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PRC C3ITI0N IS CONSIDERED
Fu.l C .."IS AMENDMENT
TO L..,;..U:.!MI,S LAW.
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Public Op nion is Depended Upon by
Pie-iUent to Provide the Penalty
' '- ut Resort to the Courts.
Washington.- Having in mind all
Even.ualities, tlie administration is
cm i. ing t.3 a.tjrnativcs in the
,t.,; . . a -i should bo persist-
way Labor Hoard
i, . ;.. . c.;a iu adjust tho
y. i of i s tact is the Jseh-
' i.. . . iu.. , wiuui ereattd the La-
K.t ..d, d.d nj. provide penalties
vicai oaj cf iu lieeijions. Presi
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er s .hy he dlstai.ies as pre
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:i a p .Mo violaiion by
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s a v. !i defined
.:. . 'ira:' i.t j.;urters
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J. T. H-.ris V.a., Electrocuted.
Raleigh J. T. Harris, former Kidgo
crest merchant and brother-in-law oi
the late Uniied S.aies .ludga Jeter
C. Pritchard, was electrocuted at the
state prison here for the killing of
F. W. Monnish, philanthropist of Tus
caloosa, Ala., at ltld3'ocr-;.u on Sep
tember 3, 19-0. Two shock;, were re
QV4'4 produce death. Harris left
se statement.
American Consulates Threatened.
Paris. Retaliatory measure) in the
event of tho execution of the two
Italians, Sacco and Vanzetti, convict
ed of murder ia Massac hu.-etts, are
threatened against the Aii.i i an con
sulates in Pari. bc-i.lcai:x, I.ynjs ntid
Marseilles la lette-.s u-ivi.-cd at those
consulates signed by ciiwiiitjist or
ganizations. Two Men Are Killed.
Marine City, Mich. Two members
of the crew of the steamer William
H. Wolf lost their lives whoa the
vessel burned opposite hero and Capt.
J. P. Hanson, who escupecl by jump
ing from the deck of his ship into a
small boat, suffered fractures of both
legs.
LaFayette Tree Listed.
Washington The American Fores
try association announced that the
famous LaFayette tree in front of
Washington's headquarters at York
town had been given a place in the
Hall of Fame for trees with a nib
tory. Crude Oil Again Advances.
Pittsburgh, Pa. The fourth increase
in the price of crude oil this month
was announced here by the principal
purchasing agencies at the opening
of the market, an advance of 23 cents
a barrel.
Rise In Industrial Activities.
Boston. There is a definite tam
ing of the tide in tho business and in
dustrial activities of the country,
Vice-President Calvin Coolidge said in
a message to the Boston Chamber of
Commerce.
Alaskan Explorer Returning.
Seattle, Wash. Capt. Harold Noice,
known as one of the youngest of the
sub-polar explorers, is shortly to re
turn to his home after six years of
exploration and adventure along the
Arctic coasts of Alaska and Canada.
1S8 Tons of Sugar For Sale.
Tampa, Fla. Approximately 188
tons of fine sugar will be sold he. e
on Thursday, November 3, for cash to
the highest bidder. The sugar was
shipped to wholesaler by the Frank-
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Un Sugar company of Philadelphia.
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STAVE labor commissioner
i REPORTS THAT LABOR IS
TO EE HAD CHEAP.
0 ARE SKILLED WORKER:
The Salvation Army at Raleigh Main
tains Barracks for the Accommo
dation of Stranded Men.
Raleigh.
Thousands of people are leaving
the bread lines and soup kitchens ol
the northern cities and flocking tc
North Carolina in search of work, La
bor Commissioner M. L. Sliipnian find.
after an investigation into employ
ment conditions, and most of them
are willing to accept any kind of work
at any wage.
The Salvation Army in Raleigh
maintains barracks for the accom
modation of stranded men. On sev
eral nights tho local post has beer
forced to turn away men who sought
a night's sleep following their ar
rival here from the north. Conditions
are reported to be similar in tht
other larger cities of the state.
Tho commissioner said many oi
these people are finding employment
in the state, employers accepting
them because of their willingness tt
work for a small wage. In the
crowds are many skilled workmen
The Raleigh office of the employ
ment service has received numerous
requests from tliesa immigrants foi
nssis;ance in finding jobs while some
have called with the request for ait
in getting further south.
School Superintendent Protests.
Mr. C. L. Cates, superintendent o'
the Wadesbofo Public Schools, doe
not favor tho plan which has been sufc,
gested of having members of Nort.l
Carolina colleges inspect tho state
high school. "Wo protest," he says
in a letter to Professor J. Henry High
smith, stat'? inspector of high schools
"thr.t this plan, while it may satisfj
the ambitions of some of the col
leges, will not promote thft be3t in
tei est of the high schools.
