North Carolina Newspapers

J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher. VOLUME XLVIII. i'Vench Troops Occupy Essen With Belgians First Troops Arrived in the Herman Industrial Center Shortly After Ten O’clock Thi 4 Mcrning-. j IAN TROOPS ALSO IN DISTRICT \•] Troops Have Full War Equipment, Including Gas Masks —Number of Troops is Xol Announced. * ];■'< !!. Jnn. 11. —The Fronch are ip I'.-I'i; 'rhe Mist troops entered at : . 111. today. t>i contingent mownig from ; _ priee'd‘<l to the city via ' •u: shmiltaiieously with the taili Tin- Belgians were aeeoin :,i ii. i d hy a eoilsklerahle Ihhlv of i tionps and an aiufimnition liiiiiri. All the soldiers have tin* : . i war »qiiipment, even juts masks. Histnrhanees in Essen. IN<-n, .lan. 11 (By the Associate! 1." A sample of the politieal . ••ctrifity sun harging the* atmosphere’ a. re is found in lust night’s disturb : are. when about 5.000 Essen citizens! si. mu-"! the doors of the Kaiserhof. I die city’s leading hotel, demanding the j .\i itsn-ii of ihe French eom miss ion I ■ v hill) t lie crowd believed was lodging I The management’s assurances ; ilia 1 ! muh a Frenebman was in the ! ■ -.so \ ,i- nnsatisfaetory. especially in , ' •a of .the fact that a flower pot in oppiirtwqely fell from an upstairs win- | i-mv .nnong the demonstrators. Scores • j-Tsoiis swarmed into tile building *. i: t l*r. jllens I ait her, former burgo i.iasi-T of Fssen. and now the miuis mof food iii the <’imo cabinet. ap-~ ,;i -t mi the scone in time to pre \ #mii limre serious ennsequem-es. It Lift her when the distnrhane be-: :. ii hid jjust begun to read an address i|- the foreign correspondents gathered a da- Kaiserhof hotel, in which he,; ii .dr a plea l’or moral support for; i.rMtiany in the issue raised by France. : 'l lie (jeeupation cf Ruhr. he said, r • l.rbj* a violation of the rights of iiu canity as well as of tlie treaty of’ V. r-aill.is. I x Will Call a Strike^ Aiieren-dam, .Tan. 11.—A dispatch • r -ln.dysri: to the Exchange Telegraph, •v\s ij ■{• RReirsh and MV'tob/d'an • " • * ***♦ h . hriet strike be.ginnijig Mon- j day tli’juugiimit the whole industrial district i.i protest against tin* French j - < u !*ml i.on. • . totrm;»n mbax>ai!or Leaves Paris. bans; .lan, 11. (By the Associated I Iha-ssi. I>r. Wilhelm Mayer, the fief-j in ii aiijhassador to France, lejft Paris) I’-eilin at noon today. ( haneeilor ( uno Speaks. I’-ihii. Jan. 11. —Clianjdlor (Tmo t"--i di f foreign affairs commission of j d.-- -r- i- hsrag roday that Germany ; " did ijot discuss its reparations ohli- j •: tioi.v personally with the ‘’treaty ! 1 ’•••!!<mg powers]” Germany's Contention. Washington. Jan. 11 (By the Asso « - id Press).—jThe legal consider a•• n-le an which Germany will protest ■' "Mier pmviTii against the Freneli in "Vt-numt into the Ruhr are under >!'*ai| here to rest on a contention that dn- <!aiise.s of the Versailles treaty ‘'d'd by France as warrant for her 1 !'(■. were intended to covey only ""tii'inF and financial .measures, and i i -’ iha use of force. : Will Proclaim Martial Law. I Mid n. Jan. li. —a Reuter’s dis- i 1 i from listen timed 4:20-o'clock ( a i t ! ei noun sjiys martial law is to I'i i-( lainied in the city by the. 1 ’ l ' occupational forces “almost iliin; i -c ii i) t < v ° t•' uige in Reparations Policy. a•! ijington. Jan. 11 —The order M'uigiujr the. troops home from the *' :| " will not be followed by a witli ■ of American participations in ! 'oarations commission unless ' ;l change in the prese*nt policy I '' American government as out •fld iy in authoritative quarters. Jr!( ’ s to Nullify Packer Regulation. (shington. Jan. 11.—An endeavor • [' / 1 ’ s ll ijy the packer regulation act of -i thj-ougli elimination of the $410.- a;-propria tion for its enforcement i' 1 r “e pending department of agricul - sujiipiy bill, was made in the Sen ' ' 1 11 lay,by Senator Fernabl, republi- U'u. Mapie. ,)<i( S -IIKRT\ is GIVEN CLEAR BILL OF HEALTH ' Mn.nittcc Says He wjas Not Guilty ' : High Crime or Misdemeanor. ■ ••'•hington.