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JIMJii E VM'Iil AM "EOCHT KOUiTC LEADS THB WAT SVEBTDAT'J ' .... ! tTex.:'-. rate tonight and toti Croatia VariaUa V, VOL. XIV- NO- 46. ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.f THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 14, 1919. TRICE 6 CEN, E RED CROSS RECORD JURY IS GIVEN SHE'S COMING TO AMERICA SOON FAST RACES WILL . MARK LOCAL FAIR IN NORTH AROUNA ANDREW GARNE6I KOLCHAK FORCES IS LAID TO RES Simple Service Marks Fun eral Deceased Steel Mag nate at Lenox 60 PERSONS PRESEN x No Eulogy or Even Pallbear ers at Last Rites Service Conducted by Fifth Ave nue Presbyterian Minister Consumed 20 Minutes. Lenox, Aug. 14. The funeral of An drew Carnegie , was held at Shadow Brook bia summer home( in the Berk shires today There was no eulogy, aad there were not any pallbearer, The aerviee was as simple as- were the tastes and habits of the man in . lite, over on nair or tne sixty per sons present were members of the household; the others were intimates of the family. The ritual -of the Presbyterian church was used by the officiating clergyman. Dr. William M. Tyson Merrill of the Brick Presbyterian church, Fifth ave nue, New York, which Carnegie at tended and of which Mrs. Carnegie and her daughter, Mrs. Bussell Miller( are jJiciiiuriB. At the conclusion of the service, which occupied barely 20 minutes, the body accompanied by most of the party was removed in a motor car . , The body accompanied by most of the party was removed in a motor car to Hillside, N. Y., where a funeral , roach Was in waiting. The body was to be taken by aufo mobile to' Sleepy Hollow for interment in a lot chosen by Mr. Carnegie some years ago. LOCAL PICTURES - ARE IN BULLETIN JGiriandi. Scenes of Rocky Mount Featured in Cir " , cular Issued by State The June circular of tho extension service of the ,North Carolina depart ment of agriculture is of particular in tercet to Rocky Moun being illustrat ed with pictures of local girls and lo cal scenes. It la, entitled,!? A Ptudy in Foods for Home Consumption Clubsi and the pictures feature the "Hoover Nine" (Misses Louise Huffines Estelle Avent, Margaret Johnson, Emma Smith, Nora Vaughn, Laura Alice Par ker, Helene Jeffrey,;, Jean Kizer and . Mary Bryan Wimberly) and the Home Economics. Class af Bunn's school. The book- is a distinct complement to the "Hoover Nine" girls, whose excellent work in connection with the .food conservation work during the war'won them recognition from both State and National authorities, Mss Effie Vines, the director and teacher. and the Rocky Mount Insurance and Realty company who made the work possible through' the employment of Miss' Vines and the establishment of the home demonstration kitchen at the chamber of commerce. Copies of the book may be obtain ti from Pr, B.W. Kilgor -drettof, agricultural extension service, Raleigh, N. C COTTON New York, Aug. 14.-Cotton eaturcs opened easy. October 31.15; December, 31.20; January, 31.05; March, 31.08; ' .May, SLOT.-"' '; .': New York, Aug. 14. Apprehensions that the- movement against the high ebst of living might unsettle the good market and continued nervousnesa over labor conditions seemed to be . partly resppasibl for further selling at the .opening of the eotton market today. .First prices were 27 to 36 points lower, but Liverpool waa relatively steady and .there was a good deal f trade buying on the basis of 31 for October. This with the unexpectedly favorable show ing f the report on domestic mill con sumption for July steadied the market after the call and led to rallies of 30 to 40 points. BT0CK8 New 'fork, Aug.