Full of Pep and Optimism.
While not overly large in numbers
tho North Carolina Good Roads asso
Chilian convention in session ai
Greensboro, is full of pep and ontt
mism with the words accomplish art!
cooperate predominating in the
speeches made during the first ses
sion? of the convention.
Speeches hy the foremost men ir
ihe sta.e on all road matters were tin
rrincipal features, suc-n veterans a
R. A. Houghton. T. C. Bowie, Franl
Page. Charles Upham. W. R. Pnrha; .
.'ml a number of others taking part h.
the discussions.
Col. Caneron Feels Encouraged.
Cal. r.?nm.han Cameron, who was f:
Washington recently in the intern
of federal aid for ror.d building, ha:
returned to the state very much en
couraged over the outlook for a road
bill that will be substantially tho same
as the Hankhead bill, only it will carry
an appropriation of $75,000,000 a ye-'i
instead of JlO.Ou'J.uOO. In view of th
great cry for cutting down govern
mental expenditures, Colonel Camerci
thinks a ?r,0(in,000 appropriation will
not be at all bad.
Want Lower Hotel Rates.
.Mr. Burrell H. Marsh, of Winston
Salem, national and state chairman of
the T. P. A. committee, is conducting
a vigorous campaign Tor lover hotel
rates in North Carolina. He has pub
lished several letters in the state press
giving reasons why he thinks the ho
tels should generally reduce rates to
$1.50 a city without bath and $2.00 a
day with bath.
White Is Commissioner.
Moses White of Corn'!in, one of
the more prominent rern'ilicans cf
the county, has received the appoint
ment of revenue commissioner for thi;
distrivt and has already entered upon
his duties.
Matt Lynch Is Paroled.
Th judge and the solicitor both
expressing doubt as to the defendant's
guilt, and the jury p-Tjtioning Gov
ernor Morrison, paroled Matt Lynch
of Rutherford county, who has rved
two years of a ten-year senteuce for
second degree murder.
Lynch was convicted in October.
1919.
Judge James L, Webb, who sen
tenced him, has written the governor
that he now doubts tha def"nd.inr.V
guilt, which opiriuii, in part, influ
enced the governor's aciiun.
1 II HONORS
TO BRITISH DEI
MEDAL BESTOWED BY GENERAL
PERSHING, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF,
AMERICAN ARMY.
ADDRESS Y GEORGE H.RVEY
Simplicity Marked the Presentation
and Bestowal of the Medal, There
Being a Brief Choral Serylce.
London. Upon the simply inscrib
ed slab In Westminster Abbey which
marks the tomb of Great .Britain's
"unknown warriors" was laid the
highest decoration within tho gift of
the American people. It was the
medal of honor, voted )y the congress
of the United States in reaffirmation
of the comradeship which united the
United States and Great Britain In
the world war.
The official presentation was made
by George Harvey, American ambas
sador to the court of St. James, who
delivered a brief address as the rep
resentative of the American govern
ment and of President Harding. The
act of bestowing the medal was per
formed by Gen. John J. Pershing, com
mander of tho American armies in
Fance during tho great struggle.
Simplicity marked the presentation
and bestowal of the mec7.il, there being
only a luiof choral serviie preceding
tiiese ceremonies, which were witness
ed by a iliciinguished assembly.
Masonic Dignitaries Here.
W'ashin,'inii. Masonic dignitaries
from all pints of the United S;ates
and (..uests from abroad, including
Prof. U;.oul V. l'alorini, sovereign
grand commander of tho Dominion of
luly, and J. Alex. Cameron, sov
ereign grand commander of
Canada, were here for the opening
session of the biennial meeting of the
supremo council oi the 33d degree,
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite,
Southern jurisdiction.
57,000 Motor Trucks Ready.
New York. A fleet of 5",otaf motor
trucks, or as many of them as are
found necessary, will be mobilized in
the event of a protracted strike, to
bring New York its daily supply of
1,500 carloads of foodstuffs, Health
Commissioner Copeland announced.
Volunteer Crew Ready.
Morristown, N. J. The volunteer
crew of wealthy business men, who
operated the "Millianaire Special" on
the Delaware, Lackawanna & West
ern railroad, bringing commuters to
New York during the 1920 railroad
strike, are ready again for service.
Coal Miners Return to Work.
