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, .:: ' UJiy ' D:'iy Ir:!;Ih:b!y ?:-"t Dnycj SociInn j That You Really Need ? : Buy NOW -and Help to Better General Cc T' umn or thb associated p' - TIm AMoelaUd Proa la arlimtwty ntuiml to M for puMiratioa bf all aawa timtcbm arming it ar ac otlwrwlM ervdiud la tha r' ."I th loral wn publbhao. THK ALISuuJtY iVt IX 0 POST to member of TIm AiMriaUd tr u , c-, PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT $ c f '; -j AND FRIDAY J WARMER. A, I awu Um ftarnooa reports. VOL. 15. NO. 147. v .v v - v ' v SALISBURY, N.Cn THURSDAY, JAN. 20,1921 , ' ivFC.UlilfiiliGlil SAuSBU RY. 1 92T Past Year Showed i Fine Record of More Than neer Sees Big Year. f j Salisbury' building record for tha year, just closed was owe to be. : proud of and the outlook 4a justas ; bright, If not brighter for the year ! 1921. City Engineer J, W, Webb ' hat just complied some statistics of the past year iri building in this : city and it shows some interesting Items, The totah building opera t ions, including new structures, ad ditlons and enlargements and im .' provements, .remodellmg and the like, ran ta. $1,000,000 or more Much of this Was in manufacturing , plants and business structures, but . the greater1 number of the build- insrs erected the past year were . residences -and the type.of these rr:"-ri :v" I-vlfZ: 1-:"" ears, .Tne cost or tne resiaences .rn from $25,000 down' but the city engineer estimates that the aver age cost of the homes built was around $6,000 or $7,000. The cal- . culations of Mr. Webb include only those building put up within the city limits, but there was a good deal of building on the immediate outskjrtsof -the -city which can really be classed -among the im- provements to the city proper,- : In a talk with representative of the Evening Post last evening Mr. Webb stated that the outlook was bright for another good year in building and that already there were many parties " contemplating the erection of homes and many 'thousands of dollars are to be put Into, business and industrial struc tures within the . next twelve months. Already a number of ap plications for permits to build have been lied with the city engi neer and others are having plans drawn, for. residences and other structures, some 'of ' these for which 'contract are now being negbtiated. The books of City Engineer Webb show that 121 permits for the erec tion of buildings within the city lvtnits were issued for the ; year '1920. f As already stated the ma jority of these were for residences but the list shows the following for industrial plants, business - houses, churches and other struc- tures now coming under tlje resi dential head: . Salisbury yiee & Fuel Company, practically new building and equip ment, $30,000. Diamond Cotton Mills Company (located at the old lArey oil mill) : f30,ooo. Kesler Cotton Mills Company, improvements to the plant and in the erection of additional homes : for employees, $25,250. ' Livingstone College, repairs and additions, $13,000. ' ; , Rouzer Motor Company, garage, $150,000. j ' ' . BelkHarry Company, enlarge ment of stores, new front and oth i er improvements, $27,000. , . Salisbury Cotton Mills, new' buildings for employes, eic, $25,000 - V. Wallace-& Sons, building for the Purity Ice Cream Company . $20,000. , Vance Cotton Mills Company, residences for employes. $15,000. and additions, and improvements toJ the plant, $26,000. 1 s 1 Walker Lumber company, im provements, $8,000. Rowan Damp Laundry Company $12,000. - Moore's Chapel Church, Living ' - stone College section, $25,000. -Peoples National Band, remodell ing $20,000. ' First National Bank, work be gun on enlargements and improve ments to cost $80,000. v Klumac Cotton Mills, buildings for employees, $20,000. - In the industrial list can be plac ed the Rowan Cotton Mills Com pany, just south of the city, an en tirely new mill with a modern vil lage, the cost estimated anywhere irom 360,ouo to $400,000. Al - i , me utKe can aiso do aaaea ; begun and completed last year and on much fit thl Rpwpr anA vratar ' mains had to be laid. The tofcl cost of street work, water and sew er mains ran to $265,000. The new streets put down include the fofc lowing districts: Fulton, Hender son to Main, south of Chestnut Hill cemetery; Henderson, JFulton to Lee; Fisher, Lee to Clay; ;Monroe, Fulton to Moore's Chapei, beyond Livingstone College; jHorah, Ful 1 ! ton to Caldwell; Bank, Main to El lis; ;Kerr, Fulton to Ellis;; Lee, In ness to Liberty, in addition to oth- er street, work not classed in the nauL'tv tint rinurn normonon .tvaal. ........ r-- rw.....uv ,jng company, ana mus reiinquisn-. w oe vru. . .' ' : -es the active direction he has exer- ' Jones said his way was blocked ' 'rfl1.rniof trofl-u W ', M- lcised 'or 30 year over the odi- y a stray mule and he made a iSSSS 1 iE ViSS 2?'-torial policy of the .Marlon Daily, threatening. movemeit to frighten j?t.ittSh! d'd not ver connection it away. It refused to stampede, firFo.Unrwi IvfiJ ith the .paper, however, accept- however, meeting the assaalt?witll railroads of England and France. 1 the cnKa'nghip cf . weHiirected kick toh brow. At th close of 1920 the United 'of directors with the understand- The mule's leg was found tc be "States had a trade balance in its ing that his duties are to be more broken in two places. It was pro favor of two of the largest man- or less perfunctory .while he is in nouncod a hopeless cripple and ganese mines in South America, the White House. . shot. Jones will recover. CRYING NEED OF THE NATION IS "GONE FOREVER COMMITTEE TOLD K ;'v- V' .'. (By Associated Press.) ;; . '. ' ..... .-. WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. The old,tirne 5c cigar, ohcV hailed by Vice-PresidenttMarshal as the nation's :rying needwill return no more but is gone forever unless duties and tax levies on tobacco drop manufac turers and importers told the house tariff committee today. , "'. - . . :-;rv '.. Thegloomy forecast emerged from a smoke 3creen cigar smoke that rolled and headed about the ways and means committee, room, arising from samples by tobacco men, the committee. .- . . , Witnesses asked for cent adyalorum duty on Sumatra wrappers in order nuiAnfl rr Afvnr in "Irrtrri m r tvritlt 4-Va trend of the times. SOUTHERN WILL ADD TO' WEST; SCHEDULE Train "Serrice Between Oiarlotte, DanvlIH Ashevfll land Other Points to Be ImproTed. - Washington, Jan. 20. Service between Norfolk. Danville, Char- lotte and Asheville will be im- Sunday, January 30th, by the re storation of the pre-war service of passenger trains Nos. 3 and 4 between' Norfolk, and Danville handling through sleeping cars be tween Norfolk arid Charlotte - ' in connection with trains Nos. 11 and 12. The ' schedule will be: Leave Norfolk 7:15 p. m. arrive Danville 4:15 a. ni.; leave Danville 12:40 a. m. arrive Norfolk 9:00 a, m. On the same date ; local trains Nos. 5. and 6 will -be established between Lawrenceville and Dan ville' on the following schedule: Leave Lawrenceville 5:15 a. m. arrive Danville 10:15 a. m. 'leave Danville 400 p. m. arrive Law renceville 10:00 p. m.. In addition to the Norfolk-Charlotte sleeping car, Nos. 8 ana 4 will handle two coaches, express ear and baggage-mail car. , -, ---:V ':,X EVANGELIST IN TEXAS ARRESTEE Amarilla, ' Texas, Jan. 20. "Dr. Morgan we Atarsv oi co , Vy-AfSSS of the Methodist Episcopa ' churen Bmall town near here, on order of a justice of the peace charging con tempt of court, according to word received at Armarilla last night. The charges, it was said, grew out of Dr. Stark's refusal to appear at a court of inquiry to amplyfy statements made by him in a ser mon Sunday that he had seen citi zens of the town playing at dice. Excitement is said to be. running high in the little town and a dero gation of citizens was reported to have started to Armarilla to ob tain services of an attorney. ' ' 17 DISCHARGED FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE Philadelphia, JaiC 20. Seventeen men arrested in connection with the explosion of a bomb which kill ed two men last night in, a garage of the Quarker City Taxicab com pany were discharged at a hear ing today for lack of evidence against them. The murder squad of the Phila delphia police force has been as is unaer nrresv ni, y.Biijrw.., - signed