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(t- yOL. CXIV. NO. 45.
UIITY LEADER
F1TARF CONGRESS
Greensboro - Conference De
signed To "Aid In Republican-,
.zing South" He Says
REPUBLICANS BACKING
IT, HE TELLS WHARTON
Every Stockholder In Scotland
Keck Bank Oppose Object
and Purpose of Conference,
He Beplies In Kesponie To
Invitation To Attend; Meet
ing Convenes Monday
Scotland Neck, Aug. 13. Congress
nan Claude Kitrhin, Democratic mi
aority leader in Congress, wuo is
-pending the summer at nit home here,
today scored the Southern Tariff Con
gress ta bo held it Greensboro Mon
day and Tuesday ts organized "for the
purpose of aiding in Republics tiling
the South.
"The prime movers and controllers
Tote ihe Republican ticket and eon.
, tribute ,ioiplU4i.ampaita, ..said.
Congrctunaa KiUhiu, who is president
of the Flatten tnd Cbtrrmercial Bank
here, i reply to a telegram from E. P.
Wharton., pxrslikiit of the North Caro
lina Tr,ri."i As..o...t3.-.u, inviting him to
attend the conference.
"Replying to your letter nd tele-
gram." Congressman Kit oh in tele
graphed the Greensboro banker, "every
officer, director, stockholder ana ae
positor of our bank is opposed to the
obicet and purpose of the Southern
Tariff Congress and is thoroughly con
vineed that it was organized and is
being sustained for the purpose of
aiding iu Kcpublicaniung the South.
Tha prime movers and controllers Tote
tho Republican ticket and contribute
to Republican campaigns.
Tour bank is ouo of some fifty that
hat aot replied to my letter of the
ttttuty ninth and endorsed resolution
enclosed," Mr. Wharton wired the
I)omocratie minority leader. "Please
wire vour approval today, if eonven
icnt. as we want to make it unanimous.
I want the pleasure of meeting you at
the Congress.
PROMINENT JJEN WILL
apfcMT AT CONFERENCE
Greensboro, Aug 13--To UnU&l
States Senators. I member of the
t'aitcd States Tariff Commission, and
rcpre-catatiTe of the leading indus
tries interested in the tariff measure
now pending will address the Southern
Tariff Ccnrress which convenes here
Monday for a te-4nyt' session with
E. P. Wharton, president of the North
Carolina Tarm Association, presiding,
neeordine to the program outlined to
d.i v.
The similarity of interest in tariff
legislation between the South and the
Vol will feature the discussions of
Hon. E. 8. Broussard. Demoerntie Sena
tar from Louisiana, and Hon. E.
Ladd, Republican Senator from North
Dakota. Hon. William Burgess will
represent the United States Tariff Com
mission. R. E. Taylor, president of the
National Mohair Growers Association,
CarlsbsJ, New Mexico; John H. Kirby,
president of the Southern Tariff Asso
ciation; Dr. C. L. Parsons, secretary
of the Americnn Chemieal Society, of
Washington; "P. W. Boude, of the
American Poultry. Association, of Tcta
luns, California, and Geo. A. Sharfie,
representing the Graphite Producers
Association of the South, are also shown
en the list of speakers.
The Tariff Congress at its sessions
here will review the Fordncy tariff
teasare and undertake to secure eco
nomic justice for the products for the
South when the bill is written into
law, according to President Wharton,
and a definite expression of Southern
' industry "will be assembled and pre
"eented tothe finance Committee of the
United States Senate when the tariff
measure goes to that body for con
sideration. AVERAGE OF $21.46 ON
FAIRMONT LEAF MARKET
Fairmont. Aug. 13. The price aver
re for. leaf tobaoeo on the Fairmont
market jumped high r again this week,
.ffieial furores showing local waThouscs
old 1331.132 pounds for 'JS5,781.42,
tt S21.46 per hundred pounds, an in
crease of over $5 per hundred as com
nored with aversce last week.
During the month of July the Fair
mont market sold 1,"36,W0 pounds for
83.645.10. an average of S-22 per hun
dred. Sales for the season to date total
3J39S2 pounds for $491,421.43, an
average per hundred pounds ef $13-S.
The good grades of tobacco are ser
lag in a highly satisfactory manner
and farmers are well pleased. Prices
for the better grades are high on all
markets in this section. Fninr.ont er
peets to sell a million and a qu-rtcr
pounds next week.
