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'' ', - .'.'-'. '' .V'"' - w. ' , - - .. - - . . . . . , ......... . v ISSUED EVERY THURSDAf . ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN WATAUGA COUNTY t ESTABLISHED IN 1888 I- VOLUME XXXIII coiisiniit 14. SHIPS STOPPED STEP WAS TAKEN IN ANTICIPA TION OF NAVAL TREATY RATIFICATION.' APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT building Operations Suspended Have Cost the Government Approxl- . I mately $5,000,000 a Month. - L Washington, Constfuction work on I fourteen capital ships was suspemled by Older ot Secretary Denby under dl- Ford s oner lor tne lease or tn mus rection ot President Harding. The cte. Shoals, Ala., government owned step was taken in anticipation of rati-, fication of the naval limitation treaty which resulted Jrom the Washington conference and under which only three of the vessels involved will be completed as war craft. . The other 11 will be scrapped or converted into merchant ships under, the treaty pro-. visions. . : ' Secretary Denby acted after Assist ant Secretary Roosevelt had discussed with President Harding the terms ot the treaty affecting the new ships. Mr. Harding approved the suggestion that .work be brought to a standstill immediately n the eight superdread- naughts and six battle cruisers, pend ing final action on the treaty. In round figures the building, operations thus halted have cost the government approximately $5,000,000 a month. Following ratification ot the UeatV contracts for the new ships will be cancelled. The ultimate cost to the government of this cancella tion cannot be. determined in advance but naval officers believe that a con siderable saving ' will be made through the action. Only one capital ship under con struction was exempted from sus pension order. .She is, the Colorado, inore -jtban, 90 per cent complete! an4 which will be retained in tne perma nent fleet. , JJhips on which -work was stopped included eight first-class battleships: - the Washington, at the New York shipbuilding corporation; the West Virgtijla, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company; the Sonth Dakota,: New York navy yard; the Indiana, New York navy yard; the Montana, Mare Island navy yard; the North? Carolina, Norfolk navy yard; the Iowa, Newport News .Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company, and1. the Mas aacuhsetts, Bethlehem Shipbuilding corporation, Fore River, Mass Work was also ordered suspended on six battle cruisers, as follows: Lexington, Bethlehem Shipbuilding corporation; Constellation, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock com . pan; Saratoga, New York Shipbuild ing corporation; Ranger, Newport News'. Shipbuilding and Dry Dock company: Constitution , and United States, Philadelphia navy yard. Steamer 8wept by Raging Fire. New York. The former transport Northern Pacific, which last' claimed headlines in 1919, when she crashed ionto a sand bar off Fire Island, with 1,000 American soldiers she was bring ing back from France, was destroyed' by fire 40 miles off Cape May, N. J A crackle ot the radio brought word that fire had broken out aboard the swift steamer and that she was a mass ot flames. . Later messages reported that she had been abandoned by' Captain Wm. Lustl,',aod her skeleton crew wno . were taking her to dry dock in Ches ter.Pn. Rescue of all her crew by steam ships which had rushed to the scene next was recorded. The; latest message stated that the vessel, biasing fiercely and listing hard to starboard, was drifting south. eastward. A Treaties to Se'nate. Washington. Submission to the senate- bv President Harding of the . treaties resulting from the arms con ference probably will be delayed until , . next , week, it was indicated after a : meeting of the American delegation devoted to drafting of the report -to be presented to the President. rf ; - V Eight Men Killed In Mine. Htatlngton, W. Va. 'Eight men were hilled, two badly Injured and " one lsimlBglng as the result of an exploefbn which wrecked a mine of the Marietta Coal company on Pond creek, flnson Fort, Ky., according to Information received hete, ? J 7 A dust explosion ' Unreported to have caused the accident In the plant. Only; maren !fcen were said to have been, . ,' U the 'mine at the time, eight .ot; I' whom reicttf1rtte8v"6u1i(r dead two; BOONE, IIS BEING DISCUSSED TALK OF REDUCING. THE TIME. CLAUSE FROM 1(00 TO FIETY YEARS. SECRETARY WEEKS IS HEARD Advisability is Questioned by, MaJr General Beach, Army Engineer;; Williams Heard. Washingion. The advisability ot reducing the time clause in Henry lands, from 100 to 50 years was ques- tioned indirectly by Major General Lansing II. Beach, chief of army en gineers, in testimony before the house military committee. Referring to the general policy of the government not to tease its prop erties for a period exceeding 50 years, General Beach in, his testi mony at the. Becond day of the hear ing ot the committee on the Ford proposal said that "it is; not always advisable to apply one general rule to things big and small.".. Secretary