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VOLUME XXIII
POLICE CHIEF WILL
BE THIED ON NINE
CHARGES TOiRROW
Charges Range From First
Degree Burglary to Simple
Assault.—Klan Interested
in the Case.
TO CALL CASES
IN LUMBERTON
Two Other Men Will Be
Tried With Police Officer—
Women Allege That They
Were Whipped.
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Lumborton. April 25 (By the Asso
ciated Press). —Facing nine charges,
ranging from first degree burglary to
simple assault, as a'result, of alleged
whipping of Mrs. H. F. Purvis and
Mrs. Mary Watson, B. M. I.awsou,
- chief of police of Fairmont ; John
Hedgepeth, and Jule Brogden, both
of Proctorville, are scheduled to be
fried in recorder's court here tomor
row. \ I
The warrants were issued by W. B. I
Ivey, recorder here, following an ac-1
count of the alleged flogging given by I
Mrs. Purvis last Thursday. The i
woman cffflnred site and Mrs. Watson '
were removed from the former’s home
as Proctorville on the night of April
34th by eighteen masked and white
rolted men,. carried to a negro church
near the town and whipped severely
mi the naked flesh with a leather
strap. y
Mrs. Purvis told authorities she was
told by the men that they were mem
bers of the Kn Klux Klan, and that
if she revealed the punishment ad
ministered iter she would hi l punished
again. The men are said by Mrs.
Watson to have whipped Iter because
of alleged improper treatment slit' tic
corded her husband while lie was ill.
Site denied the allegations.
The Lumbertoti Itobesonian lias the
following to say of the case:
Charged with being members of a
hand of eighteen masked and white rob
ed men who on Saturday night. April
14, took Mrs. 11. F. Purvis and Mrs.
Mary Watson front the former's home
at Proctorville, carried them to the
Proctorville negro church, about a
quarter of a mile away, and gave them
a severe lieatlng on their naked flesh
with a leather strap. B. M. Lawson,
chief of police at Fairmont. John
Hedgepeth and Jule Brogden of Proc
torville, will tie tried in recorder’s
court in Lumherton Thursday of this
week, at 10 a. in.
These men were arrested Thursday
night on warrants issued by Recorder
W. B. Ive.v, after Mrs. Purvis told her
story Thursday, the warrants naming
fifteen charges, ranging front first-de
gree burglary to simple assault. The
arrests were made by Kttral Police
man D. C. Hatley, and A. It. Pittman,
who brought their prisoners to Luin
lterton and kept them under guard that
niglit. Many witnesses were summon
ed from Fairmont and Proctorville for
trial at 10 a. m., Friday,-Jjjit the
prosecution was not ready with its
witnesses and the trial was postponed.
Lawson, Hedgepeth and Brogden were
released by Recorder W. B. IYey, np
on agreement by the attorneys, under
a joint bond of SIO,OOO, signed by C.
W. Graham, of Proctorville, D. li.
Lawson, of Orrum, and D. A. .loses, of
Fnirmont, R. F. I)., the bond to be
forfeited if either of the defendants
falls to appear for trial.
According to the story told by these
woman, they were bent over a log.
their skirts raised and lashes applied
on the hare flesh. They were threat
ened with pistols when they started to
scream and under fear of death they
say they were forced to endure the
lash in silence.
A spot light was turned on them
while the lash was being applied, the
women sa.v, and the one who applied
the strap occasionally would, ask a tall
member of the hand, whom he ad
dressed ns “judge,” if that was enough ;
and only when the “judge" was satis
lied did the flogger stay his hand.
Black and blue and bruised and an
gry flesh it week after the event ItenrS
mute and humiliatiflh testimony to the
brtital treatment these defenseless
Hvomen received on that terrible
night, when, according to their story,
foe gn hour and a half, from 10 to
11 :80 'o’clock, they were subjected to
torture at the hnnd» of these men,
who said they 1 were members of the
Ku Klux Klnn and three of whom Sirs.
Purvis is itositive she recognized. Two
of these three men Hedgepeth and
Brogden, Mrs. Purvis says, also were
recognised by her 10-year-old son, Con
rad.
