? .u :n America and Carries Six
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. ;s ,?,,. tirsi six-passenger airplane to be built in th? it
, (?liicajro ready for service as a transcontinental ? d States, and
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i*tu1u !l
Indian Richest
of Americans
I
*
j,ree Hundred Thousand Red
grot^e "s Own $130,000,000 of
Fcrests and Woodlands.
1(1 INCOME TWO MILLIONS
Lfsts Conducted by Indian Forestry
] Service According to Advanced Prin.
cipies? Administration Costs
Indian Only 10 Per Cent.
* *
Do you think Uncle Sam is +
jnak/ng up for the past wrongs j
ecne the red brother? This j
story g^es an interesting in- ? {
y6ht into what a paternal gov- *
rnment now is doing for him. |
<r?|iiiii:t?n ? Sentimentally consid
A u generally conceded that Lo,
,HK>r Indian. is right In the midst
w pauper class; but when his
i;eri:il assets are considered he be
the richest of Americans, poten
cy -and percupltaUy speaking; In
*Ajhe richest of all humans. If
individual Indirn could cash In
a'n equal distribution basis his
^ The lands, live stock, minerals
Ji.i at their present valuation
h- a i ?uiil he Immeasurably better off
than :l.f average white American,
ajs ;! e forest and lumber Informa
t,;r ^rvi(r ,?f th? National Lumber
V'* iV.i't i'.refs' association, which has
'uiik liii a study of the Indian
;< iind Incidentally reports that
:;i;r>: the average white man's
>><? the red man would possess
? r .<?:.-!'*> ; for the total Indian
i> >7j7.in >0.000 and there are
|r>r ah' -'it h ?.i mh> Indians. <
?-f the richest of the Indian as
> !;..! often brought to public
i \ :/... the Indliyi forests. As
|i :? / . the Indian is collectlve
f\? f]?Ti??n:iI magnate. The 300.
Italians own 35,000,000,000
if merchantable timber ? an iro
| - iit : ,. ;nr in the American supply
of '? r?-<t products ? worth today -at
irt?- sioo.inmi.ooo ; and the young
py.\Tl, in ?hese forests and the land
they stan i mi represent $30,000,000
tore. If iiii*" forest wealth were di
LtIiM Hju:illy, every Indian In the
"v?nfrv would have about $4.50 of
wealth.
Awake to Value of Timber.
i" Indians began to realize about
vi r- iil'h that trees represented
iMNviilth. jind the last clash of any
>i 1, between the military and
h'!i:.ns whs in northern Minnesota in
a .v.. the Leech Lake Chippewas.
Lvr: iv ?,.,,k to the tall timber In full
I W.tin- >trenu'th when they concluded
^ a: v who had been allowed the
Khil'-'..v uf removing dead and down
1 1 the reservation were not
Nrii: nnvthlng In the woods that
*^n'r .|,.:,d .,n-l down, at least when
% sr"f through with It. It cost the
'Us "? riirht soldiers of the Third
regiment and the wounding of
1. ? h?jrs for the Indians to '.m
,,r. tin* government that they
r'jlt on the Job of looking after
* 1 r fimhi-r. This was not an Indian
':!'r si: j in a proper sense but was
i ivvi.rt to i.rins, as the Indians
S|V it. to protect their established
rights. Whether this demon
<r II of force had anything to do
?:t:i " ?'i not, it is a fact that the
' : m. forestry and business man
: * ! ' ,,f I ho Indian timber lands
nr si Jm tut that time.
^|t' Indian bureau of t lie Depart
Interior asserts that during
fao quarter of the Nineteenjh
!; any millions of feet of tlra
r, moved from Indian reserva
in the states of Wisconsin and
j. without proper supervision
"f ?'?uing and without adequate
!'? "t Mi-t ii .jj ,,j- ,j)(4 interests of the In
n.v ' '"ii yress provided no funds for
_ I,r"ti'ct j ? ?n or for the development of
1 \v-a?n, (,f merchandising timber.
ti r <t general act of congress
_ l**a Ii p _* j|lp timber on Indian
;^T\:,Tiori* was in 1889 and author
j/H! Hi- S;iie of dead and down tlm
*r *'.v -he Indians of any reservation,
*11'' * *n?* >.f is<)7 specially authorized
v:;l< <>f such timber on the lands
' hippewa Indians In Minnesota.
