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VOL CXIV. NO. 69.
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
RALEICR N. C. WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 7, 1 921
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
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HARDING
101
PROMISES
but
PERFORMS L TIE
President Always Ready To Be
, Photographed On The Least
: Provocation
NEW YORK NEWSPAPER
CHECKS UP THE RECORD
Achievements of Bepublicans
Tor Six Months Show. Little
Progress Made In. Carrying
Out Campaign Promises
North Carolina Has Vacan
cies For Civil Service Jobs
Ths News and Observer .Bnrean,
605 District National Bank Bldg.,
By EDWARD E. BRITTON
(By Special Leased Wire)
Washington, Sept . Thera is being
t easting up ol accounts lor ana against
th Harding administration by the peo
i pie over the eountry. That it haa not
:got within even speaking distance of
:h Wta nt the Republicans aa to
what they would accomplish for the
I people it given power ia being recog
-.;,! . m .Trent hide-bound pert!
'ana. Around Washington President
Harding is regarded aa an amiable man
twith a pleasing personality, an official
who doee not want to make anybody
mad, who agrees with the last man
who haa hit air, who is free with pro
mises but stinggy on performance.
Whichever way the winds blow strong
est thera ha will be found with his
ails all apread, and aailing with the
tide. He haa already won the reputa
tion of being the most widely photo
graphed man in America, ana u nis
picture ia wanted all that ia necessary
ia to get a delegation of any old kind,
'the whoozems of the Whataita society
in i. ..ii vim it th Whita House.
'WUl UUj v. aw -
suggest that there are photographers in
waiting, and presto, the trie is wneu
':ii. . tn tha Whita House aroundi
lid a call to Laddie Boy to get in the
croup. Posing for countless pictures,
Mayflower rides, swatting the piu wua
k. .tii-kn. ahakincr hands with
tourists and office seekers, keeps the
President a very busy man.
Records for 8ix Months
' The New York World haa just issued
ft chart of the things the Harding ad
i. Vim ilnna and not done,
vuum. .".. ..w -
the promises made to the people in
speech and platform which have thus
far been but promises. It ia a list
that ia Illuminating, and ahowf how
inlse sit months after he gar them.
TT- It I.,
'Immediate peace-resolution passed
nd treaties signed but not raunea.
"Creation, of association of nations
Ho announced definite action.
"Reform of tax laws legislation
pending in congress.
"Erection of proteetire tariff per
manent tairft biU itiU beforo congress.
"Unfurling American flag on high
eas Shipping Board appropriation cut
in half and board losing money at the
same rate.
Repeal of Panama canal tolls Not
naeted and President's attitude un
certain.4 "Creation of department of public
welfare Measure aeems doomed to de
feat. "Reorganization bf departments
Tied up in the congressional joint com
mittee. Enactment of budget legislation
passed congress sad budget bureau
functioning.
"Federal encouragement to education
V-No action taken.
j "Discharge of obligations to oldiers
t-Veterani bureau created.
"Bonus legislation Held up at Pres-
f l Aski'a vannAit
"Refunding foreign debt Tied Bp by
Request for added powers.
"Aid to agriculture Aid of War Ti
sanes Corporation extended in ex
porting agricultural products! emer
gency tariff bill passed,
"Means to and lynching No legisla
tion adopted.
"Limitation of immigration Percen
tage bill passed.''
Vaeaae.es For Tar Heels.
Though there are many government
employees who are being "separated
from the service" which ia ths polits
form the government uses when walking
papers aro given employees, there are
MIT nlaeee being' constantly opened
sjp for sow employees, and ths Civil
ferries Commission is sept on ue jod
holding examinations to fill vacancies.
