MOUNT AMY, NORTH CAROLINA. TI
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Washington, Jans %—A
pronouncement! adopted by the
ffence of nlifiow sad welfare 1
en called <%y Secretary Weeka waa
submitted to-*him Friday on the cod
cluaion of the meeting. >
I rsHgieus advisor* of the prwfr
tatiyes of
Ik and Jfl
in the
at 'haw and abroad waa the
to which America waa da
is ,
H
would be the quickest way
to invito war." ?
The
«T the
wmu. *
Washington, D. C, a'
all mass than 60
the Hires day
conference in addition to 26 chaplains
la declaring the attitude of the con
ference and the chorefcaa and organ
isations K is|>Missnls<l on the i|iintlssi
of national preparedness the confer
ence pronouncement said:
"Peace at home within oar country,
pud among all nations of the itfth,
is a sacred mission to which America
baa devoted heraelf and her resources.
To pursue it wtnrtd bs the quickest
way to invito war. Against the curse
of militarism America traditionally
has set herself. Militarism is abso
lutely strange to the genius of her
institutions, the army in time of war
is a citizen army her army ir time
of peace is a volunteer army. Citi
zens direct her army and nary, the
exiatonce and upkeep of both arc con
tingent upon the will of a representa
tive (Wins. , _
"ITMf *nmy and nS¥y of the Uni
ted States have always been essen
tial to the lifj ->"/) welfare of th«
republic. The army and nary at the
United States command, therefore,
the respect of every true citisen."
At another point the pronounce
ment said:
"We depreciate any attempt, made
under the cloak of religion and in
the name of a false pacificism, to deny
the support of the churches to the
well-totog of our army and navy."
Committees of the conference are
preparing a number of specific rec
camendations in connection with reli
gious and welfare work in the army
which will be submitted for the con
siderate of the general staff in
working out ita plans.
Stat* Pays U. S. Sum of $125,
200,000 Tax
Raleigh, June 1.—Approximately
$145,200,000 has been collected in fed
eral revenues in Nqrth Carolina dar
ing eleven months of the fiscal year
IMS, this sum comparing with $122,
413,800 for the whole of fiscal 1922,
according to an announcement by Gil
liam Grtssom, district internal reve
nue collector.
The principal collection* now being
the manu
tbe
the total
Last year, North Carolina stood
eighth In comparison with other stat
es in the amount of collections. Ill
inois, Michigan. New York, Pennsyl
vania, Maqfcchunetts, Ohio and and
California ,ranking ahead.
California's collection! for laat year
w#re approximately $181,000,000.
This year, Mr. Grissom expects North
Carolina's total to run over $1M,
090,000 and the state to paw Oali
uaiies the latter show* • de
The second installments of
tax will fall due June 16, and,
ing to the collector, the government
all officials.to pro
with the collection of
no delays being allow
ed. When a quarter!/ payment falls
Am and la not paid, t£e whole i
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DUEL BETWEEN MlNtSTE*
AND COURT OPFKXt
PoHicai Fised Kesalts la Dm*
of Mmutmr ciCmmh.rl.md, V.
Richmond, Jan# (k—Two promi
nenf^umherland county officials—R.
0. end L. CT Garrett, brotnera—faced
charges of first degree murder today
hi connection with Uw slaying of tha
Rev. C. L. Pierce, a Baptist minis
ter, who was shot to death in a pistol
! ftarfat with tha Gairetts at his hoase at
' Cumberland Court Hotp#*9esterday.
Warranto charring the two men
with the murd«*were * issued last
night after thei^arrest here by po
lice on a request from the Cumber
land county sheriff. L. C. Garrett is
at liberty on bail of 96,000 While his
brother is under guard at St. Elisa
beth's hospital suffering from • pis
tol wound in Ms side.
While their eases wen set for hear
te« in police wort today, indications
were that the Garrstte would not face
1-- - 1. , ,, 4Si^
preiiTiim»ry nftrmg unvii ine wuuiu*
ad man is able to bra the hospital.
Police officials aid earl? today the
cases jftubably would be continued.
That tha shouting was the cnhates
tion of a political fued which baa
raged in Cumberland county for sev
eral years was the opinion exprseeed
by local police authorities and state
officials. The Garrett brothers, who
are associated in the mercantile busi
ness at Cumberland court bouae, be
long to one of the political factions of
the county, while Mr. Pierce is said to
have been actively aligned recently
with the opposing faction. The Gar
rstts also are said to have objected to
a sermon delivered by the minister
lsst Sunday in which he was accused
of "slandering,. Mrs. L. C.Qarrett.
