? I
1?HE PRANXLIN riMES i
T
RECENT DISCOVERY
QUICK ACTION IS NECES8ARY
TO PREVENT CURTAILMENT
OF SCHOOL TERMS.
INITIAL LEVY OF 32 CENTS
A Number of Counties Have Orlevou*.
ly Miscalculated Amount of Levy
Required to Insure State Aid.
Raleigh.
Information is comlntf to the state
department of education that in the
levying of the school tax in some of
the counties a serious error is being
committed that will either curtail the
school terms to three or four months
or cause immediate and radical read
justment of the school tax levy.
State Superintendent Brooks is call
ing on the county superintendents of
schools to investigate as to their
counties at once and see that there
are readjustments on proper baslB
where the error that is causing the
trouble has been committed.
The state law provides a 32-cent tax
for schools and then enables the
counties to levy an additional county
tax up to 35 cents, whatever is neces
:*ry to m?et the requirements and
a?.-ire the county's share so that the
tax can be paid over in pre
ratio. The reports to the
st.>- lepartment indicate that num
ber. ? the counties have made the
mistake of only levying a county
school '.ax that will make the whole
schorl tax. state and county 35 cents.
Instead of the possible 67 cents.
North Carolina Casualty.
In the casualty list released, among
the casualties reported by the com
manding general of the American ex
peditionary forces occurs.j^e name
of Private Wm. E~ Baker, of Hamil
ton X. C., died of disease.
Total number of casualties to date:
Killed in action 34.571
Died" from weunds 13,9o4
Died of d incase 23,660
Died of accident and other
causes ...? 5.292
Wounded in action (over 85
per cent returned) 214,412
Missing in action (not includ
ing prisoners released and
returned 2
Total to date 291.S91
Webb Sure of Judgshlp.
Washington (Special)?While the'
report of the inspectpr has not been '
made public. Senator Overman has
SfajEfajiiiJijriirfflaiiL-j
into the competency and fitness of
Judge James E. Boyd. Federal judge
in the western district, and that as a
result of this investigation there ia'
no longer any doubt about the ap
pointment and confirmation of Rep
resentative E. Yates Webb. j
Enrollment May Reach 1,200.
At a meeting of the executive" com? i
mittee of the Board of Trustees of;
the University of North Carolina, held
in the governor'? office. President .
Chase stated that 415- new students
had already presented certificates for j
entrance this fall. He anticipates a
total enrollment of something more j
than 1.200 at the opening on Septem- ;
ber SOth.
Cheek for Inheritance Tax.
A check for $26.334.84 inheritance
tax has been received by the State j
of North Carolina from a non-residenl
who held property In the form of cop '
poratlon stock in this state. Tbi
Corporation Commission got on tin
trail of the big tax money when a !
transfer of stock was asked for and ;
JMt. R. O. Self, now chief clerk of the
commission, dug up the coin for th?
etate.
American Legion Sunday.
Sunday. November wttl be A mer
Iran Legion Sunday, on which minis
ters all over the country will he asked
1o devote a pnrt of their sermons, tc
the work of this legion. *
Want Phone Rates to Stand.
The Corporation Commission se1
September 30 for a hearing of the rep
rnseytatives of the Southern Boll Tel
ephone company on petition for a for
mal order to continue in force rate*
aHowed by govnrnment. under gov
ernment control. The hearing will
take place at 3 o'clock.
Anofher hearing is to precede the
Southern Bell enpolntment for the
day. At 11 o'c.ock Black Mountain
people will be here before the com
mission on the matter of telephone
and electric light rates.
Raleigh Moat Lawless City.
Declarations made by Dr. Weston R.
Bruner, pastor, in a sermon at Taber
nacle Baptist church that Raleigh is
one of the most lawless for its size
that he ever knew, are likely to be
called for proof, if proof there be, if
talk In police, city court and general
municipal circles today counts for
anything. Dr. Bruner's contention was
that be knows of no city the size of
Raleigh whero the spirit of lawleaa
ness is more in evidenc? and harder
to control or cnrb.
Epidemic of Typhoid.
Thirty-one cases al typhoid fever
near Denver, Lincoln oounty, called
Dr. F. M. Register, epidemiologist,
there to take charge of the first real
outbreak of typholi fever reported
this summer.
The physician's facta are meager,
but the reporta show the stricken men
to be all In a close community 18
miles from a drug store and poorly
fixed for treatment. The outbreak Is
traced to a spring in the vicinity. No
deaths have been reported, but it is
very probable that some have oo
curred.