REQUEST GOVERNOR FOR
GUARDSMEN AT CONCORD
AshevlUe, Aag. 1L Governor,
Morrison naoeacea' at midnight to
night that he had keen reelected te
order troop to Concord where pick
otlng as going e by striking mm
era of tho textile anion. He has
the. niattf...itdtr...ewl.!at!on;.,n4
will not make a decision nntil ta
sorrow. A committee from Con
card arrived here tonight to confer
with tho Governor totnrdlnt tho
Hastiest at Concord. Members of
tho party wooM stake no tatesaent
to the reoa. .
In the oorty rei J.L.BrUll.Dr.
r. W. Rankin, M. EL Caldwell a4
T. E. Webb, of Concord. Tho cost,
fereaco with Governor Morrtaea was)
delayed nmtll a rich tho nmsc festi
val sad was held at the Battery
ark Hotel, . ,
KITCHIN
SCORES
TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES
Will Negro Disappear From
Slate Within
Health Arifl Census Figures Show Race Is Losing Distance" In
Competition of Re-Peopling With Whites; Birth Kate
Lower And Death Rate Higher; Low Resistance
To Some Diseases Probable Cause
'Is the Xegro race a mulshing race!
Will two centuries hence Had it extinet
fa the bad to which it was brought
captive four hundred, years agot Will
the much vexed "raee problem event
aally solve itself through inability of
the African people to eompote with an
Aryan .people in an alien climate I
Records of the United States census
together with records from tha Registry
of Vital statistics maintained ty the
State Board of Health indicate that the
answer may be affirmative. The ratio
of Negro population in the State has
declined slowly but steadily for the
past 40 years. There is a wide gap be
tween the net gain per thousand white
population and the net gain per thous
and negro population annually.
Cap la Death Kate
The Negro birth rate is still ahead of
ts death rate, and they are being born
into tho world faster than they are dy
ing, but they are being erowded ont.
Ia North Carolina last year 333 white
babies were born to every 100,000 whit.
people. For a similar . number of
negroes, 318 babies were born, giving
the whito population a margin of 15
per 100,000.
During; the same period, the death
rate -pej-WjoW- -white; POT.l ?,.
and' the death rate among negroe 189
per 100,000. The net gain of white over
black was 73. The net gain in births
over deaths by whites was 217, while
the negro population showed at net gain
of only 19 per 100,000 or population.
Censes lor 70 lean.
(Vnsua tiiurct running back 70 years
show an interesting comparison of the
relative numbers of negroes and whites
in the State, l or three decades me
held his own without change, then
swung upward for a decade until 1880,
and then sharply downward. During
the past SO years the Negro has shown
TOEIMINAIL
Reunion of Confederate Veter
ans To Be Made Gala Event
For Entire State,
Durham, Ang. lS.-rFor the first Urns
U the history of renaibna of Coufed
orate Veterans in North Carolina, the
families aad relative of veterans 1W
to be elaborately entertained during
,.n.iA it hMsme 1 known , todr
through an announcement of plane lor
the meeting to DO neid in fmrnuj., on
gust 3d, Mthnnd 23tlu ' Puring, V
reunion, in this eity especial ttnntlon
will be e-iven to tho relstivea of Veter
ans from out of town, who accompany
to the a-athcring. Although the
city will not attempt to provide fro
nntvi littlTnll t for them, they will be
shown every courtesy la command of
tk nnimittees in charge, ana a nunv
bcr of special attraction;) are being ar
ranged for their benoa.
As for the veterans, tne eiiy u o'
,i.,avnrinir to outdo any previous re
union plans. Mtj. U'P. McLendon,
eeneral chairman lor the reunlon, an
nounced todav tnal neiiner mim no
money is to be spared in Util unucr
I n t i n i
it , nnnited nut DV iliJOT ilCi-CUOUB
. . . r t
Hint reduced railroad rarea ppiy
the ..families nd relatives of veterans
ns well as to me wearers m a""-i
Tliis, he believes, will be the means f
attracting hundreds of visitors for .'.e
reunion.
The program for the reunion is oy
far the most Ylaborate in tne History
of North Carolina reunions. Included
among the speakers tret Lieut. Col.
Edmond Jovner, Col. w. w ooa, iiaj.
Ohns. M. Stedman, CoL . J Boydcn,
Senator Pat Harrison, Liu el justice
Walter Clark and Hon. riUgerald FJonr
nov. The complete program for the
reunion is as follows:
Tneeday, Aegast ZJ.
Reception committeo wil meet all In
coming trams to welcome w Tcirrni
to the city snd direct them to Trinity
College for registration and aeehjament
to dormitories.
