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NORTH
CAROLINA
GETS GOOD SLICE
"Fl
ORHARBORVORK
!
Annual Rivers and Harbor Bill
, Carries $185,000 In Appro
j priations For, State
HALF MILLION DOLLARS
J IN ADDITION AVAILABLE
T
f Ut WIH Bhar Alio la Appro.
priatioa of Tar Xillioa
Dollars for BaildiBf Drodf
Tor Uii Aloaf Atlaatio
Coaat; . OommitU Xxpocta
TtvJtBport BIB Sooa .
The News aad Observer Bar.
03 District National Beak Bid,
By JOB U BAKER,
(Br Special Leased Wire.)
Wasklagtoa, Ju. II. Approprlatioas
approximating $183,000 tot river aad
harbor improvement work la North
Caroliaa arc carried la the aaaaal
.MIL... whiek that!
touamM (rui n owssi'aax -firntw
completed aid will report out la a few
daya, la addition, there ie more thaa
FORMER RECTOR ADMITS
AIOINQ IN BIQ THEFT
fltoltm XofUUrod Xafl YaIbob
at $100,000 Toaad la Ony
XjU'b Homo
Moaat Voraou, I1U, J a. fl. Osy
Kyis, forairr rertor of the Pre Mwthe-
Mist charek ef Moeat Vera, arrested
tod la MiiMlku with tko tkeft kere
last Friday of tklrty-ce package ef
regmtorad seail eeatslnlag $188,000 la
cash, eWsased toaight ko wa Impll
rated la Ua robbery, poi office teepee
expended from Am rlir appronria
tioa, la whleh Nertk Caroliaa will
ahere, aa wall aa aa appropvlatioB of
ova $3,000,000 tot dredge work for
th Atlaatla eoast, part of wkiek will
be dose oa tka Nortk Caroliaa eoast.
Nortk Caroliaa itama approvad by
tka riTr and karboro committee and
writtea lato tka bUl ara
" Meate Bar, $4,300: Pamlico aad
Tar river, tSfiOOl Noaaa river $15,000
Swift Crook. $L000: Traat river, 1.
TflO: Contentne Crack $1,800: Tot
I waterway aoaBoeUar Cora 8onnd aad
Beaufort barber $3,800; Eaat Braaek
" Capo Fear river, $3,000; Black river.
8,000.
Nob of tkoa Homo la far
projects, bat all tka appropriation
ar to eoitian work that la already
, ander war.
Previa Fee Fear Diadaaa.
"-' la additioa to tka above approprir-
tloaa, th engineers recommended aa
appropriatioa of $695,000 for dredging
tka Cap roar mar at aad bolow Wil
mington, of which 9000,000 waa Intend
ad to bo used la tha eoastruetsen or
dradta aad tka other $90,000 for mala
'taaaaoa. Iaataad tha comaiHtoa will
raeoauaaBd tka eonstraetioa of four
aea-toiBlr drcdre for oa tka At
, lantio aoaat. inoiadina tka Cap Fear
rirar, aad witk tkair eoaatractioa,
proriaiom of apodal drodf , or tka
. Cap Vaar waa diaand amamaaary.
Tha Mmmittco will raeoaiBioad aa ap-
vropYUtkMi Of $3,000100 for tkoaa
irtdgm, hat tka Item of $05,000 for tka
jBaiatnaoa of drodgw at Capo Fau
.wiH-atar U tkt bilk
For tha lalaad wmtarway from Nor
folk to Boaafort Inlet thcro U aa ap
propriatloa of $30,000 for Buiatenaneo.
Th aariBoar did Bot attbaiit a reeoia
moadatioa tpj a further appropria
tioa for tkia improTenBt baeaoaa
thero i aa waoxpoctod balaaea from
twit appropriatioaa for fkia work
amonntina- to $352,000. The total ap
propriationa "tarried la th bill aa
' Tirtnallr-completed by tka eomraitte
"aad a" If will roeomBveaded th
Eoaaa, ameuata t about $25X)000.
year bill carried appropna-
tioaa of only approximately $12,000,
000, hene tha eommittoa a raeom
moadatlona thla year ara for mora tkaa
doubl th amonnt Coacroat mad
available for tkia work last year. Tkia
is la Mb with tha committee' polity
of OBJarginff" the aeop of tka work
B tka rirera aad harbor, followiag
a period of aoraral yaars wka
cause of tka war appropriations ware
keenly reduced - and oaly aueb work
as waa absolutely necessary waa dona,
BCW project being uadertakea,
- NererthelpM, ra in the n bill,
'bo provision is made for new work.
tka appropriation all be ins; to eontlnn
present projects, aad aa eom pared witk
estimates tka appropriation tka com
mittee kae incorporated ia tka bill
show a considerable reduction. ,
' -orth Carolina Fare WU
" Member of tka eommittoa kara been
working night aad day on the bill for
almost two week, ajfd kp to get it
Into tha Houee In three or four days,
aa that it may ba.' pushed tkroagk ba-
lor adjournment on March 4. Bepra
Appreiimatalr $100,000 waa rooorered
at the Kylo homo ,whr it waa on
coaled ia aa egg oraU aad about $75,'
000 aad $1,600. rotportiroly la tw
garagea af which tka Be. Mr, Kyi ii
part owner.
