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VOL. 16. NO. 6G.
FRAffi
U. S: PWfiCIPLES
Text of Note Made Pub-
: He is yirtually ... the
Same 'As That Given
v Out in Paris.
(By Th AwlaU4 Prcacl
Washington. April 14. France'
reply to Secretary Hughes' note of
April 4 -regarding the Japanese
mandate over the Pacific Island of
.". Yap is inerperted .in official cir-
. cles as tantamount to an aecepti
: ance of the principles laid down by
' the American government that the
United States has ' surrendered
none of its rights in her farmer
overseas possession.
The text of the French note,
which is in the form of a prelim
inary reply, jvas made public in
both Washington and Paris today.
It is signed by Premier Briand who
gives assurances that the repre
sentative of the French govern
ment will place before the supreme
s
ON MATES
I fci council next week the question of
1 Yap 'with the "greatest desire to
find a solution which will give
k every satisfaction to the United
States." .
Premier Briand declared his gov
ernment "has already done all in
its power to lend its aid to the
American government in this mat
" ler." Reference is made to the
French note of last February 18,
' , which pointed out that while the
decision of the supreme council of
May 7, 1919, made no reservation
concerning the mandate attributed
, to Japan over the islands in the
North Pacific President Wilson
and Secretary Lansing had formu
lated in the course of a formal
meeting in the presence of the rep
- resentative of Japan "categorical
reservations concerning the Island
of Yap, and the Japanese repr.e
sentative had not objected.
The full text of the French reply
. . was made public by the state de
partment today and does not differ
materially from that given out in
Paris. . .
GIRL FIGHTS GAMELY
AGAINST 4 BANDITS
Chicago,' April- 14. Miss 1 Ger
trude ViMcCuddy, i-arr 18-year-old
, cashier,, was unable to get action
with her hatpin, but she put up a
plucky fight against four bandits,
air armed with automatic pistols,
before they had robbed her of $15,
392 $3,430 of it in cash in broad
daylight, directly in front of the
Consumers' Sanitary Coffee ahd
.Butter Company, by. which she is
employed.
t , Shortly before noon she started
as usual, to the bank to deposit the
money and checks. As she stepped
to the street, a battered "flivver"
clashed up and four bandits, evi
' dently boys of the "comer loafer"
variety, attacked her, She fought
bravely, but they beat her cruelly
in the face, and on the head with
the butts of their pistols, wrenched
the packages of money and checks
from her and fled . in the machine.
8 KILLED; MANY ARE
HURT JN TORNADO
(Br The AuocUUd Prm)
Melissa, Texas, April 14Eight
Sersons are dead, five are proba
ly fatally injured and approxi
mately 50 more or less seriously
injured as a result of a tornado
' which struck here at 2:20 yester
day afternoon; 1 Five of those
' killed were negroes.
The storm swept thru the town
from the Southwest to the North
1 east demolishing nearly a score of
buildings including all the church
es, school building, three cotton
gins, postoffice and interurban sta
vtion and partly wrecked the rail
way, station..,.-'-';.-"';..
, GERMAN REPARATION
OVER 130 BILLION
(By Th AiMriatcd Ptm)
' Paris, April 14. Germany's ob-
ligation to the allies will be fixed
at between 130 and 150 billion gold
, marks by the - allied ' reparation
commission, says the Echo D'
Paris. The newspaper adds that
the exact figures depend upon cer
tain questions . being considered.
: In case of her resistance to the
settlement then, the paper de
clares, it is acceptable to the allies,
that France will recall two cNisses
to the colors and proceed to occupy
the Ruhr basin. This district in
cludes the more important coal
mines' and ' industrial plants in
Wesf dermany. 1 '
DRINK CHURCH WINE; '
, STEAL ALTAR SILVER
Y Buffalo, N. Y, Apijl 14. Thievea
drank wine stored for sacramental
purposes in two. churches at Well
and, Ont., last night. The churches
entered were the Russian Catholic,
where the thieves pried off a base
ment twindow and the Anglican,
wohse front door was left " hos
pitably open. - ..
