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VOLUME XXIII
POINCARE'S SPEECH
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French Premier Had Already
Prepared Address Deliv
ered Sunday Before Eng
land Mate Latest Proposal.
SITUATION IS NOT
TO BE CHANGED
Until British Note is Re
ceived by France—Copy of
Reply to Be Sent to the
United States. (
(By tk« Amortatwl Press.)
Paris, .Till) 1 iff;—(By the- Associated-
Press).—Premier Poincare's address at
Sen Its yesterday was a- mere reiteration
I of tlie French government's policy and
was not intended as a reply to recent
■ reparations speech of Prime Minister
■ Baldwin, it was explained in official cir
-1 " cles here today. The entire address.
with the exception of a few paragraphs,
were written before the Premier spoke.
B it was said.
It is considered in official circles, it
was added, .that the situation between
■ Great Britain nnd France up to the time
!■ the promised British note is received
will he exactly the same as that obtain
ing since last January.
Speech Not Accepted Favorably.
London, July Mi (I’y the Associated
Press).' —British hopes of assuming the
allied leadership in the negotiations for
a reparations settlement with Germany
are considered here to have had a seri
ous setback during the week-end by rea
son of the speech which Premier Poin
care of Frame, delivered at Senlix Sun
day. 'Nevertheless the British officials
who returned to Downing Street early
today .to resume the task of drafting a
reply to the latest German offer were
not so sure that the situation was as
gloomy as the news from Paris seemed
tq indicate.
Tlie British attitude as reflected in of
ficial circles is that the least said about
the Poincare address, the better. It is
recognized that the atmosphere of the
War Memorial unveiling was. not a suit
able one for the announcement of any
change in French policies, »ird the fact
that Premier Poincare merely reaffirmed
them Ifny stronger
istaction and encouragement.
The British, it 1* indicated, will pro
ceed with the work of drafting the note
to be submitted to the allies and the
United States, just us if M. Poincare had
uot spokeu hia mind.
WILL SEND REPLY TO
THE UNITED STATES
• British Reply t» German Reparations
Note Will Be Sent to American Gov
ernment-
London, July Ml (By the Associated
Press). —Prime Minister Baldwin an
nounced in the House of Commons that
he would communicate to the United
States for its information the draft of
the reply he was preparing to the Ger
man reparations note. Mr. Baldwin's
statement was made to J. Ramsay Mac-
Donald, the leader of the labor opposi
tion, ill reply to the latter's question'.
In reply to Commander Jos. Keuwor
thy, another questioner, the Prime Min
ister said the recent German note on
reparations was added to the United
States and allied governments, but there
had been no recent conversation* between
representatives of the British and the
I'. 8. Government in regard to repara
tions or the present Euro|»ean situation.
PREPARING FOR HARD
CONTEST IN COURT
The Trial* of Mike Lawsoh, Jolui
Hedgepeth and Jule Brogden Will Be
t gin Tomorrow. ,
(By the *— clatefi Press.) •
Lumberton, July Ml—Attorneys and
court attaches are preparing for one of
the longest fought and hardest legal bat
tle in history of the county when Mike
Lawson, John Hedgepeth and Jule Brog
deiv face trial tomorrow on charges of
barratry and kidnapping arising from
the aUeged flogging of Mrs. Mary Wat
son aiVl Mrs. Hattie I’lirvis at Proctor
ville last April.
Each side has arrayed imposing legal
forces and upward of 50 witnesses has
been summoned.
The recent arrest of H. L. Taliaferro,
alleged Ku Klux Klan agent has added
i a sensational touch to the affair.
ctfna Turning to Intensive Farming.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington,/- July 16.—A remarkable
development, of intensive agriculture In
China is shown by a special study of
farming in that country, just completed
by the department of agriculture.
China has more than 59,000,000
farmers who, With their families, com
prise 80 to 90 per cent, of the nation’s
total population. Os a total area of
omer than 2,000,0000,000 acres of land,
nbout 212,000,000 acres are under cul
tivation, including 63,000,000 acres of
wet lands used chiefly for. rice produc
tion, aud 16,000,000 acres of grundetis
und fruit orchards.
