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EVENTFUL LIFE
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ByEdteird E. Britton, In N«m and
•rt Observer
. .Wsahjngton, April S.—There .died
ses*|»osy Jirpee H. donee, a negro,
hrhcse pfe brdmght It la In contact
|R$pcjpr*at affairs, for he waa carrt
WWw«r»»d body servant to PrpiJ
Moot Jttfsraoo Daela of the Confcd-1
orate State* and lived to bo SO ysari*
■of-*•*-" Ho waa a native of Warrda
WkSty'a'coaalag to Rateigh after the
■tana-of ^President Davo. and doing
SPhtt-wd. He waa prominent tn
■boblteM politics and #tfer in tW
*•*<7 acvsnttua was. an • Udcxsasa of
Ealaigb. Ha waa wall UkfA auMTvdna
devoted to the service of Genaral WU
liaw It Cos. who in IMS white See
the United Eta lot fl toils
1 tor foies |a tie Bop- j
•tfaftjisnsl
Ibo I«bvan<! SenatdV fofca4
ilUopt wliao. to Ml recto*
rarvi-e* tor ew
RlehMftd, V... April •—That the
laatit fn Washington yesterday of
Jortes, negro .body (errant of
Jeffrt-son JJavIe. President of the
Confederal States, had tempered the
IMsaibility of ascertaining the where,
theots of the Confederate aaal was
ienied in Richmond today. The seal
la in the Confederate museum and
has been Identified by J. and 8. Wr
an, of London, who made it for the
Confederate States ' government,
rones’ story baa -long boon regarded
II myth boro.,
Tracks Left By Army
k. 130 Years Ago Found
Footprint, Mad* la Volc.ic Ask U
Hawaii Discovered By Frftotm
Jaggov and Parly
Kilo, Island of Hawaii, T. H.,
March 8.—Footprints, 180 yean old,
of an Hawaiian anay that Hod from
Ihc wrath of Polo, goddess of the ac
tive volcano of Kitauea, n*s> here ora
bollovod to have been discovered la
the. Kan desert, couth of the groat
crater, by Prof. T. A. fitter. Jr., in
charge of ths volcano observatory.
Dr. JaggtT aad his party was ex
ploring a region far removed from
any of tbo known, modern trails when
they cam* upon sn area thickly cov
ered with th* imprint of naked fact,
all pointing in the one direction, all
deep at tha loot and light at th* heels,
‘adgating that tha makers of th*
tracks had bean running at top speed.
Th* tracky originally had been
made in volcanic ash, which la strong
ly impregnated into a hard concrete,
thaa explaining tha preservation of
th* imprints for a period behoved
to have stretched over more than a
century and a quarter.
Hawaiian legend and history pro
vide th* other ads af th* atory, th*
connection between the Kan desert
tracks and the flight of th* army of
Kaoan. King af Kao, from Pal***
wrath.
Kaoaa lad an army of three dlvio
loaa against King Kamahamaha. who
later anitad all th*'Hawaiian Islands
under hi* away, la tha year IT##. This
year alto recorded th* last eaploeire
emotion of Kilaaea volcano. Hawaii-,
an logon! record* th* fact that some
of Kaoaa* warriors rolled stones Into
Kilaaea crater to amrk their dieras
Ed for the goddom of th* moltoa
*. Whatever tha reason for th* out
rat, Palb roe# la her wrath, and,
with a terrific explalhr* araptloa, to
tally arlped out the second division of
Kiotti'i imy
* The footprints found in th* Kso
desart ars believed to ha those of men
of th* find division, who, seeing the
destruction af their comrade* In th*
rear, find from th* locality. Th* third
division coming up, anw th* had!** of
tha annihilated aacand aad halted
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of A. L. McGaakil], 1M ’
Everybody la raysttovlUe,’' Mid
Mr. MeCaaklli, 'knows that I hart 1
Jaljr oca son and that h» is not living \
jn Fayetteville nod haa not boon 4a
Cumberland county atneo Mia war aad ,
my boyis not connected with any
BBd nev*r *“»
Mr. McCoMall arpraMod in r
“a Indignation at tha umrax- '
!rt1h**ti?*ihiVfa BBB,**1n connection
^ l ^ doelaring that 1
It is hit belief that it waa dona with
*• ?•»>"««• purporn of 1
biin at tiiia tuna ‘That article has 1
einspdy dona me more harm tha. can !
bo imagined, ha assarted, adding “If 1
there la any law In this county?that !
ST^!U,et ? ,rom “Ok Hboloue 1
•tatomenu 1 thdU eartgjnly invoke (
The dispatch referred to waa not
eradi^d Ule Nrw* “d Ohaervar’a ac- !
^ ^o^0.rT“P!0<1*Bl ta Kmtevilla 1
kJ2»Jtv »JL^* IT* 10 l99r* tha ,
W0“Uty of the tender have ao far
been uneoeeemfol.
