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: 1 . - - I . v ' . i . . - v , .' - - r. .4 .f. 0". 6 T Advertising Rates on Request. yoJLXxxw; l - ' DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OP BOONE, AND WATAUGA COUNTY. BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, N. C. THURSDAY JANUARY 26, 1922 NO 13 i4lU T'i I IM III I LI II II .Til l I r "V "r -w , w -r 0 ft If OR HIS III FEDERAL COURTS PAL8E ARRE8T AND UNLAWFUL SEARCH ' ALLEGED IN 8EP . ARATE COMPLAINT. f : ' OFFICERS TO FACE CHARGES Complaint Charges That Officers Cut Lrg Tree and Placed Across . tha Main, Highway. Greensboro. R, C. Jennings and Amos 'Hege, federal prohibition offi cers, operating In Forsyth county last November, are defendants in a $40,000 damage suit filed In federal court by Mr. and Mrs'. H. B. Vuncannon, of Winston 8aem. False arrest, un 'lawful search, abusive language, die conrtequs treatment and other things are charged against the representa tives of the prohibition commissioner's office In the lengthy complaint. The case was originally started in Forsyth , county euperlor cdurt, bnt owing to the fact that the officers made affidavit that at the time of the alleged happenings they were in the service, of the United States, was transferred to the United States court for the western district of North Carolina, .where it will.be tried. ' The ccfttblaint' charges thatfhe of ficers cutj a' large tree and placed it across the "ialn highway leading Into Winston-Salem on the , afternoon, of November 16, 1921, thus effectually stopping all raffle, over that highway at the pleasure of the officers. It 1s farther alleged and charged that every car passing along the high way was halted by the officers, who then searched it. The complaint declare that JMr. and Mrs. . Vuncannon were .proceeding along the highway at a moderate rate of speed when they came upon the tree thrown across the highway, that perforce the car was brought to a stop, at which time the officers, armed to the teeth, raced, to it and immediately began a thorough' search in. spite of the protests of the, occupants. Both occupant in their; respective bills of convpl&mt declare that they were subject to many indignities at the time of the search, and that Anal ly, .finding no. contraband booze, the car was allowed to procieed on its way., ; Mr. and Mrs. Vnncannon filed sep arate suits, each alleging damages and asking for the sum of 120,000. . Board to Hold Chautauqua. . - Burltngton.-rPlans are being made by the board of agriculture ol Ala mance, county tor the holding of a chautauaua for the Tural communities of the county. ' ' The plans as mapped out by the board 'of agriculture at a recentmeeting provide for securing several farm - extension specialists who will discuss nearly every phase of rural life in the home and on the farm. These specialists will be se cured through the state, and federal departments of agriculture, and some of the subjects s to be discussed are poultry . production, home convenien ces, rural sanitation, swine manage ment, dairy management and commu nity singing. The date of the Chau tauqua has not been decided Upon, but it is understood that It will be held within a few weeks. A local organization for ' the pro motion of the Wilson fbundatlon has been started here. J. H. Jones, secre tary of the Burlington Merchants as sociation, is acting chairman 'of the organization. Announcement has al ready been made that donations for the fund will be received through Mr. Jones. Hearing of Negro Delayed. Hamilton, Ont. (Special). Immigra tion officials stated that a week would elapse before a hearing could he granted in the extra.Htion case of Mat thew Bullock, a negro' sought by the authorities et Norlina, N". C, on a charge of inciting riot' ' The department has served a war - rant on the governor xf the jail, re quiring 'that Bullock .he; kept in Can ada until a board of inquiry renders n decision. ' , Woman's Body. Found.' . Wilson. Following instructions re ceived in an unsigned letter, a tieputy Sheriff found, the body of Mrs.. Miles Pearsall in the backyard of her home five miles east of this city. ' The wom an was shot through the heart about nine days ago, according to the core ver. Miles Pearsall, husband of the dead woman, and. another man and woman, who had lived with the Pearsalls, are missing. ' A horse and a mule, shut an In a. barn- and a" cow tied outside, were nearly dead, L starvation. . IK MPAIIIES ncoNur THREE COMPANIE8 CHARGED : WITH UNLAWFUL PRACTICE TO HOLD HIGH PRICB8. SOME JOBBERS HAVE ASSISTED American Tobacco Company, Loril lard and Liggett & Myers Attack ed In Senate Committee Riport. Washington Charges that the Am erican Tobacco company, P. Lorillard ft Company, and. to a lesser extent, the' Liggett & Myers Tobacco com pany,' "have each engaged in conspira cies, with numerous sectional and lo cal Jobbers' associations to keep up the price of tobacco products in the