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Weather To-day CLOUDY, COOLER TONIGHT; THURSDAY LOCAL RAINS. tVOL.15.N0.89. SALISBURY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 10, 1920 PRICE 2 CENTS gyewir Home Edition dram' VJ Member ot The Memorialed Pre I It OFFICIALS' PR0TESTAGA1NST . UNDERPASS LAW City to Fight Proposed Raise of Gas and Tele phone Rates City En- . gineer Webb to Quit. rr , iwL, UUL3lu nK icuuiics "i,uther local men interested in the the meetirg of the board of aider-1 organization are, Mayor W. B. men last night were the announce- j strachan, J. H. Deas, Hunter Kerr, ment that the city will fight the, Locke McKenzie, W. T. Busby and proposed raise of gas and tele- j y ( Maupin phone rates and the appearance of I Tne' motto of the organization a number of railroad officials be-! -We Duiur. expttins the pUrp0Se of fore the board to protest against , thp club. It is an 0raniitation to the ordinance requiring the Sou-. build up local organizations and thern to build an underpass at the ; the town. Kiwanis is a transla Jackson crossing. tion of two Latin wor(,9 mianirig This meeting was to have been "Good Indians." held Tuesday night of last week j Plans to perfect the organiza but was postponed on account of j tion of the club here were under election night. All members were j wav some months ago but were present except Alderman Bean of I postponed. There are 20 Kiwanis the East Ward and Alderman I dubs in North and South Carolina, r fumairr ai winonn waro, w in Mayor Strachan presiding. The railroad officials were head ed by Superintendent Keintcr of the Midland division, whose head quarters are in Knoxville, and among those present w;re officials . jrum oin;r uoinis. inciuuinr iad . n. l,. Avery or oreensboro, and Superintendent Rickmond of Sal is-, . , " bury. Mr. Keister stated that the proposition was one that his com pany could not put through at this time. He had his engineer and blue prints on hand and show ed that the project would necessi tate an outlay of $150,000. In brief his plea was that the com pany was not financially able to undertake this work now an'l stat ed that the ordinance requiring it be rescinded. Other officials made (the same claims as the Midland superintendent. Mr. Keister did say that a bet ter crossing was needed at the Jn nes street crosing and made a pro position that the street here be widened and a board crossing put down, similar to the one at the Fulton street crossing and the ap proach made more accessible. This matter went over to a com mittee to take the same up and re port to the board at its next meet ing. In regard to protecting the Ful ton street crossing the .railroad official said they would keep the aiding at this point clear at the west end and not permit ' the parking of cars nearer the east aide of the crossing than 200 feet, in order to .give a view either way to parties approaching the cross ing. Mr. H. A. Rouzer asked the board to extend the sewer main on West Liberty street in order that he might get connection from the rear of his new garage now in course of construction. There were several other petitions sewer extensions as well as street paving and aU of these went over lor a time. There was a petition from citi zens for the opening up of South Lee street, from Monroe to Mili tary avenue, and this was referred to the proper committee. The board voted to pay the cost of new uniforms Secured by the policemen and also two members of the fire force who remain on duty a,t the city hall. The committee named some weeks ago to take up the matter of the request of the Public Ser vice company for a raise of its gas rates recommended that the request be not granted. However, it was stated that this company had made application to the authorities at Raleigh for such permission and it was voted by the board that the city protest against the same and that the mayor and city attorney go to Ral eigh at the hearing and make a fight against the proposed raise. This also applies to the proposed raise un telephone rates at which hearing the mayor and city attor ney will also be present. The report of the building com mittee showed that building per mits issued during the month of October amounted to $44,000. Chairman Heilig of the street committee was empowered to make exchange of the city horses for mules ,the horses not being need ed at the fire station now that the city has two motor fire trucks. Efforts are also being made by the fireman to have the stock remov ed from the city hall and kept at the stables' along with the other stock. A recommendation was read from the health board that the city purchase and install an incinera tor. No action was taken on this at this meeting. Alderman Heilig, who was on a special committee relative to armistice day and the German, gun reported that everything . was in readiness for the celebration and it was the sense of the board that the city officials be present at the exercise tomorrow in a