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, le Weather Wilmington's Only, Leased Wire Associated Press Newspaper Fain and colder Sunday; much colder by Sunday night; Monday fair and con tinued cool, fresh to strong, northwest and north- winds. -. r. ,, . - - :, Stage of river at Fayettevtll yes. terday at 8 a. m., 1&3 feert. rising low. s'ir .-- t - - .- J -V t BiiVVilHfr.MI Vu W ".IJ " I. , ' I 1 , ' IV J V' -V " . - ' ' - , 7 ZMmGTON, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 17, 1921. : . OLDEST DAILY JN THE STATE, UIFOLLETTE SEES THE OF TODAY AS A STRUGGLE OF CLASSES gupreme Question, He Says,' Is Whether Privileged Few Or the Many Shall Rule LOBBY AT CAPITAL Declares Special Interests Have Crowded Washington With -- ; Their Hired Men WASHINGTON, April 16. Th great Issue before the American people today b the control of their, own govern- nt senator Robert M. LaFollette. of fflconsin, declared in an address .to lrht before the founders of the "Poo Sle's Legislative Service." A mighty power has been built In Mt countrv in recent years, so strong, t so farsighted," Senator LaFollette laid, Jrnment and business' can ever bs lr"Again and again It , has .-'prove strong enough to nominate the candi date for both political parties. It has dominated the organization of legis lative bodies, state and national, and of the committees which frae legisla tion Its influence has been felt In cabinets and in the policies of admin istration and has been clearly seen In the appointment of prosecuting offi cers and the selection of-Judges. - This peat power, which has taken, from the. American people the control" Of . thfeir own government, is the product' of monopoly and organized greed." -.. Declaring that pever before had the national capital "attracted so menac ing an army of lobbyists- seeking from the representatives of the people un just concessions to special interests Senator LaFollette . named 19. "great combinations of financial pqwer which maintain active ' organisations in Washington." , . The organizations mentioned were the United States chamber of com merce, National Association ; of , Manu facturers, American Association -. of Meat Packers, National Coal 'associa tion, Wholesale Dealers' association, National Petroleum association, Na tional AVater Power association. tional Lumber Manufacturers' associ ation, National Association for Protec tion of American 'Bights in . Mexico, Lumbermen's bureau, American Bet Sugar asspciation, American Cane Su gar association, United States". Sugar Manufacturers' associatlon,..rHardware Manufacturers' association."; National Canners' association. National Associa tion of Real Estate boards, American Railway association. Association , -Of Railway Securities Holders, Associa tion of Railway Executives. : The senator charged that the "first weapon of these organizations ' is per sonal influence, and added: . "The high salaried agents of . these packers, coal associations and the other great trusts and monopolies, cultivate the acquaintance of the individual member of congress. They shower him 'frith compliments. They give him flat tering publicity in their trade Journals. They flood his office with data and sta tistics, plausibly setting forth their side of every public question." ... Adoption by congress of a fixed per centage return, "which forced the In terstate Commerce commission to in crease the annual transportation bill of the nation by hundreds of millions of dollars," Senator LaFollette said., "was a striking example of the enor mous power which can be marshalled by a single interest." To meet this In tolerable situation, the full support of the 'People's Legislative Service Ib necessary. "With the changing phases of a. 35 mr' contest," Senator LaFollette, de clared, "i have been more , and more impressed with the deep underlying "idleness of the issue. It Is no: the railroads. It is not the tariff. It s f0t the trusts. These and other ques tlons are but manifestations of one Peat struggle. The supreme issue in volving all the others is the encro.ach ent of the powerful few " upon the "Khts of the many." ". WHITE MAN VICTIMIZES WILMINGTON MERCHANTS Gets Small Sums .By .Check Writing and Wrong Address . Several U'ilmlno-tnn rr irrViant are I to have been victimized during the! wo days by a white man giving ne name of "c. E. Mason," who ha en working a check game 'with a &m Varlations- according to report a,a to police yesterday. Al One Diana tVi man trava phnh In eiving $12 in change. ' He ordered Purchases sent, to 2101 " Woolcott it.Ue: The deliveryman couldn't !ivk e delivery, as there- was no At ar10ther stnro f Vi a man