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GREENSBORO, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 27, 1921
DAILY OK-..T. If.OS PKI TIAI
AY. M(
DAILY ANU SUNDAY
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
s
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Vllies will guide
AMERICA IN REPLY
TO BERLIN'S OFFER
BE TAKEN AS A BASIS
tcretary Hughes Confers With
Allied Diplomats.
. .n.win TT1fTn,IWI
JERMAN NOTE uiaiuva&nu
lie Foreign Envoys Then Re
f.j immpHiatpIv to Their
UU1 ,..---
Governments.
b FINAL DECISION YET
(chaw Between Paris II nd London
May Be Necessary Heiore Allies
On Determine Whether To
Bcopen Negotiation.
(Br Aaaoelated PreaU
Washington, April 26. Events here
llay Indicated clearly that the United
ten In replying; to Germany's coun-
fr.proposals on reparations would be
tided almost, ir not wnony, oy me
fclilons of the allied governments as -
whether the new proposltons put
ward by Berlin were of such a na
ht as to form the basis for further
Jtrotlations.
lecretary Hushes conferred late to-
Ith each of the allied diplomatic
resentatives. discussing; with them
efly the German communication,
ich was received early In the day
American Commissioner Dresel
Berlin. The f foreign envoys Im
dlalely reported to their govern
nts by cable, and It la understood
tat the framing of a reply to Qer
ny would await the outoome of these
changes.
As the allied governments were be-
be in possession of the text
German proposals, which was
bile today at Berlin, it was
fought that a reply would not be long
tlayed. It was suggested, however.
,t exchanges between Paris and Lon
night be necessary before a final
Islon was reached
tscussiou of the German memoran-
im Is understood to have occupied
icn or a two hours' session today of
fealdent Harding's oablnet.
(After returning to the Stat depart-
fiit from the White House, Secretary
ernes sent invitations to the allied
filomats to visit him in hi office for
idiacusslon of the German proposals,
teae Invitations went out to the rep
aentatives not only of Great Britain
id francs, but also of Belgium, Italy
d Japan. Each envoy was reoolved
(rarately and' eaoh conference was
j)f. the series of visits being con
fded within a little more than an
tglU 111, I
ved to
I the Ge
de pub
ELI iTeXT OP GERMAN NOTE!
IS MADE! PUBLIC IN BERLIN
Berlin, April 26. The German dm.
now know the new nrooos&la
(itch the German government sub-
Iti to the allied powers through the
dlum of the United States. The
frms of the proposals were made
bllo today, as well as the accom
fnylng assurances forwarded to Pres
ent Harding.
JGermany, declaring that the peace
d welfare of th n.M -- a
jf " a speedy and Just solution of
reparations question, assures the
resident that It will do everything In
I power to enable the American gov
timent to direct the attention of the
Vta governments to the matter. A
fvlously outlined, Germany proposes
pay ine antes an Indemnity extend-
over a number of years which will
fount to two hundred hl'llnn fn",
Jrita, equivalent to about $50,000,000,
? e win co-operate to her utmost
f the reconstruction of devastated re
ins; she will place immediately at
jp ..iihii or tne reparations com
".ion one billion gold marks; she
wining to assume the allied oblla-a
to the United States, and she will
fue an international loan, the pro
T" "J wnicn will go to tha allies.
.u return, sne makes the con
t on that the present system of pen
fies shall be discontinued lmmedl
piy. mat she be given freedom of
sue ana that she be freed from "all
productive outlays" now Imposed on
uerman foreign minister, Dr
'", explaining the counter pro
- m tne reichstag, declared th
oner sent through the United
?" ""st not be taken "on the basis
" increase over the previous Qer
oner, but only on a different
via,
Sw-
f new step had been taken by
fmny, the minister expltlned, not
fear of new penalties, but ow-
.nureiy to the false views enter
ed abroad regarding the repara-
question. President Harding
J appealed to on the principle of
ft and the American answer was
J-"' any moment.
ten or the note forwarded by
fmany to the United States for trana-?,-,?
? ,he ,llle concludes with
T""'"ing points:
Braxton's Business
Section Destroyed
HattiMburff, HIu., April 26. A
tornado hit the towt of Bra-rtm
at 3t30 o'clock this aftcrnooa and
demolished every fcuslaeaa house
except the bank.
There ,1a no wire connection
with BraxtoX from this point to
night. The report came from
Mendenhallt the eounty aeat of
Slmpaoa county. In which Braxton
la altuated, that ' eta-ht penona
were killed and a number Injured.
The Injured are befne; cared for at
a hospital at Dlo. Sliaa.
Braxton la a town of about 4M0
Inhabitants on the Qulf and Ship
Island railroad, 30 miles from
Jackson.