body. Alderman Rideoatte made a re quest that the health officer at tend the meetings of the board and give it the benefit of his observa tions from a health standpoint and advise with the board. Mr. John I. Shaver made appli cation to be reinstated as janitor at the city- hall but this mattter was deferred to another time, i The salary of Street Superin tendent Weant was placed at $150 month to date from July 1st. (Continued on Page 2) KIWANIS CLUB FOR SALISBURY Organization Will B Perfected Monday at Luncheon By Organ izer For Five States The Kiwanis club In to estab liah a chapter here next Monday at a luncheon. District Organizer E. T. Set iz, of Knoxville. has inter ested a number of local business and professional men by his visit this week and will return Monday to put Jt over. At a meeting: yesterday, C. I. Jones was named temporary chair, man of the organization and T. W J Summersett temporary secretary. two of live states in wh ch Mr. Selig ha3 charge of the organiza tion. The Kiwanis appeals to the younger men of a city, the average age of Kiwanians in the United States is .'53 years. The ortraniza- i ,,n i o,.nf hvii t.... nk.v uv iui uicriii uci alii u for membershio , only two men from any one busj. ness or profession. However, pro- fessions are divided along liberal lines. For instance, the club would take for membership, two general practitioners among the doctors, two dentists, two eye, ear, nose and throat, etc. CONGRESSMAN JAILED FOR NIGHT (By The Associated Press) Washington, Nov. 10. After spending the night in a precinct police station Representative Gar rett of Tenessee was in police court this morning to answer to a charge of colliding and operating an automobile while under the in fluence of liquor. The congress man's machine, the police charge, knocked down Miss Alice M. Scho field of this city last night, result ing in a compound fracture of the hip. Congressman Garrett was arrested immediately afterward. The police said the congress man's bail was fixed at $500 hut he declined to furnish it. When the case was called today it was continued to November 24th, pending the outcome of Miss Scholfield's injuries. Garrett wai released on a $500 bond. BOYS PLAY WITH DYNAMITE ONE DEAD L (By The Associated Press) Rocky Mount, Nov. 10. A three year old son of Stephen Winstead forrwno l'ves near Sand Cross, six miles from here, is dead and a five year old brother is in a local hos pital in a serious condition with one hand blown off and the other badly torn as the result of the ex plosion of a stick of dynamite with which the children were playing late yesterday afternoon. The children found the dyna mite under the barn whert it had been hidden after some had .been used blowing up stumps. The barn was wrecked. KAISER NOW A COUNTRY GENT Doom, Holland, Nov. 10, Two years ago tonight William Hohen zollern arived at the ' Dutch fron tier, a refugee Em pwror. Todav ne is leading in this little villagethe life of a Dutch country gentleman, doing just about as he pleases and goinjj almost where he desires, about the countryside, so long as he stays within the territorial lim its prescribed by the Dutch, gov ernment. The Associated Press corerspon dent has been told by those in close touch with the former Emperor that during the past few months William has found much content ment in the life on his new estate here. He is said to feel certain that no further demands for his surrender will be made upon the Holland government. methodistspi7an active campaign Presiding Elders of Western N. C. , Conference to Push Centenary Work Have Meeting in Salis bury The presiding elders of the West ern North Carolina Methodist con ference met in the parlors of the Empire hotel yesterday afternoon,' nil the elders being here but two. Rev. Dr. Ricks, former pastor of Tulip Street church, Nashville, met with the elders as did also R. M. Courtney, conference missionary secretary, and Rev. R. J. Parker, returned missionary from Cuba. After a full discussion the elders decided to put on a campaign thru out the conference for full collec tions on the centenary. The week of December 5 to 12 will be pay-uo week on the statoiri charges and the whole month of December for rural charges. 5 There is due to date in this con ference on centehary pledges $638, 745 and of this amount there has been paid in $373,284. Each elder present at yesterday's meeting re solved to throw himself vigorously into the campaign. SHIPPING BOARD PLAYED FAVORITE II IS CHARGED Allocated Ships to Inex perienced and Unfinish ed Parties in Preference to These able to Handle. (By The Associated Preas) New York, Nov. 10. Individuals and corporations of no financial standing and no experience in maritime affair have been allo cated United States shipping board vessels for operation, J. F. Rich ardson testified here when the Walsh congressional committee re sumed its investigation of alleged irregularities in shipping board af fairs. Mr. Richardson, who is