I " ii service considers now that
1 ? 'ie' unsound In principle as
uraged deliberate -injury of
, ' Mi i ,.r v j-lre j0 niake it "dead
'"1 ''-.Mi j,." and surreptitious cutting.
' 1 ! * * t until 1909 that congrcfcs
" :-'.'i Imrity for the development
Indian service of a regular
Son / , th'" effl0lent
irtratlo" of Indian timber lands. At
tor tnri'lf ^ was aPProPr'ated
I ' rJ wor!i 'n the reservations.
hat . . n,eanflme fhere 18 doubt
of ti, >" rfr part of the f,,rest wealth
' J * lndlans w?s dissipated. Since
r ,. n"'eVer' ,he forestry ??nch of
?m "P service has been ffnlldlnp
np an efficient system of administer
f? mher lands 'r accordance with
the basic principles of the science 'of
orestry. In 1910 ccngress authorized
the sale of mature green timber for
ie first time. It th?n became possible
not only to protect the Indian timber
ands from fire and trespass, but also
to derive from the forests an income
that has financed much of the recent
general industrial development on In
dian reservations.
The Indians ,v \ altogether 7,000,
000 acres of comm rclal for-sts in Ad
dition to lar?e adjacent areas of
woodland ; the two classes of land in
cluding an area larger than the com
bined areas of Massachusetts and
Connecticut. The mature timber
standing on these lands is estimated
at 35, 000,000,000 feet with a value of
about $100,000,000. The Indians own
forests of commercial importance in
fifteen states, but the most extensive /
?holdings are in rhe far western states.
Oregon Is at the lop of the list of
Indian timber state*,, followed in rela
tive order by Washington, Montana. J
Arizona, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Cal- 1
Ifornia, Idaho and Minnesota.
The handful of Klamath Indians in
southern Oregon, who are the great
timber lords of the aborigines, own
about 8,000.000,000 feet of merchant
able timber standing in one of the
finest tracts of virgin timber, largely
western yellow pine, in the whole of
the United States. At present stump
age prices this tin ber is worth at
least $2.ri,000,000. As there are only
1.178 Indians, including a few
Piutes and Modocs associated with
the Klamaths in the (Avnershlp of this
timber, a Klamath is worth in timber
alone nearly $25,000 and is entitled to
rank with the Osages arid other pluto
cratic Indians of the oil land reserva
tions. Down in the southwestern cor
ner of the United States the Indians
of the Fort Apache reservation have
probably the finest body of timber in
thaf state; and back in Wisconsin the
Menominee resenatlon Cliippewas
still own a billion feet of hard and
, soft timber, which is recognized as
J the finest timber remaining in that
state. The Indians of Minnesota owft
some of the finest stands remaining of
eastern white pine, which Is now neor
ing commercial extinction and Is pro
portionately valuable.
Since the establishment of the In
dian forestry service in 1910 the Indian
lands have been administered accord
ing to a policy of reconciling forestry
principles with the present economic
Interests of the Indians. The reserva
tion forestry problem is not just the
same as that of the national forests,
for it must be remembered that the
Indian forests are private property
of the Indians held in trust for them
by the United States government.
Many of the Indians, too, own their
lands in individual allotments; and in
such cases their timber Is held for
them from much the same point of
view as an Individual white settler
would take. If the land is adaptable
to agriculture the cutting is clean
and without a view to reforestation.
