THU MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1920; TWO . I : INDIAN PHYSICIAN MUST LEAVE-STATE TO KEEP HIS WIFE l: .. : - White Consort Married In Geor gia Not Recognized By North Carolina Laws (Special to Tke Star.) Lumberton, Jan. 27. Dr. G. W. Locklear, Indian, of Pembroke, must leave the state In order to live with the white woman whom "he married in Atlanta, Ga. Locklead was indicted by Solicitor B. B. McLean on the charge of forni cation and adultery, the indictment being brought upon the grounds that the laws of North Carolina . dd. not permit the intermarriage of races.: Locklear pleaded guilty of the charge and prayer for judgment was con tinue 1 upon payment of Ihe cost. Locklear and his wife are to return to the state in which they were mar ried. . ' - The father of Locklear's wife, who it is said isa prominent attorney of Atlanta, attended the trial and lent 1his efforts in the doctor's behalf. Locklear married another white wo- - man in another state several years ago and was later divorced upon the ' ground of illegal marriage, it is- said. This is the first case of its. kind to come up in Robeson. Thi3 was the first case disposed of at the week's term of criminal court, which convened Monday morning with Judge Oliver S, Allen of Kins- . ton presiding. ' ' . It was decided to increase the capi- : tal stock of the Robeson Fair associa tion from $3,000. to $10,000 at a re cent meeting of the stockholders and directors. It was also decided to al . low the colored people of the county to "put on" a fair the week following the one put on by the white people '.next falL A building committee was appointed to prepare plans for the . erection of an exhibition buildiig on the ten-acre lot recently purchased just north of Lumberton by . the fair association. It .s planned to. offer ' more than $1,000 in cash prizes at -the fair this year. ThefLumberton graded schools have been closed on account of tne appear - ance of two cases of spinal menin gitis among pupils of the second grade. The school will be closed for at least a week. No new cases of the dread disease have been reported since Thursday of last week and the health authorities are trying to pre vent the spread. The two children that have the disease both live near together and are about eight years old. Gatewood Small, who lives near Lumberton, spent several months in the army and returned home to be shot by his brother. The shooting was accidental and did not prove seri ous. The gun was accidentally fired while the Small brothers .were bird hunting and the load struck Mr. Small in the legs, more than thirty shots taking effect. " The Rbeson County garble & Granite Works is a feew "btisIneSs'eii terprise for Lumberton. . L. C. Hall and C. R. Rutlege are the promoters and they expect to open their place of -business on West Fourth street in a few days. They will make a spe cialty of making , monuments and tombstones. This will make the sec ond business of the kind In Lum berton. " The Lumberton Red Cross chapter has been re-organized with the fol-lowl-g officers:. J. P. Russell, chair man; Mrs. R. E. Lewis, vice chairman; C. B. Skipper, treasurer; I". Grover Britt, secretary. It Is planned to put on t, drive for members early in Feb ruary. Indications are that a number of new. business houses, as well as many residences will be erected In Lumber ton in the near future.. There is a crying demand ' for both, . especially for residences. SEEK HEADQUARTERS OF DIXIE CATTLEMEN Three Cities Now In Contest For ' The Honor Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 27. On recommendation of President John D. Eldridge that permanent headquarters . be selected for the Southern ' Cattle men's association, a contest developed here today with New Orleans. Mont - gornery and Memphis as contenders. The claims will be , consiaered by a . special committee appointed by the president. Savannah, Ga., thus far Is .'the only bidder for the 1921 conven . tion. , . More- than , 600 cattlemen, bankers , and' animal industry experts - gathered from all parts of the south are in at tendance. Tonight's session was given over to addresses by prominent men on sub jects related to grazing and pastur age. R. C. Lambert of Darlington, Ala.,: , discussing the winter grazing problem developed the advantages the south "has to offer in view of its mild cli mate, while Paul F. Tabor of Athens, Ga., an interesting resume of the pas ture grasses of South Georgia as ex cellent forage, crops for cattle. STOPS' BACKACHE III