to run down the bombers and those oenevea responsiDie ior other acts of violence in connection with a strike of chauffeurs here. r Police were detailed to guard every garage affected by the strike and in addition to a patrolman a p- peared on every cab operated by striko breakers. v . The men killed last night were Percy H. Dean, an inspector, and George McKee, an electrician, v MOVIE SHOWED HIS WIFE WITH ANOTHER, SUES Kansas Cityr Jan. 20.1o. W. Pajfe vent to a movie the other iju rv .m. .i.... nnKiiw viio U4 uiuis niunn was tj,e new year's festivities at a iim new year s leauvwea at a hoteL Today Page brought tor $20,000 against H. H. a In apartment house own- suit tor CL..J. AMr. auuucm uit mvtLL uuuav uwu-. er. foi lleired alienation of his' wifes affections. '- ' , Bhwpd'RonnHprtTml sr? PaM participating ' in the - festivities. Mrs. Ptige recently obtained a di vorce from Page. 1 HARDING RESIGNS AS HEAD HIS PUBLISHING COMPANY , ' i t " ' " Marion. Jan. 20. President- 1o.f TTairl?nj m.&tYaA 4-nvit(lf m president of the Harding Publish- f : . a .1 1 , . prompted to put the test by ' : , ; ; ' , a reduction of the 26 per f A SERIOUS CHARGE IS MADE BY ABADIE (By TIm Attoetated Pnm) New York, Jan. 20-At least $100,000,000 imnroDerlv naid shin builders by the United States ship- ping board will be disclosed thru an audit of accounts now In prog ress, Col. E. H. - Abadie, former comptroller general of the board, declared Aere today before the Walsh congressional comuitte. CoL Abadie charged that there were a "srreat many serious irmr ularities" in dealings between the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Oorpor- tlon and the government as a re- rault oi the connection of Chas. M, senwab with both the board and the corporation. SOVIET OFFICIAL ORDERED DEPORTED Washington, Jan. ' 20. Deporta tion of uregory rreinsteln, chan. cellor of the Russian Soviet bureau in the United States, wss ordered deported today by Secretary Wil son of the labor department. Weinstein . is to sail Saturday from New. York on the Swedish. American liner Stockholm with Ludwig C A. K. Martens and oth er employes in this country of the Russian Soviet Government.' The reason given for the deportation of the-chancellor'' Is identical with those on which Martens' deports? tion was' ordered, including affilia- Uon wJth RuMitn t.. aiming to overthrow the government of the United States k force aiid vialonM. HOOVER OPPOSES CLOSING MARKETS ; (By TIm AMOc&tted PrtM) . Washington, Jan. 20. Destruc tion of the New York and New Or leans cotton exchnsges would transfer the "hedging" practice to the Liverpool market and make it dominant, Herbert Hoover declared today before the house agricultural committee which is considering bills looking to the regulation of futures exchanges. - The relatoinshiip of the Liverpool market to the American cotton market, Mr. Hoover asserted, needs "careful inquiry." . VIRGINIA TOBACCO BRINGS GOOD PRICE , (By TIm AuoeUtM Pi Danville, Va, Jan." 20. -The prices of bright loose leaf tobacco went to a new high record for the season (here yesterday, more than 75a000 nounda ihavlnir bem at m aVera of $32.18 a hundred, v Conditions prevailing in the bur. ley market in Kentucky Indiana and Ohio and the determination of growers to curtail the acreage next season ar held here as being re sponsible for the keener demand and sharp upward tendency in price. NO FORFEIT MONEY FOR BOXING BOUT .' , (B TIm AtMiuUti Prncl New .York, Jan. 20. Neither Jack DmiMUv nni (Utnnroa Pn,.- n&& K? eet ln W9. avy- wenrni doxuib- doui nere next sum- . . v. f ' . ard'nto " announcement by vice-president of the C1 Union Trust Company, to- mer "ave Pm lonen money nere, 'ay. gfjLlS KICKS MAN " """ON HEAD BREAKING ITS LEG; MAN IS 0. K. Huntsville, Ala., Jan. 20.