-14. Price changes were sgsin confusing at the opening of todays stock market( indicating the further divergent views of the trading element Losses exceeded gains but these, witk one exeeptloa, were liniiteost of living. ed to fractions. Advsncs of 1 to 2 points were made . by eruicible steel, American toeomotive, Baldwin Loco motive, StnTtffrrt)il, Pan American pe trolenm, American International, and Ameriean teTejihone. The market be ,. j. , f. I.f .re the end of t!. , f I Statistics show Organization . Accomplished Much , . Work Here Raleigh, August 13. Home figures on the distinguished war services of' the Red Cross in North Carolina were pro duced when the North Carolina Meir.or inl building commission requested sta tistirs from the headquarters of the Southern division in Atlanta. "Tell us what the Red Cross did in in this state," the commission asked, planning to raise 1500,000 in North Carolina for a memorial to all North Carolina citizen who gave their lives services and property to the end that the war might be won," The figures will go in the campaign handbook of the commission. Some of them follow; The Red Cross organization in North Carolinb, irecluitu 128 chapters; 'I".0 branches; and 250 auxiliaries, with a membership increasing from 166,620 in June 1918, to 208,626 in January, 1919. Of the 126 chapters, 120 have reported the organization of that vastly import ant department, a Home Berv ire sec tion. '.. In the' second Red Cross war -fund drive, the North Carolina Red Cress, col lected $1,1.15,501.29. Under the head of "chapter produc tion," in the war service, the Worth Carolina chapters produced the follow ing from October 1917 to July, 1919: Surgical dressings 1,930,075 Hoapital garments ....... 102,014 Refugee garments ............ . 44,640 Knitting ..iX 89,671 Miscellaneous ,. . . .......... . - 15,,471 The . Home Service record) of the North Carolina iRcd Cross waa purlieu larly distinguished. Since October, 1917. 22.599 families in tlint Btate have. boon assigned by the Home Hervico sec ion in various ways, and $29,309.47 has been given or lent in money relief those families. Marine Makes a Record i of 45 Consecutive Hits rllwe4ti'W7-T-Aug.-13A'-record df 45 consecutive " bull's-eyes, at ouu vnnU .without telescope sights, was made here today by Corp. Clarence P. Kennedy, of the marine corps rifle range detachment, Quant ieo, Va., in the mem bers' jnatch iof. the National Rille Asso ciation. Although a perleet score con sisted of only 10 "bull s-eyea," Ken nedy Continued shooting until lie made " on the fortv sixth shot. He averaged three shots a minute, a speed record for the match. NEW LABOR HEAD IS HOPEFUL SIGN Appleton's Election as Pres ident of World L,aoor Means Much " New York, Aug. 14. The election of William A. Appleton as president of the International Federation of Tra,de Un ions at the recent congress of that fed erutiouujn Amsterdam- is characterized as a I&pVfirH.gn, by Hie Ameriyah Al- iance for Labor and democracy in a statement issued here. Mr. Appleton is escribed in this statement as cpnstruc- re, progressive and democratic. For years, saya the Alliance, Mr, Ap pleton has been secretary of the Gen eral Federation of Trade Unions in Eng land.-: In 1917 he visited the United States as head of a delegation repre- enting the general federation of trade unions. Pointing out tnat air. Appteion was nominated by Samuel Gompers to head the international labor movement, the Alliance statement adds: ; Mr.' Appleton" always has been a staunch friend of the American Feder ation of Labor and an ardent admirer of its policies nd achievements. More than any other European leader of la bor, he thinks in accord with Samuel ompers. During the war Mr. Appleton was' tireless in his work for victory." SEIZE BUTTER IN CHICAGO Chicago, Aug. 14. One thousand two- hundred and eightytwo tubs of butter allied at 50,000 were seised here to day on libel warrants .issued by the United 8tat,es district attoraey-'a office in the government wars on the high 1609,000 TO FIGHT H. O. L. Washington, Ang. 14 Appropriations totaling nearly 600,000 with which to help carry out the President's eugges- !' n" for ' rcducine; ' living costs were - , ! t.f (' . t.:-i;iv tv the ssri- THE