- Jan. 9. —Attorney Gen ' 1 iMaghcrty was giv.en a clean bill • :!i today Uy the House. Judiciary dec which investigated the im ' ■ ! Mit in ehargi's lireught against him i. prexiiiative Keller, republican, i esolution which was adopted ■*t us 19 to 2, the committee of on the evidence obtained it appear that there was any o t< believe that Mr. Daugherty guilty of any high crime, or *u**r requiring the interposT hnpeachment powers of the ( 11,1 resolution also proposed that ‘ oioiary committee be. discharged birdior consideration of the Kel ; gi-s. and the proposed impeach ( 1 1,1 the Attorney Generfll, and that i" ‘ ap' i'-hme.nt resolution introduced ■Minnesota representative be ,;i ! he tabio. THE CONCORD TIMES, ATTEMPTS TO RAID WHISKY WAREHOUSE Raid Was Frustrated and Eight Men Were Placed Under Arrest. York. Pa., Jin 13.—An attempted raid on the b onded whiskey warehouse of the New ilallam distillery company at. Haliam, eight miles e;tst u s Yoik, was frustrated earl.v* today, and eight men were placed under arrest. Four teen trucks, manned by a’ score of men. were involved in the. attempted iaTl of the warehouse which contains liquor valued at Sotin.iKKi. INTERESTING FIGURES IN ELECTION OF 1922 Frank Hampton Declares Democrats Carried Cnited States b; Majority of 424,2:15. AVasliington, Jan. 10. —Some interest ing figures on the election of 1022 we.re made public tonight by Frank A. Hampton, secretary of Senator Sim mens and treasurer of the democratic national senatorial committee. liie final ottieial returns from every state, lit* said, “show that in the No vember election the democrats carried iin*- Fnited Stites by a majority of 424.255 over the republicans. The to tal democratic vote, cast in the Fnited States in the election of 1022 was 10,544.725, and the total -republican vote was 0.020,470, thus giving the democrats a lead over the republicans in the whole country of approximately half a million votes.” Mr. Hampton also called attention to the fact that the democratic ma jority would have been much greater bad it not been for the states in 11 it south where the democrats had.no opposition and where, but very few votes were cast. “For instance, in the state of I.ousi ani, tile total democratic vote east was only 44.5557." he continued. "Os course if the democrats had had any stiff opposition they could very easily have given a majority of 200,000 votes in Louisiana. The same thing applied to other southern states. In Missis sippi. for instance, the total democratic vote was only 02.000 in round numbers. With stiff opposition the Mississippi democrats could easily have mustered a majority of 150,000 to 200,000 votes: the. same thing, of course, applies t<- Georg ; a, Florida and South Carolina : in South Carolina the democratic vote cast was only 54.005 when as a nnt- Si onVlit - (i.i.i t i without any dicftioulty whatever a democratic majority of 150.000. It will be M-en, therefore, that although the republicans, by reason of tlucir ‘Genyinariders’ of congressional, dis tricts in‘northern states actually won a slim majority of about a dozen in Ihe house of representatives, the truth was that the election of 1022 was a distinct victory for the. democratic party, as was shown by the splendid majority of the popular vote that the democrats won in the country at large. "I give these figures so that there may no longer he any question in the mind of anyone about the. fact that the American people repudiated the Harding administration at the No vember election.” Raleigh, X. C.. Jan. 11.—Senator 11. B. f Parker, of Wayne County, chair man of the Senate Commit toe on game laws, announced today lie is seeking the co-operation of sportsmen through out the state in framing legislation de signed to protect and increase game. “I desire to invite citizens of the state who are interested in seeing our game protected and increased to write me of their experiences and ideas on Ibis subject, ill order that I may sub mit them to the full committee," lie said “It is time that North Carolina was doing something tot preserve and in crease the splendid game that once filled our forests and fields. Tlie van dal hunters who think not of the fu ture. have almost exterminated the most desirable of the wild game of the state, and I would like to see some law sufficiently strong to stop them.” Several game and fisli associations recently liavejieen organized in the state, and the senator is expecting their co-operation in framing the new laws, lie said. • Fortner King Constance Dead. Palermo. Sicitly, Jan. 11 (By the. Associated Press). —Former King Con stant ine, of Greece, died suddenly here today"nf cerebral homorrhage. Highway Projects to Be Let February First. Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 9.—The state highway commission last night an nounced the following projects to be lei on February 1 ; Hertford and Bertie counties, Win ton to Aulander. soil road, IG.B miles. Bertie. Windsor to Aulander, grade on ly, 39.3. Nash, Nashville to Franklin county line, hard surface, 34.9 G. Mar tin and Pitt. Williamston to IJethel, hard surface, 10.3% Wilsort, over head crossing A. C. L. Sampson, end pavement Clinton to forks of roads leadingYto Garland and Eljz&bethtdwn, i hard surface, 5.5. OnslowC Jones coun-- ty line'so Jacksonville, soil. 3.*.22. in Red Springs to be let -in conjunction with other city work, 3 25. Robeson. Red Springs to Hoke county line, • soil, 1.25. Gran ville, Bullock to Virginia line, hard surface 0.50. Wake, Wake county line to Lee comity line gravel. 8.00. Chat ham, Apex to Chatham county line, gravel, 9.04. Caswell, Yanceyville to Rockingham county line, soil, 11.07. i Montgomery, Randolph county line to 1 Moore county line, soil, 11.3. Working Now on Game Law. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS RED CROSS STII L AIDS NEW BERN FIRE VICTIMS Is Working Among Individuals and Has Accomplished Mitch. Atlanta, tin.. Jan. if.—American Red Gross work being carried on at New 15c.rn, N. G., where 5,500 people recently , were made homeless by a conflngra- I tion lhat demolished over a thousand I dwellings, is .changing phase, accord !’ing to Division Manager. Joseph G. Logan, in a statement issued from Red Gross headquarters here.. From coping with tin* imminent needs aris ing from the disaster, tin* work lias passed on to taking up the individual families in rapid succession l’or re habilitation. j Family after family is being, put in position to help itself. ,“The" relief work is being given p -r kjnnenfv, ’ Mr Logan d« clarnl, “l>v puiliug the lire suaerers oil their f-et so they cun walk for themselves.” Re sults have already been reported, Mr. Logan gave vome ■authorilive statistics. Os about 550 wage earners whose jobs went up in the smoke of the dev astated area,/ practically all have been provided With employment, lie said. Seventy-one families hah* mee.i per manently housed; so wtb> r 'families comfortable situated in wooden-walled tents and (52 white families quartered temporarily in apart menti or us guests of fi;iends. "The staff in charge of Ihe relief work at New Bern lias carried, the pro gram very satisfactorily,” Mr. 'Logan said, “upholding -the Red Gross stand ard in a monnedatorv manner. Com meats have reached headquarters from individuals who have witnessed like calamities with complimentary refer ence to the speed with which relief was furnished.” In the. tent city, it is said, additions are being made at the rate of ten per (lav. The tents are constructed of wood frame sides sealed with tar paper, and canvas tops and are quite warm. As fast as they are. put up. they are fitted with stoves ami furni ture and alloted to the negro familm sonle of whom have as many as two and three tents each. Garter Taylor is director of the re.lief woi\ at New Bern and T. R. Buchanan is in charge of the tent city. Miss Helen Ryan is acting supervisor of the social workers on the job there for the Red Gross. CHILDREN SEARCH RUNS AFTER DOLL HOSPITAL FIRE Grief-Stricken Tots Recognize Char red Remains.—One Fids Her ‘Baby’ ITihurt. •New York. Jan. 10.—The fire that blazed briefly today on the ground floor of tiie five-story tenement at No. IGI East Ninety-sixth street wasn’t much, as firemen and cops reckon fire’s, but it burned its way into the heart * i; JUab.v a youngster who culls <•*.:• ~’(.(’ oi'N ui- LiiNNlMde' home. Damage amounting to less than $50(1 at first estimate is little, indeed, for a lire, but in this lease it meant the cremation of a hundred dolls, particu larly beloved of their owners because they were temporarily under treat ment in the doll hospital of Carl Baer, which occupied, the ground floor of the tenement. . Even so. several scores, of dolls were saved, and hopeful children por ed over them all during the day in search of some loved one. The joyful smile of one who found her boon com panion almost seemed compensation for the many tears that flowed and the gulps that prevented many more from flowing. Baer was as sorrowful as the chil dren whose dolls had been burned. But he’ sought consolation in the fact that the loss would have lieen ever so much more harrowing if the fire lmd occurred before Christmas, whyn the hospital had all beds taken and then some. Bl ILD HUGE COFFIN FOR WOMAN OF *lO POUNDS Ten Men Employed to Remove Body From Hospital After Death. New York. Jan. 10.