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FOUNDED A. D. 1867.—-VOL. CXI—No. 139.
WILMINGTON, N. C., SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 1923.
OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE.
CITY LOGICAL POINT
FOR STATE TERMINALS,
J, S, MANNING STATES
Attorney General Says Wilming
ton is Only State Port With
World Commerce
HAS WORLD COMMERCE
AND WATER FRONTAGE
Work on Other Ports Progress
ing But None Compare
With This
•Wilmington is the most logical point
i,, tim state of North Carolina for the
ptate terminals," declared North Caro
lina's attorney general J. S. Manning
Inst right in an interview with a
r,presently# of the Star at Kitty cot
tage. Wrightsville Beach,'where he is
taking a short vacation.
justice Manning, when asked in
reference to the location of the state
-.v.-ned terminals, said that Edenton.
jlmehead City and other places were
p-.orl ports, but an enormous amount
-,f development would have to be made
and this would be done gradually.
Continuing, he added that Wilming
tan is the only North Carolina port
that enjoyes foreign commerce to any
extent and if it is possible for the
state to obtain enough water frontage
then this port will eventually be
selected.
The purpose of the state waterway
commission, he said, was to develop
the state so as to benefit Its people
and our. foreign trade ' and by doing
this the city which obtains the state
terminals will be benSfltted and no
Private interest will be able to thwart
the purpose of the state In its deter
mination to do this.
"It is impossible to forecast to what
extent the state will go in building
up a state owned terminal,” the at
torney general said, "but the people
tan be assured that whatever is spent
it will be for the 'interest of the
people and the commercial interest of
the entire state.” But however, he
says, "that there is no power, indivi
dual or combined that can 'stop the
progress of the state and Wilmington
with, her foreign trade and big water
frontage can feel assured that she,has
the only logical location -for the ter
minal."
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
GRANTS WAGE BOOST
Conference in Washington Fol
lowed by Announcement of
of Grant to Shopcraft Men
CINCINNATI. O., July 20.—Wage in
crease of from one to three ‘cents an
hour for shop crafts employes of the
fouthenr railway have been authorized
as the result of conferences In Wash
ineton it was stated at the genera!
manager's office here today.
According to word received here me
tal trades workers In shop craft are
to receive increases of three cents an
hour: car repariers two cents and ap
prentices and helpers are to receive one
cent an hour raise in pay. It was said
that from lS.zOO to 20,000 men will
share in the increase in pay.
Will Line State Banks
For Federal Reserve
B H. E. C. BRYANT
''WASHINGTON, D. July 20.—The
nt special committee on the condl
ti V-, of prate bank and their reasoifs
fr,r remaining out of the Federal Re
perre system plans' to get information
before congress meets on the situation
in the r"arolinas.
The members were chosen from the
Fep.ate and House committees on bank
ms.- and currency because approximat
(i' 1«,non banks have held aloof from
‘be Federal Reserve system for various
reasons. The first work is planned In
England states. Later the mem
ber? will jo into the west. The South
ern trip while not yet planned, will
br held sometime afterwards.
’ decision has been reached on what
towns will be viisted if any in North
Conductor St. George to
Leave Service to Rest
'net. St. George, a former Wilming
ron;a n. who for many years with one
lnte-im cf tw0 or three years, has been
conductor on the Clinton-Warsaw train
- fettring having reached the age of
T‘r ’fmtnt fixed by the Atlantic Coast
Ti'o railroad, with salary continued.
: tpt. and Mrs. St. George will live
■"olv their son, Mr. David St. George,
!,i Portsmouth, Va.
Third Flight Likely
For Lieut. Maughan
’WASHINGTON, July 20.—'While
■ 'my air service officials authorized
'' announcement' eajfiy- today that
!■ ut Russell L. Maughan would be
-ranted permission to make a third
; '-mpt this year at a daylight-to
r p k trans-continental flight, later de
'1 iopments indicated that a final de
1 'on would await the arrival here of
bia.ior General Patrick, chief of the
»-r service,-probably-on ^Jnnda.y.
