B Editor and Publisher.
vsTlme xLvm.
rs . Caldwell and Miss
Hopkins Won Two Autos
C . i ,in - onnection With
S Week— Only Two
dumber* Drawn.
THOrS4NDS MEET
Til TO SEE DRAWING
r.,11 Five Thousand Persons
Ctel on and Ne/r the
Week Was Great Recess, j
lf ’ . u .... IIS JA Mrs. W. A. |
/iiitos driven by j
n ;i> prize* for i
, , j / -lupkins so; tln*
| the first prize;'
• •• " " /ic 1 'uni touring oar. ;
’ ' ,1 " : u . m i-' were determined !
at 7 o'clock when. the!
~ wits held at On-
V ■The first number |
; / .• M ,jiilr*l f" a number Miss
J ml jr was only a QtteS- ,
H’“‘Y , v i. i•- until the lirst prize
! / li took only a little j
Z , .;»•!. tne winner of the)
y . \j r>. Caldwell lieltl the I
J. 1111 : ,Imt to the second one
f i)ul\ two numbers were drawn j
- s the whole tiling' was I
iver i d • -i. - ,i;td been presented to j
I r’’ !!•■: '
p , •; v* : i.i .'.uni persons, were pres- j
t'.»■ drawing, the erowd ,
„... y,<i ni tiiis county. The en-.
latt’l. \’ a> covered with lUOV
, anxious humanity, and it j
|)i i*n iiiipossible for some of j
I, |\. .-rowd to have ueard the de- |
, • til.- judges. • they Were standing
„ ti.» actual scene of the draw-
III?. %
Traffic on par: of Spring street, the
V |,!e ..f Grow street, part of 1 >epot
arc!. i»srt of Franklin avenue and part
i.f I niott street was practically at a
i't before, during and imme
,;,.ii-: Cur the drawing. Several thou- 1
sit : or- v■ re parked on these streets
;n,. .. I’ooiu was left for moving ve-
T • •,vas ao system to the parking.
K-e!voile stopped at the first available
i.i- - ■•*. and cars were headed in ev
,i ii ’ • ii. When the crowd started
..If ;here was general confusion.
Traffic o were phn-ed at several street
tics , ;1 ! the s hool yard, b«t the
lira ii I 'Girted before the officers could
m tae .-ars in a systematic line, and as
■ r*ivi.r it was inearly S o’clock before
Ii- last car was able to get away from
:• vh-ii.it> of the oh xd building. No
s-cn’-iits. \\>ro i,’ported near the school
ii“*u Severn( pi’isniis were hurt on
:’ntiik!:n avenue some I ime„ before the
Iraning started but the accident could
i”i he blamed on the congestion.
lTu’ i. -.illy i very family in Concord
' ' i”i-t-i.T..| at the drawing, and in
shlirion iftitiiireds of families living out
■ H u| the city., were also represented.
•■‘ Ti.wd was j cositio|Mditan one in the
■’•.a >en> ( . of that wotd. the rieh and
’ : '•date and colored rubbing elbows
ii •• nr anxiety to get as elose as possi
■ the n’liter ~f the scene. That r
"• t-'M !o owji sumetliing, especially j
tku soinetliing costs nothing, is ,
ttunrsil. vas rb-arly shown by the tre- ‘
- crowd. There were hundreds ,
j"Ts*’iis in that crowd plenty able to J
y ’ '"’h I lii’Moiet and a Ford, but:
v er. jus? as anxious to lie a winner |
'is their poo’vr tteigiibor. who prob- j
“ 1 l |; D’e to have cut part of his
: " u " r ci”tlii ng allowance to operate l
" • 1 cars |,ad he held the lucky
fifoiple in the vast throng j
:,a ' : :l httco number of tickets had j
• ■ placed op, {wiper. Miss
11,1 -'lt' Tidwell either had
'' arranged or they had
] . 1:11111 tor it took them but a
• ‘•■■'"tids to learn that' they held the
' ' i 0.:,:.. |. Some persons in the'
’ " '”"• tk'ir tickets in large box-;
l! "‘ ‘ 'uatiy. while others had j
' *’’y l,l drings, wir.es or similar 1
‘ " ,n, ‘ of the tickets were |
" !l D:o gfoniiil when the contest |
,j ! H1, ;" IT lll " sl of them were carried
in ' " : ”T-‘iin«l. those present be-j
i,>l ! '' o’er tin* school ground !
