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. rtin; THURSDAY, JANUARY l»th, 1922 11.10 FIR YEAR IN ADVANCE. Sf.vumr.rivE mile city PROPOSED BY HENRY FORD He PImm Grant Industrial Ijrtwrprisa in Muse la Ths Muscle Shoel* plan of Henry F»r< contemplate* una of th* ((MtMt »undertaking* I* the hlali ty of Indus trial Alurlci, and If tho Detroit m»niif>vctarer obtain* possession of tha project In Alabama b« will take immediate atop* to maka that part of tha ■ mth on* of tba Industrial can Urn of tba country, according to Informs Uon obtained by tha American Pre** and publlahod la a number of urn papers thia morning Continuing, tha Associated Prean declare* that Mr. Ford'* propoaa! In chad** tha building of a city 75 Mil** loaf te tha Muscle Shoal* region. It would be mad* up of a number of large towns or small cities. This Is la Una with the manufacturer's view that men snd their families should live In small communities whan bene fits of rural or Mar rural lif* would not be entirly lost His proposal to the government In cludes leasing of the pifeporty for one hundred year*. But before the ex piration of half that thus tie pro poses to turn ths completed project over to the people of the district or to the government In *uch s wsy that no on* In th* futurs will be sbl* to make a personal profit from th* 'undertaking. Hs Drill arrange that neither he nor any of hi* hair* may rsalls* any monetary benefit from the Muael* Shoals plant* or the power developed, it became known. Mr. Ford proposes to make ths project, if tha government give* its content, th* oatatsnding schievement of his career. Tha Muscle Shoals projact, how aver, only th* (tart of s greater pro gram, it became known. This In cludes th* development of wster facilities in many parts of ths run manufacturing plant*, light their homes and run machinery on th* farms. On* detail of the plan la the ha massing by f—mi i ot svsry creek an^ brook that cmssef their property. Mr. Ford expects to leave her* about noon tomorrow for Wsshlngton to confer with Secretary Weeks re garding hi* proposal of Isasing tho Alabama plant. If the government accept* M f. Ford's bid, work st Muscle Shosl* will bs atartad at once. The nitrate and other plants would b* run by ■team power, pending the time the great dam. that will require about two years ty build, ha* harnessed the water at this point Then would follow development, in the opinion of Mr. Ford, until within a compara tively few year* sn industrisl center greater than Detroit would have been built up. Buried Treasure on Wayne Farm tiotdaboro, Jan. 4.—People living a few miles south of this city,(near th^ Old Lane Farm, are greatly wrought up over the" visit of three strangers to the Lane farm. The Lane farm ia on* of the old before the war plantations. and it has been re ported time and time again that there was money buried on the place. Last Thursday three strange men came to •this city on s train from the North* They had what appeared to be a camping outfit, with sultcasc i, rods and other things. They hired an au tomobile and went out to the old Lbm farm. People living in the neighborhood saw them search over the place with their instruments until they found what they were looking for. They dug a deep hole and took therefrom a pot said to have contained a quantity of gold. They placed the gold In their suitcases, came back to Goldshero and boarded train No. 42 for the North. The people who had been watching their strange actions hurri ed to the place where the men had hen digging, and found a deep hole in which there appeared to have been • concrete vault built many, many years ago, and the iron pot was left swpty fat the field by the three strangers. A number of people from this city hevs visited the place, and say that the hole has beea dug snd the pot left, as told by people living hi the neighborhood. Now the people aw rrrzL'z, a not dag for the buried gold ; NO MOM PUSSYFOOT ING IS WANTED Timo for Aroorican Logioa to put on Fl|hlk| Cloth** ud aoo That Diuhhd Vtttruu Recoiro Fair Trwtami by ' Government. By Cab K Rurpw In Nt-ws and Oh —I Ml. If any person la North Carolina iloubt* that I oaprsssed the senti ment of the Veteran* of the World War In my itatement last week con ••niing the release of Eugene V. Deb* •urh Doubting Thoman could be en lightened quickly and surely by ex ' mining the mall received by me this weak. Having traveled all over the Hta* and having participated in each imi every conference and convention of the American Legion, I know full well the feeling* of service man con earning *uch an unwiaa and unpatriot ic enterprise as releasing from prison l ha arch enemy of the Ideals and the restitutions of this nation. The act of the I'residant of these Unltad States in releasing Dab* has been regretted and deplored by not only