THE NEWS-RECCED, MARSHALL, N. C.
I
STATION ORDER
COMMISSION HA8 POWER
REQUIRE CONSTRUCTION
I OF STATION
TO
TO START OPERATIONS SOON
Case Originated in 1914 With Order of
Commission For Establishment of
Union Station at Selma.
Raleigh.
The Supreme Court upheld the hands
of the State Corporation Commission
when, it directed the Southern, Rail-
way and the Atlantic Coast Line, the
latter by agreement ana couseui, w
proceed at once witn we erection i
a union depot at seima as orue.eu .
1914 by tne corporation u)buuiu".
The Court, in an opinion written by
Associate Justice Walker, affirmed
Judge Cranmer, of Wake Forest Su
perior Court, who, at the, instance of
the Corporation Commission, direct
ed a mandamus at the two railroads,
ordering the canstruction of the Joint
station and at the same time denied
the motion for a certiorari made by
counsel for the railroads, for the pur
pose of bringing the action into Su
perior Court for review,
The original order of the Commls-
sion, made in 1914, was held np dur-1
ing the stringency of the war period
and Its recent renewal by the Commis
sion brought on strenuous opposition
on the part of the Southern. The At
lantic Coast Line took the position
through counsel that it was prepared
to proceed as soon as the Atlantic
Coast Line was ready.
"In no view we are entitled to take
of this case," said Justice Walker, "can
we decide that there was any error in
the well considered decision of Judge
Cranmer requiring the judgment of the
Commission to be enforced by per
emptory writ of mandamuss,
"It is therefore our conclusion," he
adds, after an exhaustive aplnlon, "that
there was no error in the Judgment
of the lower court as rendered by
Judge Cranmer and we must there
fore affirm it and as suggested in the
Selma Railway connection case, 137
N. C, I., this court has the power, if it
alat-ra trt entar Avmant horA InatMlfl
of remanding the case at the present
time.
"It la therefore orderer that tonal
Judgment be entered here to the effect
that a peremptory mandamus be is
sued from this court compelling the
respondents, the Southern Railway
Company and the Atlantic Coast Line
Railway Company (by its consent and
agreement) to comply at once with the
judgment of the State Corporation
Commission and any order heretofore
made by it in aid pf said enforcement
and the said defendants (the railroad
companies) will prosecute the work of
constructing said station and in other
respects as designated in the order of
the Commission with reasonable dili
gence until the same is finally com
pleted. And for the present, at least,
this cause will be retained in this
court for such further orders and di
rections as in the opinion of the court
may be required."
Bureau For Deaf Begins rts WorK.
James M. Robertson, chief of the
Bureau for the Deaf, Department of
Labor and Printing, has returned froih
Morganion, wnere ne conferred with
Superintendent W. McK. Goodwin, of
the School for the Deaf, with reference
to work and future conduct of the
institution. The official experts to
leave immediately on a visit to several
cities in North Carolina to get in com
munication with deaf persons and to
assist in securing work for those in
need of employment. ,
"This bureau is not simply an em
ployment bureau for the deaf," he
stated, r "In addition to findinar work
for the deaf, we are helping them in J
many other ways at court, at funerals.
in seeing that they are well-housed;
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verious destinations; in seeing that
every advantage of education is riven
un tuuurBu mm adjusting person-
at UiauereB. ,1
Governor Pardons WInston-Saiem Boy I
, jonn Mays, Winston-Salem negro,
serving a sentence of five years in the 6
State's Prison for manslaughter,! was
paroled by Governor . Morrison upon
recommendation of Judge J. L. Webb
who tried him.
Mays, it anoears waa drivinir .n.
tcmoblle' in Winston-Salem, and killed
a pedestrian.
Gaston Mill Adds to Capital. 2;
The Art Cloth Mills of Gastonia filed
an amendment to the charter incre&s-
ing the capital from $200,000 to $1,500,-
,000. . R. L. Stone is president.!
Other corporations chartered were:
D .F. Batts and Co.. of Macclesfield,
with $10,000 authorized capital ' and
$1,000 subscribed by N. L. Alcock,
Rocky Mount; W. O. Howard., Tar
boro; and L. S.-Walaton, Macclesfield.
