North Carolina Newspapers

THE CONCORD TIMES. J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher. VOLUME XLVIII. Solons Awaiting the Message of Governor Very Short Sessions of Gen era: Assembly Will Be Held Tonight, After Usual Week-End Holiday. MESSAGE WILL BE DELIVERED TOMORROW Message is Expected to Pre eiit to Solons An Almost ' < omplete Outline of What Will Be Presented. Kaleiuli. .I.iii. B.—A ft or a week-end .. vj. -I . ! Immc or in omferenct* here on : i !i' hills. North Carolina lawmak ■ i ■< n ia> won* planning an early ad \Y.iintii'ont <*t fho General Assembly V.—i .. 11 t<> ll iuht to moot Tuesday niorn- V,, v. In n Governor Canioron Morri v.,;; in his biennia 1 message will out line tie administration's legislative ,i iui"i m. ill the delivery of tho Governor's nVssige.'the Legislature will have be ' sere it an almost complete outline of he principal legislation to he eonsider- e<l ilds year. Tile actual contents of the message have been shrbuded with >et rtH-y.- 1 Hiring - the past week Gov ernor .Morrison remained at tin* capitol Ire eaeh night' preparing it. and has i.aliened with only a few of his clos e-rad visors. INiaUishinent of a state-owned ship ping hue corporation will lie one of the i',.'-! important of the measures he will advocate, according to his recent - aretueiifs. Node of the details of ;iie plan have been disclosed. Reeom iiii itt 1 .-itions relative to the state's i nances, improvement of fisheries. a sie.oo i.ooo tiond issue continuing the highway construction program, and eiter progressive steps are expected te ie contained in the message. Among the proposed measures being discussed by the lawmakers is Sena on I>. F. Giles* proposal to create a farm land loan commission to lend money tor the'purchase of farm land ,i m a state bond issue of $2,500,000. Senator Giles is of the opinion, he said, that tin* establishment of such a ! body would result in North .Carolina being relieved of its tenant farmer! problem. Much interest also was centered on ' the- meeting of the special committee of -the University of North Carolina I . w f.mv i»f Trit. -' iio. uij tbe pwoposml establishment 'of j a medical school in the state. l)r. I Few livid a conference with Governor; .'i ni is ni this morning and the com-| mince then went into session. Dr. 11 W. Chase, president of the I ni-j veisity. and Dr. Few have just re turned from New York where they con-; leired with I>i*. Abram Flesner. of the General Education Board, relative to hnaneia! assistance should the/college j be authorized. Mail Starts Journey Over Longest and Loneliest Route. Edmonton. Alta.. Jail. B.—Canadh's luiiKest and loneliest mail route, cover-, -iug-a distance of 2..*>00 miles, how is in , , operation. With the northern rivers j 1 frozen. lutskie teams of the Northern! Trading Fompany have left Fort Me-1 Furray. the terimnus of the Alberta j nml. Great Waterways railroad, for' the [ settlement of Aklavik, 1,750 miies to | the north. ; . -Mail will he left a,t all fur trading | !"’bits along the Mackenzie. Slave and Athabase'n rivers. It. is expected •MMavik will Ik* reached about Fcb l'l!:l*.v 1. and. after a brief rest, the re oini trip to Fort MeMifrray will start, bing I lie. railhead about March 1. I'tve relays of dog teams will he . t l '-vl.. t hv-longest single * - nmsh" being dmt from Eon Simpson to Aklavik, ; distance of ssu miles. The mail 1 a win fie comparative] ylight by the on .- ilds stretch is. reached, thus en ai.iing the,.dogs to go the entire: dis i:i: . without relief. I • " man carrying the mail lias no ■ ’••ee for a tent or other comforts. \ A ' > ?h.t lie curls up in his blankets I,D ' U ' l ' " ( >me. convenient spruce tree, Wi!l ‘ i'G dogs crowded around him for 'Girmth.__ All day he breaks trail | r ’ iU ~i) the snow, and occasionally {’" !s! eliop his way through the ice v ammi ks which pile up in the Mae- Fi ur!y Cleveland-Buff alo Air Service Planned. *, ’“ veiaml. Ohio, Jan. <B.—Announce kax been made by a local air w!'