Lincoln put on its vaccination cam
paign this year and 1,000 were Im
munized. But this was a very amall
percentage of. the population. Dr.
Register wlM pat on anev^^ vaccina
tion campaign and see if number
vaccinated cannot be quadruplicated
| In a short while.
Similarly, he hopes that cwier coun
ties. which constitute a ^|?ll Per
centage of the whole, will their
fight. Substantial results been
gained in the reduction of thewphoid
death rate. This was to havf been
the banner year and the heal^^de
j partment hopes to make it so in^be
face of epidemic.
? School of Fertilizers.
It is claimed that the Southern Fer
, tillzer Association is the first indus
try in this country to send its entire
j sales force, to college for the purpose
I of special training in service to their
i customers. The North Carolina Agrl
I cultural and Engineering College at
Raleigh has been selected as one of
1 four agricultural institutions of the
: south to which fertilizer salesmen will
; be sent for a week's short course. All
salesmen from Virginia and North Car
; olina are to atiend this school, and
hear lectures from *.he members of
! the staff of the agricultural college,
' also addresses from visftors from oth
er agricultural colleges in the terri
. tory.
Poor Pay and Slow Promotion.
Washington (Special)?After fifteen
unbroken years?quite a span where
fidelity to duty and loyalty to an In-!
dividual are interwoven?John W.'j
irnirn hir iiiiirnnl ,m iilffrt?iftiPuna.. ?
tor Lee S. Overman.
Effective October 1, Mr. Brown re-j
turns to his home In Salisbury as sec
retary to the Brown Realty and Ins^r- |
ance Company. Inadequate pay for;
government clerks and a future where
promotion is uncertain arereasona as
signed for his resignation.
Better Pay for Postoffioe Clerks.
Washington (Special).?A measure
of financial relief for postoffice clerks
and postal employes throughout North
Carolina is promised following the
visit to Washington of a committee
representing the North Carolina Post
masters' Association. Senator Town
send, chairman of the senate postoffice
committee. Informed the Tar Heel del
egation that his committee would
move to give salary increases to tha
lower paid employes.
May Retain Employment Service.
Commissioner of Labor Shlpman,
Just back from Baltimore where he at
tended the Sovereign Grand Lodge of
Odd Fellows, In its 100th convention,
and Washington, where he conferred
with the department af labor and
census bureau, says he is assured that
his department of labrtr will have the
advantages again this year of ?o
operation with ttr^TedeTal census bu
reau in the gathering of industrial sta
tistics and that, in his capacity as
federal director in this state for the
employment service, he will be able to
maintain the branch offlcos. ?
Paying War Risk Claims.
Washington (Special)?North Car
olina families are being paid $24,322.
160 In war risk insurance claims bv
Uncle Sam. He Is making restltu
tUutlon to those whose sons and h us-'
bands died in the service of their
country during the greatest war of all
times.
There are 2.7R4 insurance claims
boing paid In ^ North-Carolina through
the bureau of war risk insurance to
beneficiaries named at the time ap
plication for insurance was made by
soldiers, sailors, and marines, now
dead. The average policy carried by
these 2.784 men was $8,740.
District Offices Organized.
With the establishment of the dis
trict headquarters offices of the In
ternal Revenue Department at Wash
ington, Wilmington and New Bern,
| the organization of the ten districts In"
j the state has been completed and the
I task of colectln? the government's
revenue systematized. Supervisor. A.
D. Watts was in Raleigh from these
three offices where he had been to
assist District Supervisors Rodman, of
Washington; Emerson, of Wilming
ton. and Woodley, of New Bern, to
complete their organization.
Working 8taff Complete.
The state board of vocational edn
cation, after months of painstaking ef
fort and Investigation, has completed!
its' staff pf workers for putting carer
the program of vocational education'
In North Carolina, provided for In the
j state plans.
The Federal Smith-Hughes Act re
quires each state to make provision;
J for the training of teachers in each
i type of vocational work before the
close a? 1930 or the funds for the pro
motion of vocational education in thai
j specific subject will be withheld.
[ PRESIDENT WILSON CANCELS
j - BALANCE OF SPEAKING TOURS
Wichita, Kan. ? President Wilson
i ceneelled the remainder of his tour
i under orders from Admiral Cary T.
, Grayson, the president's physician,
j and wilt return to Washington direct
from Wichita.
