North Carolina Newspapers

J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher, VOLUME XLVIII. French Decide Not to Seize Mines in Germany Instead of Taking Over the Operation of Mines They Decide to Take All Coali rF :sdv* for Delivery. ‘ i H RT MARTIAL FOR COAL OPERATORS! \jn Who Disobeyed French Orders Face Court Martial' instead of Actual Arrest [ nder New Ruling. IN-' n. J:m. IS.-. ( P.v the Associated ! ]• " Ruhr v::Hoy <t>al operators j , ~ tiiuiiglit* for a time last night that 4 - !■rich were to take over tju l mines | ruing found themselves still in ; _ -- - on of their properties today. , • u'lM'd that only eoal mim'd and j • ground c.nne under the revised •-'tioiihig order of the French. fU- magnates also learned that they ! ■ou r martial instead of actual ! a,a a result ol' tk«pr refusal to j '■ coal to Fra net*. c>diiouiie commission in reach linal decision on the poli*-y to ■ lii.ued conclmled that because of adage of technical experts, it | v i h l.« iier to. retpiisiiion only coil 1 :•» fi'tr delivery, and to re-route to e all slupim nts intended for Gor- i domestic--eonsumpt ion. I ,\.:s also said Uiat certain nations, i !:■■■ ,i>!y ilie United States and Great, :. in. looked with disfavor tipou the ioim confiscations" as it had been ap-’ ]■ icd to the. French Ruhr policy by the Paris press. 4 W i.u artitnde labor would take in | i < \cnt the mines were seized also j • i Mv*'d 'the commission's serious con- 1 - i. atiop for ii is realized that the: ! ■ . ii would he under a heavy hamli-{ :■ 'should the Herman engineers, re-i ■ ■do ilreir work. 1 mission also faced the task of' .kihg the Herman forests on the. left | . ;k of the Rhine, as ordered by the i : •fi'-it. Italianf*and Belgian govern-’ acii'is. This vfep is a penalty l'or , i.cniiaiiv's default in deliveries of l ( | W 1 mer a third power, perhaps the* ! nited ■ States, will come ro the■ rescue j I .m e and Germany. inducing the j •'.ii'r jo withdraw her troops and ! •1< killer to resume payment of her! - Idens, is a subject of earnest <lis-: in 'Herman circles. it. is "i liewcv ejr. \fat the tin j.JjrJ, media tion does not <gpem to lie at liaml. Kssen. Jan. is (By the Associated I' e<si.—yh»» French military author!* l s i<nhi\ instituted court martial pro- i ■ ••(lings against six Ruhr coal mag-j i; whose nymes were withheld. [ 1. v were charged with refusing to | ; e\ the orders of the military au-j iL-rhies in the territory under state W S(,g„" • • . lhe magnates have not boon taken! inf., custody. , !•■■ ■-■ Frencii Cabinet Meets. I’arK Jan. is (By the Associated I’icssi.—After a meeting of the French cabinet today it was stated in "tibia 1 quarters that the policy of j: ssive resistance adopted l>y the Ger mans was regarded as of great danger T " th. ]K*ace of Germany. Continuation of tlie present attitude "f ilie Berlin .government, and the lbiln* industrialists, it was said, gave ibe to fears that the nationalist spir ii may he aroused to such a pitch as " I'iovoke serious irouble. fi was pointed out that the reaction ’ad already been felt in Upper tsile i ! where secret societies are roport '•'! to he exerting great efforts to bring iiM.it’ strikes. Tlie French policy in the Ruhr, it emphasized, is to facilitate the in ■’ - ai;ii activity in the Ruhr, rather t :n t.. place obstacles in the way, as* ' ! _s‘d by the Germans. a Will Seize Forests. ''oblenz, Jan. 18. — (By the Assoeiqt “i Press)- —The international Rhine !:,nfl commission this afternoon decid ‘ ■ a conformity with instructions "in the French, and the P. -ian governments, ro take over the 1 -ms ;; 11d forests of the Rhine and. ,' 1: ; Pi*T was issued to seize tonight o receipts on hands in the cus ' • as office. Hoiienga Goes to Petersburg. Pwershurg, Va., Jan. 18.—Dan S. b"il"iiga, former national organizer of American Legion, and secretary of : " Fayetteville, N. C., chamber of oimeivo. wiii become business nmn - es the Petersburg ehamlrer of • •!'<••* on February Ist, it was aja -1 •*•'! here today. <lea ranee Sale at Fisher’s. annual January Clearance Sale ;i1 Filler’s will begin Saturday, Jan l! Fo(h, and continue through Jan- M -'th. For Jhe sale the company ' ■* have many fine bargains, as you ‘v by reading attractive new ad. l!l ’ i l ' paper today. With Our Advertisers. F. Widenhonse ' ~~ new ad. to . . :,v e you made your will? Your 1 ' will he carried out if the Citi ' F.oiik and Trust Company is I as executor. v ; tv ' Gray Was in Hooded Party, j '''tip. 1.a., Jan. 18 (By the Asso "ipssi.