North Carolina Newspapers

- f i 5- '" . 1 "'. .... . . J. . ' -- . ",' f - A. . -'W - 4- urn'- Mi- If I 7 io t: ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY . ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN WATAUGA COUNTY ESTABLISHED IN 1888 VOLUME XXXIII - BOONE, WATAUGA-COUNTY, NOETH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MARCH 30, 1922 NUMBER 22 ,. i.i Minn M, jtll ... .mi,, " - - : 1 '. 1 , . " . HRE LOSS DROPS FDLIR POWER PACIFIC DEHAIIDS C0SI5 DFBDI1US MEBRE TO WO W TREATY IS RATIFIED B OGGUH PISSED BY HOUSE VERY SHARP DECREASE IN FIRE LOSSES FOR FEBRUARY, AC CORDING TO REPORT. FIRE DEPARTMENT DESTROYED 3 f During Month 132 Flret Were Report Ad, Rducon of 8o from Record I ; ' of January. ; . . Raleigh.. . Compared with tbe previous.nionth, the average dally fire losses in North Carolina for February tell from $35, 000 to 111,000. with an aggregate loss of 1354,885, according to the monthly reriew of fire losses issued by the tat department of insurance. The average losses for the entire country ineeaaed during the month by three million dollars. During the month, 132 fires were re ported to the department, a reduction of 85 from the record of January. Only ten fires did damage in excess of 15,000, while 22 of the 217 fires In January entailed losses In excess of that amount. Residences head the list of destroyed buildings with an Ten hald hundred. One fire depart ment was destroyed by fire. Sparks falling on roofs and defec tive flues remain the chief cause of fires reported t(j the departnent,' and carelessness of smokers retains sec ond place. Exploding oil stoves, over heated stores, hot ashes, moving pic ture lime, exploding lamps, .electric Irons and - children ' playing . with matches are -still included in the list Wilson again acquired leading posi tion In the amount of fire losses for the month with an-aggregate of $127, 000 caused when a mechanical paint brash exploded and burned the Hack ney Buggy .factory. Principal losses are accredited to other cities as fol lows: Charlotte, $37,100; Kington, $11,000; Monroe,' 832,000; - Concord, $5,000; White Oak, $20,000; Apex, $20,- 000. . ' ' Records of other towns and .cities throughout the, state follows, with 'the number of fires reported and the total losses::, :r v . ' Winston-Salem, 11 fires, loss $875; Raleigh, t, $211';' Charlotte, 15, $39, 20; Fayetteville, 4, $1,160; Ashevllle, 1. $2,184; Newborn, 9, $1,161; Wil mington, 7, $4,61$; Durham, S, $2,098; Rockingham, 2, j $3,400; Wilson, 8, $128,865; High ' Point, 3, $6,630; Greensboro, $,,.$992; : Ooldsboro, 4, $65; Hamlet, 8, $100; . Kinston, 4, $11,735; Henderson, ;4, $3,550; Farm Ylllo.' S, $H&,V Two. each at Oastonia, $lj(i0; Monroe, $32,110; Elizabeth City, $1,425)- One each at Albemarle, $(51; Salisbury. $85; Carthage, $5; , Lumberton, $2,700; Washington, $2, $50; Concord, $5 000; Greenville, $300; Raeford, $1,600; Oxford, $500. .Means Millions In Taxes. .'Interlocutory Injunctions sought In the federal courts by railroads doing business in North Carolina against the collection of state taxes were de nied In a unanimous opinion handed down by Judge Edmund Waddlll, Jr., of the circuit court of appeals; Judge Henry O. Connor, .of.' the Eastern North Carolina District and Judge 'James E. Boyd of the Western North l- Carolina district. By denial of the injunctions, if the Opinion 'Is affirmed' by the Supreme Court of the United States, to which ' an appeal will be taken direct, the taxljte. units of tbe state will collect annually practically one million dol lars in ad valorem and franchise taxes that would not have been paid hd tb decision gone the other way. In Vd'tlon, there is involved taxation upon the incomes of the railroads at Ungrate of three per cent upon the taxable net income, which involves a large amount of money, the exact amount of of which is not known. All of these taxes have been fixed for a period of three years, making the ag gregate amount involvedVwell up Into the millions. . v- .; Orders Special Court. Governor Morrison has ordered a speoial term of Vance county supe rior court to. begin Monday, April 24. I Governor Paroles Two. hsa namioa ni1 mm commutation for prisoners serving terms on ths county roads lor violation oi ine pro MMt!on Taws were granted by Gover ned Morrison?' The . paroles went to JaJtM Roach, of Forsyu, serving it months, who it suffering from a se ver attack of rheumatism, and to ,.Altx Berry, of Forsyth, a six-months . . . , a , ymoner wno nao qeveiopeo ius tftiahiA. ttoob recommendation ol JaCgo B. F." Long, the twelve-months .ecttaco imposea on Henry unanoa Tmi muntdio.