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Weather To-day ;ti FAIR AND : COLDER TONIGHT n ' imne or ran associated rirens Tlx Aamtatad Phh la -Bii-J" ratltted to t toa fo- pabllottioa of all m ditpatrhn aradtted t H or aot ethtrviM erttti tn this Mpn nil tha local iwira mblbhco. THE SALISBURY k.VK IMQ POST la a ambn of Tka Aaauttaiad rraa- au tt tha aftataooa report. ' : I .' MM1' . - i - - VOL. 15. NO. 27. piiiiiw El.TORCEBIT MAY BE FOR DOUGHERTY !: Reorganization ot iGoy . ernment May Coriceri trate Prohi. Enforce- ment With Atty.-Gen. ' ' (B- Tk Aaarlatt4 Ptw ; M Washington,' Feb. 25 A new : plan for; the enforcement of, pro- ninitiion is being cuscussea. among . republican . leaders as a prospce tive policy of the Harding admin istration. ". ; It contemplates the abolishment of the present dual enforcement T machinery of the treasury depart . ment and Justice department and centraHzmg full responsibility and .. authority under the attorney gen- eral. ,.; ',' . ' ' Some" of the republican leaders , la the confidence of President-elect Harding, say this plan may be one of itht early announcements in the administrations hew program for a the new reorganisation of the gov i ernment agencies.'., Harry ' M. - Dougherty, who is to be the next attorney -general, is known to have discussed the 'subject during re ( cent conference' at the capital. Whether the plan under dis : ' cussion contemplates the retention of a federal prohibition commis sioner apparently has not been de- v finitely determined. . It is under stood, however, that all state en forcement agents will be dispensed wfth and the prohibition enforce ment work left to the department of Justice thru state district at torneys and local authorities asso ciated with them. . . .. HOOVERS PLANS O.K. TO HARDING ' (Bjr Tha Aaueiat4 Praia) St. Augustine, Fla., Feb. 25. President-elect Harding's selection of Herbert C. Hoover to be secre- tary of commerce in the coming administration was finally confirm ed today by Mr. Harding after several developments that at one " time seemed likely to lead to a cancellation "of the appointment. Mr. Harding announced that he found- himself in "perfect accord" with the policy urged by Mr. Hoov er as a condition of his entering the cabinet and that the incident had been closed with the definite acceptance from the former food administrator. . -..-) '.. -At the same, time the President elect virtually confirmed : the se lection of Mr. Wallace, of Iowa to be secretary of agriculture," The , selection, of Mr. Wallace has' been well . known for some time altho Mr. Harding declined to discuss . :i -.Ki ! v.-r; - Mr. Harding finally broke his silence today regarding Mr. Hoov er after repeated efforts had been made without result to secure con firmation of the statement by the former food administrator In New York last night. ; No forma? statement was Issued here, Mr. Harding simply saying the whole question had been closed satisfactorily. Asked about the conditions laid down by Mr. Hoov er, Including endorsement by Mr.' Harding of "-definite .policy for the reorganization of the commerce department, the president-elect re plied: , -i "We are in perfect accord about what the department ought to be made. I would not want Mh Hoov er nor any other secretary to take a department unless they Intended to do things with it." He added that he saw nothing out of the or dinary about the case except the publicity given it Every prospec tive cabinet appfointee, he said, , had discussed with him the matter of a permanent department policy. "Has any other laid down stipu lations as Mr. Hoover has?" he was asked. "I don't like the form of your question," replied Mr. ; Harding. "I wouldn't call them" stipulations." In the course of his comment Mr. Harding also expressed sur prise that Mr. Hoover had made a statement on the subject in New York last night.