.Although it was said, there was1
j nothing critical about the president's
j condition. Dr. Grayson, his physician,
declared a nervous reaction affecting
j the digestive organs made suspension
ofjils trip imperative.
? INTERN bUB kfcEMY ALIEN8 ARE
RETURNED TO THEIR COUNTRY
New York.?More than 1,500 enei^v
I aliens, the majority Germans, whto.
| were interrffed In this country during
| the war. sailed for Rotterdam on tb?i
? transport Pocahontas. In the party
I were 115 womon who are voluntarily
returning to Germany.
I The men .were brought to Hoboken
on special trains after being confined
to pri ? on j at Forts McPherson, Of)*
thorpe. Douglas and other internment
points.
POINDEXTER SAY8 WILSON 18 i
GREATEST MENACE TO WORLD
?N?w York.?President Wilson was
dhaaaoterizod as "the world's great
est menace" in an address by United j
States Senator Miles Poindexter at a
mass meeting of Queens county Re
publicans In Long Island City. The
meeting was held to celebrate the
m mi mmmrw
the Republican party.
The senator from Washington said
the president was 'the greatest pro-,
German In the country."
EIGHT GERMAN LINERS ARE
TO BE RETAINED BY THE U. 8.!
Washington.?EMght German liners
hicluding the former Hamburg-Ameri- j
can steamer Imperator, second largest
ship in the world, allocated to the ]
United States by the inter-allied ship- j
pjng commission after the signing cf '
the armistice and used to bring home
American tnoops are to be retained '
by the Piiited States. Plans to pl*c
them In passenger and freight service |
are being prepared".
FRENCH CONSIDER LEAGUE
GUARANTEE INSUFFICIENT
Paris.?In an explanation to the ;
ehamber of deputies Premier Clemen
reau, after declaring that the league
of nations could exi?? eTen though re
jected by the United States senate,
asserted that it was precisely because
the French felt that the league of na
tions was Insufficient guarantee for !
?ome years to come that the protect
ive' treaties of alllasce between
Prance. Great Britain and the United
States were drawn up.
GERMANY READY AT ANY TIME
TO BEGIN ON EXPORTATION8
r
Buenos Aires. ? Members of the I
German delegation called on Foreign ?
Minister Pu?*yrrofU>n and discussed the
proposed loan of $100,000.000 by Ar
gentina presented a memorandum to
:he foreign minister, which dwells on
:he strength of the present German
Korernicient and emphasizes the strong
ndustiia1 position of the county.
"The industries of Germany are in
act," il saya. I
ID DIVISION OF
IHS IS PROMISED
ILROAD ADMINISTRATION 18
TO AIO SOUTHERN STATES
IN TASK OF MOVING COAL.
Mlt INCREASE PRODUCTION
Ataurancee Were Given at Conference
? Between Southern Senator? and
Committee on Rallroada.
,v Washington.?Assurances of a Xalr
?T'equalization of the coal car supply
In the southern states in order that
coal production can be Increased to
flMet the demand thta winter were
glfen by A. G. Outhim of the car ser
iate section of the railroad adminis
tration to a committee from southern
??U* The committee came to Wash
iMton to seek relief for that section
the country, and assurances were
ffren at-? conference between Mr.
Gtthlra, southern senators and mem
bars of that committee.
The committee announced it would
aocept the railroad administration's
aaaurances but said If the promises
were not carried out pressure for ao
tiin would be brought against the
rakroad administration through south
er^ senators. At conference the com
mittee said It was not seeking any
^Inferential rights but merely desir
ed an adequate supply to enable
mines in the southern states trf in
crease their production.
RIVAL FACTIONS MARSHAL
FORCES FOR REAL FIQHT
Washington.? While the German
peac treaty received only brief con
tention in the senate, outside de
lta Indicated that the .tac
tions were lining up for the real flght
over the league of nations covenant.
The outstanding feature of the day
was the announcement by Senator
Johnson, republican, of California,
that he would leave here for the Pa
cific coast to keep up his attack on
the treaty, which was accepted to
mean finally that his proposed amend
ment to equalize the voting power of
the United States and Great Britain
would not be called up for weeks
hence.
F1T2PATRISK MAKES BOLD
ASSERTION TO COMMITTEE.
Washington.?Appearing as labor's
first witness in the senate investiga
tion of the steel strike, John Fits
Patrick, of Chicago, chairman of the
mrntrrm mmm m\
agreement' by the United States
Steel corporation to arbitrate differ
ences with its employees would reeult
in an immediate end" of the walkout. 1
which, he said, now affects 340,000
men.