Mr. McGaakiU’s only son la Unn 1
berry McCaakiU, who ia noev |m» 1
In Toledo. Ohio, where be haa rami'? 1
Tolldo i" of the
Toledo Seales company. He ia a
£«ng man of excailnw character aad
h*» never been in any trouble ao far
5S£ tfBOWI’ 10 “• V1®™* in hyatla
MoiconAa. mentioned in tha
or" * mf 0,9 "ronnty
Board of commissioner!” la not n
county commissioner, and has not
is." tsr. Umtne
McMom ?V*»FS& CM* »re Calvin
■cNftjlJ, J. B. McDonald, Arthur Shu
*nd »herill. .re mem.
°. ft*1* k* and order leag^a,
formed in FreTe Cmok towtXiZ
Jknjr nre chained with boa tine J.
?• WM lato custody by tbs
cart*™*" ■WBJr ,ro* kla
2*?? k,iBLC‘rr,'*d ®". when
2® retaken,and, it la alleged ae
»w«ly haaten. His Mr wna Udlv IT*
when ho was brought to Fsyeuirnu
nff Gtachy, hot after tha InaUtution
®*th* nolt against the leagne men?
kora wm placed under a fwWrai
ha*2* *f *¥kl2LwWi,‘*y' ®"d wfll
h» given a hearing before United
StatM Commimiener W. B. Cook. &
Vnv.
The diepetch to which A. L. Me
CaNtUI object* clco mode U appear
that the whioboy making charge wac
brought again* his con.’
CATLETT APPOIMTKD
SANITARY ENGINEER
Raleigh, April 7.—The Bute Board
of Health todhr announced tha ap
pelatmeat of Mr. George T. Catlett
of Wilmington, ac aaMataat eanitary
**r* Catlett ram co to tha work with
tha atata after a number af yuan
of luceamfol experience and a cplen
<M reputation. He la a UatoanHy af
North Caroline gradaato, and la ad
dition to Ma engineering training ha
hoc dent teneiderable walk la chaai
1*7 and bacteriology that cpactally
•t aim far health work.
TUBERCULOSIS DEATHS SHOW
BIG DECREASE FOR LAST YEAR
Kaloigh, April b.—A m low rat*
for daatha from tabaraploaia ia North
Carolina waa aatahltahad hi 1M0 ae
th^SUU*BafedaT^aSthT^rha *
tal anadbar of daatha ftia thta oanaa
far tha pari Mr waaS.MS aa apalaat
a total of tfiM hr tha prarlon*
paar. Tha radaridoa la daatha fraaa
tabarouloaU waa aaa of tha important
ltoau in anahlhtg tha
a ramarlmWp law da
wkolai tha rata fat all
boon 1IJ pop
Klcnraa tall aa —__t Rorp of
tho ^lanln* ftpht Mahn taharauloala
la North Carallaa dartat tha pari faw
ptara. U IIU thla diaaaaa. popularly
Oraat Whit* Ptfu{
flllad. 3,700 grain* with Tar HaoU.
*"«• than than haa haaa a abaadp
darilmr, aa that loot poor than waa
it dlffamnaa of Ilh-Tht poapli of
tha atat* an i|iiaa**U*ila| that ta
huawlaaRJaa curahla, and a prana
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SOME PEOPLE MAY
EXPECT SURPRISE
a will B* Tbo~ Who Doubt
Soccms of Markutissg PUn
Soys Swain
*• Omen. State Agricultural Edi
tor
"Those few who soy ‘it cant bo
done’ arc In for the surprise 0f their
llvu over this cotton and tobacco co
operative marketing proposition,"
•ays A. W. Swain, field manager of
the sign op caaipaign.
He le In charge of tho squad of
trained men, who, with the asststsac*
of local worker*, are bow making
farm te farm can ****** for algnataras
to tho Co-operative Marketing con
tract*. Growers who do sot aign at
tbc meetings hold in school hooac*
■re afterward* reached by canvasser*
and once the contract la thoroughly
explained, thsyktet only aign up bat
^aiat OB the canvasser seeing their
friends or relative* and getting them
lo SifB.
Any on# who say* th« fanner doaael
think wtmld ho artont*#d at some of
the questions asked canvasser*. Bat
the answers to all these questions
uw covered by tho contracts and once
the questioner gets the right answer1
te IS always ready to aign. In fact. |
■ r. Swain states that no farmer has
refused to sign after bo understands
Iht co-opsrattys contract*..
* When one remember* that these
rontracts arc different from anything
rot proposed, . their ready reception
O' farmers is not so remarkable.
™ey hare been aptly called a “Now
declaration of Independence” for
boy provide o wav out from the eco
joatic poverty under which the whole
tooth' *•* ruff seed for a generation
>r jnore.