DOZEN PERSONS KILLED.
Jackson, Miss.. April 26.- Re
ports received here tonlffht stated
that a doaen or more persona
were killed - and a number In
jured In a storm which struck tha
town of Braxton, 18 miles from
this city, late today.
Every business house In the
place was destroyed and many of
the residences wrecked or dam
aged, according to the meager de
tails received here.
Among the dead arei
Dr. J. H. Chandleri T. M. Everett,
president of the Bank of Braxton
Mr. Kelley, a farmeri Mr. Kimball,
a farmer.
The wind lasted only a few
minutes and was followed by a
terrlflrie rain which has overflowed
the streams In that vicinity. Prop
erty damage is estimated at f 10
000.
A party of Ave took refuge in
the bank vault and escaped un
hurt, according to reports.
AMERICA WILL HAVE A
VOICE IN DISCUSSION
OF GERMANJNDEMNITY
Reparations Negotiations Will
- Likely Be Reopened.
NOTE BEING CONSIDERED
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
AT A. AND E. COLLEGE
i i
This Policy Adopted As Solution
Of Troubles Trustees
Hold Meeting.
TOM COOPER TO RALEIGH
... puiiiia:
""755'rmny fixes her total llabll
at 60.000.000.(100 gold marks pay-
... nee to total zuu,-
gold marks.
fTwo-Crmany will Immediately
fe ""f"tional loan In which ahe
r "-J "cipte and of which the value
Z .k. 1 re" nd ,cl! of redemp
5 subject to agreement, the
fle of the loan to be put at the
" "l ue antes.
r,rf-G''rniny will pay. accord
1 il. capacity in labor, interest
Si JrP.'lon' ,he ,0'1 "urn to be
..T . "0t pov"-i by the Inter-
. '7 '"n- ie connlders In this
!l n.,h,t 11 ' ' Pible to
lour per nt ,nnua lnter
i th.T, "y ' 'rosed to per
I linancial and economic sltua-
f rei,mption of the remain-
lartlS hlve to "llt- therefore.
r.! I""?' "P-m upon an
L. ' 1 woulJ D nece.wry to
r. f cheme to be ba.ed on an
. woV"1 ,hU,t. lhe """"O"
fcairr.'11 rArT ' c,'r hemelf as
y L.m""" f ,h b1"".
( str..Hfc to c-oPrate with all
LtrZi d """M: she regard, re
7 rc,lr'n an the mnt .
r. , . . " " ' vmmtm
t ' " 'he moil direct rem
(or
r lad
mltigatin, the hardship, of
''"red between peo-
C.tl..- o. I. ro ,
Tki Onmuboro Dtlr Km Im
101 Uarctunta NiUensl Bank Bids,
Raleigh, April 21. Student govern
ment for the North Carolina OUeg. of
Agriculture and Engineering was to
day-ma" the settled policy f6r fulur.
matriculates at that Institution, th.
trustees voting to adopt that form.
Clarence Foe, of Raleigh, was made
chairman of the board of trustees which
met at the college to organise them
moved to the governor's office to trans'
act the business. New members of the
board are J. 8. Dlggs, of Rockingham;
W. 8. Lee, of Charlotte; B. R. Johnson,
of Currituck, and C. F, Tomlinson, of
High Point.
Paschal S. Boyd, of Mooresvllle, was
elected chairman of the building com
mittee composed of himself and T. T.
Thorns, of Rocky Mount, and W. S. Lee,
of Charlotte. The college was given
600,000 by the general assembly. It
waa decided to oroceed at once with
. . . ' v
. tne construction.
The Inauguration of student govern
mept is believed to be the solvent for
the peculiar troubles which the Insti
tution has had the past several years.
Announcement Is made her. today
that Thomas B. Cooper, former presi
dent of the North Carolina bankers as
socfatloh, likewise of the American
Bank and Trust company, of Wllming
ton, has sold his Interests to his
brother, Lieutenant Governor W. B
Cooper, to come to Raleigh as the ac
tiv. vice-president of the Merchants
National Bank of Raleigh.
The new interests of Mr. Cooper will
bring him to Raleigh as resident. He
and President W. B. Drake have been
associated before, Mr. ' Drake having
served In South Carolina and Wilming
ton as did Mr. Cooper.
PROMINENT LUTHERANS
HEARD AT STATES VILLE
Sertea Of Services Held Ta Honor Of
Martin Luther Old Fiddlers
To Meet.
Dall Nml
Statesvllle. April 26. The series of
services at the Lutheran church here
in commemoration of Luther before the
Diet of Worms .was brought to a close
by an able sermon by Rev. E. J. Sox
of Hickory, whose subject was "What
Can the Lutheran Church do to Bring:
Ood's will Powerfully to Bear Upon
Present Unhappy Conditions?"