nMtnil quantity 0f merchandise sent t'l a merchandise sent to He f i, , aaress, collect on delivery. ht 3 10 proft by this transaction, ailed it ty.. "'-neve 11 WHS CM,' LCClUeill uiire ho . u ii x cW, , n Birongjy resemoies ine n 1 1 x j . . . . . .... the a l. where goods are ordered .u lvery by is met at or ; near rn.'ven address and relieved of the "arm, , e Purchaser goes in ehange the house to et the correct (Hlthers of the Police force, furnish merptf Brj0"i description of he. man were on the lookout for last evening. ., - IvVfiTO:V DEFEATED 15-0 GAME AT BERN KEW pfejal Th Star) r ent hRN April 16. Wilmington 'anst,?.n lf,fre New Bern here-to- 1? ma,..J . lfte game was very loose- Weir ... "-v the visitor who gave rkf,. P001" support. Parabee 10, . Ut Seven man on AIIa-i -V. tin. ouna Bern ; and ' the ; Wilmington "fuck ,," arepard . and - Garrell, et fn "ut six men each. The srame ... - c m ; , i '- ' ii. , i i .1 i ,1 r : :;:, . . -r- 7 ,?..- ; i : : ,-' .' ' . , . .- .. . : - 1 . i r - , , , ' oeventy-tive Peopmmad WET AND DRY ISSUE IS Think State Banks Should -vamage Kuns Into Millions in Five Southern States as Result of Storms That Sweep From Texas to Georgia Death List Still Incomplete and May Be Much Larger ; Than Reported Record Rainfall With Winds MEMPHIS. Tenn.; April 16. Seventy nve Persons dead, "several hundred in jured and property damage estimated" in ..the millions made the toll of se ries of torandoes which broke late yes terday in northeast Texas "and swept eastward today; over sections of five states into Georgia. ' i ,ArknBaa. with. 5f persons reported killed tn Hempstead and; Miller coun ties, suffered the heaviest toll. In -Alabama the number dead" was estimated at 10; seven were killed in Texas and six in Mississippi, in Tennessee, the other state which felt the effect of the storm, no fatalities. were reported. Owing to Interrupted wire communi cation only fragmentary reports Jiave been received thus far from the sec tions reported " to have suffered the greatest loss of life and property. Relief parties tonight still were searching the- storm -swept areas and until they report, the complete death list will not be fcnown., ; ' The storm apparently broke in Smith county, Texas, swept sections of Good, Gregg. Casewan and Bowie counties, and passed into Miller and Hempstead counties," Arkansas, where the reported dead list tonight had reached 50.' Six of the. seven persons killed in Texas were crushed to death when their homes in the .village of Avinger were wrecked. Another death was reported at Atlanta, Texas. Crossing into Arkansas, the' storm skirted the' city of Texarkaha and cut a swath a half mile wide through . a heavily wooded section , of Miller and Hempstead edunties. : In the vicinity of Hope, Hempstead county, the - list of reported dead to night Itad reached 20. Fifteen others were ' said to have lost their lives in Che vicinity of. the -town of, Prescott and a like number north of Texarkana. One fatality was reported in Tell county. ;' . . Five persons were reported killed at ROME, GEORGIA, ST0R,li LOSS IS VERY HEAVY Two Hundred Thousand Dollars Is Estimate, With Seyeral : ':teJ Persons Injured .... - ' , : ROME, " GaT'Aiprll ; 1 6. Seve raj persons-were injured and property damage of $200,000 was caused-by a tornado that struck ' this city at nctcn today. Sheriff .Wilson was ambng; those, hurt The . sheriff s small son was carried fox some ': distance ' by , tHe wind. - Many horses ' and.: mules are reported killed, The' storm was freakish,; wrecking or damaging some homes ana leaving adjoining buildings unharmed. In the negro section of South Rome, the quarters were wrecked. One negro woman lost all her teeth when she was struck by a piece of flying furniture. A' portion of the courthouse was torn away and a -session of .Judge Wright's court came to a sudden end when the windows were smashed in. - . The home, of Alvin Gilliam, two miles north of Rome, was lifted,off the ground and Tarried hundreds of yards. Mrs. Gilliam and her children were in the house, Mrs. Gilliam, receiving gashes on-the head. In the home of Jim Penn, former penitentiary warden, his little child was severely hurt when their home was partly turned over. '.v . A litter of newly born pigs was car ried 300. yards. The storm entered Georgia from the Alabama line, 18 miles away, and cut a swath a half mile wide, carrying everything before it. There was a downpour of rain and railroad tijacks are submersed. Wires also are down. Heavy damage is reported at Cedar town and other towns in northwest Georgia. MRS. MALLARD IS HOSTESS - - t ' TO ATKINSON YOtfNG PEOLE (Special to