Bandit Chief Villa Is ^
Slain With Escort WBle
Ambushed Near Bi§Slkanch
«r
Most Picturesque Figure in
Mexico Political
Victim
100 NATIONAL GUARDS
ON SLAYER’S TRAIL
Will be Gijisen Military Burial;
Was Millionaire Land
Owner
MEXICO CITY, July 20.—(By Asso
ciated Press.)—Francisco Villa, former
rebel chieftain, was killed from am
bush this morning near Parra! 1, in the
state of Chihuahua, it was confirmed
this afternoon by the department of
interior. President Obregon, it was an-'
nounced, had ordered that full military
honors be rendered at the funeral.
The official announcement gave few
details, stating only that Villa with
his personal secretary, Col. Miguel
Triilo, and an escort, had been am
bushed while en route, from Villa's
ranch and Canutillo to Parrall and at
8 o’clock. Villa was instantly killed,
together with Colonel Triilo and three
men of the escort party.
Secretary Exonerated
CHIHUAHUA CITY, Mex., July 20.—
(By Associated Press. l-^Official tele
grams received at military, headquar
ters confirmed the death of Francisco
Villa near Parrall this morning and ex
onerate his secretary, Miguel Triilo, of
all blame for his death, . earlier tele
grams having said. Villa was killed by
his secretary.
Excitement here is intense. The as
sassination of Villa and the brief fight
which followed, are said to be the out
come of political disturbances.
General Eugenia Martinez left here
at 11 a. m. today with 100 soldiers on
the way to Parral.
According 16' the official reports.
Villa left Parral, accompanied by
Triilo, two guards and a chauffeur,
early this morning. While going over
the Guanajuato bridge near Parral.
the party was assaulted from both sides
by a number of men.
Villa and Triilo were killed at the
same instant, together with their com
panions, thg official telegrams say, The.
bodies were taken to Parral.
El Faso Hears of Fight
EL PASO, Tex., July 20.—Paneho
Villa and his secretary, Miguel Trillo,
were killed at the same time this
morning by men who fired on Villa
and his party as they were crossing a
bridge near Parral, according to infor
mation received by Juarez employes of
the National Telegraph of Mexico. The
company’s lines, they say, have re
ceived no report laying the responsi
bility of Villa’s death on Trillo. They
report a fight, with the number of
dead'undetermined.
Clues as to the identity of the slay
ers of Paneho Villa and his secretary.
Miguel Trillo, have been found, and
friends of the general who was slain
today think it is but a matter of hours
until the persons who planned and exe
cuted the ambuscade will be captured.
XOO Troopers Seek Slayers
Villa an$J his secretary, Miguel Trillo,
were killed at the same time when they
ran into an ambuscade while crossing i
the river at Parral, according to re
ports received at Juarez by the Na- i
tional Telegraph Company of Mexico.
A fight followed the killing of Villa,
but the number killed or wounded has
not been determined. General Eugenio
Martinez, with one hundred soldiers, is
en route tor Parral. No government
action vwill be taken until Martinez has
had a chance to make a complete in
vestigation and report.
All advices coming from Parra) de
clared Villa and his aide were killed at
the same time and no blame for Villa’s
death is laid to Trillo.
Three Men Captured
Three members of the band of ban
dits responsible for the death Gen
eral Franciscd Villa, his secretary Mig
uel Trillo, and two body guards were
captured late today by a detachment
of federal- soldiers under command of
General E. Martinez, a short distance
from Parral, acording to information
received at Jaurez, military headquar
ters tonight.
About half a dozen men comprised
the band of assassins. They fired upon
Villa and his men from a house they
were passing and are reported to have
madS their escape from thescone.
MAGNili
/TJNSON
Farmer-Labor' victor in Minnesota
eliction for United States senator.
MOTOR BOAT OWNERS
ANNOYED BY SPIES
Say They Can Have no Pleasure
With Dry Agents on
Trail
By H. E. C. BRYANT
WASHINGTON, D. C.; July 20.—Mo
tor boat owerft,, aJoiw,,
coast, especially those from Norfolk to
Florida, are complaining to their rep
resentatives In Congress against the
nosing around of dry agents. They
cannot have any. pleasure for the
Haynes rum-hunting crews.
