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SALISSUIRY EVEN m PCS WEATHER TODAY SHOWERS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY: LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE. LARGEST EVENING CIRCUIJU TION IN PROPORTION TQ CITTS POPULATION JQ( , NORTH CAROLINA, ,j VOL. 18: NO. 84. SALISBURY, N. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1922 PRICE TWO CENTS nom yp SYSTEM GUARDS GRIFFITH IIS VETERANS LEAVE HARDING IN CINCINNATI -3" Tl TAKERS DECLARE DRMAMEN ASK GOV MORRISON 1SPECIH URGED BY WOMEN ALDERMEN'S MEET AT GENOA PARLEY THE FARM FJ 71 DISCUSSED QUAY ' 1 Parent-Teacher Associa tion is Active New Street Improve m e n t Ran Other Matters. Authorized spokesmen for the town of East Spencer appeared be fore the board of aldermen of Salisbury last night and stated that East Spencer was ready to ac cept her part of the proposition of the county board to the effect that if Salisbury and East Spencer would furnish the stone, the county would put down a permanent street up Longr street, connecting the two places and that the roadway would join the Miller ferry road just north of East Spencer. Messers. J. W. Hatley and Archie Nash were the representatives of East Spencer and they were ready to place the support of their town in the matter. The Salisbury board voted also to accept the proposition and this insures the building of the street, which is to De 18 ieet wiue. All members of the board were present at last night's session with Mayor Strachan presiding and the first delegation to be heard was a number of women representing the Parent-Teachers Association and headed by Mrs. J. L. Morgan, pres ident. These women were there to ask the city officials to devise some systematic plan for cleaning up the city instead of merely having a one-day clean up each year. They all appealed for an incinerator and pledged support in any effort look ing to the putting through of these matters. Mrs. Morgan was leading spokeswoman for the delegation, wh'le Mrs. W. F. Rattz, a member of the Civic Club, stated that that organization had $400 ready to ap ply toward the purchase of an in cinerator. Dr. C. W. Armstrong, county health officer, was present and gave hearty endorsement to the movements for which the wom en were working, saying it was ab solutely essential to the health of the city. Mayor Strachan said these matters had long been on his mind and that the board would give them serious consideration. The matter was finally referred to the health committee. Cemetery -Point" Sold The matter of selling ofte "point" of Chestnut Hill cemef. where Fulton street meets Main street, was again brought up and a certified check from Messrs. Ar ther Menius and T. E. Conley for $700 was presented, together with an agreement that they would put down a standard street just to the north end of the trajt to be pur chased by them to connect Fulton and Main street. A resolution was offered and passed without a dis sent'ng vote that the proposition be accepted and a deed issued for the property. Upon this site it is understood a gasoline filling sta tion is to be erected. Several women were present to ask that South Chruch street be opened up to connect with Harris on street, they stating that this matter had been up a year and were seeking some definite infor mation. They were informed that the aldermen still had this street in mind but that it was impossible to do any new street work at this time. Want Auto Tourist Camp Mr. W. C. Maupint. representing the Kiwanis Club, spoke in behalf of the establishment here of an automobile tourist camp and asked that permission be given for the use of the tract of land just across from Chestnut Hill cemetery and between Main street and the rail road be used for such a camp. It was also requested that the city run water and sewer lines and also place lights there, in the event it is allowed to be used for this purpose. No definite action wan taken on this matter, how eve?.' Mr. T. B. Brown made applica tion for a conditional permit for the erection of a building on the north corner of Council and Lee streets. The buildings of this street extend several feet on the street line and a special permit had to be authorized before build ing could proceed. "This was dis posed of by the city notifying Mr. Brown that if he built out over the street line he did so at his own risk as to future proceedings. How ever, this is the usual proceedure in like cases and has been follow ed a number of times in the erec tion of buildings tohere those al ready standing f ctend on street lines. Milk Inspection Ordinance Dr. C. W. Armstrong and Dr. J. M. Ragland, representing the Ki wanis Club appeared . before the board relative to the