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The Fayetteville Observer "North Carolina's Oldest Newspaper Established 1817" VOL. CV NO. 297. FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1922. PRICE: FIVE CENTS LEGION WILL BE FASCIST! OF U. S., IF IT JS NEEDED So Declares Colonel Alvin Owsley,' Commander of the American Legionnaires RADICAL "MENACE SERIOUS HE SAYS If the Need be, the Legion Would Take Over Gov ernment to Pro tect Country ' By EDWARD THIERRY NEW YORK, Dec. 11. "If ever needed,' the American Legion stands ready to protect our coun try's institutions and ideals as the Fascist! dealt with the destruction 's who menaced Italy." Colonel Alvin Owsley, command er of the American Legion made this' statement In an exclusive in terview today. "By taking over the govern ment?" he was asked. "Exactly that!" declared Owsley. "The American Legion is fighting every element that threatens our democratic government Soviets, anarchists, I. W. Ws, revolutionary socialists and every other 'red.' "Should the day ever come when they menace the freedom, of the representative government, the Le gion- would not hesitate to take things into its own hands to fight the 'reds' as the Fascist! of Italy fought them." Owsley added: "Rut I. do no. think that time is going to come.' Calls Radical Menace Serious The Legion commander said the world spread of revolutionary doc trine had to be taken seriously. He F.aid patriotic Italians had been forced to take extreme measures which Drobably would never be necessary here. But he emphasis rd the significance of what the Fas nisti had done. "Do not forget," he said, "that the Fascist! are to Italy what the Amorican Lesion is to the United States. And that Mussolini, the new premier, was the commander of the Legion the exservice men -of Italv." - . Commander Owsley's warning sr.ilnat the erowth of antl-govern tnent creeds in America was based on speeches he is making criticia Ing the Immigration policy. "The three per cent law has Iiapii ii failure." he Bald?' "Every 4 hours 1,000 people come into the country. We are getting a big per fpntatre of the riff-raff. "Forelen born people,' with for eign and anti-American sympa thies, boort the country and are the leaders of Industrial unrest in sav nothing of increasing me millions that compete with unem ployed ex-service men lor a cnumc to earn a living. . Wants Bars Put up Five Years "The American Leirion favors a Jlve-year exclusion policy.no immi gration whatever. And after tha! careful selection on the other side; we want only those who want to be Americans, - "And we are opposed to the plan of Venizelos, the former Greek pre mier, to have a million or more Greeks and Armenians unloaded on our shores." Declaring Lenin is one of the greatest and brainest men In the world, Owsley laid the Russian die tator also is the greatest menace to the sort of ideals the American Legion is trying to protect "The Legion Is not in politics,' he said; then pdded, with a grim smile: "But there is plenty of pol itics in the Legion potential pow-' er, I mean. "In every ' community legion naires are the substantial men in commerce, industry, farming labor. Some are In office and others will be if the right kind of real Ameri cans are not elected without Le gion Interference!" HAMON WIDOW AND HUSBAND SHE SUES S- ' . ". i ''' . . ' ' ... to, . Mimmmmg The second marriage ship of Mrs. Wililam L. Rohrer, widow of Jake L. Hamon, tlaln Oklahoma oil millionaire and politician, has run aground. Mrs. Rohrer, shown above, has filed suit for divorce. She says Rohrer, below, despite claims to wealth, refused to sud- port her in the style to which she was accustomed, and practiced jiu- jitsui on her. JUNIORS TROUNCE OVER WILMINGTON IN SLOW CONTEST Class Champs of Fayette ville Down Wilmington Class Champs by 32 to 0 - BAPTISTS GATHER AT WINSTON FOR ANNUAL MEETING Reverend Joel S. Snyder, of This City, Will At tend Annual State , Convention WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, Dec. 11. (By the Associated Press.) This morning and afternoon dele gates to the 92nd annual conven-j tioa of the Baptist State Conven-; tion of North Carolina, began ar riving