FoBt Publishing Co., of Wilmington,
$100,C0O authorized CSpiUl and
'"3 sutscr:vel. ...
UPHOLDS
Inheritance Tax to Supreme 'Court
The Question of We right of the
I State of North Carolina to collect In
heritance tazei from a resident of an
other state who owns stock ln'a cor
poration chartered In another State
but doing business In North Carolina
.was passed on to the State Supreme
Court by Judge E. H. Cranmer of
Wake County Superior Court who
held that the collection of such a tax
from the estate of the late George
Briggs, of Providence, R. I., was legal
A matter of $2,658.85 Is Involved In
the case at bar, hut a great deal
more than that Is at stake for the
State because of the large number of
I corporations doing business in this
State which are incorporated under
the laws of other States and because
of the prediction that this number
will be greatly Increased' by virtue of
the enactment by the last General As
sembly of a law exempting stock In
such corporations from taxation in
the hands of the holder. Pou, Bailey
and ,Pon, attorneys for the Rhode Is
land ' Hospital Trust Company, the
plalntlfl , acUoili have announce
that , neceggary tner win take the
cage to the gupreme Court of the
rjnlte(1 states.
The decedent who had neyer Uved
in this State, was the owner at the
time of his death of 300 shares of
stock In the R. J. Reynolds Tobbacco
Co., with its principal place of busi
ness in Winston-Salem but wnicn is
Incornorated in New Jersey. The
stock was valued at approximately
$250,000, but the tax was levied on
only two-thirds of the amount, the
percentage of the company's property
in this State, the tax amounting to
$2,600. '
The tax was paid under protest and
suit was then brought for Its recovery
the tobacco company refusing under
instructions from the State to trans
fer the share on its books pending
payment of the tax. The case waa
argued before Judge Cranmer by Pou,
Bailey and Pou for the plaintiff and
Assistant Attorney General Frank
Nash for the State. The plaintiff took
the position that since the holder liv
ed out of the State and the corpora
tion was chartered elsewhere that the
tax was not in the Jurisdiction of
North Carolina. The State argued
that regardless of where the stock
was held that the property it repre
sented is situated in this State and is
a proper subject for taxation here.
Until this year the same rule has ap
plied to ad valorem taxes of stocks
of foreign corporations, that is stock
has been exempted of foreign corpora
ions having two-thirds of their prop
erty here. There has been no change
in the inheritance tax laws, however.
APr" "8weet Pot,t8 Week"
Designating the week of April 1C
to April 21, as "Sweet Potato Week"
In North Carolina, the agricultural ex
tension service has Issued an appeal
urging every consumer to buy at least
one bushel of sweet potatoes during
this period.
As a reason for setting aside a
week for a campaign of this kind, the
officials stated farmers over wide
areas in North Carolina have been
forced to see new money crops on ac
count of damage to cotton by the boll
weevil and to tobacco by wilt disease.
A large number of them, it was as
serted, turned to the sweet potato
and the production "has been some
what 'out of proportion to the present
demand." : ;
They now have a quantity of these
potatoes on hand,," officials said, "and
It is absolutely necessary that some
of the holdings be converted into
cash before farming operations for
I the pnmlnir vear can be financed.
"The division of markets is eager
to find a market for this anrolus of no-
.... en,(ii in th stricken
areas, because it realizes the plight
that some of these Dersons And them
selves in. The division has secured
a list of parties from whom good
sweet potatoes may be secured and
grocery stores and other concerns de
siring to stock up for "Sweet Potato
Week" may get this list on applica
tion.
"Dealers will be asked to sell the
potatoes at the lowest possible mar
gin of profit and to depend on the
quantity of sales to compensate for
the extra trouble in pushing: the pro-
duct."
state College Teani Wine Trophy,
The State college team, captained
Lv n v n.,nMn. f
nnri T.iotB.n, t.
a. Web0i rj, s. won ti,e Benlor al.
Ivlafftn' nrTna ova a era 11 aw nmnorlMAn
of the fourth corps area, for 1923, it
w" announced at, the college. The
Teen marksmen turned in a score of
- 63Z out of a possible 7,000, while the
team representing the University of
riaa, me runner up, ranked second
WKn a 10181 "core or 6,583. The hand
some trophy, emblamatio of the cham
Plonshlp will be presented to the
State colleSe contingent at the R. O.