Pittsburg, Kns. One thousand coal
miuers oi diLtrlct No. 14, who lune
been idle since Alexander Howut and
August Dorchy went to Jail, returned
to work, according to an announce
ment at the headquarters of the op
erators' association.
U. S. Senator Injured by Auto.
Washington. Senator McKellar, of
Tennessee, was knocked down and
run over by an automobile while cross
ing Pennsylvania avenue in front of
the White House. He received cuts
about the face and bruises, none of
which were serious.
Gore's Continued Improvement.
Washington. Continued improve
ment in tho conditions which have
made former Senator Thomas P. Gore,
of Oglahoma, sightless since early
youth, was reported by a specialist
who has been attending the senator.
Cashier is Arrested.
Davis Junction, Ills. L. N. Cope,
land, cashier of the Hanover Union
Siate bank, of Hanover, Ills., was ar
ros.ed here charged with the embez
zlement of more than $l:'0,000 of the
bank's funds.
Turkish Forces Driven Back.
. Athens. Turkish Nationalise forces
on the northern end of the battle zone
in Asia Minor have been driven back
follow iug "a serious attack on the
Givek right wing, says an official
statement is uod hero.
Perching Arrives in London.
London. General Pershing, who
comes to London to take part in the
ceremonies attending the laying of the
congressional medal on the tomb of
Lrita m's un'nowu soldier, arrived
here from Paris.
CONDENSED NEWS FROM
THE OLD NORTH STATE
SHORT NOTES OF INTEREST TO
CAROLINIANS.
Chapel Hill. Attendance records at
the university are broken by this
year's registration. Fifteen hundred
and eighty-throe students have been
entered on the rolls.
Raleigh. Stealing an automobile
which was parked along the roads on
which they were working, Ernest Lil
us and Dock Hendficks, white con
victs, made their escape from a road
force near Cary, eight miles west of
here.
Wake Forest College. Being truly
glad that they hail from Buncombe
county and the mountains of western
North Carolina, 18 young men met in
Wingate Memorial hall and organized
a Buncombe county club.
Winston-Salem Rev. J. F. McCuis
ton has accepted n call to tho pastor
ate of Friedberg church to succeed
Rev. H. B. Johnson, who recently re
signed, having accepted a call to Fries
Memorial church, in this city.
High Point E. C. Grissom, one of
the oldest and most highly esteemed
men in this section of the county,
died at his home, two miles east of
High Point. His death followed an
illness of three weeks. Mr. Grissom
was nearly 95 years of age.
Danville, Va. B. Frank Mebane, a
well known resident of Spray, N. C,
is at Edmunds hospital, where he was
brought suffering from a badly wound
ed arm, the injury being sustained
when a double barrelled shotgun he
was using exploded.
Mooresville. Mrs. Anne Freeze,
widow of the late Jacob Freeze, died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
John T. McNeely, with whom she had
made her home for a number of years.
Had she lived until next Thursday,
October 20, she would have been 91
years old.
Asheville. Official endorsement of
the national chimes memorial by the
national convention of the American
legion in Kansas City will be asked
from the Asheville chapter of the Le
gion auxiliary.
Wadeshoro. H. R. Allen, a promi
nent and progressive business man of
this city, is erecting a big roller mill
The mill, when completed, will cost
about $35,000.
Winston-Salem. Fred Easter, wr.IV
visiting a girl friend in Surry cnum
was shot and killed and a cousin al
named Easter Is being held by the po
lice in connection with the killing, po
lice announced.
Wilson. Joe Deans' general siore,
near Contentnea church, Old Fields
township, was destroyed by fire. The
store and stock was a total loss with
no in'urance. The sunposiMon is
Taste is a matter of
tobacco quality
that the store was robbed and then
burned.
Greensboro. A large number of
good roads fans from all parts ot the
state were on hand to be in attend
ance at the first session of the annual
convention of the North Carolina
Good Roads association.
Lillington. The Harnett county re
publican executive committee mt
here and received the resignation of
John Allen McLeod, who is moving
to Catatonia, where he will continue
the practice ot law.
Rocky Mount. Fire of undetermin
ed origin destroyed the cotton gin on
the farm of T. Perry Jenkins, near
T-ifboM), Edgecombe county, together
j with more thsn 50 bales of cotton and
la quantity of seed stored there. The
loss is estimated at $12,i00.
Middlesex. For convenience, safe-
I i, nn.l ,,,itU,- !f I.!,I1 , I.. ..
