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O1 uV -. 4 , 4 ? .-rth C . .' s I v :...,' ! mday and -v, no c.,.tnge la tit teuiper.iar. ( en jr. i fivs ML In e-.r f It VCL. CXIII. NO- 142. THIRTY-IX PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH. N. C, SUNDAY MORNING. MAY 22, 1 92 1 . THIRTY-SlK PAGES TODAY PRICE: SEVEN CUttS LER 10 fill FOR 'El SCHOOLS : IS STATE RECORD Tremendous Sum Being Spent By North Carolina Towns ; ; for Buildings- EDUCATION DEPARTMENT . - GIVES BOND ISSUE LIST .- , , .. . -., . , - Greensboro Leads State 7ith Kffiion Dollars for New School Buildingi ; Kinston Takes Second Place, With 'Winston-Salem, Hiffb, Point ' and Greenville following Kin and a half mlUloa dollars for sew school buildings has been voted ia half a hundred town ud eommuni- tie la North Carolina . during th month alac th General Assembly adjourned, and 1 with 'other bond elec tion still, ea the calendar, the total' will reach, twelve .million - before the .cad ef th year, according to a tab ulation -f 'r 1-nies gives out by the Btat education yester day. ' ' ' Greensboro beadt th list with mil lion "dollar for 'school . development during th present year, designed to provide for complete rehabilitation el fta achool plant. from, that great figure th rotter ran downward to the rural communities that found $5,000 sufficient to meet their needs. Host of th bondf Jut bee sold already, aad the work well wider way. J. J. Blair who has supsrvision ' of the building work for th department, ia on of the busiest men in th State.. . Kinston, right in th middle of th belt where th cry. of hard times orig inated months back when th bottom fell .out of th tobacco market, takes seeond place in th list : of cities with 900,000, Winstoa-8alem third with $800,000 and High Point fourth with $600,000 for immediate Improvements. .Wilson ha a three (hundred thousand project and Elizabeth City is spending $400,000. " ,,'-,.',. Several of th ..- issues were passed upon by th people last, fall but de fect la th machinery by which, they were voted required legislative cor rection, and th issues wore not floated until after the passage of special .vali dating sets. Most of them - nre it business, authorized for the first time by the recent sessioa of th general Assembly.. ' ' -Boater Of Cities. ." ' Th complete list is as follows' ' Welcome, A30.000; Carrborp, $50,000; Hamlet, $100,000: Fairmount, $100,000 Granite Falls; $75,000; Mars Hill, $50, 000; Woodville,- $40,000; Colerein, $23, 000; Wadesboro, $150,000; Rnmseur, $ 75100; Iineolnton, $200,000; Fayette Ule, $250,000; Oxford, $125,000; Hen derson, $75,000; High Point, $600,000; Greensboro, l,000,00py Lenoir, SIM. 000; Solma, $100,000; Lexington,, 150,. 000; Spencer,. $50,000; Salisbury, $350, 000; Four Oaks, $75,0OQ; Wak Forest, $30,000; Smith field, $260,000; New Bera $100,000; Winston-Salem, . $800,000; Siler City, $50,000; Duke, $25,000; Mo'n cure, $25,000; Carthage, $75,000; Beids .ville, $200,000: Greenville, ,S300,000 Kinston, $900)00; , Morehead City, $175,000; Snow Hill, $75,000; Calypso, $12,000; farmviUe, $100,000; Poteeasi, $10)00 1 Bich Square, $25,000; Milwau kee, $2,000; Woodland, $15100; Trout man, $25100; Soetts, $25XXt Sharon, $20,000; Catawba, $15,000 ; Morgantoa, $75,000; Bryson City, $50,000; Elisabeth City, $400K)0; Wilson, $300100 Canton, 100100 ; Small, $5,000; Pantagn, $5, 000; Fork Townshin, $25,000; Coolee nee. $100,000; Hillaboro, $100)00j Hobbsvllle, $30,000 Goldsboro, $600, 000; Bunn,-$700; Kerncrsville, $25, 000 WhitevUlo, $75,000 Stovall, $25y 000 f Creedmoor, - $25,000; lake wood, $30,000; Forest City, $50,000; Moyoek, $25,000; v CherryvUle, ; $40,000;' Mount Holly, $50,000; Belwsod, $50,000: Gas tonia, $40,000; Victory, $50,000; Emma, $50,000;.. Weaversvilla,- $40KK; Stem, tiSflOO; Sprue Pine, $25,000; Mount Pleasant, 10,000. .,' - PRESIDENT