Weeks, who was heard by the committee, declared repeated ly that in his opinion It would be un wise to permit the lease of public lands or properties to private inter ests for so long a period as one hundred years. General Beach, how ever,' said that it was "a question in as big and important a matter as this whether the 60 years' rule would not work a hardship." It was his belief, the eeneral con tinued, that in the disposition of tne properties at Muscle Shoals, the par amount consideration should be the effect upon the nation's defense rath er than the manufacture of fertilizer. The country, he said, should not be "caught again" without an. adequate nitrate supply. The disadvantages of installing power plants in Alabama and estab lishing a market for their output were dwelt upon At length by the en gineer . chief. . He said it would, be comparatively easy to install a plant at Niagara Falls, with a market close by, but it was quite) another feat, from the standpoint of time, tot do so in a sparsely settled region like that about Muscle Shoals, with; only four cities within reasonable dls tance. ' The engineer officer was preceded on the witness stand by Major- Gen. eral Williams, chief ot ordnance, who occupied the greater part of the day's sessions explaining valuations of properties Involved in the Ford offer. Ho estimated that the Wai1- rior power plant and, transmission line could be salvaged for $3,000,000 or more, and declared under exam! nation by committee members that figure was three-filths of nil that Mr. Ford had offered for the nitrate plants and other properties. These properties, it was estimated, had scrap value to the government.of $8,'- 812,000 and would' be worth $16,272,- 000 if made partially operative and the remainder salvaged. , Number of Blind Persons Decreases. x Washington. The number of blind persons in the united states aer creased from 67,272 in 1910 to 62,617 in 1920, acording to figures for the last census announced by the census bureau. The decrease was attributed in part to advanced methods for treat ment of blindness ana aiso 10 educa tion of the public in the preven tion of blindness. Rescued Men Lend in Newport News, Newport News, Va. Refreshed by a iew.nours- sioep, ann, appareuuj little concerned about their exper ience in being rescued from jlheiri burning ship, members of the crew of the steamship Northern Pacific de scribed the fire and the rescue but remained silent when questioned as to the possible cause of the disaster, Meantime, Capt. William Lustle, the master of the Northern Pacific, pre pared a detailed report for the ship ping board and left for NorfoiK. - Navy Yards Lay Off Thousands. Washington. The first effects ot the armament conference on the em ployment situation were felt when several thousand mechanics ana am fleers in navy yards were temporarily laid off after Secretary Denby had ordered suspended all ordnance work designed for the naval vessels slated for "scrapping'.' under the nayaf limi tation treaty. The Instructions were issued in line with President Hard in' order suspending work on the vessels under construction .asectea did WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 16, 1922 DIRECTORS TAKE 8TEPS TO TRANSFER ORGANIZATION TO ' PERMANENT OFFICERS. m KrasiiEora Matter of Flnanolng the Association Will be Left With the Executive Committee. Raleigh. W. H. Austin, -of Smitafield, 1b presi dent, and B. O. Townsend, of Dunn, is secretary-treasurer of the North Car olina Cotton Growers' Co-operative Association. The election of officers took place at the first meeting ot direc tors which was held here in the of fices of the department of agriculture. Aaron Sapiro, of California, who was advising with the directors in the va rious steps for the transfer of the temporary organisation over to the lermanent ofltcers'explalned in detail the various features of the articles ot incorporation and the by-laws. Sev eral minor changes were found to be necessary because of local conditions The matter of financing the asso ciation on probably a ten-million-dollar basis will be left with the execu tive committee, together with the em ployment of assistants, In addition to W. H. Austin, presi dent, and B. O. Townsend, secretary treasurer, the directors elected R. W Christian, of Manchester, vice-president, and Dr. G. M.' Pate, Rayham, member of the executive committee, other members of which are the of ficers. The directors attending the meeting were: First District W. H. Joyner, Garys- burg; second district, W. W. Eagles, Tarboro; third district, H. B. Statoi, Bethel; fourth district not repre sented; fifth district,. W. H. Austin, Smithfield; sixth district, B. - O. Townsend, Dunn; seventh district, R. W. Christian, Manchester; eighth district, Dr. G. M. Pate, Rayham; ninth district, A. A. McEachern, Red Springs; tenth district, L. D. Rob inson, Wadcsboro. At . the meeting ot the organiza tion committee of the cotton associa- tipn, D. W. Patrick, of Greene county, now Hill, was adjudged . director from the fourth district. The action ot the committee ' settled a contest