Exercises Craven Menional Hall,
Trinity College, 5 p. m.
Music By the Band.
Prayer Lieut. Col. Ednsond Joyaer,
chaplain, Edgemont
Address of welcome on behalf of the
city of Durham Hon. J. M. Manning,
Mnvor.
Address of welcome on behalf, of
the U. D. C Mrs. T. E. Cheek, presi
dent Julian 8. Carr Chapter, TJ. D. C,
Durham, N. C.
Address of welcome on behalf of R.
P. Webb Camp, Uaited Confederals
Veterans W. T. Redmond, eommander.
Musie By the Band.
ResDonse to addres of wjsleome Col.
H. P. Hood. Ashboro. N. C, chief of
staff.
Singing of ''Old North Btate-By
the audience.
Adiournment until 8:30 p. tn.
8:30 p. m., Craven Memorial Hall,
Trinity College.
Musie By the Band.
Address "North Carolina in the War
Between the States" Hon. Chat. M.
8tdman.
Boll call of camps.
Tnfinished business.
Election of officers.
New business. .
Presentation of sponsors and maids
kof beoer'Cefa- A B.-Beydent 6oliebry(
N. C
- Aagnot S4th, 1 a. ta. Craven Han. ,
Infermtl get-together meeting Con
federate Veterans, Danghtera of the
Confederacy, Veterans of the . World
War and Spanish American War, visi
tor and eitixena of Durham County,
10:30 t. tn. Musie.
Address The Life aid Character f
President Jefferson Davis" Senator
Pnt Harrison, of MistbtlppL '
Declamation Henry Grady's Address
before the" New Englatd Society of
DURHAM PLANNING
i . ;.(Contiio M ran JM , Z,
TODAY, RALEIGH, N. C,
Next 200 Years?
a met loss tn proportion of seven per
cent of tho population. The figures
since 1830 follow:
Census White
looO 63.7
18C0 63.6
1S70 63.5
18S0 02.1
1890 65.4
1900 . 67.1
1910 68-4
1920 69.7
Black
33
36.4
36 5
37.9
34.6
32.9
31.6
30.3
Registration of births and deaths is
but five years old in No'th Carolina,
and there are no figures on vital sta
tistics that can go back as far as the
United States census carries the tee
ord. North Carolina and Virginia were
the first States to- inaugurate records
lof births and 4oathi for Negroes, and
the results obtained are being watched
by health statisticians everywhere with
keen interest.
Lew Disease Resistance.
The Unfavorable death rate among
Negroes in the State is believed to be
due to inferior resisting powers of that
race for certain diseases that are pre
valent in this country. Tuberculosis
for instance, kills 60 Negroes per 100,
000 every year in North Carolina, while
only W white people- die frwB"ttat
cause. The contention that living eon
ditlons among blacks are unfavorable
tor the treatment of tuberculosis is ap
parently answered in experiments that
have placed whites and blacks under
the same institutional core with the re
suit that the ratio of deaths ia main
Wined.
Pursued matberoatiealhr.'the eontinu
ation of the widening ratio of racial
divisions, the decline wlil reduce the
Negro population to less than 15 per
cent of the whole within the next 100
(Continued en Page Two.)
F
State Prohibition Director Asks
Them To Report Specific
Violations of Law
"This bureau will honestly attempt ta
enforce, law without 'oaf or favor, tho
best vaiiabi will be appointed at
foreeraeht affeitv declare federal
Prohibition JSirector-R. A. Kohlos
ta appeal tor the ministers of North
Crrtlir, through, letters that have beeu
iidUcss.i to preacher individually in
which, b asks for reooits of spceitl
V(Oiatio"t of the prohibition lan.
Ml. Kohloss refers to criticisms made
of Jiim bofore hit appointment and
adds 'that "concerning these' harsh
criticisms there is aot the slightest re
tentmcnt but S determination to shame
tu6h critics who are open to eotviction
Mr. Eohloss is not asking the preach
ert for exhortation on tke evili of
making whiskey snd peddling moon
hihe but is requesting ministers to give
tpeciua inittncei of violations of the
prohibition Uwt
. "Vour information will be sacred tn
confidential anless you should yourself
ficjire to become a witness,'' Mr. Koh
lost tells the ministers.
He indicates his expectation of carry
ing the fight at ill clo:wr home to the
church- people of the Htate by asking
'of tli ntrnci of (Sunday school supenu
tendontt and teaehsrt, evidently with
view to addressing similar appeals to
them.
