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no. n Weather Tb-day CLOUD.Y TONIGHT AND WED- NESDAYi PROBABLY RAIN. IRMBtBOP TU ASSOCIATED PKF.SS) The Aaaociaud Prmm is excluaively entitled u the bm for publication of all Mn dtapatchee credited to it or not otherwise credited la mm taper and etna the local now published. THB SALISBURY EVEN. INO POST b Member of To AatoclaVtd Pro and gete the fterneoa reporte. g rest: VOL.' 15. NO. 123. ' SALISBURY, N. C TUESDAY, DEC. 21, 1920 PRICE 2 cents; FORDNEY TARIFF OPPONENTS LINE IIP FOR A FIGHI Proponents - and Oppo nents of the Bill Are Preparing for the Fight in House Tomorrow. (By The Awnciated Prit) Washington, Dec. 21. Propon ent! of the Fordney emergency tar iff bill and opponents of the mea sure were engaged today" in lining up their forces preparatory to fight when the measure is called up for consideration in the house tomorrow. Open antagonist to the meamire in both the Senate and the House was manifested for tho first time yesterday following re ports by the ways and means com mittee that the period of applica tion would be reduced to ten month instead, of a one year pyriod as previously fixed. Added to the house forces op posing in principal the proposed tariff on agricultural products were many representatives of, urban anu manufacturing districts who indi cated they would oppose the mea sure because of its failure to in dudev manufacturing commodities.' Long staple ana Egyptian cot ton are included in the list of com modities named in the bill on which high import duties will be impos- ed. COTTON BODY MAKES O NEW YEAR PLANS Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 21. The Geor gia Division of the America Cot ton Association has perfected plans for a membership campaign, and with the beginning of the new year, the work will be started in real ear nest. It is v expected that thou sands of citizens of the state, in practically every walk of life, will be added to the a ssociation mem bership during the next few months. ! "Theotton South is fully owaKc 'to the necessity as well as to the Justice of the producer's demand for reasonable profits and better and broader living conditions" sail! .Ji. W. Mattox, president of the cot ton association, "The cotton asso Hattorr is undertaking to do its best towards a just solution of the problem of growing and marketing cotton. Our association is dedi cated to the purpose of making cot ton production a more profitable -and tolerable vocation, and there by stimulating the production of a large and better supply to meet tne needs of the world. Every citizen of Georgia has a part he should play in helping the assiciation do this. He is benefitted more, many times more, than he realizes in al ligning himself with us as a mem ber, In helping the organization he is aiding his own business anJ his own state." The state association at prcseat it is stated, is composed, of the strongest agricultural and business interests in the stata. Its-fundamental purpose is to improve the conditions of the cotton producer, land, to enhance his profit along fines absolutely just and economic. ' State some of the objcto of the association, Mr. Maddox said: "It .proposes that the farmer shall plant better seed, cultivate to better advantages, produce better grades and staples and harvest them with greater care. "It 'proposes that each farmer's cotton acreage shall be limited to that area which he and his help can properly . work and speedily har vest, in order that coctsmay be re duced, waste minimized and bet ter grades and more sjinnable cot-, ton produced. . , "It proposes to inculcate habits of conservative, to encourage the construction of protective housing facilities in every county, on every larm (and at every gin. ."It proposes to make cotton pro duction a safe, profitable and hu man occupation, v v "All spinners and all ' users of cotton goods should be as much in terested in the consummation of these plans as are the fotton far mers."" miss: insurance ; co. quit state (B Tho Afocitcd Prg) .New York, Dec. 21. One hun ( dred and thirty-eight ifire insurance companies are Suspending business in Mississippi where their aggre gate covering policies amount to ' approximately 1,250,000,000. f This action is the outcome' of a v suit filed against them by state revenue agea. charging that in Col lecting the same rate they created ' a combine in restraint of trade, - Announcement of the suspension