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WOOD AT : iIISTO!l-SJlLEn Urged Reduction of-Taxes, an Equal Reduction of Governmental Ex- ; . Penser and. Fewer Employee-- v Winston-Salem. Major General I Leonard Wood, candidate for republi can nomination for president; spoke to i an audience of approximately 2,000 people here. He urged curtailment of i federal' employes, reduction of taxes . and an equal reduction of government i al expenses approved the league of na Itions -with modifications to sustain the individuality of America in world af fairs. . - .-. . '" Winston-Salem. Ssuator Hiram W. Johnson spoke here to one of the larg est audiences 1 that ever attended a political gathering hero. Nine thous and people, it is estimated, heard the : Calif orniavsenator. fi Charlotte.--A closing Agreement of retail grocers has become effective continue " throughout tVo summer months. The majority of grocers In thercity have signed in favor of. the plan. This is the third summer the half day. plan has been in operation. Durham. The Durham Hosiery Mills, by action of the congress of the company's industrial, democracy gov ernment,, has granted a salary In crease to mme than 3,000 employees. The bill, for an increase in wages wa- carried thruush tne customary - chan nels and was not vetoed by President J. S. Corr, Jr. "TW sugarlnTWtlgatlnicominittee la a majority report presented to the house declared that 'Attorney General Palmer had used his power as chief prosecuting officer of the government "for the purpose" of fixing maximum selling prices of sugar -In Louisiana and, in so doing, acted wholly without I authority of law 4 and In violation of his own construction ot his official duty." -' ' - -V . ..-.. Warning that the penal provisions of the interstate commerce act would be invoked unless the railroads com ply t with- orders designed to relieve by the interstate commerce commie freight congestion, was issued recently sion. . '-' -- :. Women who say they are endeavor ing to further the cause of Irish free dom burned a British flag in front of the treasury and picketed the build ing with banners calling' on America to recall her loans to England. The Supreme court holds that the federal constitutional amendments cannot be submitted for ratification to a referendum vote in states having referendum provisions in their con- srituiions. Armed intervention in Mexico should the new forces 'in control there show an inability or unwillingness to set up a stable government more friend ly toward Americans was recommend ed recently to the senate by the for eign relations subcommittee : i Gastonia. Marked by impressive ceremonies with the hish d'smtries of the Masonic and Pythian fraternities In charge, and thousands of people at tending it is believed' that the laying of the cornerstone of the North Caro lina orthopedic hospital at Gastonia on Tuesday, June 8, will-prove a nofcabl eent In the state. ' ; Wilson. After taking the children of State Senator H. G. Connor, Jr., to the Country Club and while returning to Wilson, his chauffeur, Richard Win- stead, collided with a motorcycle rid den by Mr. Herman Bone, of near Black Creek. Bone's left leg was so badly crushed that amputation became necessary. Winstead is behind jail ban. Rutherfordtohjr-The committee on soldier celebration decided to hold the big county wide mammoth celebration on July 3rd, instead of the first of August, as was first announced. A flying machine will be secured Four brass bands will be in the parade besides some seven hundred soldiers. Monroe. In a shooting affray which occured in the day coach of Seaboard train No. 20 here, Carl Medlin received three weunds, one in the face, one in the shoulder and one in the side; H. MTreadaway, of Clio, a passenger on the train, was shot through the leg, and another passenger was wounded In the foot AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY BUYS OPTION ON NORFOLK 80UTHERN RAILWAY PAID A GASH CONSIDERATION It l Anticipated that Connection Recently Made will Result in a Largely Increased Traffic Raleigh. Louelsie Hinley, aged line, daughter of James H. Hlnsiey, of Merry Oaks, was instantly killed and Mrs. S. O. Dudley, of Raleigh, died about two hour later, as results of an iaccident on th bridge over Walnut Creek, on the Garner road, when a motorcycle attachment in which they were riding wa struck by an Essex car driven by a. M. Branch, of Clay ton. The attachment s crushed like an egg shell. New York, (Special). Interests' Identified wita the American Tobacco Company, acording to an announce ment, have purchased tor a cash con sidreation an option on a majority of the 316,000,000 capital stock of the Norfolk Southern railroad, at 347 a share. The new interests in the road xe represented by Earnest Wiliams, who has been elected a vice president. "It is anticipated that the connec tions recently made, which give the Norfolk Southern railroad entrance into Durham, N. C, will result in sub stantially increased traffic," the an nouncement said. ; "Colunibus, Ohio, interests, who ar engaged in a large draaage develop ment in Eastern North Carolina, have recently let a contract to the Founda tion Company, of New York, to con struct a line of railroad from a point on the Norfolk Southern line twenty- six miles across country . into Hyde county. This will open up and make very much more valuable a large body of land. owned by. the John L. Roper Lumber Company, a subsidiary of the Norfolk Southern railroad. , . The malnjine of the Norfolk South enf runs from Norfolk, Vil; to Raleigh G51dsboro, Beaufort and Charlotte, N. C. By making a- connection at Dur ham the American Tobacco Company will be assured of an outlet for its products made there. Domestic i 'Hiram Johnson and Wfllam Mor Adoo are favorites in Wall street pet ting, for the nominations for president of the Republican and Democratic par ties,' respectively. f. f A young lady," late to work, in : Bir mingham, Ala., speeded up. her car. was reported by a