Mr. Kohloss letter to the preachers
follows;
"Reverend "Bit : '
Thlt letter u to ssk ynur concur
renefa your. assitaace, your co opera
Hon.
"fou are awsrt of the fact that th
ASKS PREACHERS TO
HELP
re m
writer ' Jiirltr elated upon his s'KoM44tflw$igJj
era the resnopsibility f nfo.rc4g u
hibition, the fundamental law of our
Und written by the vote of our people
intd our Constitution: fortunately th
responsibility eat be lessened by eon
slentlout ' helper within the bureau
tad mort fottunttely thit responsibility
can - become a pleasant duty by an
With the Sid of all law abiding citizens
"The writer is aware of the fact that
ha was very harshly criticised before
hit appointment, tome being so unjust;
ks to ascute a teetotaller of being
drunkard sad of a member of the
Episcopal Church of being nn agnestie
eoneerning these harsh criticisms there
is not the slightest ' resentment but
determination to shame tueh critics who
are open to conviction.
"This bureau will honestly attempt
to enforce the law without fear
favor; the best available will ta
pointed at enforcement agents; appl
cants have been requested te obtain en
dorscmcnts from their pastors who are
in the best position to know of thei
standing.
But you fully realise that some three
dosen men appointed by the govern
ment cannot cover all the dark plac
ever, our large Stat and that we must
appeal to tbon who have the -moral
uplift of our people nearest their
beam. .
"Where ahall we look except to you
and to those within your fold and under
your ear for that class of aid and U
formation which will enable us to en
force the law and bring malefactors
justice and to a realintion of their
U-wyl---. . ! -r-
"Accordingly I with to beg of ye
teen re if possible lnformttion at
violation of the prohibition law;
this we do not so muck aeed merely re
porta that the law appear to be-violated
aa we do specifie instance with the
tame of the violator, his location, those
who can bear witness nnd assist ia locat
ing, and all facts, that nay lead to tho
seining of tho means f tnaanfacteriag
and transporting liquor aad thoee
guilty of so doing.
"lour information ' will . be stered
JCeatljraod M . v
SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 14, 1921. TWENTY
E
n
J,
Secretary of War Promises To
Give Camp at Fayettevilie
Personal Inspection
ENERAL BOWLEY MAKES
STRONG APPEAL TO HIM
Present Orders Will Be Held Up
Until Secretary of War Can
Make Visit; Gen. Bowley
Makes Strong Appeal; Col.
Forbes To Speak at Ameri
can Legion Convention
The News and Observer Bureau,
603 District National Bank Bldg,
By EDWARD E. BR1TTON
. (By Special Leased Wire)
Washington, Aug. 13. There is
chance for the saving of Camp Bragg
North Carolina. Ofnci.il sources of
nformation are shut tight, but never
theless agreement has been secured to
hold up the orders issued for it to be
vacated. That is as far as the matter
goes now, but the assurance of tho value
of tha. camp., to Jhe.aripxJua.bccn so
clearly presented to Secretary of Wat
Weeks that his interest has been
aroused, an4 until he has made a per
sonal inspection of Camp Bragg it will
not be in the abandoned list. Prom the
ighest sources known of the value of
Camp Bragg, at first hand ho has been
told that it should be retained aa an
army enm p.
This highest source is General Al
bert J. Bowley, who is now in command
at Camp Bragg. General Bowley came
to Washington this week, with him com
ing from Fayettevilie A. L. McCttkUl,
E. B. Lindsey, tnd W. E. Eindley. The
engngement to tee Secretary of War
Weeks bod been made by Senator Over
man and Congressman Homer I Lyon
the latter accompanying the Fayette
vilie delegation to tee the Secretary.
The purpose of the delegation was to
urge that tha order that Camp Bragg be
vacated by rescinded and that because
of tho value of the camp tt aa 'artillery
range i be retained.