TO SPEAK - r AT NEW YORK MONDAY Learei Washiatrton. On Presi dential Yacht; Alio WiW nesae Polo Game ' ' "Washington, May tl. President Harding, accompanied by Mrs., Harding and several members of bis official fam ily, left Washington oa th Presidential yacht Mayflower lat today for New York, wher he will make two addresses Monday. -. ! At th navy yard. wher th Presi dential party embarked, th usual cere monies of th toning ent of th guard and the firing of a satut of twenty- .on gun to th chief txeratlv were 'observed. Before boarding th Mayflower, the President and Mrs. Harding motored to Potomac Park, wher a polo gam va ia progress ' and alighting from their ear, they took their place unostenta tiously among th spectators. Encoun tering Major General Peyton C. March, chief of Staff, th latter began, to ex plain thagam, participated ia by team 'representing officer from Fort Myer and th War Department, but th President explained that h was familiar wKh itj "Th aristocracy of sports'' was) th way b defined it to. General March. - Th President is expected to arriv in New Tork early Monday. Ha rst will address th Academy of Political Seiene and later will speak at th din ner in celebration of the 125th anni versary of the founding of th New Tork Commercial. The return trip will be marie ea th Mayflower, leaving New Jork Monday alght. N; C STATE COLLEGE RIFLE TEAM TAKES HONORS ; Champions of the B. O. T. O. Unit Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Hisaiseippt, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, California, Idaho, Mon tana, Nevada, Oregon, TJtahr Washington aad Wyoming, respectively. - i , - ' : : Top row, left to right Captain Harry E. Fischer, U. 3. A, instraetorr W. N. Hicks, team captain; H. O. Ka ett. W. H. Brown, D. D. Overtoa, G. B. Cherry, P X. Ewll. -' i .s - Sottom, lelt to right S. r, Urewa, .W. Wa Johnston V- leatlter. ' 1 ' ' :..",.' : . .' - -'. - Thousands of May Escape, : STATE COLLEGE Has Unbroken String Of Yic- . tones 10 vmn ui us -l ? , .Rifl8 Team ; With aa unbroken string of ve- torie to it credit over th B. O. T. C. unit representing, tho larger 1 institu tion of th South and "Wast, th State College rifle team-has finished a high ly Buooesaful season vith a notable rec ord, and Is th , undisputed charoploa of th fourth aad Ninth - Corp Areas enninri!rof ttie P's" rf AV-bsa, r- Miseisslppi, Nortkv Caroliaa, Sooth, Car olina, Teaaess, - Cjlif orel,i Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Tj tab,-Wash ingtoa, and .Wyoming,' v . s'- - ' la I addition - to wianinr the . eham pionship with tbF9urth. ajidlNiath Corp Areas, th Xsch riflemen also turned ia yictorie in dual shoot ever four other teams, namely, University o Alabama, university of South Car. olina. Auburn, and Georgia Tech.. Th seores in these mstches, out of a pos sible lflOfL wer as follows; ; i : North Carolina State, , 081; Alabama University, 930. ; ' 1 ' North Carolina Btst, $76; ' South Carolina University, 960. -', h North Carolina State, .074: Auburn, North Carolina Stats. 961 1 Georgia lech, U37. v- . - f.-rv : Thirteen Institution n tend' teams ia tho Fourth Corps Area match, th leader ranking out of a possibl SflQO ar a follows t North Caroliaa State, 1.034; Anbora, 114; Alabama University, ' 1,900; Georgia Tech, 1,895. '. University ' of North Carolina and Davidsoa College wer the only other North Carolina institutions to enter : team, ranking ninth and lvnth" respectively. State College and Auburn both Quati lied for th match with th Ninth Corp Area and tho local collegian nosed ont a victory ia th titular event with a aeor of 1,825, out of a possible 2,000, over th other eouthem representatives who mad 1,824. ' Th -University . of California, considered a strong con tender for premier honor r th big match, ranked -7th -in a Held of seven teen