Mrs. Purvis says she was told she
had to go to her husband, who has
been working at Rocky Mount for some
time, within ten days, and that If
they told what had Iteen done to them
they would be punished, that, the men
were members of the klan, that there
were 10,000 of them and that she could
not go so far but what they could get
her.
In the house lit the time of the visit i
of the hooded hand were Mrs. Purvis,
her three children, Conrad,,, 16, and
two Other hoys, nged 13 and 10; Mrs.
Mary Watson, wife of 8. O. Watson,
Itoliceman at Proctorville and her two
daughters, Miss Norlne. 18, and Nnthn
lee, 12; and Miss Line Hatley, who has
lived in th» Purvis home for many
years.
About 10 o’clock Mrs: Purvis saw
(.Continued on Page Three.)
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The Concord Daily Tribune
! GASTON MEANS CHARGED WITH
•SHAKIER DOWN’ LIQUOR PEOPLE
Former North Carolinian and Prin
cipal in King .harder Las-? at Con
cord Again in Sericas Trouble.
H. E. C. Bryant in Charlotte Observer.
Washington, April 24.—Gaston B.
'Means, well connected and well
known in North Carol"mi. is in Trou
ble again if affidavis filed with the de
partment of justice can be backed up
j with reliable evidence. This a track
comes from Chicago, where he is tlis
! liked by a group of wealthy bankers
[ connected with the old murder
cltarge at Concord.
| ‘Department of justice agents are
searching for Means, formerly em
(plcyed for ui work by William
J. Bums, director of the' buroau of
investigation. They are investigating
charges made by certain owners of
warehouse liquor who- claim that he.
representing himself as an agent of
the department of justice, swindled
them out of large sums of money.
John W. H. Crim. assistant attorney
general in eharge of criminal prose
cution. explained that Means nad
been engaged by Mr. Burns, and That
!Mr. Burns was in California and had
not made a report to him on Means.
“We ar.e hunting for Means.” said
he, “and I am going to get the facts
about Ills connection with t!*e depart
ment from Mr. Burns. It takes a nt,-
tle time to do these things. This is a
matter that deserves . seriptis and
careful attention. It must have
prompt, vigorous and intelligent con
sideration.
“Mr. Burns can tell just when
Means quit the department, and what
Ihe did while here. I shall not rush
I through his papers to get the facts,
I but shall let hint tel! me the story.”
| Mr. Crim declared that lie had seen
la copy of tba affidavit sent to the
[treasury department by E. M.
Salomon, of Chicago, who accused
IMeSns and an associate, with “shak
ing” him down for thousands of dol
lars on a promise to have his liquor
transferred from a warehouse. Salo
mon declared that his loss was more
than SIOO,OOO. Charles W. Johnson, of
Philadelphia, claims to have lost
from $15,000 to $20,000 in the same
way. More people are ready to make
similar affidavits. Treasury officials
believe that th* complaints will run
up a half hundred or more.
|The Means scheme, it is said, mm
memed to operate last fall. Acting
Attorney General Augustus T. Sey
mour said today that the last record
be could find of Means drawing
money from the department for work
done was in February, 1922. He ex
plained that Mr. Burns had employed
Means.
Speaking for the department, Mr.
Sevjjiour said: >
“As far as I can determiner tmm
newspaper articles and rummers, cer
tain persons tvho desired immunity
from pun'shment x<jr protection
againht prosecution by the department
of justice claim to have paid cer
tain sums of money to Gaston B.
Means and others upon their promise
to obtain such immunity or e>o
tection. Up to this time no one has
claimed that either''Means or anyone
else lias been successful in obta ning
the desired results. If promises nave
been made to obtain favors from tire
department of justice, no one lias
been able to do iver such favors. As
between men who have attempted to
purchase such influence and men who
have promised to deliver such in
fluence for payment, I » interested
to the extent only that if any one nas
offered or paid a bribe to any em
ploye of the department of justice
while in th,-» service of the govern
ment it would ‘be a serious k*fime on
the'part of both parties to the trans
action.