was made here today by the na tional board of-ire underwriters. It was explained the state revenue agent conterids the alleged viola tion of the anti-trust law at Miss issippi subiects each convpany to a nno oi 5&,uuu a day stnee January 1, 190R. or sn aggregate penalty of two billion dollars, r ? : . Jackson, Mt3S, Dec. 21-Unless a compromise is reached ori thei.f v!,. . garnishment feature of the state Leared in the darkness. This hap revenue agents' suit against the ned shortly before , midnight fire insurance companies in Mis-1 Bloodhmnds in Roanoke were sent sissippi, at was said today by local! for and the man hunt began earlT . unuerwrners, jam:eiiaiion oi all , risks would immediately follow an oraer suspending business. SEASON'S FIRST BUD - V J - - ' - ' v. it "fffv"$ -vno'0 & " V DOROTHY. HONDZLL ' The season's first debutante In Washington from Congressional circles is Miss Dorothy Mondell, daughter of Representative and Mrs.. F. W Mondell, A Wyoming, who has Just .made 'her debut Fired Into Crowd White Boys, Killing One of Them Had Previously Escaped. 'V ' ..." (Pr The AnoHated Prou) " '": Roanoke, Vs., ".Dec, 21. Edmund Thompson, the negro who fired Into a crowd of white boys at Flncastle, Va., Saturday night, wounding four, one of whom afterward -died, was captured about 11 o'clock this morning near Troutville, a few miles from the scene of the trou ble. -.. Thompson was shot and wound ed and was not taken until he was shot down. His capture was brought about by a white woman at a farm house. He aplied tt her for breakfast whereupon she gave hhn something to eat and then telephoned the sheriff,, ' The shooting of the boys occurr ed when Thompson became angered by the throwing of firecrackers un der his" feet. He fired Into -the crowd of boys' five times. Officers arrested him but he was soon taken away from them by a mob from whieh he escaped and remained at large until this mornings Attempt to Lynch Thompson. Fir.castle, .Dec. 21 J A 'posse of Fincastle citizens, headed by De puty, Sheriff Shelby Caldwell, yes terday and all last night searched with bloodhounds for Ed. Thomp son, a negro, who on Sunday"hight made a spectacular escape when a mob here tried to talce him from the deputy sheriff after that officer had arrested him on a charge of having shot into a crowd of white boys on a Fincastle street and mor tally wounded one of them and ser iously injuring three others. Soon after the shooting,4 which ; authorities say was provoked when j one of the white boys threw a fire-' cracker at Thompson's feet, the ne gro was arrested at the home of his father, Charles Thompson, three quarters of a mile north of town by Deputy Sheriff Caldwell and Turner McDowell, clerk -of' the county court. The four wounded boys immediately were taken to a Roanoke hospital, and Peck Austin, 17, died soon after arrival there. The other boys, all of whom are expected to recover from , their wonnds, are James Bayne; 15; Boy Young, 16; and Roy Lee, 17. While attempting, to take their prisoner to Roanoke, the deputy Eheriff and Mr. McDowell were in tercepted on the road near Ams terdam, 12 miles from here, and forced by a mob of 100 men to re turn .here. When the mob reached Fincastle, according'to the author ities, dispute between the deputy sheriff and members of the mob arose over whether, the prisoner should be lynched or placed in the county jail. Suddenly, an unidentified- man, said to have worn an army overcoat, elbowed his way, through the crowd, rushed.up to the automobile containing the pris oner, and exclaimed: "If you're going to lynch Jiim, do it now," and firecfa revolver at the negro's head, Confusion followed, some of thejjnembers-f the mob taking refuge in nearby buildings, and Thompson, with a" cry, '"Oh, my God," jumped from theymtomobile and-fled. About m snots were nrea this morning. Thompson was trail- ed by the dogs to his father's cab in, but a thorough search 'of the FINCASTLE, Vk NEGRO CAPTURED 375 MOONSHINERS CAPTURED IN 'v fiOTTTHi? A STRUM HTSTRTflT IN NOV. 3,738 Gallons of Liquor and Thirty Nine Automobiles - Taken-r$97,649 Property Destroyed. , LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 21..