According to the testimony of wit
nesses at the inquest late yesterday
the Garretts went to the home of the
kiciK/uimi anu (.miru nun iumhiv,
where he wit engaged in • fight by
L. C. Garrett. While his brother «u
struggling with the minister, it tu
■aid R. 0. Garrett with a pistol held
hack the crowd attracted to the scene.
The fight ended, the minister went
back into his home and emerged a
moment. later armed with a shotgun
and a-revolver. R. 0. Garrett, witness
es said, grasped the shotgun and
vTested it from the clergvntan'n hands,
throwing it on the ground. The
■hooting followed, it was testified,
with the Garrett brother* and Pierce
participating.
The minister was shot through the
the heart and two other bullets also
pierced his body. Examination of his
pistol disclosed one empty chamber
Excitement prevailed throughout
the country yesterday and last night,
but no disorders were reported. The
prominence of the principals and the
spectacular battle in which the min
ister lost his life made the affair one
of the most sensational shooting af
frays in the hiatwyof rival
ing even the famdus Allen gang bat
tle in the Hillsville court house in
Carroll county, 10 years ago.
Daily RkUa a Waekly Fit*
. Columns' Worth
(Carter'■ Weekly)
It is with regret that we make
mention of the fact, editorially, that
our neighboring contemporary, The
Winston-Salem Journal, in is special
edition of Sunday. June S, celebrating
early morning delivery of the paper
into the mountain counties, used ver
batim around fire columns of news
clipped from Carter's Weekly in its
North Wilkesboro business section
without giving any credit whatsoever,
thereby exhibiting a policy t^ the
reading public which is not put into
| practice in this office, even if we do
publiah a "little" weekly paper with
I only S.400 subscribers as compared
| with the daily published hi the metro
j polis of North Carolina
To enumerate the staff coi mspon
i dent of the Journal plagiarised the
articles relative to the Honda group
ment held in this city, the eommence
nent of the North WUkaboro high
school, a chautauqua article and a
short one ibout the Wtlkee Superior
court.
It all reminds us of the Ka Klux
Man story prepared first by the
Greensboro Daily News which waa
used by the Durham Sun, aa after
noon newspaper, under the Durham
data line. We were of the opinion
that H waa net the intention of the
Journal to use the news matter with
is put on g. c. atrrz
NcWn ie
FreWkt EapM«r Didn't
Haw C—trol
Greensboro New*, June 11. jfc
sporaibility for the wrack as thfe
snl Y. May 7 which remitted in the
death of J. H. Medearia and Samuel
Lautrhan ha* been officially placed
an George C. Critz, engineer of the
local freight from Mount Airy, No.
160. ,
gThe investigation conducted by B.
L. Avery, superintendent S( the Du
rille division, aaaiatad by other offi
ciala of the Southern wad by two in
vestigator* from the interstate earn
■nerve rwiwiaaion, ranched that can
No blame of any sort ia attached
to tha engineer of the (witch engine,
Samuel Laaghan. who lost his Ufa,
or to any wiaber af hia crew.
No decision haa been raarhid aa to
mated to ths engineer, Mr. Avery said.
He vrffl wait aevsral days before'de
lk investigation resulted in the of
ficial decision that Engineer Crtts
had eowe into tha yard linrite at too
high a rate of speed and that conse
quently he did not have Ma engine
under control which he ahoold have
had according to (tending orders. Hia
(peed waa about 15 ntilea an hoar.
Company rales do not place a definite
restriction on apaed bat do specifical
ly (tate that inside the yard limita
all engineers, except thooe on pas
senger trains, ahall have aoeh control
that they can stop their engines en
sight of another engine ahead in half
the distance between the two. That
allowa for each engine to atop before
mttmg tnr other.
Engineer Langhan on the switch
aifiM did have nick control and was
able to bring his engine to % full atop;
Engineer Criti, according to official
finding, did not have the requisite con
trol; hence the collision,
A study of the ground where the
accident occurred indicates that it
waa a relatively easy matter for
Laughan to stop. He had a light load,
only four can, and waa going up hill.
With Critx it waa exactly opposite.
He had a heavy load and waa going
down hill.
When Critc passed the crest of the
hill north of the scene of the accident,
he • released his air brakes entirely,
with the idea of applying them fur
ther down the hill. In the opinion of
the investigators he released them
too soon. Almost immediately after
ward he swun? around a curve and
saw the switch engine ahead. He im
mediately applied the air brakes hot
he had not had time enough to re
charge the chambers, with the result
that the pressure was not as great aa
it would have been had his air cham
bers had not been emptied.