FORD CASE Hearing Testimony Con sumed Period of Over Three Months CROWD HEARS CHARGE Judge Tucker Tells the Jury that Newspaper has no Greater Privilege in Mak ing Comment Than has an Individual. Mount Clements, Mich., Aug. 14. The jury which has for three months been hearing testimony and arguments in Henry Ford's one million dollar libel suit against the Chicago- Daily Tribune retired today to consider its verdict. - "- -. Judge James B. Tucker instructed the jury that "the right of fair com ment is expected in the case of Mr r ord because his position as. a great employer of labor and' his entry as a propagandist in his enthusiastic dis cussion of the preparedness iaue made him a publig character." The judg held that a newspaper has no-greater privilege in making comment than has an individual. 1 he court room was crowded while the judge was charg ing the jury. Mount Clements, Aug. 14. The jury was locked up at 0:55 a. m. The judge nstructed that the plaintiff's charge of pro- Germanism against the Tri bune and. of n selfish interest in advo cating intervention in Mexico ha 41 not been proved and that the jury need not consider it. .Judge Tucker gave the several definition! of the words "anar chists'' and "anarchy" but instructed that it was therduty of the jury itself to determine in what sense tiie news papers used the words and what it. would mennvto its readers. There were two defences lie continu ed, "if the jury find that the, charges in the editorial were true that Mr. Ford was in fact an anarchist and ignorant idealist," it was a' complete defense. Ihe-fight Qfakuuiiuejiii-liha-u44 "waa a second defense to be consider ed only in the event thnt the first defense was inadequate. Mt. Clemens, Aug. 14. At 1 o'clock this afternoon, three hours after the jury in the Henry Ford-Chicago Trib une rrbet-suit retired, there was no signs of a verdict. :"'- ';' IN POLICE COURT A heavy and varied docket faced the recorder at the regular session of mu nieipal court this morning. The fol lowing cases were disposed of: Henry Williams and Lena Branch were arrayed on a charge of f. and a. The former was given sixty days on the roads, while the latter was subject- ed to a similar punishment with the stipulation that, the execution of the road sentence was not to issue provided the woman and her husbaiKfappear in court the first Monday in- October .to hw-gsed WlwWoe '' ':f, ri.;,,tw- Sam Bartholomew ,in answer to a charge of cruelty tojmimals, was fined 15 and bond fixed at 75. George Cook was charged with allow ing water to run across the sidewalk so as to become a nuisance. He was sen tenced to a fine of $25, the execution of which is not to issue if nuisance is abat ed by 12 o'clock Monday! , Lewis Winstead" was arrayed on an assault charge, but judgment was sits pended in bis case upon payment of $ 5 costs. . - Belver Hicks, Firn Hales, and Floyd Simmons, negro youths, were charged with injury to personal property.- The first of the trio was found not guilty, while the latter two were taxed the costs of $5 each and forced to pay $10 apiece to the prosecutor. FIND PECULIAR GROWTH IN WELL Mr.-Daniel Powell, who lives about six miles from this eity in Edgecombe eceiity, brought a peeuliar fibrous root growth, which he fouid in hij vol!, to the . Telegram onlca - yesterday. The gr. nil, is approxima'eiy two rect o-g aad has the exact appearance of a switch of reddish brown human hair. Although he found the growth fourteen feet down in his well, where it had forced its way through a crevice in the stones, Mr. Powell thinks It started from a post oak near the mouth of the well. After showing the natural curio to Telegram representa'vea, Mr. Pow ell placed it oa exhibit in the window of tin Rocky Mount Savings and 'Trust Company. - COTTON CONSUMPTION FOR JULT Washington, Aug. li-Co;ton con "umi il during July was 5rt9 703 bales f liit, 1177 of linters the census. : -!.-' . t . r .jk. lis " , if If: AILLC. AUC. O&LYSA l sii.