-; The president elect said he had intended announc ing the appointment today but the prospective secretary had acted1 en tirely ;within ' his privilege and taken 'the "initiative. ;;-,;-:::;t' ? v i Mr. Wilson's Niece Sponsor v Philadelphia, Feby 25. Clara L. Boiling, U-year-old? niece of Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, ? sponsored the combination cargo and passenger steamship Blue Hen State, named in honor of the State of Delaware; which-was launched today at the . New .York shipyard, Camden, N. J. The vessel is the last of its type , of seven ships built at the Camden .yard f or the Shipping Board and will be allocated to the Ward Line of New York, which also Will ep- erate the Centennial - State.-' The vessel is 522 feet long.-i' .' ;;:,: - -'" I;..'.' V-v' EXPORTS SI1BINK " ' - .- -.."' - :t I 'x -. Washington,' Feb. 25, A. shrink age of ' sixty ; ntillion dollar ; in American, exports trade for Janu ary was reported today by the de partment of commerce. Imports for the month fell of fifty-five mil lion dollars as compared' with De cember figures, : - v r JL , HARDING DARK HORSE Only one real sunrise was inrunr by President-elect Harding in mak fng up his final cabinet slate. The dark horse isVEdwin Denby of De- troit, Mich- slated for secertarv of the navy- He's a lawver. auto mobile manufacturer, standpatter, six-ioter, ZOO-pounder and former congressman'. - Although 51. Be en. tered the war as a private in the marines and came out a major. - MORE DEATHS FROM AUTOS THAN TRAINS Washington. Feb. 25 Antnmv. bile acidents in the United States claimed 1.474 more vlctimo in 1919 than were killed in acidents on American railways, according to comparative figures compiled by the Southern Railway System from uinciat reports recently issued by the Census Bureau and the Inter state Commerce Commission. Deaths from automobilo aci-1 dents showed a total of 7.969. an increase of 444 over 1918. for the Cenusus Bureau's registration area, comprising about 80 percent of the country's total population. Sixty six of the large' cities had 3808 deaths from, automobile accidents. In railway accidents tho report of the Inters tato Commerce Com mission shows that 6,495 persons were killed, this figure being low er than for any previous year since 1898 when the number of persons using the railways and employed on them was tnuch smaller thin in 1919. In the total for 1919 a?e,ln cluded 2,553 trespassers and 1,882 other person-, not 'either passen gers-w employees, ' or hditrf largo percentage were the victims of collisions between automobiles and railway trains. M' : . - These -figures shoW that while the persistent effort . of - the rail ways to eliminate acidents has been productive of splendid results in decreased casualties, the number of deaths from automobile . acrf dents is growing year bjr year. ' ' ,The figures for 1919 are the lat est available as those for 1920 have not yet been completed, . 1 SLEUTHS IN LIQUOR CASE SCORED BY ATLANTA JUDGE Atlanta. Ga '' Feb.' 25. .Twelve monthe on the chain gang and a fine of $1,000 was the penalty im posed by Judge Humphries, in Criminal Court,' on' City Detec tives Lon Terry and O. M. Howell and Griff Freeman, alleged blind tiger, who were found sruiltv bv a jury of the charge of having 81 gallons of liquor in their posses sion. , The wrdict of, the jury came after a! hotly contested trial that lasted nearly three, days.- Judgs -Humphries, ..; fai passing sentence, severely arraigned the two detectives and Freeman; par ticularly the former. ' " v "This is the worst case of viola tion of the prohibition Jaw 'of which I have heard," he declared. "The evidence has shown that these two detectives, instead of enforcing the law, - as they are swern -to do, have gone out and deliberately violated it.'; I am not going to give you men a jail sen tence,, for I don't. want the coun ty to be put to the expense of feed ing you. I am going to let you go to the chain gang, where you Will have to d hard labr fr year, af ter, which yu must' pay a fine of $1,000. , .':; ' .i . -The two detectives! ' with Free man, were accused of taking the 87 quarts ; of whisky from Clar ence Hartlin an ; Atlanta apart ment, house, '' They 1 were indicted on a charge of larceny, in addi tion to the Accusation ort whic'a they were convicted, but this case was dismissed by. Judge . Hum phries n the ground that liquor W ftot propertyx- . v , HARDING LEAVES IT 'WITH PRES. WILSON ' ' Br Tfca AawriaUl Proa) ' V..' Washington, i Feb. 5 25,--Presi-dent-elect Harding ' has written President Wilson expressing de sire to leave all details of the in auguration in so far as they affect the ; president to Mr.: Witeon. It is expected that Mr. Harding will call at the . White, House on the morning of March. 