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ANCIENT LAW SUIT IS WQIiBYTHlBOARP Title to Property" at Hamlet ' Is Finally Awarded to the Railroad Company fplal l T Star) ' ItAMLBT. 'J :. 4?.--r.TtJcr. .!; ; t been nettled la law., suit, which is one of the most Interesting ;and the oldest . that has occupied tbe dockets of 'Rich mond 5 county. V.-The; action is styled "Seaboard Air Line 'railroad vs. the state and Mrs. afary rCHenderson.'4. , Those! familiar with Hamlet wlir.fe- ' member a . deep ravine on the south fide of the depot This ravine crossed Main streett and has always .been an eye sore, and has caused the town authorities much worry.. Way back in 1J09. when Hamlet was. yXfurtg, witn only about 600 population. John Hen derson and his brother erected a build ing adjoining the right of way of the Seaboard and near, the depot. This building was first. used as a saloon and business flourished. When the buidl ing was begun the Seaboard started action against them, claiming the lan.t, and from that date until now the case has been in litigation. Three times the case was started be fore a jury, once . the jury decided against the -railroad,- which judgment the judge set aside and ordered a new trial. The second time the case was tried tfie judge stopped- it in the middle of the trial.- It was then sent to a referee, . Judge , Harding, who after hearing evidence wnich consumed probably two weeks, and argument f numerous .counsel which consumed ' considerable time, he ? considered the matter about a year, and. when the de- ciston was rendered It resulted In what may be termed a draw, the plaintiff and defendant-each getting, a part of the land. -At the time the action was com menced the land could probably have been, bought from either party to the action for. the sum of 5J0, while the litigation and attorneys' -fee has cost considerably more than 110,000. The building on this land had an In teresting history. The first saloon ran until prohibition put It out of business, then what wag known as "Happy (Hooligan" flourished for some- time. It got to be a very famous establishment, but about nine years ago was closod by the police. After, that time It ran tas a restaurant but at various times was "pulled for selling whiskey and the owners or. operators from time to time served sentences for- retailing. Several years ago the building burned and a. small "building was placed on wheels and one night rolled' In place: This land now 'occupied by this build ing has been -a warded to the Seaboard, and soon there will ; be an end of the moat notorious if not the :' best land mark of Hamlet. - ALL BOOSTING ALL THE NEWS OP THE i NO KNOCKING NO NEWS OF CRIMES OR CRIMINALS-NO GOSSIP OR SCANDALS-NO PATENT. MEDICINE OR QUESTIONABLE ADVERTISING - ; Mi:AP!BR FOR. CLE AN HOMES : i special By subscribing now and paying in advance you will get The Cape Fear Messenger nine weeks for $1.00, or six months for $2.50Subsoetteough solicitor or mail subscription dbiect to The Cape Pear Messenger, Room 11, Garrell Bldg. SUBSCRIPTION SOLICITORS WANTED! APLY P. O. BOX 251 COTTON SPECULATION DEFENDED BY BUTLER Head of New Orleans Exchange Opposes Bill to Eliminate " Future Trading BRIGHTER TIMES NEAR, IS SPEAKER'S BELIEF Fred N. I Shepperd of United States Chamber of Commerce at WinstbxfeSaleni . :; -5.5. ' '-.j7. .. " ' ' (Mpeftal to Tke tr : WIXSTOX-SALEM, Jan. 10'United Businefls in' Action" was the etrbjert of a timely address by Fred iC Shepperd, of the Unlfefl States chamber of com merce, with' headquarters ,in 'Washing ton, before the" local chamber of com . merce at its-4nnuaT meeting; here to nifirht.'