The total appointments ia ths civil
service list at ths eloss of basinsss
Saturday numbered 42,142 ths losses
tha wah anmharin S4S while the
gains as gives aa being 242. There
aro 41 fitatos which are la arrears
- os the number of appointments to which
they are entitled oa ths percentage
basis. North Carolina stands twsnty
sixth os ths list, with ths quota of ap
pointments to which, it is entitled, given
as 1,003 ths somber of North Caro
linians asder civil serrlee being re-
tuirtail tea. whlrh laavaa tha Htata
4A1 ! irrMTi Tha evtrama fiantharn
aad westers States get ths worst of it i
Is ths matter of appointments, tfieT'
reason gives being that as these art so
far from Washington that applicants
are fewer Is snmbers. The States of
Delaware, New Hampshire, Massachu
setts, Vermont, Virginia, Maryland and
ths District of Colombia haro far above
their quota of appointments.
"There ars plenty of positions of
value opos to North Carolinians if they
would only prepara for them
aid Chief Clark Doyle of ths Civil
Service Commission today ia talking
over the matter of appointments. "It
is true that ws are 'fed sp" aa clerks,
typists "and stenographers, but then are
many techsieal and professional places
U bo filed, and it would bo worth
while for young mes sad womes to
take courses of study to prepars for
ths cstraseo examinations - for suck
fosilioaa. Aaft this class sf positions
L. . (Caatlaaed as Pag TwaJ "
War Area in West Virginia and Two Leaders of Troops
S'aVo&l
I sww apfttxf.' fOUK
I FORK RlOGtTRyi
aaai
tlXTfhL.rrit M 1 "sifpawaa'sAaf v. v kt ..tLmmm i n! -
Map shows the Mingo district, where Federal troops were ordered to stop fighting.
General Bandholtz, in command, served' as provost marshal general with the
American Expeditionary Foreei and is considered an expert in martial law.
Wealth of Four Counties On
Display at Big Mebane Fair
Choice Exhibits of ManufaC'
tured Products Rival Exhib
its of Farm and Field
FURNITURE TOWN IN
GALA ATTIRE THIS WEEK
Everybody Except Editor Ben
ton Takes Day Off To Cele
brate The Opening
By BEN DIXON MaeNEILL.
(Staff Correspon'lcnt.)
Mobane, Sept . Alamance and
Orange. Person and Caswell tooted
lustilv upon their own horns today
and through the Four County fair pa
raded their manifold riches for the
world to see. And whether it be man
ufactures or whether it be cattle and
swine and farm products, generally
these four eounties have about all that
any four counties in the land could wish
for even in their most envious periods.
Furniture fit for the restment of
klnss. mattresses and pillows, and bed
springs that would make anybody glad
when nizht time 'comes; cloths of vast
variety fit for ths embellishment of
qpeens; fruits and preserves and sakes
and such things; millions of socks
and stockings; corn and wheat and
the like; eattle nnd chickens and pigs
and aheep; and finally, because with all
these goodly thiii-s, one must even
tually die, the fii.cnt aort of caskets
to be buried in.
Fair Rivals The Best.
And all of it made within an hour's
journey of the four great tobacco ware
houses turned for the nonce into ex
hibition halls. It was a glorified com
munity fair, with exhibits that rival
the finest that have ever been seen
at Raleigh's State fair, a crowd of home
folks, modsetly proud of what they
have done in the field and in the fac
tory,' with an abbreviated edition of a
midway to give the correct sir of ear
nival that no fair is complete with
out. Mebane has shaken off the swaddling
clothes of village-hood and is about to
become a manufacturing town eompar
able to Burlington, and if not watched,
mors so. Just yesterday contracts
wots let for near $200,000 worth of
paving and presently a town water
system will be completed. It already
has some sizable factories, and General
Julian S. Carr is working on a sock
factory that will cost a million and
half dollars. Eventually he will make
a uair of "Durable Durham" for ev
ery maa and woman and child is ths
country every year.
Plenty of Rich Land.
The lands round about ars rich and
versatile, if ore may believe us ex
fatbits, and the pronouncements of E.
W. Scott, chief apostle of diversified
farming hereabouts. He had a whole
exposition all by himself, all of it
grown at his country place nearby, 141
different items altogether, including
a thirsty looking hen feverishly en
gaged in hatching some eggs; a genuine
though shame-faced, razor-backed sow
imported as a horrible example from an
eastern eounty.
