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Salisbury's Gresi test Dollar Day, May 1 7 Read tHi rT3 TIP TI Weather To-day FAIR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. VOL. 16. NO. 92. TWELVE PAGE TODAY SALISBURY, N. C, SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1921 PRICE 2 CENTS '"T"" O f"V n I man or tui iMoaiTn nm U La v ii iiiiii iig li vUU 1 11,1 " wwwwwMnwwrwwwwMMr HIPS ORDERED INTO IH CO. STILL FIGHTING Fiffhtin.tr at McCarr Con tinued Today, Ot h e r Towns Also Re p o r t Some Firing. (F!y Tli' Ainorlatnl Pr) Washington, May 14. Maj. Gen. Read, commandant of the 5th corps area, has been instructed by Sec retary of War Weeks to send fed eral troops into Mingo county, W. Va., if tile general deems the pres , ence of troops necessary to quell the disorders and disturbances. The number to go will be left to the dis cretion of Gen. Read, but Secretary Weeks' order is for all soldiers necessary to restore order to be moved. Gen. Read advised the de partment yesterday that he was holding troops in readiness pending instructions from Washington and advices from stafT officers sent to investigate. Still Fighting Williamson, W. Va., May 14. Firing has become general over virtually the entire battlefront of seven miles in the Williamson coal district, it was reported today, the third day of the gunfight between sympathizers and opponents of the United Mine Workers. Terrific Firing on Both Sides. Pikesville, Ky., May 14. Ter rific firing from the Kentucky and West Virginia sides of the Tug river along the section that has been in a' virtual state of war 48 hours was resumed early today, according to reports from Pike ,, county officials in the trouble rone. From the West Virginia side came -word that a number of men, names not learned, had been killed. Sheriff Sawders this morn ing sent out a. call to every sec tion of the county for deputy sheriffs, of whom he has nearly three hundred, to report for duty on the Kentucky side of the' Tug. He said he would make a final ef fort to gain control of the situa tion on the Kentucky side. TRIED TO WRECK TRAIN (By The Associated Press) Richmond, Va., May 14. James Jennings, John Patterson and Mo ses Frederick, all negroes, were ar rested today and landed in Dinwid dle county jail charged with hav ing made two attempts to wreck a passenger train at Ford's station on the Norfolk & Western rail road. One train was carrying Vir ginia delegates to the Southern Baptist convention at Chattanooga on Tuesday and was brough to a standstill after the engineer saw an obstruction on the track. The negroes are alleged to have made a confessoin that they wanted to de rail the trains for the purpose of robbing the passengers. - MR. WRIGHT WRITES FOR MEDICAL RECORD Mr. J. T. A. Wright, Ph. G. M. D., a brother of Messrs. George ; and R. Lee Wright of this city and himself formerly of Salis bury has contributed an article to the medical Record whih has at tracted much attention among doctors of the country entitled '"Observations of the Demetiar i Praecox." Mr. Wright after studying at the Baltimore Physicians and Sur geons school took several special courses and has ibeen resident phy sician for the insane. He is un doubtedly an authority on the subject and his friends here are glad to see the attention he is at tracting in the medical world. DOLLAR DAY ADS. IN TODAY'S POST After missing several years, the merchants of the city are again holding a dollar day, Tuesday, May 17. , The first installment of adver tisements for this day is in today's Evening Post, others will follow Monday. The merchants of the city feel that they are offering some real bargain in their wares, and will probably follow this with other dol-far-days if it is successful. The dollar day idea was abandoned during the war, but, as it proved so successful before the war in drawing a crowd to the city to make purchases at .prices cheaper than could be offered every day, thereby gaining good will for .the local merchants, and laying the foundation for an increase in busi ness, it has been revived. The merchants joining with their fellows to make the day a success have cut prices on the many spe cial offerings and their largest gain will be in good will. -.v It will pay any consumer to, look thru the bargains offered and fill his needs on Tuesday. May 17, for it is not likely that the same goods can be bought cheaper any other day. '-) - Yon have to hand it to a prize fighterwith both hands. NEWBERR VAT HIS DESK . m ' J J iVy$ Senator Truman H. Newberry of Michigan is shown at his desk in the Senate office buildin g, Washington, following his acquittal on charges of illegal election practices' in the contest wiin Menrv rord. BAPTIST GATHER IN 1 73,597 SOULS Baptist Face a Busy Day Listening to Reports 3,199,005 Affiliated with