On the other hand In the case of the
tribal forests the idea is to reconcile
the need of Immediate revenue for
the owners with assurance of future
value of the property, and here the
principle Is one of perpetual lumber
ing. Only mature trees are cnt, and
provision is made for protecting young
trees from Injury during logging oper
ations and for the cleaning up and
burning of debris of logging. The tim
ber is generally disposed of to con
tractors through competitive bids, the
contractor removing the timber him
sel# under the supervision of and ac
cording to the regulations of the In
dian forest service.
Moct Advanced Foreitry Practice.
It is the boast of the Indian forest
service that its regulations governing
logging operations, promulgated in
1920, represent as advanced a* state as
has yet been made in American forr
estry practice anywhere.
An illustration of the public or what
might be called the wiiite man's in
terest In the Indian forests is found
in general regulation No. 10, which
provides that in the discretion of the
officer of the Indian forest service ; In
charge "a strip not exceeding 300 feet.
In width on each side of streams,
roads and trails and in the vicinity
j Saves 8,140 Buffalo {
Nickels for Bank Deposit t
S I
I North English, la. ? A consign- !
f ment of 8,140 buffalo nickels, j
I amounting to $407 and hauled to \
J the bank on an express wagon, ?
i was the unusual deposit made f
? by Mrs. Rosa Miller of this city. 1
J Mrs: Miller had hoarded the f
j nickels ever since tne pieces I
j were coined. J.
4
of camping places and recreation
grounds, may be isserved, In which
little or no cutting will be allowed.
This provision assures the main
tenance of scenic values on the In*
dlen reservations.
Notwithstanding forestry regula
tions, some of t'le h.rg?*st timber sales
ever made by the United States gov
ernment and at 'he nlghest prices
have been made of Indian reservation
timber In the last ten or twelve |
Five sales have amounted to appso*^
mately 500,000,000 feet each and a |
dozen others have exceeded 100,000,
000 fe^t each. Large units of yellow
pine have been soid on the Klamath
reservation at $5.50 per thousand feet,
and on the Flathead reservation In
Montana at $6.50 a thousand. White
and Norway pine of inferior qual ty
on the Nett Lake reservation in Min
nesota have sold at $16 and $ ? ? ^
respectively, and in a recent sale o
nearly half a billion feet on t e
Qulnaielt reservation In Washington,
western hemlock brought the unprec
edented price of $3.00, and cedar,
spruce, Douglas fir anfl other spec es
were sold at $5.00 a thousand. The
timber of three units of this reserva
tion sold during 92: totaled more
than 1.000.000.000 feet. From the Kin
math reservation alone nu,re than
100.000,000 feet are ^being cut each
vear ? The latest sale of Indian tim
ber was that of the Valley Creek unit
in the Flathead reservation In Mon
tana, 130,000,000 feet, at $:>.1~ a
thousand for the western yiUow pine
and $3.01 for the other timber. Dur
ing the past decade the value of the
timber removed f n\ lands under tie
Jurisdiction of the Indian service has
exceeded $1,500,000 annually, and this
income will presently exceed
000 The cost to the Indians of the
commercial and .forestry administra
tion of their lands. Including the pro
tection of the timber from fire, insect
infestation and trespass, has been
less than $150,000 annually.
Indians Get 90 Par Cent.
The mdlan forest service is very
proud of the fact that more than 90
per cent of the gross inconn from the
Indian forest has been placed to the,
credit of individual Indians or tribes
for use in their support or Industrial
advancement.
A striking Illustration of the eco
nomic salvation prudent administra
tion of their forests has meant to the
hidians in many cases is found in the
Jicarilla Apache re&ervation in New
Mexico. In 1910 the Jicarillas, exceed
ingly poor, broken by disease and
wretched beyond belief, were appar
ently nearing extinction. By means of
funds realized from sales o
timber they hn\e been rehabilitated
morally and physically .and are no\
far on the roa to industrial Inde
l>endence. %
The regulations make It Imperative
for loggers in the Indian forests to
employ Indians preferably wherever
thev are available and fitted for th
work. Many hundred Indians thus
have lucrative employment by them
selves. so to speak.