China ranks first among agricultural
countries in the production of rice, tea*
silk, say beans and grain sorghums, the
report says, and ia second only to the
United States in tobacco and possibly
in wheat production also. On the av
erage Cffiina produces more cotton for
commercial use ' than ■ Egypt and, in
cluding production for local üße, nearly
as much as British India.
.
-i Mr. and Mrs. J. M; Culrlensure have
renamed from * riffit to relatives at Co
lumbia. 8. C.
pas Concord Daily Tribune
HEAVY RAIN VISITED THE
CITY SATURDAY EVENING
Was First Real Electrical Bterm of Year.
—Certain Parts of. County Also Had
Rain.
Concord had its first real electrical
storm of the summer Saturday night,
nnd while no. serious damage is reported
i in the city as a result of the storm, some
damage was suffered by the telephone
compnnj and the eity's electric company,
jin certain parts of the county damage
I to crops was -reported ns a result of the
water.
The downfall of rain in Concord was
tlie heaviest in many weeks. Beginning
shortly after 7 o'clock the rain fell in
sheets for some time. A slight let-up
occurred, and then the downpour be
came more violent ana continued until
after 10 o'clock.
Several severe crashes of lightning
caused many people to think their resi
dences or nearby houses bad been struek,
but so far as reported only one home was
damaged by the lightning. The eity's
lighting system was put out of commis
sion in several parts of the city, however,
aud linemen spent most of the night re-'
paiding the lines. Several downtown
stores were thrown in darkness when one
line in the business section was put out
of commission by the lightning.
One farmer liviij*, between Concord
and Salisbury, in the) northeastern part
of the county, declared the water caused
some damage to crops in his section.
Corn fields were badly washed in some
sections, and cotton was also slightly
damaged by the downpour and also by
running water caused by the rains.
S<one telephones in the city were put
out’ of commission during the storm, but
only slight damage as a whole was suf
fered by the telephone comp Any.
Cooler weather which usually follows
a severe electrical storm was conspicu
ous here Saturday night and yesterday
by its absence. There was only a slight
drop in the temperature immediately fol
lowing the storm Saturday night, ami
the temperature yesterday was about as
high as Saturday's.
DELINQUENT GROUPS
FAVOR EASY LIFE
Too Little Sleep. Too Much Play, Not
Enough Study. Too Much Leisure.
Evanston, lnd., July Ml.—Too little
sleep, too much play, not. enough study,
too much leisure: fast eating and diver
sified thinking are factors that devitalize
students and are responsible for the "de
linquent groups" found in every univer
sity. according to a report made public
by Professor Delton Thomas Howard, of
Northwest University.
In Northwestern alone, out of 1,635
students in the college of liberal arts.
Professor Howard has found a "delin
quent group" of 256 composed of 166
men and 9!) women. In other words,
he points out 16 out of every 100 stu
dents do not ("pass." But delinquency
Hdt-v Wtr hanh l«ok of h.
telligenee, the professor found.
“No result of our study.” the North
western professor Writes, “is more signifi
cant ami interesting than the discovery
that tlie average intelligence of the so
called delinquent group is quite as high
ns that of the general student-body.”
Students found to be delinquent, are
pnt on probation at Northwestern and
have to make good or be dropped from
the roster.
“The probationers,” the investigator
reports, “devote more time as a whole,
by their own confessions, to- athletics,
social activities, outside work, leisure,
than do the freshmen; less time to sleep,
campus activities, meals, classes nnd
studies."
Among the total group of men inter
viewed, 15 were though to be hnndi
eapped by “mental immaturity.” Com
menting on this Professor Howard re
marks :
"There are boys who have, for the
most part, been reared under easy cir
cumstances and who have never been
required to view life seriously. Such
students have n distinctly childish atti
tude towards their classroom work, have
no intellectual interests, no definite am
bitions ,no sense, of responsibility. -In
most of these cases, as might be ex
pected. high school preparation has been
superficial and inadequate.”
Illness, family troubles, and financial
worries are among other causes leading
to students being put on probation.