$lpo and. cosu. OPPONENTS MAKE SCORE OF UN- SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPTS TO QUALIFY ACTION. FINAL VOIE WHS 67 TO 27 On Final Roll Call, Twelve Democrats Vote For Treaty and Four Repub licans Agalnat It. Washington. The four-power Pa cific treaty, the Center of controversy over accomplishments of the Washing ton arms conference, was ratified by the senate with no reservation except the "no alliance" declaration proposed by the foreign relations committee and accepted by President Harding. The final vote of 67 to 27, represent ing a margin of tour over the necessary- two-thirds,. was recorded after the opponents of ratification had made more than 20 unsuccessful attempts to qualify senate action by reserva tions or amendments distasteful to the administration. On the deciding roll call 12 democrats voted for the' treaty and only four republicans opposed it Dying hard, the irreconcilable ele ment, which had opposed the treaty on the ground that it establishes an alli ance between the United States, Great Britain, Japan and France, forced 3S roll calls during a four and a half hours' session set aside for final action on the resolution of ratification. They made their best showing on a proposed reservation to invite outside powers into Pacific . "conferences" affecting their interests, mustering 36 votes for the proposal to 55 in opposition. The committee reservation was ac cepted In tbe end by a vote of 90 to 2, two attempts to modify It falling by overwhelming majorities. It declares that "the United States understands that under the statement in the pre amble under the terms of this treaty there is no commitment to, armed force, no alliance, no Obligation , to Join hi any defense." Probably 18 Miners Killed. ' Trinidad, Colo. Eight miners an known to have been killed and ten are missing as the result of an explosion in Sopris mine number two of tha Colorado Fuel and Iron company pear here. Officers of the mine said they did not expect the death' list to ex ceed 18. Two of the bodies have been identified. The other, two were badly burned. The explosion occurred Just as the men were changing .shifts. It is be lieved that only about 40 were in the mine at the time. AH of these, with the exception of: the 16 still miss, ing have been accounted for, There was no fire in thenine and rescue workers have, been able to go under ground to a considerable depth, No theory as to the cause of the ex plosion has been Advanced. . Four Killed by Cloudburst Burlington, Kas. Four persons were killed and property damage es timated at $50,000 done at Burlington by a cloudburst which Hooded Rock Creek and sent it swooping down upon -the city without warning. The dead' are Mr. and Mrs. T. S. MpGee, Mrs. Henry Ramsdell and Miss Ole tha Falling. Only the body of Miss Failing had been recovered. Nine persons report ed missing were found to be unharm ed. For several blocks store fronts caved In. and about 25 homes were swept away. Much damage was done also to stock and crops In this dstrtct. Streets here were piled high with de bris. Levee 8ystem Will Withstand Flood, Memphis, Tenn. With the Missis sippi river rising rapidly at all points south of St. Louis and with all indi cations pointing to the highest watery since the flood of 1B16, government and state engineers here express con fidence tfcat the levee - sVstem will withstand the flood without difficulty and that the damage from high water will be small and confined entirely to unprotected lands. Ford Adopts 40-Hour Week. Detroit" Adoption of, the".40-hour week as a permanent policy in all the plants of the Ford Motor company waB announced by Edael B. Ford, pres ident of the company."" Under the now plan the factories will be closed on Saturday and Sunday and about 8,000 men will be added to the force. The change will affect approximately 60, 000 employes, who will continue to repeive the. minimum of $6 a day. New employes, however, will re ceive a injntaum of $5 dally.; UNITED STATES CLAIMS RIGHT TO COMPENSATION FOR ARMY IN RHINELAND. , , - ' x .... . T'lT NOTES SENT TO THE HUES Troops Were 8ent Into Germany Upon ' Basis of Right to Bo Paid the "Actual Cest" Washington. The American army of occupation was sent Into Germany and was continued there upon the ba sis of the right of the United States to "be paid Its actual coat nppn an equal footing withvthe allies," and this government "is unable to conclude that the Justice of its claim is not ful ly recognised,' according to identlo communications delivered - by diplo matic representatives to the govern ments of Belgium, Great - Britain, France and Japan. The. notes were delivered under in structions from Secretary of Bute Hughes and . were occasioned by re cent information from American ob servers In Europe that the allied gov ernments apparently contemplated ar rangements which would Ignore Amer ican army costs, although estimates both for army and navy costs and re parations were being made on the ba sis oMhe entire capacity of the Ger man government to pay. The amount of the claims of the United States for its army cost, the notes declared, was understood to be tree from any substantial dispute, but it was deemed to be appropriate, "in view of recent developments," to ac quaint the allied governments with the repeatedly reiterated statements that the government of the United States was expecting full payment of the coats of its army In the Rhlneland. Basis for the American claim, the notes pointed out, was found in the armistice agreement to which the United -States was signatory and which provided for military occupa tion of Germany by the allied and American forces Jointly. That agree ment, the notes recited, expressly pro vided that the upkeep of the troops of occupation in the Rhine districts should be charged to the German gov ernment and it was expressed as the view of the American government that the armistice agreement "had the clear import" that the powers asso ciated in the Joint enterprise "should stand upon equal footing as to the payment of all actual costs of their armies of occupation." 