-.a favorite on tlio Franec, will visit, AuirriiM in Seiitctiilii'f. n "As Yon ere," tin', show in which site n Paris anil London. Tin; rott'smie doll Mile, Di'lysiu's bounty. MANY MERCHANTS" T0CL0SE EARLY "i . -Fourteen Finns Decide Ear- lier-, Hours Pay Nights nf1jSfi:iirjl:iy. Fourteen of the lending merchants of iho city luivu united in njjreeiug to close their stores on jiay nightsiof the A. t-L. cniiliiy, , hieli oerur nlttml the middle mid l;i-t of the ll M ill t ll, :)llit HntMnlav mollis ;d :ni carlv hour iti or der to give tliM ht'lp inort! -tiititi for reHt and Jrisurt-. hisy departure: from the Uftti.'jl hour fi don't on the sk'- i- fled iiightM will ci'.ituiue duriii the mflinder of the summer. ' m The aifreeiiieiit t n t winch "the 1IL- chants have entered and the list signers is as fellows: 4Wc, the unu -iHined, agree to el. on pay nifhts :nnl :ilso at In o thick Saturday '.nights '.for the remainder the summer iiiualln for the puiiose giving-Oiir Ite1i a lest; (Signed) Anchor Stores to. (Rcckv Mount Mine ant Clothing ( Xouhcil onis 10; JR. lUwu,!-, . . - J. H. Mauiel Roseub-loniu-LiM y t o, E. Epstein. - . W. D. & V. A. (Ji hraii. ' lEfird'a Iiepiutmeut Rtore. ' " r jbrge t,- 1'nlii i dewelrv to. Roseoe Griflin Shoe C6. P. R.. Tucker. . Bulluck and dohnson. H. S. Mowrer. CHANGE MADE IN MAIL SCHEDULE New Position of Post Office Truck at Station Neces- - sitateS Change "Owing to the recent parking legisla tion, which affects the position of the post'ofiiee truek at the A. C. L. station and consequeiuly the delivery of the outgoing mails, it will be necessary, local postal officials announced today, to close the- noon mails ten minutes earlier or at 11:50 instead of 12:05 as formerly. As this n.ail is the heaviest of the day and considerable time is required to make it up every minute counts. Con sequently the new position of the post office truck, which ia not so near the train- as the old position necessitates the change in schedule The mail af fected is largely that intended for transmission on numbers 4S and 49. Other mails leave the office on sched ule time, so far as la possible! Alt persons are asked by the postal au.horitics to take -eogairanee of tlia sli'jht change, and mail their letters ailier so ns to insure their making l!te )',, :f't d uV'iverr nn.' r t, ,3'f . 1 .statrc iii Knt;liind ttnd She is expected to-appear lias unulcJtur. gttioliaL liil Oh, that s j list a foil Tor ForeiVn Relations Commit tee Will Confer on the 4 ' Peace Treaty DATE IS UNDECIDED Decision is Made Without a Committee 'Vote Motion Call American Delegates Voted Down No Com ment I) v White House. :i. Inuutoii, Au 1-4. After a two hour tlTHruaMioii today, the Sonata For ei'ti relik ioiiw l ouaiiitltee decided K in.Titv F'rertidont Wiinon that it would .'liil uii- huu ni the whitphmiso at his ciiuveuieiire to diHi'uss tho peace treaty. : 7""" "" In di'fidui In retiieHt a enuft-rence wnh ('re- Meat H ilsnn, on whieli there u.'is no fointnif ew voto it wu agreed that all jiifnrmtition from the President should he made mi I die. A motion also to eull Colonel House, fi en eral Bhaa aud Henry Whito Ainonoan delegates to the - peace eonferewe, was voted down 4) to H, -Seudtor Mel uniheryt5n,th a - - - t w ., I):iknta iu Harding, of Ohio, ttepub- (u-anH, vol in ty with iho Demuerats. There was uo indication at the white house when the ProsTiTent would receive the committee. i The iiujuirv eoretary Tumulty iaid: we have no eomment to make." Sjteculatiun at the capitol wa to the mifposB of the committee in requesting that the PreHident received it evolved j around the subject of reservations to the trra'y and the league government. Before the committee acted it had been ntimated at the white house that the President had not changed his attitude (awards reservation. Rocky Mount Mills to Meet Red Oak Saturday The Kockr Mount M. baseball teani will .iourney to !;! C'i day