Town Takes Day Off.
The town took ths day off and en-
aged istelf is opening ths fair, with
the assistance of Clarence Poe. editor
of ths Progressiva Farmer. All of the
tows, that is. except Editor Benton
of ths tows paper. Ho worked over
time and turned his weekly into a
daily for ths week, dedicated exclusively
to ths fair. Hs . announced to the
eitissary this morning that Governor
Morrison had telegraphed regrets and
that tea thousand were expected. Not
so many a that wers here, but there
were some folks present, Ths tea
thousand will corns later in ths week.
Hs didn't say they wers to be hers
today anyhow.
Troops of Boy Beouta, who claim Bam
White for their godfather, wers oa
hand to help ran ths fair, and they
are s powerfully efficient band to dis
pense harmonies, one some-grows and
the other wearing ths uniform of ths
midway. Mebane is vary proud of its
band, ss proud as it is of -its furni
ture, mattresses, bed and sock fac
tories. It is s good band.
FlU Us Tobacco Wareaoases.
' Mebane has, adopted s ssiqus idea
for its fair. Ths tobacco warehouse dis
trict sovers two blocks, and benefi
cent tows government let ths fair folks
fesea off ths streets that res through
those blocks and sold s fair. There is
no racing, but ths warehouses msks fine
xaibitios kails, and these parts pro
duce ssongh stuff to fill them sp full
And if Colonel Pogue is-looking for
some stuff to decorate his halls with he
might .very well ems sp sera and ar-
. (Costissed ra Pago TwaJ .
wh y-rV. rs.xs
It C A iaV t-K 1
BO aA aALI jmS MH.M I A ""TT I
!' r .. iics I
LEADER OF IRISH
URGES
SINCERITY
Calls On England To Declare
Ultimatum If Ultimatum To
Ireland Is Meant
Dublin, Bept L (By the Associated
Press) On the eve of meeting of the
British cabinet at Inverness to take
action on the Irish problem, Eamonn
De Valera, the Irish Republican leader,
today quite unexpectedly issued a state
ment to the press, in which after reit
erating Ireland's earnest desire for
peace, declared that peace could never
be founded on make-believe.
"Let us ley aside the camouflage and
put away the hyproerisv'' said Mr. De
Valera. "If England is issuing an ulti
matum, let it be an ultimatum.''
War, not peac.e would be the out'
come of the imposition of England's
proposals by force, according to Mr. De
Valera, who went os to assert that Eng
land had no basis in right for single
demand she was making oa Ireland and
would not dare to make luck demands
upon "a power even nearly as strong
as herself."
Does Not Mean Raptaro
It was announced earlier in the day
by the Sinn Fein leaders that there
was nothing to communicate; then sud
denly came a call, and a typewritten
statement was given out. Though bit
terness is to be observed in the pro
nouncement, it is noted that it does
not amount to a rupture of the negotia
tioni; enverthelesR, its issuance at this
critical moment is believed hers to add
to the gravity of ths situation.
The text of Mr. De Valera's state
ment follows:
"It seems that it is a grievous politi
cal sin these days to keep one's eyes
open. Plain common sense is sneered
at as rhetoric and logic. The British
imperial statesmen are trying to sell
Ireland second-rate political margarice
and are very angry because we do sot
accept the butter label thy put on and
believe all the advertising stuff they
have had printed about it. If it were
real butter it would not need all this
advertisment.
Have Dealrs for Peace
"The Irish people know that ths ar
ticle pointed out in the shop as ths
article being sold is very unlikely to be
the article that will finally reaeh them.
Ireland wants butter and ths Irish peo
ple will not be deceived into thinking
they have got it until they see it sctu
ally delivered. Ths English press asks,
Have we a will to peace I Yes, ws have
add an ancient desire. It is for that
very reason that ws refuse to see things
as other than they are. Peace will never
bo founded os make-believe. Let as
tear aside the camouflage and put away
the hypocrisy.