Extensive valuation surveys have
been made on a number of reserva
tions and the work It going al*ea(' a
fast as funds become available. This
survey, besides furnishing data for a
topographic map, jives the amount,
kind and quality of timber, the soil
classification and Its adaptability to
Irrigation and farm crop production.
Importance of Surveys.
The surveys are also very Important
In protecting the f rests from fire. On
oil the reservations containing timber
of any Importance telephone lines
have been constructed from central
headquarters to various strategic
points such as ranger cabins In the
mountains and the Are lookouts. The
latter are located on high mountain
points, which afford a panoramic
view of the timber below. Men are
stationed in these lookouts throughout
the fire season, constantly scanning
the forests with binoculars. If such
an observer discovers a Are he Imme
diately determines Its locaiion with
an instrument known as, a' fire-finder
and promptly telephones the Informa
tion to the fores. er In charge, who Im
mediately dlspatcl.es a crew with
tools and supplies 1c fight the fire. The
Indian service ^o-operates with the
forest service ^national forests) of the
Department of Agriculture and other
agencies in fire detection and suppres
sion. This, with a systematic patrol
of experienced :an?ers and guards, af
fords insurance against heavy losses
from fire. The average cost of this in*
surance has never exceeded half a
cent an acre.
. The proceeds from the administra
tion of the Indian forests in the last
twenty-five years have amounted to
about $25,000,000 and It Is likely .that
the Indian forests will bring in around
$2,000,000 a year tar the next twenty
years, and a smaller sum Indefinitely.
Moreover, the, permanent Indian for
ests will contribute In a considerable
measure to the ; lalntenancc of a cer
tain though limited supply of timber
In the future. ^ V
SWAM COURT
FILES onus
FINDS NO ? R RO R IN TRIAL OF
FOUR MEN CONVICTED OF
' !' . ? ? ? .
MURDER.
FIFTH SAVE1 AS WITNESS
/
Four Who Lose Fight For New Trial
Are George Williams, Frank and
Fred Dpve and Jim Miller.
Raleigh.
Supreme Court opinions In State
cases, paved the way for five more
men to meet death in the electric
chair of the State Prison. The five'
are:
George Williams, Frank Dove and
Fred Dove, and ^Willie Hardison of
Onslow county, sentenced to death
for the murder of Cyrus Jones, Ons
low county mail carrier, and Jim
Miller of Lenoir- county, sentenced
to do for the murder of John Sutton.
The Supreme Court found no error
fn the trial of Williams and the two
Doves, and Jim Miller. Willie Hardi
son, who took an appeal, has*been re
prieved by the Governor from time to
time on recommendations of the solic
itor of the district who declared that
In the event the other three defendants
were granted a new trial, the State
would be embarrassed without the
testimony of Hardison, the witness
upon whose testimony largely they
were convicted.
Williams, the^two Doves and Hardi
son were tried at the October, 1922,
term of Onflow court before Judge
Cranmer. The first three were tried
jointly after Hardison had been con
visted.
Other opinions filed by the court
were: .
Causey v. Davis, Dir. Gen., Lee, no
error.
State v. Williams and Dove, Onslow,
nq error.
State v. Miller, Lenoir, no error. -
Nobles v. Davenport, Lenoir, no
error.
Vann et al v. Commrs., Sampson,
affirmed.
State v. Wheeler, Wake, no error.
State vs. Foster, Franklin, no error.
Leavister v. Pia"no Co., Wake, no
error. ? ?. ? * .
Roberts v. Massey, Franklin, no
error.
Newsom v. Cothran, and McKim
mon, Wake, no error.
Women Students to Get Dormitory.
Asserting that the contriversy be
tween girl and boy students at the
University of North Carolina over the
construction of a girl's dormitory ap
parently has been settled, W. N. Ever
ett, Secretary of StMe, and a member
of the building committee of the in
stitution. stated, a special committee
has been appointed to consider plans
for the proposed building.