—Newt Gray was a! " °f the masked party which on, -.1. held uf> Watt Daniel, T. j J ' k.irds and several others on* tlie j 1 v 1 mwoen Bastrop and Mer | , recording to Fred Eubanks, j '’F'ing today at the hearing: j, : ‘ ; hi.» the kidnapping and’ murder ‘‘ : r i"l and Richards. THE CONCORD TIMES, I* ; " PEACOCK WARRANT STILL ON THE WAY Officers in Florida Declare They Have Not Yet Re ! ceived a Warrant. St. Pelerslnug. Fla.. Jan. IS.—Al fhonjrh reports have reached here that ■ a warrant has been issued in North : Carolina for the arrest of Dr. J. W. [Peacock, who escaped last year from j the criminal insane department of the \ North Carolina State prison, no war- I ram had been received here early to ! day. it was announced by the police ! departmenl. 1 >i*. Peacock, after tin* killing of the j chief of police of Thoniasville, X. i was committed to the criminal insane [department of the prison, lie was re cently declared sane at Arcadia. Fla., the record shows. GIRL TKLLS OF THE " DEATH OF YOFNG SMITH Mar> ( olliiis Ijiugltiiigly Tells of How I r:t> Smith Atbmpted to Assault Her. .Morganton, Jan. IT.-rr'l'lie mysteri ous nmrdej* of Fray Smith, who was found dead in his uncle's house several miles from this city last came to light this afternoon, when his lii-yestr-old cousin, Mary Collins, fold ofticers of the part she had in the affair. The child is now in the county jail, and just before dark her mother. Mrs. Rosalie Smith, was placed in jail also charged with being connected with the killing. | Since the time of the murder the, entire vennnunity lias been guessing but scarcely any suspected this girl of the crime. Mer story.was told this afternoon, in a cheerful manner, many times smiling ns she related the hor rible events. She declared that she. had not, told any' member of bet family that she was the guilty one and that she had been keeping her secret all tins time. Shortly after ilie murder the girl was seal to Moun tain Island. Gaston county, to stay with relatives there. Investigations by Solicitor R. L. Huffman, of this dis- Mict. led to the belief that she was the last person seen' with the. dead man. find a warrant was sworn out for her. According to her story, which vr.is told to Miss Beatrice Cobb., newspaper correspondent, her cousin, sister ol the dead n an. went out in the tieid "fffTTT-•ftrrrWt- rrrm lAie-rntbei nrt-rmx*rsr of the family, including Mrs. Collins, wem to Glen Alpine. Mary started out with the other girl. Irene Smith, hut 'Smith says she held her hack. While they were in the house alone. she'Told Missi Cobh, tin' man tried to assault her and they had a light. She stated this afternoon that he of fered her sl’<> if she N would submit to immoral relatimis and when she refus ed lie sr.id he was going to cut his throat. She tri»*d to run. she says, but every time lie would catch her • and drag her hack into the. house. Shortly before he was killed, she says, he did cut his throat with the knife and she accounted in that way for the blood found on his shirt. After the attempted, or alleged, sui cide did not prevail on her to sub mit to his requests, the girl says that he got a shotgun hanging over the door and started toward her. There was a scuffle over the gun which re sulted in a load being discharged into the breast of the Smith man, says the girl. BIG BI ILDIXG BOOM ON FOR TIIFi SrRTXG Indications Point to a Fontinuation es tip* Spree of Building Activity. Washington. Jan. 17. —Indications point to a continuation of the bui fl ing boom throughout the country‘this spring. Sales of fabricated structural j steel took an upward swung in De cember the census bureau announces carry ng the year’s estimated sales to L929.4Q0 tons, or 64.3 per cent of the shop production capacity. The sales exceeded those of 1921 by al most a million tons and were the high:st in the last 10 years, being almost 290.000 tons more than in 1916 which shows the second largest sales in the. 10 years since 1913. ' 1 December's estimated total book ings aggregated 145:800 tons. That was 20 per emt more than November bookings and marked the turning po nt from a series of sensational de clines in fabricated steel orders. The upward swing occurred a month ear lier than last winter when December was the month of minimum orders. December sales amounted to 58.3 per cent of shop capacity compared with 48.4 per cent in November. MORE IIIIAN 700 LABORERS HAVE SHOVELERS’ CRAMP City of Boston and Street Railway - ' Lose Services Due to Storms. Boston, Jan. 17.