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VOL. 18. NO. 8.
SALISBURY, N. C, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 2, 1922
PRICE 2 CENTS
COST OF ROADS IS
MORETHAN DURING
VAR, M'ADOO SAYS
So-Called Compet i t i v e
System Imposes a Bur
den on the Public in In
creased Rates.
Washington, Feb. 2. Taking in
to consideration everv exnendk
ture."by shippers, travellers, or by
congressional ' appropriation, the-
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rn rrmn ivsTam nr r no n tmi
States only cost the American pub
lic an average of $170,037,404 per
month for all the war-timo period
when the government ran it, Wil
liam G. McAdoo, first director gen
eral of the administration, testified
today before a senate investigation
ccmni ttee. .Ie said it was costing
under private control now an aver
age f. $523,112,135 per month.
"In other words, the cost of pri
vate operation, since federal con
trol, has been 32 per cunt higher
than under the railroad adminis
tration," Mr. McAdoo said in con
cluding. "Speaking on the general results
and effects of restored private con
trol, and the return to the old so
called competitive system of rail
load operation with its great
wastes and inefficiencies, with the
tremendous burden imposed on the
public of increased freic-ht nr..-.
S passenger rates, the evil conse
quences of which are reflected in
the prostration of agriculture, la
bor and industry, of the colossal
claims made by the railroad cor
porations against the government
for alleged under-maintenance, in
efficiency of labor, etc., I am con
v:nced that it would have cost the
American people less money to
have maintained control for a test
period than has resulted from
their return to private control.
"I am also convinced that the
present level of freight and passen
ger rates would have been unnec
rssary because there is no question
in my mind that a well-directed
and unilled operation of the rail
roads would enormously reduce tho
cost of operation, and greatly in
crease efficiency.'
"While the time "has gone by,"
lm 8aid. to Urtre ntontinn r.f h
railroads by the government, in
he first year of government oper
ntinna tho infol u..
Ihe ailroad administration in "uni-
neu operation'' was 1118,000,000,
as against expenses under private
operation. (
Mr. McAdoo returned to the at
tack on his critics among railroad
executives, today, dealing chiefly
with two charges, the-iirst concern
ing under-maintenance. while the
second was a warm defense o'
cwn labor and wage policies. Rail
roads went back to private owner
ship, he said, with "more locomo
tives and more cars" than they
had given the government. As to
the charges of neglected repairs,
he said that the total cost of fit
ting freight cars for service after
the government concluded was not
more than $9,508,000, and turning
to reperted conditions today, hv.
said it would cost railroads $33,
3U5.C00, to repair the :ars that are
too damaged for service now.
As to wage incrsases und"r '
administration, Mr. McAdoo assert
ed thev amounted tn SRfift Rno nun
I. -" tuvvjuuituv
.per year, while increases granted
iu i.ie employes m vjzv, under op
eration, amounted to $1,091,000,-
; "The fact is, railroad employes
worked for les pay during the
war than any other class of in
dustrial workers, doing similar
work," he declared. "The realiza
tion they were working for their
government in the stress and stain
of war, and that they would be fair
ly treated inspired them and supr
red them to unusual effort and
faithful service."
Taking over the roads, the ad
ministration found ''frequent and
costly labor turnover, discontent,
.and demoralization," with payrates
fa? lower than either the cost of
living or the siales in private in
austry justified, he added. He re
counted the setting up of wage
boards, w.th management repre
sentatives, and the granting of in
creases. "There was not the slightest
complaint from any railroad execu
tive that wage increases in 1918
were too high," he said, "x x x
Tha charge that the wages of rail
roadv labor were unnecessarily rais
ed and that wages were thereby
i;ievaiea tnroughout the country is
faJ?e- The exact contrary is true.