--The claims of Joseph Jones, of Merri- mae to hospital attaches that he had "some bean" was borne out to- day when his story that he had leen kicked by mule on the head and that as a result the ani- nal lira ltrlno, 1tAlrvlA.a wif K m Kwa1t en leg, was investigated and found a . . , . nun HlfflfAMEIBI E Alabama Senator Wants '. AH: Foreign Interests Eliminated . in Ocean Shipments. (By Tb AtMrtttcd Itm) Washington. Jan. 20. Construe tive legislation to guarantee the United States - more commercial ,k..cT."', ppoprtunity on the seas was urged by Senator Ransdall of Louisiana at the opening of tne second an nual convention of '. the National Merchant Marine Association to day. ' "If we rely upon Great Britain, France, Italy. Japan, or any other country to deliver our commodi ties and bring return cargoes the service will be secondary and the best of everything will naturally go to their won citizens,'! said Senator Ransdall. The impera tive need, he added, .was an "Amer ican merchant marine built, owned and operated by Americans without the slightest suspicion and makeup of foreign sympathy." Senator Ransdall suggested the creation of a naval . reserve "to equalize the wages of our seamen with the wages paid foreginers," and preferential railroad rates and duties on merchandise shipped in American bottoms as a means of reaching the end sought. He oppos ed me sale or snipping board ves sels to foreign interests and advo cated free tolls thru the Panama canal for American vessels en gaged in coastwise commerce. - Washington, Jan. . 20. Ship builders, shipping men and export ers irom over the country gathered here today for a two-day discussion of problems facing the American merchant marines with a view to recommending permanent policies to Congress and the Shipping Board. .They attended the annual convention of the National Mer chant Marine Association, of which senator Kandsdell, of Louisiana, is presidents . . " : . Subjects assigned various sneak- si mvm. iwubu ior Kciwrai uiscus- sions included, repeal of the Pana ma vanai tons affecting American vessels; the prices of which ov- eminent vessels should be sold: es tablishment of preferential rail road rates on exports and imports in American snips; revision of ma rine insurance laws; abrogation of commercial treaties and the en couragement of the use of Ameri can ships (by exporters and import ers. . ..- ... - Speaker of the bnenincr senaian included Chairman Jonea of thn Senate Commerce Committee; Rear Admiral Benson, chairman of the Shipping Board and Frank C. Munshon. nresident of tn Mnnnn Steamship Line. Senator Jones' subject was thep urpose of the Merchant Marine Act and the Mrl for full support from the people of the country, while Chairman Ben son discussed the general shipping situation fronv the standpoint of the Shipping Board. v rrestuenc nanasaeu outlined the general purposes of the meeting in nis aaaress opening the convention and Mr. Munson had taken as his topic "How can the United States Improve Its Present Position on the Seas?" The first sreneral dis cussion followed the delivery of mo preparea auaresses. At ithe afternoon . fatnn 'tV. American shipbuildihsr situation was to be discused by Homer L. rerguson, president of the New port News Shipbuilding Dry Dock Company. Alexander eral manager of the International Harvester Company was to speak on the establishment of preferen tial export ana import. rail rates and J. Parker Kirlin, admiralty lawyer, was listed for a discus sion of the exemption from excess profits taxes of ships earnings in vested in shipping board tonnage aa wen as new construction. Repair problems of the merchant marine fleet and revision of ma rme insurance laws were subjects assigned respectively, to Comman der R. D. Gatewood, director divi sion of, construction and repairs, Shipping Board, and Rep. Edmonds of Pennsylvania. s Speakers at the final sessions to morrow were to VincludA j. w LPowell, of the Bethlehem Shio- bullding Corporation; Charles M. Schwab; Matthew Hales, president of the South Atlantic States Asso ciation; ;P. Aj S. Franklin, presi dent of the International Mercan tile Marine Company: Charles Pies, former -director of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, and W. Averill Harriman, Chairman of the board of the United American Lines. DENY HOH ENZOLLERN S - ARE TO BE DEPORTED - The Hague, Jan. 19. The Offi cial Correspondence Bureau today denied reports in circulation that the members of the Hohenzollern family had been nnfortut iMV. Holland because, it jvas stated, the allied diplomats here informed the ywn government that they were planning' counter revolution in Germany. . ED mm RECEIVE CREDIT INSTEAD ' BEING 1MIED Denies Charges of Sena tor Jones That Marine Was Operated in Inter est of British. K- .