—Shovelers* cramp has cost the city and the street railway 'companv the services of 72.» men, as a result of almost constant labors with the recurring snow r s of the. past fort night. Public Works Commissioner j Joseph A. Itourko said today that 400 laborers were on the city’s sick list,, laid HP with cramps and folds. General Manager Edward Dana said » 32.1 of the Boston Eleveated .Railway’s j gangs were at home, unable to work for a time, after days spent fighting ( ! the snows. The aggregate cost in 1 , money to the city and company for, j snow removed was placed at nearly j : $500,000 in the officials’ statement. " j Because of the high winds pvevail -1 ing in the Alasknn petroleum fields it 1 has been found advisable to build the derricks of steej instead of wood. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS ~CQNCORD, N. C.TTHURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1923. CALCIUM ARSENATE MUST BE IMPORTED Americans Cannot Produce All That Will Be Needed in Fight Against Roll Wee vil, Says a Report. Washington, - Jan. 1 IS.- Imports will I)*' nwossiiry to furnish Southern ootion planlej-s sufficient supplies of e.ihhun arsenate, used in lighting the cotton boll weevil, according to a joint vepori of ugvieulture and interior dep.irt inonls. transmitted to the Senate !<*- day in response to a resolution by Seantor Smith, democrat. South Caro lina. Domestic producers of calcium arsenate, it was said, could not supply the product fast enough to meet early requirements this year. In 1924. the report said, domestic producers prob ably would /he able, to in* el the de maud. FIVE ROYS ML ST SHOW GOO!) BEHAVIOR NOW Every Six Days For Two Years They .Must Report to Judge D. li. Bland i tit Goldsboro. Goldsboro, X. Jan. IS.—F,ver\ six days for :i period of two years, five Mt. Olive i I toys, ranging in age from 17 to IP, must appear before Judge !>. 11. Bland, of Recorder's court, with a letter from the mayor of their home town stating whether their conduct has been good or bad. Raymond Flowers, Gland Flowers, Edward Hall, William Hull, and Rob ert Holmes are the hoys who appear ed before the judge on charges of dis orderly conduct, assault on an officer and contempt of court. The charges developed from their alleged misconduct on the streets of Mt. olive recently. Each of them was placed in bond of Slob ou the disorder ly conduct charges. "If l had the power I would .sen tence these boys to a military school{ for two years each." said the judge. -- 1 think If would be good for them.” Relative t* * their alleged misconduct in the mayor's court at Mt. olive, which resulted in the contempt charg es. Judge Bland held he could no! pass on ll.m puhse of the cases. • | can’t rule on the. contempt cases," he asserted. "That's the affair of the mayor's court at Mt. olive, hut if 1 could I would give these young men a jail scntnoco jusr to teach them re spect for Ate laws and .courts." Several Mt o'ive citizens appeared r r i **t«<»*i rr- ttfill *v es i i iii •( 1 ret* 11 e'n *tu4n ft h were of good character. CAPT GEORGE CATHEY IS DEAD IN RALEIGH Deceased Was Noted School Teacher and Was 100 Years Old. Raleigh. X. G.. Jan. IS. —Gapt. George Gat hey. 100 years old last November, who taught in the schools iiiohe mountains ol' North Carolina and Georgia for 71 years, died early today of influenza at the Nofvth Car olina Soldiers’ Home here, after* a brief illness. Gapt . Cathey was a na tive of MacoiuCounty and had beeen in inmate of the home since he gave up his duties as a teacher about three years ago. Captain Cathey was horn near Dan ville, Ya„ but bis parents moved to Iredell county when he was a hoy. Later they went to Georgia where he enlisted in the Confederate army as Senior Gaplain of Company C. Georgia Legion. Col. Lusk’s brigade. lie. is survived by a son who lives in Charlotte and three daughter in Atlanta. Gastonia Presbyterian Third, Largest Church. Gastonia, Jan. 16. —Ten years ago Sunday, Dr. J. H. Henderlite was in stalkvd' as pagtc«r~ of the First Presby terian Church here. The Sunday morning services at th? Church were given over to a brief summary and review of the record of the church during that time. The local Church is now the /third largest Presbyter ian Church in North Carolina, being exceeded in membership only by the First Church of Greensboro and the Second Church, Charlotte.