Professor Howard drew attention to
the comparatively high percentage of
delinquent students, using his figures
to illustrate the serious situation in
American University life today.
Twenty-nine Dally Afternoon Papers
and Ten Morning in the State.
Raleigh, July 15.—Twenty-nine daily r
afternoon papers are published in North
Carolina and 10 daily morning papers.
One hundred and sixty-four weeklies,
26 semi-weeklies, two tri-weeklies. 86
monthly publications, six semi-monthly,
13 quarterly, and two annual publica
tions bring the total publications of the
state *to 288.
In 1804, 219 publications were issued
in the state. Eight of these were
morning dailies and 13 afternoon dailies,
the balnnee being divided among the
the other types of publications.
In 1001 the combined circulation of
all publications was 612,230. In 1922
it had Increased to 1,421,482.
The circulation increase of the morn
ing dailies for the past decade was 120
per cent, and that of the afternoon dail
ies 82 per cent.
The value o{ plants owned by the pub
lishers themselves in 1922 was $3,414,-
440 with an annual payroll of $2,885,-
267 to 1,750 persons.
Eighty newspapers and periodicals
are printed by contract.
Two hundred and forty t.vpsettiiig ma
chines are in operation in the newspaper
shops of the state.
Reformed Church Clasais to Boy Salis
bury Normal.
l Salisbury,-July 15. —The North Caro
ling Clasais of tha Reformed Church, at
la special meeting held in Salisbury, de
cided to buy without delay the property
of the Salisbury Normal and Industrial
Institute.to which school property it is
proposed to more Catawba College from
Ndwton. The school will be raised to
W A grade college and Will open in Ha
.'■kw quarters for the 1924 session.
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, JULY 16, 1923.
MUSSOLINI IS GIVEN
VOTEOFCONFIDECE
ON ELECTORAL BILL
Bill Will Change Manner in
Which Hie Members of the
Chamber of Deputies Are
to Be Elected by People.
PREMIER GIVEN
MARGIN OF 163
Made Fiery Speech, as is His
Wont, and His Speech
Was . Greeted by Depdties
and Visitors in Galleries.
Rome, July 16.. —(By the Associated
Dress).—Amid scenes rarely enacted 1
Premier Mussolini last night won a vote
of confidence from the Chamber of Depu
ties, with a margin of 163 votes, on his
electoral reform bill.
Before the vote was taken lie had
angered the deputies in his accustomed
style. His fiery address was punctu r
ated with outbursts of applause both
from the benches nnd the galleries. The
emotional wave swept his autitors into
stormy and wild demonstration. The
'vote was 303 to 140, seven not vot
ing.
The bill changes the system under
which the present chamber is chosen,
abolishing the plan of proportional rep
resentation, nnd giving the party receiv
ing the most votes two-thirds of 865
scuts in the chamber. While the pro
oortioual system would end, ns now used
it would still apply to the minority par
ties. The effect is to make one con
stituency instead of 55 out of the entire
country.
SUTAINING POSITIONS
ASKED FOR THE DEAF
Mr. Robertson Appeals to the Pastors
of All Churches in the State.
(By (he Associated Press.)
Raleigh. N. C„ July 15.—. T. M. Rob
ertson. Chief of the Bureau for the Deaf
of the State Department of Labor and
Printing has sent letters to the pastors
of all churches in the state asking their
assistance in solving the problem rtf plac
ing deaf persons in "sustaining posi
tions."
"You have employers of various classes
under your charge,"-paid Mr. Robertson
'« os..*»/teer*fb rtie ministers. you
kindly get them Interested in and willing
to employ the deaf? Many of the em
ployers know nothing about the deaf
aud, therefore, are afraid they cannot us<
them to advantage. You know deaf
people are handicapped in some ways
but they can do many tilings us welt ai
their more fortunate workers.,
"It is a deplorable practice on tin
part of some employers who hire deal
persons', on finding them inefficient, t<
discharge them on the assumption that
they represent the dead as a class. It
is manifestly unfair to appraise the
qualifications of tlie deaf as a whole by
the short-comings of a few. This prac
tiee entails unnecessary hardships on the
deaf.