Durlnr the series of services which
were In pro cress durlnr the past week.
some of the most prominent men of the
denomination in the state delivered
most helpful addresses and sermons. It
Is hoped that the entire community was
greatly benefited by this series. Thir
ty-three people, mostly heads of fam
ilies, lined up with the local congre
gation to help bring; those old princi
pals to bear in the world. This makes
a total of 76 additions to the congrega
tion within the year, and it is now a
certainty that when the Lutherans here
have their new church they will be a
mighty force for good In our town and
community.
An old fiddlers convention Will be
held in Statesvllle Friday night. Ex
Sheriff J. M. Deaton, who is one of the
prime promoters of the affair, has
been notified by 10 fiddlers of their
ntentlon of taking part in the convn-
ion and there will be other The
convention will be held In th new Ire-j
dell tobacco warehouse, snd 1.000
hairs will be placed for the comfort
of the audience. It is expected that
his will be the biggest old time fid
dlers' convention ever held in States-
llie. They are coming from Iredell.
Mecklenburg and Yadkin counties.
l.EXIGT01 HOOl, IlISTRirT
VOTFS. reVOQO HOM K
Lexington. April 26. Lexington high
school district, composed of Isling
ton, Krlanger and adjacent rural dis
tricts today voted In favor of a JV"0t
bond issue for the e ration cf a
modern high school building Out of a
registration ofT about l.l0 the bonds
received a clear majority of approx-
mate'y TS.
Harding Keeping Allies Inform
ed Regarding Exchanges
With Germany.
JUGGLING OF ARITHMETIC
Allies and Germany Hove Approached
Reparation. Qur.tlon Prom Dif
ferent Angles Because Of l:f
fect Upon the People.
Dally Newi Bureiiu and TelfTaph Oflta.
Tin Slav Btitldlnf (Br LetanJ win)
By (1. W. GILBERT.
(Cwrrlclit, 1921, bj PMlMtelulila Fubllc Lrtjir.)
Washington, April 26. It Is official
ly announced that the German note has
been received and Is under considera
tion. Presumably it Is being discussed
In the cabinet.
It Is generally believed here that
the note will lead to a reopening of
negotiations with regard to repara
tions, and that this country will sit li
the new negotiations. The clroum
stance recalls the notes exchanged be
tween President Wilson and Germany
preceding the armistice except that this
time the President is keening the al
lied powers apprised of the steps he is
taking. At that time one note succeed
ed another until finally Mr. Wilson ob
tained from Germany the concessions
he desired. In this case if the note
now here Is not wholly satisfactory
Germany will be told so and a fur
ther communication invited. In the
end If she has not already Germany will
make proposals which will become a
basis of the new negotiations. In this
sense It Is safe to say that negotiations
will be resumed.
The expected course with regard to
the present note unless It proves dis
appointing In some respects or requires
clearing up Is for President Harding to
consult with England, France and Italy
about Its acceptability as a basis of
negotiations. If they are ready to
negotiate this Country will transmit the
German proposals to them probably
without reoommendatlons and leave It
to them to reopen negotiations, at
which thla country will be represented.
Way Is Believed Opeat, '
If the unofficial reports from Berlin
as to the nature of th. German pro
posals are borne out by the examina
tion of the note It Is believed hare that
the way la now open to renew nego
tiations without further exchange' of
communications between Washington
and Berlin. The amount which the
Germans say they are offering differs
by so little from the amount tba allies
demanded at Paris that it can hardly
be dismissed without consideration. But
after all, at the London conference
there Is great room' for dlfferenc of
opinion as to how, much la Involved In
an offer or a demand. Everything -depends
upon the Interest rate employ
ed In working out capital values.
In the negotiations to date the allies
and the Germans have approached the
subject from different ends. The allies
wishing to make their own people and
especially the French people think that
reparations totalled a large sum have
not demanded a capital sum but have
added up annuities spread over 42 years
principal and Interest and asked for
221,000,000,000 gold marks. In estimat
lng the capital value of this 226,000,
000,000 they have used a rate of inter
est lower than that prevailing today
more nearly what the normal rate will
be for 42 years, and then they work
out a capital value of about $17,000,
000,000 for their 226,000,000,000 gold
marks.
The Germans on th. contrary wish
lng the reparations to seem as endur
able as possible to their own peopl
have started from the other end and
offered a capital sum In this case it
seems 60,000,000,000 gold marks then
taking a rate of interest higher than
the allies have used they have made
this sum principal and Interest equal
to 200,000,000,000 gold marks.