-375 alleged moon shiners were arrested and 174 illegal stills, with 3, 738 gallons of liquor, were seized in the Southeastern prohibition district during November, according to reports issued here by prohibition officials. v , The Southeastern district includes the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Caro lina and Virginia. Those arrested for alleged violation of tne Vol stead act paid the government $473,056 in taxes and penalties the statement said. : Thirtv nine automobiles and ten other vehicles. used in "rum running" and valued at $13,700, were Seized Dy ine xuu xeuexai areata wunuiig 111 tne uia- trict and will be sold under provisions of the Vol stead act. Property seized ed at $97,649. DEFENSE RESTS IN THE SHEPARD CASE Defense Closes Its Testimony in Fred B. Shcpard Murder Cae at Macon, Ga. , (By Th Auociatcd Prcu) Macon. Ga.. Dec. 21. Evidence for the defense in the preliminary hearing into the 4eath last June of Fred B. Shepard was closed here todays with a reservation on behald of Mrs. Annie Cutts, one of the defendants, to. perm it three witnesses to be called after tho state has concluded its rebuttal. Evidence for Mrs. Pauline Elmer, widow of Shepard, was closed yes terday after Dr. Chas. r. Harold, of Macon, who operated on Shep ard, declared he died, of general peritonitis. ' Witnesses for, the other defon dants, Mrs. Elmer's son, Ernest Hopson, and her sister, Mrs. Iona Henry, and Mrs. Cutts, today were four who attacked the charater of the state's witness, Dr. W. L. Orr, of Perry, who attended Shepard CI his last illness. Pr. Orr said he had no suspicion and told of calo mel and other drugs which he ad ministered, - ' ' ... Evidence; at the preliminary hearing before Judge Matthews. In. superior,, courtfc.into ..the deaths t Fred B. Shepard - has cl6sed ant! argument is set for the afternoon session of the court. Final evi dence of the state consisted of ef forts to boost up the character oi former tenants oh the Cutts plan tation in Wilcox county whj testl fed that one of the fcur defen dants, Mrs. Ann;? Cutts, related to them story of a plot to poison Shepard lor his money, me tea : tiinony of state experts that poi soil was fmnd in Shepard's intes tines was followed by a declaration from i nhvsician on behalf of tho defense that Shepard died of gener al peritonitis. , PROPOSE SHORTER tTi-iITtta TA C A VP fi?r iiUUila IV OA V ti aK?i (By The Auociatcd Preu) naof TPollo Mnntan. Tlai' 91 fh firoat NnrtKprn Railwav ahonii,' ph work shorter hours to save sixty of their number being layed $334,000,000 for October this year off entirely were made by the men and $425,000,000 for November last themselves today in a communica- year. ; For the eleven months pe tion sent to Great Northern head- riod ending November of this year sixty men were layed off today. Henderson Banker Dead. (By The Auociated Preu) Henderson, N. C, Dec. 21 D. Y. Cooper, Sr., a prominent banker, textile manufacturer and business man, died suddenly at ' his home here last night at 10 o'clock. He was 73 years old ! and was born April 21, 1847, in Granville County. Famous American Ace Marled. (By The Auociatcd Prete) 'St. Augustine, ' Fla., Dec. 2I Eddie RickenbacheP, famous Amer ican ace. wa auietly marled here yesterday afternoon to Miss Fran ces G. Hannon, of New York, it became known today. Miss EdnaJ Edwards, county demonstration agent, has gone to Asheville to spend the Christmas holidays. Miss Edwards will also take a course in home demonstra tion at the North Carolina College for Women, together with other demonstration agents of the State, before returning here the first of j reuruurjr. - . .M.j .t. owiamg imiiea v Dr.uK iri .jmum ga,ary of lfi0Q marks a ZUglltVe. According to authorities, Thomp- n is employed as porter in al son is employed Is said, were congregated in frontf18 2HJ?th!? AVl of local store when Thompson , --KHf)S!fJ t iL- came on the opposite side of the te, mfn J"1? for an h" rtrt .One of the4,oys is said to - g hJXJ?:U; have thrown ; firecracker, com- iTJihIlenm65t of he C8t monly known as a "squib," at the w8 1h,cb enanerlnS negro's feet, and Thompson lm- !an , economic existence, mediately whipped oufa M calibre1 -We fi"d ourselves in the predic revolver and fired Ave times at the went " mus crowd , government aid or try to endure . Peeiing among 'citizens, which ' impossible living conditions," was at fever heat last night, ap-,thePeUt'.n. , , pea red to have quieted down today' T 9lvJ Servlc Employes and no trouble between the races League has several millions. . of and destroyed is estimat- AN IRISH VILLAGE BURNED TODAY (By Th Auociatcd Prcu) London, Dec. 21. The Press As sociation Dublin coterspondent