T. C. encampment to be held in July
at camp McCIellan, Alabama, i
NatiOn's League Branch Organized. "
The North Carolina' branch of the
League of Nations Non-Partisan Asso-
elation was organized in a meeting of
mends or world peace In the munici-
pal court room with Dr. Clarence Poe,
editor of the Progressive Farmer, as
president. . Other, officers elected
were: Mrs. L. L .Hobbs. vice chair-
lan ; Dr. H. K. Mclntyre, secretary.
and Judge Gilbert T. Sthephenson,
treasurer.
Josephus Daniels, former Secretary
of tv .:'avy, presided at tie or-anlzv
it', l xne-.Vs. i
Barnes on World
determination of the aggressor nation
Sources to the utmost of Us ability to
of settlement must also assure hereafter
inating recurring alarms of war.
Interallied war debts must be maintained at a high standard among In
ternational obligations, which prohibits
or cancellation ; but each debt should be
ity of the debtor nation to pay. National budgets must insure governmental
economy."
Lord Robert Cecil
Lord Robert Qecil Is here on a
visit of a month or more. He Is the
guest of the Foreign Policy associa
tion, and will deliver several addresses
on the European situation. He Is,
however, most anxious that his visit
shall not be supposed to be under
taken In a missionary spirit
"I have been asked to apeak on
several matters on which I have spe
cial information," he said, but. I hope
It will not be thought that I am in
terfering in American politics 'or am
coming to preach the League of Na
tions." Few names In British history are
better known than Cecil. There are
Cecils dotted through British history
as, regularly as bank holidays. One
of Lord Robert's forefathers was prime
minister to Queen Bess in the days
when a Spanish armada set sail for
the Cliffs of Dover. Two more grand
fathers, one on another's heels, served
Queen Victoria as premier and president of the privy council. Today, In the
present generation, there are five Cecil brothers living all prominent One,
eldest and heir to the title "Marquis of Salisbury," is a famous Tory lord
president of the council In the new cabinet of Bonar Law. Altogether It is a
spectacular family.
Work Affecting the
v -y
not expect a cripple with only one leg to walk normally. Neither should you
expect one with a part of his brain gene to behave In a rational manner."
. - Then the chief Justice said that most of the offenders brought to court were
suffering from hereditary mental troubles, and he declared that it lay In the
power or tne courts and the police to
did another wrong. . . ,
Judge Olson added that it was also
of the unfortunate's family, to learn If others also were afflicted. He said many
schools and churches were aiding him In this work. .-',.''.
Congress May Investigate Fascisti Here
Denouncing the organization of
the Italian Fascisti in the United
States as "reprehensible to the best
American Institutions," Senator Wil
liam J. King, Democrat, of Utah' said
that the next congress would be asked
to Investigate the "black shirt" move
ment' ' ' ' ' : -
"For naturalized Italians to Join
such alien organizations Is to betray
their loyalty to the American consti
tution and for unnaturalized Italians
to Join is a betrayal of our hospital
ity," King said. "Such an organiza
tion as the "black shirts" cannot ex-
IDl UM UIU UUIICU QIUICB UU Will UUl
exist even If a congressional lnvestiga-
uon is necessary to stop it, ....
"I think, however, the movement
win die without official action. This
organization, based primarily on prin
ciples of force and usurpation of an-
tnority, utterly conflicts with our own I
principles of liberty and government
by the ballot Our own Institutions afford adequate protection of lire, property
and pursuit of happiness and there Is no room in America for alien Institutions
uuch as the Fascisti.
"If its organization has grown f rrJiaMe ty Dwisr I v.::i ask for a
cin?re"Ional Invalidation so t' i w;. . '.,cJ a', i l.i tack of It a ti
C .or':!. .
Financial Conference
Conclusion! regarding Europe's
economic problems, reached by the
Rome congress of the international
chamber of commerce, are fully en
dorsed by President Julius B. Barnes
of the chamber of commerce of the
United States. He says, among other
things :
"The resolution adopted, while lay
ing emphasis on the reparations ques
tion, expresses the conviction of the
assembled business leaders of many
nationalities that the related prob
lems of the allied debts, national
budgets, international credit and ex
change, must be solved In one compre
hensive whole. ' The international
chamber expresses the view that
financial conference for a complete
settlement Is Inevitable.