'Active Spindle Hours Decrease. Washington. The New England textile .strike was . reflected in the monthly report made public recently by the census bureau on the activity of the cotton spinning Industry, which showed a decrease qf more than 600, 000 active spindles for the month of February as compared with January. Active spindle hours - for February 7,119,576,600 as compared with 7929, 358,136, also a decrease of more than eight hundred million. The figures made public were based on an activity of 23 2-3 days, while the figures for January were based on an activity of 25 1-2 days. The average number of spindles op erated during February was 34,677,837 as compared with an average of 85, 751,715 for January. Approximately 31879,935 cotton spindles were in place on February 28, the report said, of which 38,797,829 were operated at some time during the month, as com- l pared with 34,457,509 for January, 34,- 485,341 for December and 32,496,856 for February, 1921. Not to Delay Trip to Shoals. Washington. Members of the sen ate agricultural committee, after con sidering the request of senate leaders and senators not absent themselves from sessions during consideration of the arms conference treaties, decided to follow tbe -previously reached plan to leave Washington Saturday night for a visit, in company with house members, to the Muscle Shoals pro jects In Alabama. ' 8ugar Rates Stand. Washington. Sugar rates in the Fordhey tariff bill, on the basis of $1.60 per 100 pounds for Cuba raw, were approved by the republican members of the senate finance com mittee after a prolonged fight. ' The Fordney rates were accepted as a compromise. Senator Smoot, ranking majority member, contended for a rate of $2 per 100 on Cuban raw, the duty asked for by American beet sugar interests. . This .was slightly less, however, than the tariff urged by the Louisiana caju Industry. BILL IS GIVEN AN OVERWHELM ING MAJORITY IN THE ' . , i HOUSE, , ., PROVISIONS OF THE BILL Members of Both Parties Divided In General Debate and on Final Roll Call. i Washington. The four billion-dollar soldleis' bonus bill was passed by the house by an overwhelming major ity. It now goes to the senate where its fate is regarded as uncertain. The vote was 333 to 70, or 64 more than the two-thirds majority necessary tor passage of the measure under the parliamentary procedure selected by republicans for the expressed purpose of preventing the democrats from of fering a motion to recommit Party lines disappeared both in the general debate and on the final roll call, 242 republicans and 90 democrats and one socialist supporting the bill and 42 republicans and 28 democrats voting against It ' As passed by the house, the bonus bill would provide for immediate cash payments to veterans whose adjusted service pay would not exceed $50, and would give the other veterans the op tion of these four plans: Adjusted service certificates, with provisions authorising loans by banks in the first three years after next October V. and by the government thereafter; the certificates to run for 20 years and to have a face value at maturity of the amount of the ad Justed service credit at the rate of $1 a day for domestic service and $1.25 a day for foreign service, Increased by 25 per cent plus interest at the rate of 4 1-2 per cent compounded annual ly. Vocational training after January 1, 1923, at the rate of $1.75 a day, the total payments not to exceed, how ever, 140 pnr cent of the adjusted service credit Farm and home aid under which veterans who purchase or improve farms or homes would be paid after July 1, 1923, a sum equal to their adjusted service credit increased by 25 per cent. ! ' Land settlements, under which lands would be reclaimed under the supervision of a special board and farm, units established for- sale to the veterans at a price fixed by the board, less the amount of the adjust ed service credit due the purchasers. Exports of Com Increased. i Washington. American exports of corn during February Increased, as compared with the same month last year while exports of wheat and cot tonseed oil last month fell off sharply from February, 1921. February exports of corn amounted to 22,052,216 bushels of a' value of $14,020,090, compared with 3,144,346 bushels valued at $6,918,863 in Febru ary, 1921. Exports of wheat in February were 5,476,489 bushels valued at $6,928,655, compared with 18,408,711 bushels val ued at $36,836,026 In February a year ago. . Cottonseed oil exports last month were 9,094,374 pounds of a value of $794,306, compared with 39,689,396 