secretary and statistician to the Walsh com mittee, and who in this capacity conducted the investigation of facts regarding the board's operat ing methods, declared irrespon sible individuals were favored while established steamship com panies complained of inability to secure any tonnage whatever from the government. Such allocation, the witness as serted, has been performed at will by a "director of operation" under the shipping board who "com mandeered" vessels from establish ed transport lines and reallocated them to private companies. Shins- he said, have been turned over to companies with which relatives of men connected with the shipping board are financially interested. Competence of applicants for ships, Mr. Richardson stated, was invested only thru facilities pro vided by nnancial agencies. He added that those who have pur chased outright vessels from the board complained that they can not compete with companies financ ed and equipped by the shipping board. Others, he said, felt that they had cause for dissatisfaction when the board took back and re allocated vessels turned over to them. PRIZES AWARDED IN NAME CONTEST Harding Name Selected For the New Rowan County Town. The Evening Post carried some days r jo the story of the naming of a new town in Eastern Rowan for the newly elected prisident, A letter from Mr. J. D. Johnson, founder of the new community, an nounces that the splendid little community, 16 miles from Salis bury, 16 miles from Albemarle and one mile from Gold Hill, has been christened "Harding, and the name was suggested by seven widely scat tered American citizens. An aw,r7 of $25 was offerpd for the one sug gesting the name to be chosen and accordingly the proze has been equally divided between these sev en. Among them is James M. Wagoner, of Winston-Salem, R. F. D. 5. The other winners are Mrs. S. II. Wiley, 209 Bank street, Salis bury; Mrs. T. L. Norwood, 205 N. Hamilton street, High Point; Mr. Richard Beaston, Tyrone, Pa.; Mrs. W. H. Crumpler, Route 3, Box 2, Pikeville; Miss Addie White, Hamptonville; Mr. Kemp Alexan der, Gold Hill. In his letter announcing the win ners Mr. Johnson writes: "In your issue of August 8 we advertised an award of $25 for a name for our town. The result was very satis factory, as we received several hun dred suggestions of names. We would appreciate an announce ment of the effect that our new town will be known as 'Harding, N. C S. C. BANKER IS SAFE IN ATLANTA Columbia, S. C, Nov. 10. Thom as B. McLaurin, of Bennettsville, a banker who disappeared Monday after die discovery of a note near Blewitt's Falls intimating that he had committed suicide, wired his wife from Atlanta last night that "everything was all right; not to worry," according to members of the family. .Relatives of McLaurin have gone to Atlanta to locate him. SUGAR DIVIDENDS OFF Decline in Sugar Market Last Few Months Responsible for Falling Off of Profits. (Br The Associated Press) New York, Nov. 10 Quarterly dividends were declared here by the American Sugar Refining Company on the basis of 7 per cent per annum, omitting the ex tra quarterly dividends of three quarters of one per cent., which the company paid regularly since 1918. The missing extra dividend was not unexpected in financial cir cles where it was understood the decline in the sugar market the lasj; few months tended to curtail profits on which the quarterly div idends heretofore had been de clared. Mr. J. D. Caroll was taken sud denly and seriously ill last night at his home on North Main street. For a short time his condition was alarming but he soon began to re cover and is resting well today. There are more millionaires in Akron. O.. in roroportion to the population, than in any other city of the nation. The tireb usiness brings into this small city an incre ment of about $700,000 000 a year. BACK OF CAR SHORTAGE HAS BEEN BROKEN, REPRESENTATIVE SAYS Efforts of the Railroad Operators and Employees With the Assistance of Shippers is Successful. (By The Associated Press) Washington- Nov. 10. The back of the car shortage has been broken, Clyde B. Atchison, of the inter-State commerce commission, declared today before the annual convention of the National Railway Association and Utilities Commis sioners. As a result "of the effort of rail road operators and employes with the assistance of shippers and un der a policy laid down by the com mission," Mr. Atchison said, "we are now facing the possibility of a surplus of equipment." Mr. Atchison declared the gen eral public had never known "how close the rail and water transpor tation of the United States came to a complete cessation of function ing in the industrial part of the A SPENCER MAN BADLY INJURED Mr. Joe Thomas Injured by a Fall From a Pony Many New Peo ple Being Brought to Spencer Bv the Southern Road' (Ujr A. W. HICKS) Spencer, Nov. 10. Mr. Joe Thomas, a well known young Spen cer man, was painfully injured late Tuesday afternoon in a run away accident, a pony