The schedules of wage? promul
gated by the railroad administra
tion during 1918 were generally be
low those in other basic industries
and well below the rate? fixed by
the navy yaxds, the National War
Lubtr Board, rnd by the shipbuild
ing adjustment boards
" x.x x Conditions n the war in
dustries necessarily caused the ad
vances in the rates of pay of rail-.
way workers. The railoa-J admin
istation was itself a conservativj
instead vf an initiating influence
ii' the general advanc.
p i. ments. Its award? did not ao
f:iv erough in meeting -oiYmvriVv'
cfiAdittii8 .in increasing rates aii
f."fj;nr certain cla&3es of work
ers "
8 All increases approved by him
were recommended by ti manage
ment ii.Pir.l ers . of the biiH, he
said, except that which involved
the abolition of piece-work in rail-
ON EUROPEAN TOUR
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Miss Isabel Rockefeller, daugh
ter of Percy A. Rockfeller and
ifrandn'ece of John D., snapped on
board the Coronia as she left for
a tour of the Mediterranean.
T. J. WRENN DIED '
AT SPENCER TODAY
Spencer, Feb. 2. T. J. Wrenn,
aged about Go years, a native of
Guilford county, died at the home
of Capt. and Mrs. J. L. Hughes on
Iredell avenue in Spencer shortly
before 8 o'clock this morning fol
lowing an illness of six weeks or
more. He had been seriously sick
for the past few days and relatives
realized that the end was inevit
able. Surviving is a widow, one
brother, David Wrenn, of Greens
boro, and a niece, Mrs. T. J. Smoth
ers, of Reidsville, also one nephew,
J. M. Weatherly of the same place.
Mr. and Mrs. Wrenn came to
Spencer to make their home with
Capt. and Mrs. Hughes some three
years go kndhaAZyfoti. wony
friends here. He was a member of
the Methodist church and a splen
did man. The funeral takes place
from the home Friday at 3 p. m.
being conducted by Rev. T. P. Jim
ison of Central Methodist church
and the body will be laid to rest
in Chestnut Hill cemetery.
The shoe hospital, owned and op
erated by J. M. Brannock has made
big improvements by moving into
a large stormroom on Salisbury
avenue near the end of the street
car line. Mr. Brannock will enlarge
the business adding Roy Glover, an
expert shoe man to the working
force.
J. H. Gobbel announces the re
opening of his grocery store on
Third street after having remod
eled and repainted the interior of
the buildiner.
George iSwicegood is improving
slowly after a severe illness caused
by cold settling in his head.
Mrs. George A. Cauble, one of
the oldest residents of Spencer
an,d known to most of the older citi
zens in this sction, is severly ill at
her home here.
Mr, and Mrs. L. F. Smithey of
?nnce,r, were called to North
Wilykesboro on Wednesday by thf
death of a little niece, Margarite
Phillips, of that place.
Capt. Hugh Steele, a well known
Spencer conductor,' is in Pinehurst
with a pack of fox hounds attend
ing the American Fox Dogs' Show.
Dispatches from Pinohurst state
that Capt. Steele's dogs won first
place in the show against some
thing like 100 contestants of the
same class.
The Jennie McDonald Missionary
society of Central Methodist church
held a most enthusiastic meeting
with Mrs. J. R. Agnew on Rowan
avehue Thursday evening. It was
decided that during the bad weathi
er the society will mold its meet
ings with various members and
the next meeting will be with Mrs.
G. L. Burke, February 9. Mrs.
Stokes Devereaux will have charge
of the meeting. .
WANT MEMORIAL PARK
ON A THEATER SITE
' (Br Tha Aaaodatad Praaa)
Washington, Feb. 2 Proposals
that the site of the Knickerbocker
theatre never again be used for
commercial purposes but trans
formed into a park which would be
erected 83 a memorial to the 93
persons who lost their lives in the
collapse of the theatre is under
consideration by the house District
of Columbia committee. The com
mittee, it is said, has received sev
eral such proposals. '
Congress could either purchase,
the site if the present owners Ce
side to sell or acquire it through
condemnation proceedings'. '
road repair' shops. The piece work
system, he said, had "No advant
age in efficiency over day work,"
resulted in "large payments to
workmen which was not performed-"
Also it involved less than 10
per cent of the employes ' of the
railroads. '
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AN HEIRESS 10
MARRY POOR MAN
Happiness Does Not De
pend , on Money, Says
Mrs. Marion Stephens
Who Weds Russian. ;
(Br Ta Aaaaclat4 Praaal
Chicago, Feb. 2. iMrs. Marlon B.
