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Come To Mount Airy JULY 4th, and Enjoy A Barbecue, » louttt JVift e, Speaches & Two rSTAKUBHKD I 8 g 0 MOUNT AIRY. NORTH CAROUNA. THUR8DAY, JUNE 20th. 1922. MG MASSACRE AT COAL MINE Scot Brutally Killed, Strife* Breakers Shot and Bute feared, Stafefeed aad Hacfead to Death—Some Wo Toward la Herrin, III., June it.—Hernn today ri-malnd quiet after • fight in which 27 man were killed, an unknown num bar wounded when 5,000 union miner* and sympathizer* attacked approxi mately half a hundred imported Mteam •hovel iaan and laborers working in the Lester strippit of tha Southern Illinois Coal company. County officials maintained that since no one remained at work in the strip pit that of itself was s guarantee against further outbreaks and assert ed the 1,000 maiabers of the Illinois national guard ordered to mobilise in Chicago for poasibla duty here were unnecessary. Miners and their supporters, in fluenced by moonshine whisky and angered at the efforts of the atrip pit workers who had been termed in a telegram from the mine workers' in ternational chief "common strike breakers," bore down at dawn on the huddled rroup. Miners in Herrin streets openly boasted that they participated in the infliction of deatha by gunfire, hang ing and dragging through the strwts in a veritable Roman holiday. That the death lint would be increas ed seemi d to be the concensus of opin ion. Fifteen bodies ware weighted about the necks and cast Into • pond • Miner told a correspondent for the Asaociated Press, and the area over L which killings occurred waa estiasated at 16 square miles of hilly, timbered tad. The »tatement of Krank Parring toa, prp«k)rnt of the Illinois branch af the United Mine Workers of Ameri ca, israd at Cincinnati, that his in formation Indicated that 44 men had « been killed, was Interpreted as mean ' >ng that the entire number of beseiged strike-breakers had perished, although of his owr knowledge the Asaociated Press correspondent could account for but seven more than a score of bodtf* The dead at first were reported ac counted for in a pitched battle be tween the strikers and sympathisers and the imparted pit strippers when • the local men attacked the barricaded workers at dawn. Later, however, open statements from scores of persons on the streets here were to the effect that the work ing men surrendered at the first on slaught and, after having been tied into groups of three and six, were cruelly massacred! told to run a gauntlet of rifle fire, only to be shot to death at distances of a few feet when, wounded, one or two of the group would fall and drag the others to the ground; stabbed and hacked to death with knivea; beaten with clubs snd at least three of them hanged, while in the instance of six men, at least, they . were said to have been dragged over a rough road behind an automobile. The women, some carrying infants, urged the men on, ft waa stated, and In at least one instance the Associated Press correspondent observed unbe Uevable cruelty from • woman. He ■■cum across • group lying In Dm road, one of the men badly mauled and his ihnudrr shot away. Begging piteoualy for water and evidently near death, r the worker waa only Jeered at by the wan and women about The corres .„ pondgnt dashed into a house and ob tained water but was restrained by man who pointed pistols. A moment later a woman carrying a baby spurn ad the dying man with her foot and told Mm she would "see him in heB" before he could drink. Caal Company Maamd far Wholaaale ■>f th» conin th. K. tlM 315 BILLION GALLONS IS THE WORLD OIL OUTPUT Th« T«ui Company i* Ex-! ample ol Croat, Steady Growth of Petrol*urn Indus try. whiii* It is interesting U> rend nuvh i flgurtts as the entire world production of petroleum from 1M7 to 1018. which totals S16 billion gallons and while it la significant to learn that the United States haa prod iced Ait per cent of' thia entire world production, atlll it aeena even more interesting and more human to bring the figure down to 'he production of one of the great American oil companies. A typical example of thia kind would be the Texas Company, and nurcly it is sit interesting fact to) Irani that this company has gruwn from I'M),000 gallons of gasoline per day to 1.000,000 gallons It is also interesting to note that in 10 years the consumption of lubricating oils