“Please impress upon your members
the fact that one unsatisfactory deaf
person does not represent the deaf peo
ple as a whole. Furthermore that the
deaf dislike to be given employment for
charity's sake. All they ask is a fail
show. Ask employers to exercise pa
tience in handling the deaf on giving
them work, considering the handicaps
this dass of employees have to overcome.
As a rule the deaf are quick; to take
hold of new work and with a little time
and effort, can master the tasks assigned
them nnd soon give good service.
"You can be of great help to this Bu
reau. By arousing in your membership
and congregation a sympathetic interest
iu and an understanding of the deaf
i you will-help put me in better position t<
make employers more willing to listen
when I call on them, in the interest of
the deaf workers.”
Mr. Robertson calls attention to tht
fact that the 14th census of the United
States showed that the deaf-mute popu
lation of the country is engaged iu agri
culture, forestry ami animal husbandry
extraction of minerals, manufacturing
and mechanical industries, transporta
tion. trade. Public Service, professional
I service, domestic and personal service
> and clerical occupations.
?
PHILIPPINE POLITICS
ARE WAXING WARMER
AU Departmental Secretaries Except
One Are Said to Have Sent in Their
Resignations.
(By tkc Associated Press.)
Manila. July 16 (By the Associated
Press). —Political differences in the Phil
ippines, reopened yesterday with the res
ignation of Secretary of the Interior J.
P. Laurel, waxed warmer today, when,
according to reports in official -circles.
I all other departmental secretaries except
Vico Governor GHknore, notified! Gov
ernor-General Leonard Wood of their in
tention to quit.
Home Made Invention for Poisoning the
Weevils.
Monroe, July 14.—While the farm
demonstration agents from all over
Piedmont and central North Carolina
were gathered on the court house lawn
Wednesday, Randolph Redfearu, a Mon
roe citizen, created quite a bit of interest
by exhibiting a boll weevil destroyer of
hia own invention.
The outfit consists of a barrel with
pump attachment placed on a cart from
which calcium arsenate-molasses mix
ture is sprayed over three rows of cot
ton at a time, making it easy to cover
1 a large field within a short time. The
/invention appears to work perfeetjy and
may come into geueral use in spraying
With the molasses-arsenate mixture.
INTERESTING ITEMS ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA.
(By the Associated Press).
During the last twelve years the furniture industry has
grown to be one of the most important in the State. In
1010 -there were 83 factories in the State; today there are
107. '
The value of the output of these mills in 1910 was sll,-
'232,000 annually, in 021-22, the value was 330,288,761.
Guilford, Davidson and Caldwell counties lead in this
industry while the city of High Point is the acknowledged
center of th4 industry in the State.
In 1910 the total number of wage earners emploved by ’
the industry-was 6,383; today there are 8,697. The wage
scale has kept pace with the industry for it has advanced 89
per cent, duiing the decade.
Capital fivested in the manufactories in 1910 was $3,-
283,2 )6 and in 1922 had increased to $6,525,10%.
The annual payroll a decade ago was $1,618,150 while
in 1921-1922 it amounted to $5,467,614.
■Wages in these plants are paid weekly and semi
monthly.
7 PASSENGERS HURT
IM ELEVATED »
Two Coaches Were Tele
scoped and Crushed When
Train Crashed Into Car of
an Empty Subway Train.
(By the Anwlalnl Press.)
New York. July 16.—Two wooden |
loaches of a crowded elevated train !
.vere telescoped and crashed, injuring sev- 1
■n passengers today when it crashed in- :
to the rear of an empty subway train |
n the Bronx.
The collision occurred opposite the
interborough parking yards where tlie
derated aud subway trains travel on the
iverlieail structure.
Transportation company officials at- J
tributed the accident to the failure of
he switchmen to move the subway train |
■vhich was being groomed for its first
morning run, and to rain which caused |
h> brakes of the elevated to slip when [
he motorman rounding a • curve, was
•onfronted by the standing train.