"There is a definite code of re
quirements essential to each phase of
the settlements to be made. The rep
arations agreement must represent the
In the great war to devote all of its re-
fulfilling Its obligations: while any plan
the security of national frontiers, elim
. ,,
the general application of any principle
surveyed with due regard for the abil
i
Visits Us to Talk
Whole Community
Two Olsons in Chicago United
States District Attorney Edwin A.
Olson and Chief Justice Harry Olson
of the municipal courts are especial
ly active Just now In work that af
fects the welfare of many people. The
district attorney is engaged in a spe
cial campaign against "dope" peddlers
and dealers In illegal narcotics. He
is working in accordance with spe
cial Instructions from Washington, the
result of a conference with Rush L.
Holland, personal representative of At
torney General Daugherty.
Chief Justice Olson of the munici
pal courts (portrait herewith) has Just
announced that the police department
of Chicago have begun keeping watch
on the homes and relatives of mentally
unsound persons who pass through the
psychopathic laboratory.
"We will do this out of kindness,
not in anger," he said. " mentally
deficient person is sick. You would
correct tnem in tne ruture Derore tney
. -'- '
part of police duty to locate members
IV (
j '
lid l:i;e
to be liimd
NOTICE SERVED FOLLOWING
CONFERENCE AT WHITE
HOUSE.
IS TO BE GOG GGICERf
"Chief End to Be Sought Is the Estab
lishment and , Malntennace" of
. ' Merohant Marine.
Washington. Notice was served on
all concerned after a two-hour confer
ee at the White House that the
American merchant marine Is to be
maintained as a going concern, either
under private supervision or under a
straight-out policy of government
ownership and government operation.
The statement was made at the
White House that President Harding
and members of the shipping board
who met with him to consider the
shipping situation were unanimous in
their opinion that "the chief end to
be s6ught Is the establishment and
maintenance or the American mer
chant marine." . .
"The statement from the confer
ence," said Chairman Lasker later,
"means simply this: American and
foreign shipping interests may. be as
sured that so far as this generation
cansee ahead there will be adequate
American tonnage to carry any cargo
offered to any sort of the world." '
With the conviction that ' private
opertlon has not yet been relegated
to the list of impossible things the
conference determined upon one more
attempt to turn over established
routes to private ownership. . As an
Initial step, the forty existing routes
will be consolidated to Insure more
economical and efficient operation,
and then will be offered for tale aa
going concerns, practically at auction
but with the stipulation that only
justifiable" bids will be considered.
A condition of all sales will be that
the vessels concerned be kept on their
present routes.
The consolidation is expected to re
move one of the principal handicaps
under which the board has labored
in its dealings with government oper
ators. An example was cited In the
case of certain routes out of New
York. An operator running hlps to
Amsterdam, it was pointed out, mignt
have an outward cargo and the op
portunity to pick up return freight at
Rotterdam, but would be unable to
avail himself because of the existent
of a separate route from New York
to Rotterdam. The consolidation will
combine routes to adjacent foreign
parts under a single head with the
view of handling the same amount of
business with less ships.
It must be understood," he said,
the board does not contemplate sell
ing only the 'cream motes' and leav
ing the government stuck with un
productive lines. It sufficient routes
are not purchased 'to. insure success
of private operation, the government
will proceed to hold them all, elimi
nate the agency system entirely, and
embark upon a program of aggressive
operation lself."
New Schedules of Pay May 1st.
Washington. New schedules of pay
for civilian employes at navy yards
and other shore stations have been
annroved. Assistant Secretary Roose-
velt announced, to be operative from
May 1 to the end of the calendar
year. Coputed on the basis of pre
vailing rates for similar work In the
same locality, the new scales are ex-
pacted to effect a net Increase in the
navy's payroll, although there will be
some Instances of reduction.
A new wage board will he organiz
ed in the fall, Mr. Roosevelt said, to
recommend wage scales for 1924. It
will operate under revised regular
tlons, one modification from the pres
ent rules being the prohibition of the
board considering , any ' confidential
data from . private establishments.