Mr. * Everett, who attended the
meting of the building committee in
Chapel Hill, also said a "careful
checking of accounts has been made
and it has ben found that the building
program of the University will be
carried out without exceding the ap
propriation and absorbing a debt of
$45,000 brought over from the build
ing commission."
Following the appeal of ; girl stu
dents at the institution for a new dor
mitory, the boys took action in oppo
sition to the movement. Mr. Everett
said there "evidently had been a mis- j
understanding of the position taken
by the women, as they are not asking
for an elaborate building with swim
ming pool, gymnasium and other ex
tensive accommodations." They only
desire a building suitable for use as
a dcrimtory, he said, adding that
there was not much "difference in the
position of the girls and that of the
committee."
Governor Paroles Three Prisoners.
Will Washington, serving a four
year sentence in the State Prison for
murder in the second degree commit
ted in Pitt county, was paroled by
Governor Mirrison upon recommenda
tion of Solicitor Jesse H. Davis who
stated thta he considers one year's
imprisonment "sufficient punishment
in view of the fact tht^ the killing of
his wife was very likely accidental."
The prisoner has already served
about eighteen months on the roads.
T. H. Brown and W. A. L. Smith
convicted in June in Mecklenburg
county of manufacturing whiskey
were paroled by Governor Mirrison
upon recommendation of "Solicitor
George Wilson and# the fact that^ the*
discovery of new evidence in the case
indicates the Innocence of the de
fendants.
Nobles Given Respite.
Owing to the continued illness of
Warden Sam Busbea's wife, Governor
Morrison authorized thirty day re
spite 'for Milton Nobles, White, sen
tenced to be electrocuted at the state's
prison Friday, and for Willie Hardi
son, sentenced to die March 28. The
executive ordered an electrocution
postponed last week because of ill
ness in the warden's family.
No appeal for Nobles, alleged slayer
of Henry Nobles, in Columbus county,
was made to the supreme court nor to
the governor. ,
February Fknt lon $669,928.
Although a short month, the flr?;
loss for February, as announced byj
Insurance Commissioner Wade, aggre-I
gated $669,928, against $829,579 for'
January, but nearly double that of!
February 192& ? 354,885.
While there were 221" fires during,
the month, the bulk of the loss came
from 20 fires in the $5,000 and oyer
class of single fires at 17 points, total}*
In $443,218, and of this amount $212, ?
518 represented saw mill, plaining mill
and lumber fires. Two other unusual
features stand out in tlie statistical
table for February. One, the big ag
gregate of -6,927,353 in value of prop
erty at risk, and of $5,195,577 in the j
amount of insurance involved. An* -
other feature is the greatly increased
loss in dwellings, for while the loss for
January was only $92,395 or about 1-9
of the whole for February it had
mounted to 229,282 or about 1-3 of the
total loss for the month. There were
151 dwelling fires, 22 of stores and 13
of factories and industrial plants, all
other classes being unusually small.
In causes of fires, the regular lead is
sustained by shingle roofs and defec
tive flues, 117, followed by unknown,
35, overhot stove or furnace, 14, care
lessness, -11, and oil stove explosioin 7.
The Insurance Department is bend
ing every energy towards making
Clean-up Week, March 24-31 ? the out
standing spring event all over the
State, and points to the mounting
losses by fire in dwellings as a
special reason for a complete and
prompt overhauling of all domiciles
and premises in both town and coun
try homes.
The following towns having report
ed that there was no fire or no damage
from fire during last month are placed
on the department's honor roll for
February; Graham, Clinton.'Pinehurst,
Mt. Olive, Mr. - Airy, ' Huntersville,
Spring Hone, Ayden, Randleman,
Nashville, Carthage, Farmville and
Wake Forest.
Classes of property .damaged or de
stroyed include: dwellings, 151;
stores; 22; industrial plants, 13. Four
each of garages, unstontd autos, ware
houses and barns. Three each of
schools, railroad property, lumber
plants, repair shops. Two each of out
houses, cafes, business blocks, hotels,
movie theatres, and car barns. One
each of lodge, room, church, barber
shop, packhouse,' office building, press
ing club, ice plants.