United States through price agree ments and intimidations," were made in a report sent to the senate by the federal trade commission. ' , . - The commission alleges this situa tion has existed since April of. last year through "during the same pe riod the relation between supply of leaf tobaoco and the demand for ttJ has resulted in such low prices to the growers that tobaoco farmers raising the most important types, burley and bright southern, have formed market ing associations to sell their tobacco crops co-operatively." Asserting these three companies were successors "of the old tobacco combination 'which was dissolved un der an anti-trust decree in 1911, the commission's report continued: "There was one Important succes sor company, namely, the R. J. Rey nolds Tobacco company, which .re fused to lend any support to these conspiracies, but actively opposed them. In spite of strong pressure exerted by jobbers and Jobbers' as sociations, the Reynolds company stood staunchly against the prac tices of certain of its competitors designed to induce er force Jobbers to enter and maintain price agree ments, and in this respect is deserv ing of fommendation." : The three companies, the commis sion declared, in giving the results of an investigation ordered under a resolution by Senator Smith, demo crat, South Carolina, were formerly parts of the "tobacco trust'' dis solved by the supreme court. The commission promised prosecution where the evidence discloses there have been .violations of law. t Hays Has Signed Contract. New York. Will H. Hays will be come directing head of the new Na tional Association of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors "imme diately after March 4," it was an nounced at a dinner at which the post master general was the guest of a group of motion picture officials. Mr. Hays' formal resignation from Presi dent Harding's cabinet will be pre sented Boon, it was said. .Mr. Hays announced that hehad signed a contract 'which makes him executive head of the organization. His salary, reported as tentatively fixed at $150,000 la year, was not an nounced. "The purpose of this association will be to attain and. maintain the highest possible standard of motion picture production and to develop to the highest degree the moral and ed ucational value of the industry," Mr, Hays said. "I believe in the' earnestness and Integrity of their determination to carry Out these purposes and am con vlnced-of the possibilities of the large plans and successful consummation, BaptUts Collect Millions. . Nashville, Tenn. Collections made on subscriptions to the Baptist $75, 000,090 campaign, taken in the drive of two years ago, amounted to $30,- 160,843, it was reported to the, mldf winter meeting of the campaign con servation commission Here by Dr. L. R. Scarborough, of Fort Worth, Tex., chairman. Collections were announced as -fol lows: For Georgia, $2,053,650; North Carolina, $2,377,733; South Carolina, $2,633,840. Liner Cuts Big Whale In Twain. New York. The story of " 75-foot whale, which was neatly ' cleaved in two .by the prow of the Italian liner President Wilson, was related by the passengers when the vessel docked here. The President Wilson was sail Ing in mid-Atlantic when the "whale was sighted lying directly across tie eourse of the vessel. A hundred and fifty passengers llned the rails to see what would happen. Passengers along the port rail heard a crash as the bow struck, saw the water turn pink and saw the head float astern; STATE UGfON PLANS CAHBN Executive Committee Meets In Green ville and Discusses Some linpor- ' tant Matters, 1 Dreenville. Members of the execu tive committee of the American L gion in North Carolina gathered here to discuss matters pertaining to tin future of the former service men's organisation. . A campaign to treble the membership during this year, in creasing it from 7,000 to 21,000, wai announced as. one of the principal ob jectives. The executive committee member! and a large number of leglonnairei were here for the sessions. The com mittee members present were: Tho3 W. Bird of Ashevllle,, state command er; J. R. Hollis of Wilmington, vice commander; Cale K. Burgess of Ra leigh, adjutant and finance officer; Rev. T. a. Vlckers of Henderson, chap lain; Robert B..MacNell of Fayette ville, historian; Dr. O. O. Dixon, com mander, of the Pitt county chapter; R. T." Allen of Kinston; Tom C. .Dan iels, of New Bern; Daniel W. Terry ol Raleigh; Robert B. Denny of Greens boro; J. Will Pless, Jr., of Marion. The executive committee held its first session in the morning, at which matters of business were discussed. The organisation of women's auxil iaries in each city and town where local posts exist was one of the items. stressed, and such organisation cam paigns' are to be carried out in places where auxiliaries have not been form ed. Commander Bird made a statement of the aims of the legion and the three big objectives are:- Service to