''tts t!n* biggest crowd
•• ' hinfii i lt years if not in his
,lT tickets issm>d during
. ii , "y ‘' hot definitely known. It
however, that als.ut 230,000
h; h t it has hot lK*en stat
y were not issued. The ex
represented by the
tiot known, as some mer
: ‘s for each $1 paid
” oc.tr merchants fol
v ! Riving onfe ticket for
; k.’ "•■..tint as well as one
Tr.iii,. '' S| ' nt f' ,r a purchase.
"I v v,;: ' planned and sponsor
i," 1 ' 1 ••**. Merchants Asso
■• a. \| ;l ’ 1 11 *’ '"*eiit started Thurs
' ’ l!l 'l ftidetl at <» o’clock
t! : .. , . “■ ''Tactically, every liouse
' '"'l and this full co
getmralij regarded as tlie
M 1 ‘V '-access of the tin-
Th,: Sta; . Al T| " Theatres.
• will, : ' s ''tiering a big fea
■Thc M „
| "' ; rti';>i|,. r -" s . 1 J ;, Ughter." and "The
' : p I'mm. '. r ' M ‘" u is show n todav at
dutiful k. ,
,ir the p l ’’’!*' 1 Ua ’ 'i' is the
J il'i’-band- * n!< ' 4 ,f ls«y in "Heroes
, :} '‘Ut'iosirv rr ~~
' : '"' i Hzard Ji'- < *’ ,|n ‘ Hl ''land is the
n«!i **• "”t ™«:, as
i"^' ts hind ' "’ ljllt W! ilks about
;>«>■ H-e,., ‘*»'l when standing
Jard high. 1 more than a
rHE CONCORD TIMES.
SAY RUM RUNNERS
USE SMOKE SCREEN
Police of Washington Want
to Determine Kind of Fuel
Used by the “Runners.”
Vashington. June 4.—The Police Com
missioner of the District of Columbia
lets asked the Chemical Warfare Service
of the Army To iWialyze the liquid burn
ed in automobile engines by bootleggers
.here to throw out a smoke screen when
i endeavoring to elude the jadice. The
J dense smoke resulting from the combus
! tion of tin* liquid, the Commissioner said
I transmitting the sample, contains i
“dangerous and offensive gases.” It was j
.desired to ascertain the nature of the
gases and thp liquid he said, in order!
to advise proper means for protection I
{against them. j
NEW ENGLAND STATES
SEEK TO BAR NEGROES
Want End Put to Stream. Declare
Negro is .Mistreated in East.
1 Boston. June 2.—Setting forth that
| the negro of the South is not bettering
j himself any by migrating to the i
i New England states and that he is not!
improving his condition by removal to I
j this section but is in fact creating con- j
| siderable hardship not only foe him
j self but for the northern members of his
J own race who really resent his arrival j
[officials of the New England Chamber
jof Commerce today brought the matter
to the attention of thp New England
governors iy an effort to put an end to
I the steady stream of southern negroes
{arriving in the greater industrial cen-
I lT*rs.
_’i hat the migration of the sou'iieru
negro has qetually become a serious
problem to *man.v New England com
munities. is now a recognized fact. The
recent statement issued by Governor
McLeod of South Carolina, has re
ceived widespread circulation in this
section Never before has the position
of the New England states relative to
the negro question esjieeially the south
ern* negro, been so ably presented.
Municipal authorities of New Eng
land, industrial chiefs and the press
concur with Governor McTsfod tu the
statement "that it is well for thought
ful colored people to bear in mind
that the exodus of the negro from the
South is by no means entirely the
southern white mans problems. He can
of course in time recover, and win. It
is primarily the problem of the negro.
He goes to a new home, different oc
cupation. different surroundings, and
must find his way among'another en
tirely different class of white peop’e
than those among whom lie has been
accustomed to live."
According to the labor department of
the several commonwealths, fully forty
per cent, of the rrihfliy thousands of
negroes who have arrived here from the
South this year are now unemployed,
and dependent upon charitable organi
zations. __
As pointed out by the South Caro
lina executive, race prejudice prevails
hi New England. A northerner will
readily \leny this but the treatment at
r corded the southern negro not only as
fan individual, but emmasse, furnishes
the proof. The Southern migrant, out of
employment without subsistence tias
: found it use'ess to appeal to the north
-1 ern negro. Under the circumstances,
the attitude of the latter is neither
i surprising nor unexpected. Governor
McLeod hit upon the existing New Eng
land situation when he declared that
1 the southern negro is wanted here only
as a laborer and is not welcome by other
than those in whose employment lie
goes.