- The total membership is around 1.350. the Gaston a Church also ranks high in •membership when considered among Presbyterian Churches in the South ern general assembly— The local Church last year was 13th -in membership among the southern Presbyterian congregations. Russia Would Send Troops to Ger many. London, J;mi. 17.—The Riga corres pondent of the Times says he learns from reliable sources that the Khs sianv soviet government has •'decided to mobolize the five year conscripts, with a view to assisting Germany, should"" Germany decide to resist tlie French, action. Lew Tendler and Pal Moran. New. York, January 18.—Local fol lowers of the boxing game are dis playing a lively interest in the show to be brought off at Ytadison Square Garden tomorrow night, for which I the management has prepared an unus ; ually attractive card of bouts. The j main event of the evening will be a ' 11- ifmnd contest between Lew Tend ' ler, the crack Philadelphia light j weight,—and Pal Moran, of New Or i leans. Steamer flewa Is at Bermuda. i Washington, Jan. IS. —The Danish 1 steamer Nowa. reported five days over ■ due at Wilmington, N. C., has been located at Bermuda, the Navy Depart ment was advised today. Tlie Danish legation Jms been notified that the ship is safe. I WANT TO DISCOURAGE “BAD CHECK" PASSING ! State Legislature M ill Be Asked to Pass on Two Pills Along This Line. Raleigh, X. C.. Jan. Is.—Legislation to discourage the issuing of “bad chocks" will be urged for passage in the general assembly, supported by the organized merchants of the state with the probable indorsement of the North Carolina Bunkers Association, it. was learned from authoritative sources here today. Two hills directed against the prac tice of giving wirtliless checks al ready have b<M?n introduced in the as sembly. one by Senator W. A. Graham. Lincoln County, and the Other by Rep resentative \V. U. Matthews, <J' Meck lenburg. The former measure is general in its terms, making the issuance of u check known to be an overdraft, a misdemeanor; while the Matthews bill would set a limit of seven days in which a worthless’ check could be made good to a Void* penalty. Whetlnu* it third bill embodying the ideas of ihe agencies which will urge the legislation will be Introduced, or their advocacy placed Itehiml those al ready on the calendars will he deter mined iit. an early conference of those interested in the suggested changes. At present the law prohibits the is suance of a worthless check to secure merchandise, hut it'is claimed by those favoring more rigid regulation that conviction under this statute against fraud is difficult, and they wish the law to go further to provide a meas ure of relief from what they term a great volume of overdrafts. The carelessness of the man who ov edrifWß. it is contended, would be dis couraged aiong with wilful violations. REWARD OFFERED FOR ZIMMERMAN ASSAILANTS High Point Citizens Voluntarily Con tribute to Fund of Five Hundred Dollars. High Point, Jan. 17.—High Point citizens have offered a reward of SK»O for the arrest and information lead ing It* the conviction of live masked men who attacked K. E. Zimmerman. High Point automobile truck dealer, at Thoniasville, last Wednesday night it was learned toutlay. Names of persons offering the re ward were not given out for publica tion. but it was explained that the money has been provided by citizens who wish to see the perpertrators of the crime brought into court and punished. Zimmerman, who was at one tinn in business at Thoasville„ was rttackVd while in the yard of Mrs. H. G. Stray horn. His lie said, took him to a vacant lot, and. after heating him cruelly with a dub, ordered him to slay away from Th^inasviUe. BELIEVE ENTIRE CREW OF SCHOONER HELVETIA LOST Wrecked Schooner Js Picket! up, But Nothing Hits Been Heard From the ( rew. Norfolk. Va.. .Tan. is.