North Carolina Newspapers

TWO WILMINGTON MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON, N. C.,. MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1922. i - I i j. s NORTH CAROLINIANS 1 PAID LARGE AMOUNT FOR FEDERAL TAXES Bill For 1920 Exceeded Staters Educational Costs For 250 Years North CMollha's direct federal tax bill for 192P was J162.667.320. or sev eral million dollars more than the state's total expenditures for education, higher and lower, public and private, for the 250 years -existance as a colony and a state. This "plainly indicates that vast amount. of money is spent every year for Juxurles in North Carolina, and tliiao IntmatoH in the aiivanccmfnt of education In North Carolina are of the opinion that mere -money should bo .' spent in this state-to raise North Car- j olina's educational system to the very highest degree of efficiency. It is pointed out, however, that a great amount- of money has been ex pnded . during recent years, certainly more proportionately than In a much longer period prior to the later im provement' in the state's educational system. The following expenditures for 1020 reveal in a Startling' degree the vast sums of money that were spent in 1&U0 in the United States for luxuries: - For face powder, cosmetics, perfume, etc.. $750,000,000; soft drinks. jSOO.OOO, 000; toilet soaps. 9400.000,000; cigar ettes, JSOO.000.OUO; cigars, $510,000,000; tobacco and snuff, $300, 000,000; jewelry, JoOOOOO.UOQ; luxurious service. $3,000.- races, J3,oao,00a.000; chewing erum, au.uvu,-quu; ice cream, jotf.uvu.ouu; lurs 200,00,000. SIX: GARS REQUIRED TO TRANfpbRT SHOW Princeton Triangle Club -Has Tons of Special Scenery ' of Its Own I ' ' ST. LUKE 11:7-18-: l- iy': - I I Morehouse Parish Passes Quiet Christmas Eve Amid Startling Investigations (Continued From Page One.) was turned upon them and 150 shots fired. The men escaned. Two guards rush ed on foot many miies and reported the events to the commanding officer at Mer Rd"ug-e.; ""The entire company was rushed to the scene of the skirmish, but investigation after daylight revealed nothing-. While the- troops were rushinx to L,a"ke Cooper. Masting' was in progress near the - ferry landing on Lake La Fourche, 23 miles away. The concus sion shook the houses In the vicinity. (Tnldefltlfled men had set off at least 1.0T0pounes of dynamite, experts have since declarer!. . TTTe next morning, when the ferry man went to" board his ferry, he found It had been released from the spot where tied and was drifting along the IrT' He"aW a portion of the bank blown In And' "hundreds of dead fish floating on the surface of the water. Among the fish he' saw two headless bodies .wire bound and In a bad state of decomposition. It was believed the dynamiters had attempted to steal the bodies. The bodies were" permitted to float on the wifer until sunset, during which time relatives and friends of the Dan iels and Richards families recognized bits of clothing remaining on the men. With the first object in the program Attained, Governor Parker immediately Inaugurated the second phase, arrests ni suspects or trie crime, uuring rn lav an -4frv frrrnnv at Alptan 3ria and a machine fun company at New Orleans were ordered to entrain for Bastrop, the parish seat of More house. Accompanying the machine pun company went the attorney general to set tne legal macninery o,r the state in motion, anu awo two eminent patnolo gist -of. New Orleans. Yfrsterdav. the first of th manv ar rests promised by the attorney general was rr;ule when a former deputy sheriff wa j: il-d . and charpred with murder. Two tiiUional truard companies estab lished camp on the grounds occupied by the courthouse and jail and trained machine Runs on the jail. The attor ney preneraj set January 5 as the date for tl': opening hearings. An inquest wa h id after pathologists had exam ined the bodies and announced the men had b een beaten and some bones broken before they died. The identifi cation of the bodies was pronounced Fatisfactory to the authorities and were turned over to relatives for burial. Miss Chadbourn Gets Radio Message From Boat Nearing China Christmas radio greetings were re reived yesterday by Miss Serena Chad bourn, of this city, from her cousin, John Lea Itorison, who is aboard the steamship President Grant, enroute to China. The President Grant, at the time the message was dispatched, was approaching the coast of China. The wireless was received by the radio station at St. Paul. Alaska, and relayed to Puget Sound. Washn.. from which point it was telegraphed to "Wil mington and was received in this city Von the same day it was dispatched v The message follows: "Miss Serena Chadbourn. "Wilmington, N C. ""Loving Christmas wishes. ' "Romsox." T. J. Newsom Does Suddenly at Home i. Many friends will regret to learn of the death of T. J. Newsom. 