omen in Rush
to Gold Fields
;ibow Men in Scramble for Lo
cations in Oatman District
in Arizona.
BLOOM NOT OFF FIRST RUSH
Soldiers ' of Fortune, Young and Old,
Flock From All Sections of the
World ? Old Mine Resumes
in Search for Wealtn.
Phoeqix, Ariz. ? Soldiers of fortune ?
young ajnd old, both men and women ?
are still flocking to Oatman, in Mohave
county, to prospect for gold, and many
of them are linding It. The Oatman
!gold fields are the most active on the
North American continent ami the
bloom is not yet off the first rush,
f Weather-beaten adventurers who got
the word while digging away in far
away parts of the world like Africa are
arriving with all the enthusiasm of
their first hunt.
The old Goldroad mine at Oatman
has resumed, and to those who know
about gold mining that news carries
significance. It means a permanent
camp iti all likelihood and development
akin u> that of the gold fields of Ne
vada. The United Eastern Mining com
pany is cutting a drill station on the
tenth level (1,300 feet) and at the
hroast of the 1,000-foot crosscut into
the hanging wall. The drill will be
pushed down an an^le 2, OCX) feet, it be
Ing intended to cut the known big vein
at a depth of 2,000 or 2,700 feet below
the apex. That is one of the biggest
operations going on at Oatman, one
that may mean millions.
Work on Biq Scale.
The Lucky Hoy Mining and Milling
company has started another hole on
its property which is expected to strike
a vein at GOO feet. The Lucky Boy is
financed in New York and its campaign
is <>n a big scale. The Bonanza Placer
company Has run across a silver ledge
paying $f?0 to the ton and work has
been begun to take out the profit. The
Frisco mine is pushing its drilling, with
pay Jin hand and more in sight.
'Other companies, big and little, are
scratching and gnawing at the earth
in all directions. Not far from Oatman
work is going forward evenly at Min
eral Park in the turquoise mines,
among the largest in America, owned
by the TilTanys of New York, which
first led adventurers up into the region
l'r<>m Mexico as far back as 1 f>30. It is \
history that at that date several hun
dred Spaniards and 14, 000 Indians left
Mexico City to find the precious treas
ures of the Seve/i Cities of Cibola, in
the present state of Arizona, and that
from 15o0 to 1",'?0 Cortex sent four ex
peditions up from Mexico, one of which
he headed himself. Friar Marco do j
Niza it was who brought back to the
Spaniards the wondrous tales of the
Cibola villages where "they use vessels
of gold and silver, for they have no
other metal."
But the present prospectors at Oat
man are all of the sort of folk who
never look back. They live romance In
stead of reading It ; their lives are
filled with the adventure of pioneering,
unchanged from the days of Cortez ex
cept for modern settings. There's still
danger enough to make it attractive,
what with dynamite and moonshine
whisky and the age-old impulses that
follow In the train of sudden wealth.
Named After Early Settler.
Oatman was named after Koy.ee Oat
man, a settler, who came with his
family from Missouri in 1851 and lo
cated at Oatman Flat. The parents
were killed by Indians and two daugh
ters, Mary Ann and Olive, seven and
sixteen years old, were carried off as
slaves. Mary died after having been
traded to several tribes, but Olive sur
vived and was recovered by American
troops five years later. She was sent
East to be educated and returned to
Arizona, where she lived to a ripe old
age and was a leader in social affairs.
However, she always wore a veil in
public, for the Indians had tattooed
their tribal Insignia on her chin and
lower jaw.
Gold was discovered in Oatman by
United States soldiers in 1SG5. Johnny
Moss made the first big strike. The
gold hunters of California beard of it,
and soon George Hearst, father of
William Randolph Hearst; Levi Par
sons, Joe Clark and other notable fig
ures came over and started a prospect
ing syndicate. Many a fortune was
taken out of the earth in the years that
followed. But the real Oatman boom
began with the finding of a fabulously
rich ledge by the United Eastern in
1014, which shows no signs of ending.