—The entire crew of eleven men of the schooner Ilelveita. are believed by coast guard officials here to have lost their lives when that vessel -capsized off the Vir ginia coast during the heavy storms . last mouth, it was stated upon cotnple- I tion of an investigation which started Monday when a’derelict was sighted off Winter Quarter lightship. The der elict was found to be the Helvetia, which left New Y’ork on December 13 for Charleston. S. C. It is being tow ed to this port by the coast guard cut ter Manning. HARVARD PRESIDENT WILL BE QUESTIONED Report Says He Refused to Admit the ' son of Negro Graduate to Freshman Hall. New York. Jan. 18. —President A Lawrence Lowell, of Harvard Uni versity, lias been requested by a mem ber of the Board of Overseers to call a special meeting of the hoard to con sider the president's action in refus ing admittance, to the Freshman Hall to a sou of Roseoe Colliding Bruce, a negro graduate, according to the New York World. The paper stated that it had ascertained positively that such a request had been made, hut no over seer who was reached would veritfy the report. ’ Paying “Music Trust.” Charlotte, January 17.—Theater owners in Charlotte and e sewhere in the state were served with summons culling them to federal court before Judge J. E. Boyd in Greensboro, Jan uary 21, to show cause why they should not pay the assessment of 10 cents a seat in every theater that uses the music end mus cal accessories of an alleged “music trust” in Now York city. The North Carolina theatre owners have protested through their asso ciation against paying the tax. Only one or two have paid it, it is said. I \V. Irv'ng Glover, third assistant postmaster general, visited the Char lotte office today enroute from Win ston-Sa em to Columbia, S. C. PRESIDENT CANCELLED ALL HIS ENGAGEMENTS Wanted to Remain in Bed, as Day of Rest Was Deemed Advisable by His Physicians. Washington, Jan. 17— President Harding cancelled all of his engage ments today in order to remain in bed on account of an attack of grippe. It was said at the White House that tlie day of rest, was decided on merely as a precautionary measure, and the President's condition showed no serious developments. Secretary Christian after a visit to i the President's room said his chief - "felt a very little worse” than he did i yesterday, when he attended the eab -1 ’’net meeting, but he spent the rejmain t, der of the day lying down. He has ), been suffering from a heavy cold for several days. i •• -3 DR. FOSTER ADDRESSES CONCORD ROTARLANS * Tells What is Being Done at Dental Clinic Being Conducted in County. i Dr. 11. It. Foster, who is conducting the denial clinic in the schools of Ca- Darms county, was the principal ■ speaker at the weekly meeting of tlie Rotary Club at tin l Y yesterday. As ■ ter ills talk the club passed a resolu tion endorsing tlie. clinic and offering 1 its moral support to the work. A proposition to change the consti tution of the club was proposed, and will b'e voted on after being posted ten days. The change will make the. elec tion of officers come on the first Wed nesday in April instead of tlio fourth Wednesday, at which' time the officers will assume their duties. A poem, writ lon for and dedicated to President Maury Richmond, was read by Tom Lawrence. The poem declared that Maury had deliberately ■ refused all chances of matrimony, and was doomed to a life of loneliness and misery now* The muling of the poem was the only stunt feature of the meet ing. bus ITartsell, chairman of the “On to Charleston Committee." wants ev eryone who is goipg to the district meeting to lie held March 20 and 21. to sign up at the next meeting. The Concord club probably will charter .a Pullman car for tlie trip. Dr. Foster was heard with a great deal of interest b.v the club members. Tlie dental clinic work was started four years ago by tlie State Depart ment of Health* he said. For the first year the children were only exanr’ne.d and advised to go to local dentists for . treatment. 