''If England la issuing an ultimatum,
let it b an ultimatum. Brute force,
naked and unabashed, has bees used
against small nations before, our na
tion has known it for long. Eves our
little children have experienced it, and
so pretense will hide the threat of
force; it is best recognized for what
it is.
"England has so bc-is is right
S single one of ths demands si.e is
making on Ireland. She would not
dare make them to a power eves
nearly as strong as berjelf. They are
mads to us simply because it is felt
Great Britain is strong enough to en
force them, and Ireland too weak to
resist si ecssfully. That is ths naked
troth and it is useless attempting to
hide it
"For peace secured la these circum
stances so one would have ths slightest
respect; certainly so Irishman would
feel bound by any arrangement thus
arrived at
"With this background of imposing
by fores, war, sot peace, would surely
bs ths, outcome. Ireland and Great
Britaia are neighbors.. Ths sataral
forces of mutual interests and ewmoa
purposes would save brought ths two
peoples together long ago as raol
friends is voluntary sooperatioa had
sot ths rulers sad statesmen with their
cursed meddling aad artificial eoa
trivanees interposed Insuperable var-
riers. Which the British govern nnat'i
proposals seek to continue ssd per
petuate.' "If Pitt ha! bees as wise there
would bs as Irish problem today aad
Ireland would have beea saved s era
tury and quarter of misery, and
Great Britaia s eeatury aad s charter
of shams, . ,
" ' fi3 '"' """"
' W-"tN 1
HARDING REVIEWS
WORK OF CONGRESS
President In Campaign Letter
Credits Congress With Many
Achievements
Washington, Sept 6. President Hard
ing in a letter reviewing the achieve
ments to date of the BcpublieaS ad
ministration particularly with reference
to Congress, declares that ''surveying
the National situation aa a whole it is
plain thst we are working our way ont
of a welter of waste and prodigal spend
ing at a most impressive rate.'
The letter, made public today, was
written by the President under date of
August 29 to Senator McOormlck, ef
Illinois, and it is understood, will bo
need in ths campaign in New Mexico,
where Senator Bursum, appointed to fill
out the unexpired term of Secretary of
Interior Fall, ia a candidate for else'
tios. - Ths letter, it also is understood.
is considered by Republican leaders as
a reply to attacks oa the legislative
reeord of the Republican Congress by
Chairman White, of ths Democratic
National Committee, and other leading
Democrats.
"We have made much progress toward
retrenchment and greatly increased ef
ficiency," the President asserts. "I
cannot but account it a monumental ac
complishment which has marked Us
work of the extraordinary session down
to the time of its recess."
Optimistic As To Fatare.
Looking to the future Mr. Harding
in his letter expresses the confident
hope "that Congress after the recess
and before the end of the extraordinary
session will adopt both the tariff and
taxation measures and that along with
these it will pass the bill to permit
funding the debt owed us by foreign
governments.'1
"This, I hope," the President adds,
"will shortly be followed by arrange-
menta under which ths debtor countries
will begin paying interest os their obli
gations. Likewise, I am confident, that
the bill faciliating the funding of the
debt of ths railways to the United
States will become law during the ex
traordinary session, thus insuring a
large snd immediate demand for em
ployment of men sow IdL"
The President is beginning his letter
expresses thanks to Senator McCormiek
for ths Illinois Senator's congratula
tions on ths accomplishments of the ad
ministration, as expressed in a letter
addressed to the President under date
of August 24.
Credits Cob frees With Work.
The Republican Congress preceding
the sdvent of ths present administra
tion is credited by Mr. Harding with
having "patiently and assiduously labor
ed to reduce expenditures," witth re
salts "which ws esa summarize In
ths statement that ths appropria
tions for ths current fiscal year
wil aggregate four and s quarter
billion dollars and that this is three
quarters ef s billion leas than ths ex
penditures for the previous fiscal year."