disabled soldiers, promotion of pa triotic education in the schools, mem bership campaign to treble the pres ent membership of 7,000, making the 1922 goal 21,000. Another business session was held In - the afternoon, which was called the "Greenville conference." ' A vote of confidence was given Commander Bird and Adjutant Burgess In their program of work, and felicitations were-conveyed to Mr. Burgess in con nection with his wedding to Miss Edith May Lee, which occurred here, with all the male attendants members of the legion. The session was on the order of a round table discussion and many matters were talked over. Invents Dyeing Process. Burlington. After years of experi menting and hard work, Lafayette Holt of this city, has perfected pro cesses used in dyeing and bleaching that may revolutionize the dye indus try in this country. He has secured several patents, the first and most sue cessful one being what is known as sodium peroxide beam bleaching. The machines patented by Mr. Holt have ben Installed In a local cotton mill and have proved very successful. Mr. Holt' has sold the rights of the new machine to a manufacturing company at Pittsburgh, Pa., and will receive a royalty on all machines n : Courthouse Gives Way to Road. Mocksville. The old courthouse at Mocksville, which has been weather ing the storms and wintry blasts for about 85 years, 1b to be torn down fo make way for the new concrete' high way through Mocksville. The old land' mark was built in 1837 and was used as a courthouse until the year 1909 when a new courthouse was erected. For the past several years it has been used as a community building with a free library, rest room and offices on the first floor and the Davis theater upstairs. Sanatorium Directors Named. Greensboro. Four men and one woman' have been aDDOlnted by the board of county commissioners as a. board of directors for the Guilford county tuberculosis sanatorium, work on which is expected to be gotten under way during the early spring. The membership is as follows: J. W. Cone, for five years; Dr. J. T. Burrus, High Point, for fou years; Mrs. C. J. Tinsley, Greens boro, three years; Dr. JV. Dick. Wilmington. Concrete tanker No. 3, the second of the. A class of three ocean-going transports being con structed here by the Newport Ship building corporation for the United States war department; was launched Friday afternoon. - New-Directors Mxrket Association. New Bern. Harry M. Jacobs, presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce, and H. V. Staton of Bethel, were nom inated as directors of the New Bern, district of the State Co-operative Mar keting association. There were near ly 200 delegates present' from eight counties. C. C. Klrkpatrlck, who has accepted the leadership" of the coun ty's fight on the boll weevil, spoke to the fanners on the program which will be carried out Mr. Klrkpatrlck declared the motto for farmers would be "Feed yourself,, then raise cotton.'' Stats Fourth in Leading Crops. North Carolina stands with tho lead-j ers' agriculturally, with a rank of fourth in the 22 leading . crops, and fifth In the value of all crops, accord ing to Information from the Co-operative Crop Reporting Service of the State and Federal Departments of Ag riculture, which has substantiated the November estimate' made by Frank Parker,, statistician for North Caro lina. With a total value of over $228,- 900,000 for the field crops; corn, wheat, oats, rye, buckwheat, Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, all hay, tobacco, lint cotton (not seed), edible beans, clover seed, peanuts and apples, North Caro lina has only Texas, Illinois and Iowa surpassing her, wHile, for the aggre gate value of all crops, we surpass Iowa, but lot California and New York go ahead. The f ruit crops are respon sible tor these two states getting up front' says Frank. Parker. "1,000 Miles In 1922," Is 8logan. 'The North Carolina Highway Com mission put under contract last year the construction of more than 00 miles of highways and the 1922 slogan is to-add LQDQ miles to this five-year total ;: ' ' , '"The sky'sthe limit'' now, so to speak, in carrying forward the state's road-building campaign and the road builders are going after the big job to clear it up ahead of time. They have taken Governor Morrison and the council of state at their word, in their promise to provide, the money, and "1,006 miles 1922" was decided upon as the goal at last week's meeting of the highway commission.' The commissioners appointed by Governor Morrison during the early months of his administration, got to work with Chairman Frank Page last April. With $50,000,000 assured, a thorough highway organization, and the entire state in a receptive mood for road-building activities, the com- mission opened the throttle and sarted to work. And work has been going on to an excessive degree throughout the months, with the result that the or ganization has some figures which