THE COTTON MARKET
Was Weak at Opening. First Prices Be
ing 13 to 25 Points Higher on Some
Months.
New York, June 4.—The cotton mar
ket was very weak and irregular at, the
■ opening today. There was buying of
near months on relatively firm cables.
i better reports from Manchester and larg
er Liven tool spot, sales, first prices be
| ing 13 to 25 points.,higher on July and
; September. New crop months were sold
! freely, however, owing to good weather
i reports from the South and opened at
declines of 18 so 25 points.
Cotton futures opened weak: July
20 ; 10; October 23.30 to 23.05; Decem
ber 22.35; March 22.35.
CIVIL WAR SOON IN
HONDURAS PREDICTED
Number of Women and Children Have
Left That Country Seeking Safety.
New Orleans, June -4 (By the Asso
ciated Press.) —Reports of an impend
ing civil war in Honduras were given
impetus by the arrival here today from
the Central American republic of several
women and children who had been sent
to New Orleans for safety by their hus
bands and fathers.
Two Thirds of Town Wiped Out By
Big Blaze.
Canaan. N. H.. June 2.—'Two-thirds
of this town was wiped out today by
fire which caused the death of one
man, probable fatal injuries to another,
and rendered . two hundred persons
homeless. Forty-two buildings were
burned to the ground and it was be
lieved the loss would be more than
$500,000. Only a few buildings in the
entire community remuined intact to
night when the flames had been brought
under control or had burned themselves
out, despite the fact that fire apparatus
from all the nearby cities and towns
was called to aid.
Mr. and Mrs. Sid Lambert and chil
-1 dren, of Charlotte, spent the week-end
1 here with Mr. and Mrs. Joel Honeycutt
aud Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cress.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
Big Rush of Shriners Into the
National Capital in Full Swing
Washington, June 4.—The big rush of
i Shriners into Washington was on today.
, with the formal o{>ening of their animal
; convention set for tomorrow when the
first big parade of thoir program will
take place o n Pennsylvania avenue be
• tween the Capitol and the White House.
The new arrivals marching from their
trains with their hands playing, only
served to increase the predominance of
red, yellow and green costumes on the
i capital s streets, and the colors were ev
|en thicker in the hotel lobbies. Delegates
representing many temples arrived yes
i terday and last night, those who got in
during the day finding the city swelter
ing.
Preliminary activities began in earnest
today with the arrival of Jas. S. Mc
( amllessti of Honolulu, the Imperial
Potentate, and with numerous religious
services at which Shrine musicians were
FIND DEAD BODIES OF
POLICEMAN AND NEGRO
Believed the Negro Killed Officer anil
Then Turned Same Gun on Himself. j
Valdosta. Gn., June 4. —Police officers;
who late last night answered a call from ;
a building in a negro section here found I
the body of J. li. Graham, policeman, 1
on a stairway of the building, and on !
the upper landing of the steps they !
found the body of Will Roberts, a negro j
for whom Graham had been searching. i
Graham's head was almost severed i
from the body by a load from a shotgun. |
Officials believe that Roberts, who ear- i
Her in the night had shot hiss fatherin
law through the arms and neck, killed |
Graham and then turned the shotgun on
hinisolf.
TRINIT V COMM EN CEMENT
Alumni Matters Get Attention During i
Second Day of 71st Commencement. |
Durham. June 4.—Selection of an
alumni secretary, further action regard
ing the revolving fund, and the proposal
to publish the alumni organ monthly in
stead of quarterly were the princiiaii
matters to come before the Alumni Coun
cil of Trinity College at its meeting here
today. The revolving fund planned pro
vides for the collection of the interest on
one million dollars in annual subscrip
tions from the alumni.
The session of the Council ojtenw the
second day of the 71st annual commence
ment at Trinity. The board of trustees !
meets this afternoon to hear the an
nual report of President Few and b>
transact business affecting the College.
GRIER FRIDAY~MAY BE
SENT TO WASHINGTON
Clark Griffith in Raleigh Today to j
Watch Work of the Raleigh Star. i
Raleigh. June 4.—Clark Griffith, own
er of the Washington Americans, and
Billy Smith, one of his scouts, were in
Raleigh today to watch Grier, Friday, the
Capital’s star pitcher, work in the Pied
mont League against Greensboro.