4th ;and accom pany Mr. Wilson, to the capHol. . Atlanta Southern Headquarters V anta. Feb. 25 Red Cross ic tivities of nine southern states will center in Atlanta, as the result of the merger of the ' Southern and Gulf divisions of the Red Cross Into one division," and the location ef the division headquarters In At lanta. ,.,:- k ' .. ' I I A , ,".' ., V"- ' !.,,..-:;- -;"'a I BOVE WOULD SELL II. CAR. RAILROADS 10 FID OMRS Would Thus Have Trunk ' Line From Bristol to Wilmington' Censor Bill .Up Again. , . (Br MAX ABERNETBY) .'' ' Raleigh, Feb.' 25.--Repteaenta tive Bowie today introduced a bill in the house providing for the sale or the state's stock in the North Carolina Railroad and the Atlantic V North Carolina Railroad. ' : The Bowie Bill would use the proceeds of such sale with which to construct and maintain a rail road from North IWilkesboro to Maymead Temu, connecting with the terminal of the Winston-Salem division of the Appalachain divi sion of. the Southern Railway, and completing the constitution of the Elkhv A 'Alleghany Railroad, the Statesville Air Line, the Wautau- ga & Yadkin River Railroad. . Un der the provisions of the bill it is provided that in the completion of the roads named a trunk line would bo constituted from "the northwest section to the southwest Bection of the state, from Bristol, Va.. to Wilmington, N. C." and also redeeming the "lost procinces" of ISorth Carolina. Opponents of the statewide cen sorship bill delayed passage of the measure in the upper house today when it was referred to the com mittee dn education. This course was forced by the opopnents of the bill, who agreed to consideration not later than Tuesday. The house sitting as committee on the whole resumed consideration of the revenue bill today and had adopted, more than half of the pro visions wnen an adjournment was taken. . . -, REACTION IS FROM . - PETTY JEALOUSIES New See Woodrow Wilson a : -, f, Great SUtesraaa. , Washington. Feb. 25 The coun try was drunk with discontent" when the republicans won their fewewtrinr kstory -of last" Wovem- ben buttne sobering process has already begun, and long '.before Harding completes bis four years in office, the country "will be sing ing for the. masterful' leadership Of Woodrow .Wilson",-said Repre sentative -iiyae (Hoey, 01 - XNortn Carolina, during some "parting observations" to North' Carolina newspaper cxrrenKndents today. almost on the eye of his retire ment to Shelby to : resume the practice of law, after a little more than a year in congress v ' In his statement. Mr. Hoev cald high tribute to President Wilson, declaring that reaction from "the petty jealousies" that hav6 inspir ed many of the: attacks on the f resident has set in and that in "an incredibly short time, his vin dication will be complete and over whelming." . .. y. . . "The sober thought of the coun try already reaMzea the e&uden dous blunder, in failing to. ratify the peace treaty." said Mr.-Hdev. declaring that the blunder cost, the country inestimably in her foreign commerce.. .Predicting that the democratic party "will come into its own in 1924," ; Mr. Hoey said, "that ' one term of republicanism will be sufficient. 4 , 1 ' AMERICAN LEGION POSTS LuNJiEU STATES Indiatiapolis, Feb. 25. Fifty-one posts of the American Legion have been chartered outside the conti nental limits of the (United States, according to national headquarters here. The posts are distributed among three territorial possessions and 17 foreign countries of four continents. . ' ' Alaska: leads the list with, posts at Anchorage, Veldez, Kechican, Junead, Seward, Wnmgel, - Fort liiscum, Cordova, . Nome Haines, Fairbanks. Sitka and Petersburg. The following Hawaiian cities have posts: Honolulu, Koalia,' Hilo, Xa paau, Waialua, Schofield Barracks, Forts Kamehameha and Kahului. The legion is organized In the Phil ippines at Manila, Cuartel de Es- pana, Cavite, , Fort William, Mc Kinely and Correglddr. . v--5-. Foreien posts have been formed at Buenos Aires, Argentine; Brue