. . In both placet the thieves drank
the wine on the premises, in the
. Angelican church carrying off the
silver communion service, which
was Used in their orgy. Various
acred articles were also taken
from the altar in the Catholic
church. ;.. '." ;.
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W1IATS THIS.-Oh. Just Fash
ion's latest. Hat feathers that act
as a veil as welL Snapped on Mich
igan boulevard, Chicago. . .
Dr. W. P. Sweet and Pa
tient Die During Fire-
Number of Business
Houses Burned.
Southern Pines. April 14. A fire
originating about, 2 o'clock this
morning, supposedlyfrom the heat
ing plant of the Perkins hotel or
Windham's land office, wiped out
the major portion of the main busi
ness block of the town. Nine
buildings, owned by R. E. Wiley,
u w. reruns, H. A. Lewis and J.
S. Reynolds, were completely de
stroyed. Buildings ana property
loss amounting to thousands of
dollars, was partially covered by
insurance. There was little sav
ed. The telephone operator, Miss
Eva Payne, stayed by the phone,
sending out warnings, while the
rear building burned. She was re
moved at last by force. The Sou
thern Pines, Pinehurst and Carth
age fire departments rendered
heoric service.
Dr. W. P. Swett, a well-known
physician, died of heart failure
while arousing . inmates of . the
Southland hotel. Mr. Ferguson, ef
rnehurst, was injured while fight
ing the bames.. :;-.... . ...
Howe's jewelry store,. ' Lewie'
market, Home Furnishing com
pany, Perkns hotel, Windham's
land office. Eddy's, art studio and
Thomas Cameron's clothes ; shop
were the principal business con
cerns destroyed.
BUSINESS BOOM
FOR UNION LABOR
St. Paul, Minn., April 14. Or
ganized labor, which has gone r.to
business itself rather than work
for buldng contractors who wanted
the men to accept a wage reducton,
is ' finding plenty of contracts. -
The first day offices opened there
were 150 requests for estimates.
One hundred requests were made
for plans and estimates of build
ing costs of homes.
. The first work undertaken was
the remodeling of a duplex into a
inree-nat ouiiding. ,
Three organizations have been
formed, The Ramsey County Board
of Trade, The Peoples' Construc
tion Co.. and The at. 1'aul Buildimr
& Loan Assocation.
The Board of Trade is the pro
motional organization for the con
traction company and loan asso
ciation. It already has sold 20
memberships at $500 each, thus
having a capital of ; $10,000 to
start with. . Anyone. may join.
several present members are ar
chitects and supply and material
icaiers. The rest are union men, ,.
Part of the 1 10.000 will be loan-
"4 to the construction comvanv so
't can. begin business. Some will
he turned over to the loan assocta-
The Building Loan Assocla
ton.s i capitalized for $5,000,000.
Shares will be sold, which amount
in practice to savings accounts.
A campaign has started to get
all of the 16,000 members of 110
unions in Sty Paul interested in the
loan association.
The construction company s can-
Italized at $10,000. Preferred
stock will be sold to anyone, but
common stock will only go to union
and Hoard of Trade members. This
is done to ekep control of the com
pany in union hands. ; v
The majority of the 6000 build
ing trades members expect to be
wevking for their own cons true-
ton company. :,... .
Sir,ArUiur Vicars Killed .
(By Th AMMiatc Tnmt ,
' Dublin, April 14. Sir Arthur
Edward Vicars, former Ulster king
of arms, was shot dead this morn
ing and his residence burned. ; '
A tag attached to the body read:
"Traitors beware, we never forget
I. R. A.". ;
Sir Arthur Vicars was Ulster
king -of arms in Dublin castle at
the time of the famous robbery in
1907 when the Irish crown jewels
valued at $250,000 were stolen from
the castle. He afterwards won a
$25,000 libel suit against a Lon
don newspaper which made reflec
tions on him in connection with
the case. :;- ,
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
SOUTHERN PINES
DIKlTMEtl
Iff TODAY
Blue Fez Boys Here; in
Large Numbers Big
Parade at . 4 :30 Cere
monial Tonight.