after to morrow and at 4 o'clock that afternoon honk up with the Sggrcgatioa represent inglhat town on their own diamond. Red Oak has previously defeated the Mills rrew twice this season, but as the defeats occurred early irr the sesson before" the local elub had Seenrrd very much practice, the aggregation from he rails still has high hopes or getting he. big fuii of the Ave game serifs wliich remains to be played. The fourth- rnme of the aeries aril) he playd Saturday week, and ia ease the Inents capture both that euntest and the gvne this eoniing Saturday. and tic the series, arranEen,i'n f it the WE t!i and stn.i,;'i '. l" ml Track Put in Excellent Con dition and is Already Scene of Activity AVith the view that no fair is coin plete witlmuU horse mrnf, iM,n.itn tlint alTord thrills and excitement, the I ela.HBt'H have been ho arranged by the Koeky Mount 'mr onVmte that 1 florae need ntart out 6f his clus htb g a rutv. This arrangejiient will assure the pulilir good honest, close races, aut ause the ever inborn instinct of man to take chancea with his pocket-book. With the track m such condition that it is declared bv horsemen to lie out) t the faxtet in the stutf, and with the Kpei'inl urririigement.s and liidiicementa fop ihe rnfi'S at th coining fair Sep tember mth, October 1, Jt ;i, the race goer are asHiireil of t he fastest racing ever ottered in ha stern V arolijia. The program consists of ten races, each for a purse of 4h.00, the highest average inoneJarv inducement ever offered the local fair con.anv, and the reslut h been gratifying. Numerous entries hjfve been received, an off the fastest hornt's ( jrvtna circuit. in on g them softie on the Eastern The track is dailv the seene of acTiV- ity, the trainers giving their horne fant workouts, some are readv and await the word "(io" Mr. Fred li. Shreve f I'hilndelphia will be the starter. I.oc.'illv he is not well known, but up North among the big circuits his ha-me a guarantee of honest racing, for no pulling, cheating or framing is nl iwcd bv this starter who believes in the protection of the public and the National Trotting Association, which he represents. 1 Strike Forces Managers to Return to the Footlights New York, Aug U. -Aetors, now not appeared be- managers, who have fore the fontlighM in years, are being forced bo appear in plavs thev are plav- ng bv IhH strike called by the actora' qmty astoeiation. . , . . M'UltamA, Braiiy. UiXUiw i ng t aUfl4 .flf, treirgg-Mr-4 tei-atiTtettnrrd rqdfly that he would plav the role of a butler u his production 'f 'At i:4't,' when Thai plav reopens this week. Charles pkins alsoa manager, .will appear with Mr. Brady. One attraction reopened last night, iving" teu hrtuwes still dark. EXPECT GREY TO ACCEPT EMBASSY iOndoners Understand that Viscount Views Post Here Favorably . London, Aug. 13. Viscount Grev of Failodrn,. who retired as head of tl ritl3lrfoTei(fn-T)f?irB-iTi'lilrt, if- is in detood, is likely to accept the ;iot of Hritish ambassador to the 1'i'ited States. '" YisMuiitt tifeyr-l'rl lei hnuwii as Sit Wft:i 'secret a ry ' of y t ) t v for foreign .affairs from 1905 to 1916. Recently he has been Suffering from an ffertinu of the eyes, and it has been imported that h.; was unable to ; res rmt with biiV facilitv. : , Sir Edwani made a strong diplomat! ffort to prevent the European war, his proposal that .the ambassadors of. the arions l owers meet anil discuss the Sit ation failing through the attitude of he Gern an emperor. He is 57 yeois ii.