—A 710-pound woman w ill be burled in Queens tomor row in the largest coffin ever made by the New York /and Brooklyn Gasket Company. She was Mrs. Martha Gar mas, 55. a widow, of Middle Village. - Mrs. Carinas died Sunday in Kings County Hospital, and it took 10 men to move her body. A coffin shipping, case was used, as the basket coffins in which bodies usually are carried to undertaking establishments were too small. The coffin, made to order, is G feet 3 inches long, 30 inches high and 38 inches wide. The dead woman was 5, feet 11 inches tall, and leaves three children, all normal. Physicians say her im mense size was caused by elephant iasis, a chronic disease, of the skin and lymphatics, which occurs chiefly in the tropical countries. SUBMARINE S-19 IS CARRIED SAFELY TO PORT Sea Craft Taken in Tow Last Night by Submarine Tender Savannah. New* York, Jan. 11.—The submarine S-19, which sent out wireless calls of distress off Cape llatteras last night, was taken in tow today by the sub marine tender according to a wireless message picked up here. "With other submarines she left Ninv London, Conn., last Sunday for Guantanamo, Cuba. COMMUNIST OBJECTS TO GERMAN INVASION Interrupted Premier Poincare, Who Was Trying to Explain the French Attitude. Paris, Jan. 11 (By the Associated Press). —When Premier Poincare started his explaining in the Chamber of Deputies today of the government’s action in the Ruhr valley, he was in terrupted frequently by Marcel Cacliin, communist deputy. These ’nterrup tions brought cries from the deputies of the right and center: “Put the traitor out J” . - CONCORD. N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1923. Representative K. T. Fountain, of Edgecomb county, presented to tlie House his measure which would estab lish a training and industrial school for boys in eastern North Carolina. Absolute need for the institution was stressed by Mr. Fountain, Who stated that it would cost the state little to maintain the proposed school and would greatly relieve,the situation now encountered by the Stonewall Jackson Training School at Concord. Judiciary Gonnnittee No. 1 report ed House Bill No. *5, introduced by Representative <sven* of Sampson, un favorable, but at thh request of Mr. Owen, who said that lie did not know of the committee meeting, the bill which would abolish capital punish ment in the state. wss referred to the committee. Judiciary Commit bo No. 2nreport ed favorably on the absolution of Rep resentative W. W. Nfal. of McDowell. , .for joint investigation of the state printing contracts, but reported unfav- j orably on the resolution of Represen-! tafive Sherrill, of (’ohcord, which was j presented at the request of M. L. i Shipman; Commissioner of Labor and s Printing. It was understood that Sen ator Woltz’s resolution in the upper body, which was along the same lines of Mr. Sherrill’s, would be tabled in order to . permit intuSjkieiiQn of u res olution similar to Mr. Neal’s. WORK OF IHE STATE LEGISLATURE TODAY Many Important BiHs, In cluding One to Establish Ship Line, Are Presented Today in the Senate. HOUSE RECEIVES, NUMBER OF BILLS Resolution. Offered by J. B. Sherrill Got Unfavorable Report—-Wants Another State Training School. Raleigh, X. G.. Jan. 11.—Amendment of the constitution of North Gar olina to establish a state lward of par dons, which would be apt minted by the Governor; a bill to provide text books to public school children at cost; an amendment of the state primary law lo provide for the nomination of judges iu county and "State convention: and the introduction pf Governor Gam eron Morrison’s state owned ship line came liefore the Senate here today. Mr. Neal announced that his meas ure would provide for the appointment of nine members of the House, by the Speaker, and five members of the Sen ate by the President, for consideration of the charges of unfairness made against tlie Labor & Printing Depart ment. Tlie House