The blue fes boys, the D. O. K.
K., have taken the city today, the
occasion being a big ceremonial by
Sue Temple No. 73, of Charlotte.
I The Dokies and their "fresh meat"
began to come into the city last
night but the majority of the vis
itors arrived on the morning and
afternoon trains. The big parade
begins promptly at 4:30 o'clock and
will cover the principal business
streets, to fce followed by a ban
quet at the Empire hotel at 6 p.
m. Then comes the ceremonial at
McCanless garage on East Council
street, this beginning at 8 o'cloc
this evening and continuing until
al of the "fresh meat" has been
devoured by the ferocious tiger.
Between 50 and 75 candidates will
cross the hot sands, these coming
from numerous cities and towns,
l wniio a number are local men.
Among those who are to meet Bol
iver is Mayor Strachan and ex
Mayor Walter H. Woodson has
been in line for induction into the
mysteries of the order for some
time but some of the boys say he
belongs to the feathered tribe, in
other words is "feather legged,"
but they, are after him.
Among some of the prominent
Dokies present is Grand Vizier
Kennedy of Charlotte; Secretary
Marshal "Uncle" Jac Williams,
Maj Balrd, Mat. White, Maj. John
Mertz, and others along with Bol
iver the Tiger and the cameL The
local committees were expecting
between 300 and 400 visitor for
the occasion and this afternoon and
tonight the town will belong to
the Dokies. It promises to be one
of the biggest ceremonials yet held
by &uez Temple and all are antici
pating a big tune. :
BRITISH STEAMER
MARQUIS DISABLED
1 '(Br Th AtMcUt4 Prm) , .
New York. April 14. The Brit
ish tank steamer Marquis from
New- urleana April nth lor
Grangemouth is disabled' with en
. LI. . T " k. I . . - F -
fine i ma near ioggerneaa ivey
off the South Florida coast, a wire
less message received here today
said. The accident occurred soon
after midnight. The tug Key West
has been dispatched to her assist
ance. ; Daylight Law Hearing
Atlanta, Ga , April 14. A day
fight savings law for Atlanta will
be the subject of a public hearing
before the Ordinance Committee
of Council tomorrow afternoon.
New York recently moved her
clocks forward another hour in ac
cordance with the daylight savings
law in that state. This makes At
lanta time or Central time two
hours behind the present New York
time. Stock exchange men and
brokers complain it works a se
rioiM inconvenience to their busi
ness." They want Atlanta clocks
moved forward an hour until fall.
Last year labor organizations, as
well as salaried persons 41 all
kinds, made bitter protest against
the change and succeeded in con
vincing the committee.
CRITICISM FRENCH
AMBASSADOR
(Br Th Aiuclated Prm)
Paris, AiVil 14l CUridism of
Jules J. J esse rand, French ambas
sador to the United States for al
leged failure to keep the French
public informed as to the state of
affairs in Washington appeared In
editorials published here today rel
ative tq the message of President
Harding to congress.
JOHN SMITH DEAD
(Or The AuocUUd Pru) '
Goldsboro, April 14. John R.
Smith, aged 84, who was superin
tendent of the state prison under
the administration of Governor
Russell, died here last night.
COTTON MARKET
New York April 14. The cotton
market here made a comparatively
strong : showing during: today'
early trading. Tho unfavorable
British labor situation was reflect
ed in weak Liverpool cables but
the local market opened at a de
cline of only one to eight points
under Southern sessing and liquida
tion,? The latter was promoted by
the weakness in the stock market
and there was, some Wall street
sellng after the call with May sell
ing off to 112 and July tol2.47
or about 18 points Bet lower.