Cen. Bowley Make Appeal
The information., it that General
Bowley presented the ease for the rt
tention of Camp Brsgg. Ia the eourto
of hit remarks he informed Secretary
weeks that there is no bettor camp any
where for range work for high sower
guns, trm ine piact if jilcfti, tnt that
mem alone should cause its retention
by tho Wet DconrtrftenL. He tmt the
arronrr na erpesie.i to fcee-
reiary sveetx causing the to 14 an in
th order to vacate till the Seerrtnrv
eould give hit personal attention to i
camp. v ; ,
The order that have been Issued
and which it it said have now been
eounter-mandtd for the present, - are
for the vacatioa of the camp ga sooa
sfter the first of September si prac
ticable. . T&s moat recent of these or
ders, these under dao of August 13,
directs that the 13th field srtulery brl-
gade march from Camp Bragg to Camp
Knox, Ky.; the 21st field artillery to
go to (Jump Knox by rail. The Ota
field artillery brigade headquarters are
to march fror- Camp- Jackson to Camp
Bragg, at is the 0th. ammunition train
the 19th field artillery, less the teeon
battalion, and the 2th field artillery
The enlisted personnel of Brigade head
quarters of the Sth field artillery and
of the 5th ammunition train are to be
transferred to the 13th field artillery
and the l 13ih ammunition train ,upon
arrival at Camp Bragg and become in
active. The enlisted personnel of th
19th field artillery, less the second bat
talion. and the 1:0th held artillery are
to be traneferrrd to the 13th field artii
lery brigade at Camp Bragg and be
come inactive on arrival. The Jlst field
artillery is to be detailed for guard
and fire protection duty at Cnmn Brags
in plate of Jbe J7th new artillery, at
previously ordered. Ihe lith geld r-
Jjillry will remain armed with the 133
will lie srmedes follow! lit battalion
8 inch howitzers; 2nd battalion 240
m. m. howitzeri; 3rd. battalion, IK
m. m. U. P. F. guns. The units con
cerned with Camp Brogg ore disposed
of as follows:
The field artillery brigade headquar
ters becomes iaactlve associates with
that of the first field artillery brigade
headquarters as eetivt associates; fifth
ammunition train Inaettve with firtt tm
Binnltion train It active associate; nine
teenth field artillery inactive with sixth
as active associates; the twentieth field
(Continued en Pag Two.) .
cue
FOR SAVING BRAG
WEEKS
INDICATES
Mrs. Jernigan Acquitted After
Jury Deliberates Two Hours
Clinton, Aug. 13. "Not guilty." Thst
was the verdict of the jury rendered st
7 o'clock this evening, two hours sfter
they had taken the Jerfcipn ease. It
was no surprise to even tho?e who ha
most doubt as to the validity of the
insaaitv pica. Scarcely anyone bin
coneelved of a first degree verd ct, and
few had aeriously considered more thsa
a compromise on manslaughter.
It wat really a surprise tnai me
verdiet wat s long in forthcoming.
But just as the awaiting public came
to regard a tie as almost certain a mee
sags called Judge Dcvia to tf cou-t
room ond in a-tnensent. the slayer i
(Juimby Beawell wss a free wonwn The
first expression of, disgust hesrd wtt
from lawyer but wii aot alone in
feeling tktt the law had bcea cheated.
However, the verdiet accords with the
feelings of the great majority of the
People though probably as lar;e a ma
jority have very serious doubt as toJ
Seawall's lilag the despoiler of the
Jernigaa home.
Tha devotion of old time neighbors
and -tha eatausiastie aad voluntary
tributes ts ker spletdid character spokj
volume ia bekalf of the imperiled
J wemaa. " Ke jreaua ; ever proved. . a
IF.
III
Measure Designed To Produce
Three Billions Estimated by
Secretary Mellon
ADDITIONAL CHfNGS
ADOPTED BY COMMITTEE
Expreai and Oil Pipe Tranpor
tatlon Taxea Eepcaled; Man-i
nXactnrera' Tax Also In
eluded In Measure; Plan3
Call For Its Presentation In
The House On Monday
Washington Aug. 13. Revision of tho
1918 tax law was completed today by
Republicaa members of the House Ways
and Meant committee with the tdoption
of these additional rh.iriges:
Repeal of tho express and oil pipe
line transportation taxes, effective Jan
uary 1, 1922.
Imposition of a license tax of (10 on
vendors of soft drinks, effective upon
enactment tt the bill.
Substitution of a manufacturers' tax
of 12 cents a gallon on cereal beverages
(near beer) for the present levy of 15
per Cent, effective upon enactment of
the bill.
Imposition of a S per cent tax on the
full manufacturers selling prise ct tno
following articles if sold by the manu
facturers st a level in excess of those
specified:
Carpest tnd rugs, f3.so per iquare
ytrd; trunks, $30 each; valise, traveling
haim. suit cn,-. hat boxes used bv trav
elers and fitted, toilet eaues, 15 each.
Purses, pocket books, shopping and
handbags, H each. Portable lighting
fixtures, including lamps of all kinds
and shades. 110 each, rans, si each
House or smoking costs or jackets and
bath or lounging rolies, tM each.
These Uxe also nould become
fective uooa ennetmcnt of the bill,
Raiaa Three Billions.