quotes a dispatch from Tulsk, coun ty Roscommon, as saying crown forces burned the village of Vallin alee, county Lomford, early this morning as' reprisal for the recent attack on the police barracks in which on constable, was killed and three wounded. "" Shops and houses were destroyed, the dispatch states, some outlying farm houses were burned and stock was shot. The military was com mandered and fortiled the school houses. Most of the inhabitants fled, according to the dispatch. COLBY LANDED IN BRAZIL TODAY (By The Associated Prtt) Rio de Jainero. Dec. 21. iBrain bridge Colby, American secretary of state, arrived here this morn ing on board the battleship Florida from, tne united states. Mr. Colby, who is accompanied by General Cronkhite and Admiral iBassett, representing tho United States "army and navy respective ly. came to Brffzii to return the visit of President Pessoa to the United States, t. SMALLER EXPORTS AND , IMPORTS IN NOVEMBER (Special to The Evening; Poet) Washington. Dec. 21 Decreased exports and imports in November, as compared wun wiener oi tnis j year and November cf la-t year rve shown in a statement sued today by Ll.c Bureau of Foreign and domestic Comae.":? of the Ec parlment of Commerce. . Exports in November amounted to J675.000.000, against $752,000,- uw ior ucioDer, wis year, and -".ww,000 fn November, last year For the eleven months ending with November, 1920, the exports were $7,507,000,000 as compared -with $7,Z3S,ouu,0U0 for. the correspond ing period last year. November imports were valued t $321,000,000, as compared with the imports were 35.013.000.000 against, $3524,000,000 during the corresponding period of last year. Imports of old during Novem ber, amounted to $57,000,000 and exceeded those of November last year by $54,OO0,0fl0, but were $80, 000,000 less than, those during Oc tober o f this year. Imports of gold during, the eleven months .ending November of this year were $372, 000,000 against $64,000,000 for the corresponding period of last year. November exports of gold were $20,000,000 against $26,000,000 for October; and for the eleven months period the gold exports were $305, 000,000 this year and $322,000,000 last year.'.. ,;. Imports of silver for November were $5,000,000 and for the eleven months period were $83,000,000. Silver exports amounted to $3,000, 000 during November and to $108, 000,000 for the eleven months period. ' GERMAN GOV. EMPLOYES PETITION WAGE INCREASE ; Hamburg, Dec. 2 Ten thousand civil aprvirfl pmVInvoa her Vinv unanimously adopted a petition to ime jsemn government ior wage increases amounting to 70 per cent J a : . i . ... dating from October 1, for a mini 'and 100 nor ffint inrrM in familv aUowa ' . nty' ' '-. .a- " AMNESTY ASKED FOR PRISONERS HaD BY GOV'T Author of Resolution and Samuel Gompers Plead for Adoption of the Resolution by Congress. (By The Associated Preu) Washington, Dec. 21y Passage by congress of the France resolu tion asking immediate amnesty for all prisoners is contrary to de mocratic .idealism- ana the funda mental traditions of freedom. It recommends also that congress re- auest the president, the attorney general and the secretary of war to grant immediate amnesty to an prisoners held under the act. Senator France told -the commit tee that he acted principally on the realization that the welfare of the "working man is bound up in the question of civil liberty. "The espionage act is offensive to all men who. know what free dom means," Mr. Gompers said, "and grates on the man who be lievea in American nrincinles. refer to the common interpretation of the law, he said. ... $350 FINE IMPOSED , IN LIQUOR CASE Jake Brown Pleads Guilty to Hav ing Liquor in Possession Takes ' Oath to Refrain from Handling Intoxicants. In the county court this morning the case against Jake Brown charged with, having a quantity of liquor in his possession, plead guil ty and threw himself upon the mer cy of the court. . The state present ed evidence showing that Sheriff Krider and Revenue Officer Talbort had made a search of the Brown home some days ago and ab a re sult of this search a keg containing about two and a half gallons of li quor was found in a cotton patch near the residence, and also there was one witness who testified that he saw the defendant carrying a keg ayfay' from the house while officers were on the inside. Attorneys for the defense did not offer any testimony in behalf of their client but did