FEW MINUTES Rub lumbago, pain, soreness, stiffness right out with "St. r Jacobs Liniment" When y6ur back is sore and lame or lumbago, sciatica or neuritis has you stiffened up, don't suffer! Get a small trial bott'-e of old, honest "St. Jacobs ' Liniment" at any drug store' ' pour1 a little In your hand and rub It right into the pain or ache, and by , the time you count fifty, the soreness and lameness Is gone. Don't stay crippled! This soothing penetrating -liniment takes Jhe ache 'and pain out and ends the misery, it is magical, yet ; absolutely harmless and doesn't burn or discolor the skin. Nothing elee "stops lumbago, sci atica -and; lame , back' misery 80 promptly an surely. It never dis Appoints iadv - " TWO MORE CHANGES IN CABINET; THIRD IS EXPECTED SOON t . Houston Succeeds Glass; Mere dith Replaces Houston; Lane To Retire Washington, Jan. 27. Two moire changes in President Wilson's cabi net were made today and a third is expected within a short time. David Franklin , Houston, of : St. Louis, Mo., who has been secretary of agriculture since the beginning of the Wilson administration, was given th treasury portfolio, and Edwin L. Meredith, of Des Moines, Iowa, was named to succeed him as head of tlu department of agriculture. The third change expected soon is appointment of a secretary. o,f the in-, terior to succeed Franklin K. Lan who desires to retire -to private1 life. Mr. Lane's successor has not" yet been selected and officials generally would not hazard a guess &4 to whoiA It would be. . In selecting Mr. Houston to suAeef Carter Glass, as secretary of . the treasury, . the President ran counter to the guesses of a majority of offi cials, most of whom expected Secre tary Leffingwell to be "given tho of fice. . ' . ' , Mr. Meredith is'edior o? "Success ful Farming," and before establish ing that paper was publisher of the "Farmers' Tribune." He is president of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World; a director of the Chi cago Federal Reserve . bank " and was one of the excess profits advisers of the treasury department appointed In 1917. In a statement today at Miami Mr. Meredith said one of his first acis as head of the department of agricul ture would be to work out a method to get crops to market "without too much lost motion." He is expected in Washington within a few days to take up hU duties. Meantime Mr. Houston will succeed Mr. Glass, who will take his seat in the senate to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Martin, of Vir ginia, after serving as secretary - of the treasury for a little more than a year. When Secretary Lane passes out o the cabinet only four of the Presi dent's original-official -family will re main. Besides Mr. Houston they are Secretary Daniels, of the navy , depart ment; Secretary Wilson, of the labor department, and Postmaster General Burleson. , t President Wilson has had two sec retaries of state William J. Bryan and Robert Lansing; two secretaries of war Lindley M. Garrison ; and Newton" D. Baker; three attorneys general James C. McReynolds, now an associate justice of the supreme court; Thomas W. Gregory and A. Mitchell Palmer; two .secretaries of commerce William . C. Redfield and Joshua W. Alexander, and three sec retaries of the treasury William G. McAdoo, Carter Glass and David F, Houston. TERMS ACCEPTED BY JUGO-SLAVIA Will Agree To Allied Adriatic Plans Berne, Switzerland, Jan. 27.- The Jugo-Slav government . has decided to accept the allied .ultimatum with re gard to the settlement of the Adriatic controversy, according to a ' dispatch from Belgrade. , Under the settlement plan as set forth in the allied ultimatum to Jugo slavia, now reported accepted, the city of Fiume was to be independent under a league of nations guarantee. The port and the city proper were to be controlled by the league of nations. The suburb of Suzzah was alloted. to Jugo Slavia. A strip of territory along the coast was elimitated to connect Flume with Italian territory. .' In Dalmia. it . was provided that ..the city of Zara should constitute an inde pendent state under a league of na tions guarantee.- The terms ' stipulat ed that Italy should retain Avlona and have a mandate In Albania, except that the northern part of Albania, it was set forth should be made an autonom ous Drovince under Jiitrn Slavic nflmln-N istration. Italy was given the Islands of Lussin and Lisa, the remainder to go to Jugo Slavia.. All -the islands are to be demilitarized. 