Announcing completion of their work
members of the committee said they be
licved the bill as agreed upon would
produce the 13,000,000,000 total which
. w ,1 4. j l. whit
fierciarr Mellon estimated at the White
Hohm tax conference hurt Tuesday it
would be aeeeaeary te raise from la
tril tevenu next year. -Wok all of
'this ma would ha eoIlectrA oa.tliis
year'n bosinoso, howevory ao tho total
includes f.lflO.OOOOO, which treasury
effl rials estimate can be collected on
k lx'. ' . . . 1
The kill as finally drafted by tho
eomnjlttea will be presented to the
Hou Monday, under present plans of
BepubIlcaB leaders, and will be passed
next Saturday after two days of general
dubate aad two days consideration of
amendments under tha five-minuto rule.
From the Iloute it will go to the Ben
tte, where the Finance committee will
consider it during the proposed Con
gressional lleess with a view to report
ing It to the Senate when Congress re
convenes, probably late in September.
Ne Transportation Taxes.
With the removal of Vo express and
Ail pipe line taxes, the eommittee elim
Inated all of the transportation taxes.
Vn rhsnmi was made, however, in the
leviet on telegraph, telephone, cable
tnd radio metsages, this tection of the
old law remaining in force.
TbO WOBufacturers' tat of 5 per cent
en carpets, trunks, and other articles
Is designed to replace the so-called, lux
Hry levies now in force, including thoso
on wearing apparel, but the plan now
is to continue these Usei, collected and
Paid to the government by the retail
trs, until next January 1, despite the
fact that the manufacturers' tax would
become effective upon enactment of the
bill.
The. license tax on vendor .of soft
drinks is a new levy, exclusive or Tn
manufacturers tax on syrups utd af
fountains and on unfrrmentcd bevcr
ages, carbonated wtters or beverages
or other toft drinkt told in container.!.
COL SAMUEL T. COLT
DIES AT PROVIDENCE
providence, B. I., Aug. IS. Colonel
Bamuel T. Colt, chtirmnn of the board
ef th United Statet Rubber Company,
died tt bit Bristol home at 1:10 this
afternoon, kis death rollowlng a severe
paralytis shock which he suffered a
week ago yesterday.
better character. Few ever boasted
truer friends.
Apparently having put herself be
yond the pale of society the best pco-
ple of upper Sampson were here by the
score to pay tribute to her virtues and
to volunteer every am poeaioie. mot
over, tne potso of tne woman aerseii
pleaded ker ease for her.
The addressee by Ouy,-Fowlsr and
Butler for the defense were strong tad
effective. But left wtt characterised
by a fierce apostrophe te Quins by Mi
well. Fowler said that God had im
planted in motherhood a higher, law
than evea the. Mosaic. He virtually
pleaded tha unwritten law and received
a terrible rebuke from Solicitor Pow
ers. Joba D. Kerr's speech, too, was
strong. Powers was more eloquent snd
forceful than your correspondent ever
keerd kim before. The btate had
f ought against odds, bat it gallantry
was scarcely excelled by that of th
greatest Jernigaa partita a. It sotifbt
no advantage aad scarcely sought
retain what it held. It was th be
havior of tho aportsnsa who disdains
to take advantage ef tke quarry but
eeeke to giro ik a living ehsaee. The
judge's charge was clctreut, eompre
keative aad impartial , , .
01 (III
COtVIPLETES JOB OF
DM
TAXLAW
- EIGHT PAGES TODAY
OFFERS SINN FEIN
CHANCE TO BECOME
BRITISH DOMINION
RAT AND KITTENS MAKE
CP HArPY FAMILY WITH
MOTHER CAT PRESIDING
Rocky Mount, Ang. II. Two small
kittens tnd a young rat make the
heppy family of a fohd mother cat
at Enfield, eroding to J. T. Ethrldge
who yesterday took a peep Into the
bairel which series at the family
home at I. D. Wood's store at En
field. .
The mother rat, according to Mr.
Ethrldge, found tno kittens several
days ago, and on the day after the
kitten ciime ctnght a young rat and
carried it to her barrel home. Evi
dently the mother Instinct got the
better of her or else the kittens and
the rat developed a case of lore at
first sight, for the moth.or speedily
changed her killing Intentions and
welcomed the rat Into the freedom
of the home.