proposed milk (Continued on Page 8) A light-armored car, capable of traveling at a high speed and at the same time firing 4,800 rounds of ammunition a minute, is being experimented with by British army authorities. America consumes 90 pounds of sugar per capita annually. Am ' . v ' aw Mai Hon Qad n Xfji Vaam 41.. viviii h-rv-i iUVlkWll vi wla i irisn itepuoiican Army, revolver in hand, keeps an eye open for trnuhl whilA Arthur flrifflHi president of the Dail Eireann, ad-J aresses a street crowa at sngo. Mr. T. B. Brown to Erect Modern Building On Site of Old Shack Work Begins Soon. Another old dilapidated eyesore in the business section of the city is to give way to a modern busi ness structure, Mr. T. B. Brown announcing that he will erect a handsome two story and basement Hnnhlw ttnwrnnm nn iha north corner of Council and Lee streets, and on which a one-story shack now stands. The new building will te ol brick with plate glass front snH will h a vnlnahlo nrlHitinn rn that street and in kpninor with thai splendid addition now being erect . .. . .. .... "-- - ed ior tne xadKm notel just across Lee street A permit has been ap nlied for and work on the new hnai. ness block will begin as soon as possible, lhe occupants of the present frame building will move out at an earlv dav and thn work of tearing these structures away win tnen Degin. The erection of this business block will add materially to the ap pearance of Council street from the station to Main street and leaves only two or three old eyesores on this much traveled thnrnlitrhfuro and it is only a question of time untn tnese win disappear. With the completion of the big new addition to the Yadkin hotel and the new Brown stores Council street will present a fine appearance. The day is not many' years in the past when this street was a Hisornra n tha city but gradually the undesirable ouuaings and places have dis appeared until it is now one of the City's Drlnpinal hlisinpa ooz-tinno and one by one the unsightly struc tures nave gone until they are now in a very small minority. A new dav hail rlawnmi tnr thin .ti..nf and with the improvements under way completed it will be an al most entirely transformed section of the business district. DAUGHERTY DOES NOT OBJECT TO A PROBE Washington, May 3. By a vote of 6 to 5 the house rules commit tee -Wday decided to give privi leged status to the Johnson-Wood-rug resolution calling for con gressional investigation into the charges of alleged laxity in the prosecution of government claims arising out of the war contracts and settlement thereof. Attorney General Daugherty in a letter to the committee said the department of justice had no ob jection to "such investigation as congress sees fit to undertake." Secretary Weeks wrote that he was not opposed to the resolution but suggested an increase of funds for auditing war department con tracts made during the war. U. S. INFANTRY DELAYED (By The Associated Press.) Washington. Mav 3 Thn war department today notified Senator TT J . . xiamson, oi ueorgia, mat Decause of unforseen circumstances the re turn of the 8th United States in fantry from the Rhine, scheduled for the latter part of. May, had been indefinitely postponed. The event was planned to be made a ''home coming" celebration at Sa vannah, where the regiment was to be stationed permanently. No explanation of the postponement waa conveyed to Senator Harrison further than that the delay in the return was forced unexpectedly. NEW COUNCIL ST Stability of Purchasing Power of Gold Cannot Be Realty Without America, It is Claimed. (By Associated Press) Genoa, May 8. The disarma ment question bobbed up today in a plenary session of the Genoa conference. Dr. Walter Rathenau, German foreign minister said that world trade must be doubled before con dition." could be bettered but that could not be done while the nations were jumping at each other's throats. Foreign Minister Tchitcherin, of soviet itussia, declared in a plea for general disarmament: "Only by a policy of peace can nations balance their budget." He said Russia must insist upon reservations to the report of the finance commission of the confer ence as it carried provision con cerning the league of nations which Russia did not recognize. He added that Russia could not agree to the removal of govern ment control over exchange opera tions. Sir Laming Worthington Evans presented the financial commit tee's report which was termed a Important to the world as was the justinian code. Stability of the purchasing power of gold could not be accomplished without Am erican cooperation, he said. The report which was adopted contained nineteen resolutions among which was a recommenda tion that the bank of England call a meeting of