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- ' .. . - , no-' n o Weather To-day - ; FAIR TONIGHT AND TIIURS. rl'--iU.r-:: VX COLDER ,fv;:; V , MKVim Or TOR ASSOCIATED TV'S g' "r 3 - I AWeUtod rra I nlwimlf vatitud to tn ; f w ' . ( win jrabliritMm of all Mwt 4iptrhai rlitl to V x I tt or not othcrwiM rdltni in thio Mw and ) v VI I . . t i 1 1 . i Bra A I tL ul ' DV f. W l i Th AwuM PrM It ntuaimlf vatitud to tV IIm loci iwwa mbltalMd. THE SALISBURY k,Vt, 1NQ POST I mmbr ot 7k Aocit4 tfn 4 f.U tha tfterawa raporta. ,. n i " . . VOL 16. NO. 25. Salisbury, n. c Wednesday, feb. 23, 1921 PRICE 2 CENTS EPOCHAL 1AB0R MEET PLAtJS TO IT 1 X Will Organize : Propagan f da to Counteract "Open Shop Propagand a," Wage Reduction, Etc. 1', ' (Br Th AMocl.ud PrM) f Washington, Feb. 23. Represen tatives of the 109 national and international unions affiliated with the American Federation of labor gathered here today in extra-ordi-. nary conference for the purpose . of organizing to meet attacks on the union tabor movement. ' The conference called by Presi dent Gomper is considered one of epochal importance and one of the few of its kind' ever held in the history of the federation. ' The first business, was the pre sentation by the executive council of a "bill of rights" and a recom mendation for labor program. The council framed a report after being in session nearly all day yes terday. ; - . While the council's program was not made public it is understood, to provide for the cooperation by . organized labor to combat anti union shop sentiment, wage reduc tion, compulsory arbitration, labor injunctions and "open shop pro paganda." -. One proposal before the confer ence, it is said calls for a publicity campaign by the federation to off set the propaganda of the enemies of organized labor. .'A program of state legislation to further the cause of organized labor will also be considered by the congress which - proposes to sift out the whole question of the "open shop versus trade unionism." . The conference,' labor leaders said, is expected to determine the attitude the federation will take in its relations to the incoming re publican administration. . A survey of conditions thruout the country is being taken by labor leaders here for today's meetings and all agree that the present de : pression is the worst faced in yearv-v. . -' -....- "The coal mining industry has he.en.rapecjajly. hard--, .hit, said John L. Lewis, president of the uni ted workers of America, "Produc tion is less than sixty per cent of normal. We have one hundred thousand men who have not done any work since last - year. The miners that are working only get from two to three days a week." FRENCH WARSHIPS ENGAGE SOVIETS (By Tha Aaaoeiated Praia! ' Constantinople, Feb. 23. French cruisers on the east coast of the Black sea have been engaged with the Soviet forces at Eagry. Re ports here state that the Bolshe ,viki suffered heavily from the f.re of the French warships. .:iy.r: " "Kiflin appears to be in the hands of the Georgians, who have how ever suffered heavy losses. - A dispatch received here' states that the advance of the 11th Soviet army against Kiflin has been dis avowed by the Bolshevikl govern- ment at Moscow. .1 WOOL 'PRICES CUT '? ; New York; Feb. 23. The Ameri can Woolen Company ,the largest ' producer of wood goods, today named 'prices for the fall of 1921 on a basis ranging from 45 to 60 ' per cent below price levels of last autumn. The dress goods lines included ' many women's coatings, while the -. overcoatings included nearly 75 : per cent of fancy goods against 25 - per - cent of staples. A woman's wear serge, that was priced at ' 3.97 a year ago ago was offered at $2 for the coming season. Pro ducts were offered for delivery thru . July only and prices were guaran teed until September 1. ' V SMALL MAY RUN ' Washington. Feb. 22. -Repre sentative (John H .Small, who is. quitting the house March 4, today issued a statement? that may have an important bearing on North Carolina politics. . ' ; It , has been believed for. some time that Mr. Small would enter . the race for the United States sen ate three years from now.' V The attitude of Secretary Dan iels has