Now she la naming the rat and the
two Uttena, wh'.e the adopted mem
ber has developed into aa affeatlon
ste youngster, playing with the
mother cat and licking her fondly
as do the young kittens. On top of
that the new life appears to be
agreeing with the rodent as he has
grown considerably alnee his adop
tion. """ '
Asks Help of Police In Clearing
Up Mystery of Rock
Quarry
mat a crime or somo kind has been
committed is self evident, nnd the
guilty parties should not b allowed to
escape punishment," declares Solicitor
H. & Nereis in a letter to Commiamoa
er of Public Safety A. Tt. Mooneyhani
requesting that the Knlclgh police au
thoritiet exereito "greatest diligenca"
in apprehending the persons responsibh
for throwing insured automobiles into
the Rock (juarry.
The formal letter eomcs after a
teriet of tonferencet between Mr.
Mooneyhara and Mr. N orris relative to
the situation that developed four weeks
ago today when div.rs confirmed per
sistent report that several sutomobilc
reported as stolen had bc-n thrown into
the SO-foot wateV. Mr. Norris has also
requested Sheriff I). I). Harrison to usi
his forces in the investigation.
Police authorities have been at work
on the r.ise for several weeks, and
while Mr. Muoneyiinni "would not give
out any dctinito results yestcrdny, he
indicated that tlio pulii'o would havi
considerable evidence to lay before
Jhe 'grand jury when it meets in
Septembrr. ro arrests aio expecrei
until that time, unless circurnstalicM
appear to warrant a -rest to prcscrv
such evidence as has been collected.
InvcV.igation has been carried oi:
quietly by t'.io polic?, and it is under
bloed that they havo secured evidence
that leads them to believe that arrests
will be msd'1. Certain links of the
chain ar still tomvuhat um-trUiin, but
it is believed that thesw will be develop
ed to a point during the nest tew week
that will justify them in taking one or
more men into custody.
Meaiiwhilo the companies carryiii;
tho insurance on tho tm cm remain
innctive. Thj insuraaco on the King
"8" oni o owih I Ly J. K. '..'hapiit-ll and
reported as stolen has been paid by the
Citir.ens liisnraiice Lu. llus car was
insured for JS'.ki. Payment of t-0( on
the Hudson touring car owned by M. D,
Muse lias been held up by tli lu-:il
agent of tho company, A. M. Mjupiu
Holicitor Norm letter to -Mr.'Mooney
ham foH"Ti: - -"Again
thanking you fur your offe
tendered yesterday, td aid in, in any
wav possible, searching out nnd bring
ing to justio) those who havo violated
the criminal law ; I h.-.ve, upon reflec
Imn, decided to call .voir attention, an-1
that of tho .Sheriff of this County, to
tho fact that since the press Iris given
iuch wide iblicity to removal of aut i
mobiles from Hock Quarry in this city
and the drainugo of water trom same
that the public, as never before, if
looking to ofliocrs of this city and
county to a.seertuin the names "4 f tl.on
who are responsible for said cars 'iDV
ing been placed in said quarry, and
securing such evidence as will convict
'.hose who may be guilty of ciiminal
act.
"That a crime ef some kind Las been
committed is xelf ewele'lU, said the
guilty par'.in should not be rllowcd
to escape punishment. The matte: can
be unearthed, and the publio will not
excuse ofFceri for failure to do so. As
I see it, the duty is first wtih your -f
fleers snd then the Sheriff and hh
deputies. Your chief and plain clothes
men have shown capacity for their
work. They now have opportunity lo
make for themselves a State and Na-
- a . r(,.,uta,ion. for this matter aas
beea published throughout the country
If they uncover the guilty parties, they
will also render your administration an
inestimable service and destroy forever
certain erilismt. I request that you
urge yoftg, officers to the greatest dili
gence nnd efl'u-ieftcy in matter, and that
you ask sheriff Harrison fbr the nctivo
support of himself snd deputies."
WILL ADMIT WOMEN TO
ORDER OF KU KLUX KLAN
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 13. Announce
ment was made today by William
Joseph Kimnious, imperial wizard of
the Knights of the Ku Klux Klsa to
thtf-effect that st th meeting of LC
Imperial klonciUinm of the organixa
tica last week, it was unanimously
voted to admit women into ; member
ship in the Ka Klux Klaa aad tha coa
stitutioa of the order wat amended U
that aad. "'. ':
CRII COMMITTED
DECLARES 01
PRICE: SEVEN CENTS
Official Light Upon Status of
Irish Negotiations Given By .
British. Gevernment For
First Time .. ;
LETTER TO DE VALERA
FROM GENERAL SMUTS .