(New York, April 14. Cotton
futures opened steady.
May ..............11.99
7uly 1254
. October ......... ..13.13 ?
December . 13J51
January .... ....... 13.68 V
' Concord Market
Concord, April 14, Cotton sold
f or U cents oa the local market
today. ; . ; v
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UNSETTLED TONl'siIT AND
F HID AY j PKCDALLY L-I0WES3
SALISBURY, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1921
MAYOR STRACHAN
OFFICIAL CLEAN
Calls On the Citizens of the City to Make the City
Clean arid Sanitary and to Keep it There Clean
Up Day Next Week.
.
(j The season of the year it as hand when we must
iirect our attention to practical measures for the pro
tection of that richest asset of any community -the
health of all its people. The Board of Aldermen of the
City has recognized the effectiveness of setting a
period in which concerted-efforts of all the people
may be engaged in CLEANfNG UP, a practice that
oroven its merit both state and national in scope.
"Therefore
' . I, W.'b. StrachanuMavor "of the City of Salis
bury proclaim the period of April 18th to April 23rd
inclusive CLEAN UP WEEK and call upon all our
people to lend their aid in making their premises
itfean and sanitary that no conditions may be left to
jffer breeding paces for disease carrying germs dur
ing the approacning Summer. Let us do more and
jive attention to beautifying our premises that they
nay be both healthful and attractive.
This April 13, 1921.
W.B.
POLICE SOLDIERS
DETECTIVES GUARD
CHEERERS FOR DEBS
(Br Th AMdu4 Prm)
Duluth, April 14. While 50 po
lice and detectives and a detach
ment from the tank corp of the
Minnesoto national guard stood
guard, 500 persons gathered at a
local ball .last night and cheered
speakers who pleaded for the re
lease of Eugene V. Debs and Wil
liam D. Haywood and others whom
they termed "political prisoners."
Rumors that efforts would be
made to break up the, meeting
prompted authorities to take pre
cautionary measures but there was
no disturbance. -
GERMAN STAFF SEES
BODY EX-EMPRESS
i ' - 4 .
(Bf Th AiMcUt4 Pratt)
Doom, Holland, April 14. Ger
man government authorities have
insisted that the taking of the
body of the late former Emperor
Augusta Victoria from Doom to
Potsdam for burial be delayed and
the remains will not leave here unT
til Sunday. Former Emperil Wil
liam makes frequent visits to the
room where the body of the ex-em'
press e. The entire German i staff
w a. Muiiufaicu iu wiu iwiu leu., eve
ning to see the beloved form of
mistress of the House of Doom for
the last time, v , '
OLDEST UNIVERSITY
N. C. OLUMNI DEAD
(Br Tht AttclMc4 Prttt) .
' Raleigh, April 14. Dr. A. B.
Hawkins, 96 years old, the oldest
living alumni of the University of
North Carolna and probably the
oldest acting bank director in the
United States, died at his home
here early today following an ill
ness of six weeks.
Dr. Hawkins graduated from the
University of North ; Carolina in
1845. He had been a member of
the board of directors of the Citi
zens Natonal Bank here about 30
years and took an active interest
in directing the policies of the in
stitution unt:.l taken ill.
PLAN PROPOSED TO
SELL COTTON CROP
Washington, April 14. A plan
to take advantage of the allied debt
to the United States by providing
means to dispose or the Southern
cotton crop was suggested to Pres
ident Harding today by Governor
elect Hardwick of Georgia.
. It is proposed that the United
'States ask the allied governments
to underwrite the German bonds
which will be accepted in payment
for cotton exports from this coun
try and will be held as securities
against the war debt.
It was undrestood the President
expressed deep interest in the plan
but withheld judgment regarding
it.