4 ' REPORTS COMPENSATION CONTRACTS AS SIGNED ; : : 1 .,.. . r. .j . Underwood Reports' To Director v General Hines ' . . . . ; , ... Washington, Jan. 27. Compensation contracts between the railroad admin istration and 232 railroads .under gov ernment' control had-' been -'signed on January 1, last; iJ. Marvin Underwood, general counsel of the railroad ad ministration, stated today in his an nual report to Director General Hines. These involved $717,153,128 or seventy-one percent of the total annual rental of $917,000,000 paid by the gov ernment to the companies. 4 , Claims for special compensation in addition to, , the standard return had been filed by 124 roads, the aggregate being $92,318,789. Thirty-five of these had been allowed in part, the total be ing $7,493,618, while sixty-seven totall-, ing $45,686,276. had been denied, nnrl eight, totalling $553,754 had been with- arawn, leaving sua pending fourteen totalling $9,224,288. ,; .".v .. Mr. Underwood said negotiations with railroads as to many additional compensation contracts for the stand ard return, were .beingi . actively push-' ed. .He said also that . in. addition . to the pandard. contracts there Tiad been i . co-operative contracts - made be tween the administration- and smaller roads, mostly shorV Uneai, ' - V Describing th works of the':.clalms and property protection-Bectibn.' he de clared gratifying . progress - had been maae in avoiding loss ana ' damage claims presented. ,. ; HinfGAIlIAW ' TREATY ' VSB ATISFACTOBT Basel, Jan. 27 -A" dispatch from Budapest says " Hungary's military representatives at Neuilly have Sub mitted to. the entente plenlpotentlaf is a memorandum ; declaring that . the milltafy teladsess In lthe treaty drawn up for Hungary are ndt acceptable. It Is asserted that the army of PJL000 as allowed, by the treaty, is nOf'suf flcient to, maintain Order Ih ' the ' In terior, n - view of present conditions. LITTLE INFLUENZA I IN NORTH CAROLINA J' . 1 Call For Reports -Brings Negli gible Response From Quar antine Officers . : v - T- (Special to Tie Stinr) Raleigh, Jan. 27. The felegraphic request of D. P. M. Register, of the bureau of communicable diseases, sent to all the Quarantine officers in the state, asking that wire repcarts of influ enza epidemics be made to the Raleigh office every day," has so far ""brought little response. The largest number of cases reported from anyv one-" place today was eight, and It was said that these cases were mild. r. The health; authorities believe that with the continued practice of caution of the public as to getting in crowds and watching out about catching, cold, there is little danger of the "flu" epi demic becoming serious in North Caro lina. .. - . Likewise,, .the small epidemic of small liox which broke out in two counties last' week, is gradually sub siding. A large number of people are being vaccinated, It 4s learned from the heavy demands or vaccine. . An order for 300 .doses came from one small , town In - the state . today, and other smaller orders have "come In. Ralelgfe Doctors Meeting The fiftieth anniversary dinner of the Raleigh Academy of.. Medicine will be held at the 'Yarborough' hotel on Monday evening, February 2, at which time some of the best known doctors in the state have been invited to 'be present and deliver addresses. The Raleigh Academy of Medicine is one of the oldest in the state, and special preparations are being made to cele brate the reaching of the half cen tury mark of the society In Raleigh. Dr. Cyrus Thompson, of Jackson ville,, ex-presldent of the .North Caro lina society, will be one of the speak ers. "Among the other speakers in- Get This Map of Europe FREE It shows the tracks of the God of War left upon, that continent which, for two thousand . years, has. directed the destiny of the world. It shows the literal trimming that has been given Germany. . . It shows the manner inr which Austria-Hungary has gone to pieces and ceased to exist as a geographic;' unit. - i It . gives the first authentic picture of that half dozen baby na tions that have been born from the 'great conflict. It is a map of many colors, whici indicates old and. new, boundaries, -v plebiscite areas, undetermined zones. It is a, foot and a half wide and. two 'feet long just the right siz;to tack above your' desk or on the " wall at home. , -vi r: AN OFFICIAL AND AtFTHORITATIVE MAP ' This map of the New Europe was made by the United States Geo logical Survey. It is being used by the Savings Division of the Treasury Department in its campaign of thrift. ' It is. given away, through th Washington Information Bureau of this paper, together with a pamph let on HOW OTHER PEOPLE GET -AHEAD. Any reader of this paper may get it by fllling out the attached con pon, enclosing, a two-cent stamp for return postage, and mailing as in dicated. Send jfor it today.