‘ 111 e transportation company of the n ‘iwsuration within six months of a |'‘v dar Go minute schedule between A * 1 oel and Buffalo. Nine machines !:! f "‘ put into operation, according 1,1 announcement. to enable six 1,1 U - .ps daily. Three planes are !" x ! ”‘|ug assembled at Garden City, / ' • htr the service. v N?f s USE OF SPIES 1N TOBACCO investigation ( yj'"* Ones Not Maintain Secret ' Says Chairman Murdock. } .Washington, Jan. 8. —Chairman ' >ii, today sent a letter to Sena- j j-*’;. ' 'l’pei - . r(*puhlican, of Kansas, de- j that the commission uses “spies’*! im estigation as stated in a to-j Made journal. . does not maintain s : ' ' service, or send sleuths and j "ut to harrass the business men | f “ country," said Chairman Mur-! j Gut restricts its efforts tM the . ‘ 'ailed upon to.do by lawyer as ‘“Gilt of congressional resolution.” !l * - Lottie Brown has accepted the iC , 1 a ot matron at the County ' M ‘ find moved there last week to up the work. . t ■ WILL GIVE TURKS :! DRAFT OF TREATY | They Will Be Told to Sign It or Tear It Up, as They Desire. r , , London. Jan. 8 (By the Associated j Press).- — A draft of the Near East , j treaty will he presented to Turks at '} Lausanne Indore nidnight. it was said *■ in official circles today. The Turks D will he told to sign the document or ■' tear it to pieces {and take the eorise ; qnences. 1 WANTS MORE MONEY FOR THE ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL I I j General Assembly H ilj Be Asked For Larger Appropriation For Gastonia | Institution. j Raleigh, N. (’.. Jap. s.—A measure ■* bj increase the maintenance appro ! piiafion for tin* orthopedic hospital at * Gastonia from 5: , ,7.r>(«) to $t;0.000: j provide Bl’">.(KK) for additinmil pt*rma ;; nenf improvements, and raist* the age ! limit for children eligibly for treat- i ment from fourteen to sixteen, will Im* I intro<lneed in the Senate by Senator jA. F. Woltz. of the twenty-sixth dis trict. he announced today. The additional funds and improve- * • incuts fit the state instituion are de-1 {sired in order to admir more patients. 1 jit was stated. Hundreds of applicants j for treatment have been turned away j since the hospital was opened, aceoni-1 { ing to the senator, while attention to! numerous charity patients have been delayed until room could he made by tie*discharge of improved eases. The number of beds would be in creased from forty to sixty* and the. j 825.000 used to purchase additional land near the present location, said | the senator. A recent census of thhe state disclosed more than 1,300 erip | pies, a large number of whom were children within the age limit for treatment at the orthopedic hospital. 1 “This institution has touched the * life of each county more than any ' other since it was established,* he {continued. "The last session of the | general assembly appropriated its i iirst maintenance fund and .SIOO.OOO j for buildings and grounds. With its j present capacity of forty beds, the I hospital is turning out, after treat ment, its many treatments every two or three months and taking more from | a‘long waiting list. No charity ca*se j “We feel certain that in the interest I of humanity and tin* state, the.asseiu- { hly will grant the small request we iire making,” he said. | RALEIGH MAN MAY BE A PPOINTE D COMMISSI ONER { Senator Overman Hands Name of W. A. G. Clark to the President. Washington. Jan. B.—W. A. G| Clark. | of Raleigh, now an expert in tin* em ; ploy of the tariff commission, was re : commended to President Harding to : day for appointment to a place on the commission itself by Senator Over man. democrat, of NortlFCarolina. The ! law creating the commission provides ! that places upon it shall l»e distributed ! in a bi-partisan fashion and Senator ! Overman said he was urging Mr. I Clark's selection as a democrat ; Raleigh Man May Be Apimintod a Commissioner. Raleigh, Jan. 8. —Win. A. Graham Clark who was recommended to Presi dent Harding today for appointment to a place, on the tariff commission is the second son of Chief Justice Walter Clark of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. He has been connected with the tariff commission for several years, recently becoming an expert to the commission. Mr. Clark is a graduate of State Col lege and of Cornell I’niversity. I NION PASSENGER STATION REQUIRED AT SELMA Mandamus Proceedings Instituted by Cori»oration Commission Will Be Heard January 29. Raleigh, Jan. B.