LIBERTY BONDS BAIL
FOR ALLEGED ANARCHISTS.
Sew York.?Emma Goldman and
Alezandor Berkman whose arrests
for deportation hare been ordered
following their release from federal j
prisons will escai-e being locked up
again immediately after their libera
tion by depositing bail in the form ,
of Liberty bonds, it was announced
here by Harry Weinberger, their at
torney.
Liberty bonds valued at $15.000
were sent to the commissioner gen
sral of Immigration at Washington
as bail for Miss Goldman.
Ball for Bsrinpan In the same ,
amount as that provided for Miss
Goldman will not be produced until he
arrives in New York from Atlanta un- i
der arrest when bond* will be depos
ited as security for his appearance
when he is wanted Weinberger said. I
RUMOR CURRINTTHAT LENINE
HAS BKEN ASSASSINATED
Paris.?A rumor was In circulation
on the Bourse here that Nlcholal Le
nine. the Russian bolshevik premier,
had been assassinated.
HH. PICNIC AT CKNTRKYILLK.
We ar?' requested to slate that there
will be a bi? picnic r.t Centrcville on'
Saturday. October 4th. lOlfV when sev
eral speeches on live topics will be
made. A big barbecue dinner v . 11 l?e
served for the benefit of the tVntre- i
nlle Raptist (iiurclr. Among the!
speakers will be Mr. G. M. Beam, a I
imminent lawyer of Louisburg. The
ejJ?Uc"Ts tallied.
STRIKE AND TREATY
PARAMOUNT ISSUES
EFFORTS TO BRING ABOUT IN
TERVENTION BY PRESIDENT
WILSON MAY BE MADE.
BRINGING MATTERS TO HEAD
The Side of Capital In the Contro
versy Will be Heard by Commit
tee Through Chairman Gary.
Washington.?The German peace
treaty and the ateol strike remain
the engrossing affairs of Congress.
| Prospects of a vote on the amend
ments. to the treaty, proposed by Sen
ator Pall, republican, of New Mexico,
and providing for elimination of vir
tually all American representation on
international commissions together
, with President Wilson's return to
the capital, Is expected to bring to
a hoed the vital issues in the treaty
contest.
| Industrial unrest emphasised by the
I Btoel strike will share attention in the
senate with the peacc treaty. Hear
ings in the labor committee's inves
tigation of the steel strike will be re
sumed, when Chairman Gary, of the
i United States Steel corporation, is to
live capital's side of the controversy.
Later the committee pains to hear
' Secretary William Z. Foster, of the
! strike committee and other witr.c??*t
! and It would not surprise marly ob
servers if efforts to bring about In
tervention by President Wilson would
be made.
Whether President Wilson will con
tinue the fight agninst all reserva
tions. "mild" or "strong" interpreta
tive 6T- definite, or will make known
a disposition to accept ratification of
the treaty with some sort of reserva
. tions, may be decided this week. It is
? believeiTm flfeinocratlc and re
publican quarters.
PESSIMISM IN WASHINGTON
OVER UNREST CONTINUES.
Washington.?Ther* is pessimism
bere over the industrial unrest. It
is feared that a world-wide panic may
come if the treaty is not ratified.
Senator Oscar W. Underwood, who
is a very level-headed man. and a
statesman, thinks that the business
'people of the country favor the league
of nations. He-helievea that it is ab
solutely necessary at this time to sta
bilize the world. In a conversation
he said thai if we expect to sell our
products to foreign countries, and
maintain our export trade credits
must bo est^ruWl-. H_e_gx^laiiiM_Ltial
????^PWH'fWffWffTrJTTxtendedabout
all the credit it can afford to at this
i time, and that American business
men and concerns must take it up
now. But before this can be done or
will be done the war must be declar
ed off.
FAMOUS HOWfTZER MILL
HAS BEEN NATIONALIZED. 1
Vienna.?The famonp Skoda arms
and ammunition works, near Pilsen, |
have been nationalized, according to
messages reaching here. A national
council has been named * to conduct
the works composed of six Czechs and
three Frenchmen.
The last previous advices regard
ing the Skoda works were that their
purchase was being negotiated for by
an American syndicate. A Geneva
dispatch on August 31. however, mid
there waa a hltcb in the negotiation?
becawae of a difference on the ques
tion of the price to be paid.