JGHTNING STRIKES TWICE
JN THE VERY SAME PLACE j
Severe Electrical Storm Play* an Un- j
usual Prank at a Home Near Hen-;
deaon. •*■(- - # j
Henderson. July 14.—Since the mem- 1
iry of man runneth not to the contrary j
t has been said that lightning never •
(trikes twice in the same place, but this
las just been disproved.
During a severe electrical storm last j
week. Rennie Farrell was killed by |
ightning when it struck the home of his |
father in Warren county, 12 miles north I
>f this city.
Young Jarrell was standing at a screen |
loor when lie was killed. The lightning ■
Turned a big hole in the screen door and
Mr®. Jarrell covered the opening with
•loth a few days ago.
This afternoon another terrific electric
storm visited this section and a bolt of
ightning struck the screen door of the
larrcll home, setting fire to the cloth
vhich had been placed in the hole creat
'd when Bennie Jarrell was killed.
Mr. and Mrs. Jarrell canje to Hen-.
lerson today declaring they would not
•eturn to the house until they had found
(omething to safeguard them from
ightning.
THE COTTON. MARKET
Was Irregular and Unsettled Today Dur
ing the Early Trading.
(By the Associated Press.)
New York, July Mi.—The cotton mar
ket-was irregular and unsettled durinb
oday's early trading. The early weath
er news i/id not indicate any actual
'weak in the southwestern drought, bn! !
here was a prospect for showers which j
>vidently rendered the market a little
nore sensitive to tlie poor Liverpool i
■nbles. As a result the market opened |
rnrely steady at a decline of 25 to 31
mints, and the active positions sold |
ibout 33 to 37 points net lower during
he early trading.
Cotton futures opened fairly steady,
luly 27.00; Oct. 28.90; Dec. 23.40;
Tail. 23. 14; March 23.08.
Would Call a Halt on Summer Furs. I
Washington, July 16.—Fashion's de-!
cree that women shall wear furs the
year round has aroused great apprehen
sion among naturalists, says a bulletin
of the National Georgraphie Society,
whose officials believe that some of the
inimals that are abundant today may
soon be in the clas of the auk and the
dodo.
“It is only by educating the Atherican
nublic to the need for periods of protec
tion for these animals,” the bulletin
mys, “that we will be able to preserve
one of the country's most valuable as
-iet»_ for the enjoyment and pr.ofit of fu
ture generations.”
Recently the society sent an expedi
tion to nn island off the coast of Lower
California to try to find specimens of |
'he great seal colonies which used to
inhabit the islund, but not ft single ani
mal was seen.
It has been estimated that America
spends yearly $100,000,000 for fur gar
ments, and the society declares that the
beaver, marten, skunk, muskrat and
other animals are not only paying with
their lives, but with the threatened ex
tinction of their kind. ■ (
Indict 22 Men.
Chicago, July 16. —Twenty-two men
'were named in indictments returned by
a federal grand jury here today charged
with conspiracy to transport 1,000 cases
os liquor from the Old Grand Dad dis
tillery at Louisville, Ky., in September
IliSluiOß
In London It is Reported the
Ship Will Carry Liquors
For Her Guests on Trip
to America.
Loudon, July 1G (By the Associated
Ureas). —Ronald McNeill. Parliamentary
foreign under secretary, told a question
er in the House of Commons today that
he had no information regarding a re
l>ort that the American steamship Levia
than had contracted in Great Britain
to take <tu board liquor for her return
voyage to the United States, but said
he would make inquiries. So far as lie
is aware, it would not be a breach of
American law. as suggested by the ques
tioner for the United States ships to
take liquor on board, for consumption on
the high seas.
The portion of the question to which
the under secretary replied came from
Sir William Uavison. conservative from
Kensington, who asked whether the Le
viathan *‘in breach of American muni
cipal law, had contracted ih Britain to
take aboard large quantities of spiritous
liquors for consumption on the return
journey tq the United States xq she
would handicapped in oompetiyp
for passengers with British ships** "
KLAN OFFICERS HOLDING
MEETING IN ASHEVILLE
For First Time Women of Klan Auxil
iary, Are Attending the Meeting of
Officers.
(By the Associated Preaa.)