But the fact still Is that though these
two sums, principal and Interest, differ
only by 26,000,000,000 gold maks,
different rate of interest figures I
each case and all the Germans are of
ferlng Is $10,000,000,000 capital valu
while the allies are demanding at the!
rate of Interest $17,000,000,000 capital
value.
Arithmetical Juggling.
On the face of It this latest German
offer is little greater than the one
the allies refused In London, taking
capital value as the basis, only this
time for the sake of its Influence upon
public opinion they have talked In
terms of principal and Interest as the
allies did at London and using a higher
rate of Interest than the allies did they
have swollen their offer, principal and
interest, to 200,000.000,000 gold marks
a sum approximating the allied demand
of 226,000,000,000 gold marks. France
and England may object to the German
aritlimetic and talking capital value
alone this time, assert that the German
offer is $7,000,000,000 less than the al
lied demand, that is to say it is only a
little more than half of that demand.
All depends upon whether the allies
want to save their faces, in which they
may accept tne merman estimate ot tne
(Continued on Page Four.)
1VAVAL ArPROFRIATlOW mi l.
STILL I'OKR DISCISSION
Heroic Young Matron and Her Baby
COMMIES REPORT
Demands That War Profiteers
Bear Burden Of Taxes.
CAUSE OF FARM LOSSES
Paseee Baet Rill-
Washington, April 2. Without a
record vote, the senate late today
paaaed the bad get bill.
Washington, April 26. After an all-
day fight over disarmament, the house
was forced to quit work tonight with
out reaching a vote on the naval ap
propriation bill because of the demand
of members for time in which to air
their views.
At the end of the long debate an
mendment was pending providing
that no part of the appropriation should
Into new construction until the
President had called an international
conference to consider limitation of
armament. The amendment, proposed
by Kepr entalive Connolly, Democrat,
Texas, was precisely like one offered
when the bill was before the house In
the closing days of the last c-sslun by
Kepresentat ive Hrooks. Republican,
Illinois, and rejected vote of about
five to one. Loaders said it would be
thrown out by a similar vote when the
bill is taken up again Thursday.
A. . WHITK IM OHIATKIl
FOR MOOR T M MBKRTOV
ISfrlai To Iiif VL i
Lumbert"n. April 2$ A. K. Whit,
jncumhent. was nominated for mayr in
the muniripai primary here today over
A. P. Mitih-1. onty two candidates ie
tng in the rac- The vote was th;
ifghtest cast in a primary here in sev
ers years. White receiving 23 J. and
Mitchell Only a few women voted
and v"ry little interest was shown Dr
N. A. Thorrp'u and J. 1. Stephen?
were nominated for rouncilmen without
opposition.
"Autocratic Power" Exercised
Under Unjust Laws Is Held
To Blame.
LOSS OF SEVEN BILLIONS
-i-ma, it I. Declared, la Rxtent of
Damage Don. to Farmer. Since
Depression Brrnneere
Bank TrltlrUed.
nallj Niwi Bureau and Tclftfraph 0fn.
Tat Blip Bulldinj (By Uasd win)
By THEODORE) TILLER.
wasningtcn, April . 2 That th
farmers of th. oountry have lost seven
billion dollars since the depression In
the agricultural industry began more
man a year go is one of th. state
ments contained In a review of agrl
cultural conditions by the National
Farmers' union. This survey and re-
port, maae oy tne committee on com
paratlv. credit extensions of th.
union, is signed, by six officials of the
farmers' union representing as many
states. Ths signers are B. h. Harrison,
Kentucky, chairman; J. M. Templeton,
North Carolina; J. H. Mills, Georgia;
u. a. l nomas, Virginia; G. D. Baker,
towa, ana H. w. urookhart, secretary,
Iowa.
copies or th. farm survey, which
Includes a demand that war profiteers
oe made to pay th. burdens of taxa
tion and that they be not passed on
to th. public and men who served in
the army for $30 a month, are to be
forwarded to President Harding, his
cabinet and every member of Con
gress. The principal cause of the farm
losses, the report Bays, are:
Unnecessary profiteering of middle
men, which Includes speculative gam
bling In farm products.
The arbitrary restriction of credit
by the federal reserve system and the
holding up of .th. federal land banks
by litigation. ,
The unreasonable rise In railroad
rates. . '
All of these causes," say th.
farmers' organisation, "have been cre
ated by autocratlo power exercised un
der unjust laws.
"Profiteering and speculation of
middleman Is shown by the following
facts: th. farm is both a producer and
consumer. The laborer Is both a pro
ducer and consumer; each Is the prin
cipal customer of the products of tha
other. Y.t, out of the dollar whicb
labor pays for the products of the
farm th. farmer gets only IS cents.
Out of th. dollar which th. farmer
pays for th. products of labor, th. la
borer gets only 16 cents.