which ne was driving taking a dash when the shafts became detached from the buggy. The vehicle was turned over on Mr. Thomas who was taken to his home for treatment. No bones were broken and it is thought he will soon be out again. A new concern for Spencer is the Spencer Vulcanizing Co., which is owned and will be operated by Messrs. J. B. Orr, W. E. and Her man Hardiman. It will be located on Salisbury avenue near Fourth street where modern machinery and equipment for vulcanizing of all kinds is being installed. The new concern, the only one of the kind in this place, will be ready for business in a short time. The Southern Railway is employ ing numbers of new workmen in the various departments at ithe Spencer shops and almost every train brings new citizens for Spen cer. Many have come here in the past few weeks from other roads where work is light and where n-en are being laid off. While there has been a slump in fretgnt traffic over the main line of the Southern the movement is still very heavy, cent siderably above normal as compar ed with pre-war conditions. The influx of new citizens has caused a congested condition in regard to homes and boarding places "for the new comers in Spencer. All lodg ing an? boarding places are crowd ed to the limit and it is a cmnmnn thing for persons to either leave! town or remain up all night in an effort to secure lodging. Numbers have foud board in he country and many drive into Spencer daily to perform their tasks at the shoos. causing all roads within a radius of five to ten miles to be crowded with workmen both night and morn ing. The Spencer Y. M. C. A.. where many are cared for, has been feeding and lodging from 400 To 500 men daily. Good progress is being made on the new home for the Peoples Bank of East Spencer. The struc ture is being built of brick and; the wails are now nearing com pletion. With good weather it is expected the building will be ready for occupancy and that the new bank will be opened for busi ness on January 1st. The presi dent is W. J. Hatley, an East Spen cer merchant and postmaster, and the cashier has not been chosen. East Spencer is arranging to erect a new scHool building at a cost of $45,000. Plans have been adopted by the school board and work on the building is to be start ed at an early date with a view of completing it in time for the next term of school. The present build ing will become an annex to the new building. JACKSON BOARD TO CANVASS TODAY (By The Associated Press) Asheville, Nov. 10. The Jackson county board of elections will con vene this afternoon at Sylva to can vass the ballots cast in the general election November 2nd. The meet ing of the board had been postpon ed several times on account of trou ble which arose at the first meet ing. No further trouble is antici pated. THE HOUSING PRObTeM Chicago. Nov. 10. iWith the ar rival of United States Senator Calder and party from Cleveland the senat special committee on reconstruction and production" op ened its Chicago sessions today. Investigation of the housing sit uation in the Middle West is ex pected to bring fo.rth suggestions helpful to home builders from railroad presidents, real estate dealers, architects, club women, engineers, contractors and labor union heads. Baseball War Nears End (By The Assr...iatd Press) Kansas City, Nov. 10. Peace is in sight in the major league base ball war. This is the statement of Garry Herman, representing the national association of minor leagues. He said an informal meet ing of the 16 club! owners . of the National and American league would be held in Chicago Friday. country as a result of strikes begun in April and continuing' in dimin ishing force to summer." "The present financial situation," Mr. Atchison asserted, "coupled with the apparent downward trend of construction costs makes it seem prudent not to engage upon any undue or avoidable construc tive program until conditions be come more normal and seemingly there will be no letting down in intensive use of equipment to make the existing transportation ma chine operate at 100 per cent load factor." James A. Perry, of Georgia, was today elected president of the National Association of Railways and Utility Commissioners for a rerm or one year, ROTARY MEETING HAS TWO VISITORS Mr. Atkinson and New Pastor ot St. John Lutheran Church guests of Local C'vb at Luncheon Y'en terday. Rev. George H. Atkins and Rev. Edwin Fullenwider were guest of the Salisbury Rotary yesterday at the noon day luncheon. Mr. Atkin son spoke to the club of the Indus trial Institute and expressed the hope that the school would be prop erly housed by the first of the year. The members of the club met the new pastor of St. Johns Lutheran church for. the first time and gave him a cordial welcome to the city. Mr. Fullenwider was introduced by Rotarian A. II. Snider and made a short and pleasing introductory. Several items of special interest to Rotary members came up for brief discussion. In the absence ot Vive-President Leo Wallace, Wal ter Crump presided. ' DEPUTY FOOLS TIGER WITH POSSUM DOGS (Bv The Associated Press) Columbus, Ga., Nov. 10. On pre tense of hunting "possums" depu ty sheriff with a pack of possum dogs last night captured three large stills, 65 gallons of whiskey worth $1,000, confiscated a truck worth $1,500 and arrested Bennie Howard and Will Willis, the latter a negro. The still was located ten miles north of Columbus, LARGE LUMBER PLANT TO CLOSE (Br The Associated Press) New Bern, Nov. 10. 