GIVEN TO NEWSPAPERS
Communication of South Afri
can Premier, Dated August
4, Contains Information That
Premier Lloyd George Of
fered The Twenty-sir Sinn
Fein Counties "Complete Do
minion Status, Subject To
Certain Strategic Safe
guards"; Letter Also Shows
That Ulster Refuses To Ne
gotiate With De Valera and
Is Standing Firm For Her
Present Government; Smuts
Urge s...Arxep Lance.-.of Th
Offer
Tendon, Aug. 1?, (l)y tie Associated
Press) Official light upon the statui of
the Irili negotiutinne was given by the
government for the first time today in
the form of a letter written by General
Jim C. fuiuti, t lie South African pre
mier, to Kamon lo Vnlera, the Irish Re
publican leader. This letter, which ia
dated August t, reveals that Premier
Lloyd (Jeorge offered the twenty-tix
Sinn Fein counties "complete dominion
status, subject to certain strategic life
guards." It is also shown by the text of the
letter -that Sir James Cruig, the Ulster
premier, has refused to negotiate with
Mr. De Vnlera, and that TJ liter is stand
ing firm for retaining her present gov
ernment. General Smuts, however., urged the
Republican lender to accept dominion
status and leave Ulster to join the south
in her own time, ns he believed that
"through the successful running of th
Irish state and the pull of economiS
and peaceful forces," Ulster eventually
would be brought into line.
Letter Mtde Public.
Mr. Lloyd George't secretary gave the
letter to the news papers this afternoon
after a long cabinet meeting. Thit la
taken as change of policy, and that,
it .apparently wat issued to bring the
pressure of public opinion to bear on
the fiinn Fein, althruigh heretofore it
hat been said both partiet were main-'
taining silence to avoid embarntsment'
by partisan discussion of their courses.
What wus contained in Mr. De Vale
ra's letter to tho Premier still remains
a mystery. Some of tho newspapers
maintain that the Republican leader
clings to his demand for a republic,
while- others are confident that he
merely asked for a further explanation
of tho government's policy.
Text of the Letter
General Hinuts, in the eonrse of the
lcttof . an i :
'"I believe it is In the Interest of
I'lstcr to come in, nnd tlyt the force of
the community of interests will, over a
period of years, become so great mil
compelling that Ulster will, herself, de
cide to join the Irish state. Not only
will she not consent now to eomo In,
buPevun if shn does, tho Irish state will,
I fear, slart under such a hnndicsp. ef
internal friction and discordance that
tho remit n.ny well be a failure onco
more.
''The humble aeterfanee oi fact It
often the only way of finally overcom
ing then". It proved sn in the ease of
South Africa, where ultimate unity was
only realized through several stages and
the process of years and where the re--:
public, as an ideal for which we made
unheard of sacrifices, had ultimately
to give way to another form of free
dom. My belief it that Ireland is trav
cling the same painful road as South
Africa, and with wivlom and modera
tion in leadership, is destined to achieve
no less success.
Ofert Dominion Stains
''You say the republic is the true ex-presH-on
of national self determination,
but it is not the only expression, and it
means your finnl nnd irreparable sever
nnco from the British league. To this,
the parliament and people of this coun
try will not apree. The prime minister
lias made you the offer of toother form
of freedom, of dominion status, which it
working with complete success in all
parts of the British league.
"What is good -enough for tbee na
tions surely ought to he good enough
for Ireland, too. -For Irishmen to say
to the world that they cannot be satis
fied with the status of the great Britiaa
dominions would be to alienate all that
sympathy which has so far been tho
main support of the Irish cause. 'Such
an offer by the British'Primo Minister,
why, unlike his predecessors, is in a
position to deliver the good-t, is sn
event of unique importance. It is fsr
inoro t'aan was offered to the Transvaal
and the Free States, who fought for
freedom in one of the greatest wtra ia
tho history of Great Britain and one
which reduced their own eountriet to
ashes and their little peoples to mint. ( ,
Urge Accepttnc.
"If yuu accept, you will become,
sister dominion in the great circle of
equal States,. who will itand betide you
and shield you, tnd protect your right
ns if these were their own rights, as I -aiiy
questions that you, and the British
government mty have will be for the
imperial eon fere nee to decide. This 1
the natural snd const i.utionsl ir etleo
of dominion freedom." e
Concluding his letter, General Smuta
said: ,
"The Irish question is ae longer
constitutional, but mostly a hoassn,
problem. A history tueh as your muet '
breed a temper which Is meet difficult
to deal with ea both tides. Sympathy
, emasnaitassn T .
' (CeaCaaed oa Pago Twsv)
e " '
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