'Figures showed that only about 1 per cent, over had the work done, he. said, so far the past tiny years the State workers have examined the children and given treatment,' where the cases were not too aggra vated. All but five or six counties in the State have been covered now by the clinics, he said, and these will be rejached by April, under present plans. The clinic in Cabarrus was to have been conducted/ for two months, but after a survey lof the field Dr. Foster snid lie advised his director that more f ,time was needed here., and the State has ordered him to stay here for three months A subscription campaign to raise S3OO for nnotrer month is being conducted now, he pointed out, so the clinic will he counducte.d in this county for nt least four months. There are 2,400 children under 13 years of age to he examined here, he stated. “Deplorahe" was the word Dr. Fos ter used in describing the general con dition of the teeth of the school chil dren. "It is hard to understand the condition of the teeth unless you can examine them," he added. "In maitf 'nsta ucoa .the. faun anti-six yttar aimhu s, have, not been given attention, and as a result the children are under nourished. Many children classed as undernourished are suffering only with teetli trouble., and are not able to properly digest their food.” The teeth. Dr. Foster said, poison the sys tem and children who are treated not only gain in weight but also in ability to study and learn. He declared tlie four and six year molars sire the most important teeth, and for that reason are given the most attention In many instances, they are pulled out by mistake, he added, parents or dentists at times, thinking them to be some of the first teeth that children always lose. Last week, Dr. Foster said, lie examined 137 children and 120 of them needed treatment. "That is aboirt the general average.” he stated. WHOLESALE PRICES SHOW LITTLE CHANGE Trend in December Was Upward, But There Really Was But Little Change During Mnnth. Washington, Jan./ 18. —The general level of wholesale -prices rii December showed no change from the November average, although the tendency was upward, the Department of Labor an lounced today. An increase of 11 1-2 ner cent, over the level of December, 11)21, was shown, however, farm prod ucts leading with an advance of 20 3-4 per cent. Os 404 commodities on which com parable data for November and De cember was available, 170 advanced in price last month, 70 declined, and the remainder were unchanged. SCHEER THINKS HUSBANDS SHOULD ORGANIZE UNION Chicago Man Wants Definite Wage Scale and Strike Privilege. Chicago, Jan. 17. —In answer to his 1 w ! fe’s suit for divorce, Herbert Seiner 1 'oday advocated a union of husbands, ! with a dfinite wage scale, with tire strike as a weapon against oppression. “Husbands ought to form a union,” be declared in the Superior Court. ‘We shoidd have a definite wage scale and be allowed to strike if our wives oppress us.” Schee.r asserted he earned $l5O a ■ month, but that his wife gave him only ■ 50 cents a day and kept the remainder. Scheer is suing another man for alienation of his wife’s affections, and Judge Hurley intimated that he may * order the. man into court. . BOYD SMITH INQUEST TO CONTINUE FRIDAY Hearing Postponed So Mother of De ceased Could Be Heard by Jury. Hamlet, N. C., Jan. 18.—-The in * quest at Gibson, near here, into the * death of Boyd Smith, former assist t ant hank cashier, who was found dead ' in his home recently, will be resumed 1 tomorrow, according to word from s there today. The young map’s moth er was shot and seriously wounded nt ) the same time, and the inquiry was f postponed in older to permit her to 1 testify. Birds are as sensitive to colors as s are human beings, but fish respond r most readily to green and . yellow lights. FIRE DAMAGES [LON 1 '" COLLEGE BUILDING Fire Which Started Shprtly After 6 O’clock This Morn ing Destroyed One Build ing and Damaged Another. F.lon College, X. C\, Jan. 18. —The administration building at Eton Gol-; legs was destroyed by tire of unknown l origin this morning, being reduced tv>! ashes within an hour after the blaze was discovered at 0:45 o'clock. The Joss has not bee.n estimated, but will j run into several hundred thousand Uol-1 lars. Flames from the main building (taught: on the alumni building used as , a dormitory for hoys, hut were ex tinguished with lfttle damage. The Burlington lire department re sponded to a call for help from Elon, luit when it arrived the flames were burning so fiercely that nothing could be done. The Burlington Department went home, l»ut was summoned again to help put out the fire on the roof of the alumni building. Arrangements are being made to continue (Allege classes. Two gymnas iums and other available buildings, will be used for class work. The administration building contain ed the executive offices, the library, class rooms, and the domestic science equipment. ' The