sels, Belgium r Rio de Janeiro, Bra til 1 Montreal, Canada! Chuqoica- jnata, Chile; Shanghai and Peking, C4una; Havana, Cuba; .London; England; Guatemala City. Guate mala; ' Paris, La Rochelle and Gievres, France1; Coblent, ! Ger many; Tokyo, Yokohama and Kobe, Japan; Mexico City and Tampice, Mexico; Cerrode Pasco, Peru; Bal boa, Cristobal and Gatun, Pana ma; ' Warsaw, Poland ,and Santo Domingo anto Domingc- REJECT CIVIL BILL v' . AMENDMENTS TODAY ":" ' (By Tht Aawci'ataf Prata) " Washington, Feb. 25 By vote of 193 to 182 the house today re jected the senate amendments to the "sundry bill appropriating $10, 000,000 toward the completion of the Wilson dam as a part of the Muscle saoais nitrate' project In Alabama, -, ' " , -, ' . - - SALISBURY, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1921 IMERSSIIIIOLDLEADIII Bankers Come Second and Farmers Third, While La ' bor Has Only Fivp Representatives. -';,V:;V;-1: .;. . "..' v-; ' -. . f ntoMbd ts n.raatt fatty ' WASHINGTON, Feb. 5-Lawyers are still holding their own in the incoming Congress, the number in the new House of Representatives being 298, exactly the same as the rlecord set by the present House. Bankers come second with-26, three less than in he present Coin gress. - . 1 . . Farmers are third with 22, which is more than they have had at any time in tne last decade. . .. ; i v- " - , Newspaper publishers are fourth with 20, the same number as In tha exairine Comrress. but not as many as from 1913 to 1919. ' Manufacturers will have 18 of 14 in the last two years. ' Comparative figures showing' professions or classes in the last gress, 132 years ago, are as xo'iows: 7th 1MM ' 298 Lawyers . . ., wo , Bankers .. .... Farmers . . ' . News Publishers Manufacturers ., Teachers .. . . . Merchants .. .. Insurance .. ., . Real estate . . . Physicians .. . 26 21 ' , 20 ; 16 f 13 , 12 .11 11 P: 4 .' 5 ; Owners public utilities Clerk . . Ministers It may be observed that the number of men actively identified in the ownership and management of public utilities has decreased gradu ally from 11 in the 64th Congress to five now. ? , , ; The new Congress wiirhave one member whose last non-political employment, so far as can be ascertained, was as a beer agent. That empoyjnent being now gone, hi Congressional salary will come in "'iBngress ha only one actor, Julius JCahh of California, who has served in many Congresses preceding. He is about the only enter tainer left; John Baer, the cartoonist and chalktalker-from North Da kota retiring March 4. . : - ' . ' . . W. D. Upshaw of Atlanta, a Cnautauquan and temperance lecturer, would, probably, hardly come in the class of entertainers, altho in a sense the single hotel proprietor in the incoming Congress might so claim. '!-'. : i: ' -! '""'''" ' ; ': ;: '-!'''- , ( " Only Woman Rnna a Restaurant Only one woman in the new Congress keeps a restaurant in her ThTnewCongress has in iU ranks four -building contractors three lumber men, three mine owners, a grain dealers, a commercial traveler, a chemist, an advertising man, two newspaper correspondents, truck owner, a printer, an engineer and inventor, an accountant, two flour millers, a locomotive engineer, a railroad conductor, a steel worker, a mechanical engineer, a molder and flass worker. It might be interesting to compare the membership of the present n-jft.K Hm f Commons, which 4 led by the manufacturers with 138, iawvPTa havinir but 102. landowners llfi, bank directors C8, insurance director. 61 oal diJSor. 17, oil director. 4, .hipping directors 30, IS: rnanufactUTera,19. br:iJ??SJ?. .f" CROlfiFDffilll 0 Ml! Unable to Itoute lAmbush' larty From Position f Leader Killed and Seven Bien Wounded.' 