over the election between Mr. Patrick and H. E. Moseley, both of whom are prominent farmers and business men of the district. More Income Tax Forms Available. Announcement of availability ot forms for federal income tax payers was made by Gilliam Grissom, col lector ot internal revenue. The collector's statement follows; "There is available and ready for release the following forms for fed eral income taxpayers on appllca tlon: "Form 1041. Fiduciary returns of Income for the calendar year 1921. "Forms 1099 and 1096 to mske an Information return, (direct to tne commissioner of Internal revenue at Washington, D. C), showing the pay ment of $1,000 or more as salaries wages, rent, inteVest or other fixed or determinable gains, proflts.and in come by an Individual, business en terprise, fiduciary or Institution (tun ing the calendar year 1921. "Forms 1099 and 1906 must be m Washington by March 6, except as to those coming under the general ex- tension explained below. "A general extension Is granted in which to file fiduciary returns, Form 1041, and also partnership and per sonal service corporation returns, form 1085, and information returns in connection therewith, forms 1099 and 1096, until May 15, 1922, for the cal endar year 1921, or for any fiscal year ending in the year 1921 of the above returns. "Those making fiscal year returns, not coming under the above general extension, are required to make their Information returns on forms 1039 and 1096 by March 15, 1922, showing the amounts in excess of the $1,000 paid during the calendar year 1921." - To Build More Roads. The Highway Commission Is consid ering bids on two stretches of hard surfaced road, the main one from Tar boro to Rocky Mount, In the first dis trict, a stretch of 18 miles, and from Thomasville to the Guilford connty line, In the fifth, district ..-The. R. O. LtsBlter company - is apparently the lowest bidder on these two projects, but the contract has not been awarded. The commission is also . considering bids on a juunber of other soil roads in- different ,jrts .of ti.e state. . .The bids , hstev oeen ojpened., s. suns chs III SCHOOL SYSTEM DR. BltOOKS SAYS THAT GREAT GROWTH MUST BE MET WITH ECONOMY. MONEY RESOURCES AT LIMIT Must Meet Situation With Reorgani zation of System In Schools Out lines the Changes. Raleigh. Already touching the limit of its resources from taxation, future growth of the school system in North Carolina must be provided for through reorganization of the schools that will reduce the cost per pupil, and provide tor additional enrollment, derlares State Superintendent E. C. Brooks in outlining the new policy of school ad ministration to become effective next September. Mof e pupils to the teacher anu low er superviBors.of teachers is the most drastic recommendation that Doctor Brooks makes to the county and city superintendents. He calls attention emphatically to the fact that school revenues have reached their maxi mum. The schools must continue to grow, he points out, and to meet this demand, more economical organization must be consummated. During the past year Dr. Brooks, foreseeing the situation that confronts the school system ot the state, has made a thorough study of school or ganization throughout the country and his recommendations are based on data that has been collected from many sources. The following preface was given to the program as outlined by Dr. Brooks I wish to discuss very seriously with the city superintendents the necessity of a very careful study of the relation ship of school organization to the cost of operating a school system. The pub lic does not know how to organize school system. It-must take the rec ommendations of the superintendents, but the public Is entitled to know that a skillful superintendent can so grade the pupils, group the classes, and or ganize the teachers as to operate the entire school system at a considerably less cost per capita per pupil than other superintendents can who are less skillful,' and this can be aone wunoui reducing the effectiveness of class room instruction. A poor superintendent is exceeding ly costly even if he Is fald a very low salary for his services. He may cost the people many thousands ot dollars and they may never know that the money could have been saved, and toe, without a loss of class-room efficiency, . We have been moving rapidly within the past three years. More progress has been made than within a given decade in our history. Butjthe tlmo has come now to take an Inventory, to become Introspective and to plan for as wise an expenditure of public funds as it is possible to work out. This is why T am calling your attention to the whole question of school organization and its relation to school revenue. The public has had a tendency to criticise the salaries paid to supenn tefidents. The trouble is not due to the high salary paid but to the lack of wisdom on the part of some boards of trustees in selecting the right man to' whom to pay the higher salaries Therefore, it Is necessary tor us to prepare a statement Bhowing the per canita cost ot instruction ana supervis. ion in the cities and In the counties that the public may know what It costs to educate the children of a given com munity. This Is one guide In measur ing the business and professional ef ficiency ot a superintendent. Negro Commits Suicide, Lexington. Although a presumption of doubt has beeP raised In certain quarters, county authorities have little doubt that Weldon Crump, well known negro farmer and father of about 20 children, who died in Tyro township from a wound across hlsthroat, really committed suicide. A coroner's Inquest was requeted following Crump's death and the Jury found that he came to his death as the result of a wound Inflict ed on his throat with a razor. Father of 28 Children. Greensboro.