-. Redne DftttlHbntinv Coat.'
t of distribution each way
Is over 60 cents on the dollar and
against this might be olted a cost of
less than 10 Cent In oo-operatlve Den
mark. We cannot reduce distribution
to 10 cents In America, but It might
be reduced to 20 cents.
"If the farmer seeks to take all
this he will receive no help from the
public. If he is willing to co-opsrat.
and divide with, his consumers, the
principal of which Is the laboring man,
he can add over 60 cents to the price
of his products and give a reduction
In equal amount to his consumer. In
thla all labor will gladly Join."
On the other hand, th. report adds,
there should be a saving of 45 cents
on the dollar In the distribution ot the
products of labor, which saving should
be divided between labor and th. con
sumer.
Criticising the failure of th. reserve
bank system to give agriculture Its
share of credit, the report says In
part: ,
"The total rediscounts of th. federal
reserve bank, were 114,000.000,000. Of
this sum agriculture received 14 per
cent, manufacturing II per cent, mer
chandising 20 per cent and speculation
and miscellaneous 89 per cent.
Of the primary deposits in all th.
banks of the United States, agrlcul
ture furnished approximately 50 per
cent, labor 20 per cent and other busi
ness 30 per cent. Upon these facts
agriculture would have been entitled
to $7,000,000,000 of federal reserve
credit and It got only $2,000,000,000;
It was entitled to more than manufac
turing and merchandising combined
and It got less , than one-third as
much. Under th. law th. federal re
serve allotment of credit is unfair to
agriculture and In addition Its admin
istration has had the direct and arbi
trary purpose of forcing a deflation
In farm prices.
The remedy for this Is to amend
the law and require the federal re
serve to allot credit In proportion to
resources and deny all credit directly
or Indirectly to speculation.
Rail Storks "Watered."
The rise In freight rates as farm
prices fall, Is a flagrant extortion. It
s caused by a cost plus guarantee taw
that puts a premium upon waste, ex
travagance and mismanagement. Un
der this law a valuation or III. ooo.
000,000 is put upon the railroada. At
he same time all their stock and all
their bonds representing all their
value could be bought on the market
for less than $14,000,000,000. Hereto
fore we have regarded this value too
high, but this law has added to it
over $5,000,000,000 of water. It Is said
the advance In wages of labor caused
the advance In rates. L.ast year maln-
enance expense Increased $1,406,000.-
000. but the amount paid ror Increased
wages was only $480,000,000. This
leaves $926,000,000 to explain. It is
next said the causes were the high
prices of steel and coal, but the same
men who controlled the railroads con-
rolled the prices of steel and coal.
A unified government regulation
ndT the mans 'Ttn'tit or honest and
comitnt men wouul reduce cosln or
ransportatlon In vast amounis i ne
ailroad now have about lin.ouu.uuu.-
of cauitil t an average rati- or
per rent. lpon an ot inn mey
have a RUMrantee ot 6 per rent. I nis
means a bonus of $ liO ."O0.00. Add to
his the guarantee on capital anuve
market value and mere wouia ne .
saving of llf.O.OO'i ""0 on -apital rharj.
lone. Seven bunnren minions couia
saved on coal. Meel anri nor ex
penses when tli- power of the trusts
t.roken.
I.
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Her. are Mrs. Norman Qurllng and Dorothy Gran. Gurlln. of Whit. Plain.
N. T. Mrs. Gurung is tne heroio mother who, Just a few aays before Dorotny
Grao. waa born, climbed 20 feet down a well to rescue her la-months-old .on,
Norman, Jr., who had accidentally toppled in. The water In the wall was $0
feet deep, Mr. Gurllng had to dig hole In ths aide of th. well to hold her
feet, a sh. descended and ascended. She brought tb. boy up on her shoulder
unharmed. She, too, waa uninjured, . .
Several Prominent Physicians Of
the Country Heard Last
Night.
HEALTH OFFICERS MEET
(Bntcltl Pans Rnt.1
Inehurst, April $6. The f Jth an
nual session of th Medical soolety
North CmoUb! - con4 Jw- th rs
morning with an 'atteridaac ef 100,
got through the preliminaries, held
number of second meetings and con
eluded th. first day, with a program
tonight with thro of the leading men
of the profession discussing subjeots
of keen interest to th member. That
th. North Carolina doctor Ilk.. Pine
hurst Is demonstrated by the fact that
thl la th. third tlm. th society has
met her. In four year and there la
well defined sentiment for making thl
the meeting place. Th.' owner of
Pinehurst, Mr. Leonard Tuft, was as
slstsd in extending formal w.Ioom to
day by Dr. M. E. Street, ot th Moore
County Medical society, and U.