(Br The AMOcutcd PrM) . -Washington, Jan. v 20-The chars-ea ot Senator Jones, of Washington, that the International ...,? lrnrinft rmnanv oner- ated in the interest of the ' British ffofernment and British trade brought a sharp rejoinder from P.j A. a. Franklin, president oi tne company, and created a lively dis cussion at the opening session here of the annual convention of the Na tional Merchant Marine Associa tion. ; . Senator Ransdall of Ixusiana, recognized Mr. Franklin to reply to the -charges. ' "It is manifestly unfair and un just," Mr. Franklin said, "for a member of the senate of the United States to make sjich charges asrainst the international Merchant Marine Company. The company is, American, none hut Americans are on the board of directors: 09 per tent of the stock is held by Americans; it has invested in American shipping; it transferred British ships to the American flag, and for us to be attacked, is very unfair. Instead of receiving credit for the work we have done . for American shipping we are damme! for it" V - . Charges of An Agreement Washington, Jan. 20 Charges that the International Mercantile Marine Ceinpany, an American shipping company, now controlling tha operations of approximately 40 vessels leased from the shipping board, is bound by an agreement entered' into with the British gov ernment in 1903 to pursuoJ'no pol icy injurious to the interests of the Sritlsh merchant marine or Brit h trade" were made here today by Senator Jones, of Wsjtnmgton, author of th merchant marine ak "Wltit00-.-- , , Parts of the. text of the alleged agreement, entered, into for a pe riod of 20 years were read by Sen ator Jones in an address before the annual convention of the National Merchant Marine v Association, in which the senator made sweeping charges of attempts by British in terests, supported, he said, by cer tain American, interests, "to.de. otroy the American merchant ma rine.", v -. ' :- ' , . , ; The agreement as quoted by Senator Jones, reserves', the right of termination by the British gov ernment of the pursuance of any policy injurious to the British mer chant marine and left the final de cision in "case of any differences as to the intent and meaning of the agreement or any dispute arising thereunder to the lord (high chan cellor of Great Britain." Provision is made for continuing the agree ment .after ' the 20-year period "subject to notice of five years on either side." Borsh Naval Holiday Bill (Br Tha Awodated Pmi) ' Washington, Jan. 20. Senator Dorans resolution proposing nego tiations for a reduction of naval building by the ;United States. Great Britain and Japan was re ported favorably today by the sen- aio lurcign relations comnmiee. In lieu of the orisrinal proposi tion looking to a reduction of 50 per cent in future buiidine for five years the committee proposed that the negotiations provide for such reduction as can be agreed upon. TYloro Wfla HA roMA va4. An 1a Wabh, Democrat, of Montana, iroposing that the United States ave an American representative participate with the disarmament commission of the league of na tions was defeated 8 to 3 on a strict party allignment. Jackless Jills Emigrate to U. S. London, Jan. 19. trackless Jills' 'are emigrating in consider able numbers from England in the hope of finding suitable "Jill-less Jacks" for husbands in the United States, according to Norah March, Bachelor of Science. Her com ments on England's "marriagable Women who may never marry" be fore the National Birth Rate Com mission some time ago were wide ly discussed in the British press. . Government figures show there is a surplus of a million women in England whose only hope of marry ing depends on their migrating to some part of the earth where there is a more even distribution of the sexes. According ao Miss March, they are doing it. She says shets receiving letters from America that are "significant of the loneli ness of some men's lives." "Women are interprising today" she added." "Many are emigrating who a few years ago would have feared to take the great adven ture." , ' Wholesale prices of commodities, says the department of labor, were lower inf November than at any time since the war. SECRETARY WILSON DEFENDS POSTS POLICY'OF DEPORTING RADICALS . ' (By Associated Press.) - WASHINGTON; Jan. 20. A defense of the poli cy of the department of labor in dealing With radical aliens and a complete endorsement of the work of Assistant Secretary Louis F. Post; in carrying out this policy was made today by Secretary Wilson in a statement replying to the attack on Mr. Post' by the executive committee of the American Legion. . ; Secretary Wilson's statement was transmitted by Joseph Tumulty, secretary to President Wilson, to Col. Henry D." Lindsay, chairman of the Legion's ex ecutive committee.- It was designed as a reply to the formal request for the dismissal of Mr. Post, which was presented at the VYhite House last October by the executive committee in pursuance of a resolution adopted at the last annual EXPORT-IMPORT The Matter of Subscribing to the Stock of An Ex port Company Up in the County. v - ' i - . i ' - . 1 r ! . Before a rather smatt number of people today representatives oi the American Products -Export snd Imnort Cornoratlom presented the matter of organization and ask ed for financial aid ln increasing the corporations working capital. Mr. T. L. Tomlinson; a prominent cotton grower, buyer and merchant made a very enlightening talk to the men gathered in the office of the Chamber of Commerce, ln which he gave many facts and fi gures' about the ' South's great money crop and the plan which tne backers of theCorpo ration propose te use to relieve the situation. The scheme, is, briefly stated, to ship the cotton, especially? iower grades, to Europe to supply a very strong demand and serve the double purpose of getting the cot ton out of America and in getting money or imports in payment, ahd' second to regulate the production of cotton for this year. As to the first proposition the company can and will take cotton and other Southern products and ship to Europe. By the aid of ttie Edge Bank it can be financed to a large extent, and again the -cot ton can, in many cases, be ex changed for goods in those coup. tries that can and will be sold here to a profit, " As to the reduction the scheme is that over the South in eeneral there be a fifty per -cent reduction. The plan by which this reduction is made is that the individual farmer who does not grow one third of his acreage in cotton do not Increase, and that the man who does plant more than one third of his tilable lands to cotton cut the cotton crop to one third. This will reduce the acreage the South over, fifty per cent, but will not reduce in some states ana certainly not in a county like Rowan, still individual far mers who do grow more than a third, are to reduce to that one third acreage basis. ... .' '- ; Subscriptions are taken navable in money, cotton or Liberty bonds. The cotton is shipped ' to an as semblying point and then to the seaboard where it is to be shipped to foreign ports. Tlie subscribers who pay money are asked to buy the cotton locally and ship, for this furnishes the cotton and also re lieves the local community of the cotton that it needs to be rid of. Lhirinar the discussion local men asked many questions of the visi tors and were able to draw out detailed information to the scheme. Quite a number of those present did or will subscribe for stock m tne corporation. A number sign ed np. at once for stock which in most cases is to be paid in cotton yie mater or securing subscrip tions in the CfUntV Will cnntinn from now on for some time to come. , ' :' ' - ::' American Products Export and Import Corporation was organized by Southern men to promote the interests of the South. " The cor poration is a going concern.. The first shipment of cotton was made to Germany Dec. 25, Last and oth er shipments are now going for ward. '.