Stephens, heiress to the $40,000,
000 estate of her father, the late
Norman B. Ream, is speeding to
New York today to prepare for
her marriage Saturday to Antse
Andrevitch, a young Russian who
is employed in the Baldw.n Loco
motive Works. Arriving at- Chi
cago sho hurriedly transacted some
pressing business and reiterated
her intention of living according
to. tha means of her husband, to
live in an humble cottage, and ex
pressed her views on marriage.
"Happiness," she said, "is not a
question of money, Money has
nothing, to do with my marriage
one way or another. We shall live
aimply according to my husband's
position, although we are not go
ing to live in precisely the kind of
workman's cottage described as
typical. The man I am to marry
is older than his years. The ex
periences he has gone through,
particularly those in the armies
of General Denikine and Baron
Wrangel, have broadened and de
veloped him beyond his years. I
have always been sympathetic with
Russia and the Russians. It's peo
ple I think have teen such " she
stopped for a word ''such good
sporta."
Mrs. Stephens' fiance is, 23 years
old and she it .5.
NEGRO GETS FURTHER
RESPITE FROM CHAIR
(Or Tha Aaaaciatad Pratt)
Raleigh, Feb. 2 With prepar
ations all ready and within 30 min
utes of the time set for electrocu
tion Wright ' Rouse, aged negro,
was granted a respite of two weeks
by Governor Morrison in order to
complete an investigation he is
making into the old negro's case. .
Rouse was convicted in Green
county last fall of the murder of
William Whitley a Walstonburg
merchant and farmer and sentenced
to die in the electric chair in De
cember. He was granted a. respite
until today on recommendation of
Jths tril,4udge.r Whfcley.'sJ.widow
ami Thomas Hayrtes are tuto- mfv
ing life sentences after being con
victed on charges of being impli
cated in the killing. .
GOVERNMENT PLANS TO
MEET PROPOSED STRIKE
' ' (Br Tha Aaaorlatai Praia)
Washington, Feb. ' 2. Plans of
the government to cope with a
situation which might arise in the
event of a strike of coal minors
when the present agreement ex
pire next month have been worked
out by the department of justice, Jt
was indicated by Attorney General
Daugherty today. He said he was
watching conditions as thoy de
veloped, as well as the proposed
junction of railroad workers with
miners in resisting wage decreases
but stated that he was not yet
ready to make known the govern
ment's policy, v
TO PERMIT CABLES
(Br Tha Aasaclatad Praaa)
Washington, Feb. 2. Issuance
by the state department of license
to the Western Union Telegraph
company for the landing of its
Barbadoes cable at Miami, Florida
may be expected within a few
days, it was indicated here today
by officials of the department.
An agreement, it is said, lias
been reached by the Western Union
and All American Cable Company
to surrender exclusive' land rights
held by those companies or affili
ated companies in Ecuador, Chile
and Brazil and the matter of issu
ing a license for the landing of the
Barbadoes cable at Miami is only
a question of a few days. The
agreement settles a dispute be
tween the cable companies and the
government involving the announc
ed policy of the state department
to oppose the so-called monopolies
in cables to South America.
V. :-:'k irrwwyv Artfi, rhio
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m v-siv;
Take a squint at the coal bin
and dont put the winter wraps in
the moth balls yet, because there
is six more weeks of winter to
come if any reliance is to be plac
ed in signs.
Mr. Groundhog snooped his . way
out of his winter quarters this
morning , about eleven o'clock,
blinked a bit and swept the hori
zon with his calculating eye, thehn
glanced down and saw that he was
being followed by a plump shadow.
"My what a shadow!" he said as
he scurried back into his hole for
six more weeks.
DIED TODAY; BRINGS
THEATER DEATHS TO 08
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EDWARD H. SIIAUGnNESSV
j Washington, Feb. 2. Edward
jH. Shaugnessy, of Chicago, sec
j ond assistant postmaster general,
i died here early today at the Wal
i ter Rcid hospital from injuries re
ceived in the Knickerbocker thea
tre disaster Saturday night
Altho Mr. Shangnessy's in
juries were known to be of a criti
cal nature, his condition improv
ed up until yesterday and his
death was unexpected. His wife
and ten year old daughter, Ruth,
both of whom are now recovering
from injuries received in the thea
tre disaster had not been informed
of his death at an early hour to
day. The death of the second assist-
! ant postmaster general brings the
fatality list of the disaster as now
recorded by police up to 98.