The" Star) ATKINSON, April 16. Mrs. A. IT. Mallard . delightfully entertained on Wednesday evening in compliment to her Sunday school class. After games, ice cream, cake and fudge were served, in a beautifully decorated dining room. Guests Included :Misses Mamie Pridgen, Inez Ward, Clara Henry, Theresa -Me-Duffle, - Alma Holly, Waco Henry,, Mil dred Pridgen, Annie Kelly, Elisabeth Hae-srard. Bessie Mae Smith and Dewey Bordeaux. Cliff Lewis, June Holly, Her bert Wells and Bernard McDuffle. FOTJR NEGROES HOLD TTP ! : ' ,'y''s MERCHANTS AND ' GET- $350 v ?S5hftrtlvafter 11 " o'clock last night. tour "negroes entered the grocery store" of PWSon & Winowoy, isnm ana Harnett streets, and at the point ofra ..nin- AiLrched the merchants, rob bed the cash drawer and escaped with approximately 350 in casn. According to ; informatioh; furnished the ' police' a 'short while-, after- the bold robbery the negroes, -after leaving, the tore, turned and fired one shot Jrom. iu - ..w Mtrnlvcr shovrn. the Duiiet th- store, but not hitting either of the .merchants., , . .. " -ii r- BABE RUTH C-OUTS FIRST , ;t-;?0'. HOMER -: FOR - THE-? SEASON : . NEWT' YORK, April 16Babe Ruth madel. At home run or ne -c,- " , TPhlldelnhla- in the ixin y r 1 IV jew York game nere x""- his effort tO;urpass xne;-- ; he made last year. Ruthalready is two weeksy ahal if; hir2a; record, when his first' clout came May 1. r. ; r i fT. wn WORD FROM SEMINO E - ; No word has been received f Tdm the coast 'guard cutter Seminole,-since -she R port ' arly - Friday .mornlngto r Ac vir if tinor bartesroff the North SXast and .it i:Jlt . known hefJ'vhether Jthe cutter; has; lu.j-.trUAll' Craft. .ix;. 1 '..:: - Steen, a small town near Columbus, in astern Mlssissippirand one at Sontag, 16 miles east of Brookhaven. r Leaving Mississippi, -the - , storm Swooped down again in northern Ala gama. In the Aycock community, near Tuscumblav seven persons were report ed to have been , killed and three others lost ; their ; lives; in th town of Ralph, in Tuscaloosa, countyV an Birmingham 10 persons were injured and 100 homes in the northern and eastern suburbs of that city werd demolished. The property damage there was estimated at 180,000. ! In Memphis a torrental rain storm damaged streets, sewers and drainage canals to the extent of approximately 110,000. Newport and Lynvill and Con nersville in the central and eastern part of the state also reported property damage. !i At Rome, Georgia," where the storm struck shortly after noon, several per sons were injured and property damage estimated at 1200,000 done, r. ! The rainfall in Mississippi was re ported the severest on record. At Jack son 6.5 inches of rain fell from noon yesterday until early today, damaging a number of stores and dwellings. Train service throughout the state was disarranged and In some Instances suspended because of washouts and damage to the railway road beds. I One . wreck was reported. Southern railway mail train running Into, a washout near LaureL Mississippi, . and toppling into a ditch. One passenger was killed. ; ' . Announcement iwas made tonight at the headquarters in St. Louis of the southern division of the Red Cross that all its available resources would be of fered for relief of the storm: sufferers, while relief funds alreadyave been Started at; Hope, Arkansas, :tb afford Immediate, relief to the storm victims in that state. ' . BRITISH FEEL BETTER OVER STRIKE OUTLOOK j - - ...... . . i Labor Still Exceed .Qjer the I cti6if theRdl t: ,;iTansport Alliance IX)Nrx)N ; April wl 6. tBy lAssociated Press-lthough , still confronted; with the strike ' in- the coal;- jninea, and -the possibility , that, work In the pits will not vbe! resumed 'for several -' days "at least,i England, .faced this i weekr-end pmewhat , mora hopefully than ,lt' did the last, when" it ' wis threatefae'd with sympathetic strikes by the ' two other brahches " ot , the triple' ' alliance Hhe railway- mettrratraVsportwbkef s. f All labor quarters tonight were etill excltedly.Cdisciissihjs'yester'day'sflictfon by the railwaymen and transport workers, in calling off .th1 strikes Aand the effect of this move on the future interests of labor. The best hope 4 for an early solution, of he .crisis, is. held to lie in the new attitude for an in dependent Investigation shown; by a large section of the house of commons. It was even supposed in some quarters that it was the sympathy which these members displayed oh Thursday while listening to Frank Ho(dges4 the miner.s' rederatlon secretary, which led him to i go"" further than he originally in tended in the direction of a compro mise and so1- brought him -into conflict with the miners.. In view -of -the possibility -of; a pro tracted stoppage , of the mining opera tions, the "board of -trade, in line with the other, precautions which have been taken' by government agencies, to night ' issued injunctions for drastic enfdrcement of the regulations gov erning the use of coal, light and pow er. Local authorities are empowered to cut the supply if , any signs of waste appear and are asked to : urge the public to exercise the utmost individual economy. 