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igrtiurnrrr.i. nnxi 1! ORO DAILY NEW lou Want All tha A'ew ,46ou Buainest Road the Ads Daily XXIV. CNTKItKO AS RECONIf CLASS MATTER GREENSBORO, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 6, 1921 tlAIl.T ONLY. T.OO ru TIA1 DULY iNU SUNDAY. IK 00 fK VSA1 PRICE FIVE CENTS - .-nirr n r, 'Krt.Nh'BORO. N ( weather i ffT)lClZ?T(s7 YD CMr.ll flr today nd Ij aj H'S, NO. 79 NEGRI) rAH dUm Iu : BE FIRST WITNESS AT IHE WILLIAMS TRIAL jje Will Relate His Version Of Death Of 11 Farm Hands. JURY BODY OF YOUNG MEN Extra Deputies On Guard At Covington, Ga., Where Sen ' sational Trial Is Held. POSTPONEMENT IS DENIED gaanJnK, the State's Chief Wltneae, i;ader inuicimmi . i.m . miMina ji'or Murder Wholwalp Kill ing To rover 1 Ptomt. (By Asaoclaletl fr-aa. 1 Covington, Ua., April 5. Selection of a Jury to try John S. Williams In New ton county Superior court on a charge of the murder of I.indsey Peterson wal completed here late today, and the late made ready to put on the stand tomorrow Clyde Manning, negro farm boss, t0 relate his version of the deaths of 11 negro farm hands, who, tha prosecution contends, were slain to block federal Investigation of peonage conditions. Iks Jury, a body of rather young en, was made up of seven farmers, tiro merchants, a clerk, a barber and ,diugglst, as the following: T. L. Hill, firmer; G. W. Gober, farmer; Robert Stanton, farmer; W. A. Pate, merchant Cluu-lu A. t'ason, farmer; W. C. Moore, farmer; T. R. Starr, . farmer; Byron lHacker, grocery clerk; F. G. Crowley. Btrchant; J. T. Dennard, farmer; J. K Rawlins, barber of Oxford, and Regi aeld Robinson, druggist. Kltra depntles were on duty In the souls find seats were permitted to re courtroom ard only as many persons as main. Judge John H. Hutcheson warned the spectators that any "ap proval or disapproval" would be "se rarely punished," and there was hardly as occasion for the sheriff to rap for ardtr. i. Effort by the state to prove that the easts of Peterson was one of a "series af Crimea," which. It was understood, would ba undertaken early in the first day of avidence, was expected to bring from the defenso one of its hardest Ifhta in seeking to bar from the trial all reference to the other deaths, and la hold evidence down to the single seats of Peterson, whose body was found In Yellow river, and who, the Halt oontends, was brought Into New taa sminty and drowned by Williams aid Manning, Williams being held to M tse Instigator of the alleged mur der... . Meay Wltnenseai Summoned. - Unless long arguments develop over nfolasiblllty of evidence and cross- examination of witnesses take longer usa expected, it was Inticaled that tho iroieoutlon might conclude its case by tomorrow night. There are some score , at witnesses under sul-poena by the Kate, while the defense has kept se em tnt number and identity of Its wltaaaaes, and also has declined to In flate how rnuch time was expected to to taken up with the defense of Wil ktma. There were Indications, how am, the ease would be concluded be lt) the end of the week. The first day's proceedings moved rapidly. The motion of the defense for ttitponement to allow more time for KPrat!on and so that Green F. John He. ehlef counsel for Williams, might tiamlne Manning, who was Indicted Jointly with Williams, was disposed of only after court opened by Judge Hotcbuon ruling that the trial should encase. The defense also inquired into the employment of W. M. Howard, of Augusta, Ga,, to aid the prosecution. nd B. Marvin Underwood, Atlanta, to defend Manning. Both said their com pensation had been guaranteed by iroupe of citiiens. The Rev. C. B. Wil ier and the Rev. M. Ashby Jones, At lanta paatora, promised Governor Dor XT the financial backing that njade II possible to employ Howard, he said. . Woods White, Atlanta capitalist, leaded the group of citizens who em ployed Underwood, the latter declared. Ka named others and In answer to a otltlon said that as far as hi knew one of them was connected with the National Association for the Advance ment of Colored People. Graham "fight, assistant state attorney gen eral, said he was assigned by the gov ernor to aid the prosecution. Williams, defended by Johnson.! nose home is In Montlcello, county Appointed Head Of The Women's Bureau POWER CASE IS TO BE Textile Men Will Have Nothing On Duke Interests. HARD CASE TO HARMONIZE Mtb. Mary Anderson, who has been named by President Harding: as head of the Wom.n'g Bureau of the Depart ment of Labor, according to reports from Washington. This is a reappoint ment recommended by .Secretary of La bor Davis. A (Continued On 1'age Two.) CHARLES BIDS HUNGARY FAREWELL LAST TIME ' Is (ieaerally Believed He. Ha. OWen I'D Hie Chaneea of Reunil "Ji ' Ins; the