Convention. (By The Associated Prcts) .Chattanooga, Tenn., May 14. The Southern Baptist convention faces a busy day. The first busi ness to come up at the morning session of the CGth annual conven tion was a report on the Bible in stitution which was followed by a report of the Sunday schools and educational board. The afternoon and evening sessions will be de voted to a consideration of foreign missions. During the past year 173,597 were baptised, according to a re port to the convention by the de partment survey. This brings the total membership of the churches affiliated with the convention to 3,199,005. In this report it was shown that within the bounds of the convention were 967 district associations; 27, 444 local branches; 20,420 Sunday schools, with 1,966,610 pupils and church property valued at $97, 732,990. The contributions last year were $20,843,421.30 and for foreign missions, education and be nevolent causes $14,037,611.48, bringing the total to $34,881,032.78. There are 198,236 white Baptists in the South not affiliated with the convention, it was reported, how ever, while there are 2,765,251 ne gro Baptists within the territory of the Southern Baptist convention. A total of $3,658,517.87 for for eign missions during the past year was reported. Total receipts of $3,658,518.87 for foreign missions during the past year were reported. iDr. L. R. Scarboro, of Fort Worth, Texas, .was re-elected chairman of the conservation com mittee of the $75,000,000 campaign. Frank E. Burkhalter of Nashville, was chosen secretary and publicity director. WEATHER FOR WEEK Washington, May 14. Weather predictions for the week include: South Atlantic and East Gulf states, generally fair with tem perature below normal. COTTON MARKET New York, May 14. Changes in the cotton market were small and chiefly represented covering of shorts and foreign purchases by Japanese interest which establish ed an early steadiness and first prices were from three points high er to one point lower. Opening Steady New York, May 14. Cotton fu tures opened steady, May .. .. .., . . ..12.30 July .. .. .. .. ..12.80 I " October .. .. .. ..13.35 : December .. .: ..13.60; January .. .. .. ..13.80 Cotton Closed Barely Steady .New York, May 14. The cotton market closed barely steady. - May .. .'. .. .. ..12.30 July ... .. .. .. . .12.71 October .. .. .. ..13.27 December.. 13.54 - January .... .... 13.67 Concord Market '"- Concord, May 14. -Cotton sold for 11 V4 cents on the local market. SPENCER MAN !S HOLDUP VICTIM W. C. Lomax, Robbed of $11 By a Negro at Point of a Gun New Spencer Concern. . (By A. W- Hicks'.) Spencer, May 14. W. C. Lomax, a well-known young Spencer man, was held up and robbed at the point of a gun in the hands of an unknown white man Fridav night between Spencer and Yadkin. With a view to fishing during the evening on the river Mr. Lomax walked the distance of three miles and shortly after dark was met on the National Highway by a negro man who asked for a match. As Mr. Lomax handed out the match a strange white man walked up throwing a big gun in his face and called out "your money now or I'll shoot you." There was nothing for Mr. Lomax to do but throw us his hands while the two men rifled his pockets taking $11, but returning a pack of ciearettes also found in his coat. While still under cover of the gun Mr. Lomax was ordered to leave which he did without com plaint. He remained at the river all night, not caring to take anoth er chance at being robbed in the woods. The hold-up took place at a secluded spot on the road half way t Yadkin. Another Spencer man reports being asked for a match near town, but instead he threw a gun in the negroes face whereupon he declar ed that he did not want a match but was "just foolin' ". A party of Spencer Juniors went to Greensboro today to attend the anniversary of Gordon Council Jr. O. U. A. M. near that place to night. The Spencer council or ganized the order there a year ago. " A distinguished visitor with the Spencer members next Monday night will be State Councilor D. W. Cobb who will address the council. The Spencer Battery Company is the name of a new concern for this town which is now open for busi ness, occupying Quarters adjoining the Spencer News office near the end of the street car line. The proprietor is J. C. Hicks who has bought the outfit and equipment of the Kurtz-Perkins Company which has been doing a growing battery business near the same lo cation for the past year. A CHANGE IN TRAIN SCHEDULES SUNDAY A slight change, in the schedules of several passenger trains on the main line of the Southern will take place tomorrow. No 36, from the South, now arriving here at 11:55 a. m. will come in at 11:45 a. m., ten minutes earlier, and will leave at 11:50 a. m. instead of 12:05 p. m., getting away 15 minutes earli