“Mr. Orim reported to me some of
these facts 10 days ago, and he has
been conducting an investigation
since that time. He is in full charge
of the criminal work of the de
partment aftd undoubtedly will see to
it that any person who has oven
promised immunity from punishment
wi’l be put on trial as speedily as
possible, and anyone who lias he*Mi
guilty of crime under the federal
statutes will be promptly prosecuted.'’
IMeaps has been in the limelight
for five or six years. He was charg
ed with killing Mrs. King, a wealthy
Chicago woman, for whom he had
worked, at his old home. Concord.
N. C„ and was tried and acquitted.
Soon after Mr. Burns was appointed
head of the bureau of investigation
of the department of justice he en
gaged Means to do some special work.
For 10 or more years prior to mat
time Means had worked for the Burns
Detective Agency In various capaci
ties. He and Mr.* Burns have been
very close friends for years. During
the -world war, but. before the United
States entered it, they Were engaged
by various na'tions for particular
jdbs. Means was one of the lieutenants
of Boy-Ed, head of the German de
tective fhree in this country.
(When It became known that Means
was connected with the department
of justice, protests from Chicago,
North Carol'na. and tther places Pe
can to pour In. Senator Summons, ol
North Carolina, Rsked Mr. Burns
about Mean’s connection, and Mr.
Burns wrote him that he was doing
certain special work the nature of
which could not he made public. Soon
the storm against Means beenme so
strong and widespread that Attorney
General Daugherty had him suspend
ed. iStill conip'alnts came. It was as
serted toy people fn the department
i who knew Cleans that he was still
oceupy'ng a roonr there. But, after a
few'months, the. talk about him died
down, ntid he lived here at a popular
northwest hotel, and conducted n
private business.
It h-as gem-rally understood that
he had resumed his old place with the
Bums agency. Severa' weeks ago
S-eretary Mellon was informed thrt
Means was engaged in a luc?at!ve
1 (Continued on rage Two.)
CONCORD, N. C„ WE
I ——c. : , =
Two Counts of Murder Returned
by Grand Jury Tuesday Afternoon
i Tuesday was another busy (lay in
| Cabarrus County Superior Court, a
'number of cases lieing disposed of lie- 1
fore Judge James L. Webb. I
The grand jury was also busy Tues- 1
day. True bills charging murder were
returned against Maurice C, Howie, of]
Monroe, who is alleged to ha it; run I
down a small girl here with his auto; I
and. Will Bray, negro, charged with '
killing another negro. 1
C. S. Smith, Clarence Shaping and ,
Charles Dees, charged with carrying'
concealed weajKins and with assault;
with deadly weapons, were tried Tues
day and all found guilty.' Sentence
has not been passed,. The men were,
charged with firing at Mr. and Mrs. B.
W. Means and daughter and threaten-‘
ing several other Concord men on the:
Kannapolis road several weeks ago.
E. W. Cailes. the fourth man in the'
IUEBOOMN
IS BEEN CSNCELLEG
Commerce Commission De
cides to Revoke , Recent
Order Authorizing the Sale
of the Books.
(By (he A**oolnted Pre*».>
Washington. April 25, —Orders of the
Interstate Commerce Committee re
qulring railroads to begin the sale of
Interchangeable mileage hooks at 2(»
per cent, reduction on regular passen
ger fare rates on May 15th were re
voked today and the effective date of
the mileage hooks sale postponed un
til January 1, U 124. ,
The action of t lie Committee, which
follows the granting of an injunction
in Boston against the coinniissiiyi's or
der resulted directly from an appeal j
for postponement from the western
carriers.
Though the court order only restrain-1
ed the sale of the books by 50 railroads, j
the commission decided to forestall the
confused situation which would re
sult from the sale and use of mileage,
in other parts of the country, and of
possible court action by southern and
eastern railroads.
WANT BARTON PAYNE A
WITNESS IN MORSE CASE
Subpoena For Former Chairman of the
Shipping Board Issued pi Washing-1
ton Court. i ..., i' ‘
(By the Associated Pres*.)