produced by the Texas Company has ncrvased from .100.000 gallons a month tn 7,500,000 gaMona per month, i The Ttxa* Company is one or the leaders in the petroleum industry. Be fore 1902 the company did not exiat.' but in the laat 20 year* the demand for its products has increased so ex tensively that the company now opera tes more than two thousand five hundred motor tracks, tank trucks and delivery tracks of all kinda, and oper ates 5.000 railroad tank cars. The. company has refineries and terminals t at strategic points throughout ths1 country, and gets its supplies from1 thousands of its own well* operating. in fields producing the choicest crude petroleum. This crude petroleum is highly refined in the big. complete, modern refineries of the Texas Com pany, and sold UmNurtouit the man-, try throifgh thousands of Texaco, dealers. The Texas Company's products, in cluding gasoline, motor oils, engine oils, kurosen* and mill lubricants of all kinds, are distributed widely in this district. Texaco gasoline it known as the volatile gasoline be cause of the readiness with which It gives up its power, and "exaco Motor Oils are known by their clear, golden color and their full body which gives complete lubrication. ARE THE AUTO DRIVERS BECOMING NEGLIGENT? Observation* Lead B. A O. Railroad Official* to Give an Affirmative Answer Baltimore, June 22.—Are driven of motor vehicles becoming more negligent, |eas regardful of their own safety ? It would aeem so from actual ob servations made liy the Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad. For more than two years this railroad has been placing nen at crossings where there are usually a larpe number of automobiles passing. These observer* make note of the number of machines crossing and take down the license numbers of those whose drivers fail to take any precaution to assure themselves that it is safe to pass over the tracks. Tht* I safety precaution consists of the driv er's slowing down or stopping, and! then looking and listening. When a i driver dashes over without taking any of these precaution*, his license! number Is noted and a card telling him of his negligence is sent him, with request to guard his life and property the next time he goes over a railroad track. In the year 1930, the Baltimor* A Ohio observers took note of $08,000 vehicles in the states through which it operates. In that year, according to the record* of these observers, there were 26,000 drivers who fsiled to take any precaution* at highway crossings. This was « per ceet of the total observation* made. In April of this year there were 10,477 automobiles checked by the railroad's observers. There were t,-1 #72 of the driven of these reported as failing to stop, look or listen before passing over the tracks. This was a safety "failure" of II per cent. For the first four months of this, year ther* were SM92 machinee oh-, served and the "failures" reached IT| per cent TV increase in the number of driver* failing to take safety psecaatione clearly to indicate, In the opto CO-OPERATIVES HAVE M WAREHOUSES N. C. BELT Sixty Five Other* in South Carolina And 56 in Virginia; Report Given Kaleigh, Junr >2.—With 96 w»n hoiiaea In the North Carolina bait, the Tobacco Qrawm' Cooperatives Asao riatlon ia ready to give lla mrmbrrn adequate service for tha orderly mar keting of their tobacco, according to T. C. Watklna. Jr., director of wart houses, and R. R. Patterson, general manager, leaf department, who am In Raleigh for a meeting of the full i>»ard of dime tor* of the giant co operative aaaociatlon. Hurpajia'ng all expectation of the equipment which could be secured to accommodate it* 72,000 member*, it wkk announced today that tha aaao elation will open M> warehouses in tha North Carolina belt. 96 warehouaea in the South Cnrolinn belt and 56 ware houaea in tht bright, tha dark and sun i-ured area* of Virginia. Each grower-Member of North Carolina will be given the opportunity to choose hia marketing point, by fill ing out a po*tal card stating the market of hia choice and other infor mation to help in selling hia crop. Each co-operative market will thua receive a liat of ita member* who have nignified their intention of delivering their tobacco at that point so that preparations may be made to pay thai there. Appointment of ha* been made In approximately 90 per rant of the market* for the three