Asheville. N. I'.. July 16.—With Dr.
H. W. Evan, and other imperial officers
of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
present, a three days' conference be
tween the Grand Dragon and Great Tit
ans of the Invisible Empire opened here
today.
The conference is attended only by
file men at the head of the Klan in- the
various states of the country, about forty
states being represented.
This is the first important conference
of Knights of the Ku Klux Klan at
which the women of the Ku Klux Klan
recently chartered as a Klan auxiliary,
have been represented. Mrs. Lula Mark
well. of Little Rock. Ark., grand com
mander of the Women of the Ku Klux
Klan and her official staff are present.
The conference, which under the new
constitution and by-laws, adopted at At
lanta last November, is the annual affair,
is the first of its kind to be held.
Plans for the activities of the Knights
of the Kit Klux Klan in the various
realms of the Invisible Empire (luring
the coming year will be discussed in de
rail at the sessions, all of which are ex
ecutive.
NUMBER ARE REPORTED
KILLED IN EPLOSION
Several Buildings Damaged. Also. When
| Artillery Ammunition Near Belgrade
Explode*.
(By tlie Associated Press.)
Belgrade, July l(i. —A number of, per
sons are reported to have been killed
I and others iujured aud considerable dam
age caused to buildings, through the ex
j plosion yesterday of a large depot of ar-
I tillery ammunition at Krnguyevatz, 60
axiles southeast of Belgrade. The dis
aster proved to have been due to spon
taneous combustion.
With Our Advertisers.
Cline's Pharmacy will give $5.00 to
the person writing the best letter sug
gesting the ways this store ean serve
the public better, $2.50 for the second
best and SI.OO each for the next two
best letters. See particulars in the new
ad. today,
The July Clearance Sale at Fisher's
is now on. and will run through July 31.
C. H. Barrier & Co. have a nice lot of
Peach Bloom seed Irish potatoes which
they are selling at $1.75 a bushel.
| Tlie Ritchie Hardware Company thinks
it is an injustice to close their store on
Thursday afternoon. Instead this store
as in favor of early Saturday night clos
ing. See ad.
You can get the highest njensure of
safety for your important paper's, etc.,
in the "loss-proof” vault of the Citizens
Bank and Trust Co,
Chambers' Fireless Gas Range cooks
with the gas turned off. See ad. in this
paper.
Rev. Mr. Causey Resign*.
Salisbury, July 14.—Rev. W. H.
Causey, who came here from Wood
stock, Va., last December to become pas
tor of First Reformed Church, has re-,
signed that pastorate and will return
Ito Vorginin:
'COMMISSION SAYS FRENCH *
BATTLE SCARS ARE VANISHING
France Is Making a Magnificent Effort
| to Restore the Ravages of War.
i . Loudon. July Hi—France of today,
like the France of 1873, is making ' a
magnificent effort by hard work to re
store the ravages, of war, r
an official report of the Brl tA Libra 1
ment of-Overseas Trade. T: ( IS
I the work of the Commercial Counsellor
of the British Embassy in Paris, .1. R.
, Cahail, and is painstaking and exhaust
, ive. The general conclusions of the re
port are:
i The present economic position of
France is strong.
| Her industrial pophlation is fully em
ployed. and her. output is most fieids of
production is only limited by shortage
of man-power.
i The industrial reconstruction of the
devastated areas is fast approaching
completion.
Tile report states that the destroyed or
damaged coal mines are increasing their
output with improved technical equip
ment. The great woolen and cotton
works are kept going to tile full extent
of the labor at their disposal. The great
agricultural areas of wheat and beet
root, the chief crops of northern France,
will soon aiqiroximate the pre-war areas.
Ports, waterways, railways, and roads
have been and are being improved. Wat
er power, the report continues, is being
systematically turned to account. New
resources in ores, coal, potash, and oil
have been developed. There has been
advance in industrial organization in a
marked fashion in the chemical, elec
trical, metalurgieal, engineering, alumi
num, and other industries, disceruable
tl rough French industry as a whole.
French foreign trade in weight ha- al
ready surpassed pre-war figures.