Throne. mlal Caait ta Dalli am ""to. IPII, 0J Pbili.driDbia raSllr Ledarr. I h i 1 Apr" 5 Th" general belief j diplomatic and German circles is ex-Emperor Charles, when he r tn' Hungarian frontier this morning, bade farewell for the last "to Hungarian soli and the chance ?Mumlni lhe ancestral crown, i . -n.onarch who had sworn en 2 lr"v' t St ei nam anger never to JJy Hungary alive, but who weak f8 M hai been expected at the end. i held here, comprom isfd his to finally with his own people 'riends in the entente ramp Otfrnation of his pretension in vi nis young on is inevitable Has Not Committed Himself On a Definite Program. TO MAKE CAREFUL STUDY Does Not Believe Versailles Pact Can Be Basis For New Association. IS A PAINSTAKING TASK President, In Conslderlnar Peace Reao- Intlon. Takes Position That IV a tlon Should Proceed With Care and Pradence. 'iey Ajsortited Preu. ) Washington, April 6. Whatever may be the expectations ofRepubllcan sen ators who want an early declaration of peace with Germany, it was made known authoritatively today that Pres ident Harding had not thrown, the in- fluence of his administration behind the movement, but was Inclined to look with disapproval on any prospect of precipitate action. It was revealed that the President had not, in fact, committed himself to any definite program for the resto ration of peace, though he was said to be leaning n.ore and more to a be lief that the Versailles covenant can not in any practical way be used now as a basis for his association of na tions. He is canvassing the situation carefully In the light of Information and advice whicji has come to him since Inauguration, and, although a part of his program may be decided on soon, it probably will be many weeks before it is revealed in entirety. In his consideration of the peace resolution, which some of the senate leaders want to press to an early pas sage In the special session of Congress convening Monday, Mr. Harding is un derstood to have taken the position that in the settlement of so important a question the nation must proceed with care and prudence. It Is said that he has not withdrawn the ap proval he gave the resolution when he supported it in the last Congress, but Is convinced that the present suuanon does not require hasle so much as It requires painstaking deliberation. Srrm Adrantace In Delay. The administration has not revealed what elements are involved in the de termination of lis atlltude. but there have been Indications that it would nr,ider itself in a better position to make advances for on association of nations if the peace declaration were delayed Intimations have come to of ficials here that some of the leading allied statesmen would consider pas sage of the measure a great handicap In the negotiatiatons for a peace con cert, weakening the position of the American government with lis former associales in the war and making them less susceptible to American sug gestions. ll has be n hinted to th me of lis anvifers in Confirmed by statements by the of agriculture. "-snnn minister - r'Dresntlng peasant and small Sal ill lnterts. who declared in his ""' that Charles never couM rr atra nr thrne and that all mem jj.4' ln cabinet of all p.iliti.-ai J7s, and evi n the legitimist? ,n " Hungarian parliament were tmoua n ,h decision , 'nveHiingary CHEEK HOSPITALS ARE - tLL TO OVERFLOWING JUt frrr4 the t.rrk. To Their ... rrrmr IWra.lve Po.ltlon. by outstanding o I u 1 1 o n f pot ent lal ! eminent i President like the war deht. a pending res pea. e might be used as a r to bring the allied ') nto accord with I he pro posals (i u s a of tins n " vernm e nt diapr-ement there lr.-s x i.w puinl and ad orates of tl..- r. How sen may be be- Ih.u of hit 1), lie ',1 the ,n re b spi- ni i I s .1. e i;a t "I s , t.Utior rm.-d M nu-r tl'' l rn inei arilliT. v i,l jr. t.. la-l.r. Inrlj r. i h ' Power Company In One Instance Says It Is Interstate, In Another Is Not. MILLS ARGUE SAME WAY Contend For Mornllty Of Contracts Be fore Corporation Commission llut Likewise Har That Body Is AVIthont Awltiorlty. Thf nrw nsborti hnlly Npwj Bureau. 