •
AGREEMENT ON BELGIAN DEBT
AMERICAN AND BELGIAN COMMIS
SION ARE GETTING TO
GETHER.
Washington. An agreement for
funding the Belgian war debt to the
United States with remissions of all in
terest on loans preceding the armis
tice and part of the interest on the
balance was reached between the
American and Belgian debt commis
sions.
The program, approved by President
Coolidge at Plymouth, Vt.. was describ
ed as recognizing "a weighty moral
obligation" growing out of assurances
given by President Wilson during the
Versailles peace conference and also
the right of Belgium to participate and
special treatment by the United
States.
Subject to ratification by congress
and the Belgian government, the agree
meht provides that $171,780,000 loaned
to Belgium during the actual fighting
with Germany shall be paid free of all
accrued or future interest. The Bel
gians had insisted that the loans rep
resented in this amount should be con
sidered a debt by Germany to the
United States because such a proposal
"was accepted by President Wilson at
the peace conference." Such transfer
of responsibility from Belgium to Ger
many was refused by the American
commission but It declared that "while
no legal obligation rests upon the
United States in the matter there does
continue a weighty moral obligation
as a result of assurances given which
entirely differentiates this sum front
all other debts due the United States
ffbm foreign countries."
In consequence the agreement laid
down a schedule of repayment for the
pre-armistice loans, which provides
that Belgium shall pay $1,000,000 in
192 C and the same amount in 1927,
with increases in each of the next four
years until in 1923 the annual*payment
becomes $2,900,000. It will continue
at this figure until 1987, when a final
payment of $2 280.000 will be due.
The "post armistice debt" was fixed
at $24 C,000.000, including accrued in
terest. While interest on this was
fixed at the rate of 3 1-2 per cent, the
Americans agreed to forego a part of
the interest for the first ten years and
arbitrary amounts were established,
bringing a reduction of nearly $50,-
000.000.
MOequitoes in Engand Fatal.
Eastbourne. England.—The southern
counties of England are suffering
from two scares at present. One is the
possibility of a plague of insects; the
other Is the reputed presence of an
ant from the Bast, which is supposed
to eat babiea.
For the latter acare there seems
no foundation. But the mosquito
danger is very real. Already towns
throughout southern England are tak
ing drastic steps to combat the pest.
The mosquito entered England dur
ing the exceptionally wet summer of
last year. Numbers of visitors at sea
shore resorts were badly bitten and
many deaths occurred.
Because the inaect was practically
unknown In the country nothing waa
done, as in the case of the East, to
combat the pest which was regarded
more as a nuisance than a danger.
But now It la realised that, with
many Englishmen having the germs
of war malaria in their veins, the mos
quito may become an active agent of
malaria throughout the country, pro
vided conditions are favorable. Hence
medical officers of health throughout
England are being given Instruction to
light the pest by every means in their
power, and In particular they are told
to have all ponds snd other likely
breeding places sprayed with soluble
creosol. which is fatal to the mos
quito. {
Wealthy Man Held For Poisoning
Miami. Fla.—John Gobel. wealthy
Davtona real estate operator, is belag
held la Dade County Jail as a suspect
in connection with the poleonlug of
Mrs H. B. Hunt, who died la the city
hospital.
Thief Snatchee U. 8. Mail Pouch.
Waakegaa. 111. — Aa unusual mall roV
bory at High wood Bear here was dia
eloeed wbea it was learned that a
pouch of registered mall thrown from
a fVcago and Xorthweatera train
rushing through the village, waa
snatched up by a maa who leaped out
of aa automobile aad escaped.
The poatmaeter at Highwood said
the roglatersd asail received at his
offlee oftea coat a las aa much as M.444.
The sheriff at Waukegaa waa aetl-
Aed led a search la befng made far the
thief. 4
SHE IS NAMED
mSIRIGIDIRECTOR
*
HEADS THREE-STATE PROHIBI
TION ENFORCEMENT DIS
TRICT.
Washington.—The new prohibition
arnw will be capained in large meas
ure by the same men who now com
mand Uncle Sam's enforcement squad
rons.
Out of 24 new district administra
tors named by Assistant Secretary
Andrews of the Treasury, all but six
already are in the service.
Although he.had announced a cam
paign to induce practical business ex
ecutives to lend new blood to the or
ganisation, General Andrews said that
after Investigation he had decided
there were many now in the enforce
ment machine who should be given a
chance to make good under the new
plan that is to become operative Sep
tember 1. / •
The commissioning of Ben C. Sharpe
as prohibition director of the eighth
district, comprising the states of North
Carolina. South Carolina and Georgia,
brings the organization of the force*
under the decentralization plan one
step nearer consumation. Mr. Sharpe
has just returned from a trip to Wash
ington and is now said to be at hi*
summer home in the mountains of
western North Carolina.