Fine results have been obtained by
hard work in the devastated regions. Os
8,166,684 devastated acres. 7.447.297
have been cleared of projectiles, trench
work, and barbed wire; 19,920 factor
ies have been rebuilt out of 22,160. Os
nearly 4,941,000 acres of devastated ag
ricultural land, more than 1,235,000 have
been put under the plow.
The main railway system has been re
paired. nearly all (tie waterways have
been made navigable, and of the 36,450
miles of devastates! roads. 10.743 have
been restored to traffic and 8,671 have
been improved.
SALISBURY IS AFTER
RAILROAD UNDERPASS
Aldermen Pass Ordinance Requiring An
Underpass Near Present West Innis
Crossing.
Salisbury, July 15.—The Salisbury
aldermen have passed an ordinance re
quiring the Southern Railway to con
struct an -underpass near the present
grade crossing on West Tunis Street.
The State highway commission is build
ing several roilea of improved secab out
frrthi the city and this new' road is to
go through the underpass. The rail
road is given until September Ist to fin
ish the work after which time a penalty
of SSO per day attaches.
Mayor Henderlite, of this city, and
the’state attorney general are not in ac
cord in regard to the new railroad stop
law. The mayor, however, states that
city policemen will not arrest any one
who crosses at the North Main Street
crossing of the Southern without stop
ping. He feels that the flagging of this
crossing is sufficient guarantee against
accident. However, the mayor’s guar
antee does-not extend beyond the action
of the city policemen and officers repre
senting the county or the railroad may
make arrests for violations of the law
at this crossing.
SYKES GIVES BOND
Former Bank Teller Charged With Em
bezzlement. Released on SIO,OOO Bond.
(By the Associated Press.)
Raleigh, July 16.—John D. Sykes, .Tr.,
former teller of the First and Citizens
National Bank of Elizabeth City, ar
rested two weeks ago in Montana on
a Charge of embezzling about $25,000 of
the bank’s funds, today was released on
a SIO,OOO bond furnished by friends
in Elizabeth City. Young Sykes was
brought back to North Carolina by two
Montana officers, arriving here last Fri
ay afternoon.
As soon as Sykes was released from
tail he hastened to a local hotel to see
his mother who was waiting for him.
It was an affectionate meeting between
mother and son. Neither desired to talk
to a reporter, declaring they would like
s o b" left alone. It is understood that
Sykes accomnanied by his mother and a
few friends will leave for Elizabeth City
this afternoon.
Syke’s surety for his appearance at
the October term of Federal Court in
Elizabeth City for trial reached Raleigh
yesterday, but Assistant District Attor
ney Briggs did not authorize < the re
lease of the prisoner until he had had
time to examine the document this morn
ing. The bond was signed by eight
prominent citizens who qualified with a
total of , $42,000.
Over Thirteen Million Motor Vehicles in
the United States.
New York, July 12.—A survey just
completed showing 13.048.128 motor ve
hicles registered in the United States on
July 1 of this year and indicates that
over six billion gallons of gasoline must
be supplied for automobiles alone this
year, according to the weekly summary
of the American Petroleum Institute.
The gain in the number of ears is 2,440,-
000 over July 1. 1922, and 683.751 over
the high mark of December, 1922. The
estimated gasoline consumption by motor
vehicles last year was over five billion
gallons.
Strike Begins in Dublin.
(By the Associated Pton.l
Dublin, July 16.—A strike on the
docks of the Irish Free State ports was
begun today. James Larkin, the Irish
labor leader recently deported from the
United States, apparently is directing
the operations of the striking element.
Miss Kathleen Wilson turn returned
from Blue Ridge, where she went to,at
tend a meeting iof home demonstration
.agents. ..
tclats
TODAY
NO. Y 67.
WILL ASK CONGRESS
Fflß COMPENSATION
Ml/EX SERVICE MEN
Disabled Veterans of World
War Draw Up Program
Which Will Be. Presented
to the Next Congress.
AID FOR DISABLED
iIS ALSO PROVIDED
Program Adopted by Recent
Convention of Disabled
Calls for Changes in Man
ner of Pay for Wounded.