. v- 77- i-. "To my ; mlftd the best " indications of the future Is tho splendid; manner In which the-bankers, manufacturers and farming Interests arje . rallying about co-operative, methods " ot meet ing the f situation. ' The' condition Is the result of inability of foreign coun tries to finance exports from America, to meet their needs, which has brought about a large surplus -of products in every line In this country. With the organization of foreign trade finance corporations, the" laTgest of which Is'i "backed by the American Bankers', as sociation, there is a most encouraging prospect of relieving this surplus at no" far distant date when we will see the wheels of industry going again, creat ing a demand for the wheat and corn crops of the west, cotton' and tobacco of . the south, and the products of in dustry of the east." As for manipulating finance, Mr. Shepperd. believes i that with the re vival of industry "wlll. come a revival of a condition ,which will make possi ble a solution of housing problems and other problems bf "public works which are now facing the cities throughout the country., . " ' 7. 'r ' "Tour . conaitlon ' in housing and- schools is the same in every'clty In t He country," said Mr. Shepperd. ' Hr ven tured the sugestion that within a ftw weeks the time would appear when plans of municipalities may be under taken with safety. " "1 believe it a pretty good guess that municipal securities will return to a stable market during the first half of , this year. The people of .Amertea. for many months, have been 'living in a " fool's paradipe," declared Mr. Sheii, perd, "a situation which could not con tlnue, for everybody purchased every ining tney wanted, regardless of price. miKinc ana spenainff at a' rapid rate,' The situation promised serious trouble! . and the country Is fortunate that it is experiencing a .settlinir' down rather i than industrial panic." - - . -. . ; . - DRAFT BA8BBALL PltOGRAM CHldAGO, Jan. 10. Committees chosen .by the two major baseoair leagues to draw up a new national agreement today officially voted their approval of:the agreement formula tea in New ; York recently whicn rroMded for re-organization of the game with Federal Judge K. Jr. Ladis . as base . ball commissioner.'. The action of the committee put at "rest rumors that the American leasue was not satisfied with ,lhe agreement and that consequently a new fiht nifsht break out between the major organizations. X, , -' 1.- ' , , ' .'. . ' : i, l.KAGtri invades Xin SALINA , Kana.! Jam, ifl Noari koa former service men,, representing cities" eyry gecuon in Kansas, met here this afternoon to perfect organized re sistance of efforts of , A. Townley and Non-Partsan league organizers to , establish the, league as ' a political weapon In the hands of farmers and ; laboring. men of the state. , ; 7J7 'MOXiiV: PAID RAILROADS , ,; . . "VASHINGTON, Jan.W 10. Railroad tU'S country' hftX received $421,. . J268M9 from -the government to date ttnder the various Sections of the trans- WASHINGTOX, Ja,n.i 10.- Central Eu rope would bur the entire southern cotton crop at 40 cents a pound today if proper credit conditions could be HOUSE TO SPEND FULL SAYS PUBLIC DEMANDS AMOUNT Of J ITS STAND THAT WAGES BE LESS Refuses to Cut $50,000 Appro priation for Grandstand for the Inauguration , WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. Five mem bers of the house, one from President- others from the south, voted today to arranged, E. S. Butr, president of the i cut down the $30,000 appropriation for ew urieans conon exchange, aeciarea today before the , house agricultural committee. Opposing the bills -before the com mittee, which eliminate all speculation in cotton future on- exchanges', Mr. Butler said ' farmers six months ago could have sold their entire crop of cotton ahead at 35 cents- a pound. . . Elimination of all speculation in fu ture trading would "be disastrous, to cotton producers and to the trade gen erally. since it wouU force exchanges to close, Mr. Butjer asserted. Regu latory legislation enacted in the United States could not affect the future cot ton market at Liverpool, Enijlind, ho added, .as It would leave the foreign spinners in control of this market and they would be able to dictate the price of cotton. America and Europe' for 40 years have recognized the future trading as the best insurance yet devised for the cotton trade, Mr. Butler said. He also advocated retention of "hedging" facilities on