pounds valued at $4,276,772 in Feb ruary, 1921. German Marks Fall Off. New York. Ail previous low rec ords for German exchange at this cen ter were shattered when the mark foil to 304-one-hundredths, or less than three for one cent. Dealers attributed the further weakness to the changes In the German reparation payments announced In Paris recently and the firm attitude of the United States government for the payment of the expenses of the army of occupation on the Rhine. ' ' Submarine and All Hands Lost London. The British submarine H-42 has' been lost with all hands In the Mediterranean,, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Gibraltar. Census For Pigs to be Taken. Washington. '-- The department of agriculture, through the help of rural mail carriers, will set up machinery early in May to obtain the probable pig population of the 14 states lead ing in tbe production of swine. ' More than 24,000 carriers connected with the 9,600 postoffices will take the pig census. As they start out with their pack of mail the carriers will distribute card, questionnaires on which will be ob tained reports from- the .farms on,' each route. . . PICTURES TO FIGHT U County Agent W. B. Pace, of Pit Plans to Visit Every 8chool House With Picture Machine. Greenville The new moving picture, machine used in farm demonstration work is creating considerable Interest throughout the county. Although It ar rived about two weeks ago, continued bad weather has prevented County Agent W. B. Pace from putting on hla show in more than six communities. His present plan calls for a visit with hlB machine to every schoolhouse of the county. At present there are four films shown to each audience. One deals with the potato storage house, show ing construction, operation and gen eral value. This, reel Is intended to Increase the Interest In such storage houses and show the farmers the need for them. A second reel Is dramS of 7 life, dealing with ;ne drudgery of tbe farmers' wivy without conveniences liow so common on the more up-to- date farms. Tbe wife is shown hag gard and toll worn, a wreck in the 'prime of life. While she 1b away at a sanitarium, the farmer installs modern Improvements from the front door to the kitchen. The contrast is most striking. The feature of the "show" Is con tained .in two reels entitled "Good bye, Boll Weevil." They show the use of powders, calcium arsenate in the destruction of the pest. Differ ent types of machines, from the hand pump to tbe gasoline machine, In full operation, are thrown upon the screen. The government passes on the powder before It is put upon the market and approves firms selling it The cotton planter's attention Is focused when he sees how he can increase his seed cotton 200 to 1,000 pounds at $6 the acre by destroying the pink pest by this simple method. The powder is dusted upon the plant In the afternoon and sticks to the leaves. When the weevil drinks the dew next morning, he imbibes the poison as well, so it is indeed good' bye, boll weevil. Burlington Will Re-enact Battle. Burlington. Scenery for the repro duction of the Battle of Alamance In photoplay form has been prepared by a special agent of a moving picture corporation. A meeting of men and women of the county who are authors of historical works relative to the Battle of Alamance will be ealled at an early date to assist In a revision of this scenario. The local chamber of commerce will soon begin sending out propaganda into all parts of the United States tor the purpose of get ting recognition of the spot where was f ought tbe first battle of the American Revolution. Fear For Safety of Peach Crop. Hickory. Orchard men in this sec tion were much concerned over the safety of the peach crop, the mercury recording the lowest temperature In several weeks and a hefty frost oc curring in most places. Peach trees are in iart bloom and pear trees are In full blossom. There was much ice, but stiff winds the past two days dried the trees thoroughly and it is hoped that a minimum of damage has re sulted from the cold. Hickory 8ells Bonds. Hickory. The city of Hickory sold $45,000 of funding 6 per cent bonds to Seasongood, Mayer ft Co., of. Clncln natl, for a premium of $1,820, or $104.44 per $100. There were 11 bid ders, and the sale was described by bidders and city officials as highly satisfactory. Plans Huge Tunnel. Lenoir Klstler's investigations of the Wilson creek power possibilities will be completed within the next few days. The plan for development Is to pro vide tor a tunnel nearly 17,000 feet long leading from a dam at a point near Hutbur and emptying at the power house at the foot of the gorge. At tbe point of empty ingthe tunnel Will be 300 feet above te present bed of the creek. Mr. Millner says that there will be a loss through trie tlon equivalent to 20 feet, which will leave a net fall of 280 feet for power purposes. The present flow of the stream with this fall will' develop 2,700 horsepower 20 hours out of 24. Officers Elected For Johnston Fair. Smithfleld." The directors of the JohnBton County Agricultural Society met here