CLAYTON TRIAL ON
AT FAYETTEVILLE
(Br The Auoeiatd Prm)
Fayetteville, April 14. It ' was
expected the entire session of Cum
berland county superior court
would be taken up today in the se
lection of a jury in the trial of Tom
R Clayton, New York youth
charged with the murder in this
city in January of Deputy Sheriff
M. N. Blue. - -
Blue was shot to death and Dep
uty Sheriff W. O. Patrick Was se
riously in-jured when the officers
went to serve a warrant on Clay
ton charging him with assault with
a deadly weapon. In the exchange
of shots Clayton suffered a dan
gerous wound in the chest.
DOGS TAKES REVENGE.
iBr Tht Amdatt Prm) ' .
Duluth, Minn.; April 14. Since
its canine, pal was Killed recently
by a street car, a Scotch collie dog
stands guard at a certain corner
here each day and leaps high as
ears speed by and often manage
to grab the trolley pole rope,, pull
ing the trolley off the wire and
stopping the car. The animal will
probably Jbe shot, it was said.
MAKES AN
UP PROCLAMATION
pTKACHAN, Mayor.
MORE COTTON USED
IN MARCH THAN ANY
MONTH SINCE SEPT.
(Br Th AjmcUuJ Prm) '
Washington, April 14. Cotton
manufacturers utilized more raw
cotton during March than in any
month since last September a
tctal of 437,033 bales having been
consumed during the month, ac
cording to the census bureau's
monthly report issued todav.
There were fewer cotton spindles
in operation the month than in
February the largest reduction
having been shown in "cotton grow
ing states.
The month's total 32,104,946 was
363,682 less than February with
mills of the cotton growing states
showing 317,749 of the reduction
cotton consumed was 20.325 bales
more than in February. -
HARVEY HERRICK
NOMINATIONS IN
(Br TH AttfecUMI Prm- '
Washington. , April 44. The
nomination. of Georira Harw. f
New York to 'be Ambassador' to'
Great Britain and Myron T. Her-
rick, or Uhlo, to be Ambassador to
trance were sent to the Senate to-
day by presjdent Harding. -
At the same time the president
transmitted more than 80 names
of men whom he gave temporary
appointments while congress was
in recess. The list Included the
name of John J Esch. of Wiseon-
g aaS5
whose confirmation was held up by
opponents at the last session.
PRISONERS RUSHED
FROM N. C. TOWN
Br Tk AtMdattt Prttt)
Rocky Mount, April 14. Because
of high feeling and fear of violence
Jesse Nines, a white 1 armi hand,
about 36 years of age, was rushed
to the Spring Hope county jail last
night and later removed to some
unknown destination for safe keep
ing, according to officers who late
yesterday arrested Nines near
Webb's Mill in Nash county on a
charge of having attacked the f.ve
year old daughter of a prominent
iarmei.
C. A. HESS DIES AT
AGE OF 85 YEARS
Mr. C. A. Hess, familiarly known
as "Uncle Billy," died this morn
ing at 1:15 o'clock at the home of
his son, Mr. J. A. Hess, 410 West
Cemetery street, at the age of 85
years. The funeral took nlaee
this afternoon at the residence,
conducted by Rev. Dr. R. L. Lem
ons of the First Baptist church of
this city and Rev. C. P. Fisher of
the China Grove Lutheran church.
and the interment was in Chestnut
Hill cemtery. The sons and daugh
ters Surviving are J. A. and W. F.
Hess of Salisbury. Thomas Hess.
of Concord, Luther Hess, of Rock
well, Mrs. Agnes Ridlin of China
Grove, and Mrs. Allie Winecoff of
near Sumner, also a half- -brother
and half sister, Mr. Gus Hess of
Concord and Mrs. Sarah Caster of
Faith. Death was due to paraly
sis, Mr. Hess having been strick-1
en last Tuesday. ,
-.The deceased was a native of
Rowan county and served four
years in, the Confederate army.
He was well known and had a host
of friends in this community. .
GIFT TO UNIVERSITY
VIRGINIA-$75,000
(Br Th AsMdit PrtM) .