Washington, April 25.—-A subpoena
for John Barton Payne, newly ap
pointed American Commissioner td
Mexico, anil former chairman- of the
shipping hoard, was issued today in!
the District of Columbia Supreme j
Court at the request of counsel for j
(’lias. W. Morse- and others, on trial ;
for charges of conspiracy to defraud j
tlie Federal government.
Mr. Payne's duties would take him I
to Mexico City for an indefinite period, j
Calling" attention to this Attorney 1
Nash, of New York, asked Whether lie
had been sumtfloned by the govern- j
ment, and would be present for the
trial informed it was not certain
when the government would use him ,
ns a witness. Mr. Rockwood requested
that a subpoena be drawn immediate- ;
l.v, and Justice Stafford directed that 1
it lie done. j
HIIJSO FREE 'AGAIN IS
TO START CAMPAIGN !
I
Wants Democratic Nomination for
Governor of Mississippi.
(By tbe Associated Press".»
Oxford, Miss., April 25.—Theodore
G. Bilbo, former governor of Mississip
pi, was released from the county jail
here early today after serving a sen
tence of ten days’ imprisonment for
contempt of court. Mr. Bilbo an
nounced lie- would open his campaign
for the Democratic nomination for
Governor on Saturday.
Automobile Production Increasing.
Washington, I>. C„ April 25.—Auto
mobile production in March increased
and was the highest on record, exceed
ing by 64.006 cars and trucks the high
production of last June, accordiug to
reports received by the Department of
Commerce through the Census, in co
operation with tlie National Automo
bile Chamber of Commerce, it was an- 1
nonneed Sunday night. Passenger
cars producted amounted to $318,424
and trucks to 34,503 in March.
England and America Should Pull
Together, Col. George Harvey Says
•London, April 25 (By the Associated
Press.) —Memories of American war
time hospitality were revived last
night at the annual pminion of the
British War Missions to tbe United
States, and the Anglo-American rela
tions came in for critical analysis.
“All Americans should revere Eng
land ; all Englishmen should he proud
of America, ndt jealous of her,” sum
med up Col. George Harvey, Ameri
can ambassador, after covering the
Held of economic, industrial and his
torical relationships. I(o assured his
distinguished audience that the vogue
of tlie American people, who live in
the broad belt of country stretching
from New England across the middle
west to the Pacific are English in their
antecedents and present sympathies.
Early in the eveniugStanl.v Baldwin,
chancellor of the exchequer, had said
he was only recently admitted to the]
ranks of the British War Mission re
union but in view of his dpbt funding, I
he was convinced he had paid the
ESDAY, APRIL 25, 1923
party, did not shoty up for trial, he
having been released recently on a
[ SIOO bond, which s'* forfeited. The
* jury recommended jiercy for Dees.
I John Barbee plead!.guilty to a charge
of carrying a compiled weapon. He
{ was fined SSO and ts-y costs. He was
cleared h.v a jury oh a charge of ns
! snult with a deadly, weapon,
i John Staton was freed by a jury on
a charge of robbery,
i. Tom Madison, colored, and Charles
: Wilson, charged with larceny, were
sentenced to the chain gang. The
former will serve 00; days and tlie lat
ter four months.
Most of the jurymen that were call
ed Monday were discharged by Judge
! Webb. Most of them were farmers
, and were excused so they could con
, tinue their farm wof k.
RIVERS ANB NIRBORS
MONEY BEING SPENT
About $40,000,000 of the
Sum Appropifated by Con
gress Has Already Been
Alloted.
s ■
Washington, April 25 <By the Asso
ciated Press K —About $40,000,000 of
tlie $50,580,000 appropriated by Con
gress over the protests of the budget
bureau for improvement of rivers and
harbors, already been allotted by Sec
retary Weeks, and.the remainder will
lie distributed among various-projects
later. The budget director had rec
ommended an appropriation of only
$17,000,000 and it has been intiinnted
that might hold the
expenditure to that figure,
i The allotments already made in
clude :
I Waterway Norfolk Va., to Beaufort
| Inlet. N. „C„ $400,000: Mehriti River.