Predicts Long
Life for Sun
Swedish Scientist Advances The
ory of Light Arising Through
Radioactivity.
TELLS OF SOUR CONDITIONS
Dead Celestial Bodies May Flame Up
Again if They Wander Into Re
gions Where Production of
Heat Takes Place.
Stockholm. ? "The sun can keep on i
shining at the present rate for another j
years, and if human cul- j
ture is to perish it wilt not he for |
lack of sunshine." This startling and j
whimsical statement was made in the I
course oL' a recent lecture by Dr. I
Not Used to Their Snowshoes Yet
1
UNDtHWOOO
UHDC RWOOfr
This is what happened when a team at Truckee, Cal. ? land of deep snow
?struck the first drift while out of practice with their snowshoe^. Hut
horses, like humans, require a bit of practice before they can travel handily
? >11 ttie snowshoes.
BOILING HOT ON MOON AT NOON
Temperature Drops Below Zero
at Night, Says Professor.
Heat Measurement Involves Use of
Delicate Instrument Which Will
Detect Heat of Candle
Miles Away.
Cambridge, Mass. ? The tempera
ture on the moon probably ranges
from well above the boiling point at
"noon" to far below zero during the
night, scientific observations indicate,
Prof. Donald H. Menzel of Princeton
said in a paper submitted to the
American Astronomical society.
The paper outlined new methods of
calculating the temperatures of the
planets, emphasizing that the tenta
tive results reached by these methods
were not final.
"Whatever the amount of water
vapor present in our atmosphere," he
said, "the indications are that the
surface of the moon is definitely
heated.
"The values for Venus and Mars
are very dependent upon the water
vapor and very little can be got from
the observations. Both planets have
an atmosphere, Mars' being very thin,
and that of Venus more like ours.
The results indicate the temperature
at the quarter of Mars during the day
may be as high as 20 or 25 degrees
centigrade, with a large fall during
the night. Venus' temperature Is
higher than our earth's.
"For the two larger planets, Jupiter
and Saturn, they radiate some heat of
their own. If they were wanned only
by the jieat of the sun they would
be 1G0 to 190 degrees below zero
centigrade.
"The temperatures obtained for
these planets are probably fairly ac
curate and we have for Jupiter ob
tained something Jess than 90 below
zero centigrade, while Saturn Is hot*
ter by some 20 degrees."
HIGHEST BID GETS HIM
i
Bobby Churchill of Los Angeles,
six months old, is offered to the high
est bidder by his mother because, she
says, her war-disabled husband can
not give the blue-eyed little one a
chance in life.
HE BELIEVES IN RECIPROCITY
A Negro Tells Judge Buckner "Same
to You" When Offered
Advice.
Kansas City, Mo. ? It happened at
the session of the Jackson county
parole board. Sixty-five men on
parole from sentences in the county
Jail or the penitentiary were being
questioned by the Circuit court Judges
as to whether the various provisions
of tjje paroles were being obeyed.
Jesse Harris, a negro, was one of
those questioned. Jesse declared he
was working now and keeping out of ^
trouble. As the negro started to leave
the courtroom Judge Thomas B. Buck
ner, a member of the parole board,
admonished :
"You be a good jboy, Jesse."
"You do the same, judge," returned
the negro.
Svante Arrhenius, tlio Swedish author
ity <>n astrophysics, in which lie ex
plained certain theories and discov
eries regarding solar conditions.
"Suppose the sun were a mass of
coal," said Doctor Arrhenius, in order
to illustrate his problem. "Giving forth
heat energy at the present rate, it
would then have lasted only 4,000
; years, or about half as' long as the
period of known human history. I5ut
since there were living things of some
kind on earth at least 1,000,000,000
years ago, and since there has evi
dently been very little d 'oration of
the sun during that perio. i time, any
theory of the expenditure of solar en
ergy must provide for upward of 100,
000,000,000 years."