Friday, a native of Cherryvillo. N. C..
has won seven games, lost none and tied
one this season in the Piedmont league.
Last year he had a record of 22 games
won and 14 lost. Billy Smith saw Friday
shut out Durham Thursday.
BANDITS NOW JOINING
GOVERNMENT FORCES
All Foreigners Probably Will Be Releas
ed During Next Several Days,
Peking. June 4. (By the Associated
Press). —Enrollment of the Shantung
bandits into the national army is pro
ceeding at Tsaochwang, according to ad
vices received at the American legation
today, but those of the bandits who do
not desire to become soldiers are slipping
away and leaving their rifles behind. The
members of the legation feel that it will
be only a matter of days until the eight
foreigners still held will be releastal.
Weekly Cotton Review.
New Orleans, June 3. —Trading in cot
ton last week was done on a long de
cline. highest prices being made on the
opening session, while lowest december
prices were reached on the closing ses
sion. At the highest the trading posi
tions were 25 to 31 points over the close
of the preceding week, while at the low
est they were 17t> to ISKS points under,
the range being 201 to 220 points. The
close was 123 to 157 points net lower on
the week. July, after trading up to
27.68. fell off to 25.01, finally closing at
20.14: October rose to 24.45, fell off to
22.11) and closed at 22.’T. In the spot
department prices lost 50 points on mid
dling, which closed at 27.50 cents it
pound against *20.50 on the close of this
week last year.
For the decline a somewhat more fav
orable opinion of crop situations than
had been entertained was mainly re
sponsible. This opinion being strength
ened by the government’s first condition
figures for the season 71.0 per cent, of
normal, issued late in the week. While
this compared with 73.6 as the ten-year
average for May 25, it also compared
with 60.6 as the condition a year ago
and it was somewhat above the average
of expectations and well above some es
timates on the long side, private^ condi
tion reports ranging ns low as 67.0 per
cent.
The effect of the condition figures was
heightened by the return, toward the
end" of the week, of dry weather to the
easteru belt, by less rainfall in Arkansas
and Oklahoma and by showers over some
sections of Texas, the only state in the
belr to really need rain. This coming
week the weather will probably almost
wholly dominate the market, and outside
of Texas, dry weather, will result in sell
ing while further showers will result in
buying.
Dry weather in Texas, according to
private accounts, will put its crop in a
state of high cultivation.
It is asserted that plate glAss will
make a more durable monument than
the hardest granite.
Mrs. N. F. Yorke spent the week
end in Statesville with relatives.
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1923.
featured.
Two ceremonies, neither definitely a
part of the convention, but both incident
to it, were among the preliminary events
of the day with President Harding, who
is a Shriller, attending both. One was
the dedication of t}ie "Zero Milestone"
erected on the Mall, south of the White
House, and the other opening in Potomac
Park, of a reproduction of the boyhood
home of John Howard Payne, author of
"Home Sweet Home."
The "Zero Milestone," a gift to the na
tion by the Lee Highway Association,
marks the "point for the measurement of
distances from Washington on the high
ways of the United States." The Payne
homestead was erected under the aus
pices of the General Federation of Wo
men’s Clubs, and today ceremonies were
in charge of the advistoiy council of
Better Homes in America, of which Sec
retary Hoover is Chairman.
BETTER HOMES NEEDED
SAYS THE PRESIDENT j
President Harding Also Advocates Bet
j ter Roads Throughout the Country. I
Washington, June 4.—Two modern •
I movements, one designated to bring about \
| improved highways, aud the other for ;
; better homes were commended as making j
; for a better America by President Hard
ing today in addressing ceremonies inci- j
i dent to the Shrine convention,
j Speaking at the dedication of a "Zero
•Milestone" a granite monument erected l
I on The Mull to serve as a base for mens- |
j uring highway distances, the President ■
declared the nation had developed a sys- •
i tern of main roads now "must recognize ’
the obligation to modernize the more re- !
mote sections of the system to the full- j
1 est extent justified by ecuomic condi-!
• tions.”