It is reported that the little fun
making or outing parties that take
summer trips are constantly molested
by prohibition enforcement craft. Sev
eral southern senators have taken the
matter up with the officials of the
treasury department. It’s got so that
everything looks like a “rum-runner.”
The incident of William H. Anderson,
superintendent of the anti-saloon
league in New York, on a charge of
larceny caused much comment here to
day. Anderson has been a. turbulent
leader. It was generally believed that
his row with Dr. Edward C. Dinwiddle
caused the latter to quit the league,
where he had been a, real wheelhorse.
Dinwiddle stood behind Edwin Yates
Webb In his strenuous campaigns for
prohibition in the house. Now Mr.
Webb is federal distrist judge and Din
widdle superintendent of the National
Temperance bureau and active In other
dry organizations.
Taylor Family Slayer
Must Pay the Penalty
COLUMBIA, S. C., July 20.—The state
supreme court today affirmed the
death sentence by the York circuit
court against William C. (Wild Bill)
Faries, aged slayed of several members
of the Taylor family at Clover, S'. C,
last year.
Under a law passed by the last ses
sion of the General Assembly, Faries
is sentenced automatically to die
on the fourth Friday after the handing
down of the opinion, which in this
case would be August 17. He was
convicted specifically of killing New
ton Taylor.
WAR ON CONTRACT BREAKERS
STARTED BY ATTORNEYS FOR
CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION
Lynchburg Tobacco Warehouse
Manager Rides 50 Miles to
Stop Sale
INJUNCT1>TS WILL
BE BROUGHT FREELY
Attorneys Retained All Over
South Carolina by United
Growers
(Special to the Star)
FliORENCE, July 20.—The Tobacco
Growers’ Co-operative association is
anticipating very little contract break
inir by Its members in the South Caro
lina belt this year. Members and of
ficials of the association have never
theless been on the alert to protect
the loyal membership from contract
breakers at- the very opening of the
season and have acted instantly upon
the very few cases that have -ome to
“^cording to ft U Wlllcox,' of Flor-'
ence, attorney for the' association in
the South Carolina belt, suit has been
prepared and an injunction is being
presented to the judge against W. M.
Venters, of Johnsonville, Florence
county, who has openly stated that he
never intended to deliver any more
tobacco for the association and has so
far failed to deliver any of his 13
acre crop to the association.
Another suit for injunction and li
quidated damages is being prepared
against T. R. Mims, who* is said to
have recently sold BOO pounds of to
bacco to M. Kl Gravely & Sons, ware
housemen, of Lake City. The courts
repeatedly sustained the right of the
association to injunction during the
past year, and the first contract break
ers against whom the organized farm
ers instituted injunction proceedings
nine monthe ago are still prohibited
from delivering, according to Maj. W.
•T. Joyner, 'jf the legal department of
the association at Raleigh headquar
ters, who is now in Florence to join
E>. Xj. Willcox, chief attorney of the
associatli?* in South Carolina, in pro
tecting ' no association by all legal
means.
Attorneys have been retained for the
(Continued from Page One.)
WILLIAM A. ANDERSON
INDICTED AND BAILED
Head of Anti-Sgiloon ' League
Says Finding is Honor
, Badge
NEW YORK, July 20.—William H,
Anderson, superintendent of the Anti
Saloon league of New York today
was indicted on _ .several counts and
the grand jury yfiicfi returned the In
dictments. reconjmended legislation in
vestigation of the league since Mr.
Ahderson took'its helm In 1914.
Three indictments—Two charging
grand larceny In the first degree and
one forgery in. third degree—were
handed down today. Assistant District
Attorney Pecorft announced that the
jury also had voted two indictments
charging extortion and that these
would -be filed next Wednesday.
» Mr. Anderson, on hand when the in
dictments were handed down, pleaded
not guilty before his council former
governor Charles S. Whitman could
open his mouth. After the dry crusadei
had been released in $5,000 bail, he is
sued through his publicity department
a long statenient which began.
"I shall bear as medal of honor and
service badge iny indictment for polit
ical purposes By fhe most corrupt and
powerful wet political organisation in
the world as part of the Tammany con
spiracy to put the nullification gover
nor of New York state in the white
bouse in defiance of the conscience and
character of the nation.”