306 Merrtigotji National Bank Bldg. By V. T. BO ST. Raleigh, April 5. Textile attorneys who will argue before the corporation commission next week the morality of contractual relations, but likewise the ousted Jurisdiction of that commission In handling lnterestate business, haven't anything on the Southern Pow er company, their big opponent, In the anomalousness of argument. Resisting the Southern Power com pany's petition to the corporation com mission to raise hydroelectric rates well above the tariffs now in force will he Justified on the basis of the In violability of a contract. Besldea, the textile attorneys will contend that these existing contracts provide rea sonable revenue for the big company. But even then the attorneys will take the position that the corporation com mission cannot control interstate rates and that since the Southern Power com pany has Itself Inextricably mixed up in South Carolina business, the state commission cannot say what will be a reasonable rate on North Carolina business which la carried on In both North and South Carolina. In the Greensboro and High Point cases which come here next week on mandamus from Guilford court, the position of the Southern Power com pany will be difficult to harmonize. In the new Supreme court building the power company will be Justifying Its course In highballing from the state into the federal courts, because It will argue that it Is an interstate commerce which it does, that it Is a foreign cor poration and the like. In the old Su preme court building and before the corporation commission the same com pany will be asking the state corpora tlon commission to fix Its rates for doing North Carolina business. At torneys for the North Carolina Public Service company, of Greensboro and High Point, likewise for the two municipalities, will be arguing that the Southern Power la a North Caro lina Institution which Is amenable to the North Carolina law under which It enjoys the right of eminent domain, not to say other kinds of dominion more or less eminent and Imminent. Buslnesn In Interdependent. It Is doubtful whether there has even been such an lnharrnony of position! before the court. In. the recent South ern Power hearings ' before the com mission the witnesses for the company have shown how Interdependent Is the business, how much of It la In South Carolina and how much In North Caro lina. On North Carolina business the company Is aklng certain rates. There are based on a $75,000,000 investment In both states. The textile attorneys contend that the merging of business and the consolidation of costs make the Southern Power an Interstate business. The Southern Power company agrees with the textile Interests when tney are not talking to It over in the new Supreme court bulldlng;lt dleagrees with them when they are debating with it In the old Supreme court build ing. In the new Supreme court build ing Aubrey L. Brooks Is arguing that this company Is a local business en- Joying North Carolina privileges. For instance, here ls-nis poem on ine pow er company: "A gracious providence nas niessea North Carolina with many valuable natural resources. Chief among tnem are the unexcelled water powers of niedmont and western North Carolina These water powers Inherently belong to the people of the state, and the rignt to reasonably enjoy the advantages which naturally flow from their de velopment ought not to and cannot be bartered away. The defendant, a foreign corporation, has obtained from the state a portion of Its sovereign power of eminent domain, and acting under the authority thus granted. It has de veloped and Is now transmitting over Its lines hydroelectric power to the tens of thousands of the people of the state and to the gateways of many of her cities. By the science of other men and the capital of this defendant, the electric energy Is generated and transmitted to the point of consump tion at less than one-half the cost re quired to produce like energy from the use of coal. The coal deposits He on yonder side of the Blue Ridge moun tains, and are Inaccessible for economic use to the people of this state. Being by nature denied a source of coal sup ply for heat and energy, shall the atate allow aggregations of wealth to ex ploit its water powers, and to manip ulate their service and charge for cur rent and powers so as to collect from a helpless public all the traffic will bear?' II ranks In the State. The position of Hrooks has been con sistently the same. He went after the Southern Tower company and got It Into -he stat- curls There Chief Jus tio Clark delivered a most un-Metho-distl.-al. unhroth'-r.y-lov sort of opin ion on Ilrother James Buchanan Puke and his waterpower In a few weeks r.r'.t'ier Huek was se.n running Just js :a-t as his fat !ks would let him. Fage Two - MORRISON AND STATE TREASORERARE OF They Will Try To Borrow Money With Which To Pave Roads. COUNTIES TO LEND MONEY Resolution To Pave High Point To Winston-Salem Highway Is Adopted. WAS OFFERED BY MR. COX Knox Peace Resolutions Has Divided Republicans Party Is Split Into Three Groups At Least Momentarily, Each Pulling In Separate Direction On Peace Question President and Secretary Hughes Want Delay While Knox and His Supporters Are Urging Prompt Action. Guilford and Forsyth Will Advance Sufficient Money To Conetrucf the Bond Plenty Of Money Will Be Available. Tt Oreeostioro haltr Newa Burrs. 