1 in th<* second address today, made at j
j the opening of a reproduction in Potom
ac Park of the boyhood home of John j
Howard Payne, composer of "Home ,
Sweet Home.” the President asserted that t
"we are going to have such advancement
in the mechanical appurtenances to the ,
home as will represent a real emancipa
tion for women.” lie added that with
that emancipation women would be seen
"taking a new larger and vastly more
significant part in the achievements of
.life.” it
The monument representing the Zero |
Milestone was compared by Mr. Harding ;
to tlie golden milestone erected in the}
old Roman Farum from which was meas
ured and marked the system of highways j
through which the Romans, he said "in
fluenced the course of all history since
that time.” f
(BAH conditions
FOUND IN PRISON
i
Guilford Board Recommends Sweeping
Changes in System.
Greensboro, June 3.—The report of
the Guilford county board of public
welfare on prison conditions in the
county to be made to the board of coin- j
missioners Monday, strongly condemns
the treatment, of prisoners in the camps |
and makes recommendations for sweeping
changes. Among them is the abolition
of the lash.
The board makes charges that proper!
medical treatment has not been given i
prisoners; that as many as 12 men have
been beaten in one day and the same
men beaten the next day; that men have
been punished for writing a letter week
ly, when the "rules" allow only one let
ter every two weeks: that punishment
is administered by overseers or guards in j
the heat of anger ; that the county physi
cian has not been present when Whip
pings were administered —"the camp phy
sician has never been present whop a
whipping was administered —that at
the central camp the buildings are un
sanitary. crowded and dangerous in
case of fire. <
Complaint is made by the board that
there is not segregation of the races,
that negroes and white men sit and eat
at the same table.
BODY OF WAGERS IS
FOUND IN THE RIVER
The Yadkin River Finally <«lves up the
Remains of Man Who Fell From the
Highway Bridge.
Spencer, June 3. —The body of N. E.
Wagers, aged 27, a carpenter employed
by the Hardaway Construction company,
drowned Friday by falling into the Yad
kin river from the highway bridge un
der construction, near Spencer, has been
found.
Constant search has been kept up by
hundreds of men since the accident.
While the river was (being dragged this
afternoon body floated to the
face of the water some 300 yards below
where- he fell in and was easily recover
ed by R. M. Shoaf, and a companion in a
boat watching the river. The body was
in bad condition and had been* marked
by the hooks used in dragging the river
the past two days.
j
1 Contest For Towner’s Seat.
i Des Moines. la., June 4. —Wide in
terest is manifested in the special elec
tion which takes place today in the
Eighth lowa district for the choice of a
representative in Congress to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
Horce M. Towner, who has become
governor of Porto Rico. The Republican
candidate is Hiram K. Evans, of
Corydon, who is opposed on the Demo
cratic ticket by J. P* Doughton, , a
resident of Grand River.
i Rules Against Armstrong Bureau.
1 * Washington. June 4—The Armstrong
Bureau of Related Industries, which the
government claims was an organization
through which linseed oil manufacturers
regulated and controlled the manufac
[ tore and sale of their products, was held
today by the Supreme Court to be an
unlawful arrangemeDt.
- -- '
A barber of Sheboygan, Wis., has fit
ted up a motor truck as a traveling bar
ber shop to serve the farm population of
Uis county.
BUILD CHARACTER
. ADVICE GIVEN TO
! SCHOOL GRADUATES
.Rev. W. C. Lyerly Delivered
Forceful Sermon to High
School Graduates in Bac
calaureate Sermon.
DR. FRAZER
SPEAKS TONIGHT
; Will Deliver Literary Ad
dress at 8 O’clock.—Gradu
ating Exercises Will Be
Conducted a$ Same Time.
Selecting his text from the 4Sth verse
I of the fifth chapter of St. Matthew. "Be
•ye therefore perfect, even as your Fatli
| er is perfect." Rev. W. C. Lyerly, pastor
■of Trinity Reformed Church, yesterday
; delivered a forceful sermon to the mei'i
| hers of the graduating class of the High
School, pleading with them to make :*har
j after the greatest thing in their lives and •
' pointing out to them the manner by which |
this can be done.
I A large congregation heard Mr. Lyer-
Ily deliver the baccalaureate sermon, all
jof the downtown churches being reptv
! sen ted in the congregation. A solo by
'Mr. Alan D. Pi indell was a feature of 1
•the musical program. The invocation was
j delivered by Rev. L. A. Thomas, Rev. |
! W. A. Jenkins read the scripture lesson j
and the congregation was dismissed by |
j Dr. (ij A.v Martin, who pronounced the 1
benediction.
j ~ "To Have, To Do and To Be" are three j
, of the most important of all lifiKyerbs.
iMr. Lyerly declared, and he told the
members of the graduating class that"’’ it
,is most important that they learn to
conjugate them in their true sense.