MR. T. J. RABE DIES
AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
Mr. Thomas J. Rabe died at his
home, 429 West Horah street, yes
terday afternoon at 3 o'clock, af
ter an illness of some days of pneu
monia. The funeral took place from
the residence this afternoon at 3
o'clock, conducted by Rev. J. F(.
Kirk, pastor of the First Metho
dist church of which the de:eased
had been a member, and the burial
was, .in Chestnut Hill ' cemetery.
Surviving is the widow and eight
children, in addition to. other rel
atives, including a number of
grandchildren. -
The qpall bearers were George A.
Fisher,. Jamas D.'Hsilig, Theo. R.
Brawnt P. NfEeMarN.W.Col
lett, W. S..BlackmeT.
Mr. Rabe was in his 68th year,
having been born in Charleston, S.
C, August 11. 1854. He spent
most of his younger life in Char
lotte and later lived in Statesville
for a time, coming to Salisbury
from the latter place more than
20 years ago. He was secretary
and treasurer and manager of the
Salisbury Marble & Granite Com
pany for many years but for sev
eral years had not been actively
engaged in business. In the af
fairs of his town Mr. Rabe always
showed a keen and loyal interest
and had served as alderman, may
or protem and city treasurer. He
was a man of fine intellect, read
ing the best in literature and his
tory, this being his favorite past
time. His call to cross the bar
has come but his genial and cour
teous manner to all and his beau
tiful devotion to his family will
always be remembered. He was
a man of wide acquaintance and
had a large circle of friends in his
community. -
GIRL TAKES POISON
TO AVOID JAIL TERM
Greensboro, Feb. 2. Helen
Mayes, 18 years old, who took pois
on rather than go to jail, is in a
hospital here, with a chance for
recovery. It is not known just how
much bichloride of mercury she
swallowed when the door of a cell
in the city lockup clanged shut, but
she made two attempts to swal
low the poison.
"Well, after tonight you mon't
have to bother with me," she said
just as the door shut, and pulled
a bottle from the bosom of her
dress turned her back and swal-
I lowed two tablets of poison. The
J officers hurried to unlock the door
i and took the girl to the city phy
sician in the city hall. He was
out but' another doctor was sum
moned.' He used a stomach pump.
The girl was determined. She re
sisted the efforts of the physician
to save her life and when she got
a chance she slipped another tab
let into her mouth. The doctor im
mediately stuck his fingers in her
mouth and got it out. '
The girl is pretty almost to thhe
point of beauty and was smartly
dressed. She had been warned to
stay out of the city, but she had
boasted that she would die before
she would go to Jail. When she
was told to leave nere before, she
said she would but that she would
be back. 4 The police had standing
orders to arrest her. V
MJSSISSIPPI NEGRO LYNCHED
(B Tha Aaaadatcd Praaa)
Jackson, Miss., Feb. 2. The
lvnchin? of a nao-rn Mat of fWafal
Springs was revealed at daylight
loaay wnen tne oody or. Win
Tharsher was found suspended
from a tr. A nnto attarfuwl tn thm
tree read that the negro had been
laeniinea as one who attempted to
attack a white school teacher at
Fair Plav at nnnn vtrAv Tia
authorities are making an investi
gation.
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RAISING FUND FOR
MEMORIAL TO GEN.
WILLIAM C. QEOGAS
Dr. Rankin is Writing:
Physicians Shi p man
Being Urged for Con
Congress. VT MAX AHEBNKTHT)
Raleigh, Feb. 2 Dr. W. S.
Rankin, state health officer, is
writing physicians in North Caro
lina enlict.ng their aid" in the in
terest of the memorial which is
now beinqr planned to the late
Will!r.m C. Gore as, surgeon general
of tho United Slntes.
State headquarters have been es
tablished at Raleigh and the cam
paign for contributions will bo ron
ductod from this city with General
Julian S. Carr, of Durham, as
chairman. The Gorgas memorial,
as planned, will be raised by popu
lar subscription from every state in
the union and North Carolina is
asked to rive $100,000 of the six
million dollars.
With this money a research lab
oratory it to be erected in Panama
City, a site and $.r00,000 having al
ready been contributed by Panama,
and a school of sanitation at the
University of Alabama at Tusca
loosa, Ala.