Charlottesville, Va. April 14
Presdent Aldermen of the Univer
sity of Virginia announced today
two founders day gifts totalling
$75,000 had been received for. the
institution's centenary endowment
fund. One rift of $60,000 came
from Thos. F. Ryan of New York
and the other of $25,000 from Mrs.
Chas. H. Senff also, of New York.
A starch molecule, one of the
largest known,, contains about 25,
000 atoms.
BUILDING ACTIVITY
ON IN SAUSBURY
Between $175,00 0 and
$200,000 Worth of Work
Now Under W a y
Other Building in View.
City Engineer J. W. Webb stat
ed this morning to- a representa
tive of the Evening Post that there
was now between $175,000 and
$200,000 worth of construction
work under way in Salisbury, the
greater part of this being in resi
dences, and that prospective build
ers are making inquiries almost
daily regarding permits and plans
for beginning buildings. He re
ported as having just issued two
permits for handsome residences,
one for Mr. G. C. Leaser, comer
Fulton and Johnston streets, a six
room house to be built at a cost
of $4,600, and another residence on
Ellis street opposite the school
building, this to be erected by Mr.
C. P. Foster and to cast about $7,
000. It will be two stories and hot
air heat. A number of additions to
residences as well as remodelling
is also in progress. -
The city engineer as well as
others who keep up with building
prospects, look for much con
struction work " here during the
spring and summer.
The building program will be
augmented by the biggest amount
of street work ever undertaken at
one time by the city of Salisbury,
nearly half a million dollars, and
already preparations are going on
to begin this work. Surveyors
were at work on West Liberty
street, between Main and Jackson
this morning getting ready for the
contractors to begin work on this
street, and other streets will be
taken up as fast aa possible and
within a month or more the nearly
six miies or new street paving will
be well under way.
Taking the outlook as a whole
the prospects look bright for such
wore here this year and it is be
neved when the year has ended
it will show one of the best build
ing periods in the city's history.
URGE CENSORSHIP
MOTION PICTURES
"" : AtttcUStJ Pmh) ,
' Richmond. Va- Ataril
ing a stricter censorship of .moving
pictures-ana asserting; that there
is an increase in crime traoMbia to
certain kinds of film shows and
giving statistics on the divorce
evus Miss Belle H. Bennett, cf
Nashville, Tennessee, delivered her
annual address today as president
of the Woman's Missionary Coun
cil of the Methodist Episcopal
cnurcn, soutn, at its convention in
wntenary churcfl here.- -'
In discussinsv the divorca vil
Miss Bennett said there was an In
crease of divorces in this country
ana commented on the fact that it
was on the decrease in Japan, She
said if the inter-church world move
ment does nothing else it is worth
all it cost by showing the religious
neeas of the world today,; ; ';,
REDUCTION MADE .
FARM MACHINERY
IB Tha iMHbl PmV ,- '
Chicago, April 14, Basing its
action on uie recent reduction in
steel prices announced by the
United States Steel CoroorAtion
the International Harvester Com
pany today announced a straight
ten per cent reduction effective
next year on products in which
steel is the principal raw material.
"ine reduction on steel came
after our year's products had been
provided for and will have no bear.
ing on the cost of machines we sell
this year,' the announcement ex
plained. "It does establish a lower
replacement cost, however, and
serves as a basis price to which
our consumers are entitled and
which we are willing to accept."
' The feduction applies chiefly to
narvesung machinery. The com
pany announced a reduction of 10
to 15. per cent in machines made
principally of wood and iron on
March 7.
The Old Peabodv Pew.
Dont forget the play "The Old
Peabody Pew" to bo given Friday
night April 15th, at 7:45 at First
Keiormed cfiurch. come and bring
a friend, A silver offering will be
taken at the door.
It listens Well!
Tifr5uy
-ThaT
Sounds!
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O'NEIL COMING? Reports soy
Laurence O'Neil, lord mayor of
Dublin, Ireland, will arrive secret
ly in the U. S. soon.