in tha city and by tomorrow at noon.Mt is expected 900 messen-l gters from more than 2,000 churches I in the .State, will be here for the opening session of, the convention' Tuesday evening. I Dr. B. W. Spillman, president of tne convention, is detained at bis home at Kinston on account of the illness of both himself and Mrs, Spillman. Mrs. Spillman has been suffering for several days with a severe attack of la grippe. Mr. Spillman was stricken while attending her bedside. In the absence of Dr. Spillman, it Is expected that First Vice-Presl dent E. L. Wells will call the con vention to order and a permanent presiding officer for the session will be elected on the floor. Today the evangelistic confer ence held was attended by minis ters and early arriving delegates. Better Get Out Your Heavies May Need 'Em WASHINGON, Dec. 11. (By the Associated Press.) The of ficii! weather man, who, for the past week or more, has been predicting some rigid tempera tures for the South, promise the "actual" appearance of a cold wave In the Atlantic and Gulf States by Tuesday , night or Wednesday. Latest official word was that the cold wave now over the northwest would spread east ward and southward over ths plains states and the great cen tral valleys during the next thir ty six or forty-eight hours and by Tuesday night or Wednesday morning would touch the Atlan tic and Gulf States, attended bv temperatures "lower than previ ously recorded this season In the regions corHng under the influence of this cold wave." TEMPER JUSTICE WITH CHARITY, IS WARNING OF POPE Conferences are Useless Unless Governments Will Do This, Pope Pius Asserts NEWS UP TO THE LAST MINUTE Reverend Joel S. Snyder, pastor of the First Baptist Church, will attend the Baptist State Conven tion at Winston-Salem, having left here Saturday 'for Chester, S. C, from which place he goes to Win ston today. Town Topics The work of putting In good shae the playground of the central city school Is being done. A good many brickbats are being dumped on the qroond. We suppose they will- be broken Into small fragments and hurled several Inches under soft earth. Otherwise, they will ruin the ground, as kids cannot play comfortably on a hard brick surface. ftophronia says It gives her the shivers te see women and girls pa rading the streets these eold morn ings, wearing thin slippers and thinner rtorknae with their skirts barely reaching the knees. Robins will he plentiful areund the suburbs In a short time, but the boys should bear in mind that It is against the law to shoot them. "The oldest Inhabitant.' opposed to handed to r, he never knew liquor s It Is now. who Is not The Junior class football team, champions of Fayetteville High School, accompanied by Faculty Coach V. E. Swift, journeyed to Wilmington Saturday to play the class champions of Wilmington High School. The game, which was fast and full of thrills, result ed in a 32 to 0 victory for the Fayetteville Juniors. Faytftevllle lost no time in scor ing. OnNthe third play Cain Droke lose for 6ffyards and a touchdown the' first of four made by him. The entire backfield for Fayette ville Cain, Hutaff, Bethune, Mc- Duffle and Maultsby played sta ball. Jackson, Sandlin, Bell ana Rose starred In the line. Line up: ' , ' ' Fayetteville : . Wilmington Position . Center Jackson ....... wmte Right End . V Raynor Raynor Right Tackle Rose .;' Merrett Rleht Guard McKethan Rittle Left End McDuffle Trot Left Tackle Sandlin Rich Left Guard McKenzie' Evans Quarterback Bethune Myers Right Halt Maultsby Hawks Left Half Cain Alford Full Back . . Hutaff Cammache Substitues Fayetteville, Bell for Raynor, Olive for Rose, Rose tor Hutaff, Raynor for Maultsby: Wil mington, Whaley for Rich, Stauck for Raynor, Goodwin for Burris. Hall (Trinity), referee; Weeks (W. L. I.), umpire; Schuster (New Hanover High), 'head linesman; Shepard (W. U I.), timekeeper. Time of periods, 12, 12, 12, 12. Score by periods: Fayetteville 13 6 0 1332 Wilmington . 