30 MvcbanU National 3u,k Bias. Raleigh. April (. North Carolln will get the money with which to build its roads and tomorrow night Governor Morrison and Treasurer Lacy will storm the financial citadels of New York for the coin that maketh th heart glad If they can't get it right now- coun ties In plenty will lend It to them and start the work aboomlng Immediately. This developed at todays session the highway commission, which was working until midnight and making progress. The county proposals were easily th feature of today's meeting. Both such centered about Guilford and Forsyth. The first line runs between Winston Salem and High Point, and the second between Greensboro and Glbsonvllle. With the proceeds in these counties th state commission can go to work Elwood Cox, of High Point, put this through. Mr. Cox offered the following reso lutlon, which was adopted: "Whereas, there Is an lmportan state highway In the counties of Gull ford and Forsyth, connecting the towns of Winston-Salem and High Point, distance of about II miles, and, "Whereas, a portion of said road In the county of Forsyth has been built and, 'Whereas the counties of Guilford and Forsyth, have each expressed. desire to aid in the early construction of a hard-surfaced road under the dl rectlon and approval of the state high way commission between aald points, and to advance sufficient money to construct such road in their respective counties; "Therefore, be resolved, that the state highway commission shall repay to each of said counties the amount of money expended by the counties li the engineering, location and construe tlon of said road but nothing for tha right of way. The aald road shall be of the kind and character to ba ne termlned by the state higrhway com missioner and the contract for the con structlon thereof shall be approved by the state highway commission and un der its Dlans and specifications the money to be repaid by the slate high way commission at such time as in m Judgment should be right and equitable, and hll road ed to that district, and auch portion thereof as shall be repaid on that pop tlon of the road in the seventh district shall be oharged to that district." Hertford can raise $760,000 and Le nolr Isn't half broke. All over the state are counties whlchcan do the very thine- that Mr. Cox proposes. It la pos sible that five millions will thus be available. The counties will lend It to the state and the state will spend It. Hut the state can get It elsewlse. This commission represents potentially seventy-five millions. It can bet tne money. Commissioner W. A. Hart, of Tarboro said tonight that he la confl dent the money can be borrowed very soon Quite apart from the construction of roads was the construction or tne law governing the expense aocounts of members. These get Iiu a day ana traveling expenses. As many of them are not traveling In Raleigh the Issue was raised over hotel and traveling ex penses In the capital. Attorney Walter Cohoon reads the law against paying traveling expenses while here Attorney General Manning conflrme Cohoons construction. The commission decided to cut the state Into nine engineering districts with an engineer in each district. There will be a chief engineer over these all Thev will probably be chosen at this board meeting, but the action will not be taken until later. when paid such portion thereof as " f 11 b repaid. ui that-Jwrtkwl of tfrlj din the fifth district shall be charg- MRS. VAUGHN PAROLED IN CUSTODY OF FRIENDS Admits Huahand Is Man Who Karaped From South Carolina State In anne Asylum. T. ear Braea. ir-ontlnued WILSON COMMISSIONERS TO REDUCE VALUATION Oat. Lie il li Will Be Cat Per Cent nnri Inside Per ( rut Mnsl It si I ' Tm Hale. Tamna. Kla.. April b. Mrs. T. U. Vaughn, formerly a nurse In the Btate Insane asylum at Columbia, S. C. who was arrested here yesterday with her husband. T. U. Vaughn, a fugitive from that Institution, was paroled In custody of friends by the police today, pend ing arrival of authorltlea from Col umbia. Vaughn and his wife as "Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Karl," for several months hsve been living st Port Tampa City, nine miles from here, where Vaughn was employed as ssslstant principal in the public school here. Mrs. VauKhn, police said, admitted todav that her husband's name Is Vaughn :ir-d that he Is the man who escaped from the Routh Carolina Insti tution, to which he was committed as Insane after he had been condemned -to die In the electric chair after con viction of the charge of attacking four young girls at an orphanage near fireen 11 le. K. C Vaughn is In the county Jail here, confined In a straight jacket in a pod ded cell. He made thr-e attempts to end his life after being arrestl yes terday, but Inflicted only a slight gash in his throat with a penknife lialir Newt Buruu uii Ttleftipb Ofnc. Th Kian Bulldlna (Br LeaieO Wln By C. W. (ill.BKHT. (CwrrUjtit. 