No Intimation has been given as
to the time Mr. Sharpe will announce
his selections for his assistants. Gen
eral belief is, however, that the list
will be made public at the earliest
possible date that the flow of applica
tions may be checked and that men
who now hold jobs may know if they
will be retained. Many of those now
in the service are much disturbed as
to poaaible retention.
Mr. Bharpe will have a large corps
of workers under his Immediate direc
tion. He will name a judicial district
enforcement director in each of the
six judicial districts in the three
states, and under each will be a large
staff of enforcement agents.
In addition {o these six chiefs direc
tors. there will be an assistant direc
tor JOT the entire district and an ap
pointee who will have charge of issu
ing permits for legalized handling of
wine for sacremental purposes and al
cohol for medicinal and manufactur
ing purposes.
Another large staff will be required
to handle the chemical department
which will be set afc in the Mint build
ing where Mr. Sharpe and his assist
ants will have their headquarters. The
chief chemist will be one of the pride
appointments in the group, and the
chief chemist will have a highly train
ed staff of assistants.
The influence of Internal Revenue
Commisloner Blair, added to the good
record of Mr. Sharpe. secured him the
appointment.. His salary wil ble ap
proximately SC.OQO.
Lint Spinninf Shew* Slump.
Washington.—Cotton spinning activ
ity decliaed in July as compared with
June, but was greater than In July
last year.
Census Bureau statistics made pub
lie showed t)iat active spindle houra
(or July totaled 7.297,(48,494. or aver
age of 192 per swindle la place, com
pared with 7.490,316.823, or 203 per
spindle in place, for June this year and
5,157,779.728, or 134 per spindle in
place, for July last year. ,
Spinning spindles In place July 31
numbered 37.934,784 of which 31,780.-
594 were active at some time during
the month, compared with 37.858. 211
and 32.309.8 M for June this year and
37.788.484 and 38.710.359 for July last
year.
The average number of spindles
operated for July was 31,947.971 or at
j 84.3 per cent capacity on a single shift
: basis, compared with 33.CU.M4. or at
89.0 per cent capacity, for June this
year and 22.897.499 or at 40.9 per cent
capacity far July last year.
I
Three Killed By Lightning.
Camilla. (>a.—Three persons were
killed near Sales Ctty when a house
in which they were seeking refuge
from a storm was struck by lightning.
The dead are: Julian Gregory. 11;
Mrs. Albert Pitts. 20; and Tony Webb.
10. They are all the children of Char
les W. Webb, prominent citizen of
Sales Cli/.
In Colquitt county a negro Aurch
and several farm buildings were blown
down and trees uprooted by a severe
wind and rain storm. No, injuries
were reported '
During the storm the garage of Bert
Bennett was destroyed by Are is a
result of being struck by lightning.
An automobile housed in the struc
ture was destroyed.
Heavy damages to crops was re
ported.
Freight Traffie Shews Increaee.
Washington.--Freight traffic for the
grat eix months In 1925 amounted to
212.549.794 944 net tons mitae. an In
creaee af 7.782590.944 net ten miles or
1 2-8 per cent over the corresponding
period last year.
This report from Ibe bureau of rail
way economics maintained bete by the
'camera, alao shewed thla waa a de
'crease ef 12.974.444.040 er U per ceat
below the earn* tlm* In 19*2
Dally average movement per freight
car In Jane waa an Increaee of J J
miles aver Jane at year.
DOINGS IN THE
TAR HEEL STATE
NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA
TOLD IN SHORT PARA
GRAPHS FOR BUSY PEOPLS
Wilmington.—The Rev. J. P. »■*•
78 has resigned his pastorate with the
Fourth Street Advent Christain church
after 55 years of continuous service.
Rutherfordton. —At a meeting of the
directors of the Citizens' Bank and
Trust Company, J. H. Thomas, well
known financier of Forest City, **■*
elected as president of this old a
honorable institution.
Burlington. —Excavation for the con
struction of a new Methodist Episcopal
church has begun at Webb avenue and
Anthony street a few feet west of the
present church, a wooden structure,
which the new brick one will replace.
Fayetteville.—Fayettevllle's new city
hall will be remodeled so as to pro
vide a court room 60x30 feet, which
will also be used for the meetings of
the board of aldermen.