passed upon its third reading the Senate bill to provide for the printing of 2,500 copies of the Gov ernor's message, and Representative Dillard’s bill to validate certain Cher okee County bond issues. Two resolutions introduced in the House which honored the memory of the late “J. M. Clayton, of Hyde County, and the late J. B. Crisp, of Dare County, wex-e adopted. The Governor's ship line Dill was in troduced jointly by Senators Bellamy and Harris, and was referred to tlie new committee on water commerce. Senator D. A. McDonald, of Car thage. presented the bill to establish a state board of pardons. This measure would remove the pardoning power from the hands of the Govenor. plac ing it in a board of three members who would bo/appointed by tlie Gov ernor for six-year terms with one member of the opposite political party to the oxeeutive's. Tho bill provides for tlie.subi’nis>ion of the amendment to a vote of the people at the next general election. „ The Senate adjourned today in hon or to the memory of Jas. T. Waldo, late of Martin County, who was born in Connecticut, but served the Con federacy from his dapoted state and was for 25 years chairman of the Mar tin County board of education. FRENCH MAY OCCUPY BOCHIJM SAYS POINCARE French Premier Says Germany Must Carry Out the Demands of France. Paris, Jan. 31 (By the Associated Press).—Premier Poincare in liis statement before the Chamber of Dep uties today on the steps being taken bv France in the Ruhr district, said the government’s plans provided for eventual occupation of Bochum “if Germany fails to carry out the French demands.” The occupation of Bochum, which is the site of the iron and steel works of Hugo Stinnes. is said to be set for Saturday, although this is not official ly confirmed.. French Are Encircling Heart of Ruhr Valley With the French Army in- the Ruhr, Jan. 11 (By the Associated Press). — The French army is encircling the heart of the Ilvfhr valley. Marching into Essen this morning in their new move for the occupation of additional German territory, French troops be gan patrolling of Essen and horizon sentries Mock positions at the entrance of the great Krupp w’orks. French tanks command the Essen city hall square, and pickets of in fantry hold the railroad station. URGES PROTECTNON OF CHILDREN FROM AUTOS I’rges Protecticn of Children from * Autos. Washington, Jan. II (Capital News Service.—The arousing of the Nation over the increasing death toll taken by the automobile is evident'in the many proposals as to how fatalities shall be prevented. \ One municipality is subjecting all arrested for. reckless driving to sanity tests; an oculist sug gests that no person he. given a license without an examination of tlie eyes, and if glasses hp found necessary, re quiring their use: traffic experts de vise one way street systems; police chiefs urge more drastic Taws, and so on. Dr. Henry C. La mien, of Chicago, suggests that mathematics he given a chance. "No one knows,” said Dr. Louden, “what r-auses - accidents. We know of any individual accident that it was because of too great speed, slippery streets, brakes which didn't hold, neglect of signalling, etc., hut not of accidents as a whole. We have no real accident statistics. If, for instance, we could say that of five thousand accidents in a given period of linxv. in a given section of a given city, three thousand were caused hy poor brakes, we coitjd immediately make it mandatory to have all brakes ex amined monthly. If we know’ that of live thousand accidents, four thousand came frojh failure to give, or observe signals, we Would make the law more severe on violations. If w*e proved that any larger per rentage of acci dents involved trucks, or taxicabs, than the per rentage of such vehicles, bore to the wTiole number of vehicles, we could insist on higher standards of operation hy such drivers. "Here is a great chance for some in stitution with the money and the. tithe to gather and work out the results from such statistics. And as a very large proportion oj: accidents involve children, on which tlie state spends much money to turn thefn into good citizens, it seems, reasonable, to sug gest ir as a Federal or State activ ity.” THE*COTTON. MARKET Opening Was Steady at An Advance of 5 to 8 Points Owing to Steady ('allies. New’ York, Jan. 31—The cotton mar ket