His Theory of Light.
Though it is difficult to interpret Doc
tor Arrhenius in popular language, it
may be <>f interest to state his gen
eral theory. llea\enly bodies begin as
cold nebulous masses of hydrogen,
helium and tin- so-called nehulium.
Liy! ' n . mso*? through radioactivity.
Tin* h>?.. i Is condensed to form
the other t\ elements, helium and
nehulium. an from these develop a
whole series . heavier elements, the
most abundant ?f which is iron.
After this stage has been passed,
the radiofictlve elements again resolve
themselves into unstable elements and
produce helium. This chemical process,
going on in cycles^ accounts for the
lavish production of 11^'ht and heat by
the sun.
What becomes of dead suns and
stars? Doctor Arrhenius replied to
this question that celestial bodies which
have burned out may tianie up again
in case they happen to wander Into
nebulous regions where condensation
and production of heat again takes
place. Thus he explained the discover
ies of new stars.
Doctor Arrhenius paid a tribute to
the successful work of American as- ,
tronomers, remarking wistfully that, in
addition to bright skies, they aro also
favored by ample funds for research
and experiment.
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! Woman Deposits 2.800
! Cents and 634 Nickels
I
? Pittsfield, Mass. ? A deposit of
2,800 pennies and 034 nickels,
i making a total of $39.70 was de
posited in the Great Harrington
i Savings bank in that town by a i
woman residing in New Marl- J
i boro. i
The coins weighed 18 pounds
? and were the accumulation of i
i nine years' savings.
J This Is the first time in the
? history of the bank that a de- j
posit of this size in small coins
i has been received.
ft - a
The heat measurements as made at
the Lowell observatory in Arizona,
invohe the use of a delicate instru
ment known as the thermocouple,
which is capable of detecting the heat
from a tallow candle at a distance o 1
many miles.
? STATE-WIDE
BILLS IHTRODUCEO
TWO BILLS RELATING TO AUTO
DRIVING REPORTED N
FAVORABLY.
11 MEASURES BEFORE SENDEE
Baggett Bill Would Have Surgical
Operations Performed on
Criminals.
J* ? ?
Raleigh. ? Committee activity again
boomed and somewhat offset a com
paratively dull session of the house
although the senate after going along
for nearly two weeks with 10, 12 and
15-minute sessions, jumped to the fore
with a mass of new bills. Seventeen
measures came before this body ? the
largest number for any one day since
the general assembly convened on
January third? Snd 15 of these meas
ures were of state-wide importance.
Late afternoon activity of house
committees again brought that body
forward, judiciary committee num
ber two, the finance committee and
the committee on education passing
upon many bills of general scope and
interest. The senate roads commit
te and judiciary number one furnish
ed the late day activity for the upper
house.
Representative Nettles, of Bun
combe county, with his co-worker,
Representative Taylor, succeeded in
getting a favorable report from house
judicinry number two on two bills rela
tive to the driving of motor vehicles.
One would provide a minimum fine of
5500 for any person convicted of ex
ceeding the state speed limit of 30
miles per hour in Buncombe county,
and the other would provide severe
penalties for conviction for having
| driven a motor vehicle on the roa3s
of Buncombe county while in an in
I toxicated condition, or while under the
influence of intoxicating liquors.
When unfavorable action on these
! ...? . . .
measures seemed imminent, Mr. Net
tles supported his argument for the
legi?lation by letters and telegrams
from various lawyers, business men
and officials of Asheville and the
county.
| The Martin bill to provide the post
ing of 15 days' notice of intention to
marry with the registrar of deeds be
fore a license could be issued was
passed over for further action due to
the absence of Mr. Martin. The com
mittee attitude, however, was ex
rpscsed as unfavorable to the measure
hv several members.