Clinton. —Shepro Holland, a white
man from upper Sampson, is in jail
charged with shooting Joe Giddens, a
neighbor. T*e shooting occurred last
week and Giddens has been in a hos
pital with three hundred number eight
shot lodged in his side.
Burlington—Rev. A. F. Isley. 79, a
pioneer citizen and Christian minister
in Alamanee county, and one of the
county's most highly respected and be
loved sons, passed away at his home
in the northern part of the county, near
Burch's bridge.
Edenton. —Warner Evans suffered
the loss of five barns of tobacco when
lightning struck one of them. The
lots is estimated to be about eight
thousand dollars with only five hun
dred dollars Insurance.
rayetterille.'—Fire of undetermined
origin caused $40,000 loss here when
the J and N Motor company and the
Fayetteville Vulcanising Works on Gil
lesple street were burned out and the
McNeill Motor company's building ad-
Joining the latter place caught Are but
was saved by quick work of the Are de
partment.
Liberty.—The new high school build
ing Is nearly completed, just a few
minor finishing touches remaining to
be put on It. Contractor J. R. Owen
has done a splendid job on the build
ing and the people are very proud to
think of being able to use it for the
fall tarsi which is expected to begin
about the middle of September.
Lanrlnburg.—What looked like the
king of all pumpkins was a giant spec
imen which Mr. J. B. Griffin, section
master for the S. A. L„ was exhibiting
on the streets. The big pumpkin was
grown on a strip of ground near the
tool house, which Mr. Griffin has utilis
ed for garden purposes. The big
pumpkin weighed 65 pounds and meas
ured five feet around.
Kinston. —Dallas Grimes, a youth,
ia in a hospital here with a dangerous
gun shot wound alleged to have been
Inflicted by Norman Walters, another
yonng man. The shooting occurred
near LaOrange. An official report
said Walters, in an affray with three
others, was struck with some heavy
weapon and fired at his antagonists.
He is under 11,000 bail.
Charlotte. —Miss Susan Dunn, for
six years a member of Queens College
faculty, was killed la an auto accident
In Lancaster, Ky.. her old home. She
was to return to Queens in Septem
ber. She waa 50 years of age. Dur
ing the summer she received her mas
ter's degree. She was a valued mem
ber of Queens' faculty.
Durham.—The addition of several
square miles of new territory by the
city of Durham last April, when It
took In certain sections which were
not before that time within the corpor
ate limits, is believed to have rnn
the city's total population well above
the 44.000 mark and with this in view
the publication of a new city directory,
whJc his now in progress, is being
awaited here with Interest.
Wilson.—At last, after much effort
on the part of the local warehousemen
and tobacconists, Wilson has secured
another set of buyers for the Wilson
market which opens Tuesday, Septem
ber 1. During the opening week only
quadruple sales, as heretofore, will be
maintained, but beginning Monday.
September 7. five sales will begin and
be ia vogue until the end of the 1925
season.
Madison Acorrling to Billy Lowe, a
well known New Bethel township far
■er the late Mrs. Susan Roberts,
whose death occurred at her home
near here ten days ago. was probably
107 years old laatead of *7, as pre
viously reported. Mrs. Roberts was
bora ia 1818 or ia 1828. the date being
blurred where it is written in an old
family Bible, aad Mr. Lowe believea
that lftlS is the correct date of her
Wrth.
Ahoekle.—H. Clay Sharp, historian
tor the Hertford county camp of Con
fedareaie veterans, has issued a call
to kla nine or tea surviving comrades
la the county to celebrate the annual
reaaion in Ahoekie Wedaeaday. Sep
tember 1.
flay stfsvi lie. Faysttsville high
school has BOW reached the highest
classification accorded by the aUte
lopartasest of edecatioa The local
school has heea placed la group I.
staas AA. according to Information re
olved by Snporiatoadent Harry How
•U from Dr. J. Heary Highsmlth. sute
Hear of hick schools.
ABheville^—Thomas Dixon, famous
novelist and playwright, has purchas
ed 700 acres' of land near LittU:
Switzerland, 18 miles north of Marion,
for the purpose of erecting a studio,
according to information received lien-
Work on construction of the studia
will begin at once, It Is stated.
Winston-Salem. —lt is generally
estimated that on account of he dry
weather this summer the tobaccq crop
throughout the piedmont section, will
be cut short from one-fourth to one
third.
Durham.— B. T. Harris, 55 years of
age, aiyl former mayor of Creedwoor.
is dead as the result of injuries he re
ceived when the car in which he was
riding ran oft an embankment near
Grove Hill church on the Franklinton
road.