Jn every heart, there is a desire to
have, the speaker said, this desire usu
ally taking a material form. It is but
.natural to want wealth, and wealth is
no curse. There is no virtue in poverty,
jas such. Neither is there pride in
[ wealth, as such. Money should be a ser
; vant, not a master, and so long as it is
controlled Mt can be made file servant.
"You have a right to deffinnd a reward
1 for your services," Mr. Lyerly said, "but
for this reward you should give a full
and honest day’s work. That is as es
sential as demanding your reward.’’.-*.
The person doing the most for Ttis cffyT
or State or Nation is not the man with
the most wealth, Mr. Lyerly said. He is
the man giving the greatest service. Take
! wealth away from some people and they
have nothing left. The man with per
sonality cannot be robbed of bis great
est asset.
I "Don't be stamped with the dollar
' mark. Don't be measured by the staud-
I ard of wealth. If you have wealth give
it liberally. Wealth does not make for
happiness. It is the opportunity that
| wealth offers that brings happiness. It
| is right to have, but it is greater to do.
. "To do belongs to the realm of ser
vice, and its pass word is ‘I serve.' You
students have not been educated to do
nothing. You have been trained for
work, to do better than your parents. ‘By
their fruits ye shall know them,’ is the
Bible test. Your. State and Nation needs
I service. Your Ohurch needs preachers
and missionaries. Choose that field of
activity where you can render the great
est service and do not allow hope of re
ward to influence you too much in
choosing your life work. The world
wants to know wiiat you can do, not
what you have. The world is looking
for young people who will work, who will
carry on, who will finish tilings. Trans
late ideals into' ideas. Jesus Christ is
best known for the great service He ren
dered.
"Aud don’t Ik* satisfied with just atiy
kind of work. See that it leads in the
right direction. If you are not careful
your work may be destructive. You nuist
work for righteousness. Your work must
be constructive if effective and worth
while.
"To do is fine, but there is something
finer. It is to be. To be belongs to the
realm of character and the pass word is
•Jesus Christ.’ Dress does not make
character. Character is not a reqord of
things ypu have done, it is what you
are. The world may a*k what you have,
Heaven may ask wlnrt you have done,
but God will ask what you are. The mo
tive power of character is service.
Therefore ‘take heed untu thyself.’ See
what you are making of ydurself. Take
Jesus Christ as your pattern. His ex
ample is the greatest the world lias ever
known. Be ye therefore like Jesus
Christ.
"The supreme glory of man is to con
jugate properly the verb To Be, that he
may render acceptable service to man
kind and therefore to Jesus Christ. De
mand a reasonable reward for your ser
vice. but do not refuse to serve without
reward. Once you ha<'e the reward use it
for righteousness. Serve to the best
of your ability. Christ came to the
earth not to be ministered unto but to
minister. That is the proper interpreta
tion of real life.
"When you learn to {HToperl.v serve you
are forming character; you are learning
to conjugate To Be, the supreme glory
for man."
The fiual commencement exercises
will be held this evening at 8 o’chsk in
.Central School, when the graduating ex
ercises will be held. Certificates dT
' graduation will be presented aud the lit
erary address will be delivered by Dr.
1 William H. Frazer, President of Queen s
’ College, Charlotte.
-
WEATHER REPORT.
Fair tonight and Tuesday.
The first three-story building in Hong
• kong was erected aud owned by a pro
fessional beggar.
COURT RULE WILL
BE CARRIED OUT IN *
THE STRICTEST WAT
Treasury Rules Liquor Can
not Be Brought Into the
Three Mile Limit as Bev
erages After June 9th.
FEW EXCEPTIONS
TO GENERAL RULE
It Has Been Suggested That
Congres May Be Asked to
Make Changes . Affecting
Present Law.
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Washington, .Tune 4.—Application to
the letter of the Supreme Court's decis
ion barring all beverage liquors from ter
ritorial waters of the United States, is]
provided in regulations issued by the I
Treasury to take effect after 12.01 a. m. {
June 10th. Specifically, the regulations!
as .published today apply the three-mile
! dead line to liquor carried for beverage
j use on any United States or foreign ves
sel as sea stores. It was by finding some
means of exemption for liquor so car- j
t ied that Treasury officials had hoped at <
first to avoid conflict with foreign laws.!