Although tobacco and cotton co
'Psrattve maiketing associations are
ondacting a joint campaign, the to
taeco asaociatioa is a tri-state org
inlsaUon while the cotton growers
ire organising as a State asaociatioa.
In Virginia the president of tho
™e Bankers’ Association and maay 1
sading merchants am actively help
Bg la the canvass, and the tobacco
(rowers have aver 40 par eantmf the
*"*»• tirned up la some coXtiaa.
The OkUbsms cotton growers have
4«a*d up *000,800 bales sad an
ireparing to *mnrket this year’s
Top.
WHO looturo or Wo co-operative
■o^rmcte which »nw of tho lradon
ntkipotod would maleo growers haoU
'
Lnuoir county begin» its campaign ■
•day with a moor mooting in .Kin
ton at which Dr. a W. Kilgore, dl
■actor pf the N. C. Agricultural Ba
anal on Service, will explain tho co
pe ratlv« marketing contracts. Lenoir
aahaa the 3«th county in North Car
>Um to itart tho sign ap and local
onnnhtees aspect to romp late tho
lanvaes there by April IS.
Hwnett County Schools
Held Excrdses Friday
Uaul County Cmomoaml At
I IHtegtoa Friday Attended
By Big Crowd
Lillrngtoo. April 8.—Students, tea
*•“, Patroaa from %boat 40
»o«nty gathered
a LiUiagton Friday to teka part hi
be couaty rommencecaent program
oWch has boot, going oa for thTpaat
south.
Thteaoreiaoo war. hold ip Ulliag
“• high school audltoriom and began
it 1* p’clock am) looted Ull noon. The
promm waa made up of racItaUoaa,
fcclamatloaa, ehoruara, otorioo and
Irllla. The high parpoao of the conn
•7 eommrnceracnt waa not only to
furotah this entertainment bwt m«a
to decide upon the relative merits of
Ar various achoola of the county In
A air year’s work.
Announcement of the winnert in
-T*£*ou* •*■*■■** ware made by
Prof- 1 C. Fitsgerald, county sup
erintendent, immediately following
At Okerclaea. An addraaa waa deliver
id by Supt. 8. B. Underwood, of Pitt
•aunty achoola Presentation of nr
•nth grade diploawa thou took place.
la the afternoon athletic conteote
wore participated In by tho variew
Bchoola of tho county.
An aggregate number of 4,640
people hare attended the group com
■ encemenu. Twelve huadrad were
prooout at Duke's group eommence
meat thus numbering people from out
of team alone. At least throe thou-1
mod peoplu ware hare today.
DR HUBERT POT P. AT TO
LECTURE IK LiLLl NOTON
Ob Naliy, April 17.—Dr. Haberl
McNeill Pataat ef Wake Fpreat Cal
lage ia expected la Lilliaften aad
will addreaa tka people af Lillington
and vicinity as tka (abject ef
"Cbarck lfaeic.H PTrhapa no man
la tka atata haa given mere thought
and etodp ta tkU aubjeet than Dr.
Fataat and everyone in ta reeled la
tka arnttere af Sunday achaet, young
people'• aaclatiea and eburch made
win hear bla with pleasure aad
lli*
Da. Potogt eamca a director af the
Wake Parcel Glee Club whieb give*
a camaart la Lillingtm an Saturday
evening, the 16 th. The lea tare an
Sunday will be givaa at the Baptlet
tbarah at 11 a clerk everybody la
lavtted and will he welromed. Spe
cial made will be rendered—-Mar
nett Coeaty Now*.
[urge conference
I TO 5BCUS5 RCADS
Ownri mt Rrvlrwad lactrltiM
Jobs With Plow Railroad
Labor Uni—«
Washington, ApHl t.—The Nation
»l Asset labor) of owners of Railroad
sncurilltH joined today with five rail
road labor Unions la proposing that
Piaaidrat Harding call a conference
of reprcocntat'ves of both owners bad
employes to discuss tbs Railroad pro
blsm, particularly ns it affects ssagos
and working conditions now In din
ETh ^befoie Ure Railroad Labor
£ Danes Warfield, prealdent of
the association aad Darwin P. Kings
ley. president of the New York Ufa
Inauianco Company, conferred for aa
boor with the President on the gen
eral transportation situation aad sag
gested the confers ace as. ana of the
raanns for adjusting the dfScuhiaa
tba roads fact. The request from the
onions was la the form of a talogram
from a M. Jewell, head af the Rail
way employe* department of the Am
erican Federation of Labor.
.. C®J**idou* with the coafcrsaea at
Ibe Whit* House and the receipt of
the telegram. Chairman Cummins of
the Sonata Interstate Commerce Com
mittee aanoaneed ba bad drafted a
resolution far Introduction not week
authorising a general and exhaustive
investigation of railroad affairs. Ba
ptens to begin the inquiry about April
15. Mpiru for brjn|ii| iboat § re
faction ia rates, operating costs gad
*c question of affleitney under pri
vate ownership will ba tba principal
ingles to ba gone into.