Buepleion wa diret4 agaias ta
former rector tai meraiag wha Lora
Williamson. KrU's partasr in th
garaga butiaeaa, informed the iapp
tors that Kyia had beea ditslayUf.
hug amoaats af money in tha last
week.
PeatoAee laspoctan eapromod th
belief that the $-.T,000 ia aegotiable
tecurltiea wkiek also wer atolea, ksd
beea baraed to destroy poasibl clue.
Tha Br. Mr. Byl ia about 43 yart
old aad came ker seren years sgo
from Keyesport. Ills. Ms was rector
of tko Fro hletkodist ckarek for thre
year and for four year kas beea la
rule xur arniicaaieai, ui ponauice i aftsraooB,
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
HARDING LEAVES
III
II
HDD CO DLUllin
IUIlIL0 ULIIIMU
4UIGTI0N
Only Conditional Offers For
Cabinet Places, It I steamed
Authoritatively
ELIHU ROOT SLATED TO
HOLD STATE PORTFOLIO
Obarles Xraai Hnf hti May B.
oomo Attora7 Ooaaral With
A. W. Holloa, of Plttabarf a,
At Soorotarj of Traaaury;
OhioBfo Man 8ohdaIod For
GoTtrnor of 7drai Keienrt
On Board Proaideat-oloct Harding
Traia, Jan. tly PresldeaValwt Hard
ing put kls carea out of mind toaight
a k aeared riorid aad told hi com
panion oa hi raratioa Jaunt that h
proposed to forget entirely for th
next two wecki the important deeiaioas
STREET CARS FIRED ON
' IN MUSKOGEE OKU.
Meehagea, Okla, Jaa. Jl. T
yde Fark atroet ears, rnaalag
est tko Ua oa wklca a nana waa
killed by a asetormsa loot night,
ksd keea Bred oo at $ o'eUtk to.
- ffc. TwMty miwa4ea lea pollea
wore oomking tko cily'foc'a negra'
wko Bred aaea a whM wamaa,
Tko woenaa was not lajared.
AU day members of tko pdleo
fare kso bean called to koadaaar.
tor. Throe oftaor armed whk
i
. rtlea, art' riding all atreot ears la
' tie outskirts of las city.
Felka kesdaasrters toalgkt re.
eetred word that aegteea llrtag la
lit newtkora aortloa of tko city,
ksd keld a aarrat meeslag at
which prepared were made to
dyaamiU tko Hyde Fsrk csr drlrea
by Metormsa Una.
Fire akota kac keoa drod at an.
. atkor of tka Ufim Fark cars, all
abata aksstaring wladewa aad aae
lag tkroagk the csrOaly a few pas.
eeafera were aboard aad aae waa
hart. Tko car crew retarmed tko
Br.
BETHLEHEM STEEL
COMPANY KICKS 0
when he
auring ine
worked oa cor-
LOOK IN ON LEGISLATURE
Headorioa Elrh School aad
S7Bolda School at Wiastoa.
Salem Oomo
Two score embryo eitiseas, the ma
jority of them from the Hendersoa
High Bekoel, sad tka rest from the
Beyaolda Brkool. at Winstoa Salem
came dowa yesterday to look in on th
General Assembly. Both house wer
oa the verge of adjourning for the day
when the delegation got hhere aad
maybe they didat aeo eaough to write
book about, but they saw something
of th machinery of legislation.
Colonel Olds, of course, took theml
under his wing, aad showed them eights
eaough to put the Ueacral Assembly
away in th background. Ha brought
them on the floor of the Senate where
Senator IfeCoin who kails from Hen
derson. introduced hi neighbors'
children the "beat, coming from the
pen town in JMortn uarouna. ina
Wiastoa-fialem children liked not this,
claiming for their own Tillage both
sine aad Quality above all alas.
Tha Henderson students came across
tka country and thoa from Wlnaton
Sales ' on tha morning train. Colonel
Olds ah owed them aU there ia to see
in SaJeiffc. or that part It that can
ba seen in ons day. Tkoaa rrom Uaa
derson waroi " . .
Virginia Barnce, Tkelm Huat, Mar-
paret Hight, Catherine Hight, Ityra
Higkt, Claudia Bailey. Jeauetto 8trauc.
Lacy Kimball, Lucy Kittrell, Elixabbteh
Boos, Aanta Leigk (Puekett, Bach el
kfustiaa, Charlotte Woodleaf, Vaahti
Woodloaf, Annie Seller, Lillian Evans,
Lillian Oholson, Mary Watkias, Mildred
Upton, lowaaa Daniel, Myrtle Wkit
more, Nellinc Perry, Helen Fowler, C
Cheatham. Benjamin Hicks, George
Bote, Dol Hines, Charles Brewer, Hart'
well Bant, Vane Bolllns, Andrew
Finck, . Gilbert O'Neill, studente and
Misses CUudia -Huutef - and -Mildred
Sherrill aad Prof G. a Davidioa.