made new high records for the sea son during today's early trading. The opening was steady at an advance of 5 to 8 points owing to relatively steady Liverpool cables, the advance in Sterl ing exchange. Liverpool buying, and covering hy traders who had sold in anticipation of a break following the French occupation of the Ruhr. Cotton futures opened steady. Jan. 20:55; March 20:75: May 20:95; July 20:07: Oct 24:95. KITCHLWS CONDITION STILL IS IMPROVING His Temperature and Respiration Were Normal Today, and His Lungs Are Clearing up. Scotland Neck. Jan. 11. —Continued improvement was shown today in the condition of Representative Clauade Kitchin, minority leader in the House, who has been seriously ill with pneu monia at his home here, according to a bulletin issued this morning hy his physicians. Mr. Kitcliin’s temperature and respiration were normal today and his lungs w’ere said to be clear ing up rapidly. Good Roads From All Angles Conven tion Aim. . r Chicago, Jan. 11.—Highway finance and transportation, the future of fed eral aid to states, national and com munity road problems and results of experimental aid research work in the construction of roads, are among the topics to be discussed at the an nual convention here January 15-9. of the American Road Builders’ associa | tion and the American Good Roads ' Congress. The National Good Roads Show’ arid Highway Industries Exhibit will he held in connection with the con vention. at which every kind of prac- Jtical road building machinery, mater ials, appliances and transportation equipment will he shown. There also will he included many new inventions developed during the year. Governors of the various states and Canadian provinces have been asked to appoint official delegates to the con vention. Representatives of the associations are expected from all, parts of the country, as well as officials from the j federai bureau of roads. . An interesting feature will he mi ex-1 hibit by the federal bureau, showing, the equipment, process and departure’s in governmental road building. Ce ment and highway machinery manu facturers also will have exhibits. Smoking packets specially designed j for women's wear are said to be sell ing waell in the fashionable shops of London. Communion service will be held on Sunday morning at 14 o'clock at St. John’s. Lutlienm\Ghmch. About 1,000 kinds of insects make their homes iii oak trees. Before noon the occupation Es sen was an accomplished feat The advance from the Duesseldorf bridgehead was led by aimoied <<irs, while cavalry debouched from Duis burg into Muellieim. One division of infantrv marched into the valley, from Duesserdorf and another from Duis burg. Two reserve divisions of Infantry ,ore being held in readiness camping on the former bridgehead limits. Thomas Case Moved to. Rowan County for Trial MELLON CERTAIN OF DEBT AGREEMET' * ta Thinks .Agreement Will Be Reached Before British Are Due, to Leave* Washington, Jan. 11. —Chairman .Mellon, of tho American dej)t commis sion. was represented today as fed ing certain rlmt an agreement for t Im* refunding of the British debt of more than four billion dollars would he reached ltel'ore the tentative sailing date of the British debt commission on January 20. COTTON PLANTING HINTS ARE GIVEN BL EXPERT Dean C. B. Williams, of Slate College, Says Plant Cotton on Suitable Land. Raleigh. Jan. 11.—The importance of planting cotton only in “good open, well drained land suitable for the crop,” is stressed hv Dean «C. H. Wil liams, of North Carolina State College, tonight in the first of a series of ar ticles dealing with the control of the boll weevil. "In lb lb, the cotton hoi! weevil made its entry into the southern border of North Carolina. Since that time North Carolina cotton growers have watched the progress of the weevil and have been wondering and planning how they might best meqt its coming into their different eomfnunities. ' The weevil has now spread beyond the southern border counties of the. state and under favorable conditions for its development, unless more effective means are devised to check it, may he expected to make progress northward and eastward into other cotton grow ing counties until the whole state jis covered. “Everyone fanriluir with the cotton boll weevil knows that unless our cot ton growers recast their former meth