state* and men have been selected for the bal ance, according to Director Watkins, who *aid • warehouse manager, a floor manager and several clerk* will be stationed at each warehousing cen ter of the three state*. Manager R. R. Patterson, of the leaf department, formerly in charg* •f the leaf department of the Ameri can Tobacco Company, showed the great sarin* which the aaaodation will gain by maintaining one foree of graders in place of the large crape of buyer* which the auction markets must maintain to repreaeat from three to six tobacco companiea, in l addition to the pita-hooking speculat or* who will be eliminated from the warehouse floor* of the co-operative association That merchants, bankers and boards of trade, and citisens for three states have given their support to the or ganised tobacco fanners was impres sively shown by the fact that eight | warehouses In the three itate* are being built to accommodate the asso ciation, and will be turned over to the organized growers at coat. Naahville, N. C„ Reid*ville, N. C..| Norlina. N. C„ Walnut Cove. N. C„ Florence, 8. C., Aihland, Vn., Colum- ■ bin Va., and Drakes Branch, Va., are amonu the list of towns whose citisen* are barking the farmers to the limit by arrangements to build the necessary warehouse* for their or ganised grower*. LEXINGTON MERCHANT DIES FROM WOUNDS Never Told How Piatol Bullet Injuries Were Inflicted High Point, Jon* 28.—J. B. H*y-| worth, Lastngtnn merchant, who *u brought to a local hoapital Wedne* day night in a critical condition with a bullet in the back of his head, died here early thia afternoon. The body waa taken to Lexington late today and the funeral will probably be held to morrow. Haywerth, who waa (1 years old and who leaves his widow end six children, denied that he shot himself but refiiaed to stats who fired the fatal that. He said if he recovered he wotld tall but if ha died no one would ever know. The Lexington merchant waa found in an unconscious condition on the floor of his store late Wedneeday afternoon and was rushed here for medical attention. A M calibre Colt's revolver waa found by his side, and relatives are said to have identified the pistol aa H^yworth's. Fit Far Young Girla!—"I have uaad Hagan's Magnolia Balm ever since! j was 18 years old. I am now 48 and I know from experience that it is the beat end only reliable toilet prepare lion now made that ia absolutely fit for young girl* to uae en their face at ■II times, that it will positively remove fr.n klrs ami tan, soil not promote the growth of hair or fuss en the face Respectfully, (signed) Mm. J. H Burke, Masse, Garrad Co.. Ky.r LIS? gy+gr*? P®*» »• QMMI "r<r Tinkham Says "Dry" Amendment Bought' DmIvw An ti-Saloon 1. npn Spent $180,000,000 to Gat Volstead Act Washington, June 23. Declaring that Wryra B. Wheeler. "eneral coun mI of the Anti-Saloon League, "and the interests ho eontruU," had ex panded from *100.000.000 lu $160, 000,000 to aecure adoption of th« pro hibition amendment, Representative Tinkham, Republican, Massachusetts, attar tad the Department of Justice' in the Hituae for failing to act againstj the league under the corrupt practice* act. Mr. Tinkham'* attack brought from Reproaentative Gallivan. Democrat. Maaaachuaetta, erlticiam of Prohibi tion Commiaaioner Haynea for the latti-r'a atand regarding aale of liquor <>n American shipa at aea. In refus ing to art againat such thips. Mr. Gallivan declared Commiaaioner Haynea made himaelf "particepa crtm inia." The two Maasarhuaetts member* were claaaed amonir "friend* of wine and beer, in direct violation of the constitution of the United Statea" by Representative Ciamton, Republican, Michigan, who gained the floor after the attack on the Anti-Saloon League. The league will be judged in the fu ture, he said, "a* was the saloon—by ita fruits." * Referring to published report! that representatives from t leven states at-1 tending an Anti-Saloon League meet ing at Milwaukee had promised their aid to Repreaentativo Volstead, of the seventh Minnet a district, and criti cising it "as legislative bribery," Mr. Tin^ham said: "Here again we have the outrageous situation about which I havs protested. Here we have the Anti-Saloon League, dependent VUMB the rtyrestntay VS of the seventh Minnesota district for 1U intended further restrictions of the personal liberties of our people, pro posing to purchase that