77-year-old : Confederate veteran, who died sudden ly, last night at 10:30 o'clock, at his home, 520 Princess street It Born in Wilsojn county December 2" ,1845, the deceased has resided in Wil mington for some time, lie i survived .by one eon and five daughters, as fol lows: J. F. Newsom, of Cape Ilenrv Va.; Mrs. M. Z. Hlnnant. Mrs. s D Hurst, Jr., Miss Elizabeth Newsom' and . .Miss Virginia Newsom, of Wilmington--Mrs. J. A. Miller, of Waycross, Ga. Funeral services will be conducted probably Tuesday at Wilson, but den nits announcement of arrangements for J the obsequies will be made later. AUTO CRASH FATAL MACON. Ga, Dec. 20. Charley Thax 'ton, of Cabiness, Ga, is dead and his brother. Ernest, is in a .local hospital the result of a head-on crash of au ' i.tomobiles near" here tonight, "w. l i Lovelace and W. C. Richardson, occu 4 pants of the other automobile, told , the police, thai; the Thaxton car had 7. And she brought forth her first born son, and wrapped him In swad dling clothes and laid hiru In a manger because there was no roomor them in the inn. 8. And there were in tho same coun try shepherds abiding in the field, keep ing watch over their flock by niht. 9. And lo. th antral r.f tVi. iv.j - w asla Lauio upon them, and the Klory of the Lord shone round about ther :anj they were azraia. 10. And the angel 8& iri unto rhAm Pear not: for, behold, I bring you good v - tidings of great joy, which 6hall.be to all people. 11. For unto us is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 12. And this shall be a sign unto yo; Te shall find the babfe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying- in a manger. 13. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the 'heavenly host praising Ood, and saying:, 14. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. 15. jAnd it came to pass, as the. angels were arone away from them into heaven .the shepherds said one an other. Let us now go even unto Bethle hem and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto lis. 16. And they came with haste. and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in the manger. 17. And when they hadseen it. they made known abroad the-.sayinr which was told them concerning this child. 18. And all thev that heard it won dered at those things which were told them ,hy. the eh?Phrds. - - Harding Pledges Aid of Nation To Disabled 1 Veterans of A. E. F. 286 ARE GIVEN JOBS BY FEDERAL AGENCY Emergency Employment Office in New Bern Sets a State Record (Special to the Stnr.) .NEW HERN, Dec. 24. W. H. Vauw superintendent of the state-federal em ployment office at Charlotte, who has been engaged in. the establishment of a temporary employment office here in order to relieve unemployment after the disastrous fire of December 1 an nounced today the' nlamnt r laborers since he arrived here Decem ber 9. This, he said, was a record for North Carolina employment offices in the period cited. Mr. Vause goes back to Charlotte leaving the local office in the hands of Alfred Gerrans who has been receiv ing training in the work of the office. The Charlotte superintendent does not expect to return to New Hem unless some urirent matter nrinei in v. i i situation, lie said that -he felt sure .vew nern would be given a permanent uiuce as soon as the necessary arrange ments could be made. Senator F. M. Simmons, who arrived home for the holldav vio,, lag was in a lengthy conference during u v , lin UT- E- Miller, U. o. un service man, who is here in charge of emergency sanitation, rela tive to the establishment of a central milk pasteurization plant here. Sena tor Simmons Indorsed Dr. Miller's view of the advisability of the move, expressing the opinion that it would safeguard health and at the same time stabllze the local milk supply. . In discussing the progress of agri cultural work in the county. Senator Simmons told C. C. Kirkpatrlck, chair man of the Craven agricultural com mittee, that a "curing plant" should -be provided to take care of any surplus of pork that the farmers might produce before they were encouraged to in crease pork production. 