0 0 0 00 Touch downs: Fayetteville, Cain 4, McDuffle 1. Placement kicks, Bethune 2. TAX PAYERS WILL BE TOLD HOW TO MAKE OUT RETURN WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. (By Associated Press.) The Internal Revenue Bureau has made plans to extend further aid to federal tax payers this year in an effort to re duce the number of errors which have annually crept into the in come tax returns of the millions who help, pay the way of the governments Schools , of instruction for dep uty collectors and attaches of rev enue collectors offices are being held throughout the country. It was announcea louay. iae Kevenue Bureau believes the - method of training will result in reducing the amount of recheckiqg and delay necessary by misunderstanding of the forms which the ' taxpayers must file. v Forms for the preparation of the returns soon will be in the hamts 3f collectors throughout the coun try, in an effa-t to speed up the filing of reports, which must be delivered to the collectors .. by March 15th. MANCHESTER IS VISITED BY YEGGS LATE LAST NIGHT Fifteen Cents and $1,000 m Confederate Curren cy Taken From Postoffice Fifteen cents in current cur 'rency and 1,OZ0 in Confederate currency constitutes the sum total of loot taken from' the post office safe at Manchester, where thieves last night broke into the A. C. L. station, the postoffice, and a house, accord ing to meagre details reaching this city lata today from Fort .Bragg. The thieves, whoever they were,, were evidently lovers of dogs, for they carried some with them, In the excitement of the big bunch of money they found In the postoffice safe, the yeggs left one of their pups on top of the safe, where It was found this morning by officers. Blood , hounds were brought to Manchester from Raeford early this morning and the thieves were trailed onto tha Fort Bragg reservation where the trail was tost. ; "An; effort. :wilt now made to trace tha thieve through the sad-eyed, yowling pup thy left on the safe, ah officer at Fort Bragg, -who, was working on Ihe' case-stated today. Officers from tha Sheriff's of fice and the A, C L. detective force, who left this city early this morning, to investigate to robbery, had hot returned to Fayetteville late this , after noon.';' ' ;' :,' " ' "' You Can be Tried for Same Thing Twice, Is Supreme Court Buling WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. (By Associated Press.) Conviction In a state court for violating a state taking a nip when n prohibition law is not a bar to sub 'uqur tTbJ'se Tscarc. seqoent prosecution in the United States court for the same offense under the Volstead enforcement brsNor""..". act the Supreme Court held tod. sneuld be careful to cut the branches ZicO Lanza, Dick Barto and oth judtciousiy, lopping ofl as little growth en were convicted In a state court as aossibie. - 'n Whatcome County, Washington. Shoppers ere reminded not eniy te and sentenced tor the manufacture do ther Christmas shopping early, an( possession of intoxicating ' li but to de H auickiy. without haogimg Whn thi Federal e-nvrn- ver prlceo and spending five d.llars QOOm WflM tne CO e raj tortm worth of the clerk's time ever tne me" suugui iu yruKvuie lueni m purchase of a nickel article. federal court for the same offense. . . . the United States district court FoT??r uid b. heard 'n F.V- tor Western Washington dismissed ettevIKe plainer than usual this more-! the principal counts in the indict ing. Pernaos the caiiore wae lare mentg M bared by the trior state er mayo , Will Restore House, Once Home James Monroe, Now Occupied by Rag Pickers NEW YORK, Dec. 11. (By As jociatecj Press.) Plans for the res toration 01 tne smau, rea oricn house at Prince and La Fayette streets, now occupied by rag pick ers, but once the home of President James Monroe, have been announc ed by the James Monroe Memorial Association and Foundation. The movement is sponsored by the Sulgrave Institution. It is planned to remodel the house In yhlch Monroe died on July 4, 1831, and to Install furnishings of the period in which Monroe lived. Mayor Sues Alderman Who Called Him "Crook" OALESBURG. Ill, Dec, 11. Mayor Henry. Ha wkinson has filed suit for 110,000 damages against Alderman Charles Miller for re marks alleged to have been made by Miller following a council meet ing recently, and on otner occa sions. The. mayor ".lieges Mr. Mil ler called him a "Crook." - CLOSING COTTON E. J. Wefis, cotton merchant, re ported today's New York closing cotton as follows: January : 24.89 March 25.08 May 25.06 July 24.72 December , ..24.85 Snot cotton brought 25 cents on tBe local market today, approxi mately 10 bales changing hands. LITTLE. BRUIN SEZ BEGIN ARGUMENTS IN RUSSELL TRIAL OXFORD, Miss.,- Oec. ll.