1081. br rblUJ.lptili Mblle Uapt.) Washington. April 6 You get as many versions of the Harding policy with respect to the Knox resolution as there are groups In the party. And all these versions appear In the press. One side Insists that the Knox resolution will be passed at once, with Harding's approval. Another that It will be de layed three months by Harding's or ders. A third that it will be tha first Item of the Harding program and that It will be passed "early," at some vague date, not Immediately and not three months from now. The truth Is that the President and Secretary Hughes favor delay with re gard to the Knox resolution and htey are likely to have delay unless some development causes them to change their minds and acospt the etarly pas sage of the resolution. But there la opposition in the senate and especially in the senate foreign relations com mittea the opposition to delay there Is much stronger than It was represented to be by the President'! frlenda yes terday. The fate of the Knox resolution has split ths party at lsaat momentarily. There are In the senate and elsewhere In Washington, three groups of Repub Means. One is the so-oalled irrecon- clliable group In the senate which In slsts upon the Immediate passage of the Knox resolution. This group points to President Harding's speech of ac ceptance and lta promise to make peace with Germany by resolution. This group claims to have the President with It, committed to Immediate peace by resolution. Its propaganda repre sents M. Vlvlanl as highly satisfied with the Knox resolution. According to the Irreconcllablae no reason exists why the Knox resolution should not go through Immediately after tha adop tlon of the Colombian treaty. One Grasp Favora Treaty. Another group, much smaller, Is sure that the Knox resolution win never be passed. These people advo cats Its adoption, with amendments, with a broad reservation against the eague covenant of the treaty of Ver sailles. Conditions are helping them, for the Knox resolution Is consider ably weakened by the change of pro gram which takes It out of first place among the Harding measures, but still the chances are rather against the rat Ideation of the treaty. And third Is the administration group hlch wants action upon the Knox resolution delayed for perhaps three months until Mr. Harding and Mr. Hughes can work out their Interna tional policy.' There Is little doubt tnu. Group, wtii .navexiu way i Harding standi nrm. The propaganda of the Irreoonnlla- blea, the announcement that the Knox resolution will pass at once, la all di rected to Influencing the President to abandon hla desire for delay. The Intent of It Is to Impress Mr. Harding with the strength of the demand for an Immediate separate peace with Ger many, among the senators. The Presi dent Is a little uncertain upon (his sub ject. Once he was for the prompt making of peace by resolution. Today he wants time. How much this Is due to certain procrastinating tendenoy on his part, a certain shirking from mak ing Important decision and how much It Is due to a clearer vision of polloy does not appear. The lrreconclllables are trying to propaganda the President back Into his old position for the Knox resolution at once. The Influence making for delay seems to be Secretary Hughes. "Look out for the man with tha beard," aald one eana tor describing the Knox resolution sit uation. Mr. Hughes temperamentally likes to make his own policies. He apparently does noty want to take steps In Europe until he knows where they will lead him. If this Is true, if It Is the man with the beard who has pre cipitated the present disagreement In the Republican party, thia is the first appearance of the predicted conflict be tween Hughes and the senate. Program Of llelay Is Doubtful. Doubt of the program of delay ex ists because the irreconclllable element Is especially strong In the senate for eign relatione committee. The com mittee may not be willing to hold the Knox resolution until Mr. Harding or Mr. Hughes wants It to come out. If the President Is sufficiently decided In favor of postponing action no doubt the foreign relations committee will follow his lead. It depends upon the Influence of the Knox resolution propaganda up on him. If he holds firm he will carry hla party with him. Senator Knox had a conference with President Harding this morning. On leaving the White House Mr. Knox declined to say anything about the policy of the sdmlnlstratlon with re spect to the Knox resolution, Mr. Knox has been at the White House several times within the last few days. His visits Indicate the pressure that la being brought upon the