Endurance Dancing u "Silly
and Harmful"
Raleigh, June 1.—Endurance danc
ing is both "silly and harmfully," ac
cording to the health bulletin of the
North Carolina board of health is
sued tonight.
"Like a fir* sweeping a field of
broom-sedge, fanned bjr an autumn
breeze, a crate for endurance dancing
is spreading over the country," r^adn
the bulletin.
"From the gulf to the great lakAs,
and from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
men and women are endeavoring to
establish r.sw records. The highest
yet is 167 hours, bat long before this
is printed that record will probably
be broken in numerous plsoes.
"A thing more silly and harmful
could hardly be imagined. Such ex
cesses are likely to cause acute dila
tion of the heart and sudden death.
"At best, the dancers may expect
crippled hearts for the remainder of
their lives, while the probable shat
tering of .their nervous systems will
make than easy prey to disease.
"There will always ba'some fools
ready to do anything for notoriety or
temporary popularity. There h noth.
health )han proper exercise, but
health than proper exercise. Bat
long distaaee dancing is an inex
cusable abase for which nature de
mands a heavy price." ■
The long distance danefag contests
have invaded North Carolina at only
one pofct, according to published ac
counts, this city being Wilmington
■W'.
June L-OmWr to
in the opuncili of the Republican par
ty waa reached at a
| nl^L.4 L M| . __ T^__ —
niyni oeiwcen rresiaen
John T. Adfms, chairman of the Re- j
puuMican national l—mitt—.
The exact nature of the partici
pating of women waa not folly decid-l
ed upon, but it waa said after the|
conference that the initial step prob
ably would be the appointment of
a woman from each state to net in
an associate or adriaery capacity to
edi
40 _r ^ f j
to
1*8 world
court proposal, toward which Mr.
Adams has bee.i rsported as
what col and the statement
by the national committee publicity ]
bureau attacking the allied govern
ments for their attitade* in the Rhine
land amy coat negotiations and aoon
after withdrawn by request of the
stoto department after Secretary
Hughes had made f protest to the
President.
The latter matter, Mr. Adams said,|
is now a dead issue.
Nam* For N.w
> • Tram Decide^
/ Dr Howard A. Rondthaler, presi
dent of Salem College at Winston-Sa
lem, has been awarded the $200 prise
offered by the Southern Railway for
th« moat appropriate name given
trains No. 33 and 34 between New Or
leans and New York. The winning
suggestion was "The Piedmont Lim
ited," and by that name the trains
will be known. Train No. 33 arrives
here at 6;28 a. m. and No. 34 passes
north at 7 o'clock in the evening.
W. H. Tayloe, passenger traffic
manager, had no small task in arriv
ing at a conclusion in christening the
trainp. He received 21,106 letters
containing more than 63,000 sugges
tions. Dr. Rondthaler's answer was
'considered the best as between Mont
,Kol»ery, Alabama, and Washington
the trains skirt the foothills of the
Blue Ridge, known as the Piedmont
section.
The two trains, wfiich were' pat into
operation on April 29, are proving
very popular. They arc Pullman
trains and handsomely appointed. The
evening northbound train has already
attracted a good deal of attention by
its tremendous speed. Reidsville Re
view, Jane 4.
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Elephant Blocks Highway
Pulaski, Iowa, June 8.—A detour
is necessary on the Bloom field road
near here where an elephant ha*
parked itself. The animal, part of
a carnival show, arrived hen five
weeks ago.
When the carnival left, the ele
phant decided to stay. He resented
efforts of his trainer to dislodff* him
with a tractor and the trainer retired
with a broken Jaw. The tractor was
wrecked..
Other trainers attempted without
success to move the beast which con
tinued to deplete the county's baled
hay crop. I
This mom in jr. however, the ele
phant slipped its chain, wandered
eight miles down the road and stop
ped a rain. a}
Caterpillars Hah Traffic b>
Albany, Ore*oa, June 7.—Cater
pillars delayed the Albany-Newport
train oae hour and 86 minutes last
night. The caterpillar amy waa
more than an inch deep on the rail
way tracks and the trainman war* !
unable te ran th roach their Una The
uieects ars repotted te he devastating
fror, LOOKjLgTg AT
Law C»n iato Effort m Mtr
better watch oat or th« twifMr
will get jwm.
The 192S North Caroline Gram)
Assembly H«m< a MR Hfilihi ev
«T person drivtng a motor vehicle
'
on a public hifffcway on eppewemBg
grade ewlm to atop, look and Haten
Won passing thcnom.
ThU law waa not fostered by the
Carolina Motor Cfab because to th».
lesisloti ve nftmAn the membership
fifltd to vxpfMM themnehres for it.