loss of the library is consider ed great, as many of the books and documents are irreparable. I THE STATE HAS ISSUED WARRANT FOR PEACOCK He is Charged in it With Having Es caped From the State’s Prison. Raleigh. Jan. 17. —Warrant has \ been issued here charging Dr. J. VV. ! Peacock, located in Lakeland and St. Petersburg. Fla., with having escaped from the state prison, which is made an offense under the laws -of this state, according to Attorney Gen eral J. S. (Mann ng. This action followed notification to Warden S. J. Busboe, of the state prison that the sheriff nt Lakeland won d not proceed to arrest Dr. Pea cock until he had received proper papers. The request that Ihd'arrest be made was sent to the Florida au thorities immediately after informa tion was! received here of the loca tion of Peacock. The fact, that Dr. Peacock lias bO6ll adjudged sane by o Florida court does not affect the legal aspects of thc^-rase "to *?my~He*ree, stated. The case is an exact paralled to that of Harry K. Thaw, escaped from Mattewan and arrested in New Hampshire, the attorney general as serted, and the law under which the warrant has been issued is clear. Requistion from this state upem Governor Hardee, of Florida, which is expected to follow, can be honored or refused by the Florida executive, as he may see fit. regardless of the decision of the court in his state as to Dr. Peacock's sanity according to opinion in legal circles here. The state of North Carolina is as ade quately empowered to seek/his re turn, as that of any cohvict com mitted to the state prison, according to the attorney general’s opinion. FIFTEEN SMALL HOUSES DESTROYED BY BLAZE High Winds Threatened Industrial Plants in Statesville During the Fire. {Statesville.. .Tan. 17. —Fifteen small houses were destroyed here early to day by lire which, fanned by high winds, threatened for a time to spread j to valuable manufacturing establish ments and the Southern Railway sta-i tion. Tire structures consumed, however. 1 were small ones on the west side of South Center Street, and the total loss was estimated at not more than $30,-' 000 to $40,000. of which about one- j third was covered by insurance. No one was injured in the flames which gave the fire department a desperate battle. The fire was believed to have start ed in a negro' pressing club, and the buildings burned included 8 negro houses, four white residences, and j three small business structures. For Federal Control of “Movies.” j Washington, I). C., Jan. -B.—Federal control'of motion pictures is the ob- j ject of a national conference which opened today at the New Y'ork Avenue Presbyterian Church in this city. I Sponsors for the movement include the Board of Moral Welfare of the Presbyterian Church, the Board of Public Morals of the Methodist Church, the Social Service Commis sion of the Northern Baptist Conven tion. the International Reform Bu reau and the National Reform Asso-; ciation. Consideration will be given j by the conference to a bill for expect-! eel presentation to Congress. John Guy Arraigned and Pleads Guilty Statesville, Jan. 15. —John Guy, for mer cashier of the First National Bank j of Statesville, arraigned in the Federal Court here today on a charge of em bezzlement/pleaded guilty to the four counts of the indictment. Upon mo tion of the defendant’s attorneys, the, case was then continued until the April term of the court. The amount embezzled is alleged to be $85,000. May Arrest Coal Direr tors. London. Jan. It* (By the Associat ed Press). —French threat to arrest German coal directors in the Ruhr! valley has caused a panic in Berlin,} says Central News dispatch from the German capital this afternoon. On the Berlin exchange this morning the dollar rate was around 18,000 marks. m $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. y ■ ■ —a m iHE STATE ” LEGISLATURE TODAY Both Houses Swing Into Mid- Season Form, With Senate Passing Bills and House Having Debate. PARTY MEMBERS CONDUCT DEBATE Democrats and Republicans 1 Have Tilt on Bills Which Would Abolish Offices in Certain Counties in State. Raleigh, .Tan. 18 (By the Associated Press). —Both houses of the General Assembly today swung intb mid-season form when the Senate cut loose "With another batch of statewide measures, and the passage of several local meas ures on the third reading, and the j House enjoyed a political