MrWrMrWAWwVWwVWWVfcMrW
IT CALLED OFF,
1,500,000 Workers Not in
, the Triple Alliance Have
Decided to Aid Alliance
in Strike. .
, , (Br Tlit Antlatd Pm)
' London, April 14. A conference
held this morning between Mr.
Llcyd George, the prime minists.',
and delegates of the triple alliance
which called a strike for Friday
night in kupport of the striking in in
era continued for nearly two hours
without any, progreis apparently
naving oeen made toward an ad
justment of the grave labor situa
tion. ' ' . y :
It wss reported from the confer-
ence that the prime minister had
made a long statement appealing
to tne railway men and transport
worker, who, with- .the miners,
make up the triple alliance, asking
tnem to exercise restriction and
not precipitate a crisis. -This plan,
however, apparently had no effect.
. J. H. Thomas, general secretary
of the national ,' union. of railway
men, -declared after the conference
mat ne couw see no prospect for
the reopening of negotiations for
an adjustment of the strike situa
tioi:.
.' Upon the government's side, it
was declared the labor men were
unable to present new arguments
giving the government any differ
ent view of their case, while the
government, it is understood, did
not indicate it was prepared 'to
maite any luriner concessions. -
Thus the situation early this af
ternoon appeared , unchanged nd
uio outiooK gloomy, v
. To Aid Alliance - r"
London. April 14 The federa
tion of general workers represent
ing 1,600,000 persons in more than
100 industries outside the : triple
alliance today decided to support
the triple alliance in its strike in
the interesting1 of striking miners.
ATTEMPT TO ROB A
r CHINA GROVE STORE
An unsuccessful attempt- was
made last night to rob the store of
A. T. Bost at China Grove. The
would be robbers broke a glass out
of a window and the noise made at
tracted the attention of nearby
people and an alarm was given
and the attempted robbery.' foiled,
the participants making a hasty
escape in an automobile. .'; Officers
were summoned but no trace of the
men could be fdund. This same
store was entered several months
asro and a quantity of goods carried
WANT SALE TAX MOVE
PROBED BY CONGRESS
(Br The Auociated Prm)
Washington. April 14. Demand
for a congressional investigation
to disclose interests trying to put
through a sales tax 'was made in
the house today by Representative
Frear, Republican, of Wisconsin, of
the ways and means committee.
He mentioned Jules Bachie and
Meyer Rothchilds of New York s
the prime movers in the campaign
and charged that huge funds had
been rased "to shove the big man's
taxes on the poor man."
Protest Negro Appclntment.
Atlanta, Ga., April 14. Wil
iam. v D. Upshaw, congressman
from the Fifth District, who left
for .Washington last night 'after a
two days' visit to the city, tele
graphed President Harding pro
testing against the proposed ap
pointment oi a negro to the office
of register of the treasury.
Congressman Upshaw pointed
out the best results always could
be gotten with Anglo-Saxon, lead
ership .and suggested if the Presi
dent felt under obligations to give
the negro an appointment it should
be made so as not to throw him
in a superior position to1 ' white
women, as the treasury position
would do.
An electric lamp attached to the
colar helps the hunting dog pursue
his game into their burorws.
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PRICE 2 CENT8
MUSI FIND FIBS
neon
Tax Students Think That
Some Will Fail to Show
Expenses 'After Hori
zontal Tax Cuts.
(By MAX AUEBKE1 IIY)
Ralciifh, April 14. Commisifon
era in more than a score of coun
ties who "unjointed" Revaluation
last week by reducing property
values will be called upon to tell
where revenue sufficient for run
ning their government is to come
from at the close of the present
fiscal yea.'. ' . . , ,
It hi altogether possible thnt
some o ftheso commissioners will
! not be able to answer this qucs-
ti a. a m
non, bo tax siuaents iieraaoout.f
aver. The fact that property val
uations in some counties have hven
reduced horizontally from 20 to
60 per cent means that the coun
ty budgets will not bo met with'
taxes' collected on tha revised bas
is. And this situation will have to
be met in one or two ways: ' '
First, there will be a special fax
levied or a bond issue,. or .