increased the Small talk. If Mr. Daniels runs Mr. Small may make it three, and his declarations, today, are brief planks in his plat form. Mr. Small thinks that we are drifting far from base. He has re peatedly said that the prohibition and the .woman suffrage amend ment, would tend to centralize the government , in Washington. Ho now believes that the interstate commerce 'icommlssion decision in the rate case has gone a long way toward depriving the state of what few rights .it has left. y-: The Women's Missionary Socie ty, of the South Main street Meth odist church' will hold: a meeting on Thursday, the 24th at 3 o'clock in th afternoon at the frame of I.Irs. D. M. Keevwr en Mitchel Ave rse. All members are urged to ' ' " s" K KHZ I MAY GET PLUM William Boyce Thompson is being boomed ior neaa oi tne federal Reserve Board. He is also mentioned for an ambassadorshiD under the, in coming administration. He is a personal friend of Will H. Hays, Republican chairman. S0.PIASS0. Injunction Proceed! n g s FUed in U. S. Court at St. Louis for This Pur pose. ' (By Tha Anorlaicd Proa) St. Louis, Feb. 23J The govern ment today ifiled , injunction pro ceedings in federal court against the Southern Pine Association, 61 corporations and 60 individuals, in an effort to end an alleged conspir acy to curtail and increase the price or yellow pine lumber. , Ihe suit was filed by District Attorney Carroll by direction of Attorney General Palmer. It charges violation of the Sherman enti-tini6t law by the association and asks for a preliminary injunc tion restraining the organization from recommending or suggesting curtailment or -restriction or tne yellow pine "or measures or acts to result .in such curtailment or restrictions." v v It was asked that a permanent injunction be granted after hearing the evidence. - The latter, for pur poses specified in the suit, would amount to a dissolution of the as sociation. . . " District Attorney Carroll said Judge Farris had directed the dis trict attorney : to prepare an or der for the defendant ; to : show cause why the .injunction should not be granted. He set March , 15 for the hearing. A temporary in junction was not asked for the pe riod before March 15th. Institution of the .proceedings, it is explainedresulted from an in vestigation of the - association by the federal trade commission. . The petition asserts that in recent years 70 per cent of the yellow pine supply or tne country has been produced in Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma. Texas, Louisiana. A'a- bama and Mississippi and has .been sold in other states by persons and corporations who-are members of the defendant association. - The association is charged with affiliation and supervisoin of sta tistical exchanges in Kansas City, Mo.; Alexandria, La.; Hattiesburg, Miss.;. Little Rock. Ark., and Mo bile, Ala.'. CATERPILLAR TRACTORS FIGHT SNOW IN N. T. New York, Feb. 23. Greater New York succeeded only partly today . in freeing itself from the thickest covering of snow that has fallen on the metropolis this win ter. Tonight the Weather Bureau predicted the probable arrival to morrow of another blizzard that would lay a counterpane of sleet and snow over the heavy white blanket - which already hides the streets ' and sidewalks and clogs traffic lines thruout the Metropoli tan district. All modern snoW-fighting equip ment that science has devised was carried dnto battle today by more than 20,000 workmen who strug gled to release the streets and rail Way tracks from the hard packed snow and high drifts that clogged them. They begun work yester day, before the storm that lasted almost 24 hours had died down and the continued toiling tonight, while New York's 6,000.000 people hoped the other predicted storm would not come. , . . '. . . 150 Tractors in Use.. '' Baby ,snow plows of other win ters were augmented by huge ca terpillar tractors that shaved the thick, white beard off the streets, scooped it into automatic carriers and dumped it into large- trucks. More than 150 of these tractors were deployed over the far-flung areas composing' the greater city. To the force of 17,000 regular' and emergency snow fighters hired by the city were added several thou sand more men armed with picks shovels and machines placet into the fight against the enow by rail ways, variaus traction interests rand other private concern,- FEDERAL GOVT SEEKS ran UilVYSEB TOI&ISHE MAD Washington Officialdom is ' ' Against Any Let Up in the Naval Construction ' Program. (By H. B. Hunt) Washington, Feb. 23.