service men '>ut by genolna patriots throughout he land. And the activities of the ;aid Debs sine* his release hare evi denced unmistakably his Innate in capacity and Inability to be a worthy citizen. Furthermore, I wish to make res ponse to the many Inquiries as to the meaning of my hat balng in the ring. Many of ray friends misunderstood that statement. I had no rsference •o holding offlea or to being a candi dal for any office! in fact I do not think that I would wish to be a candi date for any office. I prefer to live as a private citizen, without the res trictions of official obligations and without the necaaaity of catering to my man or to any aet of men. 1 think that I would prefer to remain free to say what 1 think about public isauaa, and free to aay what I think, whenever I wish to do so, without fear Heretofore the policy of the Am merican Legion in North Carolina haa been to follow the easy and the con genial path hi the raapect to Federal Legislation and other vital isauea. We have deemed it wise to wait pa tiently and at the same time to give the appearance of (access in respect to the attainment of the desiree and the- wishes of service men. In fact, this hai been the tendency of the National Organisation of the Ameri can Legion. For the purpose of maintaining friendship and possibly oven for the purpose of making serv ice men believe that they were a force in National life, we have been too prone to enlarge upon our ac hievement! and to minimis^ the multitudes of failure! that have been experienced in dealign with the Congresi, the President of the United States and even with the American Public. A* for mi and ray future activitiei in the American Legion, I mean to depart absolutely from this pussyfooting policy. And when I nay that my hat is in the ring, I mean to declare war upon those per sons and those organisation* that are today defeating in this nation the principles for which we fought in 19X7-18 and prostituting the advant . ages of the World War either to per | sonal or unpatriotic ends. I reiter ate what I have said on numeroua j >ccasion» before, the menace to the ideals and the institutions of this ■ nation is greater today than it was in 1917-18; and, in so far as eoncerna | the future integrity and life of thia : nation, the fight against the enemies : within must be mad* as definite and ; hs desperate as was the fight againat | the forces of the Huns and the Hapa burgs upon the soil of France. The men who wore the uniform of | this nation in 1917-18, and their kins men and their well-wiiher* must real ize the extremities in this matter. The fight for individual and universal free ' ilom and Justice has only begun and, : to accentuate that fact,' we only have to observe the inconsiderate manner in which the Federal Government and ! the American Public treat those men wbo wore the uniform of this nation and the wishes of those same men. I The escape of Grover Sergdoll and the puny effort* to bring to justice that <iirty slacker evidence either the lack of a'.ertnefa or the presence of eorrup | tion on the part of that machinery whoos duty it is to punish severely the aliases involved fa that case. The 1 utter disregard by the Preeideti: of the ' United State* a< the wisfcee and the insistent demands of servicemen and I at ptristo tlwif In II the eeontry in j respect to 0 serge Harvey la as ever Ustlng >h>iM to tkb nation; In K far aa the world known, the Prmktaii (wrmllM that Buck Private of In tornationsi Diplomacy to utter wit) impunity statements at the Ptlifrtn Day fHnn«r that arc a ilunder to tb< il'nU of thla nation and • dlahonoi to the memory of the man who dlac in franca far something mora thai to sav* thatr ikuia. Protests and da nunrlatlona trnaa throughout thii land, thousands of people demanding (Ha recall of Oeorge Harvey aa out AmLaaoador to the Court of 8t James, and atlll tha President of thrw United Htataa, la ao far aa the work knows, failed even .to repremand »h« •aid Oeorge Harvey liecatiae of hli un American and unpatriotic utter antra. TV men who wore tha uniform dur ing tha World War muat not deludt ihcmiMilvr*. Tha Congress of thii Nation cm vote million* for tha ak of Ruaalan Soviets. but that iami honorable asermbly criaa out povert) and financial destruction whan tha) consider tha alleviation of tha needi of the man who fought for them and for tha integrity of thii nation. Thai ■ame Congreaa has not even provide* •uffkient facilities for the propel cars and treatment of those men whe lost their srms, their eyas, theli lungs and even their minds and In telligent In fighting to defend out nation. When I aay that my hat li in the ring, I mean to tell my com rades that there la a bloody wai thnad of us that challenges the same matchless courage evidenced upon th< fields of battle. W fought togethei