entries.' ' ;'.' ! Th Stat College team was com posed of th following : meat W. N. Hiekav captain, Durham ; - H. O. Kea- aetto, Mooresville; W. H.' Browne, BaJeighj D. D. Overton, Greenville; O JB.. Cherry,. Windsor; P. K. Ewolt, Elisabethtowa; B. P. Brown," Lswiston; W. W. Johnston, Weldon; W. I Steele, Rockingham; C. M.. White, Man son; W. D. Farboro, Hop Mills! and B. M. Btikeleather, Tayiorsvui. (J t p t a 1 a Harry . Fischer, U. 3. A, directed the training of th team, v ' . :: v4 -. , All matches wer fired oa th horn rang of each institution, being super vised aad .certified - to by th com manding officer, a representative of the war apartment. - . , , STILLMAN DIVORCE SUIT- , IS VIRTUALLY SETTLED Mrs. Stfllman to. Get. Allowance of 90,000; Eecotrnixe ' , Child's Legitimacy Now ' Tork, . May - Sl-Settlement of th dlvoree.suit brought. by Jam A. Stillman, mlllionair banker, against Mrs. Anne U. Stillman, involving recog nition of the legitimacy of tho "infant, Guy Stillman," ha been Aht by Mrs. StillmaaV. attorneys, th A'ew tTerk Time announce ia its BaAJsy morning edition. Th terms of tho settlement are .still under , negotiations, th awspsper states. They provide for. a separation agreement between Mr. and Mr.-StUl-man whereby she is granted a yearly allowance of $00,000, the abandonment of the divorce proceedings! an, neeosmi- tion of th child's legitimacy. . . ia th Fourth aad 'Ninth Corp Areas' comprising th state of Alabama, Bootlcgorb Says Kramer Ftffloh cf Prohibition Accnts ' Until July 1 Will Undo Much Work .:. Er:Ecri"ENT fcp.ce at - AS!VILLE QUITS WORK "IIULioai Hare Beem Lost" ia . Attempt to S t e . Home, .'. Eramer Declares -.. i ,.'.' : Washington, May, 8 l-Thoaand f bootleggar may sei vanishmaat for violaUon of tho .liquor- .laws aa a re sult of th forlimgh of 700 Federal pro hibition agents- until July 1; Commi5 slonsr Kramer declared tonight. - la Say vnt, be added, many of th a will bat t b contiBned ever lb 40 days, which Fill add t tub eongest'.ua of already crowded court dotketev . Most- of th government 's important witnesses ia th liquor 'case now before th court, Mr.". Kramer explained, are tho agent, who worked, np th evidence against th defendant. Most of these men, ' he said, would retara to their home, making it accessary cither to subpoena them" and pay their way to th placet of trial or continue th ease. , WU1 Bet Back; Work. . ,.., ' At prassat, Mr. Kramer said, it is to toon to guag the effect oa th illegal liquor traffic, which may result from th loss of 700, agent for forty days, because of th lack of fund to psy their salaries. However, he asserted, th eat would hurt th prohibition en forcement nnit in vry way aad act back if aot aado tho work dono ia or sanizinc tho fores. . - t ,' "Million hav been lost, ho said, la aa attempt, to sav a few hundred thonaaad dollar." '; " Mr. Kramer aid hi could aot proph esy whether there would b greater booQegfing activity aver . the country during the 40-day lay-off f moot of the government agents, tut h indi cated h expected some ia crease of law IsaaBavau l-.f --w.- ' ' So far a real wheakey m Maeeraect Mr. (Kramer aaid, th supply ia the eountry . sould be controlled at the sources by ressrisUon ea withdrawals from warehousM, and that any trouble to bo expected would com from mug fled, liquor aad th as f alcohol, atvenea to illegal purposes,, j A8HXTTLLI TOBCS WW ' ' ;r v ' Oy THOUSAND STILLS. Asocvuie, auj u-im proaiomon enforcement crew that ' has operated from Ashevill headquarters aader Chief J. Henry Beed siaea January 1, vise), captured and destroyed more than 1,000 - stills, apprehended . aearry - 600 blockaders aad destroyed enough -Whiskey and beer la the IT months to float a battleship, according to a summary made by' Mr. Beed, who with his tea deputies stopped work Friday aigfat ia compliance with aa order from Wssh- ingtoa headquarters. " Th ' AshcvUle office will be' closed aatil Jun .1 be esus of failure of th Congress to appropriate funds for continuance cf tho department during' the balance of the fiscal year.