Besides the exemption granted liquor
1 for medicinal and sacramental purposes
i the only exceptions in the wall thrown up j
within the three-mile limit are the usual I
j amenity accorded diplomats and the priv- !
I ileges allowed foreign vessels of war. Al- i
: sq_vessels forced by distress into an Am- !
j erican harbor and able to show that the ]
• necessity of refuge was grave, will, if;
they have liquor aboard. be permit- ;
ted to give bond for faithful observance {
of the dry law.
While some Treasury officials felt that
Congress might find away of relieving
a situation which it was generally agreed
would prove embarrassing to internation
al commerce, others were convinced only
a change in the 18th amendment itself
would permit this.
TWO STEAMERS RUN
TOGETHER IN SMOKE
Steamers Schiller and Wilkinson Collide
Off Point Iroquois. Midi.
Sault Ste Marie, Mich., June 4. —The
steamers Schiller and Wilkinson were in
collision off Point Iroquois about mid
mg-l* la-st night, the fovmer being beach
ed to prevent singing, according to word
received here today. The Wilkinson is
believed to be only slightly damaged, and
is on the way back to this port. A heavy
fog and smoke due to forest fires was re
sponsible for the collision.
REV. WALTER ROWE TO
GIVE UP HICKORY CHURCH
Has Accept Chair of New Testament
Theology in Central Seminary.
Hickory, June 4.—The Rev. Walter,
W. Rowe, pastor of the‘Corinth Church i
here, pf the Reformed Church in the j
United States since 1617. announced to
day that he had accepted the chair of
New Testament Theology in Central
Seminary at Dayton, Ohio, and will as
sume his new duties in September.
KLAN’S AFFAIRS AGAIN
CARRIED BEFORE COURT
W. J. Coburn. leading Counsel in Re
ceiversliip Proceedings, Makes State
ment.
Atlanta, Ga.j June 1. —Indications that
the faction in the Knights of the Ku
Klux Klan, supporting Col. Win. J. Sim
mons. founder of the klan, and at the
present holding the title of/ Emperor, is
backing the litigation launched here yes
terday when the affairs of the organiza
tion again were plated in the hands of
Fulton Superior Court came today with
a statement issued by W. J. Coburn, f the
leading counsel in the receivership pro
ceedings.
Mr. Coburn declared the present suit
is intended to [‘straighten out and cor
rect" the very things alleged by Col.
Simmons in his ,recent suit against Im
perial Wizard H. W. .Evans, which re
sulted in a compromise.
**Col. Simmons knew.of the mismanage
ment and of the unsucf-essful offer of the
other officials ot the Imperial Palace,"
said Mr. Coburn's statement, "and also
knew of the approaching litigation which
had been in evidence ever since the set
tlement of the controversy between Col.
Simmons and H. W. Evans. .
"The attack or allegation that Col. Sim
mons in collusion with, H. \V. Evans,
made a settlement whereby he was to re
ceive SI,OOO a month for life is set out—
not that Col. Simmons in any sense what
soever was ostensibly in collusion with
H. W. Evans. The attack made upon
Evans in the Colonel 1 # suit was to
straighten out and correct the very things
that the attack in the present suit is in
tended to strike.
"In asking the court to, set aside this
settlement we alleged that Col. Simmons
was party to the collision which is true,
but the Colonel was the innocent party,
the settlement having been put over in a
way which morally does not auect the
Colonel in any sense,"
CROP REPORT
Condition of Cotton on May 25th Was
71 Per Cent of Normal, Report States.
Washington, June 1. —The condition of
the cotton crop on May 25th was 71 per
cent, of u normal, compared with 60.6
per cent, a year ago, 66. per cent, iu
1021 and 73.6, the average May 25th
condition for the last ten years, the De
partment of Agriculture announced to
day in its first erttton report "of the sea
son. 7
The condition on May 25th by states
included: Virginia 79 per cent.; North
Carolina 'V , per cent.; South Carolina
6-1 per een^
(2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
■ LEAN OPPOSED TO
*£* mii ANY Os
PROHIBITION LAWS
The National Committeeman
From This State Says He
Thinks Majority of People
Want Prohibition.