talk In concrete, asphalt and sand-clay language. These figures show that $12,941,090 in highways are under contract, and that $8,877,829 have been con traded for to be paid within two years. The total mileage is placed at 722, nearly 600 of which have been added since last May. Bee Keepers Close Meeting. The sixth annual conference of the North Carolina State Bee-Keepers as soclation closed at State College with the election of officers. .The new officers are: Elton Warner, Ashevllle, president; D. W. Monroe, Chadbourn, vice-president; 'J. E. Eck- hart, Raleigh, secretary-treasurer. These officers with F. L. Johnson of Mount Airy and W. H. Pridgen of Creek, will compose the executive committee. Three matters of general interest to bee keepers were discussed and act ed upon favorably by the association during the conference. Arrangements were completed for the co-operative buying of supplies whereby all mem bers of the association will be al lowed a discount of 18 per cent on orders amounting to $10 or mors, Plans for enlarging the honey exhibits at the State Fair were considered, the details being left in the hands of the executive committee. The association also decided to hold a two day short course in beekeeping at the college on the 30th and 31st of next August, these dates coming during the annual Farm era' and Farm Women's Convention, City Listing Blanks. The blanks on which the reports of the bonded debt of the cities, towns, counties or any other local taxing dis tricts will have to list their bond Is sues in accordance with the Sams bill passed at the special session of the legislature in December, are being printed, and will, in all probability, be sent out by the state auditor. The Sams bill specifically requires that the government authorities responsible for the issuance of the bonds and the collection of the taxes shall see that all bond issues are listed, with tho au ditor to get the blanks to every one of these local units of government which- now has the right to issue bonds does not relieve tho governing authorities from the responsibility ot listing them. . . Power Company Seeks Increase. A full day. of testimony before the State Corporation commission was- In sufficient to complete the hearing of the North State Power company's pe tition for an Increase In power ana lighting rates ot approximately 30 per cent. . When fie commission najouro ed for the day, the petitioning: power rnmnanv had not completed ifts testi mony and representatives of users in nine or ten small towns in Wafce, Har nett and Johnston countlesj had a mass1 of testimony they wanted to sub mit The hearing was continued THE ELECTRIC ROAD TO THE ROCK. Charlotte Observer, 13th. . One of tj)e first fruits of the new development of the' South ern Power Company of 'Moun tain Island will probably be con struction of the electric railroad ine from Mount Holly to Blow- ng.Rock by theBlueKidge Com pany. The UDserver is nassine this informatiion along as what it believes to'be one of the great est prospects of the day. The company last year made surveys and secured rights of way for he entire line and all is in readi ness for immediate beginning of construction. The present propo sition is tx complete the ,r o a d rom Mount Holly to Denver, traffic to begin when the line, rea ches Lewisville; the extension of the line to be progressively push ed to the Blowing Rock termi nus, a distance from Mount Hol- y of 100 miles. As a starter the cdmpany is expecting an author ised bond issue of $150,000 by the people of Catawba Springs, town ship, in Lincoln county. It U be- ieved the election will be author ized at the February .meeting of the Lincoln commissioners, the guarantee of the company being that work will begin on construc tion of the line within 30 days af ter the bonds are voted. The bonds will not be turned over un til the road is completed to Den ver,, which makes it a safe propo sition to the people of the town ship. The line will follow t.h e contour of the Mountain Island dam to Denver, and thence to Terrells and Shearill's Ford, thence across to Newton, Hicko ry and Lenoir, from which place it will take a new and easy grade to Blowing Rock. , The informa tion the Observer, gave last sum mer in-connection with the new enterprise indicated that it is of ficered by competent men. Col. J. . D. Elliott is president; A. P. Rhyne, first vice president; T. H. Coffey,"second vice, president; Osborn Brown, secretary; J. L. Cilley, treasurer, and W.T. Shipp general manager. This road would connect with P. & N., at Mount Holly, thus making di rect run into this city. The pos sibilities for manufacturing, ag ricultural and commercial devel opment along the line are recog nized as among the finest in the whole South. The Southern Pow er Company will supply the elrc- tricity and the Blue Ridge road will haul the people and the pro ducts. It means' the springing up of industrial towns all along the line, just