1 - . . No further move by the miners Is ex pected before the conference in London next. Friday, when representatives of miners throughout the country will discuss .what shall be done. BERRY RECEIPTS ARE HEAVIER ON SATURDAY Chadbourn Reports Six Qars for the Northern Markets i ... (Special to The Star) CHADBOURN, April 16. Strawberry receipts were-heavier :here today, with Six icars moved, a Demand, and '-move ment are moderate, ; mar ke V steady an d stock generally-good: 'Thirty -ftwo quart Klondykea. are selling at $5. to ?6.30, mostly at S5.50 to J6V - : - , The prices In' the northern markets today were: v Forty, to, 45 for best stock, and -30,. to 35 for fair, at New York; in Phlladelphik'Klondykes sold for 40 - and ' Missionaries . 8 3 "to 37 ; Bal timore prices werev30 toV?5; 'Washing ton. mostly -SO. Sixtancars nioyed from all states yes terday; 14 froirf: North Carolina, des tined for New York nine;-Philadelphia three,' ana one . each to Buffalo and Providence." a ',-:C'. v': ' ' ' !" ,":' r:-A-.-y - -.V . -T ' -' i f IN RECORDER'S COURT . Wolr Gausar nesrro. charged with ,. ul -.t 'i- fc vipiauon ui iiuuuwvu--w.ito given six . monxns on ine vro,au i,n corder's court -yesterday.?. -He appealed and bond of $260 'was fixed. ' He ' was tUso given 80 days fpr throwing glass ir the streets, vwhen ' he; is alleged to have dumped ? fruit "Jars of , whiskey when chased -by an- officer.. - C... T. Biewer and Dick Russ." white, charged wlth violatlogi -of iihe prohibition Jaw, were adjudged guilty,. prayer f or. Judg ment continued xt or; two . y,ears. . They had (been serving on the rpaas of - the InmiTitv ;- tint vouth . and ; previous good i lonignr aixer, searcnerar nu bqx uierL 'i nej gr-inuiu-iBe- -.- ,".,- nm-'tuo- .uouu cbiucuw . aui -.' uu ., ev5'rcu. "uii.j.iic , , ;,,;,! : Characterised -femency, N,i5 &yraggmg tonight. I j,. i$$M wet and dry issue is taking a hand in the choosina judge Prohibitionists Booming Judge E. Y. Webb ag Successor of , Judge Pritchard . LINNEY NEW ENTRY President Harding Warns Tar Heel Republicans to Com- ; pose Their Differences Special to Tae Sr) , . WASHINGTON. April 16. The death of Judge Pritchard ' has '"'.'' thrust'- upon President Harding .the responsibility of naming his successor and the "scram ble among: southern "lawyers for the place promises him a trying season. Maryland, West - .Virginia, Virginia. North Carolina and .South Carolina form the circuit. The remaining Judges are Charles A. Wood and Martin A. Knapp. Candidates for the vacancy are E. Wad dill, Jr., and L. P. Summers, of Vir ginia; John Crose, of Maryland,, and Henry G. Connor, W. V: Bynum, J. J. Britt and 'Frank A.1 Llnney, of North Carolina. Maryland and Virginia Dem ocrats and Republicans are making a great effort to land the judgeship.. -The President "has "notcommehced se riously to consider the aspirants for the job, but "friends" of the various j candidates are busy. An interesting! feature , of the early days of the con test is that the Prohibitionists have; launched a boom for Judge E. Y. Webl, of the western district of North Caro-: Una. As chairman of the house judiciary committee, Mr., Webb -directed the cam paign jfo-r the eighteenth amendment. He was always considered a . loyal friend of the Anti-Saloon league. 'l was asserted, .today on ' his authority that a leading Republican member of the house Xitd' urged J the President to appoint Mr. Webb, so as to assure the fourth circuit of a strict enforcement; of the Volstead act. c r - - - - .'- n. '. The wet": and "dry issue, will loom large in -the controversy over Iha.va-, cancy on ! the 'fourth -circuit.- - ProhibU tlon i workers are determined that no maiv: with "damp inclinations will go on the federal . .bench. , . . - The- la-test.-candldates.for'the posi tion is Frank 'A.' ; Inneyf ehairmaarof xmt -s KepuDjican state coBTmueeKjn NotlLCaiinaHisUma upon ywropw: :;J1S.1 JsW prsehia-if-aieh is son f the' Ikte Congressman' R. Z. Linhey, one . of theablesV lawyers in western North, qarl toa-i. ' . Tne , KepuDiicansi are-vFornea ovsr the Morehead -Butler : row which has many nasty , angles, 'and ..the President has asked them, to adjust, tneir aurei; ences and he -.wtliybe'.slow" to . honot them if they :4lsf ;tis"ishes; in thatv matter. 