the ground that It .'en ables the farmers to find a market for, their commodity at any time during ,'the year. The legitimate speculator is the only "buffer'.' be.tween the farm ex and the consumer whose interests are diametrically opposed, he . con tinued. " . ; The United States cotton futures act has been satisfactory , to the trade, Mr. Butler asserted, adding that it bene fited the spinners, if anyone. He did hot think it helped, the producers, he said, " in reply to questions from ' Rep resentative Caroway, Democrat, "Ar-. kansas. . ' , . - '7 " Decline of cotton rprfces was due to imopverished conditions- abroad, and un settled financial .conditions and not. tb , the -future markvMr.'J Butler -asserted. ' He said - the ipreseftt futures market- tended to'lift up the price of cotton.' " ''fi7yt "- -' , Head of Woolen Company Says People Won't Pay the High ' Prices Involved LAWRENCE, Mass.! Jan. 10. The pub.lic attitude is against .maintaining elect. Harding's home state, ftnd theij-ne. ws texuier worKers at tne ELECTRICALLY HEATED ; SUIT SAVED AVIATORS fv&z Nstk. if- t I 4e I n 1 1 V to'7 fy A erection of . a grandstand at the capltot from which congress, as in years gone by, braves the - bleak March weather during the, big .out . door Inaugural ceremojiy. , Against ; this handful. ' 285 members toted for the fund sathat the- lonL' established custom might still prevail. The snow was clingins to the first pile of lumber, stacked in orderly ; array outside when th6debate In the4 house started, coincident, with an.qther , flurry of . talk in the senate on a proposal, to eliminate this year all expensive osten tations of. the inaugural show while so many people m Europe are starving.' By its action the house .made, possi ble, the carrying out of the part of con gress in the celebration. , It has noth ing to do with any pageant down, town or an inaugural ball,., against which there has been protest on the ground that the pension building, 'desired fqi the night festivities, is needed for the proper conduct of the-, government's pension .business. Senator Borah, Re publican,' Idaho; leader in tne fight for simplicity; indicated -that he. would keep it up in an effort to prevent other appropriations. Nobody but congress1 and its friends will sit in the grandstand at the capltol the 10,000 seats being equally dis tributed 6n a man. basis, without re gard to party affiliation or length of executive service; Representative Blan ton, of, Texas, hurled a fire brand Into the usual routine proceeding by pro testing against the expenditure, but on the first vote he stood alone in support of an amendment; making, the amount $10,000, , Not many members and their families could be-seateH In a stand cofsting-o little, ; , , K- There waSia roar from both sfes of the chamber,, s iveraf Democrats urging .thelr' party ;not to . be swayed "by the plea of money-saving rfer, ' such An event. - ? ; ',':;;77,7-; ' J7 v 77 V-f-.Altlifli'tairh, members ePres.$ed'f,''w'ish. t.Ot'2jrt;wth,'th President-elects At titude In"; modestly requesting a simple Inaugural,4,? they Contended ithat ' thts was the people's show' and tfiaf they were entitled to have It presented on the same elaborate and dignified scale as heretofore.: :h '7- , . .- Voting with Representative Bianton to reduce the appropriation -were Rep resentatives Aswell. Louisiana: Bher wood, Ohio, .aid Quin - and Stephens, Mississippi. president of the American Woolen company, said tonight, in. reference - to the reduction of 2 1-4!-per cent; in the wages of operatives in the 50 mills, of that., company, which was announoed todayiThis cut! brought Into the lower wage levels of the textile trade in New In this city. President ,W6d said that me aecision to reaajust wages was reached "with a full regard for what is Just" to the company's workers. "If the prevallng rate., of wages could have been . maintained I,- 'would have been .only, tooglad," he said, "but the attitude of the -public lr gainst it. They itvifl nbt'pay the. 