-- -. ,-' Daring 1921 a total of 720 still were captured aad destroyed and since then the average ha beca about 60 stills psr month.. T . ' ... ... !" Although dodsioa of th Supreme Court ia th motioa for a new trial ia the ease of J. T. Harris, sentenced to be electrocuted for the slaying of F. W. Moaaish, at Bidgcereat last summer, wim siaeiy be delayed by reason of th writ ef certiorari issued by th body hut, week upon Judge B. F. Long, trial judge, counsel ' for Mr. Harris , said Saturday they- look, for a ruling from th Supreme Court th latter part of aext week cr early the week following. " ' f UI Woasded Soldier., - -Dublin, May tL Unknowa mea en tered the Juris Street Hospital here today aad dragged away a former cob dier who was being treated for a bullet wouad and shot him dead ia the hos pital grounds. The man's wife -and children were at his bedside whea he was takes away. . - - Siaa Fein en eommaadeered a. motor ear today and raided optical establish ments, taking . telescopes aad. flash lamp, . . vn, n, v. x aroerv, J m. our r - - .---' .' BRUT A CANDIDATE As.h.svi:.'8 Lawyer's Friends Are . Boosting Him for Place On : District Bench , . 1 Ashevak, May .ZLr-JsaW J. Britt, again step into the limelight as a can didate for judge to sueeeed' the late Judge Ashley Gould ea the Supreme court beach of the District of' Colnsa bia.. Thi' ha beea the goal! of "the Aabevill .'lawyer ambitioa all. along, but there had to bo a vacancy. Jadge Gould could have had th circuit judge hip, which went to Judge. WaddiS, Hf he had wanted it. but refuted, it. With Judge Byanm entered for, the circuit judgeship, Britt was clear out at yea .aing for anything. - ' . . : flrt th snTid ti de'V erwns f" As-uviii man and he is aot averse to entering ia if President Harding will but say th word. He will do ao ac tive canvassing for the place, as his Idea ol the judgeship lead him to as restraint So conscientious is Britt ia this respect that- last week ia .Wash ingtoa he refused to call oa either Mr. Harding er Mr. Daughcrty, but hie friends ia Western JNorta Carolina will sally to his support and will urge his sppoinrment to th vacancy-, Mr. Britt is aot. ignorant, of. th. steps already being taken to put him strong ly to the-front. -. VV'V". V;- They will arge bis appointment upon toe grounds of hie experience as spec ial attorney for the Postomc popart mcnt ana hi erriee ef lour' years ae aa Assistant Postmaster General, which gave him aa insight into life ia Washington, to asy ' nothing of th frsetioa of a day that ' b served ia Co agree. They will put him forward a a friend of Judge Pritebard 'a maa ef brilliant intellect .aad above all a a maa of highest integrity. j NEGRO KILLED AFTER : HOT RACE WITH PPSSE Creca! Holier Sbot to Death ToBowinp; Fight la Which Two Were Killed Dublin, Oa, May Zl Mat Holsey, negro, was killed near here late today whea her is said to hav resisted arrest by a posse that was pursuing him after a pistol r flght .la which-, th negro's father aad. George Crawford, chief , ef county police, were slain. ' " . ' ' The death of Mat Holsey. wh had previously killed Chief Crswford, fol tewed e' brief exchange of shots be tween him and the posse which found him ia a swamp. : The negro was aaid to hare opened Are whea he realised i biding place .waa discovered, aad member of th posse" returned 'th shots. He ' cssead booting'' and' on entering th . swamp his body wa found riddled with bullet. JU had beea wounded earlier ia the day. The 'first silling -followed a' visit by Chief Crswford. aad E. M. Osburn a county policeman, to the home of Holsey's father, Greca Holsey, aear Ce dar ttidge, la search