6Q'-..-'ii!i'-r-Z'' .". Charles W GrebhrlimeVTlepub tican Candidate fbjrVongres$ in "the Ninth district, 'afte Sahv Rogers' old t-.la.ea as director"! Cit !the"'ceh"susl Thomas S. Harkiiis iJAshe3, also wants.it. . . -. T'::' ' -'.". . Commander JuhgmSnr'df -Oteen. hos pital at Asheville' hfcs' hpen suspended. pending an investigation on charges of drunkenness.' 'Vfr-jfc'VV': Brown wifl head a. committee to' make the lriquir.' Dr. James A. Miller has been ordered up from the 'marine , hospital ,at Charleston to take charge. Governor Morrison ttftd former ' Rep resentative Robinson, , Of the " Seventh district, are here on their wayf home from New York, where "they't Went to get money for the state. ' They suc ceeded. The money will cost 6 per cent. . ...... . Former Congressman and Mrs. John Small announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary - Belle, to - Maj. Herbert C. Noblett, of . Lunenburg county, Virginia, and. now of the army medical corps. The weaamg will De celebrated in June at f he home of the bride's parents in Washington, N. C WILL DEDICATE NEW CAFETERIA ON TUESDAY Mrs. C. C. Covington, W. Sprunt and Dr. J. C. Seegers Speakers for Occasion Mrs. . C. C. Covin -jrton, president of the' Young Women's Christian " associa tion, states that the he w',.Y. JW. C A. cafeteria" on North Front street will be formally opened ' with a banquet and appropriate dedicatory, services Tues day evening;' A cordial invitation is extended to the public' to.' be present. The initial meal will be served at the cafeteria Wednesday at noon. , v The principal speakers at the -dedication. Tuesday evenlhg will be Mrs: C. C. Covington, . who will use as -the subject of 'her, address. V f'The Present Status of the Young Women's Chris tian Associatlon.'V and-W. H. Sprunt, Who Willi-speak Upon,. VThe -CValuij of theY. '-yf, C- A.in -Wilmington," -;rohi a justness -Man's Standpoint." Dr. J. C Seegers will' deliver the dedicatory-ad-dreps. ; " - - V."'-"." -.-''-'- -'. Selections '.will be .rendered by a quartet composed of Mrs. Leslie Mere dith,' Mrs. tj-. Kingv Jerry NeVbold and G.H. Spavin Mrs,-Mattle Chasten will '! accompany, on" the J piano. M?s; J.; J. EdwarcU " Vriirr ehder a violin'solo, accompanied -. on .the piano -by - Mrs. O'Keefe. The :. services., will be. opened with a prayer- by Rev.-A." M. Blackford. The benediction - will be pronbunced'by Rev. -A D. Willcox. r Mrs: Robert Ruark, I as chairman ofthe'b"uilding committee, j. has bad change pt , the expansion and improvements- at the new, catetena. . BODV OP MRS. JA'liES HOWARD IS ? FOUND INTHE NEVSE RIVER i- -v-:--4k - . v .''"' V tfA-'i". '.NEW. BERN.rApril." 16. The body f Mrs.' Jamee Ml '.Howard,; -member .of sJ prominent.' family .- here was found in the Neuse mer here at , s isu p ciock Finance Financial Men of State BelieVe That if Money Has to Be Bor rowed for Starting Road Work, Banks of North Carolina Can Furnish It as Cheaply as New York-All Things Being Equal, They Shbuld Be Given Preference By JULE B. WARREN ' RALEIGH. April 16. If it does - . r " . come necessary for the state to bor row money ; with - which to ' begin its road buiiuing pro grain, and the. erec tion of atKutlons ..to the eaucationai ana ; humm iriu Jju&stiuiUoUK) .uvug the cbmr-fsuwtner,it fhoij4 coniiVjar geittu jr. tues loans Ii m iwon' "Uar i.na xn8 and oankurs, in tne opin ion q wine .of the . nnancial men of the state who hare been in Raleigh re cently. . ' intse bankers believe they will he ia a position to . secure the nioney for tne state aoout as cneap as t. ca.ii be sbcured In New York; at least theyi wonid liae to naye tne cuance to uo bo and, if it can De secured through iNorin Carolina banker s . they think preference snuuld ue given mem, es pecially in view of tne general custom cf New ork banks in niakmg loans iu demanding that a certain per cent of tne Dorro-eu moueyvUe left on de posit in New York. :'i if tne money lias to be left on de posit anywhere, the banners think the state, ail other matters being ea!u&l, should leave it on deposit with the banks of tnis state. ; wniie mo wora has been heard from Governor Mor rison and Treasurer, Ben Lacy, this very thing is taken as indication, of the fact that the sale ot the bonds Was' not negotiated and satisfactory arrangement for borrowing tne money was not maC v Before "Governor Morrison went to New York-some members of the road commission, -'hankers who 'command large interests in the state, intimated, that If the New York trip did. not re sult in some ready, cash, ,that they would be wiLIing to try to get some money tor the road uuildinK work. They do not believe there , is, any enor irTous rush about starting" these roads, since the state could well afford to wait a few. months; the cost of money and ' materials would come down suffi ciehtly to justify waiting; but if there is' to be any long wait, these bankers have "already" expressed a willingness to try to finance the state for its roa$ buihiing and permanent improvement work. ','-;' -'- ..