The Oaston-Ervin bill which would
provide that juries could recommend
mercy in cases where the death pen
alty was attached, was reported fa
vorably.
Representative Fountain's measure
to provide an eastern North Carolina
training school for boys along the
lines of the present institution. Stone
wall Jackson training school, was re
ported out favorably by unanimous
vote and was. under the rules, referred
to the appropriations committee for
farther action and consideration.
The committee on education passed
out favorably several measures con
nected with public school government
flnd administration of affairs, chief
among which were two bills which
would extend to the respective coun
ties the right to elect the superinten
dent of public instruction by vote of
the people, and tho right to elect by
popular vote the boards of education.
This movement, committee members
stated, was one which was in fair way
of becoming the most powerful in
legislative circles, and they intimated
that sooner or later this method of
electing public school superintendents
and educational boards would be
sponsored by every county in the
state.
The house finance committee passed
on several tax measures, but these
were finally held over until the gen
eral revenue bill could be considered
because of a chance of conflicting leg
islation.
Two institutional measures were of
fered by Senator Baggett, of Harnett,
a member of the board of directors of
the Caswell Training school. One of
them provides that the age limit of 30
years shall be removed for applicants
for admission to *he Caswell Training
school and the other gives to the medi
cal staff of any institution the right to
perform an operation upon any inmate
when in their judgment such an opera
tion would improve the mental, physi
cal or moral condition of such inmate.
T). R. Crissinger, the president's ap
pointee to be governor of the federal
reserve board, will be Invited to ad
dress the general assembly in joint
session here at any time that suits
his convenience, according to a resolu
tion introduced In the senate.
Federal Taxes Piling in.
North Carolinians are paying taxes
Into the federal treasury through the
office of Gilliam Griseom, collector of
Internal revenue, at a rate which in
dicates a total for the fiscal year of
approximately $130,000,000 he an
nounced.
The office is receiving daily an
amount in excess s>t $400,000, Mr.
Grissom said, despite the fact that the
present is not the period in which the
bulk of the quarterly remittances 1b
uaid.
Everett Appointed Secretary of State, i
I Governor Morrison tendered the ap*
! pointment of secretary of state to W.'
N. Everett, of Rockingham, member of
the lower house of th egeneral as
sembly and one of the leading busi
ness men of the Sand Hill section.
Mr. Everett is expected to accept
the place, though he was not ready
to make an announcement at present.
He looks upon the tender of the ap
pointment as a high honor and his
close friends anticipated he would
make known his willingness to as
sume the office, delaying, however,
actual acceptance until the legisla
ture adjourns.
A boom for Mr. Everett was start
ed by the members of the general
assembly and at the same time j
movements in behalf of James A. j
Hartness, clerk of court of Iredell
county, and Alfred M. McLean, of
Lillington, secre!ary to Senator Over
man, launched. It was understood
that the governor had not been ap- j
proached concerning the candidacy j
of either of the three, and the tender I
of the appoiptment to Mr. Everett j
was entirely voluntary on his part.
Mr. Everett, despite an active busi
ness life, has been interested in public
affairs for years. He served as mayor
of Rockingham three terms, served ?
as chairman of the board of education
of Richmond county and held offices
of trust' in the county. He was a
member of the state senate in 1917 j
and in 1921 he became a member of 1
the house. He is one of the leaders
of the present house and an outspok
en champion of Governor Morrison's
program. He also has been a member
of the board of trustees of the Uni- j
versity of North aCrolina for some
years.
Both the governor and Mr. Everett ;
are anxious that the representative
keep his seat in the house for the re- ;
mainder to the session. For that rea
son actual acceptance of the appoint
ment may be delayed until then,
Clerk Supreme Court Resigns.
Owing to his declining health, Jo?*
eph L. Seawell has resigned as clerk
of the North Carolina supreme court
and the ?court, in session recently
fidwanT C. Seawell, his son, who has 1
acted as assistant for the last eight,
years, as his successor. He was elect
ed for a term of eight years.