'prices which the presentiWftge?;involyes:iand we must all of -a ibowto the public will. ' 7' "The ' present "situation ln"iOur. Indus"-' tries "Is, as. It seenist'o-m, .one of the most jdlfllcttlt we have5lever met. We have haa.. several years of active and prosperous bUsinessY- Our mills have been, running-. fuU;,arid bur employes have been paid. wAgea,' much higher than eer before; ht;ihoW suddenly, we are called "upon jtoIace the mosi drastic sVeajustmteiifc -tjttif business has ever known. This? )s jiiot' altogether pleasant. It, iheyltabrjr means reduced prices ;'for?bttr''iroods,;reduced profits, and reduced wages' V V BALLOONISTS COMING IX MATTICK, Onu JaWcie.-The three AmHfaJtl-'-l1rSil ' hallivnslt" rutin a !Kwn.tfl6a8tiin9orwntr,manttjMf?itshJll thfiflay baKiifrom Moose faring Uterest.'intOlv'fed.ri , ' jFaetofyOnUWereer'-und shelt- Aauressing ine , j overseers yOt ;, the American Woolen company's four mills er afterrone f themoe;ttHrilllng ad ventures', in the-.'a'nnaia( of the Ameri can navy wilt iKtTivr 'here, tomclf w afternoon. "" 'r..'- They ? " are encamped' -f tonight at Skunk Island. a day.Jxirney from MatticeAiV i: v- TOBACCO GROWERS ARE TO CUr DO ACREAGE In Meeting at Wilson Yesterday Speakers Express Very - Firm Determination WILSON, Jan. 10.-At the call of the Tobacco Association of the United States,- of which" T. M. Carrington, of Richmond, is predent, fhe warehouse men and tobacco interests of eastern North Carolina, met In Wilson today. Mr. Carrington spoke of the great im portance of at least 60 per cent redac tion of the tobacco acreage for 1921 and stated that his associlon is ready and willing, both materially and fi nancially, to bac kthe Tri-state To bacco Growers' association. Mr. Woo ten. president of the First National bank, Kinston, advised that Lenoir" county- is behind thet movement and that every pressure -possible will be brought on the tobacco growers, first in 1 a friendly way, then drastic if necessary. ' ' ' - - i Mr. Brinkley, ' of Greenville, N C, saia inai trm county is also behind t movementj F L. Carr, of Wilson, director of the North . Carolina T i - . . ... uacco urowers association, piem for co-operation from everybody, also stated that, the warehousemen eastern North Carolina will be ad to close tneir warehouses for ihrtl days between now and February 1, assist in making a house-to-hou camyain xnu secure me sigan pledges of every tobacco grower the bright belt. , " Talks were also made by Mr. Faisd of Warsaw, L. A. Burroughs, of Cot way, S. C, W.. E. Lee, "" Timmonsvi!: S. C, and Mr. Bower, of Lake Cit S. C. Resolutions have already bed passed by the directors of the Tobad Association of the United Stat; pledging their support. They appr ciate the fact that the tobacco w ing section of the south faces a'usolr ruin unless a 50 per cent reduction made. A resolution was also adopt1 and a copy of same will be sent to t) South Carolina legislature urging til passage of the tobacco bill. A resol tion was adopted requesting F. L. C to go to Florence, S. U, February and address the South Carolina Ti bacco Growers' association. t i - a, That theirr electrically .heated suits saved them f rom. death Ery freezing was the statement made by , the IJ. S. naval balloonists onS their, arrival at Moose Factory, 'Ontario, after they . had landed in the wilds of Canada 16 milet from the Hudson bay. trading postrThe balloonists - were .four days in-. finding the post , and the temperature regis- portatlon I act. accord In tr , to ntntA. J trrA kitiunH 3D Lalowxern. TViA rhrt """i- ' pnymsnii oi ,: carriers issued fAnht. by the treasury. . r shows the electiically:' heated costume wfB auc navy and army airmen. ,A STRAXDED . M HALE , , . -T.i CHARLESTON? Jan .ldrA whale of the black fish variety, measuring some what more than 46 .feet. -IS length, Was given its" freedom ester day! afternoon on the eastern end- of the Isle- of Palms by. a,'partyvOf Charleston men. The Whale had been, stranded on .the beach since Friday -night at high tide. It fins .Were bleediiur profusely from woundsdue ;tQ Its- efforts.