-The United States will not take tho lead in naval disarmament, expecting other nations to follow a good ex ample and do likewise. Neither will it agree to a "naval holiday" in lieu of a general agree ment on disarmament or restric tion of armaments. : . This nation will go along with other great nations in an agree ment to end the competitive piling up of armaments. It will accept the utmost limitation that can be agreed upon. Provided That under any agreement limit ing armament' the United States shall rank second to none in the naval strength that is left to her. That decision, reached by the leaders of the naval committees of both house and senate and known to be in accord with the views of President-elect Harding, furnishes the keynote to the incoming admin istration's naval and foreign poli cies. . . ' There is a general sympathy in Congress with the proposals for a limitation of armaments. The desir ability of reducing naval expendi tures is emphasized by tha in creasing difficulty of raising taxes to meet heavy governmental obli gations. . Also, there is an ever- increasing insistence in letters from the "folks back home" that something be done to relieve the tax burden. - Naval Conclusions Congressoinal leaders, however. after serious study of the whole disarmament proposition have con cluded: ''. ' , . FIRST: That the most effective way to promote an agreement lim iting armaments is for the United States to go ahead on her sched uled building program, which, if continued, will give her the most powerful fleet of capital ships in the world by 1924. v?.. i&XVNDt That under any agree ment limiting ' naval '. forces , the 'J n tied states must have, relative ly, the same position which her present naval program assures to her a force at least equal to tnat or any other nation. Whatever the decision of Pres ident Harding may be with respect to calling an international confer ence on disarmament or limitation of armaments, congressional lead ers believe . the position - of the United States will be strengthened if, prior to. the calling of any such conference,, it. is made, plain that in the absence of a world agree ment restricting the size of navies this nation intends to possess, for its own defense ,a force second to that of no other country. h united states' Powers Despite the cost of the war to this country and the pressure of stands as the richest nation' in the world and the best able if the World insists on competitive arma ments to carry forward a pro gram of heavy naval expansion and development., . - ' - That fact, coupled with the as surance that we mean to do so un less an international agreement limiting navies is agreed to, would it is held, be the most effective argument toward bringing oil countries into the proposed inter- national conference., v- - ; The testimony that decided house and senate leaders as to the wis dom of this course has not been made public. It was given in ex- exoutive session and hss been care fully kept secret. " iiut evidence submitted at these secret hearings has touched some of the causes underlying the cam paign for an abandonment of our present naval building program. To a considerable extent this has been developed by persons who sin cerely oeueve tne aay or tne neav- iiy armored, big gun battleship hss .passed and that if Uncle Sam is going ahead onr naval develop ment the development Bboukl oe along other lines than that of the program now under way. England's Position However, underlying all the op position to the continuation of oar present naval program ia declared to be propaganda which would pre vent our navy front attaining first strength in capital ships within the next few years and which would leave ngland .despite her appar ent abandonment of - the capital ship, still undisputed mistress of the seas. ' "- If our oreaent