From the Beynolda ackool came the
following. Mary Beyaolda, Ella Cannon
HilL Bebeeea Hopkins, Bowman Gray,
Jr, Gordon Gray, Alex Hollowey, Bobert
Henning. Whitwell - Vavis, with Miss
Minnie Lou Kelley, teaeher. . Bepre
sentativa Cox.' of Forsyth, conducted
tko Twin City party through th Capitol.
ranking minority member of tka com
mittee, gave" special attention to tie
North Carolina, project and i eela that
taking the bill as n whole, Nortk Caro
liaa projects fared very well, redne
" tione ia appropriations Ineoi pointed by
the aommittea as compared witk the
estimates for tka work that were made
being smaller tkaa for tka country a
-.: a whole. . :';-(
Visitint in WaabJnrton this week on
: their way to New Tork were a party
at nam rrnneiaeo people wne are pieae
: antly- remembered by delegate aad
visitor from Nortk Carolina to the
Dcmocratie - Natwnal . Con ration mat
June. Ia tka party are J. J. Tynan,
president oi the Union iron works, a
part of the Bethlehem Steel "Works;
hia daughters, Itiatee Joeephrae aad
Margotf kls bob, J. J. Tynan, Jr., and
. Arnold E. Footer, vie-preaidnt of th
eoa-paay. Mr. Trnan waa koet to visit
or from Nortk Caroliaa on several an
' joyable aecasiona, aad did mack ia mak
ing their visit to Baa Fraacise pleas
ant. '.;
Joeepk aUWnder las beea appointed
postmaster 'at Taala, . IV a zoartk
clans offloe. ; ,
The estate of Miss Vaaaie Bdolpk
Hetk, .founder of th Southern, Belirf
Society, wkiek aociety k made rmu
nary legatee la ker ' wilL wkiek aa
jart ; beea Bled 'for -probate bore, ia
valued, t $40,009. JThTs money ' will
eventually go to tko relief aociety.' Mia
ITeih, who waa a, dsughter af Geaeml
K.mdolpb Hrth; of TirgUla, wa 'well
known ia North Carolina. Her death
ereurred kere January 10. .
- Tar Hoofcr- la Wasttngmm
llr. and Mrs. N. C Hiaea, of lU-
(Coatlaued sm Fag Two)
ENKINS GIVES UP ALL
INTENTION OF CONTEST
Aiheville, Jan. 21-With the time
limit expired, all chance f th contest
proposed by L. L. Jenkins defeated Be-
publican candidate (or Uongreas, agaiast
Congroamnaa Zebuloa ' Weaver, kave
beea riven an. -While Mr. Jenkins
still maintains that -there wer irrega
laritiee In the election, he . evidently
did not believe it strong enough to actu
ally go Into the contest. He kaa let
ble zrienda kere know that be will be
la the raee again two years from new
aad is already laying plana for that
campaign.
JUP.Y-AWAF.
TO DURHAM YOUNG WOMAN
-Thirhsm, Jan. 21--A Jury r Superior
court ker tonight rendered a vardiet
for .,$2100 U favor of Miss Nellie
Brock a if year old kigk school girl.
suiag the Five Folate Automobile eom
pany aad the Carolina Fewer aad Light
Company for injuries sustained when
Ber arm was permanently aamagea as
a result of th exploaioa of a vulcanis
ing plant. The . Automobile company
waa mad primarily liable.
Marion, he rested aad Sported himself
ss aa ordinary tourist during the day'
trip southward aeroa Kentucky and
Tennemee. His privst ear, attacked
to a regular passenger train, attracted
unusual atteation at only one or two
station along the way.
Beacboa Florida Today.
Arriving at St.4 Auguatin abort ly
before boob tomorrow Mr. Harding
expects to get into hia vacation clothe
st ones and after a gam of golf to
go aboard tha houseboat selected si his
horn during the fiahing expedition
that will occupy bis first two weeks
in the South.
Mr. Harding apirlta roo apprecia
bly at th prospect of his reipite aad at
Oakdale, Tenn where there waa a de
lay of fifteea minute, to change
engine, he got out and entertained
grinning andieae of railway switch'
men by walking a rail witk the spry-
nes of a fifteen year-old.
Despite bis effort to get away from
his worries, however, .(peculation about
the cabinet situatioa increased rather
than' diminished among thoa about him
oa bis trip South. At the same time
Indications multiplied that the whole
problem still is ia flux and that final
deeiaioa on every one of tha ten cab
inet place must be reached during
Mr. Harding r stay in Florida.
Only OadHtoaal OBera.
It was said authoritatively that'enelr
tender ef cabinet place a th President-elect
has made are conditional,
aad that many clement ef the itua
tloa remain to be harmonised before-
there can be actual selection. The
latest suggestion beard among those
close to-Mr. Harding ia that Charles
Evan Hughes, generally regarded aa a
leading possibility, for Secretary of
Stat might be offered the Attorney
Generalship instead, and that the
Stat portfolio might be given to Elihu
Boot, whose friends are understood
to be bringing strong pressure to bear
In his behalf. ' " '
1 , In,, tie fame quarters. baa'-Wen
proposed that Cbarlee u. JJawes of
Chicago, arged prominently for Sec
retary of the Treasury, be given the
poaition of governor , of the. Federal
Beserve - board, leaving the treasury
post for A. W. Mellon, of Pittsburg,
So far a Mr. Harding bimself is con
cerned, however, be ia maintaining
ilenee and is putting the whole ques
tion over for decision after ha return!
to St. Augustine from bis ' fishing
trip. '
HARDING THINKS
Mh mm v
L. M BLB IIB.II Bill! 1111 II II I
HAVING AN AUDIT
Admiral Benson Decided To
Have Audit If He Had To
rnmandeer" Yards
CORPORATION REFUSED .