Spence. of th. Moor, bar, to which
Dr. William MacNlder, of Chapel Hill,
responded.
TH. feature of th. morning session
was the address of the president, Dr,
Thomas E. Anderson, of Statesvllle. In
which h. stressed the. Important ad
vance made In medical science and
urged a broader conception of th. so
cial relationship of the doctor .to th.
publlo and th. opportunities offered
for continued advancement In-pre
ventive medicine.
The meeting thl evening drew th
headllners of th. session In- th. per
sons of Dr. Stanley P. Rolman, patho
loglst of Lankenau hospital of Phil
adelphia; Dr. Stuart MoGuIre, of St.
Luke's hospital, of Richmond, on. of
th. most famous of southern surgeons
and Dr. Frederick R. Green, of Chi
cago, secretary of th. council on
health and public Instruction of th.
American Medical , association. Th.
first two handled scl.ntlflo subject,
while Dr. Green discussed social re
sponslbllltles of modern medicine.
In the morning and afternoon there
were numerous paper presented be
fore th sections on pediatrics, public
health education and the practice of
medicine.
Th. state health officer concluded
heir sessions with ths election of of
ficers as follows: President, L. 1.
Smith, of Wilson; vice-president, A. C.
Bulla, of Winston-Salem, and seer,
tary, F. M. Register, of Raleigh.
Dr. W. S. Kankln was again elect
ed secretary of the- state board of
health and state health officer to suc
ceed himself by the board In annual
meeting here The term la for alx
years, beginning July 1. Dr. Rankin
Just completing his second term.
avlng been first elected In 190. Dur-
ng the 13 years ne nas servea tne
state has advanced to a leading posi
tion in its public health work and
ow has the highest birth rate and one
f the lowest death rates In the union.
Governor Cameron Morrison pre-
ided at the night session.
STARS AND BARS WAVE
AGAIN IN THE SOUTH
Past Tklaal.g Ra.ka Of Lee. teraa.
Merck la Amaaal Ret lew
oetaers State..
Atlanta (la . April It The stars and
bars of the Confederacy waved again
todav over the fast thinning ranks of
I.e.. Parol 'I Visit V
I..-MrKton. Vi. Aprtl 26 Men
ayot. director-general of supplies and
ommunioations I'lr me Milieu .rnrjien
urir.g the war with Germany. wt:s
iKit the Virginia Military Institute
me t,T,e next fall. General t. V
irhots- superintendent or the insti-
ute. announced today.
I.ee ve'eratis ss they marched in an
nual review and over thousands of
araves in Alabama. Florida, tieorgia
and Mississippi, where April 26 Is ob
served as Memorial dav
American legion posts and Spanish
war veterans tun.ed oi.t to do honor t.
the soldiers of the lonteaeracy an.i
were Joined ny thousands of cadets and
school childr.-n muted sons of confed
erate veteran". dauKlrer of the con
federscy and various memorial organ
iiations. The -er. ies generally con
sisted of .arades through downtown
streets and d- ' oration of graves afwr
patriot!.- ad'lrees. . at the cemeteries.
Kain marred the program In Miaais
sippi. but In Jew ir.itanrea prevented
ome form of memorial xeroses. The
1av was a ieal hol,iay In 'he four
Greensboro Delegation Will Call
On the Attorney General
This Morning.
WARD INTRODUCES A BILL
' 'i, . - Dalli Nam Bursaa and Ttlvraph Ofnne,
' - - Tat lltn Buiidim (By Usaad vln)
- Washington,; April tl.- Senator Lse
S. Overman today received a telegram
from Jt B.'Kl4K. o Qr.enSboro, faying
that a large delegation would arrlv.
her tomorrow to confer with the at
torney general and urge the appoint
ment of Judg W. P. Bynum to the
vacaney of th fourth Judlolal olrout.
Attorney - General Daugharty has
agreed to meet the Greensboro delega
tlon tomorrow morning and th. Bynum
ooost.r probably will be acoompanlad
to th. department ot Justice by Sena
tors Himmons and Overman.
John M. Morehead, the North Caro
lina Republican national committee
man, la expected to arrlv In Washing
ton during th. week to confer with
administration leader and continue
the discussion toward further ap
pointment to North Carolina federal
positions. , . : . ,,.
Representative Hall.tt S. Ward, of
th. first district, today introduced a
bill providing a penalty, of $100 for
common carrier who fall to, make
proper adjustment" within a oerlod of
60 days of any claim filed for losses or
damagea for freight or express In ship
ment. The proposed measure would
affeot the freight and express. com
panies. . ..,,.. ,.
ID. H. Dixon, of Qoldsboro, was In
Washington today enrouto to (Jleve-
and, Ohio.