preferential treatment it has received heretofore by supporting with money a campaign for re-election of Mr. Volstead." STARVINGt WONT EAT CROW Russian Peasants in Fami»« Araa Refuse to Kill Bird*! "Eating crow" seems literally toI have been the one thing the famine stricken peasants of the Volga have refused to do. During the worst j period of the hunger suffering, when! cats. dogs, clay, and even more > irhastly food substitutes have been greedily devoured, the country has been full of big black and gray crows. So bold are these scavenger birds,! and apparently so unmolested by even the hungriest peasant, that some of. them even perch upon and peck at meat supplies laden in sleds for trans port from railway stations to the vil- i lages. The correspondent saw literally hundreds of them at every place his train stopped from Samara on the way to Orenburg. They were the fattest creatures in tne famine area. Peasants questioned on tlus appar ently anomalous eondttlon. tn a region "vhere one instance of cannibalism had been reported, admitted that crows might be as good to eat as dogs or ' cats, but advanced various vague| reasons as to why these birds had not, been slaughtered for food. Some said there were no guns or ammunition to shoot than and that they were extremely hard to trap or catch. Others said they were "un clean." StataerilU Mar G*t a $200,0001 Church Soon Stateaville, June >1.—Mr. N. B. Mills appeared before the Men'* club of the First Prsebyterion church Mon day night at the Hot and preeented a plan for the raiting of 1200,000 to build ■ new church to take the place of the preeent one. The club unani mously endorsed the plan and it «Ur be preeented to the sees ion of Im rhurch for approval. Mr. Mill's plan, in brief, is to clean | the prwent lot and build a new church and Sunday school plant o4 which to he proud when finished-^, better than the bast M Mm sMy. He belie ree that tSMJttt, er toot*, will be necessary Canvassing the namee of the around MO members. Mr. Mills i s I* TOBACCO ASSOCIATION GITS 30 MILLION DOLLARS Government Agreea to Ad vtac* Large Sura to ToUtco Groweri Raleigh, June 14.—Thirty million dollars In thirty minutea ia the world record Mtibiihid toy th« Directors of like largest cooperative nurlitUni *s ujclation of America who met with Eugene Meyer Jr., and official* of the War Finance Corporation In Washington, D. C. last week. Th< committee of directors from the Tnbacco Grower* Coo para tlve As sociation secured approval of the loan for the 76.000 tobacco farmer* of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina, which no-* aaaure* tha *ucces* of their aiaociation beyor.d a doubt. Officer* of the War Finance Cor poration were *o fuctiliar with the management of the Aaaociation, and ao confident of ita success that they took only thirty minutea to signify approval of the great-eat loan ever made to organised fanner*, in the hiatory of the United State*. In'addition to the loan of $30,000, 000 which will enable the big To bacco Cooperative to pay ita member* raah advance* upon delivery of their tobacco, the War Finance Corpora tion farther agrees to. re-diacount loan* item. 4 by green or aoft order tobacco for .ocal bank* throughout the Virginia-Carolina tobacco belt. The loan of the War Finance Cor poration ia to be secured by more than 350,000.000 pounds of its mem bers tobacco now under fiva yean contract with the Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association, which rep resent* a value of over $70,000,000 in the first year of operation, according to conaervative eatimatea. following the example of the Hur ley Tobacco Grower* Association of Kentucky, which after securing a simitar cradit from the War Finance Corporation was enabled to gain all neceaaary fund* from Stat* and local banka, and to repay their 90 day loana of 16.000,000 within 40 day*. Officials of the Virginia-Carolina As sociation are confident of obtaining the support •' State and local bank en for whom the gffer of the War Finance Corporation opens a new field of profitable cooperation with to bacco fanners throughout the belt For the organiied tobacco growers and the thousands of farmers from three States who are joining the As sociation every month, the action of the War Finance Corporation assures the safe apd orderly marketing of to bacco which resulted in largely in creased profits