--' -to liberate itself. : Eight men had, much difllculty ln shoving the : mammar with. planks Into-water deep enough tio float lt. ' : 1J1MUXITY FOR Dfi VALERA r; tONB-ON,"- Jan.i lo.-i-By Assdeiated Press)Tha-4 apparent lnimunity ,. of Eamonn Do Valera from 'arrest' -would continue as long as De Valera main tains silence and did not participate in the affairs of the extreme nationalists,' wa !the- statement made In authorita tive carters, in London this afternoon.' '(Since the above., dispatch Was gled, Te Valera hate " Issued' lp Dublin a formal 5 statement on Irish affairs); 7 5' PUTS ROBBERS TO FLIGHT 1 TORONTO, Ont., Jan. f 10.- R.- H. Grants minister of, education for On tario, -tonight put two bandits to flight after they held him up in front of the NORFOLK, ; . ; Jan) 10.-The ; Dutch steamer . Merwede , and the American steamer Arlington .were In collision ott Sewal,' v PQlnt ftoday.--during a ; north east gale; The extent: or the damage the ships sustained was not ascertained. ljT.jjTJ 11 Jrlllwi EART El CA DE AD? u .vAre your .ears heavy tlat they ca Will ydu let them die? - . " - 'i'.:"., are "as warm ' nd as generous as they always have beeri.:You have neyer'turned a deaf.ear to'the cry for helpleast of all to the piteous cry.; of little children. a ."YMrift: make this week glorious, with your outpourincr of plenty and love for these j -llttle ones whose lives are in your hands. ' s , """NOW is the time. : , ' . . .; I" ; ' r . . - Let'your gift of life to the children, who without you would die, make this the richest and most joyous day you have ever known. . ; - ; I. . 7 ,C Read-this story, from.an eye-witnessTof one homeless waif over there one of the three and a half millions who are calling to you: "I was glad to get out at last from the atmosphere of the hospitals, and to get back to the Jlfe Of the Streets, but I SOOn found that I had Tint. PRf.anpd 'AltntretflPr .": ,Mv minrl was rrniHtantlv Vintintpd as L indeed it always will be, from time to time, by the thought of the children. I hunted up a little restaurant where I took my meals. No sooner did I sit down than the faces ot the -little people from the cribs gathered aiuuuu aim iimuB iue iaKing oi iooa a aiincuit matter. 4 1 was quickly brought out of this sentimental mood by the appearance of flesn-and-blood children, ostensibly selling newspapers, . whose eyes seemed to devour what ever was. on the J;able and wiio were made really happy by a piece of dry bread. Only those who have tried to eat this strange bread of famine know how hungry a person must be before he wants it ; but there was no mis- vaKing ine grauiuae in tne laces. As 1 came away from the restaurant I saw a small boy sitting, on the ped- the stone help him, rvitino nt ftN T -fnn-n1 tVi nttpmnt. to break ; the bone, not an: easy matter but he urged me on to greater efforts because there was something beauti ful inside. As soon as. the bone was broken I beat a hasty retreat down'the street, not caring to watch what I suppose, was a favotite occupation of. our cave ancestors?' ; ' v " ? 1 . iv'-Qne of rour readers made V contribution of SSO.on? then hrA iha H wp rvrintp1 frnrn trip 'fiViifflpfl old b?ffi?"' ,?rh,l1h?2bteei! sayK'to months to buy a new suit of clothes, but who,When the call of the starving s children i'Camg, to him, decided to wear his "old duds" awhile longer, and sent the money he had saved, $25.00, i eatai yt a puunc suuue. ine youngster had been gnawing at a bone and was trying to crack it on pedestal. .He was socager in hi& attempt and so futile in his efforts thatt X thought it worthwhile to ana as i took tne Done in mv hand I saw with wht ; flprrpripas hp rinH Pan A .... .dh? children mstead. Wren the man who had given $30.00 So easily read that, he made haste to write . .again; saying he "felt like a piker," and so sent $150 more. . u : ! ! Make all checks payable to European Relief and send to - f - ME ARES HARRISS. Citv Chairman No deductions for expenses every dollar for'the children. , ..I
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