Ths President after reciting as st
traraganees rseident to the war," the
expenditure of three and a half billiop
dollars by ths Shipping Board, between
five and six billion dollars for aircraft,
artillery and ammunition and between
one and a quarter and one and a half
billios dollars for ths railroad admin
istration, adds:
"It is gratifying to bs abls to say,
therefore, thst probably so other gov
ernment is ths world has daring s
similar period so drastically reduced
expenditures as hss ths government of
ths United States during ths past two
years oa ths lssistenes ef the Republi
can Congress. Moreover, I am happy
te ssrars yoa that ths administrative
departments art sow is full sympathy
with ths program of rigorous ssd ss
rsmittnc economy, through when, I bo-
lev e, ws wil be able darnf ths seat
year to cover back into the treasury so
large s sum that us aggreirata ei Taxa
tion may ba reduced te $100,000,000
year. V
Heavy Exponas For War.
""Half the present ' total expendi
tures ef ths government arises frost
wars of ths past Similar burdens are
imposed poa ths taxpayers of other
ton n tries, ., ssd a well nigh . iversal
' (Caatlaaed aa. Pago TwJ . 1
BARRETT
APPEALS
TO
HELPWCORD
Head of Labor Federation
Claims Policemen Denied Ad
mission To Workers
SAYS OFFICERS KEPT
WORKERS FROM ENTERING
Prepares Affidavits To Be
Signed and Sent To Gover
nor Alleging Discrimination;
Two Hundred . Workers
Turned Away From Gibson
Mill When It Opens Up
Concord, Sept. 8. James F. Barrett,
jrosWentqf-.Ua..North..CsroliBSrd-
ratios ef Labor who spoke in this city
yesterday and who haa been here today
conferring with local union officials,
left toniibt for his home In Ashevllle.
When asked when he would return Mr.
Barrett answered "When invited to do
ao by ths mill owners.
Before leaving Concord Mr. Barrett
presented your correspondent with the
eonv of aa affidavit which he said Is
to be tfnt to Governor Morrison by at
least 75 members ef ths textile salon
here. The affidavit ia .addressed to
"His Excellency, the Governor of North
Carolina, ths Hon. Cameron Morrison
and reads aa follows:
Kept Away By Policemen.
"The undersigned, ho deposes and
says he is & citizen of North Carolina
and a resident of Cabarrus eounty, and
an emnlovee of the Gibson Mill, in
Concord, testifies as follows:
"Thst ths affiant went to the Gibson
mill, in Concord, on the morning of
September 6th, with the sole Intention
of returning to work, and that uniform
ed policemen of the city of Concord
were stationed at the gates, and with
drawn billies the said policemen did by
force order the affiant away from the
mill, refusing to allow ssid affiant to
stand on the street that faces the mill
crone rtv.
"Affiant further states on oath that
there was no disorder of any kind, and
that In hia belief there were at least
250 other workers treated by the said
Concord policemen as the affiant was
treated.
"Affiant further states . i oath that
the only reason he knows why he
should be c riven from the mill is the
fact that affiant is a member of the
Concord textile anion."
"A riant further states bis services,
so far ss he knows, haa bses satisfac
tory to the Gibson Mill company In the
past.
"Affiant states further that he is
taxnaver and a citiaes of North Caro
Una, and as such is entitled to Ihe pro
tection of the State cf North Carolina
inlut snch rank discrimlnstion and
the affiant does especially resent the
attitude and activities of the Concord
police foree in using the powers of
their office in matters and in a manner
in which the city of Concord should
take no sides whatever, therefore, the
affiant rravs the Governor of North
Carolina to take action immediately to
stop such sethitiea oa the part or law
officials : a has bees engaged in by the
Coneord police force. 1
Acted Under Infractions.
Earh affidavit will be signed in
dividually, he said, ioeal police of
fieers when asked about the charges
made in ths affidavit deny them. No
who haa asked the Superintendent
of the Glbso.i mill for a job was kept
from the mill property, the police oi
fleers stated, and they further stated
that they had been told by the mill
management to kep back all persons
who did not have Jobs in the mill.