as was done between Charlotte and Gastonia, through the promotive agency of the in terurban railroad. It. is not to be supposed that the people of Ca tawba Springs township will turn down so good a prospect as that now opened to them,- and The Observer believes the people will be going to Blowing Rock by electric line before the year is ended. Two More Resolutions Adopted. Washington. Two more American resolutions base don the principle of open diplomacy and an open door of commercial opportunity In China were adopted by the far eastern committee of the Washington conference. The proposal, for a showdown of all International agreements affecting China's interests presented Thursday by Secretary Hughes, was Riven com mittee approval only after l had been troighted with upwards of a score of amendments, but Americrtn spoRes men insisted that Its meaning had not been materially changed. Under a supplemental declaration proposed by Ellhu Root and accepted with little debate, the powers agree not to support In the fsture any en gagements entered into by their na tions designed to .create special spheres of Influence of exclusive op portunities within Chinese territory. CjUILLEK'S FBAKK CCXFESSICa. Morganton News-Herald. '" " ; One.'Of the most remarkable statements that ever appeared in , any newspaper in any newspa per ks the following for the last issue of the Fountian Inn Trib une, whose editor, Robert Qoil len, is widely known as a writer -for magazines' and newspaper syndicates ' : -i ' "Of all hard jobs in the world, ' that of making's public confes sion is the hardest. 1 But if it is the only square thing to do, it must be. done. This, therefore,. is- an open letter to the young . fellows; of Fountain Inn the" good fellows, the fellows I love to loaf with at times the fellows .' 1 have taken drinks with and fel lowshipped with. "All ,this while I havevbeen a member of the church just that and nothing more.' And when my conscience bothered me about taking a drink when I could get it, I said to myself: 'Why, l am a liberal supporter of the church; I p,yt the tithe; I am a gentle-. . man, and a man of intelligence; . there's no harm in my taking a drink when I want to, for I can handle it.' ; ,' I said that but I was a liar. And while posing as a chdrch member and a follower of Christ and yet reserving the right to take a drink at my pleasure, I was considerably lower than a snake's belly. This is a bitter dose to swal low, fellows, but Iliad it coming tome. And if my conduct has' led you to believe that a man can retain his honor while carrying water on both shoulders, I want to make it clear that it's an im possibility. ' ; 'I'm through. I'm 34 years of ape, and I have never struck a lick for my Lord. From now on I am His, to use as He thinks best, and I'll stick to Him if it cost ' me everything I have and every friend I have. 'I'm ashamed, fellows. For give me for not having been square. , "ROBERT QUILLEN." v ' Lutherans Select Home. - ' Salisbury. At a meeting of the ex ecutive committee of the United Luth eran Synod of North Carolina, held In Salisbury. It was decided to locate the home of the president of the synod In Salisbury provided a satisfactory deal can he made for tho property required. The m-esldent of the synod Is elected for a term of five- years and devotes his entire time to the general over sight of the entire synod. The prtsent officer Is Dr. J. E: Morgan and he has been living in Salisbury since his elec tion a year and a half ago. Quarters 8electd for Meeting. E: S. BuHer. president of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange., has tew dared to Governor Cameron Morrison the use of the directors' room of the! exchange tor the holding of the ses- stons ot the Cotton States Conference wblrh Governor Morrison has called for February 23-25. Governor MorrW son accepted the JrvltaUon, Mr. bow lr 1i ii i member ot the LoutalafflB commission, which Is . to etudy tn cotton ?;oblem in that State and tnem attend as delegates the conference all New Orleans.,. ; ' Cotton Crop Is a Record Breaker, fiholbv. Cleveland county's cotton crop Is the second largest crop ever produced, according to figures furn ished the census bureau or tne Depart ment 'or agriculture by special agent Miiaa TT Ware of KlniS Mountain. There were 26.537 bales ginned, up to January 1 from the lszi crop, as compared with 28,769 bales ginned io tho same dale a year ago. - Last ironr n oroi was nearly 32.000 bales, but fact was a bumper crop. The county's average has been aoftti 000 bales. Need Greater Co-ordination , Memphis. Tenn.-i-Need tor sreate coordination in the work ot the vari ous boards and committees ot the Epworth' League ot the Mwtho4is Episcopal Church, South, ni empha sized in the sessions here at the hnrch-wide conference ot the execu tive officers .ot the orgentontto.? ,;'...s'i-N'.;fr i '?r'.V'' '-4!:'; V
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