General Gorgas was surgeon
general from 1914 to 1918 and his
work in combatting yellow fever
and kindred diseases during that
time is well known, for it was be
cause of his work that completion
of the Panama Canal was made
possible. General Gorgas died a
year ago.
The state is now being organized
by General Carr from the Raleigh
headquarters and chairmen will be
named in every county to direct the
campaign for funds. Dr. Rankin's
letter today is to members of the
medical fraternity but a similar
appeal is to be made to every citi
zen of the state.
Governor Morrison has appoint
ed the following as trustees of the
State Training School for Negro
Boyst ' ' "
M.'B. Hart, Tarboro; W. N. Ev
erctt, Rockingham; L. R. Varser,
Lumberton: Thad L, Tate, negro,
Charlotte, and S. C Atkins, negrs,
Winston-Salem.
. Under an act of the 1921 legis
lature tha. schooL. lor delSinuenl
negro boys was created and "the
governor's trustees will select the
location for the building, an ap
propriation for this purpose having
already been made.' ,
Uonrmisisoner of Labor and
Printing M. L. Shipman is being
urged by friends of his to make the
race for tho Democratic nomina
ion for Congress in the tenth dis
trict, it was learned here today.
Unless the commissioner has a
change of heart, however, he will
not get into the fight which seems
to be on in earest in the mountain
section. Mr. Shipman wbuid not
make any statement regarding the
urge that he is feeing but friends
here declare that he will not offer
for the nomination.
The tenth district is warming up
to the fight in earnest, the capital
hears, and it is likely Congressman
Weaver will have opposition other
than from Candidate Styles, of
Buncombe county.
Governor Morrison has called
i-ioon the State Board of Health to
aid hhn in the campaign for bet
tr wardens, more cows and .pigs
for North Carolina, and the health
authorities will lend a helping hand
whenever necessary.
The governor has already obtain
ed supnort of the. Department of
Agriculture and the campaign will
be launched at an early date. The
Board of Health is to point out the
importance a well balanced ration
and pure milk will have in the life
of the "better North Carolina."
The State Corporation Commis
sion is expected to have some state
ment today regarding the condition
of the Central Bank and Trust
Company. Raleigh banking insti
tution, whose doors were closed
several weeks ago by the state
banking department.
K. U. Allen, principal stockholder
and former president of the bank,
is considered by the depositors as
the best bet for getting their money
back, dollar for dollar. Mr. Allen
has employed counsel to represent
him and the depositors have done
likewise unless the bank examiner's
report shows up well.
CANADIAN SERGEANT
REGAINS HIS MEMORY
Ottawa, Feb. 2. Quartermaster
Sergeant William Bell, of the Can
adian Forestry Corps, reported to
day at Dominion headquarters of
the Great War Veterans' Associa
tion with a story of having had his
memory beaten out of him in 1919
and knocked back two years later.
Ball said he had been beaten and
robbed in Bordeaux in April, 1919,
and that he had lost all recollec
tion of his Canadian home. Later
he joined the Spanish foreign leg
ion and claimed recently to have
recovered his memory after an of
ficer had 'hit him on the head with
a rifle butt in a jail In Refa, Mo
rocco. v
Ball was posted as a deserter
after his disappearance, and the
veterans' association has been con
ducting a search for him in be
Hope, Ont. '
half of his wife, who lives in Port
BUEBEAJID'S OLD RENDEZVOUS VERY
PEACEFUL, NO ARREST IN TEN YEARS
Ocracoke, N. C, Feb. 2. Altho
this little town about a century and
a half ago was the rendezvous of
one of the world's most daring and
famous s'anp of crooks Kilwnrd
Teach (Bluebeard) and his band
it is today one community which
the recent crime wave hm not
reached. There ha not been an ar
rest, here in more than ten vcBrs
and the crimes of robbery, Imrg
Kiry. theft and murder are abso
lutely unknown to the population,
insofar ss they refer to Oocracnke.
John Oneal, affr holding office
insofar as they refer to Ocracoke.
for eight years, resigned a year or
more ago. not having had a crim
inal caso during his administration.
A successor has never been elected.