ADMISSION TO AUDITORS
Didn't Object To Audit Bat
Dida't Liko Firm SlcUd
Bj Ooremment; Charlts M.
8chab Makes Kmphatio
Daial of Eacelrinf Monaj
from Oortranoat
Kw Tork. Jan. II The WaUk
eaenmitUo laveasleatlng Bkl)p4ag
Beard affair waa Informed late te
at that the ItM.eee Item alled
to have beea charged ap a peiaaa.
al of Ckartea M. Bch)ak,
f tko Bethlehem Be Com-
a aal ckarged t th Ski.
tU -Vievra'wrflwvy.
WOULD DESTROY EXPORTS
OF COAL PRODUCER SAYS
Coonial for tig .OorporaMoa
Claimi Oaldtr Bifl Would
Abiolotelj Spall Bala
Wsakisgtea, Jaa. II. JWsl ruction of
tk.aH-t-tra4 4 Ik Untied
BUI, bo"Tnt snt tuui)iUiot""Wwd
ll from oaact-aat f th Caldar
oal regulation kill, Balfh Crwaeoan
art for lie t'oaaolidalo Coal Compaay,
of the larger producer f bitam-
iaoaa, aaeerted today at bearing ea th
measure before th Senate Manufactur
er Committeew
A eriraa produrer. Mr. Craw aaid,
eoald not guarantee delireriea ia om-
pelltloa with Hrititk miaee I tea the bill
proposes, authority were give the
rreeideal and th Federal Trad Com
mission te declare aa mrgacy la the
induatry 4a time ef peace, aad divert
coal hipma a to meet it. He sited a
eoBtract for 73000 taaa ef oal to be
ivered abroad which, kia eom pany, a
aaid, had held up pending a deeiaioa on
the bill-
Ueorg U. Cuahlng, msaagiag director
of th Americas wholesale coal aoia
tioa, aaked the committee fur "three
weeka delay in eonaideratloa ef the
bill ia order that Ita prepooals might
be digested by ths trad h repre
sented.
"That would mean no chance of oa
TICK BILL MAKES
ITS BOW BEFORE
THE LOWER
HOUS
E
Johnstone, of Pender, Offers
Measure For Statewide
Eradication
BILL HAS TEETH IN -1.
it to make it Work'
Miaimara of Two Toara Za
Prieon For Any Who Ixapodo
Work of Eradlcatioa- By,
Blowing- Up Dippinf Vati;
Senate Panel Taylor AntL
Lyaehlaf Meaaaro
Entirely without any preliminary ver
bal barrage, er drum fire, the loud
heralded offensive againat tha cattle
tick wa atarted la th Legialaur yea
erday morning when Johnaton ef Fen
der, by rrqurat, introduced a meaaure
providing for the extermlaatioa of tha
creature. All he had to my about H
was that h deaired it to go te the
Governor of Federal Reserve
Board Speaks To Winston
Salem Business Men
Winatoaalem, Jan. 1. Gov. W. P,
O. Harding, of the Federal Reaerv
Board, ia his address af a luncheon In
his honor at ths Zinsindorf Hotel at
aoon today by the Chamber of Com
mere snd a brief talk at a dinner given
this evening by Col. F. H. Fries at the
Twin City Club, made a floe lmpres
toe. Colonel Fries, president of th
Wachovia Bank and Truat Company, d
elared that the message of Governor
Harding brought to the busineaa men
of tkia community waa both instructive
and convincing.
Governor Harding apoke optimistic
ally a to the future, declaring that the
developments of the paat thirty days
must convince those who bare pos
sessed doubts heretofore that all danger
of a great financial or money panic ha
been pasted, asd that busineaa generally
H safety ever the meek erftieal and try
ing stsg or ths readjustment period.
"Heretofore," he said, ''following
periods of artificial expansion the re
action that have ' come have usually
beea sharp and sudden, accompanied
by xeansy panics. Nothing of the sort
has occurred la the present raadjust
maat period. While many prediction
wer made that aa old fashioned panic
wag; Inevitable, I sever once doubted
the ability ef the Federal Beserve Sys
tem to prevent any such, condition.
TOO decline ia pries was neeea-
aarily disastroni te those producers who
kad gone keavily into debt, witk the ex
pectation that the level of prices which
existed a year ago would be sustained
or even advanced, and in many indi
vidual eases great losses will be Buf
fered, but so far e the community aa
a whole ia concerned, there ia aa ques
tion of (olveney.
Un working out the situation, it is
necessary that ihoae wko have extend
ed, credits ,bould exercise . patience.
moderation aad forbearance. In ease
where debtors show themaelvee to be
worthy of confidence and are willing
meet reasonable requirements.