WET CANDIDATE
WILL COME OUT
For Presidency, Mr. McLean
Thinks, But Such a Candi
date Has No Chance of
Being Elected.
Lumbdrtou. June 4.—“1 am unaltera
bly opjmsed to modification of the Vol
stead law, as suggested by Governor
Smith, of New York,” declared A. \V.
democratic national committee
man for North Carolina, in reply to an
inquiry by a Washington news agency.
*‘l believe that the overwhelming sen
timent. of the people of this State and
of the Vnited States is against any rriod
itieation of either the lKth * amendment
or the Volstead Act and that they favor
the strictest enforcement of the law as
it now exists.”
Mr. McLean said he had been reliably
informed that “a very determined effort”
would be made by the anti-prohibition
forces in various sections of the country
to obtain control of the next democratic
convention for the purpose of inserting
a plank in the platform for modification ,
of the Volstead Act so as to permit the
sale of light wines and beer. This lie
said, would be done by an act of Con
gress allowing each state to fix its own
alcoholic content in accordance with the
sentiment in each state.
The anti-prohibition forces, Mr. Mc-
Lean said, will undoubtedly attempt to
nominate a candidate favorable to the
modification of the Volstead Act.
Regarding a report that former Pres
ident Wilson was in favor of modifica
tion so as to permit sale of light wines
and beer. Mr. McLean said that, while he
had no definite information as to Mr.
Wilson’s position “from general infor
mation” which he had us to Mr. Wilson’s
attitude, lie did not believe the former --
President would favor such a plank in
the democratic platform.
The Wet element in the democratic par
ty are claiming that they will have con
trol of the next convention, Mr. McLean
said, due to the votes of the large states
like New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvan
it, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Cali
fornia.
MAYOR FREED
Mayor of Fayetteville Charged With Vio-
la ting .State Automobile Law.
Fayetteville, June 4.—Mayor IT. M,
Robinson, charged with violating the
state automobile law, the summons being
served several days ago after lie bad
started a. campaign to enforce the city
traffic ordinances, was acquitted in the
recorder’s, court today.
The recorder held there was no case
against the Mayor as the latter was
merely a passenger in the car. Dr. G.
B. Patterson, alderman of the sixth
ward, driver of the ear, was found guilty
of driving without lights and was assess
ed with the costs.
With Our Advertisers.
Hose in black, brown,-cinnamon, etc.,
at the Specialty Hat Shop. -
Boys, join the W. J. R. C. and be
come a crack shot. See ud. of the
Ritchie Hardware Co. for particulars.
Ladies can find outing clothes of all
kinds at Fisher's.
Safe d(*posit boxes can In* secured at
the Citizens Bank and Trust Company
for only $1 ..">0 a yehr.
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Resigns From Farm I/ntn Board.
Washington. .June 4.—The resignation
of Charles E. Lolaleli as head of the
Farm Loan Board, and the appointment
of Louis J. Pettyjohn, of Dodge City. -j
Kans.,, to succeed him, was announced
today at the White House.
- Supreme Court Ruling.
New York, June 4.—State statutes
prohibiting the use of foreign languages
in public, private and parochial schools
in lowa, Nebraska and Ohio, and 18
other states instructing pupils Below the
Nth grade were held invalid today by
the Supreme Court.
Declines to Take up Case.
Washington, June 4.—The cases
brought to determine the constitutional
ity of the Sheppard-Towner maternity
act were dismissed for want of jurisdic
tion by the Supreme Court which refus
ed to pass upon the validity of the law.
The county commissioners are hold
ing their June meeting at the court
house today. Up to the noon hour only
routine matters had been presented to
the board, but it \y, probable that sev
eral matters of more than passing in
terest will be presented during the
afternoon session.
Voile Seems to Be the Cio This Summer.
The summer edition of your lingerie
can be as light as a summer breeze and
as van-colored as the rainbow.
Voile is the thing for summer lingerie.
Pastel shades are very popular—rose,
orchid,. pale blue, even “Elephant’s
Breath grey” have established a new
color scheme for underwear.
The style now shown combines «ne
mise and pantaloons in a long-waist*<l
eect to fit the loug-waisted summer
dresses. - Checked bastiste, voile, mar
quisette, gorgette, erepe de eltine and
many other sheer materials may be used
for it.
Mr. Eugene Lattimore. of Shelby, spent
Sunday here with friends, *
NO. 95.