Second, the rate of taxation must
bo increased.' - v
: This is the opinion of Commis
sioner Allen J. Maxwell f the
State -Tax Commission who , lihs
given the question considerable
study since tho counties . ben
slashing Revaluation under an act
of the 1921 General Assembly..:
Reductions in property value ep
pear mighty good, Commissioner
Maxwell admits, but he warns thnt
when tax paying time - come
around the folks are going to din
cover that somebody has handod
them !a gold brick. Whether the
assessment is high and the rate
of tax low, or the assessment low
and the rate high, -the lnal rest-It
remains unchanged. - The com
missioner is certain tho taxpayer
will understand that this is and
must of necessity be true. J J -
The counties must raise" a cer
tain amount of money by levying
taxes to finance tho county gov
ernment. If, under Revaluation,
the rate was lowered and. the val
uations, raised so as to provide the
needs of the counties and no mor?
then it is easily seen -what is r -
ing to happen with the values re
duced and the rato unchanged. ( It
is useless to argue that the county
commisioners are not going to havo
the time of - their -lives making
buckle and tongue -meet.f
Reverse Deciion. '
Chief Justice Walter Clark writ
ing an opinion in tbe Tyree vs.
George C. Tudor case of Forsyth
county reverses Judge Flnleynul
holds that the defendant, : the fa
ther, is liable for the actions of h
minor' son, Bynum Tudor. ; Thi
was the1 only case of Importance
handed down by the supreme court
thi week. . ; ;
The case in which L P. Tyrec,
administrator, is seeking damnrrs
from George C. Tudor for the death
of Ruth Tvree who was killed in
June. 1918, when an automobilo in
which she was riding with the
younger Tudor on the Country Clu
road near Winston-Salem i over
turned. ; The case was non-suitci
by Judge Finley irt superior court
and it came' to the high court oa
appeal oi the plaintiff. Chief Jus
tice Clark , holds . that the case
should have been tried before a
sinco Bynum Tudor was a minor.
the chief justice holds, it was ths
father's duty "not to entrust the
afety of the young lady to his son
unless he knew he was careful nml
prudent in the operation of the
machine. To hold otherwise wouM
be dangerous to the safety of lifo
d lim-b. Uynum was operating:
the car as the servant of his fa
ther and ior negligent injuries in
flicted by him his father was re
sponsible, the opinion reads.
Evidence before the court oere
is that young Tudor with a , bro
ther and Miss Tvree Jiad attended
a dance at the Country Club near
Winston-Salem and with Bynum at
the wheel the car was traveling at
around 50 miles an hour when it
sideswiped a car driven by Martin
Goodman. The Tudor car somer
saulted, the young lady's body be
ing inghtfully - mangled. The
young men , were not seriously in
jured. " 'i-'ry. .--'7
uames R. . Collie, superintendent
of the State prison during ; tha
Bickett administration. Will be Col.
A. D. Watts' chief deputy tax col
lector, it is learned from a reliable
source. . Mr! Collie's is the first
appointment that has "been made
by the pew commissioner of rev
enue and taxation and is under
stood to have the hearty endorse
ment of Governor Morrison ' who
previously announced that he in
tended to offer the retiring prison
head a position with the state. Mr.
Collie will assum his duties on
May 1 along with Colonel Watt1. '
With the argument on the peti
tion of the Southern Power Com
pany for an increase tn its hvdV
electric power rates complete i,
members of the State' Corpora t r
Commisson are expected to h
down a decision soon In the to
phone and gvt companies cas'.
Misses Sarah and Ozz I
Charlotte, who snnt
here this wek wUH
and Grace L;teh, i
Concord to sner, A r
relatives tcfore r