—Mandamus pro ceedings instituted by the, Corpora tion Commission to require the South ern Railway Company to join with other lines in the construction of a union depot at Selina. N. C., are to Im* heard before Judge E. H. (’runnier in Wake Superior Court January 2D. Recently the Corporation Commis sion. served a notice on the Southern Railway that the penalty for failure to conform to the order to enter into the building of the station would be invoked and court proceedings started to require' conformance. The order to build was first issued from the com mission in 1014, but the war period was allowed to justify postponement of the construction plans. Ohio Installs New Governor. Columbus. O, Jan. B.—v-Thc cere monies attending tlie inauguration to day of A. V. Dona hey as governor of Ohio took place in the presence of; thousands of people who came from every section of the, state. At the j same time the other state officials i chosen at the November election were j j formely inducted into office, Tattler of Accused Robber Dies Today. f Coshocton, Ohio, Jan. 8. —Abraham L. Carman, aged GO, father of FVank t 1 D. Carman, who is being held by the. New York police, in connection with - ! the $500,000 Schoellkopf jewel rob- j I bery, died suddenly at his home here j today. ' - His death is said to have immediate -1 ly followed reading an account of his son’s arrest, printed in a local paper. ( Today exert thyself to win ap plause : tomorrow will be time enough to sit back and listen for it. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURS DA Y S CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1923. HOLO YOUNG IN IN OLD SHOOTING AFFRAY Warrant Charging Murder Issued in Gastonia for John Caswell, Who Has Been Arrested There. ANOTHER ARREST ALSO EXPECTED Two Warrants Have Also Been Issued for Robert Grice, Young Man Who Lives in Kings Mountain. Gastopia. N. ('.. Jan. 8.--Activiti(*s of local officers' to solve a reported shooting affray on the outskirts of Gastonia on the night of November 7. 1D22, in which one man was killed and a woman seriously injured, were resumed here today with the arrest of John Carswell, at liis home here, and the announcement that another arrest would follow. Carswell was charged with -murder and criminal assault, an officer an nounced that similar warrants had been issue against Robert Grice, and that deputies had been dispatched to his home at Kings Mountain to take him into custody. John Ford was killed in the affray and a young woman was shot and in jnml. lmt ltanson Killian and another young woman who made up tin* auto mobile party escaped injury. Accord ing to information gathered by the police, the quartet were halted on a lonely road near town by unidentified men. Several suspivts were taken in to custody afterward but re leased later, but it had been some time since any outward activity had been shown by the police although it was claimed by some of them that eventu ally they hoped to make arrests. A Later Report. 4 Gastonia, Jan. 8.-—-Robert Grice and John Carswell, father and-uncle, respec tively of a young woman, one of a party of four alleged -to have been held up and attacked on a country road near here on Sunday night. No vember 7. ID2O. were arrested today on warrants charging criminal assault and murder. John Ford, who with Ransom Killian, had taken two young women to ride, was killed at the time. Boston Harbor Crowded With Ship- Boston. Jan. B.—The great eats ship ping boom since the days of the world war is now at its height at this port. Work for - 2,000 longshoremen can he had at the transatlantic terminals, it is said. At the rate of 7o cents an hour for day work aiul $1.05 l‘o,r night work, tiny pay envelopes of those now on the job are well filled. The boom started when coal laden vessels from England and Wales ar rived last summer. Coal has arrived by millions of tons since the miners' strike in this country. A score of- ships .laden with wood pulp, mostly from the Scandinavian countries, have arrived in the past few weeks, and the army base and the Commonwealth piers, where much-of the freight .is handled, are filled to ov erflowing. according