'Announce ment was made today by officials of the local plant of the John L. Roper lumber company, operating one of the largest lumber compan ies in the south that on Friday their plant here will be closed for an indefinite period. More than 1,000 men will be thrown out of work. Slack in the demand for lumber is attributed as the reason for the shutdown. Celebration Plans Complete. Plans for the armistice day cele bration tomorrow are ocmplete and the committee wishes all who are to take part in the parade to be at the community building a 9 o'clock in order that the parade might get underway at 9:30 sharp. Former service men are requested to ap pear in uniforms. The ceremony at the gun is com plete and will take place as an nounced several days ago unless some development forces a change of plans. Mrs. C. C; Heilig and daughter, Miss Thelma Kerr, leave for Mt. Ulla, N .C, to attend the wedding of her niece, Misc Georgie Horton. to .Mr. Kerr of Charlotte. GUARDS HARDING Miles C. M cCata 111, secret ser vice agent, will be in command a the bodyguard of President War ren G. Harding. He is sow it charge of tha protection ot thi president-elect. -.4 1 STALE DEPT. IS SLACKENING ITS DIFLOMATICWORK As Foreign Policy of New Administration is Un known it is Useless to Continue. (lly The Associated Press) Washington, Nov. iO. 'As a re sult of the election and impending change of administration the state department has begun to relax it.: attitude in some of the diplomatic problems with which it has dealing. This was made clear at the state department today with statements by high officials that the queslon of Fiume and the- Adriatic settle ment in which the United States has played a prominent part in the past was likely to te relegated in to the background of affairs in which the State Department was likely to concern' Itself. The statement has already been made in he case of problems pre sented by the creation of Sphere of Influence in Turkey by the allied powers. It is doubtful whether the United States would find it possi ble to arrive at a basis for objec tion because of the uncertainty as to the part America will play in world affairs under the new Repub lican administration. The impending change of admin istration however will not have any effect V the negotiations with the Japanese government regarding the California alien land law. These negotiations are now nearly com plete and a new treaty will soon be drawn. LUXURIOUS BATHS FOR NEW SENATE (By The Associated f ress) Washington, Nov. 10. The Graeco-Roman baths of the Unit ed States Senate installed nearly eight years ago but never put in to service are now being cleared of cobwebs and put into shape for a luxurious steam plunge, shower and electricity to members of the new senate when it assembles. Charges of extravangance were made in the congressional debates but. when the power of the admin istration at last swung from Re publican to Democratic the baths )Jleiaueu in we tnen new ncimw offic building were shorn, of their expensive fittings and Jeft to gloom. Now, however, the baths are coming back but under a new plan. Members of the Senate will pay a large part of the operating ex penses and a special unofficial committee has taken charge of as sessment which will be levied against each user in proportion to the service he exacts. SILENT TRIBUTE FORU. S. DEAD (By The Aatociated rrtm) Nov. 10. Plans for armistice day tomorrow were an nounced today with a proclama tion issuea Dy ine mayor caning upon citizens to observe the an niversary. At 10 o'clock in the morning the city will pay one min ute silent tribute to the American soldiers who died in the war. At the" signal of traffic police all ve hicles and street cars will stop nAdestrians will halt and face the east. Buglers scat tered about the down town oissnct fn h middle of the street oin corners and sound taps. BUSINESS SESSIONS OF D. A. R. TODAY (P The Associated Press) A .W..,;llo Vnv in Tho Tirol im!