Prealdent to return to hla original program of the prompt making of peace by resolution, Mr. Knox Is the leading advooate of this policy. . Apparently he Is pulling Harding one way while Secretary of State Hughes la pulling him the other way. T AGRICULTURE WILL BE Foresees This Aa Result Of Cot ton Conference. TO ENACT HELPFUL LAWS Allow Trade Corporations To Be gin Business Before AH Cap ital Is Raised. M'LEOD HEADS NEW BANK Lnmhrrton Man Will Be Prealdent ( Million Dollar Institution Which Soon Will nrgln BaalseM In Wuhlnartoa. VIVIAKTI HOPES TO PREVENT MSPAUATfil PEACH BY AMERICA tH aswdatsd rnsai Washington, April I Rene Vlvlanl, now on a mission to the United States aa an envoy extraordinary of France, was the guest of President and Mrs. Harding at a dinner given In hla honor at the White House tonight. Ambassador and Madame Jusserand were also present, aa were Vice-President and Mrs. Coolidge, Speaker and Mr. Ultlett, Secretary and Mrs. Hughes, Senator Lodge, ohalrman ot the foreign relatione committee; Rep resentative Porter, ohalrman of the house foreign affairs committee; Under. secretary of State and Mrs. Fletcher, and Myron T. Herrlok, of Ohio, who has been prominently mentioned as the next ambassador to Franoe. In a statement to the Associated Press today. Ml Vlvlanl Indicated that he had not yet abandoned tha treaty of peace a a basis of discussion with American official! In oonnectlon with hla mission of presenting the cause of France and . sounding American publle opinion on foreign polioies. M. Vlvlanl Is understood to bt veaed by attempts whloh have been made to interpret . tne. ooncluslon formed by him during the course of his confer- ences , with governmental pniciaia. representing In hla statement trlat no ona was authorised to speak for him but himself. While ths former' French premier has mads It plain that he has offered no suggestions on behalf of the French government which could bs Interpreted in any way as an attempt to Influence the foreign polity of the United States, It Is known that he has not yet been convinced In his conversations with American officials that the conclusion of a bare separate peace by the United States with Germany would best afford Francs that "moral support" which it is his mission to obtain. In presenting the viewpoint of France 'regarding ths unfavorable re action whlolt the declaration of a sep arate peace by ths United States might have upon ths relations of Franoe with Qermany, the French envoy Is under stood to hava taken the position that he was not exceeding ths limit of his mission, which he stated was that of presenting ths cases of Francs to America. FIVE DORMITORIES AT Officials Of State Institution Will Also Erect Two Class Room Buildings. TO BUILD FACULTY HOUSES . IK II I K MIDI 4 Ml SK TH T til. l aHIr'.M II K (IT 'Sf CaStt ta Ball. . 1H1 h r,.l.a.i.,. sab-.""" ' ih' f" UraaT-.!!"' " Pans, reia n taut i nojtU The St- i. !'i Mti- : a ', j-arts n '.j m t-er I 'lit.' awl'- " ftrelt. torT , no returnlna f-m the Turko.,:r,,k , .,. H2? Iust!., of the !lss.an -jiT 'n '""r.stantinop IHtZ.'?" ,h the .;r.-ek. a tWv fS Brua Is confirm..! 1 Oat tw ci rommunique .av.r... er !"'r stlons in th. r.-v i '"" hack c'1"' snd the Hem,,- on 's previous d.l, -.. w )w, hn,,. A n X, e tj,!lr? from ,tr"' r. - .. Trk. , vH" lr- ( tn. !i ", cup led A.la.,.,r V SL' 1'"" retiring ... L- I JeanJ aV hVl,,n on at after, n SUiYiL dohtl's exa a . Snd flnsncuat reaaerie I t he l'i in. sv 1 1 i short li::e :ij J I Kvans her I rlea of " 2 I mately 2 IeT I The s -1 toniglit t li, r jtak-n aol . ra'lr ,a 1 en t- Aj-i! .'. -Receivers for ,- Midland railroad. a p,aied to lude Hev.-rly - .at" today to cut tta.a en.p'oves by approxi-rei-t i t, y .ar'v hard he.e i , e .-rs testimony t.eirik . t r . t , t toon "f on. farm ; Tl v tl'.ri th-.ed Th mil nii " 1 1 HIIMI I-"1 ' i.. v. . pr 1 1, 3.T, S. :- of taxatt V!-, Uf.on. The . - r V ,- n- r, a i 'ia - : I ; ' alua - ,f ; . t-rl v had f .r, re necee ra". ,i, "rd.-r to se r. t ti.ee' th el .-. . rr t- -n t namei) . rl taxee loll, n (M l Pt:niT:Mii:T a,, i a i iiniTi . a.. it kil l i d !- : I'.rie'o' Va ', r. XT l :, K K nt ITa'e. -ti p. r -t i . f" t of the Art.o Ya , plant t f -e st'.',-L:a ''oh. and Coa! cmpaT.v v a. :r.a'art v ki'led ami (' W. !::.! 'r . : ;.- r i n . d.r t if a l.rar i V ' ' 1 .v.e af,,J a teat, -a : : at- la'ai v i r J r-.l i h. hi!, ed i. n if p , u ' a Y ard ti rt n.ar '.'l w,a '.lishM. (pedal ta Dallr Nnn.) Chapel Hill, April 6. Fsced with the responsibility of expending wlssly the argest appropriation ever, granted them by the general asaembly. officials of the University of North Carolina. both local and on the. board of trus- eee. are making thorough plans for he economical uee of 11.490.000 to re- leve the present overwhelming con gestion at Chapel Hill. Tentative plana call for the Dunning f probably five dormitories to house pproxlmately ISO students. lor tne oubllng of the dining room facilities Swain hall, for the erection of two lass-room buildings, a law building. ight new faculty houses, and for ex- enslon of the lighting, heating, water. and sewerage aysteme. and for ade nuate fire protection. These are to be completed by January. 