N. C„ $2,000; Pamlico and Tar Rivers,
X. ('.. $12,000; NefJfee River, N. C„
j $12.000; Waterway connections Core
, Sound and Beaufort Harbor, N.
$30,000; Cape Fear River, N. C„ at
and below Wilmington, $200,000, above
Wilmington $12,000; Northeast- River
$3,000; Black River, N. C„ $2,000.
THE COTTON MARKET
[ Opened Firm at an Advance of 5 to 38
Points on Stilly Cables.
(By the
New York, April 25. —-The cotton
market opened firm at an advance of
5 to 38 points on relatively steady ca
bles, and an unfavorable weather map,
and rumors that trade interests in
j tended to take up the first May no
; tices. The latter was estimated at
; 7,600 bales, and May contracts were
] well enough taken to cause some in
crease in the premium over July dur
j ing the early trading,
j May contracts fluctuated, between
[ 28.15 and 28,25; while July sold up to
'27,25 and October to 24.80, or about 20
. to 33 points inet higher.
I Cotton futures opened firm: May
28.25; July 27.15; October 24.75; De
cember 24.25; January 24.00.
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THREE MEN PUT TO
j DEATH IN IRELAND
! Free State Takes Lives of Three Men
j Who Were Fighting Against It.
I Tralee. Ireland, April 25 (Bv the As
]sociated Press). —Richard' Hatheway,
James McEnry, and John Greaney
, were executed here today by tlie Free
| State authorities.
! Hatheway was a deserter from a
regiment and was captured in a recent
seige of a cave in which a band of ir
regulars was holding out.
Thomaxville Telephone Company In
creases Rates.
(Hr the Associated Freni*.)
| Raleigh, April 25.—Increased rates
I of 75 cents each on special line busi
-1 ness telephones, 50 cents each on du
plex line telephone lines, and 25 cents
each on special line residence plumes,
all monthly charges, today were au
thorized for the Thomasville Tele
phone Company by tlie State Corpora
tion Commission. The town officials
and business men approved {lie in
erea se.
' Mr. William A. S. Shaw, Jr., of Char
lotte, spent several hours In the city
today on business.
highest entrance fee.
“Your payments to America nre the
cheapest insurance any country could
have,” responded Ambassador Harvey.
“I would like to sec Germany or any
other power attack England now.”
“Wo have got the money in the bank
over here,” concluded the ambassa
dor, amid applause.
Colonel Harvey deplored what be
tenmed the British tendency to refuse
to co-operate ecbnomically with Amer
ica, and cited Incidents where Ameri
can manufacturing products were not
welcomed in England, merely because
they were American. He then paid
emphatic tribute to England for her
wonderful recovery during the first
few years, saying it was a mistake to
refer to “old England” and assuring
his hearers that “England is only a
middle aged country, and never more
1 solid, never more steady and confident
than today; all that is necessary Is to
I give a leg-up to the bulwark of tlie
: j country—the middle classes.”
YVINEUOFF SCHOOL CLOSES
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR
Closing Exercises Began "Last Week
and Were ('cue luded Monday
Night.
The Wineroff High chool closed this
year's session on last Monday night,
April 23rd, with the class day and
I graduating exercises. Thp class of
1’23 .has five members and 'they took
part in tlie evening exercises as fol
lows :
President's Address —Leroy Uinlier
her.
Class History—Annie Cline Burn
liardt.
Class Poem—Gillon Lee Fisher.
Class Prophecy—Ada Rebecca Cas
tor.
Last Will and Testament—Brad
Houston Stroud. *
Valedictorian—Annie Cline Barn
ha rdt.
New features of flic commencement
Ithis year were the awarding of an et
jiicienc.v prize .offered by Mrs. j). B.
Castor to her room, and won by Ruth
I Umlierger and Clinron Hartsell: and
the awarding of a gold medal to
Frank Litaker, offered the High School
h.v Mr. R. I). Goodman : and the award
ing of a gold medal in recitation to Es
telle Ezzell, given to the High School
by Mr. H. A. Scott.