--(By the Associated Press.) Arguments will begin In Federal court here today in the suit of Miss Fran ces Birkhead, who is suing Gover nor Lee M. Russell of Mississippi for $100,000 damages based on charges of seduction. T. H. Camp bell opened the argument for the plaintiff. Judge E. R Holmes announced ,fie argument would be limited to two fiours to a side. No testimony was offered at tbe morning session. Immediately after the conference between the Judge and counsel in chambers, court convened and the arguments begun. Tons of Swiss Cheese Arrive on One Vessel NEW YORK. Dec. 11. Eight hundred and forty thousand pounds of Swiss cheese was the principal freight Hera of the Kroonland, which arrived "rom Antwerp, Southampton and Cherbourg. There were 2,090 tierces of the cheese, each tierce weighing in the neigbborbood of 400 pounds. than any heretofore tried. the air was J"t rigHt tr carrying conviction. Miss Huck Wants Divorce Law To Be Standardized y WINIFRED MA80N HUCK Congrewoman-a'-Lar(jo From Illinois CHICAGO. Dec. 11. Uniform federal legislation to unify present conflicting stat'j divorce laws Is a crying need of the day. Until such reform can be brougnt about. Justice to litigant parties especially in cases where children are concerned will continue to fall short of the mark. 1 am heartily in favor of Senator Jones' resolution sponsoring surtt action by the government and will lend my full support to u necause It countenances the highest good for all concerned. - , I believe It to be a far-sighted measure. Tboueh not personally advocat ing divorce. ! believe that so long thermometer reg-as there are laws governing it ittered 42, ten de- these laws should be administered ROME, Dec. 11. (By Associated Press.) In his allocution at his first consitory today, Pope Pius re ferred to the conference at Genoa and similar meetings, asserting (bat he would reiterate to the forthcoming Brussels ' Conference his exhortation to the Genoa dele gates to consider remedies for the sad condition .of many of ' the world's peoples. He Bald that con ferences such as the proposed Brussels meeting were useless arid likely to cause bitter and danger ous disappointment, unless . the governments decided to temper justice with charity. The Pope also preconlzed the ap pointment of several Archbishops, and bishops, already nominated. The Pope in his allegations pro tested against conditions in Pales tine, where, he said, the large Cath olic interests were not being suffl clently safeguarded and pointed to the noed for continued help for Russia and urged re-establishment of peace and order throughout the world. . In regard to Palestine, he recall ed the allocution of the late Pope Benedict, whlc i charged that' the Jews were "taking advantage of the Bufferings or the inhabitants due to the war" and deplored the 'privileged position enjoyed by tb lews in Palestine, which is dan- ;orous for the Christians." Pope Plus added that he adopted this as bis own protest, and that he would carry out his predeces sor's intentions as expressed on that occasion, so that "in the set tlement ' of the Holy Land, the rights of the Catholics and all Christians may be safeguarded." LONDON, Dec. 11. (By the Associated Press.) Prime Minister Bonar Law announced In the House of Commons today that the gov ernment had decided to begin the construction of the two new battle ships under the Washington naval treaty. LONDON, Dec. 11. (By the Associated Press.) Frederick By waters and Mrs. Edith Thompson were found guilty of the murder of Mrs. Thompson's husband, Percy Thompson, by a jury In Old Bailey today, and both were immediately afterwards sentenced to death. CHICAGO, III., Dec. 11. (By the Associated Press.) K. M. Lan dls, Commissioner of Baseball, today denied reinstatement to George (Buck) Weaver, former star third baseman Of the Chicago