For thirty-six years, "Joe" Seawell,
as he was known to the legal profes
sion throughout the State, has been
connected with the supreme couit and
since 1911 has been clerk of the court.
His son, who, during the recent ill
ness of his father, administered the ,
affairs of the clerk's office with full re
Rponsibility, giving thorough satisfac
tion to the court and the attorneys of
the state who come before the court,
steps in as the seventh clerk of court
in the history of the state.
Mr. Seawell's letter of resignation
to the court follows:
'Honorable Sirs:
Owing to my declining health, I
beg leave to tender to your honorab'e'
body my resignation as clerk of tho
supreme court.
I regret thus to sever the wry
pleasant relations which have exist
ed between your honorable body
any myself for the past thirty-six
years and I appreciate your many cour
tesies to me. I am.
Most respectfully yours,
(Signed) J. S. SEAWELL."
The list of clerks who have served
the supreme court since 1844 follows:
1884? Edward B. Freeman, Raleigh.
1S47? James R. Dodge, Morganton.
1SGS ? Charles B. Root, Wake.
1870 ? W. H. Bagley, Perquimans.
1886? Thomas S. Kenan, Wilson.
1911 ? Joseph L. Seawell, Wake.
1923 ? Edward C. Seawell, WTake.
Twenty-one Road Projects Are Up.
TWenty-one projects aggregating 192
miles, will be offered to contractors
Thursday, February 1, 1923, when the
State Highway Commission assumes
the letting of roa*ls on a large scale
in the first big award of contracts
since last August. The program was
temporarily halted to enable the com
mission to concentrate on construc
tion
Every district in the state is rep
resented in the list of 21 projects ad
vertised for letting, with the First
district, which is somewhat behind in
its contracts,, leading with a total mile
age of 71.08 miles out of the total of
192.24 miles to be awarded. The hard
surface mileage totals 84.78 and the
gravel mileage 107.46 miles.
Within three months of its third
birthday when the bids are opened,
the commission will have let to con
tract a total of 1,446 miles of gravel,
road and a total of 1,071 miles of hard- ,
surfaced road. Not included in the ,
mileage are more than a score of large j
bridges that have been built during
the past three years.
Awarding of contracts was held up
six months ago when the commission
found it had practivally reached the
capacity of production of raw mate
rials and the ability of contractors to
find economical labor with which to
do this work.
Sell $10,000,000 of Bonds.
A total of $10, 073, 000 of North
Carolina bonds was sold to a syndicate
of New York and North Carolina
banks and bond buyers represented by
B. J. Van Ingen Co., at 4% per cent
with a ninety-day option on the re
maining $10,000,000 for sale by th%
state at par. ?
Bonds offered for sale included $l,r
700,000 public school building , bonds;
$3,373,000 permanent improvement ed
ucational and charitable institution
bonds, and $15,000,000 highway bonda.
CONDENSED NEWS FROM
THE OLD NORTH STATE
SHORT NOTES OF INTEREST TO
CAROLINIANS.
Gastonia. ? Robert L. Orice and
John Carswell were jointly charged
with the murder of John Ford in a
true bill of indictment returned by
the Gaston county grand jury.
Stateavllle. ? A resolution opposing
bills now pending in congress which
would make certain amendments to
the present farm loan act, was adopt
ed to the Statesville Farm Loan as
sociation at a recent meeting.
New Bern. ? Calvin C. Brown, chief
of the business organization bureau
of the United States Chamber of Com
merce, has accepted an invitation to
be principal speaker at the annual
meeting and dinner of the New Bern
chamber on February 6.
Greensboro. ? Gus Matthews, the
second man wanted in connection
with the robbery of the Bank of Sum
merfield on last May 29, has surren
dered of his own volition and given
bond .of $1,000 for his appearance in
Guilford superior court in March.