Twenty certificates for perfect at
tendance were awarded to pupils in
this school, notwithstanding the epi
demics. These were awarded with
appropriate words by Prof. Robertson.
Rev. T. X, Lifwrence made the lit
erary address on "Service as the
Measure of Success.” His address was
pointed and practical and thoroughly
enjoyed.
The school (luring tiie year has made
several valuable improvements, and
among these was the installation of a
new electric lighting system. These
were used to good effect during com
mencement.
Winecoff takes special pride, both in
the number of young people it now has
in college and the number of young
people it Ras had to graduate from
college in the last few years.
Monday evening’s program marked
tlie close of another good year's work
done at Winecoff.
COTTON LAW TALKED
AT CHARLOTTE MEET.
New Cotton Standards Law Outlined
by Representatives of Government. I
Charlotte, April 24.—Cotton spin-,
ners, merchants and besiness men in
general from! a radius of 50 miles
were here today to attend a confer
ence at the Chamber of Commerce be
tween representatives of the bureau
of markets of tlie department of ag
riculture at Washington and cot
ton manufacturers, merchants and
growers, on tlie new cotton standards
law which becomes effective August:
Ist.
The speakers spoke exhaustively
upon The iUbjWts'"up ftu' discussion.
The representatives from tlie Wash
ington bureau were R. 8. Tenny and
A. IV. Palmer. The conference was
inaugurated at 1 o’clock with a lcnch- !
eon at the Chamber of Commerce. t
Also present, as speakers, were W, It. .
Meadwos, T. W. Tanner, in charge
of the local office, and D. M. Jones, of
Gastonia, representing tlie American
Cotton Manufactures’ Association.
The new cotton standards law is
compulsory, and the purpose of this
conference was to have government
officials confer -with the spinners and
others concerned: in onier to advise
them' of the regulations and to secure
their advice and counsel in framing of
such additional r rules as tlie situation
may require.
■ After August 1 all cotton shipped
must lie in accordance wifli the new
standards and all Dills of lading, ware
house receipts, insurance contracts,
shipping domtments. newspaper and
private quotations by grade, invoices
and other documents must he stated
in terms thermit'. Similar confer
ences will he held in Spartanburg and
Greenville.
Want Money for Preachers’ Families.
St. Lotus, April 25, —Plans for the
raising of a $10,000,000 endowment
fund for superannuated ministers, the
widows and orphans of minister of
the Methodist Episcopal Clinuoh,
South, will he presented to each of the
thirty-eight annual conferences of the
church for approval this year, it was
announced today by the Board of Fi
nance of the Clmrch which concluded
a yieeting here.
Mrs. Chapman Killed When Auto
Turns Over.
Durham, April 24. —Mrs. J. J. Chap
man. of Keokuk, lowa, was instantly
killed this afternoon about 4 o’clock
at Bullock, on the national highway,
ten miles from Oxford, and her bus
band, .1. J. Chapman, a prominent
western hanker, was dangerously in
jured, when the car in which they
were riding and operated by Mrs.
Chapman plunged into an embankment.
It is believed that Mrs. Chapman lost
control of the automobile and was un
able to right it before tlie crash came.
Harding Prepared to Fight For
His International Court Plans
(By tbe A««odated Pr•»»«.)
Washington, April 25. —Having plac
ed before the country liis reasons for
advocating American membership to
the International Court. President
Hurtling returned to bis desk today
prepared to argue out the differences
over tlie issue which have arisen among
republican lenders.
Among supporters and oppcrfients of
the idea alike, the President’s address
in New York yesterday at a luncheon
of the Associated Press was regarded
ns an unequivocal reaffirmation of Ills
stand in favor of the membership pro
posal he laid before the Senate at the
last session. Senators and others who
have opposed It have been in confer
ence here for several days, and it was
indicated today that no opportunity
NEGRO EXODUS (UTS
PLANTING IN’ SOUTH
Government Survey Shows Big Migra
tion of Farm Workers to North.