They acted within their righta ia this
they 'raain tain, lor trie mm management
has the right to keep off its property
all persons who do not have jobs within
its mills.
Mr. Barrett stated that he had talk
ed with Oovernor Morrison over long
distance telephone thia afternoon but
hs refused to eomnient oa the conver
sation, stating that he would allow the
Governor to give publicity w tns sou
versation. if he desired. It was rumor
ed here that Barrett asked for troops
to protect those persons who wanted
ta m back to work from ths policemen,
but ke would neither eonlrm nor deny
these rumors.
Th mill management mad no
atafemant but officials of the mill in
timated that no employes had bees kept
out as those persons who have not asked
for their jobs are no longer employes
of the mill.
Oalv Small Increase.
Only a small Inerrsse in ths number
of operatives at work in local comod
milli waa reoorted this morning, fol
lowing ths vote taken Saturday sight
by local anion members te return te
work today. The vote Saturday sight
was sot to determine If union members
would return to work individually, the
union officials stated Monday, but was
to determine ipw" strikers would re
tnra in a body provided all old era
nlovees were gives their old jobs
back.
At all of the mills in the eity aa
increase is the number of workers was
reported. But a large number of the
anion members are still idle. A boot 15
additional operatives are at work at
the Gibeos mill today and at the Can
sos and Cabarrus mills the management
rermrts a substantial increase. uper
istosdent McDonald, of the Noreott, r
Mrta that averv machine ia his mill
La manin and that ths number of
operatives at wsrk is so Urge that sev-
era! who applied lor worn una mora
in a- wen Beat back borne.
The masagemeat of the Brows stated
fv.t ths snill would sot bs epssed fef
several days. "The Soothers Power
Coeananv eaal riv as power," mill 0-
eiala stated, "and we fast Start as sa
til ws get the power aoaeo ready for
operations." The Locks, Hartaell aad
Braseord mills reported Monday that
they bad all ths employes they wastes
at wnrk. -
Following ths advie gives by Harry
(Caatlaaed as Fags TwwJ "
GOVERNOR
FOR
STRONG DEMAND FOR
BETTER GRADES OF
CAROLINA TOBACCO
DUNN you
N GOES
RETURNS 10 IE
Governor Morrison Grants Him
Conditional Parole and
He Is Free
When the sun rises over the little
town of Dunn today it will find a su
premely happy woman in the person of
Mrs. Fred Denning, wife of the little
paralytic who was returned to State's
Prison last Friday morning by Chief
of Police V. S. Page, of Dunn, after
six years of freedom in sunny Ca 1 i
forntav-Predf in companv with hia big
brother. Mack, Otis rVHtrell -and By
ron Ford, a Dunn newspaperman, left
the prison at an early hour this morn
ing and will lie free to enjoy what is
left of life for him so long as he be
haves. A conditional parole was grant
ed near last midnight by Governor
Cameron Morrison.
Armed with petitions and letters from
bankers, merchants, lawyers, preachers
snd other good citizens of Harnett,
FreJ'a wife, sister aad frionds came
yesterday to plead with the Governor
for his release. Arrived here they
found many obstacles.
First the Governor was In session with
the Council of State. At 2 o'clock he
granted an audience to find that the
necessary recommendation of the prose
cuting solicitor was missing. The peti
tioner expected to find it here. Walter
D. Siler, now in court in Lillington,
was ths solicitor. Telephone wires to
Lillington were down. Telegraphic com
munications were not satisfactory. At
7 o'clock three of the party t eom
panied by William Sawyer hit the road
for Lillington. At 11 o'clock they were
back and found ths Governor and his
secretary William H. Richardson, wait'
ing to eomplot the details.
This morning when the prison doors
swing open, the Dunn frienss of the
young das wers there with ths parole
papers. .Shortly tney lelt wlta mm to
make a wife and a mother happy.