the central banks of issue to regulate credit policy and a study of currency reforms. The resolution also urged an in ternational financial convention to centralize and coordinate the de mand for gold which should be adopted as a standard for curren cy. The report of the transportation commission was adopted and the session adjourned. PROSECUTION IN KNOX CASE VIRTUALLY RESTS (By the Associated Press.) " Montross, Va., May 3. The prosecution in the trial of Miss Sarah E. Knox, Baltimore nurse, charged with the murder of Mrs. Margaret L. Eastlake, virtualy rested its case after court conven ed today. It is expected the de fense will finish tonight and under present plans the case will go to the jury tomorrow afternoon. Letters written by Mrs. Eastlake to Miss Knox were read today aft er a heated argument between counsel as to the admissibility of the letters as evidence. Writing from Cape May, N. J., in 1919, the murdered woman told the nurse of her domestic troubles, saying she "despised" her husband and but for the children would leave him. From the letters it was shown that Miss Knox was her confidant as she confessed to her of indiscretions with "W. T.," who it is claimed was the nurse's brother, and em phasized her love for him. ANOTHER GAP IN LEVEE RIVER NEAR SERRIDAY (By The Associated Press.) New Orleans, May 3. Reports from central Louisiana today indi cate that water is escaping through a crevice in the levee near Serriday, Louisiana, and is contin uing to spread into sections which had previously escaped inundation. Water is pouring through Concor. dia parish, all of which has been under water since soon after the break occurred Friday, an dinto Pensas and Plack river, cov ering practically three-fourths of Cata houla and one-half of Lassalle par ish and is gradually nortward into Franklin parish. Large areas in Pensas parish are inundated. A Red Cross committer is in vestigating reports from St. Mar tens parish that 0,000 homeless flood victims are in want of food BEVERIDGE LEADING IN REPUBLICAN RACE Indianapolis, May 3. With al- most half of the precincts heard i from Albert J. Beveridge is lead-! ing in the race for the Republi-1 can nomination in the senatorial j race in Indiaia by 8,589 votes. Un- officials tabulation of votes from' 1.624 of the state's 3.S82 precincts ! gave Beveridge 81.500 and NewiTure' Pnea steady, 72,911 Beveridge Leading New Indianapolis, May 3. When re turns from 2,030 of the 3,382 pre cincts in the state had been unof ficially tabulated former Senator Albert J. Beveridge was leading Senator Harry S. New, Republi can, for the senatorial nomination by 12,952 votes. One day last November in Lon don 340,0(50 pieces of soot were found in each cubic foot of air and the diameter of each niece was one rwenty-nve tnousandtns oi an inch, Census gtartg n bury This Week R. G. Cherry to Speak Here Memorial Day. R. G. Cherry, former captain In the United States army and now mayor of Gastonia, will be the headliner at the Memorial Day cel ebration of the Samuel C. Hart post of the American legion here May 28, the program committee announced at the regular monthly meeting of the post last night. Oth er details of the program are yet to be worked out by the Memorial day commfttee of which B. D. Mc Cubbins is chairman. C. O. Floyd's resignation as ad jutant was accepted and Walter Carter was elected adjutant. Mr. Floyd is leaving Salisbury soon. E. T. Ballenger and J. F. Hurley, Jr., were elected members of the execu tive committee to fill vacancies. The remainder of the meeting was devoted to a discussion of the census in county. A number of those making the canvass in the various townships reported a num ber of interesting facts concerning the ex-service man. Several were found to be in need of medical at tention and their papers started. One of the interesting facts learned by the census takers was that the ex-service man is not go ing back to the farms, but is work ing in the cities. In one township where forty men left to enter the service, only about fourteen re turned, the others were in Akron, Ohio, Winston-Salem and other North Carolina towns. The pro portion of men who returned to the other townships was small. One man with a piece of shrapnel in his side too near his heart to have it removed was found lying under a tree by the census takers while his wife was in the field plowing. Another man was found who was shell shocked and the ceo pie with whom he waa living had a hard time keeping up with him. Neither are now receiving any aid from the government Both cases will be taken up by the legion at once. The census takers also learned that many of the men wished to reinstate their government insur ance and Charles L. Coggin was ap