The first grand larceny indictment
charged that Anderson feloniously ob
tained $4,578 from the league in March
of 1921. The second grand larceny
indictment alleged that he feloniously
obtained $1,759 on Febraury 3, 1921
The forgery indictment set forth
that he had falsely ordered $4,400 to be
entered in the league's books in March
1921. as the hotel and traveling ex
penses of O. Berthall Phillips, a col
lector for the league.
Grand jury investigation of Ander
son's handling of the league’s funds
was pressed after he had steadfastly
refused to be more specific concerning
the expenditure of $24,600 than to state
that it had been used ‘:for publicity
purposes.”
Both Sides Satisfied
With Auditor’s Report
312 Tucker Building
By BROCK BARKLEY
RALEIGH, July 20.—The auditors’
findings as to the condition of the state
treasury seem to have left "all hands”
about Raleigh pretty well satisfied.
Those who Insisted the state was finan-.
dally able to carry on the enlarged
programs of progressive undertakings
found support in the audit and those
who clamored for the slowing up pro- I
cess read in'the report.justification for
their views.
Governor Morrison departed yester
day afternoon for Asheville, to com
plete his-interrupted vacation, in a fine
nujnor as the result of the committe’s
report. Treasurer Ben Lacy and mem
bers of the budget commission felt they
had been upheld, and Corporation Com
missioner Allen J. Maxwell, in a state
ment to tl^e Raleigh morning paper,
pointed that, figuring his way, his
J5,000,000 deficit claim was sustained.
The auditojw' job wasn't to act as
referee and judge between the conflict
ing claims of the officials duly
charged with hdministerlng the state’s
financial affairs and the man who put
himself into that position, however.
They were directed to find out how the
treasury stood, they seem to have done ■
this to the satisfaction of more people
than a man or group of men, working
on conflicting claims, have done before.
The full financial report was not
available today for the digest of news
paper men as the copies used by the
committee have been returned to New
York for retyping. They will be back
next week, and thn Secretary of State
W. N. Everett will put his book at the
disposal of the newspaper writers and
others who may be interested.
Eighteen hundred copies will be
printed s'o that any one clamoring for
one will be able to get It, and, besides,
each member of the general assembly
must hava one.
Governor Considers
58 Pardon Petitions
Morning Star Bureau
*312 Tucker Building
BY BROOK BARKLEY
RALEIGH, N. C-, July 20.—Governor
Morrison’6 office announced today the
executives decision in a whols?)e l.t
of pardon applications considered dur
ing his week’s stay at the capitol.
His decision in 58 cases, perhaps the
largest number announced in one day
during his administration, included 27
declinations to parole, 20 paroles and
one commutation.
Among applications for pardons de
clined were those of Duncan Blue,
Robeson county, serving five years for
manslaughter; Levi Strickland, Robe
son county, six years for second degree
murder; Joe Catlett, New Hanover
county, 12 months for fornication and
adultery.
Among those to whom paroles were
granted were Henry Burns, Columbus
county, sentenced in August, 1922 to
12 months for fornication and adultery;
M. C. Jones, New Hanover county, sen
tenced in May, 1921, to four years for
an assault with a deadly weapon.
CALL FOR HUN MARKS
BERLIN, July 20.-^Foi;eign curren
cies aggregating 20 trillion marks were
called for by banks and priviate buy
ers. This sum represented Germany’s
total pre-war requirements for a whole
yfear and precipitated a situation un
equalled in the history of the bourse
in that it compelled the Reichbank to
intervene with a threat to withdraw
discount credit to those making huge
demands for currency not covered by
cash equivalents. '
Mrs. Watson Says Husband
Got Klan to do The Whipping;
Identified Lawson lit Regalia
STATE ATTORNEYS THREATENED
EUMBERTON, July 20.—Stephen McIntyre, volunteer assist
ant counsel for the state in the flogging, case here,, received this
letter at the Lumberton postoffice at 5:30 tonight. It was written
in pencil and reads as.follows: , j
“No doubt-you realize that you have stopped jprosecutmg and
begun-'^ersecuting those that have done their duty in the sight
of God and there is no court higher than His will.