-' ..' ---There will be opposition to financing tha road. work . by . trading the -bonds to contractors, for ' the - general ' opinion f 4lawyer . aiad ' fihan?irs ..'-, whe Juure tr ITate ;w6uld suffer, frfim ; u' - - ttt" - arrangement. - They do ? not. Uelieve in tiading. bonds for road work Or build ing, for. it would result in. the : stat") laivlng to pay a higher 'price tor ; the ork than ' it would did I) ' borrow money at., the " prevailing prices " and ODD FELLOWS PROGRAM FOR MEETING - . Seventy-eighth Session of Grand . . .Lodge. to Be Held in Salis bury May 17 to 20" By JULE B. WARREN RALEIGH, April 16. Grand Master H. Tillett of the North Carolina Odd TTellp-ws and a committee composed of Past Grand Master P. H. Williams, Frank D. Hackett, R. W. Murray and M. L. Shipman, have been in the city this '.week conferring about the pro gram for. the 78th annual session of the grand lodge which will be held In Salisbury May 17 to 20. , x '" This will be the first meeting of' the grand lodge . in Salisbury since 1877 and the local lodges of -that city are making great . preparations for enter taining the Odd'Fellows." The, commit tee is mapping out an interesting pro gram and . the Indications are that a large number of members of the order from-, all sections of the state will at-teno-.the session. .-. The past year has been an unusually good one for the order. under the, lead-i ership of, Grand Master Tillett, who has been in practically every , county in the sfate. He is winding up a tour Of the local lodges beiore the grand lodge sessions. He will be in .Charlotte April (28. Monroe April 29, Cllffside April 30 and Wilson May 13. He has visited the Iodres in Durham ana uas tonia during the past week.; ", ; The Rebekah state assembly will hold- its-, annual session at the same time the grand -lodsre is in , session. Oner of the important ' features of, the two sessions will be -the Joint meinorial service of the crandtlodge and the-Re-bekah assembly Wednesday - afternoon, May 18, at which time Hon: W. N. Everett." of Rocklngha'm, -will "tteliveT the main' address in' memory of mem-, bers of the" two organizations who have.' died durinz the - past, - year. -" In cluded In the number of those, who died are T. N. Stephens and Andrew J., Bur ton, 'past grand, masters of the order. Mitchell L.' Shipman Is Chairman , of the memorial service committee. ' Ajhong '.the many Interesting features of the " week will be-the'; cphferrins ht subordinate . lodge depress by degree teams from Salisbury Greensboro, High .Point and Kanhapolis. , Thesa lodges, have srood. degree teams and the i, work, will ; be - exemplified accord ing to the full ritual of the. order. The Rebekah decree -will be conferred by Ihe desrrjee staff from Swannanoa ledge No - 37 of Ashevllle, under -the: "direc tion of Miss Lillian Byrd. past presi dent lf the Rebekah- state assembly.. The first night . of 'the aession will be an opencmeetins? when the-addresses of welcome and responses wlji be made SHAPING - . 1.J.. - i ,) .. Wl II r l ntl VIAWM- V V A m- UAMil- i M ma- ' ' 'j-K WMi A A M AMa4'wr.j a '(- ' . -,, .111. have the vork done for cash. The xperience of. Uading bonds" for work has .not heen such as to justify this. ' Gas and Pome DecUlon Relieved of all scheduled hearings until some time-iri May. the corporation 5.mm,ission will have time to read the briefs and stenographic copy of the evidence submitted in the petitions of the gas companies; and the Southern Bell Telephone company. While mak ing no promises" about -the- probable date on which: the decialoxur will be handed down in -either Of these . cases, members of the 'commission, today, ex pressed th--jhdpe'-'thaV;they;CO lld-make the order in the" ga ' compa ay cases during the next week or , ten cays. The prohabiliUes are that the pe titions of the gas companies to con tinue their present temporary gas rates will be considered first, v,f or the public Is already, paying these rates, .whereas the petition of the telephone company is for the right to increase rates; While the gas companies were heard altogether, the commission is finding it necessary to make up their ordera and decisions In this petition largely on the basis " of evidence, brought out about each company.