in 1017-18 and I appeal to those uml Hrave, forward-looking patriots tc stand together today and to fight like only Amerirans can fight for the freedom and the justice due the dis ihled men in this country and ths reject that is due the law and the in itftutions of this nation. We must come together, four million strong and hereafter make forever impossible such an ungrateful insult as the re lease of Eugene V. Debs, our greatest fiu-my when we were fating death at the hands of Prussian soldiers. -A — 13,790,763'Opinions Swnt by Americans to Dologatoi A special from Washington says: The American advisory committer has received to date an estimated to tal of 13,790,7412 opinions from tlx American public on subjects related to tha arms conference and morr than •JO per cent of the resolutions received from organisations and individuali "endorse the policy" of the American delegation, it was said today In a committee statement. More than 40,000 of the communi cations dealt with the iibmarine 39ft,7R4 urging iibolition of submarine the figure representing about threi per cent of all the opinions on confer ence subject reaching the committee Thre were 306,796 expreaeiona foi abolition of gas warfare. On naval restriction 11,360 opin ions against any limitation wen enumerated in addition to 7,379 es pressions in favor of increaaing thi present naval strength. A . UNUSUAL NAMES ON GERMAN SCHOONER* Pirate, Boche, Hun and Four te«n Points Some of the Nm Ship Name* Washington, Jan. 12.— Government official* were (peculating today upoi the attitude of the German mind ii l aming trading ve**eli, destined U operate between Hamburg and Latin Amerioan porta, the Pirate, Boche Hun, Fourteen Point* and Columbus Information received by the offi rials from authentic sources and s*i< by them to be thoroughly reliable, ii that a two-masted schooner of i hundred tons, named the Pirate an< flying the German flag, recently en tered a port of the Dominion Repubtk with a cargb of cement, beer and toyi from Hamburg. This vessel was saic by officials here to be the first of I fleet of seven German sailing vessel* which will soon trade out of Hamburi with Latin-America, five'of whiel have been given the unusual names The president of th« operating com pany is said to be a German by thi name of Lata who owned and operate* schooner* in Latin-American waten before the world war. He was intern od by the United State* fovemu.ent Ctia Siberia la's Coach Remedy This is a pleasant, aafs and reliable medicine tor coughs and colds. It hai been In BS« for many years and is hek in high esteem In those household where Its Mod qualities are bes known. It Is a favorite with motlMB of ywnc children, as it contains m inf, »■» p. KOHLOSS 19 MAKING IT 1 j HARD FOR THOSE WHO VIOLATfc LIQUOR LAWS T.U. Official* About His Worh in Thla Stat* Washington, Jai.. 12—State Pro hibition EH factor R. A. Kohloss, of North Carolina, ram* h*«» today te confer with Internal Commissioner Ifaynes about conditions aa to ths 1 *nfnrc«ment of the law in Kia a tat* ' Wblla hla reports indicate that ho hai ye' much to do In hla -ampaign of law enforcement againat bootl«gg»n and Illicit manufacturer* of liquors in North Carolina, be likewise Indi cates that he ha* accomplished a great deal along the lines of aupprea aion of tha traffic and destruction of the illegal product. Mr. Kohloaa talked freely to off!. ciala and advocate* here of law en forcement, giving them incident* showing that he is making it perilous for the law-breakers to engage In the liquor traffic or to manufacture liquor in defiance^of the law. "I am proud of tha men who are assisting me in administering my office in North Carolina," said Mr. Kohloss today, "for they are an In telligent and high claaa set of men, who are doing their duty In helping to enforce th» law. "My agent* are not permitted to buy whiskey from anybody at any time for any purpose whatever. I do not permit them to do this, though 'hey may think it necessary to es nhliah a caae against the violator* of tha law. "One agent disregarded my instruc tions in one instance and I discharged him promptly, aa it ia at leaat a very questionable practice to endeavor to trap bootleggers it- that way." Cot SU Stills la a Month. Mr. Kohloaa said that hie and hi* agents had been busy and were going to keep on being busy so long as the foot aa t* being done In mary parts of the state. He said that last month hia fore* captured, 235 atilla, with mash for 60,000 gallona of whiakey and that nine automobile* alleged to hav* been uaed In the liquor traffic, were captured. Re al*o recalled that he had captured 600 gallon* of moon shine whiskey and one huiMred man barged with violation of the prohibit ion laws within 28 daya. Mr. Kohloaa said that his prlte man among all the admirable charac ters in the aervice was Agent Jen nlng*. of Winston-Salem, whom h» had cited for exemplary conduct and bravery in capturing a bootleggei who threatened to kill him. He re lated that Jennings captured an alleg ed bootlegger with his machine, and when they had eritered a garage, th« motlerger got the drop on the office) and with his pisfol at hia breast ex claimed: "Now I've got you and I'm Toing to kill you." Jennings retorted Mr. Kohloss said, "Shoot, you coward; you have not the courage to do It." At that instant another agent cam< in, covered the bootlegger with hit pistol and prevented a tragedy. Senator Penrose Left Quartet Million in Cash Locked in Box Washington, Jan. 12.