“Possibly in your contorted and hellish mind you think you are
serving your commonwealth when you are advocating im
morality.
“Vile and relentless attacks, with a sataric intention, have
been made on the character of at least one of these just men.
Surely you must know that amony any 12 honorable men that
could be selected, at least part of them are imbued with the Her
culean spirit and giant strength of the invisible empire; therefore,
vour efforts are as chaff before the storm.
‘‘The relentless persecution must cease tor surely you Know
that dead men have been dragged from a lake for a less serious
criime than you are committing, and nobody copvicted.
“Your intelligence tells you that the exposure of this warning
brings an invisible invincible hand and that it si mightier than the
courts themselves upon your poor and unworthy carcass.
“We command you to show this to T. A. McNeill, for it is as
much for him as it is for you and the same penalty is on him if he
exposes this letter.”
By R- M. NORMEJiT
Jury Gets Case Today j
LUMBERTON, July 20.—Evidence lnj
the case of the state against' Mike
Lawson, Fairmont police chief, Jule
Brogden and John Hedgepeth of Proe
torville, Robeson’s alleged floggers,
was completed this afternoon at 3:40
when the defense rested and Solicitor j
T. A. McNeill opened argument for the
prosecution a few minutes after coun
sel had agreed to three and a half
hours speaking for each side.
The state contends the outrage was
committed on the night of April 14,
this year, between 10 and 11 o’clock
and introduced rebuttal evidence to
day to show Lawson had not gone
home at the latter hour but was seen
coming from the direction of Proctor
ville at about that time. .
Evidence also was offered that a car i
similar to Lawson’s had been seen on ]
the road going from Proctorville to
Fairmont, shortly after it.
■J' xtfday’%'s«ssiOn of the eourt was
tured by the evidence given by Mrs.
Mary Ann Watson, a victim of the
masked bands lash and a sister to th.e
defendant Hedgepeth, and a further at
tempt on the part of the state to break,
down the imposing alibi built up for
Dawson.
JIrs. Watson Testifies
Mrs. Watson revealed a tragic chap
ter of her married life with Sam Wat
son, the Proctorville policeman, as she
told the story of the crime, declaring
her husband and his clan were re
sponsible for it. Her oldest daughter
was putting on h%r slippers at the
Purvis home and all were preparing to
leave when the Ku Klux arrived, she
said. She was grabbed about the
throat and bundled into an automo
bile, she stated, and after Mrs. Purvis
had been thrown in beside her they
were carried to the negro church yard
and whipped.
En route she had demanded a reason
for the brutal treatment and was told
she. hadn't raised her daughters proper
«ly' and hadn't treated her husband
right. Arrived at the church yard a
thin sack was placed over her head
and she testified she identified T^wson
as a big, tall man handed him the
lash, a large leather strap. Lawson
plied the lash, she declared, under di
rections of the judge, whom she de
clared she would always believe was
P P. Smith, whose name has been
brought into the case a number of
times. , .
She was punished so severely she
declared she didn’t believe she could
reach home when Lawson inquired if
a few more licks would help her.
Arriving home she found her child
ren had not come back and she began
praying for them. Her husband com
forted her with the remark that “you
got just what you deserved" she testi
fied. ,
Men calling themselves klansmen.
came back to her home the following
Tuesday night to make peace with
her, she told the jury. The witness
stoutly denied she had ever done any
thing to merit such a flogging.
On cross examination Mrs. Watson
admitted she had caught her husDand
spying on her, and declared he was
“the jealousest mortal being that ever
lived on earth.” He was meaner to
her than satan himself, she said.
“Sam Watson and his clan had tills
done" she told ths jury and appealed
to the court during a barrage of ob
jections from the defense to be allowed
to name them. Her testimony was
ordered stricken out when it was found
ie evidence was hearsay
They mailed her a black hand letter
he told the court. Declaring she would
,0 through fire to hlep her brother
’he stated she did not recognize Hedge
>eth in the crowd and believed he told
:he truth when he was on the stand.