Mr. Oneal, who was born at Ocra
coke. says the worst crime he can
recpll to have occurred at Ocracoke
tn no vears were ono of assault
and battery. i
There are onlv one or two homes
here that have locks on tho doors
and the keys to those that are thu
equipped are never used. Most of
the houses at Ocracoke were wholly
or portiolly constructed with Tim
ber of shins which were wracked on
the treacherous shoals off the
North Carolina coast. Every family
here own their home.
-Ocracoke is at the extreme
southern end of a little Island by
R. I OH
Former, Director of Rail
roads McAdoo Gives
Further Testimony Be
fore Senate Committee.
(Bf Tha Aaaaciatad Praaa)
Washington, Feb. 2. The cost
of operation of the nation's rail
roads could be enormously reduced
and the efficiency iscreased by a
well directed and uniform system
of operation under private control
William G. McAdoo,. war :time di
rector general of railroads, de
clared today in continuation of his
testimony before the inter-state
commerce committeo into tha pres
ent, railroad situation. He declar
ed .there was no competition at
present between the railroads eith-
p-4n freight ijtter o pasaeogur
iares wnicn are estaoiished by gov
ernmental authority. He said the
only possible competition at pres
ent was in service.
Mr. McAdoo added that while the
railroads, "gorge themselves with
business which they have not the
facilities to handle the public would
it pusaiu.e mi nave mo
carriers make the most economic
and common use of terminal facili-
ties and have "parallel tracks of
double tracks for the benefit of
both."
"The public has paid a high price
for alleged competition," Mr. Mc
Adoo declared, asserting that "its 1
alleged advantages to the public
are largely mythihcal."
JURY WAS ARRTTniTT.W'a
PATE IN ITS HANDS
(B7 Tha Aaaaciatad Pma)
San Francisco, Feb. 2. The case
CAM BE REDUCED
of iloscoe C. (Fatty) Arbuckle to-, still in the mine and experienced
day for tho second time is in the work in nr hard to reach them ex
hands of the jury. The trial closed press the opinion that all are dead.
unexpectedly at 4 o'clock yesterday I r
afternoon when the defense de-1 Gates, Pa., Feb. 2. Seven men
clined to present argument after are kiown to hare been killed an?
the state had the opening address. 1 22 others entombed in a room t
Arbuckle is accused of causing the Imfle and a half from the mouth of
death of Virginia Rappe. i the Gates mine of the H. C. Frick
Twice before 11 o'clock last I Coke Company near here as a re
night when the jury was locked up suit of an explosion early today
it returned to the court room, once , Trained rescue crews from a!'
to have some stenographic records ' parts of the Connelsville field are
of certain testimony read and the working in relays trying to rescue
flrt time to ask further instruc- the men.
tions from the court. The iur"
was ordered to return to work at
10 o'clock this morning.
HARDING HAS OBJECTIONS
iBr Tha Aaaocialci Praaa)
Washington, Feb. 2. -President
Harding objects to some of the pro-
;-. . . m .
M 'VL-
ing bill as passed by the senate, ac
cording to information understood
to have been given to the house
ways and means committee and
after the committee had conferred
with Secretary Mellon, Chairman
Fordney said action would be de
ferred until he cuold consult with
the executive.
COAL TAX LAW UPHELD.
(Br Tha Aaaaciatad Praaa
Harrisburgh, Pa., Feb. 2. The
Dauphin county court today hand
ed down a decision upholding the
constitutionality of the anthracite
coal tax law of 1921 which was
planned to be one of the principal
revenue raisers of a series of laws
passed by the last legislature. It
Is understood an appeal will be
taken. '
FURNITURE SALESMAN DEAD
(Br Tha Aaaaciatad Praaa, ' :
, High Point, Feb. : Bascom
Hoskins, a well known furniture
salesman, died far a local hospital
today at 12 o'clock noon following
an illness of several months. He
was 40 years old and ia survived by
a widow and two brothers. Ar
rangements for the funeral have
not been-made.
I tii same name, located ubo'it 3C
jpiilos off the mainland of North
j Carolina, and is unioue in muny r
Ispccts. Oorncoko Island, which if
jr-art rf Hvde cjunty, North Caro
lina. Is a little strio of land alww
U miles Ion ond ranges in wldtr.
from one-half to one and one-half
miles. The Population of the ilunc"
i numbers about 700, about f'i0 of
whom li'-e at Ocracok. Thoie who
d not live In the little town art
members of the families of coast
guardsmen, who patrol the coast.