Whether we like It or not, It la
now a law and moat be obeyed. To
violate thia law sabjeet* cm to a fine
of ton Mian or iwpiis w«nl net
■ni Chan ton days or both.
Thia My be a moat excellent tow,
we should at loaat fire it a fair trial.
17 It wA not stow ap travel on the
highway* and will save lives and prop
erty it win be well worth while.
That sseasbers of the Ctab might
know the foil moaning at the law the
bill as paaead ia printed bete fa ML
The Stop. Look smi Liaten Law
A bill to be entitled an art to re
quire ovary person driving any Motor
reside on a pabUe highway on ap
proaching Railroad Grade Croastags
to Stop, Look and Listen before paas
ing thereover.
The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact:
Section 1 That bo person optfit
bi( any motor vehicle opon a public
road shall cross, or ell—p> to eroaa,
any railroad or intern rban track in.
terseectag the road at grade other
than a crossing at which there if a
rata or watchman (except aa elec
tric railway track in a etty, town or
village) with out fhwt bringing saM
motor vehicle to • fall atop at a dis
tance not exceeding (M) feet from
the nearest rail. That no failure so
n stop, however, shall he considered
contributory negligence per se in any
action againat the railroad or inter
urban company for injury to person
or property; but the fact relating to
such failure to stop may be consid
ered with the other facts in the case
in determining whether the plaintiff
was puilty of contributory negligence.
Section 2. That everv railroad or
interurban company operating or leas
ing any track intersecting a public
road at grade shall place a sign board
Inches by fifty inchest one hundred
feet from said crossing, which shall
be painted with red lettering, to in
sure warning of the proximity of the
crossing and notice to stop said mo
tor vehicle, with the following: N.
C. Law Stop;" Provided this act shall
not interfere with the regulations,
prescribed by towns and cities.
Section 3. That any person shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and up
on conviction, shall b» fined not more
than ten dollars, or. imprisoned, not
more than days, or both, in the
discretion of tiie Court.
Section 4. T. at this act shall be in
force from and a. tar the first day of
July, one thousand nine hundred and
twenty-three.—Carolina Motorist
Mrs. Johnson Was Against tkt
Electrocution of Montgomery
Haleigh, June 11.—Governor Mor
rison early tonight issued the fet
ing statement of reasons for the com
mutation of Clyde Montgomery's sen
tence: "The defendant in this ease,
Clyde Montgomery, was convicted of
criminal assault in New Hanover
county and sentenced 'to death. A
very strong sentiment developed in
New Hanover that the prisoner, while
ipiilty of low and immoral conduct
with a very young girl, was not giil-!
ty to such a degree as to forfeit his
life, as will appear from petition sign
id by hundreds of the leading citi
tens of thee anon unity, o» file in this
jffice. I have been studying this
•ase for some time, and I called to my j
tssistanee in the investigation of it
Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson, the state
commissioner of public welfare.
Hi rough age it tea at her coauaand,
Mrs. iohnson, in torn, had an inves
tigation milt*
i ne Lnira course «u « jeujr Ht
who attended last jnut abort eiates
won many prisa* with iNi jtOy at
the ▼arioot (kin of the Stat* and
some sold their jelly at goad prices.
IV racorj of these former stsdsita
did much to popalariae this phase of
the short come.
But it was not all work. Col. Prod
Olds took them around on trips of
inspection to varfoos porta of the
Capitol City; there were songs, stunts
games and friendly contests between
counties and there was the fan of
being together as recognised leaders
in a line of work that has demonstra
ted its valoe to the North Carolina
farm home.
Catawba leads in ao many things
pertaining to tte agriculture of North
Carolina that it was no surprise to
know that she led in attendance at
this meeting. The 16 "Catawba Bread
makers" as they styled themselves
comprised the largest representation
from any county and braved the hard
ships of travel hi a school truck for
an entire day to be on time. Meck
lenburg, Cumberland and Washington
counties were next, each with IB girls
all of whom were prise winners in
some contest put on in these counties
by the home agent. The other coun
ties were represented with only two
or three each. Mrs. McKimmon so
appointed the representation that as
many countiets-as possible could have
representatives to take part in the
shoTt course. Only four girls were
present who had attended former
short courses and one of the young
women has attended each of the three
held previously. This veteran is Misa
Cornelia Pleaaanta of Davidaon Coun
ty and a leader in the club work of
her community.
In the opinion of Misa Wallace, Dean
of the School, this short course waa
one of the most successful yet held.
All of the girls took an interest 4k
their work and teemed to enjoy the
privilege at being selected te attend.