Witness Exonerates Brother
“I wished hundreds of times I was
lead” she declared, “and would gladly
ake my brothers placs if it were
lossible.”
The witness admitted she had told
lome persons shortly after the occur
ence she didn’t recognize any of the
Clansmen, but declared she said this
hrough fftar and did recogniza i_,awson
>y his voice.
On redirect examination Mrs. Wat
lon stated her husband tried to get
ler to go to the Purvis homo on Fri
lay night previous- to the flogging
vben she declared the visit of the
clan had been planned but a storm
nterferred. \
A number of young men from around
rairmont paying social call in Proc
orvtlle the night of the 14th, described
i, car they saw at the negro church
md which later passed them at high
ipeed on the Fairmont road as identi
■ally the same as the car owned by
i*wson. All fixed the time at which
(Continued on Page Two.)
MINNESOTA VERDICT
STARTS TIDAL WAVE
Senator Moses of New Ham
pshire Says Resentment at
G. O. P. is Spreading
WASHINGTON, July 20.—The wave
of popular sentiment which carried
the Farmer-Labor party tp victory in
the recent Minnesota election soon
will make itself felt in other states,
in the opinion of Senator Moses, of
New Hampshire, chairman of the Re
publican senatorial campaign commit
tee, whq predicted today* that the ;r#
’gnlt mi#ht' be disastrouato Republican'
plans for retaining a majority in tlie
senate.
Defeat of the Minnesota Republican
senatorial candidate by Maguns John
son, Farmer-Labor nominee, was at
tributed by Senator Moses to general
dissatisfaction, but particularly to com
plaints of the failure of the farm legis
lation of‘the last congress to produce
expected results.
Market Co-operatively
Truckers to
BURGAW, July 20.—Burgaw made Its
first stand for co-operative marketing
last night when it organized a truckers’
organiziation with about 30 members.
The movement dor the organization
started 10 days ago when it was found
that acting individually growers were
unable to load In car lots and were
missing good' markets.
St. Helena has had an organization
that Has functioned profitably and this
has been the inspiration for Burgaw.
The St. Helena local had a member
at the meeting last night. The as
sociation elected W. O. Savage, presi
dent; H R. Bowen, vice president;
J. T. Horrell, secretary and treasurer.
H. R. Bowen also was elected director.
Strawberries are the principal crop
at Burgaw, but lettuce, beans and peas
are grown.
SHELBY LOST 962,000
OMAHA, Neb., July 20.—Mike Collins,
St. Paul matchmaker for the Gibbons
Dempsey heavyweight championship
fight at Shelby, Mont., in an interview
with a Omaha World-Herald reporter
here today, was quoted as declaring
that citizens of Shelby "lost less than
$62,00(1 all told” in connection with pro
motion of the Gibbons-Dempsey affair.
MILLION DOLLAR FAILURE
OF BARRETT & CO. IS
COTTON SENSATION
Augusta Firm Claimed to Be
Greatest Factors in
World
BANKS TIPPED CRASH
AND RUSHED IN COIN
Wall Street Says Firm Made
i Outside Investments That 4
Failed ^
AUGUSTA, Ga., July 20.—Barrett and
Company, reputed to be “the world’!
largest cotton factors” with hoadquare
ters here, announced tonight that the! M
were unable to meet their obligation*
amounting to approximately $1,000,400,
A committee composed of New York,
New Orleans and.North Carolina bank
ers, representing part of the creditor*
were in conference tonight with a wlet* .
of working out some plan of llqjrida
tlon for the preservation of the .Oonv,
pany assets and the best protection ot
its creditors. .
"The bankers went int.r> s ssion early
this morning, adjourning at 1 o'cdook
declared James Hull. Jr., senior Monk*
ber of the law firm of Hull and Bat**
rett, attorneys for the firm.
"Later in the afternoon another ses
sion, was held at which a tentative
plan was agreed upon which Is beilev- .
ed favorable to all."