-: -:. . :'. " -s "' '. -'".;- ToiJ.i.tish post at Washington lias been vacant since the departure last spring nf the Karl of Heading, who has resumed his office as lord chief justice of Englaihi, JEWELL THREATENS EXPULSION OF MEN Wires Chicago- Strikers He . May Resort to That Measure -Washington Aug. If. Expulsion of all striking railway shopmen from the internstional organization was threat ened in a telegram from B. M. Jewell, president of the organization, which is to be presented today by officials of the Chicago district council at a meeting of striking shopmen called to vote- on the question of returning to work . The telegram reads: "Make -order positive to all points, now is the time to act. We cannot much longer delay, and if yon refnae to comply will be compelled to advise Hines ad Wilson f necesssry that yoa do ot belong to the orirnn'T'.at.ion. If negotiations are i!w'1 s'r'.kers, will be deprived of Jfi full hetae: Bolsheviks Administer D feat to All-Russian Arc: DRIVE COSSACKS BAC. 1 Danger that Army May Be Separated by Victors-American Ammunition May Arrive in Time to Save Kolchak's Collapse. r v ...v.. London, Aug. 14.r-Tbo retrfat in the I'rnl mountains of the forrn. at Aif- iral KofeBak cantinues,' aecordifig ta news received here today. South at the I'ral, at the southern end -of the 'g, t i added the Bols&evikL have drives) tie Cossacks -back 60. miles and are endeavoring to separata thsra from the niaia bofly of the, army. ; Tha.'. Associated Pmjsi is iaf orme t hat the general position of Admiiil Kolschak i not belieed tohave fcceu nade materially worse lythe Bolslie- Tiki advance and barring the uneipc t- t olJapso of Admiral' Kolschak, the umhitious serit br Aiuerita should ar rive in time for his reeovry. Never- lieless, it is admitted here that the re- erses suffered by Admiral, Kokwhak re a serious blow to the polity of the entente in Russia. STATE BANKERS TO GATHER NEXT WEE." Association to Hold Annual Convention In Winston Salem Aug. 20 , . W)iistin-RahTH,-Anjfr 12. The" North ('arolina Hunkers Association meets hero Wednesday, .August 80, for three-day .seaion. . The program U wid scope aad almost every phase of banking will be covered in diseusaion. ftftarert prpb'TirniJ'f taeJWorl3'rerijiiA Iso lind a place oa the program. James firay, of Winston Salem, is preal- 'lent of. the.. association and Win. A. Hunt, of Heiitlerson. secretarvfre.nrer Wednesday's program includes the opening and the president 'a annual ad- ress. '. ' ,' -'' A-W-Melrfaih-of 4he-Har Finance Corporation, will speak on Thursday. If. YJorhee, of the National City Bank, and "A. J. Maxwell, of Baleigr, lso: speak Trsnradav. Senator Over man, W. V. tkinbar, of AMasta, and D. W. Daniel ot C'lemaon, aad others will speak Friday. . ,,1- l ' Hardee and Blanton Have Personal Mixup in House' WashiiiKton, Aug. 14. Members of flie house' IhTervenedhtodayto prereut r personal collision between Bepresen tatives Kalton and Hardee, of Texas, both democrats. 1 Resenting th-e-f.hs.rg9 by Hlanfon tlmtje was'a "mere rub ber stump" in that the sense that al vavj -defended ,the administration, Hardee rushed at hie folleague but was rentraiued. STORAGE CONTROL ? HEARING STILL 01! iNlew York Editor Advises Committee Against Any - Further Restraint Washington, Aug. ;. 14. Hearings on proposed legislation regulating eold storage concerns were continued today by the bouse agricultural committee with Fi G. Urner, editor of the Pro ducts Review, ;ot New York, oppoaibj any further restraint. He aaid the leg islation under consideration would tend to decrease the usefulness of th eeold storage system. ' ' y Tomorrow the committee will ben'u hearings on the proposed amendments to the food control act suggested by President Wilson. fiecent opinions i v the food administration officials th;, 11 cents waa a fair price for augar a-,-being transmitted by th departme, of justice to district attorneys for t) information 1 In the program agui. profiteering. Attorney General Pa-:i said, however, thai no price for ti epuld be fixed by the government. OB-ADf MAKKET Chicago, Aug. 14. Radicals tarns in grain and proviiios prici place today ia th breaks larg eribed to seizure of ood hoar,!, to other developments in th b . of living. Corn fell 3 8 cents a to $1.8.1 for R-pten:ber il ' fork, 2.35 a bo--! t ' f :
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