to vessel owners. British coal steamers have been forced to wait a week or ten days in the harbor before obtaining docking facilities and many of them, rather than delay that long, have gone to oth er ports. Since the closing of the St. Law rence river there has been an increas ing flow of grain through this port. More than a million and a half tons were shipped in one week in December. At the Commonwealth pier "more than 1.000 men have been employed and nearly 30 vessels were unloaded duifing tin* past month. Passenger space has been taken over for freight. Piles of canned goods 50 feet high and shipments valued at between $lO.- 000,000 and $12,000,000 have been stor ed at the Commonwealth pier at one time. Probably the best known woman astronomer in the world is Miss Annie J. Cannon of Harvard College Observatory. Miss Cannon has discov ered more than 80 stars and lias, con tributed much, <to the literature of astronomy. A house—begins with a brick, a quarrel with a word. Great Britan is Ready to Settle Her War Debts Washington, Jan. 8. —Great Britain wants a fair business settlement; of her five billion dollar war debt to the United States on such terms as will produce the Jenst possible disturbance in the trade relations of the two coun tries, Stanley Baldwin, the British Chancellor of the exchequer, declared today in an address before the joint meeting of the Britism and American debt funding commission. “We are not here to ask for favors or to-impose on generosity,” said Mr. Baldwin. “We want a fair business settlement, a square deal, a settlement that will secure for America the re payment to the last cent, of those cred its which the United States govern ment established in America for us, their associates in the war.” Mr. Baldwin’s address was in reply to one of welcome by Secretary Mel lon. chairman of the American com mission who expressed particular ap FRENCHTOBCCUPY Will Send a‘ Small Force With Engineers and Cus tom Officials, the Report Declares. f Paris, Jan. 8 (By the Associated Press).—The occupation of Essen by a small French fljfcroe accompanying engineers and east cans officers is now slated for Thurssa| morning, it was stated on good authority today. Belgian and Italian engineers and technical experts win accompany the French, but only the Belgians, it is understood, will (gnutribute to tlx* force of occupation, c ATTENDS SlNlSj SCHOOL KEGLJftAKLY 17 YEARS Mr. Fred Driver Ha* a Record of At tending Sunday School 17 Years Without Missing, f When tlie officers were elected re cently for the Hgjiffeu (’lass of the Methodist Protested* Sunday School. Mr. Fred Driver, Mpo had. been the secretary for a nuftiber of years, asked that si new Seop>thLv he elected and In* be released mud the office, as he had held this office for the past seven years. In tlie dist-ussion tlmt follow ed it was learned tlwt Mi - / Driver hml not missod u sifitffe session of the Sunday School for the j«ist 17 years. This is a record to, bo proud of. and Mr. Driver was heartily congratulated by the members of this class on jhis at tendance record. The officers of thisclass for flu* next six months are: Mr. Lindsay Bluckwelder. president. Mr. Fred Helms. Secretary. Mr. Carl I>. Lefler, Treasurer. THE POTTOS MARKET First Prices Were Easy at a Decline of From 20 to 30 Points. New York, Jan. <B.*—The cotton mar ket was influenced by the unfavorable view of European ptiiitieajl conditions, relatively easy Liverpool j Cables, and the weaker ruling of foreign exchange rates at the opening today. First prices were easy at a decline of 20 to .‘lO points, and while January stuff di ed up a few points during the early trading on covering, later months ruled about 20 to 27 points lower under co ca 11. Wall Street anfl southern selling, with March at 26:40 and May at 26:57. Cotton futures opened steady. Jan. 26 :10 : March 26:45 aMuy 26 :55 ; J uly ’-Jfl :•’? I: < »or T !?4:s*r. ■ Big Docket at Asheville f’oiirf. Asheville. X. (\. Man. B.—A total of 145 eases were on tlie calendar for trial during the regular two weeks term of superior court which opened here today. Judge Thad Bryson, of Bryson City, is presiding, and the criminal calen dar was prepared and will be prose cuted by the new solicitor, J. E. Swain. I The only capital case is that of Win field Sea hern, negro, charged with first degree burglary. Asheville Library Makes Record. . Asheville. X. C.. Jan. B.