mraram Is side tracked. England will remain su preme in capital ships and naval strength in 1924, whereas If the program is carried thru she will lose leadership in big-gun strength and will be required to spend addi tional large sums to brirtg her strength In capital ships us to ours. .The "fact that she discontinued work on two sister ships to the Hood the most modern of her big battleship a does not necessarily mean, it is insisted here, that she has decided the day of the battle ship is past. But if we should fol low her example, she would, vita A (Coatlaued en jsfft Ure.) IIMBKB Oil Three of Cabinet Sleceted Have Not Actually Ac cepted Denby Indi cates He Will. . , . , . fB Tha' Aaaaalatad ?rM St. .Augustine, Fla- Feb. 23.-- With only a few formalities ; re maining to finally close up the se lection of his cabinet. President elect Harding gave his attention today to other important appoint ments and to the preparation of his inaugural address. The chance that changes will be made' now in the cabinet personnel is -considered remote altho Mr. Harding realizes that contingencies requiring last minute shifts are within the ranges of possibilities. Formal invitations and ' accept ances have not yet been exchanged in regard to three of the 10 places but the attitude of all the men se lected has been felt out indirectly, . The three from whom formal ac ceptance is to come are Edwin Denby, of ' Michigan; Herbert Hoover, of California,, and J. J. Davis, of Pennsylvania, slated re spectively for- the portfolios of navy, commerce and labor. There have been public reports that Mr. Hoover might decline but they manifestly are not credited to Mr. Hoover or his advisers. -Denby Will Accept Detroit, Mich. Feb. 23. Edwin Denby, President-elect Harding's selection for secretary of the navy, left here early today for St. Au gustine to confer with. Mr. Hard ing. Mr. Denby was in a tele- Ssme communication ' with Mr. arding last night when the con ference was agreed upon. Asked if he planned to accept the secretary ship should it be formally tender ed he indicated that he would. MRS. J. M. GRIER ' DIES AT CONCORD . (SpacUI to Tha Xranin Paat) Concord. . Feb 23. Mrs. J. M. Grier. wife of Rev. Dr.'' J. M. Griorr D. D, for the past 12 years pastor of the First. Presbyterian church of this city, died at midnight last night in a Charlotte hospital fol lowing an operation Sunday. She appeared to have withstood the op eration well and to be getting along nicely hut a turn for the worse set in. yesterday at noon. The remains were brought to Con cord this anorning. and the funeral takes place at the First Presbyte rian church this afternoon at " ' 4 o'clock and the intermcnfwill be in the cemetery here. ' . ,. ' Mrs. finer is survived by her husband and two sons, the latter being Rev. J, C Grier, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Ruth erf ordton, nd Robert D. Grier, a cotton manufacturer of North Wilkes bo ro, also two brothers, Jo seph Davidson, of Atlanta, Ga., and Rev. R. C. Davidson, of Moores Til'e. Her mother, Mrs. R. Q. David son ,or Statesvule, is also living. She was born in Statesvule. Decem ber 14, 1866, being in her 65th year. ":"'-i '..:th WHISKY CANT BE STOLEN ; OUTLAWED AS PROPERTY , Atlanta Ga.. Feb. 22U-fThat whiskey can not be stolen, . and hence that no person can tie pros ecuted for stealing liquor, was a ruling of Judge John D. Hum phries in the cases of urn Terry and O. M. Howell, city detectives, indicted for stealing 87 quarts of rye whiskey from' Clarence Hart. The theft charge was nbl proaeed, but Terry was placed on trial un der, another indictment ; charging possession of Hquor. 