er. No. 137 from the north will arrive at Salisbury at 8 a. m., in stead of 8:25 a. m.. and will leave at 8:10 a. m. instead of 8:35 a. m. No. 11 southbound local, sched uled to arrive here at 8:50 a. m., will come in at the same time but its arrival at Greensboro is moved up some minutes, allowing a longer time there for breakfast. It leaves Greensboro at the same hour as at present. AMERICAN PRINCESS IN NEW YORK PRESS FIGHT FOR THRONE Widow of Ralph Thomas Bids Fair to Attain Title Higher Than That Held by Former Mrs. Leeds. ( By R. II. Whitney) New York, i.May 14. I have just talked with a woman who may be the first American to be addressed an "Your Majesty;" She is the Princess Vlora, formerly Mrs. Hel en Kelly Gould and more recently ,Mrs. Ralph Thomas. If she attains the throne of Al bania, as seems possible, she bids fair to eclipse socially Princess Anastasia of Greece, formerly Mrs. William B. Leeds, Who thru her marraige to Prince Christopher of Greece has climbed the royal lad der higher than any other Ameri can woman. Princess Vlora is in New York "on business," while her royal con sort, Prince Vlora, is at their, house in Paris, arranging plans to' ascend the throne of his grand father. The father of Vlora, Ferid Pasha, is prime minister to Abdul Humid, and is working quietly with Turk ish leaders. Prefers Paris "What will you do in Albania, where, most of the men are polyga mists and addicted to bloody feuds? I asked her in her apart ment in the Hotel Lenorie. ' "I don't know," she said, smiling, "perhaps remain most of the time in my Pans home with my two chil dren Helen, who's 19, and Dor othy, who's 17 who are now in school in Switzerland." The princess was Helen Mar garet Kelly, granddaughter of the millionaire New York banker, Eiigene Kelly. She was married at 18 to Frank Jay Gould and after divorcing him married Ralph Thomas, son of the sugar king. After a brief married life, he died suddenly in 1914, leaving her sev eral millions. Served As War Nurse During the war she sailed for Paris, where she became a war nurse. While 'recuperating in Switzerland, she told me, she met Printe Vlora, who was brooding over the fate of Albania and medi tating schemes for its resorption. "He told me sad stories of Al bania," she continued, "of its wild scenery and the picturesqueness of its people. He was a delightful chap and I confess I lost my heart to him. We were married quietly. "Whether the prince will become king of Albania is not certain. It is well known in diplomatic circles that the problem of ifinding a sat isfactory "ruler is a hard one. The prince is the natural ruler and is mapping out his course in Paris and London now. WVWWMW T War Finance Corporation Approves Advan c 1 n g of Three Million Dol lars. Washington, May 14. Approval of the advancing of three million to assist in financing the cotton ex port was announced today by the war finance corporation. One approval was for an advance of $1,000,000 in connection with the shipment of cotton to foreign ports for warehousing and distribution. The cotton will go forward to Liv erpool, Havre, Genoa, Bremen, and Kobe, Japan. Another application approved is also for the advance of $1,000,000 to finance the exporta tion of cotton from American in terior points under contract calling for shipments from October and December. The corporation announced in ad dition it had advanced $1,600,000 against cotton actually exported. The distributing points to which cotton is consigned, the corporation said, is Liverpool, Havre, Trieste, Genoa, Venice and Bremen. Cotton consigned to Havre, the corporation explained, will be distributed to nearby mills and mills in the in terior of France and Alsace-Lorraine as well as to Switzerland. Cotton to Italian points will be dis tributed to Italian mills and also to Austrian mills. Cotton warehoused in Bremen will be distributed to Czecho-Slovakia, Austria, Poland and Sweden. The corporation also announced that it had issued a circular outlin ing the requirements of the cor poration in connection with appli cations for advances to American exporters, American banks and bankers and trust companies for the purpose of assisting in the ex portation of domestic products. The pane hwins ever when it comes to the bowl. COTTON EXPOR AID APPROVED ( .. .. -v- . V . r I Two American women who are helped to put Constantine back on throne of Greece and who married his brother. Prince Christopher; and, at right. Princess Vlora, who is using her millions to help put her husband on the throne of Albania. Picture of Albania "Albania is the roughest country in the Balkans, a country of wild mountains, entirely without rail roads. The only towns are situated on the must, cif thi Ar!rintir Thp entire population is less than 1, 500,000. "The people consist mainly of fierce