pointed to aid any man who did not know just how to go about filling out the necessary forms. He will have a supply of blanks within the next few days. The Census in Salisbury. Altho several of the townships have not yet been entered by the census takers, the work will begin in Salisbury Thursday morning and continue thru Saturday. The townships not covered will be taken up by the committees originally appointed. The men who will start out Thursday morning to fill out a questionnaire on the ex-servicemen in the respective wards are: North ward, William Hardin. Alf Buer- baum, Bryce Beard and C. L. Cog gin. East ward, E. P. Lyons, E. T. Ballenger, Martin Honeycutt and Laureate Haynes. South ward, Suggs. J. O. Holt and L. H. Earn hardt. Others living in the various wards will be drafted to aid the committees in their census taking. A special meeting of the post will be called by Post Commander Har din Tuesday evening to check up on the city and make arrangements to get in touch with ex-servicemen in the smaller towns in the county. It is likely that the Memorial Day program will be submitted for the approval of the post at that meet ing. An entertainment of seme kind was ordered to be given in honor of the auxiliary which has worked to hard to get the legion on its feet COTTON MARKET. New York, May 8. Overnight buying orders caused a further ad vance in the cotton market at the opening today which air encouraged by reports of further rains in parts of Texas, Arkansas and the Cen tral belt All months mode new nIA rec?rS.8 Wlth Jy celling. lvfv ana "ctober 19.10. but these PVces brought considerable real- izIJ CBUJ!ln f "ctin of several P-nts er the call. ; a , XT .Opening Stesdy : Ncw York MaY 3. Cotton fu- May 19.70 19.00 19.10 19.10 18.97 July ..... October . , December January . Concord Market Concord. May 3. Cotton sold for 17 cents on the local market A bow and a set of arrows, more than 4,000 years old, which came from a tomb in Egypt are among the antiques owned by the Royal Toxophilitc (Archery) So ciety, London f r President and Mrs. Harding received an enthusiastic welcome from the railroad station to the steamboat wharf. In Point Pleasant. WHO OWNS THIS 1.036 CASES OF Captain Coleman With draws His Appeal From Prison Term But Sets Claim to Whisky? What shall be done with 1,036 cases of whiskey? Federal Judge Connor will have to decide this question in the Un ited States court on May 15th, when Captain Coleman, who was in charge of the Message of Peace, the liquor laden British schooner captured off the North Carolina coaet several months ago, repre sented by able attorneys, will ar gue the illegality of confiscating the property of an English schoon er, bound for foreign ports but which, it is alleged, touched the North Carolina coast to take re fuge from a storm. Whether or not the United States has the legal right to con fiscate the whisky will be decided by Judge Connor in his decision. When it is finally decided wheth er the liquor is to be held or not, and evidence brought out at the trial of Captain Coleman indicates that the liquor will be held, Judge; Connor will be faced with another interesting decision. What dispo sition to make of the liquor. He can order it thrown into the At lantic ocean or order it sold to hos pitals for medicinal purposes. Captain Coleman, it will be re called, was recently sentenced to serve six months in jail on pro hibition charges. He appealed and was allowed a bond of $2,500. Ac cording to A. H. Price, of this city, attorney for Prohibition Director R. A. Kbhloss, Captain Coleman has withdrawn his appeal, and will serve his prison sentence, but will contest the validity of the United States government to touch his li quor, some 1,036 cases. Despite the fact it will be a purely civil proceeding, it is ex pected to be replete with sensa tions. The matter will come up before Judge Connor for decision on May 15. It will be held in New Bern. At this time it is expected the liquor will be disposed of. Prohibition Director Kohloss, of this city, had charge of the dispo sition of the ship shortly after its capture and personally had it tow ed into Wilmington. It wa3 first nabbed off the coast of Ocracoke. CHINESE LEADER KILLED, REPORTED Peking, My 3. It was announc ed at General Chang Tsao Lin's headquarters today that General Wupi Fu,' the Central Chinese lead-' er, had been killed in action.' j The announcement was not oth-j crwise confirmed. The foreign le gations here are investigating. PROSECUTE WAR FRAUDS Washington, May 3. A request for a special appropriation of $500,000 to be used in the prose cution of war fraud cases was sent to the house yesterday by President Harding. The budget communication explained that the