-. The general tes timony about differences in prices of coal, oil, labor and other materials go ing into the making of gas can be considered on the whole for all .the companies, but earnings of the different companies and their capitalization and , financial condition. will have to be con4 sidered separately and the rate arrived at for each company separately. It is possible, of course, that a blanket order may be', issued for all the com panies involved, but the general opin ion is that this will not be the way commission hands down the - decision. Just as soon as- the .gas company petition is out of the way the commis sion will wade into the mass of evi dence and figures submitted by. the Southern Bell: Telephone', company in its petition . for ; approxteiately a 20 pT cent increase in'rates' fpr all North Carolina exchanges, seryed by this com pany. And after all .of , this is out of the way, the commission will do some inpre work on the Southern. Power cora-fany-s petitions ' ' .; The commission vthls afternoon clos ed -its offices at. 4 rpcl6;kr In honor of "Clpt;.ThOmas'W."Mison,volt forthamp ten county, .who diedi" Thursday. Cap- lt';; WSfm'-ynM Zovyot thfk members fir thejflrst corporation rSommission. He mediately af te,thlegislature ' -created eatily - aftit the Cbmmission,; and- served.. honorably as a member.' of Wis Jim; commission-. Captain Mason1-was" long"" prominent , in the councils , of -.the '- Democratic ' parity, and a number, " of. thfe RaieiRh people will attend the funerhX V 1 DOCTOR KILLS CHIEF IN THOMASVILLE Dr. J. W. Peacock Placed, lit. Lex ington Jail for Fatal Shooiing Saturday Morning HIGH POINT, April-16. Chief of Po lice J. E. Taylor, of Thomasvilie. five miles west of v this city, was shot end Instantly killed by Dr, J.-W. Peacock, prominent physician of. that town, at 9:30 o'clock this morning, the shoot ing occurring on ; the principal street of .Thomasvilie ; . Henry Shaver was seriously wounded when struck by a stray bullet. He " was. ! rbrought to a local hospital for medical attention. Dr. Peacock was. - arrested immedi ately after the tragedy.and was taken to Lexington and placed in 1ail. . The tragedy is said to he "a climax ' to alleged ill feelings existing between the officer and the physician. Dr. Pea cock's garage and . vtw6 automobiles were destroyed by fire last night and, according to the officers who carried him to Lexington, the physician .stated he suspected Taylor of being respon sible' for the fire.;- -". Chief Taylor .was standing ' on the street when Dr.- Peacock fired two shots from a; window of his office on the second floor of a Thomasvilie office building. ' " The physician '", then came down stairs, according to witnesses, and fired three other shots' at Taylor, one of which 'took effect,. . . Chief Taylor had been head of the police department .at Thomasvilla' for more than a year. He was .recently reinstated after having been suspended from the service for' a few daya be cause of a fistio encounter with a Thomasyille attorney. ;; Dr. Peacock Is said to have recently resigned as a member of the city council when the board refused to demand the resigna tion of .Taylor. , ' Shaver war shot through the abdo men and although in a critical condi tion, physicians believe he Jias a chance to recover. . WELL-KNOWN WOMAN. OF ' BURGAW DIKD SATURDAY : ; ' ' ; - . Mrs. A. H. Paddison, one . of Bur gaws best-known women, died at her home at , that' place at-9:45-o'clock last night, according v to 'inforniatlon .- re ceived here early this morning. She was 67 .years of age . and : la survived by her ' husband, . four daughters and three , sons, -the"", latter ' being George Paddison, of Montana; New Paddison, of Rocky Mount, and Gordon Paddison, of'Tarboro.- The daughters were with their mother when death came, and the sons, are expected to arrive in Burgaw today, for the funeral. . -- Mrs.;, Paddison 'had quite . a number of relatives in Wilmington and vicin ity. -A niece, Mrs.v J. - C. Pretlow," lives In - this city as, does a. daughter, Mrs, H. I COOK. Numerous other relatives reside-in New. Hanover and adjoining counties. -. '; - ' -'..'