Hamlet. ? Statistics by the Fruit
Growers' Express company recently
compiled and available for informa
tion through their local agent, H. B.
Nash, gives the total number of cars
of peaches shipped from the Sandhill
section for 1922 to be 1,250.
Charlotte. ? Miss Eula Redfern, of
Monroe, shot and killed herself at
her home there, according to word re
ceived by relatives here. It was ad
ded that no cause for the act was
known unless the girl, who was a pu
pi? in the tenth grade, had been
brooding over the suicide here of her
cousin, Miss Martha Harper.
Asheville. ? The attempt of the
North Carolina Pharmaceutical Asso
ciation to secure the passage^)? a T)ill
in the general assembly prohibiting
the sale of medicines in stores other
than drug stores in the state, is draw
ing opposition from the North Caro
lina Merchants' Association and the
fight >vill be carried to Raleigh.
Charlotte. ? Seventy-four spaces for
motor car exhibits at the third an
nual Carolinas Automobile show hero
February 5 to 10, have been contract
ed for by manufacturers, distributors
and dealers. Osmond Barringer, chair
man ot^the space committee of tho
Charlotte Automotive Trade Associa
tion, which is sponsoring the show,
announced.
Hendersonville. ? A posse is search
ing for the person or persons who shot
and killed Harvey Case, and then muti
lated his face with knife wounds.
Bloodhounds followed a trail that led
to a thicket near Balfour, on the out
skirts of this city.
Winston-Salem. ? The annual con- .?
vention of the North Carolina branch
of the National Association of Letter
Carriers will be held in Winston-Salem
beginning Monday, January 18.
New Bern. ? A fire, carrsed by an oil
stove explosion, wes responsilbe for
the death of a three-year-old negro
infant and the serious burning of his
aunt, Hattie Hardison, on Carroll
street. The house, owned by Mary
Bell, grandmother of the child, was
a o?mplete loss.
Franklinton. ?W. H. M. Jenkins was
named chief of police for Franklinton
at a meeting of the board of commis
sioners. Mr. Jenkins is a popular
young man of Franklinton and suc
ceeds J. T. Strother, who recently
handed in his resignation of this post.
Kinston. ? Miss Bessie Hudson, 18,
an employe of a local knitting mill,
died in a hospital here from a fracture
of the skull, sustained when she slip
ped down before an automobile. The
car was driven by Alderman O. T.
Boney, who placed her in the machine
and rushed her to trie hospital.
Lumberton. ? With deposits of more
than two and a quarter million dollars
Lumberton's three banks ? National
Bank of Lumberton, First National
and Planters Bank ajid Trust Co.. are
in a prosperous and healthy condition.
The annual meeting of the stockhold
ers and directors of the three banks
were held and all the old officers were
re-elected.
Winston-Salem. ? Robert Woods and
Robert Montgomery, negroes, for
years in the employ of the city, were
caught in a slide of earth while work
ing in a ditch here, Woods being
completely buried. A hole was speedi
ly dug through the earth to Woods'
mouth, so that he might breathe while
workmen effected his rescue. His in
juries were not serious.
Wilson. ? Perhaps the largest hog
ever raised in this section was slaugh
tered by J. H. ("Hick") Proctor on his
plantation, seven miles east of this
city. The monster is of the Poland
China breed, three years old, weighing
827 pounds and stood three and a half
feet high, measured from tip of nose to
end of tail 9 1-2 feet.
High Point. ? Plans for the state
convention of the Baptist Young Peo
ple's Union, to be held In High Point
next June, were made at a meeting
of the executive board of the City
B. Y. P. U. at the home of Miss
Mary Annie Sharpe on Thurston
street.
Greensboro. ? Phohibition history
was made in Guilford county with the
capture of a still and eight hundred
and seventy-sir quarts of whiskey by
deputies. This represents the biggest
amount ever taken on one haul in the
county. The capture was made near
Summerfleld.