O. L. Fltigerald, of Asheville. I her.
on du sin ess. .
JAP CROWN PRINCE WILL
GET POPULAR WELCOME
Elaborate Arraagem.at. 'Ray. Boca
Made For Hi. Arrival la Maglaad
Early la May.
Isatltl callt tt Buh) an. '
(CewrifM, jai. far riuiaiMshia rabllt Lsant.i
London, April- 26. Crown Prlnc.
Hlrohlto, of Japan, Sail from Malta
tomorrow for Gibraltar on th. second
to th. last stag, of his Journey to
England, where both a royal and pop
lar welcome awalta him from the
British rulers and publlo.
Th. first secretary of th. Japanese
embassy has left for Gibraltar to ac
company th. crown prlnc. to Ports
mouth, where he will - b. met by th.
Prlnc. ot .Wales on May I. From that
at. until May IB, when h. I.av.a for
France, he will be busy day and night
According to preaent arrangements h.
will attend the theater only one night
to see Josl. Collins In "Sybil." On May
he will b. .fflcally entertained by
th. government In Lancmstor house.
with Premier Lloyd utorrt as chair-
man. During his first days he will bs
the guest of King George at Bucking-
am palace. , -
The- crown prince's visit Is reoelv-
ng considerable attention in. diplomatic
rcles beraus.of the presence In his
arty of Count Chlnda and Viscount
aklno. both dlr.tln.nl. hed Japanese
atesmurt. It Is anticipated that while
here the official, will hav. many op
portunities of discussing with tb. high
est officiate of the British government
revision of the Anglo-Japanese alllanc.
and th. political aspects of Secretary
ugnea note on Yap.
MANY ROAD PROJECTS
ARE LAID BEFORE THE
IS
jttstos. frth-e-r ootti'"ti stt n
ii to to ihir .etTsns Utr
lrifts
in
tnb
Ferorsist By Ststra.
Washington, April 2 Virginia:
Shower V-Mntday and probably
Th urnflay.
North an1 8utli arolina: Cloudy
ttVcln-fiddy with shnwrrs In Interior:
h ii red ay jrutably showers, coaler In
tenor.
'or(s. Showers Wednesday, som-
hat cooler ;n west snd north portions:
Thur1iy unsettled, probably showsra.
T nns-: i ienerally cloudy and
c'ler Wj nirta-. wit h showsra In
eat portions, Thursday unsettlsd,
probably showers.
.Loui&tana. Arkansas. Oklahoma, east
snd we( Texas: Wednesday and
T b u rsday fair.
Twt lea W ill HMt n-eader.
Iulviile, Oa . April I. U O. Hat
titwiy and J- O. Hewitt wantad en
-warrants in cfiiinttion with ths shoot
ing: and mounding of Kd Flaming, a
naro. near ihis place late Saturday
and for whih threa men are under af
rsf today notified friends hers that
thy wudid surrender shortly.
Business-Like Delegations At
tend Tuesday'g Meeting.
NO SUCCESSOR TO WOOD
i
Wake County Commissioners
Again Refuse Horizontal
Cuts In Valuation.
COL. WATTS AT CAPITAL
Bond. To Meet Prrsrat Need. Of Ktat.
Instltntl.m. will Be gold April
S8 National Ouard Kneasnp.
j went July -a. t . r '
Ths Ormntion Dally Km Diinha.
808 Menbaau National lank ld ; -',
y w. t. bost. i
Raleigh, April !, Buain.sslik dele
gations from all parts of North Caro.
Una went before th atat. hl.hwav
oommlsston today In th second ot lis
luii-ooara meetings. ,, .
The commission did littles mnr. ba
organise when It was In session sev. .
eral week ago. It has abundant proj
ect before it now. In th organisa
tion It wa determined that expenses
while the commissioner sit In Raleigh
will b. paid from th Per diem and nr. .
ullowed in excess of It, though of oourse '
in. worn or th. individual oommls
slonws will naturally take them from
th. capital and that will require pay
ment of expenses. In addition to this "
agreement it was settled that each
commissioner might employ special at
torneys to assist him In question of
road -ways, etc. .
The governor had hot indicated hla 1
appointee 'ot suooeed Word H, Wood,
resigned. Th, chief executive never
had any notion of appointing Co). T. L.
iwricpairicK, ana yeaterday when Gov.
rnor Morrison announcsd that lie
would not put any mors lawyers on
the board the colonel's backers from
Charlotte got mad. They have been
sore since ths original, appointment
wa made, though nobody could go
baok onUh commission! Th gover
nor will never hav an opportunity to
do a mora popular thing than he did In :
naming thl eommitt.