-Bob Austin, an "old ie of time" darkey, with 28 children, 26 them living, thrice married, his last wife having so far borne him only six children, holds the record for parent hood, in Guilford county. Ho is 71 years old, works on the farm of .Lawrence Duffy, three mllos from here, every day, chews tobacco and gets up at midnight and eats meat. , . Austin does not believe In sparing the rod and spoiling the child, he Bald. - ,'".:.'? ;r - -r.i-i' Revision of County Government A general revisiou of county gov ernment in North Carolina js contem plated in steps which Governor Morri son is now taking, with the approval of the Council ot 3tate, for the prep aration of legislation to be submitted to the 1923 General Assembly. Gov ernor Morrison is ' in process ot ap pointing a commission ot a score or morev of distinguished men in the state to undertake the drafting of a reform measure which will be submit ted to the legislature aa a basis for its consideration. Governor Morrison it satisfied that great Improvement can be made in the county governments in North Carolina, The present law under which the coun ties of the state are goverened, says' the governor, is out of date. It has been handed dewn, in its main prin ciples, from the first county govern ment act adopted after the war be tween the states, "The only thing in the world that osures good and efficient government in the counties of the state is the men who are elected to fill the offices,' said the governor. The law as It now stands, the governor went on, is sub merged in a mass of amendments and special legislation to the extent that even the lawyers in many cases are puzzled. A complete reorganization of the county government and the ac counting systemslu operation In them Is the governor's aim While Governor Morrison was not yet ready to make any announcement of definite plans, he stated that he was selecting a commission for the purpose of taking the whole matter Into consideration and of aiding rim In the drafting of a new law for sub- mission to the next General Assembly. Date Fixed For State Fair. , The week of October 16 21 was nxea as the official dates, of the 1922 State Fair at a meeting ot the new executive committee of the North Carolina Ag ricultural Society. Plans for the enlargement of the fair were presented by Vice President Joseph Hyde Pratt representing the President, Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt, and after thorough consideration by the management were approved and will be pushed with energy. Plans will be drawn by an expert for the improvement and beautiflca tion of the grounds in connection with the location of the new grandstand and other buildings. Appoint Automobile Inspectors, Legislation enacted at the 1921 spe cial session 'of the General Assembly for the better enforcement of the au tomobile laws made a start toward ac tual achievement when Col. J. Bryan Grimes, secretary of state, appointed two regular "automobile Inspectors' and four special inspectors without salarv. The regular inspectors are George J. Suddert, formerly of Wash ington, now of Raleigh, and Walter Lee Horton. of Raleigh. Special in spectors without salary include J. E. Sawyer, motor supervisor of the de partment of state; A. L.- Fleming, clerk in the automobile department; Frank Page, state highway commis sloner, and Lee S. Folger, automobile dealer ot Charlotte. Commissioner Page Ends Debate. Discussion and disagreement of four years' standing in Bladen and Colum bus counties, with some outcropplngs of feeling In New HanoVer over the routing ot the WUmington-Cbarlotte. Ashevllle highway was brought to a conclusion when Slate Highway Com missioner Frank Page and State High way Engineer Charles Upham gave their approval to the route known as the "Green Swamp Route. Price of Farm Products Decrease., The farmer's pr 'ducts are bringing still lower prices .nan last year the peak ot the wave of business deprea- sion and that principal items neces- sary to agriculture have not declined in proportion, is disclosed In the Jan vary price report ot Frank Parker, Agricultural statistician ot tho Co operative Crop Reporting service. Mr. Parker's statement shows that while there is talk and "signs" of bet ter business and returning prosperity, the farmer's boat is being badly bat- tered on the rocks of financial stress because of the most precipitate