As there are no railroads, auto
irobfles, street cars or theaters
w'mre roion natures aro sSown
mnnv of the tahAhitr.nta af nm.
re hav never seen any of these
.things. With the exception of th'
im-m erroloved by the United
States government as cmst Tuards
won and the few merchants in the
little town, all 0rp-l' make thei)
living hunting and fishing.
r.vorv nersnn on Ocracoke Island
is a Methodist in religion. Thev
irotionil branch to which ihey be-
. long, about half being memwi of
tk Vf v 1:4 r'-t i oi v
j outh, while tha others attend the
Northern church.
Ocracoke is one of the oldest set
tloments In America. The people
re hclieved bv mnnv historian f
V. J 1 A- M x 1 ut . 1
I us t'ua-e"nap ox ine ibi Aii
.ony'; ofSir Walter Reigh.
Ti
Dispute Over Govern
ment's Attitude Toward
Vatican and Other
Measures is Cause.
(Br Tha Aaaadata4 Praia)
Rome, Feb. 2. Premier Bonomi
announced the resignation of thr
Italian cabinet to the chamber of
deputies this afternoon, v
The cabinet council met this
morning to discuss the situation
created by the attitude of parlia
ment, savs a statement of the sem
omciai sterani agency, and as
result the government decision to
resign' was reached.
Forecast had indicated that the
Bonomi ministry's foreign and Jn-
ItmprtaiMWUuuLciM
when parliament assembled today
A sham dispute has arisen over
the government's attitude toward
the Vatican. Some sections of par-
liam
the fact that Italy was left out o
tha p.m. n.,t . v.
Washington arms conference' an
because she has been excluded
from the arrangement's between
France and Great Britain to protect
the former from possible German
7 KILLED: 22 BURIED
IN A PENN, MINE
Gates, Pa., Feb. 2. The bodief
of nine miners, killed in an explos
ion at the Gates mine of the H. C.
Frick Coke 'Company here todav
l!"lHr!J
iiwvii ai viii vi vsiibf J Vi. hllWZ lllliltr
one and a half miles from the foot
of the shaft where the accident oc
curred. Twenty men, it is said, are
FRANCE TO PARTICIPATE
(Br Tha Aaaaciatad Praia)
Paris, Feb. France will be
officially represented at the Inter
national financial conference at
Genoa early next month.
The assurance of the French at
i uiuue was given 111 vuiiuiiuiiiuucd
.from the foreign office which does
titude was given in communiques
not say in so many words that
France will be represented, but let
it be understood that France was
already committed as a member of
the supreme council.
COTTON MARKET
Cotton Market Easier.
New York, Feb. 2. The cotton
market was easier during early
trading today. - Evidently the ral
lies of yesterday had eased techni
cal positions and the opening was
barely steady at a decline of 5 to
19 points owing to lower Liverpool
cables, realizing and Liverpool,
Continental and Southern selling
There was a little trade buying
and some further covering but not
sufficient to hold the market n&
prices soon showed net losses of
23 to 84 points with May selling
at 16.26 and July at 15.82.
Opening Barely Steady.
New York, Feb. 2. Cotton fu
tures opened barely steady.
March .. .. .. ..16.72
May .. .. .. ., .. 16.46 "
July . . . . .. . . .. 15.91
October .. .. .. 15.45
December .. .. .. 15.45
Concord Market,
Concord, Feb. 2. Cotton gold for
16 cents on the local market.
ITALIAN CABINET
ffl
A
POSTAGE BOOST 0
FJ BONUS e
IS MELLQN'S PLAN
Would Also Increase th
Tax on Tobacco and
Other Articles to Pay
Veterans.
iHw Tfc A-ar'.tl fraa
Washington. Feb. 2. The soldier's
bonus should be paid out of special
tsxes such as an increase in first
.nd second class postage and to
bacco levies, Secretary Mellon de
clared today before the house ways
snd means committee. Secretary
Mellon reiterated the belief that, it
would be impracticable to depend
uoon the foreign debt for finan
cing the proposed "five way" ad-
lusted compensation plan because
revenue from that source is prob
lematical.