Washington, Apri. 4—lA general
movement of Southern negro tanners
to Northerrn industrial , Centres,
where high wages are obtainable, is
inicated in a special survey of farm
ing districts in the Soutli made by the
Department of Agriculture.
Unprofitable cotton growing, due to
ball weevil conditions, unrest among
returned, negro troops, who ex
perienced more attractive living con
ditions away from farms during and
after the war, and the breakdown of
the contract labor system are cited in
the report, made public today, as con
tributory causes of the migration.
Approximately 13 per cent., or 32,-
000, of the total number of negro
farm-hands in Georgia is estimated to
have moved North (luring the Jast
twelve months, and the movement
continues, although crops for me
present season are already started.
A large abandopment of acreage-is
reported, and tlie labor shortage is
expected to be a major factor in
limiting acreage this season. The
situation in Georgia is declared to be
much worse than that prevailing
generally.
From South Carolina about 22,750
negro farmers, or about 3 per cent, of
the total negro farm population, have
departed.
The movement from Florida is es
timated at about 2 per cent, on negroes
living in or near farming communi
ties.
Alabama reports that approximate
ly 3 1-2 per cent, of Us negro farmers
has moved North since the last crop
season.
Arkansas shows a movement of
about 15,000 negro farmers, or about
3 1-2 per cent, of the negro tarm
population.
Movement from Kentucky has Deen
very s-mall, and from Missouri, North
Carolina and Oklahoma no migration
is reported.
Louisiana reports an exodus of
about 1 per cent., Tennessee about 4,-
500 negro farmers, since April, 1922,
while in Texas tlie farm labor situa
tion apparently is not so serious as in
the Eastern cotton-growing States. .
HOME ECONOMICS PROGRAM
To Make Extension Enlargement Dur
ing 1923-1924.
Raleigh, April 25. —The program for
home economics during the school year
1923-1924 involves extensive enlarge
ment of our evening home economics
work, in addition to the steady devel
opment of tlie day school program, ac
cording to an announcement by T. E.
Brown, state supervisor of vocational
education.
“Tlie state Ixiard for vocational edu
cation* is anxious to extend the ser
vices of tiie division to. as many of'
tlie housekeepers and mature young
women, out of school as possible,” lie
said,
“In order to do this, it is planned
to put on four local full time teachers
of evening home, economics classes
who will devote their energies to the
giving of home maying courses to
groups of women desiring this special
instruction. In addition to tlie four
local teachers, there probably will be
one or two itinerant teachers who will
go from place to place in the state,
giving short unit courses in various
honiemakiiig subjects to meet the
needs of the groups of women apply
ing- *;
“The federal funds appropriated to
the state of North Carolina for home
econothies education will lie used
largely for this particular phase of
tiie work.”
Find Cows Grazing on “Brick-Paved
Streets."
New York, April 4.—Cows were
grazing on what had been represented
as brick-paved streets in glowing ad
vertisements of Muscle Shoals land
development. George N. Morgan, a rep
resentative of the Better Business
bureau, testified today at a trial of
charges of defrauding investors lodged
against Howell, and Carves, real es
tate promoters.
Morgan described a visit lie had paid
land near tlie United States nitrate
plant in Alabama last February, when
lie was accompanied by Postoffice In
spector Suggs.
‘ He testified that in other spots des
ignated as streets were swamps, sur
rounded by woods.
The play which was to have been
given at the Pitts schoolliouse on April
30th. has been indefinitely postponed
on account of sickness in the families
of some of those who were to take
part in the play. Announcement as to
the changed date will lie made later.
Reuben Utley, who lias been a mem
ber of our carrier force for several
years, now lias a position in the of
fice before and after school hours. He
will work regularly after the high
school closes.
would lie found in the near future to
make known dearly at the White
House the reasons on which objec
tions to the President's course'are bas
ed.
Meantime, all the lenders were spar
ing in tlieir predictions of just what
the Heterrninntion of the administra
tion would mean in the end. Most- of
them still were studying the phrase
ology, of the New York address, and
they were unwilling to express an opin
ion*4mtil they had advised themselves
more fully.