The Skoda worka produced the
famous Austrian howitzers, one of
the most effective ? heavy artillery
weapons used by the ctntral powers
BRIEF REST WILL PUT THE
PRESIDENT IN FINE SHAPfc.
Washlngton^r-Prealdent Wllaon will
be all right in a few days. He was
threatened with serious lllnoss, but
Dr Cary T. Orayson has brought him
around all right. A brief rest will put
Mm in fine shapo.
FIR K.
Fire discovered in H&ldy Greens, col
ored. meat market undi?r the Ford
Warehouse on Xast Street last Friday
about noon created quite a little stir
on- the streets. The quirk action of
tie I*ire Department, In getting con
trol oi the situation, no doubt, saved
h serious firtre. Th?* danvage was
small, owing to "prompt discovery and
work. Tho fire evidently started from
a cigarette falling into a lot of waste
pi* per. -?
DEVELOPMENTS IN
THE GREAT STRIKE
DEFINITION OF 8TRIKE I8SUE
AS TO RIGHT OF EMPLOYES
TO BE HEARO.
CONDEMN F0REI6N AGITATOR
Apparent Deadlock by , Lack of
Violence Apparently Prevailing
in Chief 8teel Centers.
Washington.?The chlet develop
ments of events In the great steel
strike are as follows:
Definition of the strike Issue as th*
right of employes alto be heard, to or*
ganize and to hare some yoloe in de
termining conditions under which tfc?g|
labor"?made by Samuel Oompenw
president of the American Federation
of Labor, before the tenate labor
committee in Washington.
Announcement that John D. Rocke
feller, Jr., princip^ owner of th#
Colorado Fuel ft Iron company, will
take no part in ti^e strike of 6,000
workers at the Pueblo plant.
Claim by union officials that work
ers in the Youn#stown district, at *
meeting held to Tote on the question
of returning to work, had decided
against such a move.
Condemnation of , "foreign agita
tors" and commendation of Sheriff
William Haddock, of Allegheny coun
ty by a coroner's }ury in Plttsburgk
which returned a verdict of "deatls
from gunshot wounds inflicted by
person? unknown * * while an attaak
j was ^elng made on deputy sheriffs
' during a riot" in the case of a women
I organfrer and striker
| Apparent deadlock, marked by lack
i of violence apparently prevailing In
I the chief steel centers.
DENIES WILSON MEDDLED
IN FIUME CONTROVERSY.
Rome.?The Stefan agency, the
semi-official Italian news agency, de
nies that President Wilson has de
manded the expulsion of Gabriele d*
Annunzio from Flume, or threatened
an economic blockade of Italy.
The news agency add that Presi
dent Wilson sent two dispatches, one
of them reaching the American dele
gation in Paris, and the other arriv
ing In Rome. Both of them were with
out menace, according to the news
agency and expressed the most cor
dial sentiments towards Italy.
NAVYM5EPARTMENT PLANNING
TRANSPACIFIC AIR FLIGHT.
Washington.?Tentative plans now
inder consideration at the navy de
partment call (or ft seaplane flight
from San Di?go. Cal., to the Philip
pine Islands sometime this winter or
In the early spring. Stops will be
made at Hawaii, Wake Island and ?
Ouam under present plans.
The total distance to be covered in
the flight will be more than 7.0S*
miles or twice the distance covered by
the NC-4 in flying across the Atlantic.
TWENTY MILLION FOR
MEDICAL EDUCATION HERE
1
New York.?A gift of $20,000,00?
from John D. Rockefeller for the im
provement of ,medical education 1m
the Unfted States was announced toy
the general education board
The official announcement of tli?
gift says that the income of the $10?
000,000 la to be currently used aad
the entire principal is to be distribut
ed within 50 years.
BRITISH RAILWAY STRIKE
TAKES ON SERIOUS ASPECT.
London.? The Associated Presa
learns authoritatively thst the gov
ernment takes the view that the rail
road strike must be fought with
every facility at its command, even
to the employment of armed forces If
neoessary. The war office announced
that It would be necessary to suspend
demobilization of the army and can
cel all leaves of absence forthj^fc.
WILL BE (?1'EHTS AT WHITE
HOt'SE.
, Washington. Sept. 28.?King Albert
and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium will
lit* guests of the President and Mrs.
Wilson at th?^ White House next Sat
urday. Sunday and Monday, it was an
romiccri today at the state department.
It is but natural that a man should
ir?'t hot when others "roast," him.