—The Pack Memorial Public library, with a book circulation of 112,804 in 1922. is he-! lieved to have retained its first place in public service tlie state, accord-! ing to officials. It would he neces sary for the library holding second place last year to show a gain of 47.- 000 in circulation in order to tie the! local institution. The increase here was more than 12 . per cent. The institution added 1.546 i books and showed 1,765 new borrow-; ers. Record Increase in Episcopal Com municant Membership. -M’hicago. Jan. 8. —An increase of 39,-; 772 in the communicant. ’ membership j of the Episcopal clmrcli is reported by The Living Church Annual, with an increase in contributions of $875,404. Other gains reported are 34,132 in Sunday School membership, 5,022 new teachers, 6.026 confirmations and 4.- 459 baptisms. The gain in communi cants is a record for the last twenty five years. Mrs. Alice MacDougall is well known as a broker in the coffee trade in iscw York. If you have half an hour to spare, don’t spend it 'with someone who hasn’t. preciation of tlie courtesy of the Brit ish governmont' in having as its delegates men so distinguished. He called attention that this was the first time si chancellor of the ex chequer had left his country r to par ticipate in a mission of this charac ter. The Treasury assured the British representatives that the American commissioners were no less sensible than themselves to the virtual neces sity of effecting definite settlement upon a basis entirely just to both. The British chancellor, in his reply, approached the problem in a broad general way, declaring the settle ment would determine the welfare of the great mass of wage earners - in Great Britain and the United States. He submitted extensive statistics to financial conditions in Great Britain and a study of these figures was begun immediately by the American commis sion. CABARRUS SUPERIOR COURT IN SESSION Most Important Matter for Present Term is Disposi tion of Case Against O. G- Thomas. JUDGE WEBB IS PRESIDING OFFCER Solicitor Zeb Long Begins Work in This District.— Hearing in Thomas Case to Be Held This Afternoon. The January term of (Ha barrus Coun ty Superior Court convened in the court house here this morning, with Judge James L. Webb, of Shelby, jin*- siding. Court opened shortly after 10 o'clock, and the morning session was consumed with the Judge’s charge to j the grand jury and a number of sub mission cases. , /.ebulon Long, of Statesville, assaul ted his duties as solicitor of this dix i triet at the opening of court here this I morning. Mr. Long was elected to the j Nolieitorsliip at the November election, and was sworn in last Monday at his I home, Statesville. Mr. Long is no ! stranger in Concord. He is reeogniz- I ed as tin!able lawyer, an especially fine and a Christian gentleman j who believes in law enforcement.* A successful record as solicitor is pi e- I dieted for him. The greatest interest In this, term of court centers in the c.ase against. O. G. (Red) Thomas, who was recently granted a new trial by the Supreme Court after being convicted of second degree murder last January and sen- I teuteu to serve jlo years in tlie Stare : penitentiary, for the killing of A. J. I Allen in Kannapolis. This case probably will come before the court this* afternoon or tomorrow | morning, and as soon as the defend jant is formally arraigned again for ! the murder of Allen, his attorneys are i expected to ask Judge Webb for a i change of venue, arguing their request on the grounds that prejudice in this | county ’against Thomas makes it im possible for him to get a fair trial here. It is know that Thomas’ attor neys have secured a number of affi davits, which will be presented to Judge Webb.in support of their re qu«sE.iUM_kit> reported that, attorneys for the State number of affidavits, though these re ports have not been substantiated by the State’s attorneys. Attorney Hayden Clement, of Salis bury, has been retained by the State j to help in the