mountaineers, walking arsen als of rifles and knives. They are Mohammedans in religion and con firmed polyjramists." the princess explained that T Presbytery , of Philadel phia Has Overtured Assembly to Make Re Marriage Unlawful. (By The Aociatl Pros) Winona Lake, Ind., May 14. The question of divorce will again be considered by Presbyterians, it being announced here that the Presbytery of Philadelphia has overtured the General Assembly which qpens a nine-day confer ence on May 19, to change the Presbyterian Confession of Faith making it unlawful for a minister to marry a divorced person. The overture refers to the great prevalence of re-marriage of di vorced persons and comments up on the great number of divorces "for slight and unwarrantable rea sons which tend to diminish the sanctity of the marriage tie and threatens the ipurity of the home and is an obstacle to the growth of the kingdom of God." After citing more instances and other grounds why divorces should be more closely guarded the overture comes as follows rel ative to ministers: "It shall be unlawful for any minister to marry a divorced per son, other than the innocent party where the divorce has been grant ed upon the ground of adultery; and he shall not marry such party until one year shall have expired since the time of the granting of the decree." COTTON CONSUMED MONTH OF APRIL (By Tht Associated Press) Washington, May 14-Cotton consumed in April amounted to 408,882 bales of lint and 48,096 bales of linters, compared with 566,914 bales of lint and 30,397 bales of linters in April last year, the census bureau announced today. DIVORCE FIGH TO WAGE AGAIN king-makers: At left, Princess lAnastasia of Greece, whose millions shortly before the war Prince Wil liam of Wied, with German and Austrian backing, succeeded in get ting installed as king of Albania at 'Durazzo. He never succeeded, she said, -in winning the allegience of the mountaineers, because Essad Pasha and local ' chieftains were hostile to him. So he returned to Germany. Since then the.Italians have oc cupied more of Albania and joined hands with the allies, operating CAUSE A WAR Entry of German Troops Would Mean War and France Wont Stay Neutral, Officials Think. (By The Associated 1-rejs) Paris, May 14. The entry of German troops into Upper Selisia would promote intervention by regular police troops which would mean war and in such a war France could not remain neutral, according to expressions in official circles here today. France is unalterably opposed to any military operations in Up per Silesia, declared Premier Bri and today. "Never could the French ; gov ernment consent to German troops entering Upper Silesia," the pre mier exclaimed to half a hundred foreign correspondents who were received at the foreign office in consequence of Premier Lloyd George's speech in the British House of Commons. Y. Campaign Fund Goes Up. The big thermometer at Peoples Dmp Store shows that over $5,500 has been reached in the Y. drive. Yesterday was the last day of or ganized team work and the results show that the blues lead by $248.00 over the reds. The two teams scoring the highest in point of pledges secured are the two K. of R teams under T. J. Maupin and Clyde Enniss these two totaling $1,146.50 with 84 :: subscription. John Yeager's U. C T. team comes second in the amount of subscriptions secured having 42 to hi? teams credit. The third team in amount secured is the Krwanis team of McWhirter's with $417.50 from 27 subscriptions. There will toe lot of "mopping up" done during the next few days by a number of workers and if the response is good it is possible that the budget for the enlarged work will be made available. SILESIA MAY TO OF ALBANIA from Saloniki. Aiding Husband ."I am here to assist my husband in my own way," Princess Vlora said. "If he wants the throne he can have it. . "I am very much irt love with him and will help him all I can, but I think I would prefer to spend most of my time in Paris. "My mission here is to rest and to see certain friends on certain masters mporta nee." FEINERS FAIL TO RESCUE LEADER Armored Car Used By Sinn Feiners Disguised as Soldiers, in Effort to Rescue Griffith. (By The Associated Press) Dublin, May 14. An unsuccess ful attempt was made this morning to rescue Arthur Griffith, founder of the Sinn Fein organization, now confined in Mt. Joy prison. An armored car, recently captured, was used by the republicans in the attempted rescue.; A man in officers uniform alight ed at the prison gate which was opened to admit the passage of the car and the supposed soldier and his companions drove straight to the governor's office where the governor and a deputy were bound and gagged. The visitors then proceeded to release Griffith and others and re turned to the car when they en countered a party