No more pathetic ease than this has
ever come before Governor Morrison
Fred Denning was sentenced in Jan
uary, 191., to one year in prison for
larceny. At that time hs was suner-
Ing mental and nervous troubles as a
result of a blow on ths head. The blow
was administered by a hobo is
Charleston, 8or.th Carolina, whom be
had befriended, Be was robbed and
left unconscious on s railway track
where hs was found and carried to
hoenltal br s locomotive engineer.
Sue months after he was sentenced,
although paralysed in his left side, he
Jumped into Roanoke river and swam
to safety. Oa the other side or. tne
river he swapped elothea with a scare
crow snd mads his way to friends in
Norfolk. There hs was nursed back to
some semblaneo of health. -Then he
made his way to California, where he
became a useful citizen. Two years ago
be married the young woman whose
charm of manner was one of the strong
eat anneals made to Btate officials. She
was dressed in a modest suit of black
and wore her father s Shrine pin.
When told that the Governor would
parole her husband her pretty eyes
filled with tears as she thanked those
who had aided in gaining the promiie
Fred Denning will to placed under
the care of Dr. I. F. Hicks as soon as he
arrives in Dunn this morning. Through
proper treatment his brother hones
that hs will become able to support
his wife and little child. In the mean
time ths big brother will provide for
him.
SURRY FARMER KILLED
WHILE OUT HUNTING
Winston-Salem To Send Largq
Delegation To Deep Gap
Celebration Thursday
Unn-tnn.fi.-i.lam. BeDt. 6. Virgil All
...1 .mi, firmtr reaidina' near Mt-
Airy, accidentally shot and killed him
self yesterday while out hunting squir
rels; he was alone snd just haw the ac
cident occurred will probably never be
knnwn- Ha waa dead when lound.
Thi itw will annil a larae delegation
to Deep Gap, Nature s gateway throngn
tha Rlna Ridre Mountains, where on
Thnnlit Wilkca and Watautra eounties
will be hosts at a celebration heralding
the fact that the grading or tne aoone
trail h ahwav has been completed be
Inn North Wilkesboro and the
Tennessee lin&. The celebration will
be featured by a barbecue and pieme
dinner. Speeches will also do deliver
ed by prominent citizens from dif
ferent parts of ths Btate.
INJURED AVIATOR REPORTED
AS BEING SOME BETTER
Charleston, W. Va Sept. 6. Corporal
Alexander C. Hazeltos, ths only sur
vivor of five army aviators who fell in
ths wilds of Nicholas eounty on Satur
day, was reported today by physicians
at tha hoswitai at Montgomery as la
better condition than indicated by ear
lier bulletins. They declared, however,
that bs was sot yet cut of danger.
A anora earef nl diaiaotis of the flier's
inlnriea disclosed attending physicians
Mid, that selther leg was broken, but
that internal injuries, pronounced ten
ons bat sot neeesisrlly fatal, bid caus
ed loss of control of ths muscles of one
11.
FORMER WILON RESIDENT 1
WOUNDED LX LOGAN COUNTT.
Wileea. StroL I. News reaches this
; from Rrktol. Tean. that Mr. Don
ald H. Rutherford who was employed In
ths offices sf Uladrtlog Morrison, civu
engineers, this eity, was "evert ly wound
ed is Logan eounty, W. Ya after a
fr days' battle with tnrbuleat misers.
The United States mads s call for
volunteers of ex service mss and Mr.
Rutherford readily responded te the
Markets In Eastern North Car
olina Report Heavy Sales'
But of Sorry Grades at
Low Prices
WILSON REPORTS AN
AVERAGE OF 20 CENTS
ON HALF MILLION SALE
Averages of All Eastern North
Carolina Markets Below
Average of Opening Day Last
Year But Indications Bright
For Improved Prices As Bet
ter Grades of Tobacco Are
Brought To Market; Big
Crowds Attend Opening" at
Different Centers
By H. C. HESTER. r ".
(Staff Correspondent.) "
Wilson, Sept. 8. With averages
extending from It to 20 cents ac
cording to quality, eantern Caro
lina tobacco markets got down to
tart today with the balk of the
stuff sold belrg of a low grade.