for liquor which the negroes wer alleged to be making. (foeea Holsey' wife, the first negro. they came upon, attacked Chief Craw ford with a chair, Osbnra said, aad during the ensuing struxxle Greea Hoi ey appeared armed i with a shotgun Crawford took , that after a hard struggle and the younger negro, rushing up, shot the police chief with a pistol. Osbnra said hs opeaed.fire, killing the elder negro aad wounding the son. Leaving both negroes for desd, Osborn went for aid.' Oa hie return, hs found Crawford aad the older negro wore dead,' but the son bad fled, A posse was organized aad took tp the search. Win Stamp Alabama. Washlngtoa,' May 21 Represents tiv Wurzbeeh, Bepublieaa, Texas, an noli ne ed today that at the request of ths Be publieaa Congressional ' committee, he was going to stump ths Fourth Alabama Congressional District ia favor of the Bepublieaa candidate, making bis main plea ths tariff issue. Ths special eleo tioa in this district is to take place oa' June 7 to fill the vacancy censed by the death ef Bepresentativ Blackmoa- TO SUCCEED GOULD u;:;:eymaystai:d patoijpoligyput forvardki state f.!ay Arcue That It Was For the . Good of the Republican Party M.ichine . ' TIME OF HEARING IS SOMEWHAT INDEFINITE Understood That Tight for Lin ,nej Will Be Based On the Gronnd That the Only 7ay to BnOd Up Decent Party is " ' to Divorce it From the Ne- , gro; Some Snags, However .' News ant Obssrvsr Bufesja, ', 601 District National Bank Bldg. .By XDWABD B. BBITTOH (By Special Leased Wire.) " - , Washington, May tL While refusing point-blank ttf make any formal' state ment ef th way ia which h will saswer th charge of hi aegr critic that h sought to disfranchise them ia North Carolina, Frank Iinney, Bepub lieaa Stat .Chairman, is credited by some with whom he talked informally with having declared that he would stead by policies he had advocated ia North Caroliaa; that these policies ar for the good of the Bepublieaa party. He aad his friends are easting about for the best line of defense that ess be made to the aegre eharger' but ia easting about they seem to fall to get the viewpoint of mea' like .Senator Borah, and member of th Senate Judl eiary committee, oa his request or the request in the 'famous letter t th womsa.cf North, Carolina that th women demand cf th Damocratic State Chairmen that th Democratic party la the future ."will aot ender taks to us th aegre ia politic. That is to ssv. sonnivs at their "registratioa and subsequent voting, , their regular letter going ea to say that Democratic organisation met the BepubBeaa half way, "that the Republicans are ia a fair position, by agrsemest between as, to' eliminate any possibility ef . th aegre question ia thi or any subse quent campaign." ' ' , - Basle ef Flcbt, 'That the present idea of th Iiaacy for-M la te bss th fight to aave upoa three grounds 1 evident, l int, it will be declared ths the ealy war te build np a decent Bepublieaa party in North, Carolina is to divorce it from the negro; second; that the! Democrats ia 1920 were making use ef a statement said to hav originated ia Bepublieaa ,' headquarter ' ia ' which aegro women were called npoa to regis ter so tp onset th regisrratioa , x white women; third, that attack were being mad on th snesstry of Sena tor. Harding, Bepublieaa nominee for President, aad that tae anu-aegrc deolaratioa will be intended to give that matter a black eye. And thl kst line -of defense, it is ramored, will be made th strongest But what any ef these things have te do with th plain request that a plan b adopted la violatioa to law to get rid ef the aegro vote is pussle te unravel. And that i wher th snag is going te be found, for the negroes feel that Iiaaay was after disfranchis ing them by secret methods, aad they waat hie scalp. Aad Bepublieaa Sena tor who aeed aegre votes are going te remember this whea they hear the iaa aey defense. ,"Thoa dost esplaia toe much" appear te be the view of those who talk of the linney predicament. Mr. Iinney Bars he proposes to stand by the position taksa la the circular, but there are reservations ta explain ing this -positloa, for it is more than any "elimination of the negro question' that was msde ia th circular letter, for thesplaa outlined was to get, rid of their "registratioa and subsequent vet- lBg.,, .