I have observed no disposition on
the part of the bank to force eollec
tion by foreclosure or other drastic
means except ai a last retort. - There
are aignt everywhere of a revival
business lit the spring," declared Gov
ernor Harding.
WHITAKERS MAN L-ADS
IN PINEHURST SHOOTING
New Tork, Jaa. 21 Admiral Be
"deteradiaed .to eommaadrer the yarda
ef the Bcttlchcm htpbnltdtng corpora
tioa," if it were aeeeeeary to adjust th
disput over th audit af it books,
Marti J. Gillea. today informed Ua
Walah rnngresaional committee. Silica
was a former special aasiataat to th
chairman.
Th Bethlehem eoaeera. Gillea aaid,
did aot object to the audit but to the
employment of tha firm of Parley,
Mora aad Company ia connection with
the nam. Th auditing firm' employ I,
he added, kad beea refused admiaeioa
to th eorperatifta'i yard after th aa
dit'waa ordered. At a conference to
bring about aa adjustment of "the diffi
culty, Gillea aaid it wa Beeceaary to
bring preeaur to boar.
'Gillea declared that th voucher for
$300,000 which the preceding witaea,
CoL E. H. Abadie, former comptroller
general of the (hipping- board, bad
brought into the testimoay waa discuss-
actmeat Ui sessiaa, that' ill," Senator
Chalrmsa L.ll"e announcea inui , ... ---,.
.r Ik. i . : -. r . -. . s
was DTDhablr the purpose
- ... - .1 . no ii 1 1 ii mm toe. n
The bill has tetth in it. It do aot
partir, but that th eommitte would
proceed to a deeiaioa immeataicy mere-
after.
REPUBLICANS TO
BLOCK DEMOCRATS
Senators Decide at Secret Con
ference To Hold Up Confir
mations of Appointees
Washington, Jaa. Elv Dipping their
bruahea into the .probability that the
BeDoblleaa majority ia ths Senate
would refuse to confirm most of the
ed at the conference. The voucher CoL 20,000 Bomiaation made by President
Ahadle aaid ha had been Informed bv Wilaon. soma administration official
the aaditor, Perley Morse, wa for the painted today a picture of a creaking
October, 1918, personal expense of government machine floundering aloag
Charles M Schwab, eaairtnan of the I for a time after March 4 with $ Jot pf
board of directors of the .Bethlehem
Steel eorporatioa. and a former direc
tor general of the Emergency Fleet Cor-
Dorauon.
UiUcn testified the item was - charged
to profit and lose by the Bethlehem
Shipping corporation," aad era
charged ia amr way t th Shipping I
imnortaat cogs miaaing.
Failure of the Bcpublieaa senators at
a secret eoafereaee today to reach any
deeiaioa ae to th aominatloa et the
canvas. Bepubllesa loader were not
inclined to take the picture seriously
kowarer. ' ' - - t
The finest low of the nominations oe
Board or the Navy. The wit nose added I ennjed mack ef the htm of th Bpub-
k ksd beea iafo ruled ar eoaferearwa I licaa eoafereaee. The official announce
witk the auditor that ther was "aoth-1 Bnt said ae deeiaioa waa reached, bat
lag wrong witk thnt item . He declared I some of those attending the meeting
furher it waa "regrettable that any-1 uid nrivatelv that there had beea a
thing ahould aria which would ia the I -ttnit ' aereement for the Bepubliean
least impugn, the motives ef men wko
had risen to positions of responsibility
in their country."
SCHWAB MAKES KMPHATIC
DENIAL OP ABAD1E9T CHARGE
New Tork. Jaa. Kl Charlee M.
Schwab appeared before the Walsh coa-
grosaional committee this morning and
denied testimony given yesterday by
Colonel E. H. Abadie, former eomptrol-
BAD WKATHEB'FBETKNTS TBI
CONTINUATION OF AJB JOTJKNKT.
Dee Medaea, Iowa. Jaa. 1L Weather
condition tkia morning wer unfavor
able for the start ef Mrs. H. H.
Wheeler aad Mrs. Draper Smitk
their airplane trip to Washington te
deliver Nebraska's electoral rote. It
Wha planned t start , the alt iouraey
aa aooa as eoaditioaa permltt.
BKCKBTABT COLBT SAILS FBOM
TKINIDAD FOB HAMPTON BO ADS
Port of Spain, Trinidad, Jaa. BOv
Tha Caited bUtee kettleekip Florida,
bearing Secretary af State Colby aad
his party boss from their roeeat visit
t South America, sailed today for
Hmpoa Beada, where she ia expeetod
to arrtv January Za.- . - .
. bU. ValM V-Mklt - n
"New Sera; Jma --;itrw fruits took
La decided drop kere when a war arrived
ar from rtorida, cwataraing wraage
aad grapefruit, wkiek were ptU ea aaic
at the car by th career. Orange were
retailing e frwmt BlM $lJOa peek
ark lie grapefruit sold for 11.23 a dosea.