ods to effectively mee.f its coming they will hereafter have great difficulty in producing cotton profitably. “Other things being equal it is ex pected that infestation will naturally he greater in the swampy and wooded areas near the. coast and less in in tens:ty<>nd damage as one goes from the const westward. Outside of the extreme eastern part of the state, growers who adopt suitable methods of crop rotation: plant seed of suit able early fruiting and high producing varieties: fertilize in such away as to produce a goodly and early yield: plant the crop early and cultivate 1 Thoroughly and ‘raphtty thmuglibut 'the season: and practice other good farm-' ing methods that are used by our best ' farmers, should get good yields. “Those who attempt-to grow cotton , on poor land with poor and late culti- * vaFon: without systematic crop rota tion or crop movement; and plant their cotton crops late, using late fruiting ’ varieties will suffer the greatest dam~ aeo from the ravages of the boll vil, “As a general proposition .persons who attempt Vo grow cotton under the latter plan will find it unprofitable and hence will l>e put out of business in a short time. Those who practice good and effective methods, outside of j the low-lying and heavy wooded areas j of the state,‘will be "able to continue j to grow cotton and to make it as j profitable as in the past, provided the j crop is economically produced and rea-1 sonahle prices are secured for it after j production. “The above is based upon the ex perience of the best farmers of the south of us, who during the past years have been contending with the boll weevil and who have been able to pro dace goodly yields of cotton at a profit under normal conditions. “In this first article it is wished to impress the importance of planting cot ton onlv on good open, well drained land suitable, for tin* crop. /The land should he broken early and allowed to settle before planting time. This is the time when our cotton growers, should plan a systematic attack. They should not become panicky, for outside of certain sections, farmers will he able to grow cotton profitable, provid ed the boll weevil is met promptly and in the right way and reasonable prices are secured at the end of tlie season for the. cotton produced. “The cheapest and most . practical methods, that farmers will have to de pend upon, certainly to a great extent, in fighting this pest, will be those which they cm apply their general farming operation to reduce the num ber of boll weevils that go through the winter and emerge in the spring to the smallest number and those, that will a : d in helping to get a good crop of bolls set early iq the season before the weevils have increased to destructive numbers in the. cotton fields,’ ’the ar ticle concludes. I. C. C. Will Make Investigation. Washington, Jan. 11. —Notice was served on railroads of the country, to day by the Interstate Commerce Com mission that it intended to proceed im mediately to an investigation of their ! expenditures during recent months on maintenance of equipment and the method they have followed in provid ing freight car service for shippers. * One. of the most remarkable districts ! in the world is to he found in New i Zealand In the hot-spring country j y#u may catch a trout in one poo) and place him in a second-to boll. Hi the j meant'me you can enjoy a warm hath in a third a few yards awav. whilst" the dinner is cooking. Hot water laid : on by Nature is found in several other j parrs of the globe, but nowhere else jjo the same extr >ordin try vacations of temperature occur ; n pools and in streams that are quite close together. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. ! 1 j . ' ry rgument Was ac _ * icsented by E. T. Lansler.