White Sox. 1 Weaver waa one of those dropped as a result of the scandal In which it was charged certain baseball players and outsiders plot ted to throw thq 1919 World Series championship to Cincinnati. FAIRFIELD, Texas, Dee. 11. (By the Associated Press.) A ne gro, believed to have attacked a white girl at her home at Street man this mornlrg, has been captured by a posse, but has no, been identified, according to reports here; Exltement is high and hundreds of persons are hurrying towards Streetman. CONCORD, Dec. 11 (By the Associated Press.) Robbers last night entered the postornce at Mount Pleasant, nine miles from Con cord after blowing off the front of the building and carried away money, stamps and other valuables. The value of the loot will not be. known until a postal inspector makes a check of the boxes in the office. No one heard the thieves at work and there is no clue to their Identity. AMERICAN NOT TO BE TRIED AS SPY, JAPANESE ASSERT Japan Replies to Protest of united States Ambas sador at Treatment of American LOCAL MAN GETS APPOINTMENT TO YORKTON DEPOT Albert PV McMillan 'has. received government unnnlntftwnt' A few1 months ago Mr-McMillan took i notion to try A civil service exam ination for Junion- eogiheerJ He passed , alf right,, and the other day received notice fr&m. the, govern ment at Washington; that' be. had been appointed' engineer ..at trfe tl. S. ; Navy mine depot' at Yorgton, Vai ' V; . -- '.', , "Mr. McMillan, whe recently was on a big building , fu comse of con up to come to this city and be with 1)1hT rather, Gj.B.; fycMIIlftn. He, has not yet decided whether or not he .vill accept the jbrkton position. RemoYal;Ma41 Boxes at A; C. L. Station Is . " Pause of . Complaints Some time ago the Postoffice Da partment had the two mail boles removed from the A. C. L. Passen ger Station. The people are malt ing considerable complaint about his movement. They say-It entails great inconvenience', especially as tha mails tt the postoffice close quite a while oofore the departure af trains. The people further say that as they pay the expense of running the United States Govern ment (the railway and postoffice clerks included) It seems that Uncle Sam would try to make mat ters as convenient as possible for them, instead of putting them to Inconvlence. . The boxes r.t th'e railroad had been, there for years. There Is talk of maklne a com plaint' to the Postoffice Department at wasnington. TOKIO. Dec. 11. (By Associated Press.) Viscount Uchlta. Foreign Minister, replying to the recent protest of Ambassador Warren against methods employed by the Japanese In dealing with R. M. Andrews, an American, said it was clear that no charge that Andrews was a spy was made and that the allegation that he was suspected of espionage was based on. unfoun ded rumors. r "I am glad -the decision of the court made this clear," the Vis count said. "A letter to this effect is to be posted in the government establishments with which tha firm of Andrews and George, of which Andrews is a member, hail deal ings," i y ' . ,.. ; Andrews will plead guilty to a minor charge of breach of the nav igation" laws, when bis case Is call ed. It is announced. R. M. Andrews was before Jap anese court officials recently In connection with charges that while his motor boat was cruising in the waters of a military reservation, be had taken photographs in viola tion of the law. . NEW KU KLUX HEAD I ' L Monday: A reg ular winter day. with clouds that look like enow. So much balaiy weather recently that the atmos phere seams' real ly chilly, but thai grove above frees Ing,' at neon. 1.:. .V A ' I U - ri RITNER IS DOING VERY WELL NOW H. G. Ritner, the A. C. L. en gineer who was shot at Elrod some weeks ago. Is doing very well at Highsmith hospital. Dr. J. F. High- smith says that another X-ray shows that the ball lodged n his body is a buckshot. It has worked away from the region of the heart, and ho apprehension from Its ef fects Is felt. It will be extracted when the patient gets stronger. Dr. Highsmith says that the other day be extracted six ounces of bloody water from Ritner's perl-cardium and a quart from his back. William J. Kemp, the Fort Bragg soldier, who was shot by a negro on the Murchison road a little more than a week ago and taken to High smith hospital, has recovered suffi ciently to be moved to Fort Bragg. 