They er erlliag for TS a peek aad
dosea respectively,-- . - , - - -
Finehurst, January 81.- Rowland
Pittmaa of Whitakers, the Southern
doubles ensmploB, led the Nortk Caro
lina delegatloa aad finished among the
money winkers. - Pittmaa, broke 91
from the 19-yard line. Score of the
Nortk Carolina contestants! 'Bowland
Pittmaa 1 yards, Whitakers, 91; W,
P. MeCraw, 18, Tarbore, Mt Joha M.
Uorekead, 19, Charlotte, 89 1 Wm. James
Eaaoa, 17, Tarboro, 89; H. A. Moraoa,
ft r!h..1.M. ST. J - IT TVr.fc.ll 1 Q Wll.
mington, 8S: XT. G. Underwood 18, Wil
mingvuii, ii', W. Tr Utiia, 0, Charlott
87.
BELGIAN BONDS OFFERED
FOR SALE IN AMERICA
New Tork. Jaa; tl-Formal aaaoaaee-
meat of the $30flOOfiOO Kingdom! of Bel
gium, tO-year, B per cent external loon
was made today by J. r. Morgan Co,
lag aa managers of a banking syndicate
whick negotiated the toaa aad which
will offer th bonds through a country
wide wuhernptioa la which the leading
laaaeial institution will participate,
Th bond will be issued, at par aad
will bear date of February 1, 1921. They
will aot be redeemable as -a whole be
fore February L 1931,, bat a slaking
fund win be created sufficient te par-
is f lwojooo f bond aanusity at
! price aot exceeding 107).
babaeriptiona for the bond wm te
opened mext Moadar aad it is nader-
stood, that a large part of tko whole has
beea tentatively taxes by aubeeriber
tarooga oanks ta this city, Boston. fhi
adelpaia Bad Chicago,- ' '-
Mr. Bockefellcr'h gift ts tka larg
eat aerasaat ewntribattea to the $18,
M,) (aadT being ralaed by th
Earopoaa relief coaadl, Mr. Hoover
stated. He added aboat one-half af
the emeaat already kaa beea oak.,
1",wtbcfc?"--'
STATE AND TRINITY WILL
PLAY AT DURHAM TONIGHT
OoHef4 - .51- Triaity
. .. ... .v.
BUILDING CONTBACTOBJ AND i
UNION LA BOB BOSSES INDICTED
. TJNDEB ANTI-TBCfT LAWS
J ' eamasaaaaafaaaam
' tMat tVt-Jmm: TL Ta Ted.
(at grajtd iaryr tnto tkas aWsawa,
retanod 48 ladlctatMts aadr the
Bhemaas aatt-traat f seV raarxtag
vistaclaa by la kmiMiag trad cam-
tractor end Bale Jakat hsaaai. ,lt
waa alleged skat tbsy aajrsd a
kao ap ta art) f kaUdlag ata.
terlsm la th Chkaaw dteCHct
ONE GIFT OF MILLION
FOR NEEDY IN EUROPE
jrwTork.Jaa Jl-Joha D.
Rckfller, Jr, nan of th Stand
ard Oil Magnate, has contributed
ll.,M to the relief of starving
Earopoaa children. Tkia aawoaac.
moat waa made tonight by Herbert
Hoover at tka coaclaaloa af a dla.
nor give t Mr. BockofcUer Bible
meets State ia the second game ef the
basketball Season iaAagier - Duke
gymnasium ker tomorrow night at 8
..1a.1p A C. ,m- I. 41..
dope en the
It would appear Xrom th perform
ance of the two teams against tha Dni
kas the edge oa State. Trinity defeated
the South Carolinian by a aeor ef
40 to 12, while Bute only woa from the
Palmetto team by a score ef BS to 84,
few Bight later. Estimation of
team ability la this manner t eery
aareliable, however, aad Coaek Egaa
kaa beea putting Ua looser through
their beet during ta pest few dsys.
The same are wniea atartec- ta ee
oa against the . University of Soatk
Carolina ie expeeUd to begia agaiast
Stat. Bicbardsoa - at center, Simpson
sad Moore, forwards, .and Crute aad
Hstkaway, guards. , . " :
LORD MATOB DUE TO
, BEACH NORFOLK TONIGHT
Norfolk. Ta- Jaa. L Doaal CCal-
mgksa. Lord Mayor of Cork, will aot ar-
ri-v H-fimw .uiu hbwiiw augnt
or" early" rtandcirning, Judr Je
senk T. Lawleae his eeensel, stated'to-
aight Mr. O'Cailarhaa ' reported
t kave started south from New Tork,
but 1r expected t remain Ir Washing--ton
toaight. He will be surrendered
rmmlgratioa officials . ea Mo a day.
according te preecat FUaa, I
lor,' of the United State Shipping Board
to th effect that Mr. Schwab" person
al expeaae for Oeober 1918, amounting I u la esplaiaed that they will nutomat-
to lmaju were enarcga to in onip-1 iiiy t out' ot Job under ine law
tacit agreement for the Bepubliean
member! of committee to take the
Bominatioas coming under their Juris
diction, study condition in the excel
tire departments and then determine
whether failure to keep the Democratic
appoint in ofAe after March 4 would
result in any embarraemncnt or uooe
departments.