These estimates of revenue from
special sources wero made by the
secretary:
One cent increase in first-class
postage, $70,000,000. ...
increase in second-class postage
to wipe out deficiencies tn that
branch of the ooatoffice depart- -ment,
$30,000,000. .;
Increase in cigarette tax
amounting to 50 cents on the 1,
000. $25,000,000.
Increase in tabacco tax: ,lwd
cents a pound, $5,000,000. ".
Increase In documentary stamp
tax. $40,000,000.
A tax of two cents on each bank
check. $30,000,000. . .-.
A license tax on 50 cents a
horaarwMVor on antiunrillo tlAA.
ooo.ooo. , ' r '
The total estimated return on
these taxes is $300,000,000. Mr.
Mellon said the bonus would cost
$425,000,000 a year the first two '
years and told the committee it
could extend the list of taxable
sources to make up the deficiency
and made It clear that he was not
recommending any of the taxes
suggested. The treasury aecretary
opposed a general spies tax on the
ground of cost and difficulty of ad
ministration.
SOUTHEASTERN EZPRES3
CO.- EXTENDS TERRITORY
" Atlanta, Feb, 2. Express service
iver the Tennessee Central rail
road extending ' from , Hsrrtman,.,
remt, to .Jiopklnsville, ICv,' vja
Nashville was taken ever Wednes
day by the Southeastern Express
Co according to announcement .
made bre by President J. R. Hock-
adav. Thta rivp tha Kmithiaatorn
t line into Nashville, tho only large
;ltv in the Southeastern territory
The Tennessee Central has a mile.'
r nf ahnnf 9AAmi1oa nrA 1...
- v vwvwv wwv iuut.a,uiiu uaa juaw
been taken nvoi tiv ita timir mnuM '
who bought it after a receivership.
wvering several years. ' This line
connects with the Southern at Har
riman, Tenn. . ... .
100-RCOM HOTEL FOR
HICKORY IN PROSPECT
Hickory, Feb. 2. -Hickory busU
ness men at a largely , attended
iieetinr at the chamber of com
merce last night voted to ncrept Jhe
Proposition of Frank B. Simpson,
aleifh architect, to erect a 100
room fireproof and thoroughly rncXV
ern hotel building at a ot of .v
nroximately $250,000 and President
Oeortre F. Ivey was authorized to
appoint a committee to . solicit
itock. Mr. Simpson said he .woul)
iave tie preliminary plans in the
hands of the committee within ten
days and tha work, of raising th,e
amount of local money necessary
to construct the building will pro
ceed.' " ' . ' . . .
MRS. FONTZ DEAD
China Grove, Feb. 2. Mrs. Tir
?ab Mary Fontz, nee Poole, wife of ,
Mr. John D, Fontz died of plurisy
at her home near Concordia E. L.
Church January 31, 1922, at the
age of 78 years 10 months and 3 '
days. " '.;
On January 15, 1868 she was
married to Mr. John D. Fontz. To
this union were born two daugh
ters and one son viz: Mrs. C. E.
Karriker, Mrs. D. E. Upright and
Samuel N. Fontz, who with h;s
wife and family lived with his
parents. Three sisters survive:.
Miss Margaret v J. Poole, Mrs.
Louise Z. McLaughlin and Mrs. A.
D. Smoot. In early childhood Mrs.
Fontz united with' Back Creek
Presbyterian . church. After her
marriage she with her husband
moved her membership . to Con
codia E. L. church where she re
mained a consistent and loyal mem
ber until death. . ; - , ,
She leaves to'.mourn their loss
a devoted husband the children
named above and a very large cir
cle of friends and relatives. On
the day following her death after
suitable services conducted by Rev,
C. A. Brown at Concordia E, L.
church her body was tenderly laid
to rest in the cemetery near by to
await the resurrection- of the just.
"Blessed are the dead who die in
the Lord." .' .
-Bank President Sentenced .
Brunswick, Ga., Feb. 2. L. Car
ter, president of the Jessup back
ing company, charged with vi ; t
tion of the state banking laws v ;
found guilty at 9:30 this morr -and
sentenced to not less thm : c
years and not more than e:;.t ;
the penitentiary.