prosecution of Thomas, it has been learned berk Mr. Clem ent was Solicitor of this district when Thomas was first tried, and his ability its a lawyer and familiarity with the case probably account for his reten tion by the State. Maness, Arm field & Slierrin, John M. Oglesby and J. Lee Crowell, of Concord, and J. J. Parker and E|. T. Cansler. of Charlotte, will appear again for the defendant. The State will he represented by H. S. Williams and L. T. Hartsell, of Concord. Solic itor Zeb Long, of Mr. Clement. Other attorneys may also lie employed, one member of the Allen family stated this morning. While the great interest that was shown in the case during the first trial is not expected to develop during the second hearing of the case, the case is of unusual interest nevertheless. Before beginning his charge to the grand jury Judge Webb spoke briefly on the improvements la* has noted in Concord in roecjTT years, expressed the hope that people lived up to the fine name given the city years ago by the early settlers, and added a word et unstinted # praise for the Stone.wall Jackson Training School. Since his last visit here. Judge Webb stated, Concord lias made vast im provements, and he congratulated the city for* the progressive steps it has taken. He also stated that no city in the country has a finer name, and lie advised his hearers to live up to this name. “It takes concord in all things to make a success,” he stated, “and this applies to .the church, the city, the county and the State.” There is no institution in the. State doing a greater work thaiuthe Jackson Training School, in his opinion, Judge Webb declared. “The boys are re ceiving a training there,” he. said, “and that is just what they need. Some of the hoys being trained there now will make useful, hard working,, pros perous, prominent citizens if they live. ’ he. added, “and ’ they will be worth more than many hoys who now run the streets and are given all the money they want to spend.” Training at home is what is needed in this country above all things, and Judge Webb expressed the belief that there are many mothers and fathers in North Carolina who are not capable of rearing and caring for the children they have. *“I hope the State will see fit to give this institution all the money it needs for its proper manage ment 1 and enlargement,” said in conclusion. Publishers Can Make Contracts With News Dealers. Washington, Jan. 8. —Publishers are not prohibited by the Clayton law from entering into contracts with news dealers as agents to act exclusively as their wholesale distributing agents, tlie Supreme Court held today in a case brought bv the Federal Trade Com mission against the Curtis Publishing | Company. ' (Switzerland plans to electrify ail its rafroads within 30 years. French Receive Copy of American Proposal I & *1 - ’ WANT POINDE* state TO SUCE , s\l,l Frinds Urging President to Name! Him as Secretary of Interior. Washington, P C„ Jan. B.—President Harding was urged today by Senator Jones, republican, Washington, to ap point his colleague. Senator Poindex- j ter, to succeed Senator Fall in the In- i terior Department when the latter re tires on March 4. NEW JUDICIAL DISTRICT PROPOSED IN BILL Four Eastern Counties Will Ask State For New District. Raleigh, N. (’., Jan. B.—Machinery was in motion here today for the framing of a House bill for presenta tion *to the state legislature which would provide for n redistricting of the eastern counties which lit* in judicial districts No. 2 and No. 3, it was learned from authoritative legis lators. The hill would provide for a new judicial district which would include Beaufort, Martin,* Washington and Hyde counties. Representative Van E. Martin, of Washington, county, an nounced that such was the desire of his constituents, and intimated, that ! either lie or Representative Lindsey j Warren, of Beaufort county, would j Ijead tlie fight for this legislation in j rile House. > \ In a statement to the Associated j Press. Mr. Martin said that the court dockets through this district were badly congested at this period, and that very little encouragement, if any was offered anyone to bring suit no matter hosr good their case might lie because