and a new source of crodit for Kentucky farmers whose organitation has now sold 70,000.000 pounds of tobacco for highly satis factory prices, during one month re ceiving an average of 29 cents a pound for tobacco sold through the Association, while that sold., outside the A«sociat!on brought less than 21 cents per pound upon the auction warehouse floors. Close to 80 per cent of the Tobacco farmers of Virginia nearing a 75 per cent sign-up following the recent statewide campaign for members. A whirlwind campaign among to bacco farmers of South Carolina will U'gin next Monday, June 26th and will continue until every one of the M cooperative marketing points of the South Carolina bait has been reached with a mass meeting. Leaders of the movement from Kentucky, Virginia and North Caro lina will join this campaign which will mark the last .opportunity for South Carolina to market thia year's crop with the giant cooperative. lite Tobacco Growers Cooperative Association has now secured 206 ware houses where it will receive tobacco from Its members as the markets open In thrte States VETERANS AT THEIR RE UNION Over S0.000 Vttortai mmd Their Friend* Throng Cw ftdtrtU Capital Km hmond, Va„ June IV.—Sur rounded by rich ImUtiuni of the aid South, in a city hallowed by history, into which am woven rwords 14 high devotion, sacrifice and 'nun|% the men who M yean ago fought mm an ideal officially opened thai* Kind annual reunion her* today Called to order by Gen. WilllM B. *'r««in»n. commander of th« Vir ginia division. Confederal* veterans, the opening aaaaion of the reunion Ifot under way in the auditorium at an early hour. Despite a hard ram which owapt tba eity through tha night, the old aoldiarm wart ia thatr placaa fresh and undaunted. Follow ing brief praliminariaa. Gen. Julian 8. Carr, venerable commander-m-ehief of the veterans, took the chair. Governor E. Lea Trinkle, of Virginia welcomed tha vvtaraaa and daclarad that those who blad and diad *0 yaars ago did not go to battle in vain. Gooeral Carr, in a stirring rain, iaw in tha assembly, ha said, dreams reincarnate of an ideal that still clings in the breasts of the old aol dirrs and which will be passed like a torch to future generations. Or. Dougiaa S. Krwman. reunion orator, diacuaaed tho Confederal* con tribution to the I If* of the nation. "Tho Wadarthip of character, ■ con tlnued idealism, ■ unity above elan and a patience in advoraity Of all thvw contribution*." aaid the apeaker, "the nation would have need." With rharacteriatic word and foi tur , United State* Senator Par Har riaon, of Miasiaaippl, warmed tho en Lhuaiaam of hia audience with' the Htateaant that never in the hiatory of the world waa a war fought to nobly aa that between the »tate», and never before haa a cauae remained ao i heriahed in memory, though it be true that theae tame men who follow ed Lee and Jackaon now lift their heada aa proudly when the Star Spangled Banner wave* in the bnw of a new and atroager nation. All the apeakrra were generonaly applauded. The addraaaea were tal lowed by brief apeechea from promt - nent veterana, called to the platform by their comradoa. The old aoldiera in their Joy raiaed a storm of noiae for favorite*, yella. criea and rhythmic rapping of canea upon tho floor bring ing the apeaker* to their feet Such utterancea aa "we did not fight for what we thought waa right; but we 'ought for what we knew waa right." brought on a paroxyiam of joy, gray-haired, be-whiakered veter ana here and there waving their hata, aomr throwing their head-gear ex citedly acroaa the auditorium. To heighten the fever the band played "Dixie." Then a veritable atnrm of noiae raged until with the dying away of the muaic, through the din, the quick tattoo* of the gavel brought silence. About 4,000 veterana are attending, who with other viaitora, bring the re union crowd to 50,000. Black Mark for Radio Allen town. Pa., June M.—Chalk np a black mark for the radio. In Police Court here today Mr*. Mary Florae, whoee neighbor* reported to the police that the nint—plahd —It Ha. waa aaked to explain the reaaona for bar deapondency, and atated, liilaaaa toba, that a he araa a eg! acted by bar huaband. who, the aaid, a pent all Ma money lar a radio apparatus aad waa brutal to her when ahe complain ad She agreed to give the world another chance.
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