5 . ; A man can not eteat something which tho law has declared, ia no property," said Judge Humphries. "Whiskey has been outlawed, de clared not be property and to be contraband. It having no proper ty value, naturally is incapable of being stolen and this court will nol prose the indictment as to li quor. The court will not pros the portion of. the tall charging the theft of the suitcase because the bill fail to assign any value to them, giving them a property value. , Solicitor Boykin contended that the bill was good, and the ques tion was raised of what course the court would have followed if the liquor has been in the suftcases. ; "In liquor ease the indictment stiU would not . have been good," said Judge JIumphries. "The out lawed hquor would nave outlawed the auitcases, destroying any pro perty value they would have had. so far as the law is concerned.' Judge Humphries said a man could teal liquor morally, but not legal ly. . . . iwo -i run fcruaras nuiea (By Tha AaMMlatad Praaat - Dublin, Feb. 23. Three members of the Royal Irish constabulary em ployed in Dublin Castle were shot today two of them were killed and the third seriously wounded by ci vilians near the castle gate. " Mjsa Grace Smith of the Even ing Post force is at home sick. having a pronounced ease of measles. . ; . OTHER POSTS A D HIS ADDRESS (XI DILL GETS All raVODABLE REPORT BY COM Bill Would Allow Gover nor to Fire Sheriffs Who Failed to Enforce Pro- ' hition Laws. ' ' (Br MAX A&BRNKTaY) , Raleigh, Feb. 23. The amended Cook bill to co-ordinate the North Carolina prohibition law with the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead act and to give the gov ernor the right to ask for and de mand the resignation of any sheriff failing to enforce the liquor law goes bock to the floor of the house of representatives with an unfavor able reoort from iudiciarv com mittee No. 1. . SudL R. L. Davis Of the Anti- Saloon League and other represen tatives of the association were present at the hearing before the committee Tncadav afternoon. Thel proponents of the bill had things all their own wsy since nobody op posed the bill. But the unfavorable report was inevitable. Members of the committee sought information as to the provisions of the meas ure. There was nobody who knew. About the only thing that the dry" forces apparently knew about the bill was that it's purpose was to rid the state of blind-tigers. The bill may be revived on the floor of the house, Representative Tem- pleton of Wake, having asked for a minority report The bill in addition to making the liquor seller, liable for civil ac tion in the event a man to whom he has sold whiskey injures another the bill would hold the property of all kinds used in the manufac ture or ssle of liquor a common nuisance and would become a lien to guarantee payment of fines and costs of such violations. The lower house of the general assembly Tuesday passed 'the co operative marketing law that "will enable, the farmers to pool their product ror any period rrom ten seconds to ten years. There was some opposition to the measure from Connor of Wilson, who fear ed violation of the.ShcrmarrABtl- Trust. law, but the bill passed the three readings after somaj debate. - Following considerable debate the engineers' bill which requires for the licensing of all sorts of engineers and land surveyors which was beaten in the committee last week, the measure was brought forward yesterday and passed the required number of readings to Take it a .law. 'V. The house passed over the emer gency judges bill and the question of the eight per cent interest on contract It is generally believed that both of these measures will be defeated whenever tsoy come up for a vote in the house.- -;J The bill providing for the regis tration of all marriac?s in the state was defeated in the house yester day. The debate against the bill was led by Williams of, Cabarrus, and Graham of Orange., and Mon roe of Lee, championed the bill. It provided that all marriages, should be registered and that birth cer tificates should be issued in the future. .' 'y. , To provide for the expense of registering these' marriages and to issue certificates the State Board of Health expected to increase the fees from three to ' four dollars. This additional dollar was to go into the fund to provide machinery for registration of the marriages and the issuance of the certificates of births. . It was represented, however, that approximately 125,000 would be raised under the proposed law and it staggered the minds of the leg islators. They feared the result of this additional tax on the folks who thought of embarking upon the matrimonial seas and the bill was killed outright , The bill repealing an act of the 