of the possibility that the ease might be held over from one year until the next. “We are not going into this expect ing it to be an easy matter," Mr. Mar tin said, in reference to the judicial I bill. "We are sure to meet more or or less opposition from other sections of the state. The need for a new dis trict including Martin. Washington, Beaufort and Hyde counties, however, is so ■pronounced that ji determincnl fight will he made to carry the legis? lation through. I am not prepared to say whether I will lead the bill out. or whether it will he brought up by Rep resentative Warren. Ir is my, desire to see this district formed. The con-1 HBMKtatU-etmUUimw of Aim pockets will! then he relieved in the other counties ; which now comprise these eastern dis-j tricts and the result will be sufficient in importance to justify the change." I Mr. Martin has expressed hope for Iris proposal and little prediction is being made as to what the outcome of his efforts might be. Electric Street Railways Improved Dur ing 1922. New York. Jan. B—Eleetrict railway conditions throughout the .United States improved during 1922, according to a statement given out today by (’. I). Emmons, president of the Ameri can Electric Railway association. Ktatisfies based on detailed reports from companies representing one-third of the country’s milage, show that despite the growing use of pleasure automobiles and keen bus competition j in many sections, more persons rode | on electric railways' during 1922 than j in 1921. The total number of pas sengers carried exceeded fifteen bil lion. Up to May there was a falling off in revenue passengers over last year, hut since that time generally there has been a steady increase. Net operating revenues increased 7.4 pe.r cent, in spite of the fact that the gross revenue was off 2 1-2 per cent, owing to general fare reduetitous i per passenger from 7.49 to 7.33 cents, j A decrease of 5.9 per cent, in bperat- j ing expenses served in great measure to offset the fare reduction loss. The operating ratio, which repre.- i sient» tin* per eentage that operating costs bear to gross receipts, dropped from 75.2 to 72.4. This is a continu ation of the improved condition of the l industry noted a year ago, and is one of the most favorable signs in its grad ual steady recovery. With Our Advertisers. ,A. J. Whitehurst lias recejeved a car load of hogs and pigs. They are in tho Lnughlin stable near the South ern depot. Ad. gives particulars. “Talk it over with your banker.” The officers of the Citizens Bank and Trust Company will discuss business matters with you without obligation. The. bank will also accept War Saving Stamps as cash. Sec two new ads. today. The Bell & Harris Furniture Co., has some overstaffed suites that you should see before purchasing elsewhere. Instruct Rowan Farmers on Fighting 801 l Weevil. Salisbury, Jan. 4.—lnformation atyout the boll weevil and instructions on how to tight the pest were given Rowan farmers at a meeting at the courtlwiuse today. Despite the very in- > clement weather 175 farmers were present. This was one of a series of meetings being liehl over the state by representatives of the state agri cultural extension service. It was! presided over by County Farm Dem onstrator Yeager and was addressed | by several representatives of the ag ricultural department of the state gov ernment. Weather Outlook For Next Week. Washington, Jan. 6. —The weather j outlook for the week beginning Mon-| day: .South Atlantic States: Considerable! cloudiness, occasional rains, normal j temperatures. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. ' NO. 53. Jnited States to End ,| Reparations Question Has Been Fonnally Submitted I to the French. * I TOTAL REJECTION IS NOT EXPECTED France Reports That Plan is Still Being Considered— Date of Its Transmission is Not Now Known. Washington. Jan. 8. —The plan for settlement, of the reparations eontro- J versy between France and England outlined by Secretary Hughes in his i I New Haven address, lias l>een eom hiunfeated t«» the French government If through official channels. It was not stated when the Aineri- || Can comnnmk-ation was sent, hut in dications were that it: was transmit