The department feels, Mr. Roosevelt
explains, that . the employes should
he given opportunity to scrutinise all
such data and. to protest again con
sideration of wages obtaining in any
establishment which they do not con
sider repreaenttlve.
The present rates which are uni
form, throughout the service were
established during the war emergency
with the announced purpose of stabl
Ublng the ship building and ship re
pair Industries. It was found la prac
tice, however, that pay for certain
trades greatly exceeded that of oth
ers requiring equal or even, greater
skill. - ' ... '
The "Radio Church of America."
Sacramento, Cal Instead of people
going to church on Sunday or any
other day, the church will be brought
direct to the people hy radio under
plan proposed by the Radio Church
of America, which . waa Incorporated
here under the laws of the state of I
California.
Headquarters of the church Is to be
Ublished In San Francisco, branch
es will be established, according to
ie, articles of Incorporation, wher-
ever i whenever a ra3io broadcast-
! i f'at'on Is vallallj.
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. A tiring day on your feet.
Stooping, lifting, running up
and downstairs does your
back feel tied I n painful knots ?
ApplySloan's to those sore,
tired muscles. That warm,
penetrating glow brings im
mediate comfort. Almost
before you realize it the pain
and stiffness are gone.
. Wherever congestion
causes pain use Sloan's.
Sloan's is protection against
pain. All druggists carry it.
Sloans thdmeat-kilbpninf
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CORNS
Lift Off with Fingers
Doesn't hurt a bit I Drop a little
Freezone" on an aching corn; instant
ly that corn stops hurting, then short
ly you lift It right off with fingers.
Truly I
Tour druggist sella a tiny bottle of
Treezone" for a few cents, sufficient
to remove every bard corn, soft corn,
or corn between, the toes, and the cal
luses, without soreness or Irritation.
GILES
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Now U the Tuna to Cat Rid of The
Ugly Spots
There's HA louver the ellvhteat neeA A
fee line uhemed of vour freckles, ss Othlna
Hlouble etrenrth is susxajlteed tn remove
these homely spots.
.Slmoly Set en HUM Af Othlne (mm int
drucfist end spfcly a little of It nlsht and
morntnc end you should soon see that aveu
the-worst freokles have becun to disappear,
while the llchter ones have vanished en
tirely. It Is seldom that more than an
ounos la needed to completely olear the
." TS?
Otnln, aj toll im fold under uwante of
monty dick u n tail to remov freckle.
GREEN MOUNTAIN
ASTHMA
COMPOUND.
quickly rellcTes the distress
ing BtroiTini. XimttA for
K years and result of long
f .a-
experience la treatment of
i tnroat ana Ian; dleeases by
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- BOX, Treatise on Asthma, Its
ceases, treatment, etc., sent
upon request. tSo. and Si .00
atamsgUts. J.H. QPILDOO., EUPKRT, VT.
For Sale Porto Rloo Potato' Plants? also
tomato plants. II. it per 1.000: 10.000 snd .
UP. Il.lt ser 1.000. Bermuda nnlnn nl.nta.
Wakelleld end Succession cabbage plan to,
11.00 per 1,00; 10 000 and up, 76o per 1.000. '
KBNDALt, PLANT CO.T VA IsDOSTA. OA.
Marnmoth Yellow. Soy Beans -
choice seed, imw "crop. - even weight bass.
II for less than ten ushele; 11.00 for ten
or more. Boloxl 4. VOn their way. earn .,
day." Ask for pamphlet The Soy Bean.
M. A. CBrTDLK. KEW HOLLAND, N. c.
WRITE FOR OL'R LOWEST VKUVM
en (enulne Catawba County grown cos-peas..
soy brana. peanuto, etc., bent in Mouth.
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Bookksepcrs and Stenographers '
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tuHlon er.hulanihln nfrr mtvr.vi'ftlu
Bl'HlVKSS COI.Lr.GE. tlREEN VI1.I.K. t. C.
Ufa and Women, start maklnir bit money
operating cinCy kitchen. Lauralynn Kliy
aiionani, vvennamaeea. ASbury Fark. N. J.
Girlsl Girlcll
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