2,000 SCIENTISTS TO GATHER IN HUB Secrets of Nature to Be Discussed CAMBRIDGE. Mass., Dec. 24. Se crets of nature and of man divulged by the mst recent sclentlfia Investigate tlons will bo discussed at a gathering of two thousand scientists from all parts of the United States and Canada here this week. The Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology and Harvard will act as joint hosts to the members of ths American Association for ths Advance of Sci ence, at its annual meeting opening Tueadav evening v lfcr. 1 WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. President Harding, in a Christmas messac-e to disabled war veterans, made public tonight, declared they were "entitled to the utmost assurance that a grate ful people stands willing and anxious to do, and will continue to do every thing possible for them." The greeting of the President, which the disabled American veterans through its national officers hereVsent out to its members follows: "It is deemed especially fitting that at the Christmas season, the gratitude of the nation ghouM v.a cvfr,H,i , the sick, disabled and maimed men of the country's military service. These men are beyond all others the most sorely tried victims of the armed ser vice In which th uphold the national securitv and vindi cated the national honor. our obligation has prompted the na tion to a very considerate dealing with them, which, it is honri hm ,, some measure at least, commensurate with the debt owing to them For ucn misionunes as have come to thousandn of them there can be no compensation, no adequate requital; but they are entitled to the utmost assurance mat a grateful people stands willing and anxious to do, and will continue to do everything possi ble for them. "That the comlner vear mw brr a- AIL. ... " J mem in iunest measure a restored fortune, health and prosperity is the earnest wish of the entire nation." Mexicans Seek Amnesty For Political Prisoners Educational League To Hold First Meet In Raleigh Jan. 16 First annual meeting- of the North Carolina Educational league will be held in Raleigh, on January 16, accord ing- to announcement made yesterday by Charles J3. Newcomb.. executive sec retary. The league was founded tnr th ,,",- pose of providing: means whereby the organized efforts of nrlvstn mav work effectively in co-operation wnn me school authorities and thus accomplish for the public schools what individual citizens or school ties working separately or alone might aaxal ui tuuiu not ao. A. B. Andrews, of Raleieh, is presi dent of the league ,and William A. Mc Girt. state highway commissioner of this city. Is president. The Princeton ,Trianrle' club, per formance here December .ao will offer one of the- biggest musical bowa ever piayea in Wilmington-. Itls an organ ization requiring" a speoTar train of six cars, to carry Its 76 men, scenery, cos tumes and elaborate equipment. "The Man' From Earth'" has-been pro nounced the beet show of the season by critics in Wilmington, Del., Baltimore. Pittsburgh, XTincinnatir Nashville and Memphis, where the club has already played. ', , The Baltimore Sun, of December f 20, says, amonj other thing's: . "But with a little touch here and there from some hard-boiled profes sional producer. 'The Man" From Earth' would'; stay ' Quite, a while on Broadway tickliOK the folks from uo- state and' around.. The professional could not do much more with .the scenic effects; these Princeton men had dope. aa much with ilijrht and color as any, one could. He couldn't do much more either, with W. H. tknith, '24, -who is-p-out as close to being an artist in irlesque as a good many pf . the men who get , paid for - thinking-, they are. Whenever they, gave the historic ball to W. H. Smith, 24, last night. Smith made first down with it. He was a real scream' ' . . . This is an. "amateur' show merely because the artists receive no compen sation, but it is "professional' enough to have sold all of the 7,000 seats for the January 2 performances at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, nve weeKS in advance. Wilmington has -never before seen a show before its appearance- in New York, nor has it ever seen one large enough to play at the ''Metropolitan." Hope For Recovery Ut Miss Holmes Gone Br H. E. C. BRVAXT. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. Miss -Margaret Holmes, daughter of Mrs. Joseph A Holmes,. is critically ill at her moth er's home here. All hope for her re covery is gone. Miss Holmes was at Cornell, taking a special course when she became ill. one naa tne influenza and never recovered- Mrs. Holmes was a Miss Sprunt, of Wilmington before her marriage to the late Dr. Holnxes for years State Geologist of North Carolina, and later head of the U. S. Geological anrvov The .stricken daughter is 20 veara nii i the youngest of four children and very auruuuve. Miss Holmes is well-known in wu mlngton, having visited here on num- wrous occasions. "Christmas again! Christmas -again! With its holly berries so bright and red; They gleam in he wood, they grow by the lane - Oh, hath not Christmas a joyful tread!" Thanking you for your past patronage and that we may continue to serve you in the future, We wish for all a' Happy Christmas United Shoe Repair Shop .402 North Front Street Ideal Shoe Repair Shop 25 North Second Street I We hope that Santa Claus remembered every horne in the land. IWe hope that today, and every day the children will be 'happy. SI We especially hope that all the friends of this institution will enjoy to the fullest the joyous spirit of Christmas. 