have him take an oath that he would refrain from m any manner engaging in the handling or liquor, and. then made a plea asking for the impos ing of a reasonable fine with the understanding that any Turther violation by him of the prohibition laws would bring forth more se vere punishment. Prosecutor Mc Cubbins asked for a fine and a sus pended judgment but the latter was 0pposed by the defendant's attorneys. ' Judge Furr then imposed a fine of $350 and costs, the giving of a bond -with two sureties in the sum of $750 that the defendant would not engage in the sale, handling or transportation of intoxicants for a period of eighteen months, and also requires said defendant to appear before the . court every three months and show that he has car ried out the court's order, and prayer for judgment is continued pending the fulfillment of the court's verdict in the case. Mr. Brown furnished the bond immedi ately upon adjournment of court. In connection with this case Wi ley Click and wife, who were in dicted for interfering with officers at the time of the visit of the sher iff and revenue officer to the Brown home, were adjudged guilty and were taxed with the costs in their cases. ...' INDEPENDENT STEEL MILLS PLAN HEAVY WAGE CUT Pittsburg, Dec. 21 Executive officers of the principal indepen dent steel companies here tonight, when informed of the 25 per cent wage reduction in the mills of the Cambria Steel Company at Johns town, frankly slated that while the rate of pay had not yet Deen touch ed in Pittsburg mills, drastic re ductions would be announced for the beginning of the new year. They took the position that while production costs were on the pres ent basis there could be no stabili ty in the steel market, and it was proposed to bring about the com plete readjustment of wages as soon as possible. Independent mills, they said. were operating about 50 per cent of J capacity ana tney expressed tne opinion that with the new wage, scale iivforce, buyers would no lon ger stay out of the market. Wage reductions affecting 8,000 men were announced in the Wheel ing, W. Va., steol district , during the week. -v The mills of the United States Steel Corporation, it was stated here, were operating above 80 per cent of capacity. : There have been no rumors here of a new sca of wages in the steel corporation plants. ' . tk' . '.; SHIP SEARCHED FOR "IRISH PRESIDENT" (By The Associated Preu) Southhampton, Eng., Dec; 21. A thorough search was made of the steamship Aquitania which landed here this morning but no evidence was found to lend color to ths re cent rumors that Eamond ds Val era, "president of the Irish repub lic," was aboard the liner. ' .Uncle Joe Helps the "Baby I " IT. X . V "Uncle Joe" Cannon la shown here giving tho "Baby ot the House," Representative Clarence J. McLeod, IS, a few tips. "Uncle Joe" Is the oldest member of the Hoose Jn point of service. He was battling on the floor before McLeod was born. "Uncle Joe" pre dicts a great future for the "baby congressman,' remarking that "he was smart enough to oome to LAWS IS URGED Otto Kahn, New York Banker, Says This is Es sential to Healthy Growth of Business. (By The Anoclated Preae) Washington, Dec. 21 Business of the country is demanding and must have a revision of the tax laws H. it is to continue a healthy srrowth. Otto Kahn, New YorK banker, told the house ways and means committee in the course ot a statement in which he denounced the economic aspects of the treaty of Versailles, and declared Tor,the continuation of income'sirtaxes. . ' The excess profits tax "must go" Mr. Kahn said, adding that while it was theoretically sound its dis advantages outbalanced its advan tages. Continuation of the incoma sirtaxss, Mr. Kahn explained, was a social and economic neces sity but he warned against excesl levies on higher incomes on the around that it would not produce a maximum of revenue for which it was designed. He also said that he opposed any exemption under the income tax provisions. WHITE TALKS OF DEMOCRATIC PLAN (By' The Aaaoclated Preaa) ' ' Washington, Dec 21.Demo- cratic reorganization1 plans were discussed by George White, chair man of the Democratic national committee, -with party leaders in congresstoday and progress was' reported toward meeting the par ty s treasury deficit. Requests that state committees aid in liqui dation on a pro rata basis was the plan said to be most favored.; Mr. White is also said to have effected