of auxiliarists. This necesistated a change in their course on the raiders part. Mean while a sentry at an elevated point became suspicious and fired a shot. Hearing this the raiders decamped without the prisoner but took the armored car which was later found abandoned. KIWANIS CLUB TO INVITE PREACHERS The variu oshecpasrer shrdlu eta The various preachers of the city will be invited, one each week, to attend the luncheons of the Ki wanis club of the city. The min isters are being invited alphabeti cally and yesterday Dr. Abernethy, pastor of the First Methodist church, was the guest of. the club and made a short talk. Mayor trachan spoke on the school bonds explained some features of the bond election. The meeting yes terday was held in the Yadkin hotel and was conducted by J. W. Craig..- : ' COTTON ACREAGE COT 28 PER CENT REPORT INDICATES The Reports Are Only Es timates From Unpaid Reporters of the Coop erative Crop Bureau.- (By MAX ABERKRTHV Raleigh, May 14. Latest com plication of statistics in the office of the North Carolina Cooperative Crop Reporting Service , indicate that there will be only a twenty eight per cent leduction in eottoa acreage in the state this year. These figures, of course, an not absolutely accurate since the re ports furnished the Raleigh office come from reporters who servo without pay and in most instances the figures are only estimate. Previous statistics, however, hav? been fairly accurate and Dirrctor Parker believes that figures ho ! now gathering can be depended opon. , ... . :" The 28 per cent reduction n cot ton as shown by present reports is considerably under the first fig ures and estimates. Early in the year it was thought the North Carolina farmers would plant on ly about fifty per cent of their normal acreage and first reports reaching the office here indicated that. But as is usually true the estimates must be discounted. The farmers are going to plant with in 25 per cent of their last year' crop in the opinion of close ob servers who insist that the 28 per cent figure will not stand. Director Parker is now sending out another cotton inquiry which he will have back by May 25. This inquiry asks for the follow ing facts: , ..''. "The percentage of probable acreage compared with last year; probable percentage of fertiliser this year compared with 1920; to tal pounds of fertilizer to be used this year per acre; cost of amount of fertilizer used per - acre - this year; cost -per- ton . f v lVrUlxer used for rotten ; tWa. fmr( and present percentage of a 'full' nor mal crop condition." . DORIES FORM CLUB HERE LAST NIGIIT A Dokie Club ' was perfected here last night with fifty charter members, and W. L. , Ruth ' was elected president, W. F. Rattz, vice president, J. W. Fletcher sec retary and W. L. Rose, treasurer. The organization has been -underway for some days and . was perfected at a meeting last night. The charter is still open and any one of the officers elected last night expressed the belief that the club would reach membership of nearly three hundred in the near future. . f : OFFICERS GET FIVE G ALLONS LIQUOR Chief of Police Kesler, Sheriff Krider and Policeman Cook last night captured a, keg containing five gallons of liquor and also tne man. The liquor was located 'in a patch of woods in a meadow" on Town creek not far from the treklo over the creek on the Yadkin rail road. When the officers made their way to the spot at least one man is known to have run, but they ap prehended one of the party at the place where the liquor was found. This was a young man by the name of Lester Lingle and he will be given a hearing later, the hearing being continued in the hope of get ting the other party or parties. In making the raid Polecman Cook went into the creek in an ef fort to chase the fleeing man,, who had also taken to the water in or der to get to the other side of the stream and thus avoid the officers, and he succeeded, at least tempo rarily. ..'::x:r9 "". 'V v t SEVERE STORM HITS WILSON TOWN (By The Associated Press " " Wilson, May 14, Seven ne groes were injured, one seriously, when a house on the Hiram Was ton farm ton Contentnea. creek near here was blown down during a terrific wind and Tain storm which visited Wilson county late yesterday afternoon. Ofathpuses and fences were blown down and trees were uprooted in different sections of the county. It is be lieved the damage to crops was only slight because of the absence of hail.. r SIX MEN BELIEVED LOST. (By The Associated Press) , Salt Ste Marie, Mich., May 14. Six men comprising the crew of the barge Miztec are believed to have ben lost in a storm of iat night and early today and whi ; tore the Miztec and barge PisM loose from the steamer Villah i White Fishe Point in Lak S:: -rior. ,.--f .'
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