—Decision Expect ed This Afternoon. MANY AFFIDAVITS OFFERED TODAY x Affidavits Presented Consum ed About an Hour’s Time, and Since Then Arguments Have Been Heard. The trial of O. G. (Red) Thomas, will be held in Salisbury, at the term of court beginning February 12th, it was announced this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock by Judge James L. Webb, in Cabarrus County Superior Court. The decision of Judge Webb came after lengthy argument by counsel for the defense and for the state. The State counsel contended that a fair trial could be given the defendant if a jury were brought to Cabarrus County from another county; while the de- = tense counsel argued that the hostile sentiment against the defendant would creep into the jury box in spite of all precautions, and would influence the verdict. Immediately after the opening of court this morning the State was giv en opportunity to introduce its afiiria vits which purported ito show that the defendant could get a fair trial in this bounty, especially if a jury were brought in frpm another/.eounty. Sev eral affidavits were presented first, and then one affidavit/ sighed by i>o men, was presented, stating that the Signers had heard ntTthreats to lynch Thomas and that they believed he ' could get a fair and impartihl* trial here if a jury from some other ebunty was sworn in. . 1 The first affidavit was fjjorn Mrs. A. J. Alien, who stated that she had re ceived no funds with which to pay prosecuting attorneys. H. W. Lnughlin and Ch&rles H. Line signed an affidavit stating that they heard no disorders during the trial of Thomas. (J. L. Black welder, member of the jury which tried Thomas, declared in his affidavit that he was not influenced by outside factors in reaching his de cision. y 11. A. Graeber’s affidavit stated that 1 upon learning that Mrs. Allen hod no • funds for : prosecuting? Thetnarr'-fcsf had taken Subscriptions, but had made no effort to learn sentiment. A sinii i lar affidavit was signed by J, Tom ‘ Johnson. I C. C. Stonestreet's affidavit said lie hyd not talked against Thomas or any one associated in the trial. The joint affidavit was signed by the following: /. j' Dr. Herring, Watt Barringer, A. T. Cain, J. C. Pounds, J. A. Black wil der, G. A. Moser, It. F. Mills, {I. G, Bitz, G. F. Plott, L. H. Plots, C. L. Simpson, W. H. Bradford, L. B. Little, J. S. Archer, E. L. Bost, W. M. Fisher, J. C. Illume, W. Ed. Philemon, C. A. • Isenhour, K. I>. Mabrey, J. F. Day i vault, J. A. Cauble, A. J. Day vault, W, j C. L.Verly, J. W. B. Long, T. N. Law- I rence, G. A. Shinn, C.. Cox, C. G. j Ridenhour, B. A. Robinson, J. It. Que- I ry, Patt Covington, C. L. Miller, F. Al } bright, It. A. Brower, H. B. Murph, C. S. Smart, L. B. Talhirt, D, B. C6l - W. S. Freeze, Martin Verburg, C. F. Ritchie, V. L. Norman, W. F. Li faker, W. J. Glasd, B. E. Harris, Jr., C. A. Cook, F. D. Bromley, M. M. Lin ker. J. Z. Barnhardf. C. N. Alston. V, Y. Slither, J. E. Davis, \V. <\ Houston, C. E. Boger, J. C. Fink, J. F. ix>W der, J. A. Kinimons, W. N. Cline, J. ,\f. Hendrix, Win. Junker, E. G. Beniiold, L. E. Wallace. P. W. L' Kluttz, I). V. Krimmiuger, C. C. Slonestreet, W. 11. Shelton. J. A. Benfield, It. C. Stinson, G. 11. Hendrix. J. 11. A. Holshousdr, R. C. Corzine. J.' L., I’etrea, Jno. A. Cline, J. O. Moose. L. L. Mauldin. E. •L. Culp. (). A. Swaringer, G. W. Creech, W. W. Medlin, C. G. Savage, J. R. Barringer, It. P. Benson, L.~A. Fisher. John J. Parker, of counsel for the defendant, called the attention of the Court to the fact that the affidavits presented by the State's counsel sim ply stated, that the affiants had heard of no efforts to lynch the defendant; also that fifteen of the first fifty sign ers of that affidavit had made contrib utions to a fund to prosecute the de fendant, while two more stated they would have made contributions if they had had the money. - W. A. Hersliman in an additional affidavit, stated that he had heard much talk since making his former af fidavit, and that sentiment was so strong that it was his opinion that a fair trial could not be had here, eveii with a jury from another county. John A. Rankin, of No. 3 township, in an ffiidavit, stated that he had nev er setm such strong hostility against anyone; tliat it is stronger now* than at tlie former trial, and that in his opinion a ‘fair trial could not be had here. C. E. Phillips, of Midway, said prac tically the same thing in an affidavit, | adding that the people he ha- talked with are very much outspoken in their I bitterness against thq defendants R. L. Furr, of No. HV township, dep | uty sheriff at the first trial of O. G. i Thomas, affirmed that the* sentiment generally was ag inst the defendant, and a fair trial could not lie had here ; j his opinion. | W. F. Moose of the Farmer’s Union’ store, stated that he had heard hirge nuraheis of people© in that store dis (Continued on Page Five). NO. 54.