1919 session of the general as sembly Which would have trans ferred the " penitentiary building and grounds over to the State hos pital for the - insane passed the three readings in the lower house yesterday afternoon. -Representative Glover for the committee on ; penal institutions and Gov. Rufe Doughton reported that the expense of moving the building and erecting another prison would be far. in excess of building a suitable addition to the hospital at Raleigh and they urge that the law be repealed. There was not a dissenting-vote. - . ... CONCORD MILL STRIKE Employes of tho Locke Cotton Mills Walk Out Concord, Feb. 23 Members of the United Textile Workers of America, who had been employed at the Locke cotton mills in .this city, walked out yesterday. No statement was made by the union officials or the management of the mill. .It is understood, however. that the members of the union ask. ed for an increase in wages of ap proximately 17 1-z per cent, and that the mill management did not feel able at this time to grant the increase. Mr. Frank A. Rankin, of Cabar rus county, former popular Sal isburian, spent a part of the day in the city today. , IN MOVIES Katusha Orlova, Russian noblewoman; recently es caped from Siberia, traveling hun dreds of miles by sled. ' She 4 to appear in an American photoplay called "Faith."' V aawaeasaiaiiwaya UEUT. COIIEY OFP MOWEAIITO OCEAN AID FLIGHT After a Forced Landing for Gasoline the Airman Hops Off on Another Lap of Journey. . Bronte, Texas, Feb. 23- Lieut. Win. D. Coney, after 24 hours de lay in his planned ocean to ocean flight from California, took the air for Dallas here at 9:30 o'clock this morning.. He landed Tuesday for gasolene.- Maj. A J 11. -Richards, commander of Love field Dal las, who came to Coney's assistance also hopped off on the return trip to Dallas this morning.: :'f'': '. Aviator Pass FJlaiul v Fort CWorth,' Feb. ; 23.--tivUt. William D. Coney and escort pass ed Efland at 7 a. anuind Mingus' 40 minutes later, flying at the rate of 40 miles an hour, according to train dispatchers. '.-. f'v Expected at Love Field. Dallas, Texas, Feb. .23. Lieut William D. Coney, whose scheduled Pacific to Atlantic flight was inter rupted by a forced landing at Bronte, Texas, was expected to ar rive at Love field here today, , Lieut. W, D. Coney landed at Love field at 12;4S this afternoon.' TWO AVIATORS MET DEATH AT AUSTIN ..... (B Tha Awoclatad Praia) ' 1 Austin, Feb. 23. Cadets - Lee Allen and Virgil W. Beach, both of Kelly field No. 2, San Antonio, were instantly killed this morning when, their plane crashed on Penn field, one' mile south of Austin as they were taking off in it for San- Antonio. . t' ; 1 . Allen's home Is in Columbus, Ga., and Beech's home at Nashville, tenn. They were leading trip formation but' had left Kelly field early for practice flight. - ' ' U , . iii 'in r -r i.f i I i , - MAIL PLANE MAKES 1,200 OF FLIGHT ." (Br Tha Aaaodatad Praaat Chicago, . Feb. 1 23 (Completing more than 1,209 miles of . flying Jack Knight piloting' an . east- bound transcontinental mail plane from Iowa City arrived here at 8:40 o'clock this morning. Twen ty minutes later J. O. .Windsor took up the flight for the east Knight was weary, but otherwise was unaffected by his long flight covering a route from Cheyenne to Chicago. . - , CABLE OFFICIALS. AT MIAMI, FLA. " (Br Tha Aaaociata4 f rM , ?; Miami, Fla., Feb. , 23. The Western Unoin Telegraph Com pany's South American cable will eventually fee landed' at Miami, said Newcomb Carlton, president of the company, : nere today. , , Mr. Carlton and severs' vice- presidents of the ' Western Union have arrived here to personally loos into the cable controversy. - SHOOTING SENTRY- INCIDENT CLOSED ' (B Tha AiaoeMad Tt1 i Washington, Feb. 23. The inci dent of the fatal shooting by a Jap anese sentry ox Lieut W. H. Lang. don an American naval officer at Vladivostok last month was regard ed by officials today as being def initely closed, except as to the mat ter of reparation, as a result of the action of the Japanese government in punishing those responsible for the trsgedy and renewing expres sions ef, regret as conveyed in a reply to the rtccat American note. CLAIM F081IE 1IGES0II nEOFBH BELIEVED TOBEIN ROWAN OR HFftRBY Evening Post Gets Letter ing Reward of $50 for Information ' Locating ; Bridge of Picture Displayed in Holshouser and llowan Wisconsin ; Emerg e n c y Law Saves ; Tenants From' the High Rates Fixed By Profiteers. . MHwaukee. Feb. " 22. On the basis of adjustments mads in more than 200 cases, Walter H. Bender, rent arbiter of . the Milwaukee Rent Bureau, says rent regulation here has been a Success. 