and set the date for the 1922 fair, October 31, November 1, 2 and 3 are the days set apart for this coming event The, directors were all present except four, Mr. J. W. Ste phenson, who has served as president of this organisation for several years, tendered his resignation, but, upon motion by Mr. W. D. Avers, Becond ed by Px R .3oiljBe.was.unanl Many Incomes Not Yst Filed. . Commissioner of Revenuo A. Dki Watts has signified his desire to grant j extension oi time to procrastinating Income taxpayers as well as to relieve j cltlsens of penalties who made their, return after March 16 .but legal rea son In both Instances must be furnish-' ed the department Scores of taxpayers have not yet filed their Income tax returns for the calendar year ending December II, 1921, while many others have sent la their returns after March 15, which was the final date for filing. It Is to check up on these classes that Com mtssioner Watts Is addressing letters advising that under tbe law a penalty of five 'per cent, with Interest at the rate of one per cent per month most be levied in all instances where the tax was "paid after March 15. "The ; State Department of Rev enue,'' Commissioner Watts said. "will do as well by Its cltlsens as the Federal government in the mat ter of payment on income taxes, but we would be glad to know Just why the returns are late or why they have not been filed with the department" The commissioner points out that the law assesses the penalties, making It mandatory upon the revenue depart ment and that this course will be fol lowed except In cases where sickness, absence from home or other causes which could not have been anticipated have prevented the filing of the re turns. The following letter has been sent to all citizens who have not complied, with tbe letter of the law In making their tax returns: "Your income tax return was re ceived after March 15. Under the law a penalty of five per cent, which la no case shall be less than one dollar, and Interest at one per cent per month has accrued. "If you were sick, absent from home, or were unavoidably prevented from making your return, wkhln the time prescribed by law, please write me at once, setting forth the reason for your failure to make the return on or before March 15, and ask for an extension of time. . This will be granted and the penalty canceled if your reason for failure to file In time Is a legal one. "If you were not sick, absent nr un avoidably prevented from taking the return In time, please send check for the amount of the penalty." Governor Morrison has denied the appeal for executive clemency In 20 cases which have been laid before him during the last several weeks. Essay Contest on Red Work. Cash prizes of $2,000, donated by Henry Morganthau, former American ambassador to Turkey, will be com peted for by Junior and senior high school students of North Carolina from now until June 15th, according to announcement by Col. George H. Bellamy, state chairman of the Near East Relief. These prizes will be given for the best essay or oration on the eco nomic and International conditions which have to do with the present de plorable conditions of the peoples In the Near EaBt who have for centuries been persecuted by the . Turks in the name of Mohammedanism. Colonel Bellamy is state chairman for the Near East Relief In North Caollna and Josephus Daniels is honorary) state chairman. The prizes will be given for essays from various states In the union and three will be given for the best essays submitted in the nation. A first prise of $500 In cash will be awarded the winner of the national contest follow ed by $200 for tbe second best and $100 tor the third. In each state a prise of $15 will be given for the best essay or oration, $10 for the second and $1 for the third. According to the announcement by Colonel Bellamy the oration 'must have as its theme some phase of the present political, social - educational or Industrial condition In the countries of the Near East, including Turkey, Syria, Palestine, Georgia and Armenia and must contain not less than 1,500. nor more than 2,000 words. All students who desire to enter this contest and to familiarize themselves with their subject may write Colonel Bellamy, 901 Citizens National Bank building, Raleigh, and the necessary literature will be forwarded. High school principals, and teachers and county superintendents of schools are requested by Dr. E. C. Brooks, state chairman of the educational division, Near East Relief, to render every as sistance possible to students. Could Buy Farms With Food Money. If the money which. North Carolina) Is sending to other states each year for food and teed products were kept at home, the accumulation 1 would equal the value of aU the tana sand, and farm buildings in the state laj lees than ten years. This strung statement appears In a leaflet embrmo Ing an analysis and .summary t the agricultural situation In North Care lino, together with the suggested "llve-at-home' movement'1' The- ree fidJai being, advocate! , .-.. . .'' ,4triyi'b,' . J ft 1 '. If, m ' . ai V,,V.I,.'-I XT