Causes of fires as listed follow:
Defective flues and shingle roofs, 117;
unknown, 35; overshot stove and fur
nace,, 14: carelessness, 11; oil stove
explosioil, 7; five each of short circuit,
machine friction and defective wiring;
burning trash, 4; three each of electric
iron, suspicious, incendiary, gasoline
ignition, smoking adjoining building.
Two each of engine sparks, open fire
and live coal, accidental, spontaneous
combustion. One each of lamp explo
sion, hot box, rates and match, child
and match, match in waste.
State May Establish Cement Factory.
Confronted with a cement famine
that may cut in half the- proposed
road construction in the State this
year, and seriously hadicap hundreds
of private building enterprises, the
State Highway Commission took the
initiative in the erection of a great ce
ment mill somewhere in the moun
tains of Western North Carolina In an
effort to relieve the congestion.
With the expediture of a quarter of
a million dollars the Commission
could erect a plant that would greatly
relieve the situation and eventually
take care of the entire demand for ce
ment for road construction in the
State with resultant savings not only
in the cost price of cement and in
freight charges, but would also enable
the prosecution of construction with
out interruption.
Just now the Commission has out
standing contracts with manufacturers
for upwards of 2,000,000 barrel^ of ce
ment and is in the market for 300,000
barrels to be used in the construction
of roads scheduled for being put out
on contract April 3rd. Difficulty is be
ing met in maintaining deliveries on
present contracts, and in extending
ccutracts to meet new construction.
. Commissioners Hill, Cox and Hants
4?ave been named on a committee to
investigate the adviability of the im
mediate erection of a mill, and 'o
look over available sources of raw ma
terial. Limestone is the base from
which cement is made, requiring only
coal with which to burn it. Inexhaust
ible deposits of stone are found
throughout the mountains, and coal is
available over, the C. C. and O. railroa 1
from West Virginia on a short haul.
In the meantime Chairman Page is
investigating the advisability of Jm
porting cement from Norway, Den
mark, and Belgium. Tentative ar
rangements were made for importa
tion during a less serious crisis last
year, but abandoned temporarily be
cause of transportation obstacles. Sev
eral thousand tons of cement have
been brought into the State by the
Southern Power Co., from that source
and found well adapted and somewhat
cheaper. .
Governor Paroles Five Men.
Five paroles were granted by Gov
ernor Morrison, all of the prisoners'
serving trems on county roads in th?
State.
Those paroled were Harvey Bunting
and Fred Ow<*n, serving two years on
the roads in Alamance for assault of
a female; Byrd Wicker and Frank
Hoket serving eighteen months each
on the roads of Lee county for manu
facturing whiskey; and C. W. (Jrishaw,
serving a term in Forsyth county for
operating an automobile whils under
the influence of wfelskej.
CONDENSED NEWS FROM
THE OLD NORTH STATE
mmmmrni: #
SHORT NOTES OF INTEREST TO
CAROLINIANS.
Winston-Salem. ? State Highway
Commissioner Hanes has notified the
people of Stokes county that a hard
surfaced highway will be. built from
the Forsytfy line to Danbury via Wal
nut Core as soon as it can be reached.
Winston-Salem. ? News received
here announces the death in Abbotts
Greek, th:s county, of Mrs. Sarah R.
Weavil, aged 99 years. She was the
widow of WaJJer Weavil, and daughter
of David Phillips, one of the earlier
Moravian settlers in this section.
Greensboro. ? Mrs. G. J.. Shepherd,
of this city, aged 28, a widow, was
pulled from a pond at the White Oak
Mill here, where she had thrown her
self in an unsuccessful effort to end
her life.
Oxford. ? The Tobacco Board of
Trade of Oxford has issued a strong
appeal to the farmers 'of Granville
county to fight the insects so destric
tive to tobacco. They are urged to
clean thoroughly ail tobacco ware
houses and store houses where tobac
co trash is kept.