*v“'1 mnwn wui P» Hoard and
*b»r repremntatives wUI fallow. Ma
sommc-nt ea tha conference today
?• ■»<*« at tho White Hotue bat
tfter the meeting n mem .random loft
*r™ the Prv.ident by the Kepresen
auree af the sacuritiea owner* waa
aade public by thorn laying tho con
ference. "covered a wide field.”
Adtae euggrat.ng that "properly
called mooting* betwe en tho men aad
ihe.e representing the railroad bo
laid under the aoapice. of the esUt
»g governmental agvnclrs—the La
>or Board aad tho Interstate Com
■ore* ComteUhon," the memoran
ium mid: .
“We are on record that wage ad
instaicot U'oniy part of tho grab
s'"” «ad txpreeeed the view that
Ilia “ehoald be attaiaad aadar cir
to
!!*CaTi?T' •/ *helr differ*aces by rs
rtoaal boards, squally divided, farm
d by each af the four groups of ruU
ray* aa now arranged by the coer
■*rc* commieaion Per retd w.Vim
luraoBca
l\c telegrem to tho Proaldont frdha
he labor uniona proposed that ah.
oagt disputes be held In abeyanoa
tending the conference aad rnttlo
aent of the qugetioa of rules. It la,
twelve pointe which wore de
•eribed as "labor', wlf-eridcat and
aalieaublo rights" which would have
f bf «*“•«■ ■* «»• suggested eon
tereneo. It farther specified that the
National agreement should not he
naeecnted .in any way pending (ho
iutcoae of the conference. The
hrelae pointe included the ^ht boor
lay. collective bargainlngKnd pay
for over-time work. 7
City Settle* With Man
Who Didn’t Take Office
Vlgorm* Pretest* Prevented t. W.
Martla Pram Cmtay to
Wilree aa Chief I
Wilaoa, April ■—Several month*
ago th* board of city aldermen, with
out any complaint being preferred
a garnet Polic* Chief H. A. Warren or
without notifying him that h* would
b* dopeaed, employed Mr. J. W. Mar
tin now, of Suffolk, Va., at a talar?
of M.000 a year. SI,200 In tactm
of what lo being paid Chief Ware**
to act ai chief and superintend other
depart menu of the city.
Th* taxpayer* protected agaialt
th* action of th* hoard, and potlttom
•or* circulated and freely signed far
Chierf Warren** retention la otter
Th* hoard, against th* ovorwhelming
majority, carry out their intention,
dropped th* matter for th* time bo
%. blame attachat t* Mr. Martin
aa he aocaptV what he thought was
a good position. Hr sprung a rerprise
on th* city £gd* a short while me*
by presenting a bill fa* 91.000 far
four month* pay.
At th* regalar monthly maotgg
hold Thursday evening the bawd a
greed to "apllt fifty fifty" with Mr.
Marti*.
SO# Norm CAROLINIANS
DIED FKOM PIKES IN 1M«
Nearly thro* hundred poop)* la
North Carolina met their death last
Car by fir*, th* total being barely
law tb* record far th* prevfaai
y**r. la IMS there w*r« eighteen
live* >**t. ia conflagration*, while 270
died from other bora*. Th* total wat
2»7. Por 1*1» there were 24 liva* loot
la conflagrations, and 270 from other
bum* Th* total was SOI, jart fear
mare than far the last year. Th* it*
ttotler were anaoancad by the (tat*
board af haalth today.
Pl*n*«n af th* Klondike wba hr.iv
•d the Hgar* af the North mare that
twenty year* age are founding ,t »r
gaaiaation ta ho known aa th* Yakci
Order af PUnaara. ,
POWER CONCERNS
SUBMIT PROPOSAL
FOR SERVICE E f
McQueen offers * juice*
AT WHOLESALE PRICES
The Carolina light and hear C*.,
•tfan Dana a fair pin Vnri aa
Mpnt appraiaal—for HU lino Ilia
plant mad Amendable hyArq geacrat
•A «*to*wt within throe month* after
It It gircii a franehiae hart. Me re tee
to oaert will bo tboae allowed by the
Corporation Cetamimlen or aboar
one-half them charged by tha tow.
, The McQaoea Company, whoaa hy
dro-electric pleat io being eoaetroeted
abend twelve mile* fra* town aa
I-owvr little Blear, affore to aepply * 4
town with ranant at t caaU par .0
kilowatt. In tbie iintance, however, "
he town would otm he compelled to
. run current. malntais Hi meat and ■ . *
celled from its eaetemara ahead tha
ame rate tt la aaw charging aatil
•h* conaumptioa grow t* abaat daw- t •
ble iti present Agar*.