policeman and fined She phoned the judge, ehe would mail him a check. The question' of what constitutes a fair rental return on a residence prop erty investment precipitated lively discussion in. the annual convention of the National Aeociation of Real Es tate Boards in session, at Kansas City, Mo., when Charles Mayor of Cincin nati took issue with the reports of the national housing commission that res idence property owners should obtain 15.6 per cent on their investemnt to equal 6 per cent net. Mr. Mayer de clared he had been building, owning and renting two family houses in Cin cinnati for 35, years and had made more than 6 per cent net with a gross income of 12 per cent on his invest ments. A supreme court Jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the sec ond degree- against Pearl Beaver O'Dell, charged with assisting her hus band, James L. O'Dell, who is waiting execution at Sing Sing, in the mur der of Edward J. Kneip, on the night of January 6 last.' Immediately after announcement of the verdict, Justice Robert H. Thompson sentenced her to twenty, years imprisonment at hard la bor in Auburn prison. The jury was out seven hours and a half. . What was said to be the first car load of sugar everimported through the port of Brownsville, Texas, was pa&sed through the customs ' house recently and was distributed in that city. .The. sugar was produced Irr the state of Vera Cnuv The importer an nounced -that whence receives three more cars ordered he will sell it to local retailers about 32.25 a hundred pounds cheaper than the prices pre vailing in this country." The Antwerp ' Diamond company, which operates three credit jewelry and clothing stores in Buffalo, was found guilty in United States district court of a violation of the Lever act by charging unjust and unreasonable prices for clothing and was fined 318,000. The jury found the compa ny guilty on sixty 1 of the sixty-one counts of the indictment and recom mended leniency in the case. Establishment of a regulated zone in the pink boll worm infested area jn southwest Texas was ' recommend ed by the house and senate commit tees of Texas to the state legislature. The committees, which conducted joint hearings,' recommended an appropria tion of one million dollars to reim burse farmers for any cotton destroy ed under the proposed regulation for enforcement of the law. Thursday, June 3, being Jeff Davis birthday, was a legal holiday in all Southern states. Resolutions urging the- suppression of lynching and an end to the jim crow law were passed at the closing session of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple, at Atlanta, Ga. Detroit, Mich., was selected as the place for the next meeting, because of its great import rance as a negro center. At least six men were killed by an eznlonion in the rrml shaft nf th Cin. I tario Gas Coal company near Cokes- burg. Pa. The men were buried un- der tons of earth, and the foreman fin charge of .the work said he would not be able to tell the exact number ' of dead until the bodies had been recovered Animals Kept 'iii 4 ono and Mutely ",cl Pigr.sefected f oTbreedin, should be kept growing must not be pushed, f orth Ject of their feeding is to lho1 stretch r OTt and m ft muscle m place of fat. Th e be continued on a growfaJ jS,81 little-Skim milk and sSt? ' good station. A smafl ground-oats and cracked corn develop and Insure normal bLSH corn should be used snarl Ji B too fattening for pigs Rp!f0ly ft k these, pigs should also have rth4 dance of green feeds. abu ALFALFA BESTF0RAGE CRQF Greatest Single Crop Thst C. . ' -Grown and Paw. n . n a Unexce,d';.r Hn4r"lr 1: (Prepared by the United Stat ment of Agriculture ) Every farmer, whether or not v raises hogs, should have some .if.i!' if he-can possibly get L J greatest single crop that can be n-n and ; pay48 handsomely where it I grown. As a forage crop for ho ' la unexcelled. - ogn Raleigh. Principally because thw an make , better salaries elawheri and Incidentally in a few cases to nt married, 32 of the 68 teachers In a, Raleigh township grammer schools have given notice of their resignation! and will leave in Jnn to retura ao mofe.rjrr -' . v Governor Blcket Ea granted a con dltlonal pardon to Jim Graham of Pitt county, convicted in July, 1912, of u assault,' with criminal intent, upon a woman , and sentenced to serrs 15 years in .the . penitentiary. . The prisoner was 13 years old waea the crime ; was committed, and au served eight years. Preacher Captures Still , Rocky Mount. T-he sanctuary where the m on shines on the "moonshine," Is usually ground left to revenue of ficers to invade, but Rev. N.' H. 6hep hard, formerly pastor of the Arlington street Baptist church of this city, uv 1 resident of Halifax county, came to Rocky Mount and turned over to pro hibition Enforcement officers a nice 'Ittle blockade still captured by him in the vicinity of Hollister a day or so ago. The plant, which was of abnt 2 gallons' capacity, was in full opera tion, according to the minister. T!o "Vcws nas ro pets and collects in advance on all subscriptions. Mass Meeting at St. Paul St, Paul. A representative crowd of Robinson county citizens, estimated from fifteen r.hundred to two thousani heard Messers. G. B. Patterson, A. R. McDachern and D. W. Bullock, candi dates for the Senate and House, dis cuss the division of Robinson countj. Tax commission reports auditors ac counts, and paid tax receipts from smaller counties were very much in. evidence and judging from the enthu siasm o " .r.e crowd it was a red letter day for tbe;div;sion!st5. The Pirktos band furnished music. Hope. A woman took her husband to a loied ulienlst for. what ".seemed to be a beginning psychosis, and to decide u-hether he should be placed In a sani tarium. After a lengthy consultation, she drew the physician aside ond asted him impatiently for his verdict He responded, There are hopes, madam, l.ut It 13 at present only a surmise.' Medical Pickwick. i
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