VJ uiim utility miMUIC.-'CA IB nuuu IU
have the host school building in Nash
county. The plans are along a new
type of school house construction
which has recently come into popu
larity. Davidson It is with deep sorrow
that thp nnw-s has been received here
of the death of E. E. Ratchi'ord. of
Carlisle, S. C, who was killed when
a train struck an automobile in which
he was riding at a dangerous grado
crossing near his home.
Durham. Trinity college has com
pleted an arrangement wRh the New
York public library whereby Trinity
gets a duplicate set of the works on
South America, in exchange for a du
plicate set of works on North Caro
lina history.
Kinston. That many mild cases of
influenza are occurring in this part
of the country, reported from a num
ber of localities, is admitted by med
ical men. No alarm has been occas
ioned, and few cases have been of a
serious nature.
Kinston. The total of tobacco sold
on the Leuolr county market, during
September, 6,741,728 pounds, will be
exceeded by October sales, warehouse
men snf. buyers here estimate. They
expect a difference of two raillion
pounds.
No Gold jt Rainbow End.
There i? no gold at the end of the
rainbow, declares lnsurauco Commts
sloner Siacey W. Wrde, in a satemcni
denouncing the "Oyster Growers' Co
operative Tssociatlou," heralded to the
prospective Investors in a two-page ad
vertisenie. tt In the News and Observer.
Mr. Wad warns the public to have
nothing f. di with the thins, am'
points fin that he Is unsbls tr 'a-'
any other action since tho con-ern
does Vsij-oss through advertisomcnts
and tho of the malls ratlur than
b licensed agent-.
British Citizen is Released.
Washing-on. The release of T'ios
J. Steel, Brltiih citizen, res'd ;ut ia
tho San ".;d.o de Muricoris disirlr
of Santo i'omingo, by "patriots" Ft
tpmbcr IS was effected by the pron.iit
action of a detachment of UniUui
States LaN'inuH.
We state it as our honest belief
that the tobaccos used in Chester
field are of finer quality iand
hence of better taste) than in any
other cigarette at the price.
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co.
Chesterfield
CIGARETTES
of Turkish and Domestic toba ros blended
IIFIIIS
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CRISES
THE PRESIDENT DELIVERS AN!
ADDRESS BEFORE ALUMNI
OF WILLIAM AND MARY.
IS GflEf.I NEED FOR lEHCHEHS
"Only Through Ever Expending Facil
ities Can We Turn Out a Product
of Disciplined Minds."
Wiliams'mrg, Va. Dechriaf the
nation coufrouts an "edueationnl cri
sis" through lack of teachers and pub
lic school facilities President Hard
ing appealed in an address here for
patriotic support of an educational
tysni commensurate with national
rerourcs.
Mr. Il.'-dinr BP1re before a g-.-.."i
' lng of 5' .d.nts and a'iimri of vi.
College of William iv.i V.u:-.
"It is n exaggeration "
dent Harding, "to say the nation
fronts an ducstlonal cr's'r
evefy cor rr cf the land frcni a
town and olt,-. comes Ihe sarr." la
titat the housinr capacity for our
lie school1 is inadequa'e; fat
of thouaa ds of pupi's hare no -. ,.;
for their studios; that teachers -;-u-not
be lilted in sufficient n.'r 'en,,
and that school revenues are lr-i.r.-rlent.
It may be said that, iu 'Ms
realm of education, we havo hecn
drawing n our capital. inst'',.(' :
spending the annual increment o.tly;
we have been taking the teaclie.
away from the schools, and leaving
a constantly increasing deficit in our
capacity to tnrn out that produet of
disciplined minds which only can he
insured through ever expandirj ucil
lties. ,
Bandit Rifles Express.
Moose Jaw, Sask. A lone bncdit
held up the Dominion express mes
senger on the Vancouver-Toronto ex
press between Sv-ift Current
Moose Jaw rifled the safe -,,id d .
ped from the moviug cars
Six verses Are Polsr-.
Chicago. An oxhT.'sUv - -for
the sr der of a b:
rand-, responsible foi pr1''--,.
ns of si nurses at tho We
hoopiial, v.js being cordu-ted h" r
postofflce inEpcc ors.
Insura
.Tackrn,
Strieker I:
county CO:
on t'n fr
ir'y do'-rrgj.-.-it;i
." tl.o ts
received a
national t
threats of
ice Ccmr nu,es F'lnea.
Mi.. - Oancs-l'.or v
ued a decree In the Fi V
icery court imposing i
inp'jranco companie
g b ness ii 'his t..
nea 'v ?9,50(.di0.
':'he i.'.'i'iar;-, go"i-' ''
vote of conf.donce tri:a th-'
i.sembly in spite of the
the opposition. The gov
icurrcd no real danger.
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