- " ' ' '-.-' ' ' Beerlnf Uaecrtala 4 -V ' Whea Iinney and th aegree will be heard ' ae eae- knows. Senator Ernst, ehalrmea ef the investigating sub-com mittee eav ao meeting has beea celled aon will tab place at aa early day, and that the sub-eommlttes will hear th negroes. And th aegroet say tLey will be oa hand whea th meeting is held. Mr. Iinney says he will be back (Contlaaed ea Fge Two.) ' REDUCES SENTENCE OF RUTTER T0 ONE j EAR -' Tenner, Kstes and Ratter Takes to Prison to Begin Their ' . ; . Sentences te: Wilson, May tl. Because ef th fact that J. B. Butter rendered "valuable" ae- sistaacc ia ths development of the ease against himself aad B. u Feaaer, W. T. Estes, Jr- aad Frank Barnes, who wer sentenced Friday Superior court here by Judge Calvert ea rharges of alleged conspiracy to defraud the Imperial To bacco Company, the jn-lye this morning re-opened .Butter's case aad reduced his sentence from IS months to 12 months in the State penitentiary. Feaaer and Fates also drew prisoa senteaccs, white Barnes was ordered tJ pay a fine of 11,000 and the cost. Barnes paid bis flns this morning sal is at liberty. Under the escort of Deputy Sheriff John D. Merecr and Tom Btgers, Fea aer, Estes and Butt-v were takea to Baleigh today to begie serving their entenee. . It has beea rumored oa the streets that unlets ths attachment against t-,000 ia government bonds sont , to Wilson by th mother of Estes to secure his release is withdrawn, that Mrs. Estes -will safer suit for damages." It is said that ths mother mortgaged her homestead in order te endeavor to have her yog released from prison. ATTACKS HABVBT FOB HIS STATEMENT THAT AMEBICA FOUGHT "TO 8AYB ITS HIDE ' Washington, ' May 11 Ambassa dor Harvey was attacked ia the Boas teds? by Representative Stev sasoa. Democrat, floeth - Carolina, wh objected t Mr. Harvey' stats, meat at the Pilgrims' dinner In Lon don thai the United State "entered the war to ssve its hide act to save lvlllaatlsa.'' . Mr. Stcveaaea aaid that ia aa ad dress at Caarlsetea, S. C, la l9 Mr. Harvey feasted that assM ef hi aacesters dariag the Civil War were e yellow they hired abstltate ad that oa went t jsll rather tkaa fight I preserve the snloa," adding that he supposed - the ambassador weU asea he telling the British that hie seetora had refamd t flght for Astsrieaa ladepeadsnee. Treaideat Hardlag dariag the eaaiaelga premised voters aa assed. tlea ef. astloas with tssth," Mr. Stsvw sasoa contlaaed. "With Cel. Harvey cspteeelag ear ferslga policy, we are ear to have a moath ia H. . mv MTrnrrnro Mil ii ceie;q;i t V- - '. - " "' ' - -'- - t eawssaM-s-im-sa-ssr - "Cyclone Mack," Chaufaaqa - end Shriners Hit Ashevliie ; ; at the Sann Time ; i AshevUle, Hay SL-lvaagelist Bat ter MoLsadoa, ; the Bcdpath Chautaa qua aad th Oasis Tempi Shri&ars hit ting AshevUls at th tarn time resulted ia each a downpour ef tela today as has aot beea seen bora for several months, according te local climate booster. Th combination sertalnly eaaeed it te be unsettled," as come four th on sand vis itor will testify. K -t Th earners were raiaed eat ef a parade aad drills, but tho S8S candi dates were declared te hav gotten their money's worth at the ceremonial ia the city auditorium thi afteraoea. Eyaar gelift McLsndoa will stick it eat, be ing -advertised to open hie tent revival tomorrow,' while ths Chautauqua tent 1 guaranteed to be waterproof. . . Asbeville waa -dreseedr Bp for the Shriners and hospitality waa dispensed with lavish hand, evrythiag fceing all right except tho weather, which 1 de- seriDeqv oy toe lowiander as being vn worso -ths -the -tisuul d:ivnpeur wl,v-u Chariot- stages .aitwsntieth f hUy seieDrauoa. - . . After everybody bad gotten soaksd Old Bol slyly pokd hi face from be hind dark clou da thl afteraoea aad beamed hi brightest npoa the mountain city, t Bob Koesler aad hie famous sixty piece bead aad Mayor Joe Walker' crack Arab patrol distinguished them selves this afteraooa ia preeenting a unique .entertainment for the visiting ladle at th auditorium prior t the oeremoauu. , 1 ,-; ADVERTISING MAN IS mzD AT TVIN CIXY Charged With ; Promulgating Frandnlent AdrertisiBg; First Oast of Its Kind . WIatoa-8aUm, May tXJJ. Sood maa, of Baltimore, charired with cro- mulgsting fradaloat advertiaiag, . was finsd $2i in the municipal court here today, aad ia addition a thirty day toad mateae was imposed, capias ia the utter to issue ea motioa ef the eoliei. tor, if the defendant is foaad ia th State within th asxt two rears. Thi was th flrst ess over tried hsr aad nerharja la th Btata. Tk nnul au drawn aader aa act ef the General Aa- sembly of 1915, msklng tho penalty m fln, not xeeding flfty dollar er im. prisonment aot exceeding thirty day. Vjooamaa - gave etlee of axrpeali te Superior Court, hie bead being flxsd at Th ease trw eat of edvertlsla? done by Goodmaa a eelas promoter for a local etor. Ia the ad it wae stated that the holder of a lucky aamber would receive "a real live white baby" sag ia in same ad appeared the pie- ton of aa infant. Another Utmsnt iu mad la th ad to th effect that the bolder ef aaother lucky number would receive a "baby graad plaao," and beside this statement waa the pic ture of a regular musical instrument. The award made ia the flrst ad waa a white pig aad : ia th teeoad - a very mail "baby" piano. The ease was prosecuted by the Winston-Balem Ad Club, which considered -such advertis ing aa lmpositioa oa ths public, . ROPER HIGH SCHOOL ; TO HOLD EXERCISES Boper, May.fL-wTbe eommeaeeacat exerciaee ef the Hopes nigh school, will begia Sunday, whoa the baccalaureate sermoa will be praehed by Dr. H. E. Speaee, of Trinity College, ia-Boper Methodist ehureh. . ' ' - The decbanatloa eoatest win be held Wsdneedsy svening. The literary ad dress will bs made by Dr. 3. Henry Blghsmitti, Inspector of High Schools, of Baleigh,' and ' th graduating exer cises will be held Thursdsy evening. "Pauline," aa operetta, will bo givca Friday veiling. f FAVORABLE REPORT ON . BEAUFORT WATERWAY Washington. May. tl-Imnrevement of the waterway connecting Core Bound aad Beaufort Harbor, s as to provide a channel seven- feet deep at mesa low water and 75 feet wide, was deemed "ad visa bis" by Major Gentral Beach, chief of engineers, ia a report transmitted te the speaker of tho House j today by Beeretsry Weeks. Ths cost was estimated at $30,000 with ti.OOOl yearly for maintenance, ULlimiLO DIRULY.IGQESOVEPa GOAL SET i;iY;fM01E Whirlwind Canvass Last K!f Eroc;ht Victory 15 Minutes to20!ock , ,i MBB-a-wseBv- - ' 11 " CO":.UNDER-I?,-CHIEF ' ERWIN PUTS IT OVER msB--ssm- Oanrassers Xlet at 6:30 T7ith $6,000 to Co, Canraased City Again Before 10 O'clock - and Raised Remainder De- fore Kidnight ; Oyer a Thcas 1 and Persons Eahscrlhtf ,. - 1 Durham. Mar 2f-toi whirlwind . finish' that con tinued until fifteen minutes to twelve o'clock, Durham late tonight went orer the top ia. the Ye M. C, As drire, achuv tnz the $30,000 sroal ia tczr4. rlawa wm-Vino" flmo. Tha" ft iJ .4 paign was for th douLlo pur-1 pose of liquidating a debt on. the Y" buUdini and proTi33! funds for current debts and tho budget for the coming year, about $15,000 to fce applied tn e buiiainsr debt and ; for current obligations sc4 vv budget,. " - " r, , ; ' t W. A. Brwbt. ef the ErwisI