tilt between republican and democratic members on hills which would abolish certain of fices which are now held by republi cans in counties where democratic majorities went over at the last elec tion. Os the greatest importance in the I'Senate was the hill introduced to pro* ' vide for the abolishment of solicitors’ fees throughout the state and provide I a salary instead, which would be fix ed at J?3,(>00 a year, with necessary ex penses to he added where the solicitor is entitled to such expenses. The Sen ate also received on first,’ reading a measure which would remove the I criminally insane from the state pris ; on. This bill, offered by Senator Har ! ris. of WTlke, with n*oommendattiou and advice.,of George Pott, superintend* lent of the state prison. Another statewide senate bill by Senator Baggett, of Harnett, would provide that room be found in tho state hospital for the insane before the proposed annates, should be re moved lrom their respective counties. The House in the longest session yet he d passed several local measures ou the third reading, and two of there bills, one to abolish ilie office .of County Auditor in Davidson County, and another to abolish the Treasurer of Randolph County brought objec tion from Representative Owen, of rhunp.son county . republican, on the fjroUrod that thesis tin ensures would leg slate out of office republicans who were dittv elected -ftt tbe- iast-mkieth/,?*'* and in the instance of Davidson Coun ty would create' an office for a den\o jerat by means of a bill yet to come up to supplant the auditor. “Peanut politics,” that is what it is, gentlemen,” Mr. Owens said, and I would most orderly ask that while yon democrats have swept the entire state, you do not resort to such low meas ures.” The authors of the two measures, both democrats, came to the support of their bills, and announced that it was the understanding when their cam paigns w£re made, that these offices would be abolished. When the question on the bills upon their third reading was finally, put, the chorus of “ayes” was more lusty lhan on any other motion put before the House since the session began with the possible exception of adjournment. Another measure, the Dillard-Mar tin bill to exempt criminals who plead guilty from the criminal jury tax of s 4 per capita/also brought out debate when Tam Bowie, of Ashe, led the op position with the contention that such exemption would cause a heavy bur* I den on the taxpayers of the county, j Representatives Dillard, of Cherokee, i and Wart in, of Washington, supported i the bill as its authors, and Represen tative Fountain, of Edgecombe, atoau came to Its defense with the state ment that the exemption would save [ money in that it would be more of an inducement to criminals to plead guilty and thereby expedite the cases through the court. A rising vote of 47 for and 45 against the measure, and Mr. B/twie Mocked passage on the third reading by objection to that reading, whereupon the measure went oved for third reading calendar. Mr. Bowie rendered a report of the I commission appointed by the last Gen eral Assembly tu investigate the rail- ■ road proposition for the lost prov inces” and it was referred to the com mittee on appropriations. The recom mendations carried an appropriation of 000,()00 f° r furtherance of the project and specified no certain route. The new bills introduced in the House included a measure which would prevent the marriage of a six teen-year-old girl by making such marriage unlawful. All .others were of purely local nature. THE COTTON MARKET First Prices Finn at an Advance of From 18 to 20 Points, But Eased Off Later. New York, .Tan. 18. —Th(j cotton mar j ket showed renewed firmness at the opening today. Liverpool was firm and there were increased Liverpixil spot sales. First prices were rm at an advance of 18 to 20 points, but on ' realizing and Soil them selling prices eased .off a few points after the call. Cotton futures opened firm .lan. 27:52; March 27:75; May 27:05; July 27:72; Oct. 2(5 :15. For so little as S4O one can hire a special train on any of the English railways, with engine and erew com plete. and travel by it in solitary state for about twelve miles. Forty dol i lars is the lowest figures, and twelve miles 1 the least distance, for which the company will make the necessary ar- / rangements. ~ ■■■/•■'Amt NO. 56.