121. which means that the actual construction will be done In an lS-month period, and which means further still that this lit tle village faces the most active con eructlon era It haa known In Hi yeara of university history The general outline of work haa been agreed upon bv the building commit tee of the truHteea It will be submit ted to the ttu-tees' executive commit tee April !." when final action will be taken on the plana, and It Is probable that construction will start soon after. J ltran 'Irime. is chairman ot the biii.dlna ctrt tr, 1 1 1 ee and other mem- e b.t are ilejj, stephena John Sprunt kln:'l .lames A '.ray Jr. Havwood . I 1'nrlo.r I'rifider-.T t'hane and Ituaineea - I Mar.aK-r ''t ailc T W oollen, aeeretaty I f -he CO.tOltt '. ,s i Q f ' r.. of ,,, Icy ,,ce'i.i-d most of the tin at tl e Initial nieetinK of thla ttomniittee h. id in chapel Hul recently and the -lec'a.i.Ti. on many tr.atteta ra- I... 11 wi'lh-'d until rat, fled lv t I.' ,t.r:i'IO O-yf : I , e ,,f t he t rilS- t . . I i iah 1 n for t-! a t Ion ha. I,een g,,n ij'it ' ..wt.er. to n.ake certain the t-1 a-ar T .-ie of construction work he i.r ..t"i'. La.1 ever attertpted The . . ' the expend 'ure of a!' t-i. n , . i . e v rar.ted l,y th. , . a ... !a i j re , -1 - r . bulidlnrs en itr. ' at.-d aboe a . ., ;,ri X irr a' . I , te. Coo -.vhie-h will ... ii-t on furniture and equipment, a .tt e ,.f it scientific equipment for tha d-i aitm-nta 1 Cumberland County Citizen Blows Top Of Head Off With Shotgun. EXECUTOR BEVILL ESTATE (spsdalta Dally Nrsa.) Fayettevllls, April I. John Elliott, one of Cumberland county's wealthiest men, committed sulclds about 10 o'clock this morning at his horns five miles from this city, blowing ths top of his hesd off with a double barreled shot, gun. Mr. Elliott had been ta 111 health for a year and is said to hava suffered from despondency. Hla lifeless body was found In an outhouse at 1 o'clock this afternoon by hie coualn. William Elliott, who liv ed with him. He had placed the barrels of the gun In his mouth and pulled the trlggere of both barrels with a forked stick which was still held In his hand when bis body was discovered. His cousin hsd spent the morning In Fayettevllle and on hla return home waa Informed that Mr. Elliott had not been eeen for several hours and a search followed. His housekeeper had been III with pneumonia for 1 days. The newa of the tragedy was a shock tn many friends of Mr Elliott In Fayettevllle He waa highly esteemed socially and hla sound business judg ment was much valued. He waa a di rector of the National Bank of Fayettevllle and an executor of the large eatate of C. L. Hevllt. He was 2 years old and unmarried. None of his Immediate family eurvlve. though he had a number of relatlvea In Cum berland and Harnett countlee. TIVIK TO lill I IHK Will l'lHr:ai KCIIKHAI. Af.KVT New Orleans. I.a . April 5. Ilectarlng It waa "time to declare war on these pin toad go e-t. inert a-teiis .hit piece together a few scattered bits and try to ii.aae rrini ralu o;,' of ua" John H Kirl.y of lions'.,, n Yev. former preai (lent of th1 Soiit'frn r n asocia t ton. an ad'lr i. d. iered tate touay at the openinr ea.on of the So ithern I'ine soc .at tor s annual couv.ntton a ,ed up,.n those present to adopt a i,.ot en that J ll l.'ita.. ae.ieral coun sel for the aao,iatlon be Instructed t.. "e.j,. rtite t.. the u'mo.t" the trial of , ff.(,rs a. id director of lh avia lion cbarge.l with violating the Sher man suti-trust law. Dallr Nan Suras ami Talttrapt OhVa. Tha also Sulhlliis Lasae WU1 By THKOOORK TIIXKR. Washington, April 8 The predic tion that agrloulture In ths south would be stimulated as a result of ths conference held here between south ern bankers and members of ths war finance corporation was expressed to day by Eugene Meyer, Jr., managing dlreotor of the reconatruoted eorpora tton. In taking the Initiative In oall Ing a conference of bankers and offl- . olale, Mr. Meyer suggested that , ths government had answered a statement too often mads that the "government . shows little Interest tn ths . foreign trade of th oountry." The cotton conference, Mr. Mayer said, together with ths passss of such laws as ths Edge export set. tha Webb-Pomerene act authorising; ores tlon of export associations and combi nations Irrespective of tha anti-trust