Greenville.—Death flrt>m heart fail
ure, believed to have been brought on
by exertion in moving a copper still,
was the verdict of the coroner's jury
on the death of N.,L. Gray, 67, of th.-
Stokes section of Pitt county.
Rocky Mount— Essett Colbert, 11
months-old infant, fatally l shot when
his 5 1-2 year old brother began play
lng with a loaded shotgun, at the Col
bert home near this city, was buried
in the Powell burying ground near the
child's home.
States ville. —Alex Sloan, 39, well
known North Iredell farmer, was kill
ed when a tree fell on him and broke
his neck. Mr. Sloan, who lived near
Bryant's store, together with two other
men, were cutting timber.
Mount Airy.—The remains of Robert
Taylor, better known as "Doc," aged
24 years, a victim of an automobile
accident, were laid to rest in Salem
Methodist cemetery north of this city
following services at the church.
Mount Oliver—The car house of the
S. S. Minton Lumber Company, three
mile* east of here, was completely de
stroyed by Are together with about -
half dosen large motor trucks, enta.
ing a loss of about >7,000,
High Point. —No blame for the death
of John Lee Harbinson, nine year old
boy who died in a local hospital follow,
ing an automobile accident, will he
placed upon Miss Isabel Tate, daugh
ter of A. E. Tate, wealthy High Point
furniture manufacturer, and a talent
ed and attractive society girl.
Durham.—All dogs caught on the
streets of the city in the future and
not claimed by their owners within
the allotted time, will be sold to the
medical school at the University of
North Carolina, it *u decided by the
members of the city council in regular
semi-monthly session.
Asheville. —Walter M. Davis, 3K. (
business man of Knoxvllle, Tenn., died
In a farm boaae, three miles south of
Marshall, N. C., as the result of injur
ies received the night before when the
car which he was driving fell from an
embankment on the highway.
Elizabeth City.—Elizabeth City's sec
ond attempt within the last six months
to secure authority to issue bonds tor
the purchase of water front property
and the construction of municipal
docks met overwhelming defeat here
when out of a special registration of
1,090 votes only 158 votes were cast
for the bond issue.
Winston-Salem. Winston-Salem
$8004)00 school program, voted in 924
and inaugurated on August 1, of the
same year, will be completed when
the schools of the city open their doors
for the 1925-1926 school term. With
the completion of the program Win
ston-Salem will have tour new ami
splendid graded schools, an addition to
another school and a magnificent ami
modern gymnasium.
Charlotte.—John M. Jamison, aged
26, prominent business man of Char
lotte, formerly connected with the
bond department ot the American
Trust Company, later with the local of
fice of the Travelers Insurance Com
pany, and still later engaged in the
cotton waste,.business in Philadelphia,
is dead at Orange, Va„ apparently by
committing suicide, according to man
sageyrecfived here.
Kinston.—A cat is mothering four
baby squirrels at the home of Ralph
Baker, who resides near Tuckahoe
bridge, in Jones county. Baker foum!
the squirrels, three or four days old.
in a nest in a tree. He carried them
to his home and coaxed the family cat
to adopt them. To Baker's surprise
the tabby immediately took over the
strange babies.
Oastonia.—Police were searching
for unknown parties who blew open a
safe in a Ailing station here and esi a:
ed with sixty dollars in cash. The
authorities here offered SIOO rewa.'i
(or Information leading the the arrest
and conviction of the intruders
Lumberton. —Cotton fleids in Ro >e
*>n county are damaged by weev:>
fron*l7 per cent to 25 per cent wli* »
caMntn arsenate dusting has \w?
done j-roperly. and 25 per cen' to " r
per -«nt where dusting ha* been
off. according to Franklin Shermau.
3* extension service worker oi t 'n-
State Department of Agriculture. »•> 1
ia located at Red Springs aad working
in connection wit hConnty Farm Agent
O. O Dukes.
Chimney Rock.—An invitation tor
the North Carolina Commercial sec
taries to hold their next meetin pat
Chimney Rock will be presented f» r
consideration at the forthcoming m*» -
lag to be held la Goldsboro
Kiaatoa. Leaoir county totiso "
growers have sustained Are losse?
proximatlng $25,000 since the start of
the carlag season a few weeks ago it
was estimate*. Caring barns la prs>-
tically every neighborhood have bee»
destroyed. The toil is the heavies', in
yaars. possibly la the hlatsry of :*«
csntj.