- Vl'H:.', v'y::,..;.r This movement has enlisted the endorsements of governors of va rious Southern states;' American Cotton Association; Governor Hard ing of Federal . Reserve Boaro; Governor Wellborn of Federal Re serve Bank, Atlanta; WiHiam G. McAdoo; North Carolina Press As sociation anrfmany others. . Western growers of sugar beets announced at a recent gathering that they would ask refineries to split profits with them on a 50-50 basis. Unless thi sis agreed to the growers say they - will raise no more .beets. . ,":A COMlil ) BETS A HEARitiG convention of the Legion. CAPITAL-LABOR FIGHJ JS BEGUH IU HOUSE TODAY Young Bill Be Fought By Labor Judic i a r y Re ports Favorably Bill to Lessen Lynching. ''-fX. 4 (B, VAX ABESNXTIIY) r ' Raleigh, Jan, 20. Capital and labor fight over the workmen com pensation act begun in the house today with the introduction by Rep resentative Young of the bill drawn by the commission appointed by the special session last August. . Organized labor in the state has registered its opposition on Young's bill which is based on the Virginia act and a bitter Cght is anticipated when the measure comes back to the floor of the house for debate. - Union labor signified its inten tion of supporting and urging tha passage of the DeLaney Work man's compensation rct whlchjit claims is more favorable to them. and Which was introduced In the Senate yesterday.' . The judiciaryVcommittee L today ) recommended favorable the bill introaucea by senator Taylor to provide for the removal of the trial of defendants charged with capital offenses from one county to another without the presence of the defendant in the court room at the time the motion is made for removal. The grand jury in the county to which the trial is remov ed will have the same jurisdiction as that in which the case originated so far as amending the pleadings and charges are concerned. The purpose of the bill introduced in preventing the necessity of' pres ence of the defendant in the court room when the plea is made is in order to avoid enraged mobs and further excitement of mob vio lence. The bill is intended as an act to lessen the crime of lynch ing. 'JV The senate in its brief session transacted only routine business. The only bill of a general nature was one providing for licensing land surveys and engineers which was postponed until next Wednes day when it will be made a special order at noon. . . , SYNDICATE FORMED TO HOLD COTTON (Br Tb AMoclated Pnm) Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 20. A ' co operative syndicate has been form ed here for the handling of 20,000 cantars of cotton in the hope of raising the price of the -commodity. (A cantar, ranges from 100 to 130 pounds.) This syndicate apparently Is act ing on the assumption that banks will advance the necessary funds but cotton experts here are doubt ful if the members have sufficient knowledge of the world markets to carry out the operation. The authorities have been approached for moral support but wis is im probable. ' Old Deed to Texas Lands Void. Washington, Jan. 20. "The Tex as land question would have been, revolutionized by a deed recently discovered in the archieves of the government land office here, dated April 12, 1844, under which the re public of Texas transferred all of its public lands to the United States, if the deed had hot been superseded by t.he subsequent act of Congress granting to the new State all the unappropriated lands within its borders," remsrked Stuart P, Alexander, of San An tonio. ' :'..-;":. "The existence ef this deed had long been forgotten- It seems that the national debt of the republic of Texas at the time of admission as a State amounted to something like $10,000,000, and it was agreed in this deed that the public lands for merly held bv the republic of Texas should revert to the State of Texas if she paid off the debt. This was ; never done, but qongress fater granted Texas all of her public lands," IKIEi sIFBBIEl DOIBIIiSI. The New Governor F Already Laid Down i Law to Members 1 2 . State Boards. . (Br MAX ABXBXCTRT) ' Raleigh, . Jan. ' 20. That Gover nor Cameron Marrison is going t more than "figure-head" during 1. i term of office is the assertion msJi by. those close to him and thry predict that this fact will be evi denced before thirty days of his ad ministration have passed. The fact that the governor c North Carolina has but little dire, t power is not going to prevent Gov ernor Morison from taking the le '. in a number of matters he is in terested in ahd in which he be lieves the people of the State stand back of him. 