fund would be used in investiga tion or prosecution of all cases, whether civil or criminal, grow ing out of the war. Two-thirds of the population of Guatemala is made up of Indians. BRITISH BRANDY If' TREASURY BUILDING SUFFERS FROM THIRD FIRE IN 3 MONTHS Washington). May 3. For the second time in three months, fire men early today battled with a stubborn fire on the roof of the treasury department which for a time assumed menacing propor tions. As the flames burned thru the long superstructure they leap ed high into the air and cast a threatening glow on the. White House itself. When discovered about 1:45 this morning, the flames had already gained considerable headway and were soaring to heights of thirty of forty feet when the fire appa ratus arrived. When checked after thirty min utes efforts, the flames had burn ed thru on the second sunerstruc- ture which tops the section of the lation coming before the nineteenth building that divides the court and general conference of the Method had spread to parts of the central iat Episcopal Church South which portion of the roof. Unofficial es- convened here today for a three timates placed the damage at not more than $75,000 but it is not known whether this took into con sideration the possible damage from water which might be con siderable. Basil H. Hedgccock Al leged to Be Short $67, 000 In Custody Guil ford Sheriff. (By The Associated Press.) Hich Point. May 3. Basil H, Hodgecock, cashier of the Home HanKing company, oi mis city, was placed under arrest here last night on a warrant sworn out by Clarence Latham, chief state bank examiner, charging him with a shortage alleged to be approxi mately $67,000. At his own request Hadgecock was permitted to spend the night at a local hotel in com pany with a policeman and this morning he was taken to Oreens- HIGH P N BANK CASHIER ARRE TED boro and turned over to the sheriff meeting to be held by the New of Guilford county. ! York division of the association Hedgecock's bond was fixed at against the prohibition amendment $45,000 by T. W. Albertson, prose-, James Speyer, whose attitude on cutfng attorney. Early this after- the prohibition question nearly noon it had not been furnished. caused a split in the Salvation The bank is continuing in busi- army drive for funds will call the ness and state bank examiners who meeting to order. Arrangements audited the books say the institu- have been made to care for an ov tutipn is solvent. I erflow of the Garden, which holds SHARP FIGHTING IN KILKENNY, IRELAND Kilkenny, May 3. Sharp fight- WANT DATA ON incr with machine guns rattling in CONFEDERATE VETS all directions was in progress here today, state troops were trying to Every surviving veteran of Row recapture Ormand Castle, still held an county of the war between the by the irregulars who yesterday states, who expects to attend the were driven out of the other places Confederate memorial day exer- they had captured, SELECTING CORBETT JURY. Orangeburg, S. C, May 3. Efforts were continued today to obtain a jury for the trial of Carlos Corbett on a charge of murder in connection with the killing of Ju- lian Cooper, one of the three men alleged to have been murdered by Corbett two years ago. Ten men federates in the county out of 2, were selected yesterday before the 600, the original number who en venire was exhausted. Corbett was tered the service from Rowan. first tried for the murder of Bryan Sallv, one of the trio, but was ac-' quitted, r 1 T nr ii i r Cincinnati, as they rode from 10 ONLY 4 YEARS Unification of North and South Bodies Probable Change of Creed Al so. (By the Associated Press.) Hot Springs. May 3. Among the manv Important subjects of legis weeks session will be that of the unification of the Northern and Southern bodies of Methodism. Another important question to come before the conference will be that concerning a movement to lim it the terms of bishops in office. The bishops are now elected for life but there is a widespread move ment throughout the church in fa vor of electing them for a four year term, subject to re-election. There will also be an effort made at this conference to drop the word "South" from the name of the church and to change the phrase "holy Catholic church" in the creed to the "church of God." The latter was authorized by the last general conference but the change did not receive the neces sary two-thirds majority of the conference. The election of a number of new bishops is one of the outstanding topics under discussion as the gen eral conference convenes. Bishop Hendrix and Bishop Kilgo, it is said, will go on the superanuated list. Bishops Lambuth, Hoss and ; Morrison died during the last quadrium GOMPERS AMONG THOSE AT "WET" MEETING (By the Associated Press.) New York, May 3. Samuel Gompers and Hudson Maxim will be among those to speak tonight at a Madison Sauare Garden mass 15,000, by . installing amplifiers so that the speakers can be heard out- . de in Madison Square cises this year are requested to write their name, adress, age, company and regiment on a slip of paper and have it ready for presentation upon their arrival. Col. Boyden, of the First North Carolina brigade, will attend to the collection. May 10, is the date for the celebration. Col. Boyden estimates that there are approximately 100 living Con- Constantinople consumes about 1,00 tons of sugar, a month. M. E. BISHOP TERM MAY BE CHANGED Officials of RalelgH Bang To Be Tried On Very, Serious Charges gtatej News. tt;3Tm (By O. J. Coffin "r!? Raleigh, May 8. WkJce count commissioners have petitioned Governor Morrison for a special term of court during the week o June 26 at which to try R. G. Al len, former president, and J. H. Hightower and H. H. Massey pres ident and cashier respectively of the Central Bank and Trust Com-, pany of this city when It went broke. The array of counsel la so imposing and the specific charge oi wrong-doing so oiumlnous thai the full week which will no donbt be granted Just a soon as the governor finds an available Judge, will probably be taken op with th trial of tha three men. ; without the aid of police i usually takes four and five to bring her in Blance McCade pre sented nerseix to jauer Jordan at the Wake Jail yesterday morning and announced that she had come to board with him for tha remain der of an eighteen-month sen tence from which she had secured a leave of absence by a habeas corpus action. , Blanche weighs in the neighbor hood of a quarter of a ton, uses over in east AaJetgn and is mighty hard to hinder when she startsy The charge ox statutory vagrancy is sometimes Drought against Hen. Disorderly conduct, resisting 4 officer and allied oarturbances got her in bad the last time. The Corporation Commission which originally set May 10 and 11 as the data tot the hearing oi the case against the short-line railroads alleged to be overcharg ing shippers has moved up tha hearing to June t and 10. The reason for the present delay is be cause of the inability' of counsel for the North Carolina Traffic Association to fix on an earlier one which would suit al parties con cerned. , On' May 18 the Corporation Commission will hold the hearinff on the Winston-Saiem depot in Winston-Salem. Comnussionet Pell, who as a native of tha Twin City has been allowed to do the bulk of the worrying, has been much more cheerful about the af fair for the last several days. He is expecting tha Winston -Sal em folk to themselves point tha. way out of the resent Impasse. , ADA JONES' B0D7 TO ' BJS SENT TO NEW YORE (By thai Associated Press.) Rocky Mount, May oV-The body of Ada Jones, phonograph star who died In a hospital her last night following a collapse Monday night, wul be shipped to her bom in New York tonight. Relative of the women had not arrived her4 early today. Miss Jones, wti was 46 yean old, was born In England but cam to this country when a girl, Sh is survived by her husband, who U a well known dancer a daughtesj and a stepmother, all of New York, She was perhaps tha best knowil woman singer of "ragtime" and "Diues' song among phonograph stars. . CARRAWAY R3NEWS HIS ATTACK ON DAUGHERTY (By the Associated Press.) Washington, May fc (Renewing attack on Attorney General Laugh erty Senator Carraway, Democrat, or Arkansas, charged today in the senate that Mr. 'Daugherty had "'fired all of the honest inspectors! in his department who wanted to prosecute swindlers of the govern ment" and had "put back Into offlc the physician who helped get a fraudulent pardon for Chas. W Morse." . Referring to Mr. Dangherty'al statement that the attack by th senator yesterday snowed tnat cab inet officers should have the prlv ilege of the floor of the senate and house Senator Carraway declared that he waived "all Immunity, per sonal and otherwise" as to what he said yesterday and today and would meet Mr. Daugherty ''anywhere at anytime. HARDING 'S GOVERNMENT PLANS BEING BLOCKED (By Associated Press) New York, May 3. President Harding's plan for "more business in government and less govern ment in business" in being block ed by "petty jealousies and eon ceits by men in high official posi tions," Mortimer S. Cooley, presi dent of the American Engineer ing Council, asserted here today. His statement followed a recent conference at th Whits House at which time he tendered the presi dent his organization 'in support of a movement to establish a da partznent of public works. ,
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