77& JSTomo of Good foes" 2.02 N. FRONT WILMINGTON.N.C. PERSHING STADIUM 0 IS NOT IN DEMAND City of Paris Cannot Give it Away Even PARIS. Dec. 24. Nobodv -cc-a r,t . .t-ersning stadium, the city of , Paris cannot give It away. The union of reaeratlons of sportine societies. tr whom tAe municipal council offered the eiauium recently, refused to accept it. uniess ine city guaranteed the 100,000 francs necessary for its yearly upkeep. inis tne city is not prepared to do. claiming tne unions refusal was prompted by spite because the city fa vored the Pershing stadium for the Olympic games and voted a subsidy of only a million francs for the Colmbes stadium In connection with .the. 1924 Olympic, meet. . : The municipal council now has ofi fered Pershing stadium to the sporting federation of the labor unions. TCG BELIEVED L.OST CLEVELAND, Deo. 24. With three tugs searching Lake Erie tonight and another due to join them in the hunt tomorrow morning, fear was expressed here, that the tug Cornell, which left Cleveland Thursday and was due in Buffalo Friday, may have gone down with its crew of eight. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 24. (By The Associated PreBfi). A mnneit Va I amnesty be granted all rebel prisoners. I U l . . . . ... iuv.iuui uiuoo uireaay inea ana tnose awaiting trial, was contained tn a bill sent to the chamber of deputies last night by President Obregon. -The pres ident urged immediate passage of Ah6 measure so that it might become effec tive January 1. v Wholesale pardon for all revolution ists against the central government are provided for In the measure, whih as sures the chamber of deputies that in troduction is prompted bv tho knowl edge that all Mexico is at peace and that the release of the rehel nrlsnnArn Will not disrunt national nrilnr. ThA bill points out that the federal armies everywhere are triumphant; that ex peditions orlerlnatlntr In "the TTn!t1- States have been suppressed and their various leaders either have died in bat tle ' or before . flrln Hnnads! and that Hency should be shown the prisoners because "either they had at false con- eption of loyalty or were merely striv ing to keen promises which they could not break." . TORECAST BY STATES tuSHI,NQ,TON' Dec" il Virginfa: Mostly cloudy Monday, probably be coming unsettled in northern portion Tuesday fair, little change -in tempera ture. North and South Carolina, Georgia extreme northwest Florida, Alabama' Mississippi, Florida: Generally fair Monday and Tuesday with mild tem perature. Tennessee. Kentucky: Fair with mild temperature -Monday and Tues- EMBASSY IS OPENED RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 24. The American embassy building at the ex position grounds and also the Ameri can industrial exhibits building were iormaily opened yesterday. GEORGLA MAX SI,ATV FORSYTH, Ga., Dec. 24. Charley carter was snot and killed near here early today, following- a ouarrpl ho said to have engaged iif with Gwin jvmg. nis employer. J.- v. Kinjr and Gwin Klnsr surrendered to the sheriff snortiy arter the shootins. They are Deing held, on the charge of murder. We Wish a . Most Happy Christmas and a Prosperous New. Year To All James & James ; Insurance Southern Building; . t , i , ' With best wishes for Merry Christmas and a verv Prosperous New Year Progressive Building & Loan Association , v. H4. load, becretaryTTrea.surer r 218 Princess Street RUMOR IS DENIED. SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec 24. X rumor in circulation , that the date for the meeting in March of the Pan-American congress had been changed is declared to be utterly -without foundation. s I JUST THE SAME GOOD , OLD-FASHIONED WISH. A MRRY CHRISTMAS A HAPPYNEW YEAR Closed .Todaydhristmas Day GOOD LUCK TEA ROOM ouo jorin jf ront Street 3 -- Greetings-- . I can not clasp your hand, old pal 'But within this friendly rhyme' There s a heap of goodly wishes V 1 m wishing you all the time. Sparkling; diamonds, glittering gold To you I can not send 'A - BUvl!1ot!0riny tand the test When I say that I'm your friend. Mernry Corner Third and Castle Streets . - - . - mm mi Mm - II "rw . v v VMt0O,L -U (LfiJV M SLA - 9S , . . j . . ....... . a .- V - ? ! l, .......... - 1 i ' . . ' V L--: 't. "- .. , . v-. v ..".. v . . ....-. : I fell at 1.- J