— There it much astonishment being expressed here at the discovery today that tlx late Senator Boise Penrose, of Penn sylvania, had $236,100 in idle cash ir a safe deposit box in one of the banks here. The deputy register ol wills of the District of Columbia had been requested by the executor* of th< Penrose will to open the safety de posit box and in it ho found $236,10« ia cash, this in five $10,000 notes, tlx balance in denominations of $1,000, ! $600, $100 and $60 bills. How long 11 this big amount of idle money had : been laid away in the deposit box : without drawing interest has not been made known. :Twin City Pastor to Take Long Tour Winston-Salem, Jan. 6.— Dr. Ben ! jamin T. Robertson, who is seiying : as supply pastor of the First Baptist church here, will sail from New York on February 15 for a visit to the Canary Islands, Gibraltar, Algeria, i Italy, Constantinople, Palestine, ; Egypt, and other places on the Medi , terranean coast. The trip IS to be ; riven Mr. Robertson by former i charges ha has served aa pastor. H« ' win be a ■—bar of a large dslsga Uoe from different parts of the (United Stataa. . PREACHES SERMON ON Mtk BIRTH DAI Dr. J. W. WallotM, of Ek» Coll*|*, Miabtor for 7( Y«V» Newa tnl Observer Rev Dr. Jmrn Willis Wallona, t>* , icrand old mail of Um Christian ckarri of th* Houth, familiarly known bi "Uncle" Wellons, celebrated Ma Mtl birthday which .earn* on January tat : by preaching a strong aarmon a Clon Collet*. He aat through Um discourse bu hia vole* waa at rung and clear sw**t with th* daw of brav*n. Hli text waa "Therefor*, my balovet brothers, be ya ateadfaat, immovabli alwaya abounding In th* work of tlx Lord, forasmuch aa ya know that yoi labor not In rain for th* Lord." It waa • mm pic expository sermon but gripping says President Harper, o: Elon, who was on* of th* congrega tton. Th* Uf* of th* v*n*rabl* here of th* Crosa gar* reinforcement U every ayllabl*. It waa a life, not a man, that - pr*ach*d. Of course everybody love* such a man ant everybody praya that ha may lira U round out hi* full one hundred years The gTand old man waa bom lr Southhampton county, Virginia, but has spent practically all his life it North Carolina and la a member ol the North Carolina Christian confer ence. He baa be*r an actlvs membei for seventy year* and during thai time has misaod only two sesaiona— ) ne on account of illness and th« other on account of being behind th« federal lines In the War Between the Statea. Dr. Wellona looka the miniater. The utmost stranger would never taka him to be anything ela*. Hla very bearing atteata hla godly life. He haa never married, being too friendly with all to concentrate on any particulai life companion. Needles* to say h< count* hla frienda by th* thouaandi >n every anarch and that hia Uf* hat been a benediction to all who know him. He haa lived at Elon College foi twenty year* and la • co-pastor foi Uf* of the college church. Hia hom< is in the West dormitory and la the resort of many who an anxious anc perturbed about th*ir aonl. His calm his aublime faith, reatorea the droop ing spirit* of the younger life with « touch of aaaurlng uplift and confident hop*. "Uncle Wellons it ■ praying man Hia reputation ia widespread In tbii regard and almoat daily request! rome to him through the maila 01 visiting croups to pray for people ii other place*. He alwaya aeta a timi when he and they will pray togethel though »e pa rated by miles of apace When he ia thua interceding for aomi beloved friend, the photograph o himaelf which hanga on hla door, ii turned inwarda. Thla la the sign U any intended vialtcr that thfc twentieth centary apostle ia engage* in holy convene with God and visitor are not deaired. Those who must pas hia door at tuch times do so on tl] toe. Such it the larger part of hii ministry, in these winter days whei it ia not safe for one of his advance) years to venture forth. But in the spring the old wanioi begins anew his daily migration t< one or more homes of hia pariah, am that means the whole community. I' is his Joy to visit the people. He re joices in their joy, consecrates al their babies, weeps in their sorrows