Th commission sat almost' to mid
night and heard many oounty delega
tion which tendered their fund to be
returned when th. state is able. Beau
fort. Lenoir, Craven,; Granville, Gull- ,
ford and other counties offered their
funds to th stat. and th work will b.
don. as they de.tr It, , ( ,
VaderwaAd Par iuperlnteBdeBt.
Appearance her ot numerous Orean. '
villa school men thla week on business
for th Bast Carolina Training school.
confirmed tha guess that th Raleigh
township school board Is making a des
perate effort to sign up County Super
lntendent fi. B. Underwood, of Pitt
oounty, for th. olty sunerlntendency.
The Raleigh peopl. who hav. b.en
at out with th board hardly believed
It possible to Interest so hlghgrada a '
.up.slnteudent - Underwood. Th.
gentleman la having a good tlm In
Pitt, teaching In th teaoher-tralning
school and superintending with the
absolute backing of every ' oltlsen In
th. bif county. Nevertheless, It Is
known that h 1 prayerfully consider
ing the offer, th best on that th .
board ha v.r mad anybody.
Mr. Underwood wa headmaster of
Trinity Park high school, was city su
perintendent of Klnston and than went
to Pitt where h ha been seven year.
By all th school msn he I regarded
ac high. He ha been president of
th tvorth Carolina teacher assembly
and a member of the state textbook
commission, th present series of books
being a course whloh he helped frame.
There is a great city Interest In the
school superintendent. Not a little of
thl I political. Th result of next'
week's municipal election will have
Important bearing on th. schools.'
Whether it will hav. enough either to
frighten Mr. Underwood or to attract
him, ha Isn't her to ay. ,
hi. lUrvaliuafioa gt.aatede.
Wake oounty commissioner yester
day afternoon again declined to stam
ped, on th proposal to mak 10 and
II par eent horlsontal outs In property.
Th. county refused a month ago t
mak the reduction, quite a bit of
.vldene. having b..n discovered that ;
much land in Wake county is still un
dervalued. Henry T. Holding, ooumy
auditor sleeted by tb. people, never got
xclt.d. He stuck out against th. horl
sontal reduction all th. while.
Th. vote was I to 2, however, and
th. board's refusal to baok track was
passed without any big margin. The
farmers' union officiate In th coutiiy .
appsared and urged th. reduction but.
it wa determined after many hours of
argument which began week ago that
a horlsontal reduction would not meet
thl needs. It would not .quails tha
tax burden and would tall to give de
serving taxpayer their rli.f.
Th. plan of Wak. I to hav sessions
la each precinct at which persons who
are paying too much tax or pay on ton
high a valuation, may get their redm- .
tlon through local macnin.ry. in is
will give th abnormally high valua
tion, a thorough airing and when this
I don th opinion of th. dominant
wing of th. county government 1. that
pretty nearly th. tatu quo will b
maintain. d.
Col. A. D. Watt, nw tax and reve
nu. cosnmlsslon.r. Is In, K.lelgh snak
ing ready to begin hi official dutlc
which dat. from May 1.
Colonel Watts eipeots to nav. oi-
flces in th. Morgan street building,
which now Quarters clerk in th sec
retary of atate'a of lie. Thl. happen, to
b. th. only avallabl. spac. a tb gov
ernment' quarter are limited and ao
new building ha be.o don .xc.pt la
the Morgan .treat structure.
Colonel Watt will eome to Kaieiga
1th plenty of work to do. Straight
enlng out th. tax tangl. la th. .tat.
Ill b. a portion of nia auties. mere
Ill be Derhap If counties which hav
made vital change In their taxable..
and In counties whlc hav. not ia
lurbsd the work don. by tb. ! gen
eral aasambly. tb.r. will be something
for th. comml.aloner to do.
How much b.ip It will reqnir. to do
tble lob nobody ha. been able to gaeaa.
but It would appear to be Imposalbl. to -run
such a dep.rtmeat a a, small
force.
Will Bell tnil April IS.
Stat, .facial, h.v. bcea somewhat
pussied t. understand why th. stat.
paper, have carried mo littles about th.
.al. of fZ.eot.000 In atat. bonds April
Jl
Th. treasurer kat advertised th lan.
In many paper., bat what suecM b.
will hav la getting bide, which must
not b. under par and must meet th.
(He per rent Interest reqiilr.rn.nt h.
has ao way of ka.wing. Thar, ka a
statute which make. th. Interest rat.
Ave per cat. It cannot b. .xcewleal.
This Issne I. for money seeded t.
carry oa the work of th. Mat. insti
tutions .nd other expense aatll tb '
I :. ret) lasue Is floated. Th. beads
run for tv years aao or coars. ar. non
taxable. The b"ts will not h .paed
(CoatlauMl aa Paa. fear.)