1 . V ' The bureau has been in exist ence since July, 1920. .It is a part of the Wisconsin State Rail road Commission and was created by an emergency act of the Legis lature to check rent-profiteering. In addition to the 200 cases in which we have made adjust ments, we have , effected agree ments in hundreds of others and have dissuaded many landlords from attempting to put increases into operation." , . .-, .c-; v. Reductions Ordered. ' Of the 200 cases formally der elded, reductions have been order ed in 80 per cent .,.; . "Last summer as many as 75 tenants came to our office -daily for conferences and advice," says Bender. "At present we average from SO to 40 callers daily." In addition to passing on cakes brought to its notice, the rent eureau . , voiuntaruy ' invesngates rented properties. . It requires landlords to fill out questions rre giving data on rents, fixed chanres and other information-''. 1 ' , v ! Commissica Decides. . After the evidence', in a i rent complaint is taken Slid the prem ises are inspected by Bender or one of his four assistants, a report is sent tor . railroad commission headquarters in Madison, i There the decision is made as to whether to permit a raise in rent or to order the rent reduced. ' "The determination - of a fair rental is always a knotty prob lem," 'says Bender. "The ; objec tion to plating it too high is ob vious. If placed too low, it may discourage the building of rental property. Ordinarily we allow a net return on the present value of property equal to v about 8 per cent . "In addition to this net return we add taxes, insurance, repairs, water rates, cost of heating, and depreciation.. The varying degrees ef service rendered by apartment house owners must be considered. Co no ironclad rule can be. foU lowed in our work. ; " ; While the rent bureau is in creasingly -popular . with tenants. many Teal estate men and build ers asserts that it has proved deterrent to Milwaukee's building program. Curb en Rent' , ' " Los Angeles. Feb. 22- City council has passed an ordinance prohibiting landlords from charg ing renf of more than 16 1-2 per cent on investment in furnishings and 11 per cent on the valuation of theiir realty. : This . followed the circulation of petitions by the Tenants' Pro tective Association ror a referen dum on the question. :' ;;: : BILL TO CHANGE :, COUNTY SEAT V B MAX ABEKNBTHYl ' - I Raleigh, Feb. 23. The legisla ture today was flooded with peti tions asking a general decrease in land values for taxation and pro testing' against the "injustice of the revaluation act. -ts " Virtually the entre time of the house session today was consum ed in considering a minority com mittee report on a bill allowing a vote to changing the county seat of Rockingham county rrom Wentworth to Reidsvllle. " ' The committee reported the bill unfavorable but the house voted 77 to 29 to override . the committee's report and placed the bill, on otaj Immediate passage.' BANKRUPTCY FILED . (Br TtM AmocUM Phh) - New York, Feb. 23. An involun tary bankruptcy proceeding was filed here today in federal ' court against Leslie Judge Co a Fifth avenue 'publishing - corporation on behalf e-' three creditors with claims totaling more than $600,000. The petitoners estimated the cor poration's liabilities . at $2,210,000 and us assets at s-fzv,uvu. i nomas B. Felder a Iswyer, was appointed receiver. -i ;'.yy . n KILLED AT CROSSING Fayetteville, Feb. . ' ; 23-u.Irsl John McNeill, aged 60, of Godwin, was killed at a railway crossing at Godwin yesterday whsn she at tempted to cross the track. RENT ARBITER IN MILWAUKEE CUTS -, , , . I , From Iowa Lawyer Offer Window. A Readers of the Evening Post will And a picture posted in the window of Holthouaer