1 ' (By Tha AawdaM PrtaaV ' Macroom. Ireland. Feb 25 Fifty auxiliary police traveling in lorries were ambushed i between this village ahd 'Bailey Vourney thk morning by three hundred men. -- The amJbuah-party opened fire from cover of rocks along killing one 01 tne policemen ana wounding six otners. ' The battled last two hours at the end of which the militia with drew leaving the attacking party sun in possession 01 neir posi tion. r-i-t" -; . - - A hundred reserves were rushed up by the military from the neigh boring barracks ana tner&tacK renewed With . the assistance of battle airplanes. J t--l In the first assault . tha major, commanding the crown forces, was killed and seven of bis men wound ed, one mortally. , The casualties of the ambush party .were ; notiBr.Mred to' accent the result of learned. ; The f crown force, were unable to recover some of their wounded when they, withdrew. ; ; LABOR WANTS SPOKESMAN, Describe Type of. Man Wanted for- f-labor Job. - . ' ' Washington.? Feb. 25--Orran- ized labor called upon President elect Harding today to. appoint as secretary .of. labor ."a recognized representative of organized labor" and "a real spokesman of the work ing people of our country' and who understand the tojlers."; "V . ; ; The request., made in the form of a telegram to the President-elect at St. Augustine, rTa, was declar ed by labor leaders to be nracti- eally an endorsement of the type of man as Jamea Duncan, of Quincy, Mass., a vice president and mem ber of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor. whom they regard as a "recognized representative of organized labor. The telegram was - sismed bv President Campers, the members of the executive, council, and .repre sentatives of national and interna tional unions affiliated in the Amer ican Federation Labor and the representatives, of the four . rail road brotherhoods; 2'fc:- ;v rt'irA;: The 1819-1920 aoole croiv," of Australia was the J greatest, .the eountry has. ever hadU, . A native of India has invented an electric ' pen that .carbonizes the paper on Trtiich ft write,"' their number in the House, against 1 . , . ' v the relative numbers of the leading five Congresses and in the first Con 5th S4Ul Mrd ' Ut in. 19IS-T iiis- I7se-si 289 's 281 287. 30 24 . 29 18 12 : 16 15 11 24 '24 24 16 22 15 8 6 8 2 13 20 19 6 ' 10 7 6 14 v- 15 9 2 3,5 3 9 11 ' ,6 , a 2 4 1019-tt . 29 ; i. "20 '' 14 i 12 mi 14-. 2 7 ' I ' ' members. e'HoWe W Arbitration ,of Peace Council. as to .Smyrna and Thrace..-; ,r t W Tha AaaaciatM rrnal- London. Feb; 25--The Turkish delegation to the Near East- con- ference here has accepted the pro f erred arbitration, of ' the . peace council as ' between Turkey and Greece to determine the status or Smyrna and Thrace. When the conference assembled this morning the ' Turkish repre sentatives made this announcement and stated that they were agree able to be suggestion of the allied government that a commission of inquiry be appointed to -verify sta tistics on the population of the dis tricts In (question"?:. s,vti'& i Notice- was given by the Turks that they Would reply at 5 o'clock this afternoon to the other points as' Issue concerning the'treaty.-f The ' question is being asked of both Turks and Greeks by the su preme council as to wether they are such an investigation by tne antes regarding Smyrna and Thrace subject to the acceptance' of the re maining terms of the Turkish peace . -.w SUPERIOR C0!URT , t OMES TO AN END The February , term of Rowah Superior court came to an end this morning . and i Judge Bryson left this afternoon for. his home at Bryson City, in the extreme west ern part of the state. He was to have presided over Davie' county court at Mocksville next week but that court has been continued until Monday, .March 14, and Judge Bry son will have two weeks at home before going to Mocksville. : "'; -The Rowan court came within a day of running the full two weeks, the (first being devoted to the crim inal docket and this' week to the hearing of civil cases. The ma jority of the latter were of no spe cial interest to the general public. However -jnuch -work1 was trans acted by the court.. ' Judge Bryson impressed all who attended court by the manner in which he trans acted business. He is a minute rge and not one time was he late taking his seat on the bench, opening eary eah morning-and staying right on the jqb thruout . ,i i ' .; ..mi : ..: s. Hospitals in the, Idaho mining districts are equipped for electri cal treatment for lead poisoning. - liMEil ' BEAUFORT WOMAN WIIOATTACKEDHER Husband Wen t .Home Drunk, Got Club After Wife arid is Shot Three Times by Latter. ' (B7 Tha AaudaU4 Frtaa) Washington. N. C. Feb. 25. C. S. King, i prominent farmer, was shot and killed .by his Wife at their