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Vol. 19
52.
SALISBURY, N. C FRIDAY; SEPTEMBER 22, 1922.
PRICE HYO CENTS
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PARTICIPATHS IH
I B. SHOP ROWS
BE
Violence Marked Return
, of Old ken to Work In
Number Of Instances In
i - ,
"tne bouui.
'" m Aaaoeiated Press)
Atlanta. Ga.. Sept. 22. With
working forces in the railroad
shops of tha south rapidly assum
- ing the normal stags railway offi
cials are confronted with a new
oroblem in the hostility and out
breaks' between returning strikers
and employee whe took their places
during the walkout.
1 Attorneys for the Southern rail
way at Knoxville, Tenn., today
were making an investigation of, a
fight which marked the rerurn of
' the strikers jkhere yesterday. Four
teen men suffered minor injuries
, and non-union men were driven
from the - shoos before armed
guards could quell the disturb
ance. Those who unlawfully par
ticipated in the -outbreak will be
prosecuted t the full extent of the
law under the terms or tne xeaer-
al injunction, it was stated.
In Atlanta. Macon and several
other southern cities Seaboard Air
PROSECUTED
Line and Southern railway strik- to voto on a beer and a wine
ing shopmen refused to return to amendment to their Stat Constitu
jork unti assured they would not tion , Nvember has given hew
be compelledto work with the new to oln. tar .imilar .refer-
employes. This demand waa met
vy ine raiiroaus iuc.iiic inv men
in amerent snins out even nnaeri
this arrangement the new men are
quittlng ttyir posts in most cases.
niPSTniiTWfl unniT ntrws
BESTOKIW11LOOAL CREWS
vn BVViniMn XAtuJOl
The vard crews on the Salisbury
and Spencer yards of the Southern
Railway, which were cut off during
the strike on account of the acarci
ty of engines and other obstacles
encountered during the worst of
the tieup, are being restored, v.
' Four or five crews were laid off
temporarily during the strike, th
first being cut off a few weeks af
ter, the-tieup began and later
others being kid off. r However,
enough yardmen were kept en duty
to attend to the work that could be I
ditions
- Now that things have begun a
- movement toward " normal those
laid off are being placed back and
within a short time it is expected
things will be normal on the big
railroad yards of Salisbury and
Epencer. i
A. 8. JONES "ELECTED
PRESIDENT 07 THE
LOCAL Y. M. ASS'NI
At the meeting of the Y. M, C.
o.-j 1... H- ' k o
Jones was re-elected as president
Of the Young Mens iChristlan As-
Bociation; Mr. ,W. Barrett Taylor,
Jr.. vice president; R. L. Bern
hardt, recording n secretary ; J.' W.
Fletcher, treasurer: .Edwin M.
Hoffman, General Secretary. Mr.
T. M. Kesler.was elected to fill a
. vacancy- on the board. f
The matter of the Y Hutwardis
cussed and. decided to hold off the
. move until local conditions were a
. bit more favorable.
It was decided to have an an
nual meeting to which all men an-
derwritiwr the local work would I
be invited. This will be a supper I
wiiu an wra imvuim v (uw
lownhin and anthnaiaun that mark
such get togethers : , - : ' I
- A" brief summary of the years I
work and what the Y is doing will I
be given in dramatic, xorm by ft
group of boys as one of the enter
tainment features. It is hoped to
secure Mr. O. D. ffinnant of Wli
mington as speaker, who is remem
be red with enthusiasm by many
Salisbury' people. .-
The general secretary read a
brief report of the summer activi
ties. Swimming . lessons, club
meetings, and summer camp were
the main items. Summer camp
was -very successful and plans for
imnmval faIUa -.t tKa Pvo-a-
mont site were suggested. Thirty I
fve 4oys and four leaders were in I
the . Junior Camp which held for I
almost two. weka. -.';.-::.
Fathers and Sons Week, a spec
ial conference for Sunday workers
and other items in the Association
program 'were touched upon. The
board enters , upon .the fall pro-
rrara with ft. determination that
i while there may be an embargo on
srome - things right . nowthere
shall be no embargo on what the
local Y.'M. C. A. is to do this
coming fall and winter for Salis
bury boys.
HEAD OF STATE LEGION
CRITICISES HARDING
Charlotte,
Sept 22. Criticism
of President. Harding for vetoing
the soldier bonus bill was voiced in
SmfLxJTLnV beinr cat" feU
James A. Lockart, recently elected beneath a train on the Silencer
l-.lt..com.mnar ho North T,rds. was held from HaveriLnth-l
....... i . S A
Uirollna department or the Amen- I
can Legion. 14
The bonus, . Mr. Lockart de-ln
. ... . .