- . The- Morning Star Information SBuireau Frederic J. Haskin, Director Washington, D. Enclosed find a two-cent stamp, for which you Will please send oie, entirely free, the map of the New Europe. , t K-. ...... .. , ; . r, . . .. . "":""" Street " Address y.ti.Y,V2 ; i ..-.. ft ' ...Ifi-.f,,.- .."I ' . f2fn7.?."":r' V City St&t6 ri Count the Needless Footstep? Extension . How about the time jiost by you and your office force in running to the telephone ? fl Not only the lost time and lost energy, but the prolonged interruption from work which .one or more extensions, conveniently placed, would save for yoii. , r.. Most offices have expanded and we are now able to furnish extension telephones in connection with your present service. The cost is only a few Cents a week; Call the Manager's office today. 1 - -Vt SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY IDEAL LAUNDRY Rhone 29 Federal Income Tax Returns TWO SPECIAL SERVICES WASHIJTGTOIf RKl'liPSWPriTr F. J. SULLIVAN &m: CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS ra. . - WlLHIxfrPoi v VV1? AAW P tIpkoa 'So. 786. , WOMAN COULD NOT WALK UP STAIRS ' -. - ' Had Suffered ; Six Years, From v. ' Rheumatism Los Angelea Resident Say She Ached All Over And Suffered Night And DayNothing Did Her Any Good TiU She Took Tanlac , ' "I had rheumatism so bad r that life was simply miserable for me, but Tanlac has . entirelv overcome - my trouble," said Mrs. Martha' Ashbach, of 2226 1-2 Duane St., Loa Angeles, Cal.' ' .-'"""V? ' 'For the past six years was in Such a wretched condition I can hardly understand how I held out as long as I did, she continued "I had rheu matic rains i.. my knees nj- bad that It was impossible- for me to step up or. down the stairs, "and my hands were so swollen and stiff It was 'all I could do to hold the br -m or dishes. At night simply ached all over so bad I could not sleep, and, in fact, I suf fered all the time night and day. I became very nervous and worried so much ; oyer my condition that 1 be came very despondent. "I tried all the medicines I could hear of but none of them did me af.y good until I got Tanlac I was'over joyed to find that it more than met my, exp-ctations. ; All Llgn . of the rheumatism has left me and I am back Ooing my -housework for the first time in several years. My nerves are as steady as they can be and I sleep all night long t-nd never wake up till morning. I haven't felt so fine in years and it certainly -is a-pleasuro for me to tell everybody about Tan lac." ' - K -' Tanlac is sold in Wilmington by all good druggists. adv. ; vlted for this .occasion are Dr. Qeorge Thomas, of Wilmington; Dr. Charles O'H. Laughinghouse, of Greenville; Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, of Ashevllle. presi dent of the tate sooiety at this time, and Dr. L. B. McGrayer, of Sanltorium, who is secretary of the state society. Would Save 1M, V. BlnrcUson Bamk Bids. Kail . MoA ; Cafo Ima La The Constitution of North Carolina Says: "The People have the right to the privelege of education" Have we ben true tothe splendid courage and idealism of the founders of our state? The Illiteracy in leaciing states is: Norths Carolina . 18.5 : Connecticut . t' 5.6 New Jersey . 5.2 ;y .T .' Massachusetts 3.7 t ; , California . v 3.3 - - . . . Washington . . 2.- Teache8, salaries per month in 1916 Vere: The contribution per individual for education was: Can we afford to do for our children what other states d6 for theirs ? v "J ' -' r -' - ' ... ... 1 . ..... .j.. :.. , ;. " ' Our assessed wealth increased 250 million dollars between 1914 and 1917. The value of.musical instruments increased three million. The value of automobiles increased In the past five years, seven million. Our wealth, our self-respect, our traditions of valor and patriotism, our love for our church, our home, our nation challenge us to lead and not to lag. Let Your Dollar Make Better February 15th : -; :.rr';':''-;- :;-February 22n! EDUCATION-CAMPAIGN Collegiate Institute Mont Amoena Seminary AC . 1ft 'ws Back fo M - 1 '& The Tale of Dblores, The Swimming Girl Of The 0 8'" Tampja Ndget Cigars 'Y BROWN & HINES . 810 If utt Btttti . ' WHOLESALE TOBACCO J. B. McCABE & CO. c 'WILMINGTON, N. C. . . 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