Offerings on the local market
were close on tea half million
pounds and the average was figared
at 20 cents, comparing with slight
ly more than a half million pounds
last year on ths opening day at an
average of 21 cents and more.
Rocky Monnt sold s quarter mil
lion pounds at from 17 to 2 rente
a pound while New Bern reported
varying averagea of from It to IS
tenia for 180,000 poinds offered oa
he local market
Klnaton offered a half mlllloa
and the averages were figured st
from It to 20 cents a pound. The
bright clear day brought aa as
precedented quantity of tobacco
to this market.
Goldsboro reported sales of a half
mlllloa and good prices.
Greenville reported sales at a
half million pounds at aa average
of 20 cente a pound and low grades
Bailing aa low as two cents.
Up to Expectations.
Ths opening of the leaf tobacco mar
kets hers and at Boeky Mount this
morning wets up to expectations. Buy
ers fought over the best grades white
the trashy aad lower grades wars
"knocked out" at figures is many in
stances barely aufiicient to pay tha
drayage to market.
No tidal wave of optimism swept svei
farmers and business men although
the found satisfaction ia ths prices
for the better grades of tobacco.
Among tie tillers of ths soil opinion
waa somewhat divided, those having
good tobacco for sale expressing gen
eral satisfaction while those with to
bacco bringing from two to fifteen dol
lars per hundred said they could sot
pay the expenses of raiting the erop.
Unprecedented crowds attended ths
salos of both markets. Farmers from
miles around and tobacconists and oth
ers from all parts of the State and the
South being on hand to see "how it
waa going to tell price averages
da the two markets varied only, ac
cording to quality of the offering!
and Wilson apparently had mors of
the better grades. Prices were shout
the same for the same grades os both
markets, as was most likely the eaae
on other eastern Carolina markets that
opened today. The different gradts as
generally knows by farmers and ware
housemen averaged aa follows:
..Trashy tobacco, the lowest grade,
broogkt $1 to ti per aandred poinds.
Common lugs, the next grade, sold
from tS to It per kaadred pea ads.
..Sand lugs brought from lit to $2
per hundred, according to quality.
Bright lugs sold from S2t to fit per
hundred, according to quality aa
color mostly color.
Cutters ranged la price from fit to
$40 per handred.
Fine otters sold from fst te til pot
handred.
Low grade wrappers Brought fraaa
$ to tit per hundred.
A number of fancy piles of wrappers
brought fancy prices, some SO to 75
cents a pound. However, few good
wrappers wers offered. The tobacco
sold today was principally first aad
second curings. The first curings
chiefly comprised the common grades
and the markets where first curings
predominated the price avetags was
lowered.
Wsat Only Coed Tobacco.
Bright lugs, cutters and wrappers
in great demand and there was lively
bidding for every pile of good tobscco.
There was little competitive bidding,
however, for ths common tobaccos snd
prices seldom got very far from tha
starting figure. Previous to the open
ing of the early marketa in the south
eastern portion of this State.
In South Carolina and Georgia ths
opinion waa that ths manufacturers
were well stocked or overstocked with
lower grades of tobacco; but that they
wanted the better grades; thst, there
fore, they would bid for the better to
baccos and let the old law of supply aad
demand gauge the priees of common
tobaccos. Aad such was the eaae today.
There waa apparently so demand for tha
emmon grades ond who wss a victim
of unfavorable weather, carted bis
fferingt to morket ssd took whet bs
eould get Aad in most coses he got only
from 1-1 to I S of what it cost ta pro
duce ths crop, sis sand ssd trssk lugs
combined averaging around IT to at
per hundred, whereas IS ta 15 eeate
is a conservative estimate of tha seat
f produetiea per pound. Twenty caste
is estimated by many ths cost of
production per poaad, thus, thoes with
com mo a tobacco will is sll probability
bo worse off financially this year than
mat, while those wits good tobaeroa
may realize a profit and1 the better
tha tobacco tha mora. tha profit.
, , (Caatlaaed oa fsgo, Twai . ".
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