- n.llGVIII i.w.. v. - - ------ nary business sessions of the Gen eral convention of the united Daughters ,ofthe confederacy are hnino- hold thm mornincr with the I punn acheduled for this afternoon. The report of the presi dent General. Mrs. Roy W. McKin- ney. of Paduka, Ky., will be made at the business session. Social events include a reception by the board of "trade for the o.Ti cials and delegates tonight. The hiarnrical session Thursday nitfht will conclude the convention. HARDING DESERTS GOLF FOR FISHING (Br The Associated' Press) Point Isabel. Texas. Nov. 10. President elect Harding deserted eolf for tarnon fishing today when he cancelled a tentative appoint ment at the Brownsville country club to remain on the water all day trying his luck with the rod and reel. Yesterday's try at tarpon angl ing made him a staunch devotee of the sport and friends predicted that during the remainder of his vaca tion he would give little time to any other form of recreation. To Attend Underpass Hearing A number of Spencer and East Spencer citraens are contemplating going to Raleigh November 26 to be present at the hearing before the state corporation commission relative to an underpass at the Spencer depot. Numbers of citi- sens of the two towns ire greatly interested in this matter and it is exnected that a large delegation will be present when the same is brought before the commission at Raleigh. , 150,000 CLOTHING WORKERS ARE IDLE Numerous Clothing Manufactur ing Firms Shut Down Asserting That Business is Slack. (Dy The Associated Vress) New York, Nov. 10. Nearly 150,000 members of the United Hebrew Trades in New York State have been thrown out of work in the last three weeks of "steady business recession," Morris Fein stone, associated- secretary of the organization, announced here to day. Of these 90,000 arc tailors and 1.U .. I .!. ,.,...,1, mi,l.a ilium uiiii uiisn Kuuua iiianri.ii .1- ! . . K' J 1. nwsuy in ureuier new iurr.. These figures include about 7T per cent of the tailors and cloth anil dress goods workers in the union, Mr. Feinstone said, adding that the Hebrew trades include more than 250,000 men and women through out the State. "Employers say business is slack," Mr Feinstone said. "S:me of them have closed their fac (tories and later requeued their employes to return to their job at a lower wage scale, asserting tliat they can accept some cheap orders if labor costs are less. Every trade is affected by the slump in busi ness," Mr. Feinstone said, adding that "none of our people are go ing to accept lower wages until the cost of living has gone down, so they can do so without lower ing the standard of living." selungThTgan iz ation s. Nation Wide Plan to Dinposc of Farm Products u Farmer Does Not Receive Proper Pay. (By The Associated Press) Boston, Nov. 10. The setablisn ment of nation wide organisations which will tlx the price of farm pro ducts "if the farmers do not re ceive the. same pay for same hours work that others receive" was pre dicted today by Sherman J. Lowell, of Fredonia, N. Y., master of the National Grange Patrons of Hus bandry in opening the annual con vention of tne grange. GOVERNMENTTAKES HAND IN STRIKE (Br The Associated Press Mexico City, Nov. 10. Govern ment intervention in the situation at Vera Cruz, where dock workers and stevedores are on strike, will begin today it was announced. All operations at the piers of that city will be conducted by the govern ment and it is believed the situ ation which threatens a general strike will be averted,. ... PENROSE REJaAPSE , REPORT DENIED (flr The Associated Press) Philadelphia, Nov. 10. Publish ed reports that Senator Penrose who has been ill for about a year had a relapse were denied today by lone of his "physicians who said there was no material change in the Senator's condition. Senator Penrose is making preparations to return to the Sen ate after an absence since last No vember, FORTY-EIGHT ARE BELIEVED DEAD (By The Associated Press) Manila, P. I, Nov. 10. Forty eight persons are believed to have perished" when the coastwise steamer San Balilic was struck by a typhoon last Wednesday en route to Puerto Bello, South Philippinss, according to a survivors who reach ed here today. Fifteen of the sur vivors reached Cebu. There were 64 people aboard the vessel. CATHOLIC PARISH HOUSE DYNAMITED (Br The- Associated Piwl Strutchers, O., Nov. 10. The parish house of Holy Trinity Czecho-Slovak Catholic church was dynamited early today, the porch being blown off. No one was injured. The house was occupied by the Rev. John Frena, recently install ed as priest and against whose ap pointment protests were made by the members of the church, who fpr a time maintained an armed guard to prevent his taking possession. REGARDING PRICES ON SUGAR TUESDAY Low Price Quoted Yesterday Was For Raw Sugar and Does Not Directly Affect theHetail Price On Refined Sugar. Local dealers say that the Asso ciated Press report on decline in raw sugar yesterday carried in the Evening Post along with other A. P. newspapers is misleading and causing buyers to expect lower prices than the conditions warrant. The New York story carried in this paper yesterday recording a drop of 17 cents on raw sugar is being taken to mean a lowering of the price of refined sugar. The yester day's market on refined sugar was given as without change, ranging around 11 cents, which quotation is for movements in large quantities from the producers. There is a wide difference between