He is ever welcome at any home, 01 . any occasion. That is what a ministei ought to be. That is what he ia. And so be has kept young. H< loves young life and approves tlx happy social occaaions of a "Co-Ed' i college campus. He ia progressivi ; all around. He is thoroughly imbue< with the spirit of the modern socia > view of the Gospel while he eltngi i fast to the former individualism that made him such a power as an evan gelist a half a centur.v^ago. He has built more Christian churchei than any other minister the Christ iaas have. Thoasands have been oon verted under his ministry. He dow not sing now bat he keeps time witi his body. *1t is inspiring to wotct him during the rendition of a fim old hymn. Dr. Wellons ia a real progressiva. He expects to work for the Mattel endlessly. Only the other day, In declared that he did not expect Heav en to be all singing and praying, bu1 work, too. He pronounce*! the word work the second time with great emphaafat. M Is very real to Dr Walton*. He know* Him to this life This la to be expanded, bat eootimod into Um Mit Ufa. M I* Mi tW «U>gy. Dr. Wetlona ku bean • traetoe of gton College fn>M Ms beginning # .too • member of Ma executive boand. j He has Wit all Ma OMapt aaUta I* j tKa eollaca to bs oaed to tesch tha I Christian religion. And aa ha to • I parades, a ministerial pMlanttowptot. | In apMa af Ma saaalf set-to Dr. Weltoae toraa Ufa bw ha faeea I i tha traaalatio.i raited <Wath with II beautiful serenity. HI* tot In Aa cemetery hara haa been selected far ; I years. Ilia eaaket to aatocred and paid • for. Alt tha dataUa af hto funeral are arranged lor. wan tha mlnuteat. H 11* equal U> a revlv^sweting just to 11 hear him plan Ma burial. Ilka tha i youth doaa hto house party lor tha \ weekend. Some Things Dmm by Lst«U Soms thing* dona daring tha spectol •aaalon of tka Legislature follow: I. Authorized tha State Ueasurar to aall r10,000 in bonds to moat tha daftoM In tha Stata aehool fund teat jmw. 1. Validated all county aehool tax rataa thto yaar, flaad W canto aa tha proper rata next yaar and pot W. 932.000 la State fond for aldto* weaker counties to run their schools *lx month*. X. Provided jury trial for caaas >rnught against county commlaalon era for faUing to levy sufficient tax to run schools »ix month*. «. Amended the high school die tricting bill so that hlfh aehool dto | trlcta can overlap township line*. Appointed a commission of five I numbers of this general a«»embly to study aehool law* and enpreaae court decision* on aehool law caaas and submit report of tha next general asaembly. Financial Legislation I. Paaaed municipal finance act. relieving eitlaa of tha restriction* In 1 tax matter* thrown around them by failure of tha bill to properly pssa to ii. Require that all local bond to ■uea of clttea, towna, countiea or othar local taxing diatrict* be re gistered and listed with State auditor, and provide* penalty for board which fails to make provision for taxes for Interest and payment of bonds at maturity and penalty for official who neglects to meet theae paymento 8. Speeds up a*}e of State road and institutional bond* *lx month* In order to keep pace with progreaa of work on road* and institutional build _i . 4. Provides for proper regiatra 'ion of State bonds, discarding antl i quated system now in use. i 6. Allow banks exemption froaa taxation for tha^ portion of surplus 'unds. invested In Liberty bonds, , State bonds, and up to B per cent off ' for insolvent debts. , #. Permits Corporation commto , a ion to employ attorneys to prosecute i officials of defunct banks, and levies I on stockholders for twice amount of i stock- A ... i 1. Repealed the 26 cent per bate i tax on cotton ginned to create fnnd , for erection of cotton war-housee. , 2. Repealed inspection and tax on I paint, varnishes and oil*. 5. Stood by stock law of general ■ session by turning down all appeals , for exemption from operation of this I law In January, 1922. 4. Increase salary of adjutant ; general from $3,000 to *4,500. putting I him on same pay as heads of othar State department*. , 5. Confirmed the nomination of Col. A. D. Watt* as commissioner of revenue. , •. Revised the code of civil ptoee , dura. T. Gave secretary of State right , to employ inapectors to help enforss the automobile la#. U. D. C. Meeting The local chapter U. D. C. met with Mrs. W. B. Hsywore Thursday after noon at 2:80 o'clock at her home ok North Main street, twenty-one mem bera being present. Owing to the illness of the presH—I and vice-president the secretary lira. M. Ellis presided over an enthusiastic business westing. After business waa dispensed with s social hoar imil, daring whkk Misses Lois Haymorr and VirgMa Mrs. H. B Row* will be hoetaaa to the U. D. 0. fer the next Meeting.
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