A young regiment of offlclala bow in
Washington are holding onice by vir
tue of recess appointments. Should the
Senate Tall (0 act on their BOmlaitrOB
before this Congress quit oa March 3
ping Board,
Mr. Schwab declared the tatmnt
were "sbsolutely, unqualifiedly aad ma
liciously falae" snd thst he personally
paid all kia owa expenses during kls
tana. of offices as director general of
the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
Mr. Schwab said that although be was Btera, federal judges, marshal, f
supposed to receive a dollar a year aal-1 .. attorney, reaistsrs of land offi
a a a a. 11 a ik.a - ' . .
and th like over the country wno are
ary, be did not even collect tnat ana
for his travel from ship yard to ship
yard, while at the bead of the fleet cor
poration, a asserted he never received
any compnsation and did not want aay.
Mr. Schwab admitted such a voucher
as that charged by Colonel Abadie may
These officials include all eevea mem
ber of th Shipping Board, two mem
ber! of the Interstate commerce torn
mlsaion. three ehief official in th pat
ent office aad five assistant aeeretariee
of the treasury. .
Then, too, there are a lot oi poai
tea
e
in the same position. Some of the are
elsiaed as emerereney cases and the Be-
publican leader hava . indicated that
where there le found to be aa emerg
ency actios will be takea
Confirmation of f resident Wilson a
have beea paid to him but ImJ t NppointmenU by the Senate would carry
Wf mm sjvi, A VI yaipv aaasaw.iai mej
Abadie and no part of it waa charged
to ship board construction.
Hi acceptance of the position a head
of the fleet eorporatioa, he told the
eommitte was enly at-th urgent re
quest of the ehalmaa of the board and
Presiden Wilson. ,
Ia accepting the place, be declared,
ke kad insisted that all matters eoffnect
ed With his own hipbaiidihg eTOpis
be bsndled by other member of the
board.
nWyorkchampionIs
WINNER IN TRARSH00T
Pinch urst, Jan. fl Frank D. Kelsey,
of East Aurora, N. T, led a Tield of 137
guns ia the mid-winter handicap, the
culminating aveat of the annual mid
winter tournament at Pinehurst today.
aad woa th coveted trophy. by break-
versity ef Soatk Carolina that Trinity ing $8 from Ua 18 yard line. Mr. Ket-
some of these official over into ine
Bcpublieaa administration for term
ranging from one year to yeare In cr
eese of the four for which Mr.' Harding
kaa been elected. - Senator Lodge, bf
Massachusetts, the Republican leader,
has announced that he doein t propose
to have tie Democratic administration
fill ap a lot ef bureau ..hlefshlp ia the
armriandjsvy forthe 'incoming ad
ministration and" "la" tkli Th! Iiai "the
support of bis Bcpublieaa colleagues.
ISHFVHl P ( AMDS ONE ,
OF .THE BIG, GUNS ANYWAt
OoTernor Oal Ooolidca aad
WifB Will Sojourn For Two
Weeks In MonntaiaB
-wr'
still entrenched, but it compels them te..
move immediately to tho work of eradi-
eaioa, building vat to dip th cattle ia,'
Inspectors to sea that they are dipped,
aad heavy penalties, ranging from two
to tea years imprisonment for aay wh
would hlnderth work.
Th bill itself I fiv pagee long,
with a two page prologue definig th
tick, aad telling of the deatruetioa kat
it kas wrought throughout the State and
ef th amount of money that the State
and Federal authoriUee are required to
apend annually to keep these infected
21 counties under close quarantine. The
document was drawn in the Department
of Agriculture last August,, aad cornea
to the law makers sponsored by the
North Caroliaa Landowners Assoc ia.
tioa.
Oaly 81 Counties Left
Eradication work carried oa by the
State Department - of Agrleuttur ia -conjunction
with the Federal authorities
since 1900 hss driven the tick from the
Piedmont aectioa of the State to the
fringe of eountie bordering the Atlaa
tie ocean. Counties bow under quaran '
tine are Columbus, Brunswick, Onslow,'"
Carteret, Jones, Craven, Pamlico, Pitt, .
Beaufort, Hyde, Dare, Tyrrell, Wash
ington, Martin, Bertie, Chowan, HerU .
ford, Perquimans, Gates, Camden, and
Currituck. - -
Nowhere la the bUl la ther aay rara
tioa ef free range, -stock law, or any ,
other subject to complicate th eltoa
tioa. It ia purely aa out-aad-out attack
upon tko tick, regardiee of wkeker he
be dwelling in free range country or .
ia "stock law." Original plan were for
kaviag Statewide stock law and then at
tacking the tick, but here la toe muck
opposition to the stock law, and propo ,
nent of eradication wer unwilling to
assume the risk of baving the whole
proposition killed.