'Subseque ' events will demonstrate this t everybody.-' ...i i.As a mattes 61 fact It' has 1 corns known that Governor II ; -rison has already laid down the 1. to members of the various s? boards in which he made it .' pi .that those who sought to n-!.. their membership merely ss i honor without giving scrvl e 1 the State would be disappui The governor takes the pi that progress could never be i until those entrusted with gui the various departments ren1 that they should "serve" Nu Carolina rather than themselv ' The governor has not made i lie his ideas as to what might termed the lack of interest in t administration of the State's t ness but he isNexpectcd to c! very soon. With the word l him along the line suggest? I friends predict that there a quickening of th pulse in the t fairs of state. 1 , Workmen's Compe-r.Etlon. ( The DeLaney bill far a w. men's compensation act, it ii I lieved will have the backing; of ( ganlzed labor in the state. It . not the bill prepared by the e". mission appointed by. the spc ' session of the general asseml - last year, and it is said the com missions bill will not so fully me t the approval of labor as does t: DeLaney measure. ; , v " Provision is made in the DeLan"" bill for compensation of sixty p : cent of the average weekly wn ' for people injured and disabled i industrial pursuits. , The leneth c " time for which this compenslio i will be paid differs according t) -the nature and the amount of tr. injury; - . ; ; - . ... " The new law will be administer ed by a board of three which- v, . be appointed by the governbV. . O -of the men will represent labor t other capital and. the third neithr r. The first appointees wilt be f. two tour and six years. After th-1 time each member will be annof'-t- ed for a period of six years. 1 11 ? members will draw a salary of Eva thousand dollars. . i J Would Revalue Property. ; The bill introduced bv Senate L. R. Varser of Lumberton nro- poses the creation of county ,-anJ township assessors Whose duty it will be to revalue all property J i the state, in. order to geVthis prop erty on the tax books at its tn value In money under n resent mar ket conditions. The , bill atrikp at the result of the work of the tg--commission working under the r -' valuation act of the . 1919 geaenl assembly. The county, boards cf appraisers are the ultimate au thority in-readjusting all property values on an equitable basis, s that the values in one county mr be different from those of; other counties in so far as the land valu ? in different counties are different. The bill, it is clajmed; is neces&i tated by the changed conditions i.i the state.' Property values , no v are not as high as they were whe i the valuations. were placed und -the tax commission and should 1 changed. Provision is made i i the measure for the rebating cf taxes paid on the 1920 valuation if it is found by the county an ! township boards of appraisers that these values were too high. a The tax commission under tH Varser bill is required to furni ; the printed forms and promulgr the rules and - regulations und which this new valuation will I accomplished. Likewise it pa., j the printers bill, which must be re funded by, the county - treasurers. Otherwise ' the tax ; commissi i would have nothing to do with t' valuation, not even supervision c the work, as was required unJ the revaluation act. ' Morning Fire In Hlfh Tc! t (Br Th AmHKiatml pri) High Point, Jan. 200 ! dwelling was completely t' and two others were L; the extent of several hx lars by a f.re v ! : 'i 1? ; threatened to r ' ' residential i ' this city. 1 he 1 i thrstened to v, ;, . ered by insurance.
Salisbury Evening Post (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Jan. 20, 1921, edition 1
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