Greensboro. ? Ill-luck which has pur
sued the family of J. D. Bryson since
1911 reached its tragic end here when
Mrs. Bryson, aged 70, was run over
by an automobile on West Lee street,
this city and killed. J. C. Rice, driver
of the car, is being held at police
headquarters for investigation.
Winston-Salem. ? The officials of
Calvary Moravian church have award
ed the contract to J. L. Crouse of
Grensboro ,to construct a . $ 100, 000
house of worship. It will be erected
near the site of the i present church
which will be used until the new one
is completed. '
Durham.? Declaring faith in the
managerial form of municipal govern
ment, W. J. Brogden, former Dui ham
| mayor and prosecuting attorney an
nouncetf acceptance of the chairman
ship of the campaign launched to cm
bat a movement for the adoption oc a
commission for for the city.
Salisbury. ? Salisbury sharpshooters
of the Country Club have reorganized
for the season and will hold regular
meets with teams representing Albe
marle, Concord and Charlotte. The
team also will participate in the state
meet at Durham May 15.
Winston-Salem. ? While resisting
arrest on the charge of stealing coal
from a freight train at the Wilkesboro
Mocksville junction, Lewis Durham,
colored, was accidentally shot by De
puty Sheriff W. R. Pendry and the
wounded man died in a few minutes.
Lexington. ? Lexington's new water
system, constructed at a cost of $225,
000 to $250,000, is now being broken
in. Actual operations at the plant in
a limited way have already begun but
l it will be some days yet before water
will be flowing into the homes of the
city from the big reservoir on Abbott's
i creek, over .three miles from the city.
Asheville. ? The coldest 19th of
March experienced in Asheville in 25
years was recorded Monday. While
no fear is entertained for the apple
, crop, it is believed the peach and
I graps crops in the immediate section
! surrounding Asheville from which re- ^
ports have ben obtained will be dam
aged to some extent.
New Bern.. ? A report from Jackson
ville, Onslow county, is to the effect
that Arthur Henderson, white yauth
was instantly, killed at a poin:. be
tween Jacksonville and Richlinds
when he pitched headlong out of an
automobile in which he was riding
with friends and sustained a broken
neck in the fall.
Kinston.? Mrs. Herbert Harrison, 27,
Is dead here of smallpox. The Health
Department announced that the wo
man had refused to allow herself and
three small children to be vaccinat
ed, though a physician had insisted up
on it.
Winston-Salem. ? Oscar Burton Poin
dexter, aged 34 years, an employe of
the Southern Public Utilities company,
was instantly killed at the power plant
at Idols when he came in contact with
a heavy voltage wire while cleaning
transformers in the plant.
Carthage.? H. A. Page, Jr., has
bought the Jackson Springs property
from the Page interests and George
Ross, and will at once begin the im
provement of the place. Frank Buch
an has been engaged to look after the
development of the new purchase.
High Point. ? The Tomlinson o/air
Company, manufacturers of chairs and
dining room suites, has completed
plans for the enlarging of thsir plant*
here. The contract calls for the com
pletion <5f their addition by July 1st.
Winston-Salem ? Major General Hen
ry T. Allen, formerly commander of
the American occupation troops in Ger
many, accepted an invitation from the
local post, American legion, to address
- that body here May SO.
Asheville. ? All officers were re-elect
e?Land Statesville selected as the next 1
meeting place at the concluding ses
sion of the convention of the Western ?
North Carolina Weekly Press associ*
tion held here. R. E. Price, of Rutber
ford Sun, Rutherfordton, remains pre*
dent for the tnird term.
Ro&ingham.? Some weeks ago the
Parent-Teachers' association of the
Rockingham city schools began serv
ing hot lnncbes at the new high school
bnilding ? a hot bowl of soup 5 cents,
milk 5 cents, etc. One hundred and
seventy-five high school pupils art
taking advantage of this service.