(By the Associated Press.)
Washington, July 16.—A legislative
program calling for adjusted compensa
tion for world war veterans and affect
ing their rehabilitation,"’ hosfnthl wire
and insurance will be pressed upon Con
grenn when it reconvenes in December
by disabled American veterans of the
world war. The program based on rec
ommendations adopted by the third an
nual convention of the organization held
recently at Minneapolis, was announced
here today.
The proposals provide a rating of to
tal permanent disability for veterans who
have been given hospital care for twelve
consecutive months and all veterans so
rated and those being treated at home
shall receive the same family allowance
as given at veterans bureau trainees. An
effort also will be made to have all vet
erans recommended for permanent total
disability ratiug earned on this roll
temporarily pending final award. To
tal liability ratings will be sought for
men entitled to training which has been
declared not to be feasible and a rating
of 50 jier cent. ]>ermanent disability will
be asked for men discharged from the
hospital with diagnoses of arrested or
quiescent tuberculosis.
Amendment of the civil service laws
will be proposed to place disabled veter
ans who attain passing grade at exami
nation at head of eligible list.
The program would make woman vet
erans who are ill or in need eligible to
enter any home maintained by the gov
ernment, or veterans with provision for
a separate home for them when their
number warrants.
Dun District Planters Don’t Bdkeve to
Trying to “Beat tile- Almighty.”
Dunn, July 15.—Defying threats of
certain and immediate death if he did
it, W. Bruce Mabee, entomologist in
charge of the local government boll
weevil field station, gave a cotton dust
ling demonstration on the J. H. Pope
plantation, near Dunn. Wednesday night.
The-threats against the life of the man
who went into the field to put poison
on the cotton, were made by two ten
ants who had sub-rented the lauds from
Ellis Goldstein, of Dunn. Fear of be
ing poisoned tltemaelves and belief that
in dusting cotton one was trying to “get
ahead of the Almighty,” were some of
the reasons advanced for the serious ob
jection.
Mr. Goldstein was just as much de
termined to have the cotton dusted as
the tenants were that it shouldn’t be.
Threats on the part of the tenants to
bring a “good gun” into play, and that
the first one who entered the. field to
apply the poison would have to be car
ried out. failed to halt the demonstra
tion.
Quite a crowd of farmers and busi
ness people gathered to wintess this, the
first dusting demonstration put on in
this immediate section.. For a time it
appeared that they might be called upon
to witness a killing of men instead of
boll weevils, but the 10-aere field of cot
ton was dusted and no shots were fired.
PETERS CASE IS AGAIN
BEFORE GRAND JURY
Frederick K. Weeks, Former District At
terney tic Westchester County, Ap
pears Before Ju.y.
(By the Associated Press.)
White Plains, N. Y., July 16.—Fred
erick K. Weeks, former district atorney
of Westchester county, was called today
before the grand jury investigating the
slaying by Walter S._ Ward, of Clarence
Peters, of Haverhill, Massaehustts.
Mr. Weeks conducted the former in
vestigation which resulted in first de
gree murder indictment, subsenquently
dismissed. Sheriff George J. Werner
was scheduled as the next witness' At
'torney General Sherman, who is conduct
ing the present inquiry, refused to indi
cate what lisp the questioning of the
two would tafe.
Tension in Strike Areas Increased.
(By the Associated Press.)
Sydney, N. S., July 16.—The tension
in steel and coal strike areas was in
creased today when authorities revealed
that a rail had been removed on the
Sydney & Louisburg Railroad shortly
before the passage of an express, and
that a boy had been arrested for jam
ming a switch with a bar of iron.
“Cattle Dipping War” Reported.
■ imr the associated Press.)
Jackson. Miss.-, July 16. —Armed with
machine gobs and rifles, a Federal force
has "dug in” in Amite County, where a
“cattle dipping war” is in program, ac
cording to reports reaching here.
In olden times people believed that a
ring made of the hinge of a coffin had the
power of relieving crops, which were
also mitigated by haring a rusty old
sword hung up by the bedside.
Swans can fly at a rate of 106 miles
'an hour. ,