2 HOLDUPS OCCUR IN FAYETTEVILLE DURING WEE END Negro Snatches Watch From Kitchen of Cen tral Cafe; Another Ne gro Held Up Andrew Harres, night chef of the Central Cafe on Hay street, was held up in the kitchen of that place by a negro about 8; 30 o'clock lust evening and his watch was taken from , the wall where it was hanging, near by. It seems, from the account given to the police by Mr. Harres, that the negro came in the back door of the restaurant and asked for a ham and egg sandwich. After eat ing this, the negro called for an other. As the chef started to pre pare this order the negro reached for the watch which was hanging on a nail in the wall. Harres start ed toward the negro who then drew a gun on Harres, and, .told' him to stand back, Harres did as told. The negro made a getaway out of tne rear door. The ponce are aan- dllqg. the matter and an arrest is expected. ' A. small sized highway robbery was pulled off on West Franklin street late - Saturday . evening, it was learned trom the police this morning.' Charles White, negro, was held up by four negroes and robbed .of $1.75 as he came out of a back door of a house on that street, carrying an empty suit case, according to the accbunt given by Charles' to the police. Police are investigating. TAFT MAY TE8TIFV WASHINGTON, Dec? 11. (By Associated Press.) Chief Justice Taft informed Chairman Volstead of the House Judiciary Committee today that he would appear before It at the hearing of the Keller im peachment charges against Attorn ey General Daugherty, If the com mittee should seetflt to call him. New Officers are Installed by Odd Fellows Lodge Here At ttio last regular meeting of Cross Creek Lodge, I. O. O. F-, the following newly elected 'officers wero Inbtalled: W. O. Stinson, N. G. M. B. Nolan, V. O E. C. Bass, R. S. , R. K. Melvln. F. S. K. J. Kennedy, Treasurer. Trustees D. Gaster, 3 years; R. A. Melvln, 2 years; E. W. Pickett, 1 year. Cross Creek Ixtdge Is taking in numbers of new members at al most every regular meeting, a good many of them being Fort Bragg men. Woman Known Here Dies at Home in Oxford, N. C. Her many friends will regret to learn of the death of Miss Saille Ray of Sanford, which occurred Sunday morning at 8 o'clock, fol lowing an operation the first part of the week. , Return of Young Couples is Blow To Mother s Child Marriage Ideas xr a V'O A a PITV Vast TW 111 Early marriage is' losing one'of itsd, at u- has been, very happy ..,,... -Th. tnarrv. 'Their parents have pointed with OVVV mj y r - V Ing lurches." Times are changing. MayDe u s better now to wait longer," says Mrs. Rhoda Burch, whose tour mar ried children wedded before they were 18. Her doubt is aroused by the fact that Goldie, who wedded last year when 13, Is home seeking a divorce, and John, who Is 16. and married a 13-year old girl. Is also suing for separation. It was a hard blow to tne eariy marriage theory of Michael and Rhoda Burch, who eloped when pride to these as examples of the iuccess of early matrimony. ' Then John, 16, and a neighbor's girl, 13 years old, were married. Goldie, 13, said she was old enough to wed too, and she became the wife of Jerry Hines, 21 year old stonemason. But these two marriages did not endure like those of Flossie and Pearl. Two Come Home Goldie, not yet 14, came home with her baby. She said her bus- ENGLAND WILLING TO CANCEL DEBTS IF U. S. WILLTOO -...,. Great Britain Said'tp - bo in Favor of Cancelling. France's Debt foil ' Her Now r : ; ' AN OPEN RUPTURE IS BARELY AVOIDED Adjournment of Premier's Conference on Repar'a . tions Avoids ari'Ii." Open Break BULLETIN TttlT LONDON, Dec. 11 (Bv the As". sociated Press.) The Conference of Allied Premiers, called to ar range the basis for an allied finan cial and reparations conference In Brussels, has broken down. - It was announced at six o'clock this even ing that the Premiere had taken adjournment until January 2nd. After the conference adjourned, Premier Poineare said: "It is finished." The conference January 2nd will be