home six mile from Bell Haven near here last night following an alleged attempt to attack her, ac cording to information reaching hero today." . . . According to a statement re garding the killing, made by Mrs. King to Deputy Sheriff Marvin Jones, of Beaufort county, King had been drinking and when Mrs. .King declined his request to bring him liquor this displeased him and he etarted toward her with a club In his hand. She drew a revolver, she told the deputy sheriff, and or dered her husband to : stop but when he continued to come toward her with the club she fired three times, all of the bullets taking ef fect in his body, King dying a few minutes later. Mr. and Mrs. King came to Beaufort county about four years ago from Oklahoma where ho is said to have been connected with the famous "101" ranch. RECEIVER NAMED FOR A RAILROAD . (Br Tha Aamdatta' Praia) AtlanU, Ga., Feb. 25. Judge S. II. Sibley in United States court here today signed an order appoint ing B.. E. Bugg as receiver for the Atlanta, Birmingham t Atlantic Railroad. The order was siened on petition of the Birmingham Trust ft bavings Company,' of. Birming ham, Ala., which alleged it holds a note for $90,000 due March 7th and whkh the road is unable to Pay. .-'-. ..,.'.',,', : . f The court ordered and directed Received Bugg it take immediate charge of tne railroad -prooerty under the receivMrahin. Similar petitions h,'ave been filed In feder- m oouria w . in , nortnern ana southern districts of ' Alabama. through which the. road, operates. . - fGRO POPULATION f , N; Y.lAND BOSTON "(Br Tha Aaaaclataa1 rrtaa) . Washington, Feb. 25. -The neero population of New York City .at the time of the 1920 census was 153,088, an increase of 61,370 or b. per cent, the' census bureau announced today. The white oon- I ulation was 6,459,004, an increase of 789,842 or lfl. per cent, and all others ' 7.590. -'! , J "' ' i ' The; negro population of Boston, M ass., numbered 10,36 an increase of 2,798 or 20.6 k per cent. The whites totalled 740,486, ' an In crease of 74,790 or 114 per cent, ana 8l otners ,ll2vf ,:.v'V.Cs.V.:;,'J HARDING FAVORS ;j NAVAL PROGRAM ' ' . (Br Tha AaaaclatoS Pnaa) .. , , Washington, Feb. 25-President-elect Harding has sent ..word to senate Republican leaders that be desired adequate appropriation for the. navy and wa in favor, of con tinuing the present building pro gram without material, reduction. With this definite statement ef what is regarded as the new admin istration's policy senate Republican leaders declared they would insist upon senate- increases , over, the bouse total naval appropriation bill, even at the ns or defeating the bill at this session, . , - NO DATE REMOVAL ; : ;MRS, DAVIS BODY I ' 1:'-' (By Tha inariatae Praia)' i Richmond, Va-, Feb, 25-No def inite date has been' decided upon for bringing the remains of . the first wife of Jefferson Davis, .presi dent of the Confederate states, to Richmond for burial In Hollywood cemetery,, it Was announced here today, ' v , ;;. 'hvttU . NEEDS. GOLD STANDARD Sound Finance Demands Gold Stan- dard Restoration, '-.'..v , .r uoiwon, r eo.-. sorr-neeq , oi ;, re storation of gold standard in. Great meeting of the Sound Currency As sociation 'recently, held here. ,' ; , .. v. Sir George Paish, financial ex pert who visited the, United States about a year ego, said the financial position of this country would not be- sound until the gold standard was restored. "Wo could then be able to par for things werrequire from other countries in goods or Services ' without needing credit operations and without fearing the gold drain from this eountry," he saM. "The gold standard' of Eu rope must also be reestablished. We will not be able to resume the gold standard, here until we are able to put out new. capital abroad to the,- extent , of 400,000,000 pounds." ; : ...... ; , 4. : NOW KRAMER KNOWS HOW A STILL LOOKS Greenville, Feb. ' 2B. John F. Kramer, Federal Prohibition Com misioner, was "the man with the hoo" in this county today, person ally breaking up a 25-gallon moon shine still with the implement used to stir the "mash.".. The copper condenser was preserved for Mr. Kramer as a souvenir of his first raid. ;'. The Federal Dry Chief , accom panied State