Oottoa Mills, w eommsader-in-ehlef - ef the - mj - rnHkm, pus ih amHHS w v r the top by raising his Sttbeeriptioa SV 0OO. At :S0 o'clock the workers met, aad a tabulation f figures showed a shortage ef 8,000. The fighting spirit pervaded the ranks ef the workers, and decision to canvas the city tonight te gather the remaladev necessary was quickly reached, The oaavaeser went -' to work to return and make their re ports again-at 10 o'clock. The total wa than about $3100 short of the goal. The organization worker got together and by subscriptions among themselves brought th Campaign within $1,000 ef the coveted mark. Mr. Erwia brought the Job to aa enthusiastic close by rais-' lag his subscrlptioB l)0O. Th final W1 rer two hundred duller aonre th desired goal, 1 : Tevabaagh Director Th eampalga wa aader th direction ef C. A. Tsvebaugh, who is also ia charge of the drive in Baleigh, where the Baleigh worker ar Bearing their goal of 149,000. Th Baleigh aad Dur ham campaign both started oa the earns day. - -. - - - - .' " . - Mr. Erwla Was aommandar-la-cblcf of. th "Army" forces, there being ae 'Navy' ia the competition. However, rivalry was foraiahed by dlvldlnf ths "Army" worker into four teams, each team being represented by the four letter ia T. M. a A."- B. H. Beams. general mansger of the Durham and Southern Bailway, was ia, charge of the x teamj Ullbert o. White, well known enrlnear aad buQdins- eoatr-a. tor, headed the rM" tem Jamea B. Mason, a local banker, was ia charge ef the "O" team, and s, I. Bugg, hotel maa directed the "A" foress. The ee taal work of the eampalga eterted Wed aesday. There were i!8S nbMribeM te tho eampalga fund. The seccesaful drive tSrnlaef ah debt on the bull dins-, which w-a strasted about, flfteea yeexs rv t' ear of eurreat ebligai-ms, aai . give ' the a-soeiatloa funds for a badge! for th coming year that will afford tunity for einaasioa af ita ai... .J - work along many line. ; ,,. " KECR0 TRIES TO SHOOT! ''' ' OoUsbore, May BlrjJaawr 6-aea. ' field, aegre, attempted te ehoot lVbU tiea effleer Evan with ahotgaJs east eight whea th latter. In ooaumnr nrith Deputy Sheriff Bhodea, went A hia heme ha Indian. Spring tcwBr. in -search of whiskey. Bhodce drew hi gen aad Greenfield would probably hav beta killed by the officer, who aaapped hie pistol ia th negro's face twice, bat the eartridg failed te explode. The aegre was oooa disarmed aad white one of the officer held him prisoner ia aa automobile, the other made a search ef the premises. Sevea gaUoas of whiskey were foaad burled aader a smokehouea, together with Ave barrel of beer, which was destroyed.. A further aearehi re vealed a large copper still which th negro had secreted in his blacksmith shop, and thers was evidence showing that a "rua had recently beea mads. Green ield was brought to Goldsboro aad placed ia the county jail. , Before going to Greenfield's fcome' the officers mad a search la other see-. tloas ia that neighborhood for stilUw bat foaad aoae. . , AGED WOMAN DROWNS IN CATAWBA RIVEF Staiesvills. Msy Sl-The body ef Mrs. Harriet, Bebceea Stewart, aged eighty years, who drowned herself if tho Catawba river at Buffalo Shoals ' bridge, was found this morning about o'clock. For several weeks Mrs. Stew, art had beea mentally unbalanced and application" for her sdmiasioa to ths ; State Hospital at Morgantoa had re- eeatly beea acted upoa. " Sue disappeared from the house about o'clock ia tho morning. A later search revealed the fact that shs had wslked out oa the pier aad stepped -into the river, her body being found -flfteea yards dawn stresm . Bear ths ferry boat landing. Mrs. Stewart was a widow and ' 1 survived by sa only son, John Stewart, with whom th had mid her horn Xer eometim, , ; , , ,;,. ... .
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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