-V' .. v Funeral " servlco will be -conducted HUNDRED THOUSAND OF IRISH ARE SUFFERERS AND NEED INSTANT AID Men, Women and Children, Inno cent Victims; Commended to American Generosity IN PITIABLE STATE Report On Conditions Compiled By Society of Friends in America Made Public NEW YORK, April 16. The Ameri can committee for relief In Ireland to night made public a report of an, in vestigation of conditions In Ireland by a unit of the Society of Friends in which the Quakers state that material damage inflicted by the British forces within the past twelve months amounts to approximately twenty million dol lars. The unit, which was sent to Ireland by the relief org-anlzatton in February, also reported that there were ."25,000 families In Ireland, numbering ap proximately one hundred thousand men, women and children, in pitiful need of Instant help from the American peo ple." These 100,000 people, said the re port, signed by Samuel D. McCoy, head of the unit, were composed "entirely" of men and- women who have auletly gone about their peaceful pursuits all their lives and ho have steadfastly re frained from taking any part In armed activities." The report, the results of extensive investigations in nearly 100 communi ties scattered throughout 22 of the 32 counties, was made" public, officials of the American committee said, in order that the American , people "may have the opportunity of judging by this first hand evidence of unbiased witnesses the extent of the destitution and suf fering which, the American committee is confident, they with their traditional generosity will help to alleviate. The report did not Include an official estimate of "malicious damage" done to the city of Dublin, but said that be tween October, 1920, and March, 1921," the claims for . malicious injuries, in cluding both material damage and death, presented to the county court for Dublin have amounted to 694,899 pounds sterling. , 4 NEW YORK NEWSPAPERMAN tion iespohtftrht 'here of T the New .- York .World,, was wounded la. an ambush at the -O'COnnel (bridgre In the heart of rhe .businesB district of Dublin late to day. . Kelly, with two other newspaper men had Just crossed the bridge when an automobile dashed by the trio and they stepped back to avoid it The au tomobile is supposed to have contained members of the crown forces, as It was immediately attacked with a bomb. The Other correspondents dropped to the -ground and escaped injury, tout Kelly received a "'bomb splinter in the faceVwlch tore his cheek. He will be operated on Monday for removal of the splinter. Other explosions followed the first one and theijb was revolver fire. So far as known, however, no one wad injured but Kelly. "PUSSYFOOT" JOHNSON SEES ONLY THREE WET SPOTS "LEFT NEW YORK, 'April 18. . E, Pussyfoot" Johnson, vt&teran "dry campaigner, declared today before sail ing for England on the Cedrlc, that there were three "wet" spots In the United -States New York, Chicago and Baltimore, and that New York was' the "wettest." ' "But," said Mr. Johnson, -"you drink ers had better drink while the drinking- is good, for It will not last long. The world will go dry before I die, and within three years the United States will be bone dry." HEAVY RAIN 8 RETARD THE GROWTH OF LETT 11 CE ' CROP - Lettuce in New Hanover , county that suffered to no little extent be cause of the heavy frosts of the early part of the week has been further re tarded owing to the heavy rains of Fri day and Saturday. Some of the truck ers were making all haste to get their lettuce on the northern markets. The rains' prevented them from cutting and packing the vegetable and they lost additional money in this way. HIGHS ELIMINATED IN FINAL TENNIS CONTESTS (Special to The Star) CHAPEL HILL, April 16. Lapsley and Fountain, of Oak Ridge, won the high school tennis doubles champion ship from Hannah and Schuster, of Wilmington high school, here this afternoon 6-2, 8-6 and 6-9. Blue, of Raeford, won the singles honors from Lapsley, of Oak Ridge. Hannah, Wil mington's singles representative, was eliminated in the second round. i NEGRO MAN SHOT -Eddie Shipman, negro, was shot and painfully wounded early yestea,la- morning by. Morris H. Hall, . also a negro, the shooting taking place, on Fourteenth street. Shipman was shot . In the, calf -of the leg and was taken la - the hospital to- have his wound drtssed. ' ;' ' j Hall was arrested shortly after the affair and lodged in Jail to await . trial before Recorder Harries.' The trial was set for yesterday morning, but Shipman was unable to attend court and the case was postponed until Monday.' ; . . -' ' , .; JURY HAS THE CLAYTON CASE j FAYTTEVILLE, April 16. The case . against Thomas, R. Clayton, former soldier at; Camp Bragg, charged with, the murder of -.Deputy Sheriff M.-' K. i Blue, was - given to the jury at 6:40 1 o'clock this evening. 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Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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April 17, 1921, edition 1
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