ted through diplomatic 1 channels be- * fore Mr. Hughes delivered his address at New Haven. It was said authoritatively that the transmittal was ."perfectly definite” in character, and it was indicated that it revolved about tin* suggestion that In , ternationai linaneiers be called into | formulate reparations payment pliun. - j Ollieial comment as to the nature lof the reply already ree*eiv<xi from ! Paris was withheld. The state ment that, the American suggestion ‘still was xlefiiiitely before the Freiyh ! government however, was interpreted to mean that the French answer was not an unqualified lejeetion of the scheme. Women to Be Active in Michigan Leg islative Affairs. Lansing, Mich., .Jan. 8. —Women's organisations in Michigan plan to play a prominent part in the legisla tive affairs of the general assembly. A few of the laws they are prepared to sponsor. ,include: Equal rights for married women with those of single women. Present Michigan laws provide that money earned by married women legally be longs to her husband; that she can not take a position outside tlie home without, her husband's consent; that i the married woman is entitled to no pay! fori her work in -earing for the 1 lionie —except board and lodging— 1 ile tin* single woman is eniitleiLto J ! 'compensation for her labor-, and fir ’ j*some instances, the married woman is not permitted to make contracts. * I Perfection of laws protecting women in industry.. Women lights on a plane with those accorded men. I Welfare acts, mother’s compensa j tion. eugenic marriages, maternity ; measures and kindred others. m . I COTTON CROP AS WHOLE IS SLIGHTLY INCREASED United States Shows a Gain While Other Countries Show Deereease in Crop. Washington. Jan. 5. —Total produc tion of cotton for the 1922-23 reason in countries that produced over 90 per cent, of the. world's crop in the j 1900-13, is estimated at 15,250,00 bales of 478 pounds net, according to the j department of agriculture. This is an increase of 2,559,000 bales, or 20 per cent, over the production for the same countries last year and a decrease of 3,991,000 bales, or 21 per cent, from me average production for the five years 1909-13. The countries cov ered are the United .St a tea, Mexico, India. Egypt. Asiatic Russia, and Korea. - - g | The total cotton area for'the above j countries, except Mexico, for tlie 1922- 1 23 season is estimated at 57.100,000 | acres, which is 5,044.000 acres, or 10 I per cent, more-than thejirea last year' 1 anti 2.730.000 acres, ( nr r five per cent, less than the average area far the five ;j years 1900-13. Practically the. total increase in pro- j Iduction is accounted for by the large .1 crop in the United States which is 9.953.041 hales, compared with 7,954,- * 041 bales in 1921. The Egyptian crop is placed at 1,105,000 bait's in 1922, compared with 084,000 bales in 1921. The India crop is 4,010,000 balea, com- 4 pared with 3.735.000 in 1921. Asiastfc Russia shows a decrease, of 50 per cent, in production since 1921. The crop » of Mexico is only slightly smaller than last year's crop. Dry Anniversary to Re Celebrated. Washington, Jan. K. —Plans for cele brating throughout -the country the. - third anniversary of constitutional pro hibition in th<* United States art* be ing made by the Auti-Saloon League . of America. The celebration is to lie held ojri Tuesday of next week. Al though this day will lie the third an niversary of constitutional prohibi tion. the traffic in intoxicants has al- ‘ ready iieen contrary to law in the United States for more than three years, it has been pointed out. War- * time prohibition went into effapt on July 1, 1919, hut the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution did ; not become operative until January 110 >f the next vo.ar. j - Perhaps Roth Rid Right. | Two tramps were discussig their 1 personal appearance. One was j smooth-faced and the other had a | huge heard. oe .r, one remarked: ‘‘l uswr | ; have a beard like that till I saw me-, self in the glass. Then 1 cut it off.” : “Better have left it on, nmte/ r | , returned the bearded one mild y. I e useter have a face like yohr tH® f. . saw it in the glass. Then i groped'"' this ’ere beard. \