laws, and ths war finance corporation aot, wars Indications of a growing governmental interest in foreign som merce. The war finance corporation an nounced today that It had tantattvaly approved an application for a loan of $100,000 to a southern bank for ths export of ootton to Surops. As is cus tomary, the name of the bank was withheld. Ths loan, although compara tively small. Is an enoeuraglngstep toward a solution of the ootton prob. Ism whloh is bringing financial em barrassment In every stats from Vir ginia to Texas. , As the sxsoutlvs departments move toward helping ths cotton farmer, and other agriculturists, It became known today that Senate Edge will offer aa amendment to his aot on ths recon vening of Congress whloh will further faollltats ths organising of export banks, This amendment will authorise such bsnks to begin operations with- ' out waiting; until ths sntlrs capital has Dsen pledged, A 1100,000,000 sxport corporation, with headquarters tn New York, is now In prooeas of formation and re cently there was organised In New Orleans a 010,000,000 corporation. Con gress is expected speedily to approve ths suggested change. Hot Btaaatra p-all Capital. , Ths Edge amendment would permit all foreign trade financing erganlsa- ' tlons to start buslnees upon the turn ing In of a reasonable amount of cap ital, instead of ths full amount, and tha amended law probably will deslg nats what Congress oonslders a safe figure for ths start ot operations. In ths present exporting smsrgency It la felt that It would bo sound business policy to hava the Edge law corpora tions authorised to do buslnsss Whan a percentage of their capital haa been . pledged. . f Tha oonfersnoas hers today and yes terday between southern bankers and members of ths war finance corpora tion and Secretary Hoover brought ths Edgs law Into the foreground aa a means of relieving ths present situa tion In ths agricultural Industry. Fol lowing these conferences a statement was Issued by the war flnanoe corpora- lion wmco m effect encourages ths formation ot export corporations un- , dor ths Edgs law. The southern bankers are also to consider ths oreatlon of exporting as sociations under ths Wsbb-Pomerens act which authorises ths co-operative handling of export business without regard to tha provisions of ths Sher man anl-trust law. Before leaving; after ths eonfsrsnoa here the bankers named a special com mittee of Ave, hearted by Robert F, Maddox, of Atlanta, to take , direct charge of working out a program with government offtelals for ths rejlef of tns ootton crowe-s and financial In stitutions handling their obligations. This committee will begin tha mobili sation of the banking resources of tha south and these resouroas are to bs used In co-operation with government agenoles tn Increasing exports of oot ton and other agricultural products. MoaVaod Heaaa New Bank. It waa stated hare today that Wash ington is to hava a bow 01,000,000 band headed by former strts Senator Ueorga B. McLeod, of Lumberton. N. C Ths now bank Is to bo knows as tha Banking Trust and Mortgage company. Aireaoy a large portion of the cap ital stock has been subscribed and. according to Senator McLeod. tha full amount will shortly ke la hand, as ths proposed Institution has large Influ- (Continued on Fsge Two.) STRIKERS IN ENGLAND HOIST THE RED FLAG Pnllee Art ark Strikers With Baton and Striken Be-rletra Paltre tatleea. Sllnetlen Serlone. -., London. April a Rioting broke out tonight In connection with ths ooal strike la Cowdenbeath. Elfeshlre. Scot land, according to a central news dis patch from Dunfermline. The police attacked the strikers with L'ona. but the strikers hoisted tha red flag and besieged the police station. Tha situation la asaumlng a critical aspect. ne aispacrn osys. The trouble arose when the strikers aptured the under-manager of a mine. who refused to cease manning ths pumps. The police reeponded to a call for aid and rescued the man. bat the police were eurrounded by the miners whose forces by this time had been la. creaaed to thousands. I'srerest By State. Washington. April Virginia: Oeni rally fair Wednesday and Thursday, continued mild temperature. North and Houth Carolina: Generallel fair Wednesday and Thursday, tittle) change In temperature. treoraia: Fair Wednesday; Thursday Increaalnar cloudiness, probably follow- ed by showers In west portion; little chance In temperature. Tenneaaee: Fair In east, aasettl.4 prot.ahly with showereln west portion Wednesday. Thursday ahowere. Uttla rhanae In temperature. Kant Texas: Wednesday and Tsars day partly cloudy, colder Wednesday. West Texas: Wednesday fair, ooideri Thursday fair.
Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, N.C.)
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