n ml Ho Me an's store, and thereby hungs a tale to which this story relates ' The placing of an estate of something like ?130,000 may, rest in some way on the identity of this bridge shown in the picture which the Evening Post in instrumental in placing in the window. The Ktory we shall relate largely in out own words based on a communication which was In the mails of yester day, and displayed today. ' The communication comes from W. W. Bullman, of Chariton, Iowa, si lawyer of the state .according to his letter, and according to the di rectory of the American bar. The picture ,thj Iowan writes "is a pic ture of a bridge found on John O'Conner, who died at Hastinsr, Nebraska, with his identity un known, leaving a $130,000 estate. which he accumulated as a shoe cobbler, living the life of a recluse. 'it is flow certain he was James Madison Kirkman, who as a boy lived at Guilford College,, also at Greensboro, and Salisbury. .North Carolina, leaving Salisbury when ha was about 20 years of age. Our , informant continues: "He was sometimes 'called 'Matt' an 1 also 'Governor ,His father .wm Harrison Kirkman, sometimes cr ' ed Harris, who was-a bridge build er of the 60s around this part t f the State, of North. Carolina, at. 1 worked at the printers trsde i n Salisbury, having worked fj Thomas Croson and others. ' "In 1868 or '69 he walked frOM Guilford College to- Richmond, In diana, with three other, beys. I i 18G0 he married at Thomtown, In diana, in 1869 at Camden, Ohio, 1 left his Wife and baby, . John, t look for a location, and never re turned to them Four months af t er that the mother of the boy dl in Warren county Indiana, wl-i ihe had been sent by the people Camden, Ohio. . . " . The boy John was bound out t a widow Bartlett near Rainesvii: . Indiana, where he was raised as a waif." .': S-v-;'r-.' : Now comes a very interestir part of the story, for the estate i i now sought after, and the str . continues: ;: ' - 'yy. "He is now making clam as r son to the estate of John 0'C nor (Kirkman) proving his kin to him. One of the important Ii:. of evidence will be the picture the bridge.. 1 1 . ' '" "It la thought that .the brid -is the one that JHarris '.Khrkm- built somewhere on. the river th : passes thru or over some strea . near SaHsbury." , . ' Now our informant offers a r -ward for the facts necessary, i other words for a bridge that t: lies with the bridge, the picture which was found on the bo?y O'Connor ahd now in the wihd at the 'comer of Main and Im: streets. The letter continues: "I will give,' 'the Iowa lawy writes, "fifty -dollarf to any per who can locate a picture of t bridge which duplicates the . c found on John O'Connor, or to a one who can locate the bridge st standing, and will be glad to he -from any; person who remembc ? the bridge and its - location, r , from anvone who remembers t boy 'Mat Kirkman, and I will r fifty dollars for any of his hai writing."'. - ;-; - - The letter : is ' signed by t" writer and with the letter fro i which we have' made these quo? -tions came another in which wc instructions to deposit the p rare prominently for display a also to insert an advertisemr which is to be found in this eve mgs paper..: ' ..!' ,. Salisbury, people will feel a lc interest in the story for its lo connection. -The fact that an tate is hanging is of interest, I the romance of the story is ms the; keener by reason of the Jo connection. There ought to ;. t some who recall -the man who said to have livedhere and wo -ed as a pirnter in the city. 1 bridge may also be recognized 1 some. It may be a picture of s bridge in this section,. tho har of any bridge in this immed.. vicinity. . , , , v A CHICAGO LIQUC DEALER ARRES. v fltv TW AMoeLatvd PrM) . Chicago, Feb. 23Tntemal r: nue officials have arrested L. Cox, president of the Loiri 1 Company, liquor dealers. ; -officers ssy wai "an f break up a ration yrV ? raid." Several r..:. -r i the company v r terday and tha c pending thercr-;j i Tha cmtti t -9 t : 1 lowed an 1 iivr . three f.' s t" . of ths b; ! ) ire-t.
Salisbury Evening Post (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Feb. 23, 1921, edition 1
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