Officers into the "dark comers" on a hunt for illicit stills. They found one, but tho moonshin ers had fled, and the job of break ing up the apparatus was turned over to Mr. Kramer. . , . "A most' interesting exjlrience" be said, adding that h had not be fore; ' known what a ' still looked like .; , ;, UAL LIKELY II Jury ; Had ' Not Agreed Until Noon and Went Back to, Try Again at 2:i5a ; ' r;r ' ' , (Saacbl U Tha Enlaf Paat) , , Greensboro; Feb. 25. The jury in the Vamer case after having had the case since yesterday after noon at 4 o'clock convened again this morning at 8:30 o'clock and at 1:30 came out for lunch without having reached a verdict. The jury will go bock at 2:15 for fur ther deliberation. -, N There is strong impression here that a mistrial will result The case was' turned over to the jury at 4 o'clock yesterday after noon, after attorneys had since Monday, February 14, put tip one of the biterest fights in the annals of the state. :';" - The jury remained out for six hours and failed to reach an agree ment,: and at 10 o'clock it was taken to its hotel to be locked up for the night ; - v " ,; Judge James E. Boyd instructed the jury to answer, the first Issue, "dldj the defendant separate him self from the plaintiff and fail to provide her with the veceisary .sub sistence' according tq. r s means and condition in. life,, as aii,fcca lji ine .complaint' in the airirmatave. " ; He declared that the second is sue, "did the plaintiff commit adul tery with R. B. McRary as alleged in ' tho answer 1 " was really . the crux of the entire 'litigation.' He impressed' upon the jury, the im portance of returning a verdict in accordance with the evidence and not according to Its own belief,. : " If the second Issue is answered in the affirmative then the third is sue need not be answered, but if it is answered in the negative t then the .third issue , must, be answered. It reads i "What sum, if, any, should be allowed and paid or secured to the plaintiff for her reasonable' sub sistence from, the estate of the de fendant. . The court instructed the jury, In the event it is to answer the last Issue, to carve" out a sub sistence for tha .plaintiff in keep ing witn the defendant s estate and the plaintiff's station in life V.;, ALL UNION MEN NOT ENDORSE TELEGRAM i ;:BrTl AMMcit(H Washington, Feb 25-Ali; of the representatives of the nation al and . international union attend- in e the conference of the Ameri can Federation of Labor here did not endorse ; the . telesrram sent yesterday to president-elect Hard ing asking him to appoint a "rec ognized representative of organiz ed labor as secretary of labor. Representatives of the United Mine. Workers . of America, the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Stoel.and Tin .Workers, and the Seamen's Union, it was learned to day, spike in opposition , -to . the meesaire. . The names of tne rep resentatives of the mine workers and the seamen's union did aot ap pear on the list of signers to. the telegram aa published here. . . RED FLAG RAISED" OVER PARIS WORKS , i (BrTh Aaaaciatad PraaO .-A-'. Paris, Feb. i 25--rhe J ed flag was raised today over the big elec trie works under ; construction at Gennevillers,' just 'north vof iParis, by workmen who refused to- quit the place in spite bf a lock-but de clared by the company. ' A large force of police; and a small de tachment of trobps were called out maintain order, s '; A - The company reduced Wages and the Workmen, it is clhimed by em- players, let down in their efforts, therefore the lockout was decided upon. . - ' . TEXAS RAILROADS r ; TO CHANGE RATE , , (By Th Asaaiata4 frtaa) . Y Washington, Feb. 25-The rail roads of Texas were ordered today by the inter-state commerce com mission to Increase state passenger and xreiirht rates to, the level of the inter-state changes, elective April IN VARNER BASE PRICE 2 CENK El Bears Out Pledge iMac' By Special Session Th There Will Be No Gen eral Property Tax. ' : 1 "; ' (Br MAX ABKIRNt1HY ' j" Raleigh, Feb. 25 The State wi' levy no ad valorem tax for the no two years for the maintenance , tha common schools as was firs: written in the revenue act.Ttir section being stricken out at L night's session of the lower hoa