and demoralizing plunge taken by prices ot Involved agricultural products. Other commodities have come down, but the farmers products hit the bot tom the hardestand are still sticking there, with few exceptions. Route Gets 30-Day Respite. The ten-day reprieve graniea to Wright Rouse, 79-year-old, one-armed negro in 4he state prison under sen- tence ot death for the killing ot Wil liam Whitley, Walstonburg farmer, in the tall of 1921, was extended to 30 days. The new rate of oxecutlon is March 3. Governor Morrison is making some investigations of his own into the san ity of the negro who slew Whitley, prosperous farmer and a good citizen, unon the' promise of $500 from Mrs. Whitley and her loves- Taa Hayes. NUMBER 16 Mi EXTEND WEEVIL RE.,, raven County pelegatet WIN Ask Four Neighboring Countlee .', te Co-operate. New Bern. Committees represent ing the Craven County Agricultural eommlttee will go before the commis sioners ot four neighboring' counties at their regular monthly meeting! and ask for co-operation in carrying on the campaign against the boll weevil byithe appointments ot committees in each county to take the leadership in a movement to liberalize farming in East Carolina to offset the inroads ot the weevil into the production ot cot ton. Craven county appropriated $10, 000 to carry on the work, and employ ed C. C. Kirkpatrlck, an expert in di versified " farming, to head the cam paign, but 'Pamlico, Carteret Onslow and Jones counties will be asked to simply endorse the work by naming committees to help in extending it among their own farmers. The local committee believes that to get returns for. Its own efforts tn the fight it must have the-' co-operation of the neighboring counties. They are in the same condition as Craven, and a Joint fight will help both. W. W. Griffin, chairman of the. Craven committee, named his dele gation. The Pamlico county commis sioners will be met at Bayboro, th-s Carteret board at Beaufort, the Ons-lew- commissioners at Jacksonville and the Jones commlslssoners at Trenton by committees composed ot leading farmers and business men. Two Men Killed in Boiler Explosion. Fayettevliie. two persons were killed and. a third injured by the ex- plosion of a boiler in a planing mill owned by W. E. Waller at Stedman, this county. The dead are: L. B. McDuffie, mechanic in charge of the boilers of the mill. John Dawson, negro fireman. David Fort, another negro fireman, was slightly Injured. The cause of the explosion has not been determined. According to the testimony gather ed, a steam pipe on the outside ot one ot the two boilers in the mill had been leaking, and the steam in this boiler was allowed to go down In order deritnat it migni oe repaired, me out er boiler being used at the time. Af ter the repairs had been made, the boiler was again put in use. C. W. Puts, general manager of the mill, testified that he was standing be side McDuffie three minutes before the explosion took place and that the pressure at that time was not more than 20 pounds. The force of the explosion threw Dawson against the pump and every bone in his head was crushed. Mc Duffie's skull was fractured. Both. men were instantly killed. Fort was thrown into a pile of brick, but he sustained only bruises. McDuffie, who resided in the town of Stedman, leaves a wife. His father lives near Vander, in this county. Managers Name Orphanage Head. Charlotte. Rev. George 8. Hill, rec tor ot Christ's Episcopal church in Elizabeth City, was elected superin tendent of the Thompson orphanage in this city,' to succeed Rev. W. J. Smith, who resigned some time ago, at the annual meeting of the board of managers of the orphanage. Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire of Raleigh, presided oter the meeting as chairman ex-offlclo. Bishop T. C. Darst, ot Wilmington, was present for the first time as a member of the board representing the eastern part of the state. The Edwin A. osoorne memorial building, Just completed ana to oe used for children under tour years old, was accepted by the eoara ana will be opened up and ready tor use as soon as the furnishings can be se cured and Installed. Moss Named Director. Oxford. At a meeting of the dele gates held In Oxford E. O. Moss was elected director for the eighth dis- trict, composed of Granville and Per- eon counties, of the Tobacco urowers Co-operative Marketing association. Dr. E. J. Tucker, C. T. Wood, O. M. Crowder. M. T. Carver. F. D. Long, C. T. Hall and W. H. Wilkcrson,, , , All the delegates from Xiranviue were present " Christian to Represent District Fayettevliie. R. W. Christian,' of Manchester, Cumberland county, waa. eieciea uirecwr wr m u trict ot the North Carolina Co-opera tive Marketing Association, by a ma jority of 168 votes over J. R. Peterson,1 of Clinton. Sampson county, accord ing to announcement ot the result of the balloting made here. Mr. Chris tian .received SS3 votes while: US were, cast for Mr. Petersoa. .. ., , : Mr. Christian is regarded aa one ot the. most successful and progressive) . j tarn ' -I f ,
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