quotation on a raw article and the refined at retail, and buyers should not be misled .by these figures. Crimean Peninsular Penetrated. i By T Associated Press) London, Nov. ' 10. Penetration of the Crimean peninsular is claimed in the Russian Soviet of ficial statement of Tuesday, re ceived here today by wireless. MAY LAUNCH MOVE 10 REVOLUTIONIZE N.C. PUBUC SCHDOli Teachers Assembly, It is Believed, Will Ask That Present State System Be Abandoned. (Or MAX ABERNETTIY) Raleigh, Nov. 10. A movemen; to revolutionize the present State school system will in all probabili ty be launched at the annual meet ing of the North Carolina teach ers' assembly which convenes at Asheville Thanksgiving day. Just what the plan is may or may not be understood by those on the outside but it is believeJ that at the Asheville meeting reccommen dations will be made urging that th-! state system be abandoned for one similar to the present city sy tern. If this is dene, of course, the idea is to have the superintendent of public instruction for the state chosen by the board of education rather than nominated and elected by' popular vote. There' are other chages, it is un derstood, that will be recommended but interest will center in the move ment to take the superintendent of .public msrucion s election out of the hands of the people of the state. Friends of the present plan admit that the theory of such a change is plausible. In a popular election there is always the possibility of an inefficient man being choson when an expert in educational matters should be give the position. But they do not believe that the move ment, which contemplates a radical departure from the system in vogue, will meet with favor in the state. : " . While there has been ao formal announcement made from " any source outlining the substitute plan it is understood that F. P. Bachman representative of thi National Bu reau of Education, is back of the movement. Workmen's Compensation Dill. ' The naming of a special commis sion at the special Session of the 1920 general assembly to investr gate and-report at the regular ses sion of the legislature next January on a workmens compensation but, it is believed, will give North Caro- AIMS . Col. James R. Young, stata insur ance commissioner, who has urged a compensation law heretofore has obtained copies in pamphlet form of all southern state laws and also a digest with ' annotations of all such laws in the. United States. wwn . . .Li I -. f . i inese are ac mq uisoosai oi w commission and . will be given the members constituting the commis sion by Deputy Commissioner Wade, who succeeds Colonal Young. This joint commisfon is compose! of two senators, Lindsay Warren, of Washington, and Dorman Thompson, of Statesville. and three representatives, Luke H. Young, Leicester, R. B. Red wine, Monroe, and Brownlow Jackson, Henderson ville. It is predicted that the incoming legislature will write Into its law, if one is enacted, provisions ' con tained in such laws in Virginia and Georgia. Every state has already passed a workmens compensation law 'except North Carolina. Flori da and South Carolina. . , " , . Dough ten Elected. ' ;" Former lieutenant-governor TvV C. Newland, of Lenoir, who ia a visitor at the capital, is of the opin ion that Congressman Bob Dough ton's re-election from the eighth district is certain beyond a doubt. He points out that while it is trua that Mr. Doufchton carried onlv three counties, Alleghany, Iredell and Rowan, his majorities in these counties along with, the vote he re ceived in the others will run his majority to about 2,000. The mountain women, the former ' lieutenant governor thinks, did not vote the Democratic ticket as was? expected. This fact is given as reason for Mr. -Houghton's small majority. The Republican women voted nearly their full strength, he thinks. . . Pardon Granted. -, Governor 2igkett's office today ; announced the conditional pardon of John Moon, High Point man, convicted of bigamy and serving tan vflnN An )no St.atj ripnit 0ntialV- Reasons for the man's pardon are lacking but the governor is expect ed to make them known upon his re turn to his office the last of , tha week. , COSTS MORE TO MARRY SATURDAY THAN MONDAY The Hague, Oct. 22. The cost oi getting married in The Hague Alt depends on the day of the, wees. ; For some reason -that has never been explained Monday ts society dap and marriages on that day . at the City Hall, where every couple must go for the official cercmoy, cost 60 guilders, (nominally equiv alent to 40 cents each). On Satur days the charge is five guilders, or. nothing at all, depending k upon whether the couple wish a seperate ceremony all for themselves or be maried in groups of twenty couf: 9 at a time. .i : 'T';-:1'''-; At these jrroup marriages, the officiating clerk reels ; off in fiv minutes the marnage formula, aTl the couples listening In, chorusln.i "ves" at the proper time, and then all file in and sign the book. Then they are married. .