Ot the Legislature upon the r eeom mendathm of Gov. Rufo Doughton who spoke for the finance commit teei. : " ' ,f Elimination of this section V ' the bill will not interfere with t' Erogram as already mapped oi y the finance committee, the rev enue needed to meet the deficit b. striking out the ad valorem clau being taken care of in privilo? and income taxes from corpor -tion&i ' Mr. : Dougijton submit tr the. following figures as corapiU by the finance bodies showing t! amount of revenue and ex pen- of the State government for t! two year period ending 1922. Estimated expenses ' for - j' sources for the years of 1921 an 1922 are 113,923,934 and the est mated revenue without the priv. lege tax from corporations woul be $12,875,154. leaving a deficit c $1,047,780, Thisk deficit U mt i the 'revenue from tho priv.; taxes of , corporations which it i estimated will amount to fl,l.V ooe. .. .' ".,': ' In making-' tho announceret that there would, be no gencr property tax levied by the St for any purposes . bears '. out t pledge made by the special f sion of the Legislature in 1920 t this effect. When tho revenue L was first drafted, .however mi i hers of tho , finance ' committr thought It would be1 necessary f levy a general property tax and t five cents on the one hundred d lars was agreed upon for schn The action of the House last r doea away with th i ad valorc. i Whatsoever for t..e next two yp "iThe Tevcaua 1"! M ' r over and adopt. . I ; C. l tion by section alter iu..... are acepted. or tejected. The ; passed, its second reading n ! ter another day's work in the 1 er house it will be sent over to : Senate for passage. . ; ..V-The ' Senate committee - has r ported tho proposed law-requ parties, to contracts entered i for the, furnishing and .cpnfr tion. of electric power to abitia i the terms of the contracts "wl out prejudice." - The hearing j terda afternoon lasting f pi- thr hours resulted in a six-six vota tho committee.j-1 , r - vThe bill as proposed by consu ers of hydroelectric power in. Tic mont, North Carolina is to force t Southern Power cWpany to live t to its contracts made ,iar, I terms and from which tho corpo: tion is now appealing indirectly t the State Corporation Commis .: in a petition asking for a new si : dule of rates. Tho commission 1 heard the evidence but has .not i sued a ruling. 'Representatives eft cotton m. and smaller power, companies v peared before the committee i support of the bill and the Duke i terests upheld the; fight ia?n! the measure. , Sharker, w. i Bynum, Matt ; Allen, Crawfo Biggs and A. G. Mangun. all at: neys, spoke for the bill..- The thern .rower Company, was rep; sented by E. T. Canglor, W. S. O. Robinson, X V.' Taylor and Geor Wilson spoke for mill interests Gaston county who opposed t! bill, ff-ii Vf''VliA...'...-.- The measure now goes before t assembly and will be, fought c in debate. '. ; ' ' t ,,t The House at last night sess passed on its second reading r amended i muntcipal financo . c which has the endorsement of m ora and finance officer of tho ties and towns of the State.; : Under the amendments suW ted the debt limit of towns will I 8 percent of theft assessed, value its property.; f The bill r.will a! limit the tax rate of towns and ties to one dollar on the 'one ii" dfed dollars worth rot -yrope' The limit heretofore has been L. cents and because some mumdr Sties could not exist s.-the limit i raised.; i'iyv:' j f' -;.'" : v The committee on counties, c and towns ha J reported, the I lamy bill to annex to said t ship,-Pender county: to New I over county favorably.- Tha was8 to 2 and a minority re. will likewise be tied. I J Whether the State is to put t million dollars worth of -stock the proopsed electric railway f Mt. Holly, " Gaston - county. Boone, Wautauga county, v settled in debate, tho ct yesterday afternoon havlr.-; r ed the em lavoraoiy. , Both houses of the C-"" sembly are holding r! as a means of kecrir - t dars cleared of tha 1 : 1 continue to t' I t the hopr-r- 1 1 i c ' the session w 'i ? - younl t!,3 C3- ';' . DV mmmm FROM SCHOOL D!L
Salisbury Evening Post (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Feb. 25, 1921, edition 1
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