held in Paris it was announced tonight LONDON, Dec. 11. fBv" Asso ciated Press.) Great Britain is said to look favorably on the can cellation of the French debt due ner, provided the United . States cancels the Fronch debt to Amer ica. It is the belief cf British offi cials that the United States would oe willing, at least, to attend 'a conference, at which such a nroDO- sltion could be thoroughly imusH- ed. It also was stated in AnVrican circles this morning that the defi nite ngreement to pay the British ', debt to the United States coutd or might be accomplished by a pro posal for a long period, say fifty years, in which only interest would be paid. It was explained this , was , on the theory that the United States primarily insisted in secur ing the ultimate payment of the British debt, rather than an Imme diate settlement. In conference quarters, it" was the general view that France has Indicated her willingness to-giva up military penalties in return for the cancellation of debts by the United States and Great Britain and would be ready, also, lo give a long mora- . ) WASHINGT&if, Dec. 11. (By Associated Press.) No formal re quest' that' the .-United States , take , piurt in a conference on canceila- reached the' fitajta Department, and there was ntvlnilication today that Department 'SfflclaU saw anv rea son tft alter 4heyell understood po- sJUon . that .tbei.,, previously have taken, on the question of Europeafl " debts. '. - . . ' r Adjourn Abruptly .. LONDON. Dec. 11 (Bv' Asso- cflated Press.) Adjournment , 'of the- Premiers' Conference tonight for eight days.Mn order to avert ah. open rupture1 between England and France over the question of -German Reparations, has been vlr" tually decided upon, it was learned today. ' .' 'The British' cabinet rejected the measure of f6ree for the Ruhr dis trict, upon which Premier Poineare insisted. " - - Prime Minister Bonar Law in formed Premier Poineare that British public opinion waa over whelmingly opposed to any mili tary measures against Germany.' 'J Poineare had made a demand for the occupation of the Ruhr- as a guarantee for a German morato- rium. EMPLOYMENT IN NORTH CAROLINA ONTHEUPGRADE WASHINGTON, Dec'. U. (By the Associated Press) General im provement In Nortn Carolina em gloyment conditions is shown in the Department of Labor's analy Sis for November. It shows that cotton mills added 881 employes during that time, this being-equal to the October increase and' hat there was a strong accession of Workers in the lumber industry, but a email reduction of workers ita the fertilizer industry. Lessen ing of agricultural activities is re-. leasing many laborers, says the re port, which deals with seven states in detail. DADS MEET TONIGHT The regular montnly meeting of the Board of Aldermen will b? held 'tonight. At this meeting, it is I probable that delegates will be elected to attend the municipal 'convention which meets in Raleigh tomorrow. H. W. Evans, shown above, Dal las, Tex., dentist, la the - new tra in a broad and intelligent way. This should be done la such a manner that th hi thinre the WEATHER hMk .r.4 iif-rr-tl bv divorce pertal wizard of the Kn Klnx Klai North Carolina, rain and wanner,-!!! Bot be criss-crossed by a varl-He has beea. an active worker rn tonisht and Tuesday. Jty of contradictory etate statutes.Jthe secret organisation. Rhoda was 16. It may hold back; band scolded her, that she would the marriage of Robert, now 12. not live with him any more. Michael Burch, .minister and , Right afterward Jobn returned to ,t..miun whnw horn I aJaothe Burch chanel and home. He built so it can be used as a chapel) blamed 'bis wife's relatives fori Sundays, has considered nis cnn-jirouDie mai esirangea mm ana ms dren of marriageable age when n year oia onae. they got into their -teeae." All .Wed Early Flossie, oldest daughter, married when IS years 'old, at the altar In 1 guess the rest of tBe children will be asked to wait until they are a littla older," opines Mrs. Burch, after more than the vsual Jhe home-chapel. She baa several jexprieace ia early marriage a children and like Pearl, who mar-;n Institution..
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