a reorganization of the New York under-Washlngton head quarters. ;.; No immediate meeting of , the national committee' is contemplat ed. Mr. White said nrlor to his de parture for his home in Marietta, Ohio, to spend Christmas. TELLS OF ILLICIT ; STILL -IN CHURCH (By The Aieoeiated Preai) Raleirh. Dec. 21. While . the Rev. A. A. Pippin, pastor of Hepzi- bah Baptist church, 22 miles from Kaleigh, was severely criticising persons who allow the liquor laws to be violated without reporting the matter to the proper authori ties one member of the congrega tion became so affected that he whispered into the ear ot a prohtoi- tion officer seated in front of him that he knew where a blockade still was located and as a result of this information there is one less illegal wnisKey manufacturing establish-' ment in Wake county, North Caro- lina today. Accompanied -by his informer the officer located and- destroyed th etill bl tour milAa tmm the-. church, evidence found indicating that it had been operated the ineht Derore. L.&N. SHOPS IN. TENN. DESTROYED " Etowah. Tenn.. Dec. 21. Fire of unknown origin totally destroyed . in the machinery of the Louisville & fcusinessomorrow so as to give Nashville railroad shops here be. th4J fy uriff bUl right-of-tween one and two o'clock this way . - " ' morning. The low is estimated at j Speaking in the house on tariff more than $100,000, included in this f gI1enilly . Representative Longs are two large locomotives which m.u J av., . t v.u A.. vSO&lEr ynabl t0 g6t Ut f the building. f v T T. Msinnin hn v.a Wn confined in the Whhehead-Stokes necessary no save from stark aad sanatorium for several weeks, Mt otter ruin some of the most im the hospiUl yesterday and, is now.portanf? agricultural Interests of at home. 1 the right place for pointers. WILL GO TO WORK Belief is That Many Will Be Forced io Give Up Education for the Pres ent at Least - By MAX ABEBNBTHT) " Raleigh, Dec. 21.-The present financial depression is expected to play its part Handsomely in re gard to efforts that are now being made to persuade tho 1921 ses sion of the General Assembly to provide adequate ! appropriations for all of the State's educational institutions. y f ' ' : t "That the outlook Is disheartening at this time for generous approprla tions for tnis call is admitted, op ponents of the movement are even now predicted that stores of stu dents now in college will, follow ing the Christmas holidays, give up their rooms and return home sim ply because the financial storm has been .felt back hqme. Having sur rendered their places at Chapel Hill, West Raleigh and Greensboro, so the story, goes, these erstwhUs students will join the ranks of the wage earners at least until tho fin ancial sky has cleared. And this prediction, whether tt is founded Upon facts or not, is now being offered and will be heard whenever any attempt is made in the 1921 session to secure appro priations for the State's biggest asset. "Our colleges are not now ; so crowded," the reactionaries are expected to say, "as they were , when the movement for higher edu cation was started. We think it best that no action be taken on this matter until the next biennial session," v '' This anticipated wail has preced Jed the legislators to Raleigh by !two weeks. It is doubtless being heard elsewhere at this time,' but friends of the movement who have undertaken the task of showing the general assembly just how nig gardly the state has been in the past with its educational facilities intend to meet any and all such argument with the facts, SMITH SELECTED ON JOINT COMMISSION (By The Auociatcd Prete) Washington, Dee. 21. Senator Marcus A. Smith, of Arizona, is understood to have been selected byPresident Wilson as a member of the International joint commis sion dealing with questionsarising between the United States and Canada, such as fisheries and the like. 5 r Senator Smith's term as senator '.will expire March Srd next and he expects to enter upon his ' new duties immediately afterward. The appointment has not been maae but he will fill a vacancy on the high commission of which Obadiah Gardner, of Rockland, Maine, - is chairman. He is a Democrat.' ' ,-. , , . EMERGENCY TARIFF WINS FIRST FIGHT (By The Aieoeiated Pieae) Washington, Dec. 2L JAdvocates of emergency tariff legislation won m nralimlnftvv firhf in tha hnnan a meVn'; com- JmittM e.M th ,FrHnv mr- rener tariff measure was vitally couniry. , PREDICT STUDENTS BICKEII LIEKLY TO PARDON MA W VTHISpSTMAS Democratic Leaders Will Oppose Dedistriciing of N. C. So As to Give the G. O. P. a Seat.