Coanty Te Do Work
Briefly the law provide that net
later than Jan. 1, 1922; every county
then under cattle quarantine shall have .
built sufficient dipping vats for all cat
tle, appointed inspectors, bought chemi
cals, and begunhe dipping of infectd
esttle. All. expenses shall be boras by
ths county, and the law administered
by the sheriff, under the supervision ef -
State and Federal inspectors, and Con
tinued until the country ia pronounced
clean of ticks. Anybody who blow up -vat,
or otherwise impede th progress
of eradication, Shall, upon conviction, .,
be sent to prison for not less than two
nor mora than tea years.
ser who ie 88 rears of ago aad the deaa
ef the tran shooters bore assembled.
waa Freak Wrijrht s predecessor aa eh re
al ekampioa of New Tork otate.. Wea
Aaheville. Jaa. fl-Ashevillc kaa at
last landed one ot the big guns, ia the
ennouneement received- today that
Governor Ceolidg will come bore for
a two weeks vacation, beginning rebra
arr 1st.. The Vie i-resiaem-eiees
ther conditions were perfect witk ther- wired today that he had accepted the
mometer ia the -early seveaUea end j Invitation extended him by the board
ot. iihu wife. mwA z3 of tha amateur I ef trade .Mayor Robert aad - the
neia orose ro or Doner.
The long distance me gav a parties
larly good aceenal of tml-. 8.
H. Shams n, of Salt Lake City, took
second honor witk $7, from the 81 yard
line.- Harver Dixoa. , Missouri . BUte
ckampioB, led the rear treaeb eon tin -rent
with M at 23 yarda aad waa tied
for tkird place by C C. Fawewtte, of
Wasklagtoa. whs shot from 0 yarda.
A. Boaart. of Baadasky, Ohio, a 8S
yard man. broke 85. Tko 87 eeatestaat
wko broa PI er better aivtac so
sseniea aggregating &A4Q.
local aewapaper aad will be a guest
witk Mrs. Coolidge and kia secretary at
Grove Park Ina during that period.
Unable tt eenrr Sana tor Harding, the
local koaaUra went after the next beet
sad have aow landed th Tic Presl
dent-elect . v .
- Mr. Coolidge k expected to leav
Boetoa th first .' next week and te go
to Atlanta for several 'dsys., He will
remain la Askeville two week for eom
nleta rest, he oaid. . It le aot ksowa
where the Vie Preaideat-elect will g
after ke'leavea this nty.
Tsbacea Averages High
Item -Bora... Jan.. !! Tka average a
. kisUord -twto"'NWi''ewir--'
a...... sei- l Q1I.I. Af.l.
ford, automobile rseer. made a mile laTfar sine the reopening of the tobkee
6.01 eecoada today oa Dsytons beach, marker ker for the weed kas averaard
eetting a aow roeerd for stock ear wf from 3.0 to 9XM -a- aaadred: higher
tko ciaa ke groo."rnr aveat was au-1 tksr before TArtaturatTaa-iewmiwiBa'
tkerised aad timed by representative I millioa pouads aot yet marketed, the
of. the American Aateasobil Assort-1 warehouse ar urging th farmer
etloa. .'; . . . 'to bxiag ia lwly, i
Little oppositon waa placed ia the war
of eradication in counties where stock
law prevailed, but when the work ad
vanced toward the ocean, where there
is much open country where cattle grate -
free, the work of herding the cattle to
gether st regulsr intervals was - toe
greet, and a fight began. In many eoun-
ties, dipping vats were blown ap, and '
riolenee done inspectors. The work kad '
to be abandoned.
Expect Hard Fight t
Vigorous opposition await the doming
of the measure to the floor ef .the .'
House, although it is generally conceded
that it will receive favorable action at
the haada of the 'Agriculture commit
tee Passsew of a similar measure was .
blocked at the special session, and the
same influences are already at work to
c feat the bill brought ia yesterday by
Mr." Johnstone."" ' .T11"" """!"'' .' -"T"
Another day passed la the House
without adventure, save for the tick bill.
dosea er pieces of local legielarlaa -
were offered, aad a few minor local - '.
bill passed oa their third reading. Two
cor Bepr'eaentatlTee ssked " for "leave
' of absence ever the week end, aad the
House adjourned until 10 o'clock this
morning with the understsndinr thst -Moaday'a
lessloa would begla at 8
o'clock at aight. A bare quorum b left -ia
the city for today's legislative ses
sion. '
Stresses Week Is Prospect.
After passing aa evea - dosea bills, a.
including the Taylor anti-lyaeking
measure,, the Senate yesterday paved A
the way for a general exodus from the
Capital la prepsratioa for the streaa- -a
week that ia ia proepeet, -
Adjournment jraa takea at 11:53 a a- '
til tea o'clock today aad aa order
made that adjournment today be aa-
til-eight 'leek -Moaday alghtn The ...
usual "gentlemen ! ngreement lor -
eonaideratloa of a bill except those
ef local import oaly waa also made.
Preaideat Pro' Temporo Long and Sea
tor GsJlert pretested against ue
"workiag at . aiglft" ba ws t
tatoaV', i.-i jt ,' -. '. .
Senator Taylors bill wkiek -was
passed, aad scat U the Haase for cea
earreae ymterday provide, thst 'S-. ,
parlor. Court Judge .may hav4 the
power to remove a aew - rross -est V
county " tt"iotker-befor vh -prt-
or prisoner shall Barf beea er-
reigned -aad without, their proseae '
la court, provided the Befndaat se -
defeadaata eoaseat la writing. Is
fl . .' .(Ce tinned Fag Twol ,