The President's formal appointment
list for the day Included a number of
Senators, but it was thought most of
the expected conferences over the
court issue would be postponed until
later in the week.
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NO. 97.
YOUNG WOMAN SENDS
IN TO DEATH WITH
A FREE CONSCIENCE
Citizeness Anna Gluzman,
Presiding Judge of Moscow
District Court, Sentences
25 Men to Death.
SENTENCES GOOD
FOR HER NATION
Says She Has Not Lost Mo
ment’s Sleep or Been Trou
bled by Her Conscience
Because of Executions.
Moscow, April 2.1. (By the Asso
ciated Press). —Citizeness Anna dust
man. the 23-year-old presiding judge
of Moscow District Court, who a few
days ago sentenced seven men to deatli
for robbery,, informed the Associated
Press correspondent today that she
had imposed the death penalty on
about twenty-five persons since Feb
ruary, and bad not lost a moment's
sleep or been troubled by her con
science because of them.
Asked how as a woman «he felt
when doomed men were shot,fshe re
plied that the question of individual
lives could have no consideration when
crimes against the safety of the state
and the public were involved. She
would administer justice according to
tln> law of evidence, though she tried
to temper her decision with mercy
when possible.
With a cigarette held firmly between
tight lips, and the fire of an enthusiast
in her brown eyes, the girl judge
spoke of her court experiences. She
is slim and short, hut not at all pret
ty: her brown wavy hair is bobbed,
and parted on the side like a man’s:
her jaw is stern. Dressed as she was
today Citizeness Gluzman might, have
posed as a typical woman communist;
SUPREMACY IN COTTON
PRODUCTION THREATENED
W. L. Clayton Delivers Warning Be
fore Meeting of Associations of Cot
ton Manufactures.
(By the A »isoelate«t Presa.l
Providence, R. 1., April 25.—The
supremacy of this ■country in cotton
production is threatened said W. I/.
Clayton, of Houston, Texas, in an ad
dress prepared for delivery at the con
vention of National Association of
Cotton Manufacturers here today.
To maintain it, he asserted, the es
sential things are elimination of the
present "dumping system" whereby "a
commodity is forced on the market in
five months which ran only be con
sumed in 12 months:” effective con
trol of tt»e boll weevil and the inven
tion of a simple practical cotton pick
ing machine.
“Thirfy-oent cotton,” he said, “ia a
powerful stimulant to production in
other countries. If during this pe
riod of high prices these other coun
tries succeed in getting their produc
tion policies well underway it will not
he easy for America to compete.”
IS GERMANY WARRANTED
* ‘ IN MAKING PROPOSALS?
This One of the Perplexing Questions
Now Before the German Chancellor.
Berlin. April 25 (By the Associated
Press). —Whether Germany is war
wanted in coining forward with a rep
arations offer in view of her internal
financial situation is one of the ques
tions perplexing Chancellor Cuno and
his cabinet, according to well inform
ed political circles.
The ■ government is represented as
being desirous of showing accommodat
ing attitude in response to Lord Cur
zon’s recent appeal to Germany to
make the first move for the settlement,
if Herr Cuno decides to fix a figure
which in his opinion and that of the
cabinet members and reichstag lead
ers would actively promote objective
discussion with the entente political
circles believe that it will be largely
in deference to the "psychological at
mosphere" created by Lord Curzon's
remark in the House Os Lords.
Fox “Monte Cristo” is Hailed as a
Masterpiece.
One of the several big William Fox
productions being shown this year, is
"Monte Cristo." by Alexandre Dumas.
It is to lie shown here at the Piedmont
Theatre today and- tomorrow. John
Gilbert and Estelle' Taylor head the
all-star cast of this famous play. It is
said to he one of the most dramatic
screen productions ever produced.
Certainly the original story contains
a large number of dramatic momens.
Many African' natives consider cas
tor oil the sweetest perfume in the
world. s
“MONTE
CRJSTO”
A Fox Superspecial
The immortal tale of adven
ture,, mystery and revenge, from
the pen of Alexander Dumas
Piedmont Theatre
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