- (By MAX ABEHNCTHT) Raleigh, Dec. 21. Governor Bickett will this week grant a num ber of pardons and paroles to ths ' State's prisoners in time for them, , to reach home on Christmas Day. ' Nu intimation has .been made as to how many will be released but the governor has had under con sideration for some time will be acted upon, , and in line with ttie plan adopted he will extend clem- ' ency to some prisoners who. are known to deserve attention but wno have not even appealed directly for pardon. The governor wjll himself take a hand in their cases because he believes they have been suffi ciently punished. The pardons and paroles he will make this week will likely be the last ones during his term of office and they will be "Christmas gifts" to citizens who strayed from the straight and narrow, If North Carolina is to be given additonal representation, in Cong ress as the result of the increased population Democratic leaders will vigorously oppose any action look ing to the' redisricting of the State so that a Republican congress may be sent to Washington. " r ' There are, of cobrse, some Dem- I ocrats who will sit as members ot the 1921 session who will vote to redistrict the stata so the Repub licans msy be the beneRciary of one Congressman. This representa tive, they think,' should come from the far western counties. But side from voting it is unlikely that any Democrat will make a fight for the minority party. : The majority of the Democratic members are expected to stick to the gerymanqr and sand a Jsolid delegation to Washington. , This course is being pursued in the nor. thern, Republican States, they will ; point out, and should be followed , in North Carolina. ' i f - , V . If it is seen that a, redisricting cannot be done so as to elect only Democratic" members it wil1 then be urged that the additional member or members should be elected at large. ' ', ; ' .. v Six members of the Czecho-SIo-' ak ministry , of health having . spent three days In Nor:h Carolina observing public health methods or work carried on under the direction . of Dr. W. S. Rankin, left Raleigh yesterday for New York on the re- ' turn trip, Jo their far away home. There they - will put into effect many of the health ideas they have observed in this State. , North Carolina was recommend ed to the visitors as the State where public health , work has reached its 'most advanced stage. DEPT JUSTICE . t i-.. AGENT IS nERE Special Agent France of, Raleigh .. Comes to Salisbury to investi gate the Prints Case. ; ; . vf t r Special Agent France, of Raleigh of the department, of justice ar rived in. the city this .morning and at once called upon Chief of . Po lice Kesler and Sheriff Krider to make some inquiries regarding the case of F., F. Printz, the man wo was yesterday given a preliminary hearing in the county court before Judge Furr and bound over to tho Superior court, having bean ar rested on a charge of securing money falsely from relatives of deceased soldier boys in a portrait scheme which he was working. Printz is said to have contended that he represented an uncle . In Asheville whom he thought repre sented the government which was alleged to be interested in fur nishing' portraits' of deceased sol diers, and . Prints was securing moneyjfrom parties upon whom he called.' The fact that the govern ment was said to , be. interested caused the sending of a special agent here to majte an Investiga tion. " ' ( ', . MRS. ROBINSON SAYS CONSUL INTEflFER'D , ' (By The Aieoeiated Prcaa) , ' Washington,, Des. 21. Mrs. Annie E. Robinson, of Manchester, England, secretary' of the isritisii branch of the Woman's Intem-i- tional league, declared before t: - commission of , the committee ' one hundred investigating condi tions in Ireland, that America Consul Wells, at Manchester,- hv attempted to prevent her comir to America to testify before ti, commission by. refusing to vise he r passport on December 6th. : "We are not encouraging inquit - in America into state affairs i Ireland," Mrs. Robinson said was told by the consul. . Irish Home Rule Bill Adrr'.-'. (By The Aaociatd Pr. London, Dec. 21, The In h 1 rule bilL as slightly modi:' 5 " house of lords, was adop 1 ' house of eommons t measure now needs on!y t. ; signature to become law.
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