"Another meeting will be held to
morrow at which the total assets and
liabilities of the firm will be sumtned
up and full statement will be repre
sented to the creditors and a committee ■
will be formally appointed to handle
with firm members the company's af
fairs. *" *'
Mr. Hull said it would be Imposs
ible because of the vast Interests in
volved for a financial statement to be
Issued earlier than tomorrow, attor
neys said, but it was intimated by
them that the company’s assets would
equal the approximate of $1,000,000,
announced by them as the cotton firms
obligations.
Frank H. Barrett, president of the
company, today formally announced
he had telegraphed his resignation to :g
the New York and New Orleans
ton exchanges. His seat on the New .
York exchange was sold for $46,000 he
said. His resignation, he said, was "due
to my inability to meet my obligations 5
at the present time.”
Rumors that Barrett and Company
was seriously involved, caused Augus
ta bankers to take precautions and $3,
500,000 in currency arrived here lata fp|
last night from the AtJ^ta federal re
serve bank.
Wall Street Unshaken
NEW YORK, July 20.—Recent Com- ;
mitme'nts of Frank, H. Barrett, cotton ;
factor, of Augusta, Ga., and one of the ;
leading cotton brokers of the south,
who was suspended from trading In .
the New York cotton exchange today
when he notified the executives he was
unable to meet hfs obligations, were
relatively small. New York cotton men , i
said, and his failure will have little ef
fect on the local market. i
Reports from Augusta to the effeot
that he had large loans with the New |
York banks could not be confirmed. i|
Cotton men generally were lnoline<J
to attribute his failure to inability to ij
realize on outside investment father £
than to any amount operations In cot* !,
ton._
SIX HURT IN MINE!
WILKES BARRE, Pa., July
20—Six
men were seriously ‘burned In a gas
explosion this afternoon In the Avon
dale mine of the Glen Alden Coal com
pany at Nantlcoke. No miners wore
entombed.
JUDGES AT HOJtlE COURTS ,|
RALEIGH, July 20.—For the first .$
time In five years all superior court ;
judges are now in their home districts
holding court or will be when the fall
terms start, Miss Mamie Turner, exe
cutive clerk, in the office of Governor 1
Morrison stated today.
SUMMER CAPITAL OF STATE
WILLMOVE TO WILMINGTON : :f
WITH GOVERNOR’S ARRIVAL i
Will be Guest at Seashore Hotel
For a Week From
August 1
WILL INSPECT PORT TO
STUDY STATE PROJECT j
May Make an Address Here on
State Owned Steamship
Line
Wilmingrton will be the summer cap
ital of North Carolina next month,
when Governor Cameron Morrison ar
rives for a week's outing at Wrights
ville Beach. -
The chief executive is expected about
August 1, and will be a guest at the
Seashore hotel.
He will be accompanied by his
daughter, Miss Angelia Morrison, and
his sister. The governor expects to re
main at the beach for one week.
Since taking office in 1921, Governor
Morrision has overlooked no opportu
nity to visit Wilmington, and has been
a visitor at Wrighteville Beach each
summer. Last year the governor's visit
was made during the annual convention
of the state bar association, at whlcfi ; ;
Mr. Morrison was one of the principal '
speakers. I
May Make Speech ' | V
It Is probable that arrangements will
be made for the governor to address li
the people of Wilmington and New
Hanover county during his stay here,
but this is not yet certain, as the chief %
executive’s visit will be more in the f,
nature of a vacation than a speaking - 1
tour. ,i
The visit of the governor to Wil- ’
mington at this particular time is of ^
especial interest, inasmuch as the state ; ;
port matter, which is one of the pet ;v|
planks of the present administration,
Is now occupying the center of atten- .
tion In North Carolina. . i
Governor Morrison’s proposal that J
North Carolina operate a Bystem of•’jf
^tate-owned steamships from North J;
Carolina ports to other cities along the •
Atlantic seaboard, gained national at
tention and was the subject, of conald- - ’
erable comment throughout the cbun
Incidentally, Wrightsville Beach is :'iy
again this summer proving a mecca for
state officials. George Ross Pou, head
of the prison system, and Attorney :
General James S. Manning are now al 5j
the beach. Major Charles Steadman, ;
dean of Tar Heel congressmen and last i
surviving Confederate in the national
congress, was also here earlier in ths
season. V- ’."a,,Nl-.., .■