- American. aoldler who went to war
dares, was designed to aid theler
?. """"i" nu-M bos
him on his feet again in order that
he might have an equal chance
uiose wno am not re - iaie
I HARDING SIGNS COAL ;,
DISTRIBUTJON BILI,;
STENS FUED HEAD
(By Associated Preaa) i -Washington,
Sept 22-Presl-dentHarding
today aigned the ad
ministration coal distribution and
anti-profiteering. and tha fact find
ing coal commission bin. --'.'
Washington, sePt 22nrad
E. Stens, vice president of the
Chicago, Burlington ' and Qulnceyl
railroad, waa today appoint
I era! fuel distributor under th
d. fed-1
the new
coal distribution and-afltl-proflteer-Ing
act - -
Ohio Decision Gives Im
v petus to Plans for Simi
rl a r Referendum i n
. Other States.
WaahingtoiySept 22. Decision
ouareme court wi
people of that state have a right
enJum ta ' number of other
...f.a
.... :n
UT !"" ""tvi
thu, preclplt-tlnt; a new ,eg;1
t,e over Prohibition for the United
Supreme court to settle. .
The issue now raised is this:
BEER AND ME
RULING IS GIVING
VETS NEW HOPE
Can a State, through an amend-lniada
I ment to its constitution, nullify Orlfiirht fnr tha Met nf at Inn nt train.
I evade a provision of theFederalhl and 22 by way of Salisbury and
institution.
Consider Similar Referendum;.
MaSBBcnuseilS, lUinois. VaiUor-lad
nia and Texas are considering slm-
ilar referendum this fall on the I
beer and wine amendmenta to their
constitutions., ine Texas vote is
unaenww nn w mv bo diwim
ed. In Indiana and Michigan ef -
torU wiU be started thto weefi ' by
' , .v "'fcit.MJU? Z "
"..' w' ;u,",u'uuu ,
votea. "
llincKiey leit loaay lor UAlO to
direct the referendum eanipalgn,
which will culminate in a vote in I
November. . .
Hinckley's orranization conduct
ed the Ohio campaign by getting
240,000 signatures to referendum
petitions. The secretary of state
' . I
reiusea to pui me auesaon on me I
ballot on the ground that if Ohio discussed and that chambers ofJbar on lne'nd other build
adopted a beer and wine amend-1 commerce, civic elnba and other! na material will be lifted in, a
ment it would conflict with theUo-enciea be invited to 'send dela -
Federal Constitution. The.wets ap- gates to High" Point and a big I tnere Wljl oe applications for quite
plied for a writvf mandamus, and meeting held to start something I number of permits for the erec
th'e Supreme court at Columbus irorth while. Onite a number nfltion of buildings, especially homes.
held hat. could on I
constitutionality of such an amend-1
mens unin uie peopie naa vowo n
into the SUte Constitution.
The question will be thrown at
once into the United States Su-led
preme court by Wayne B. Wheeler.
of the Anti-Saloon league.'
In Massachusetts 600.000 sltrna-
tures have been obtained to refer
endum petitions. The Constitu
tional Liberty leguea local or-
ganization, aided by the -Associa-
SU0
campaign. In Illinois another half
million aimatiirea were VatharH I
........... vuuuvv. u
half I
and the ouestion roes on the ballot,
in ixmb tne oecreiary ox scaieine done.
Iraiaara aimilar nh'act'nn t thai
one raised in Ohio, and as the ques-1
tion in that state is complicated by I
politics, Hinckley's organisation is I
keeping hands off.
10 NEW COTTAGES AT
THE BEN CLARK INN
ti. L.i.tt t..
Charlotte. Sent 22. The board
of-directors have decided to build
ten additional cottages ' at' Ben
Clark Inn . summer Msembly
erotmds of the Associated Rf or!
A.! o -i. v n I
member of tha tinwfa.nta m.t.
ing the company,
program will be undertaken
a.v-. .
uu-
mediately, it waa decided.
GEORGE NORWOOD TO ' .
ADDRES3 GUILFORD'S '
; CO-OPERATIVE ASS'N
Greensboro. Sept 22 Georcre
Norwood,' of Goldsbord, president
of the Tri-State Tobacco growers
association, will address the Guil
ford County Co-operative Tobacco
Growers Association tomorrow at
1 p. m.
Plans for the complefion of the
Guilford county organization will
be discussed at the meeting. I
CRESS FUNERAL YESTERDAY J
The funeral of E. Ross Cress.
Southern yard brakemari who died I
ffl I . V . I. . . .it
i ueuay nigni as a result ox oom i
UDI
aran rhnrrh vaatardav iftfmnnn at
o'clock, conducted by Rev. Geortre
Lmria. a.sitl hv avral t.
er miniBien, ana one ounai was in
chestnut Hill cemetery. 'A large
ministers, and the burial waa in
crowa awenqea tne services, many
of these being railroad men and
fellow employes of the unfortun-
man. , .
lit FIGHT FOR
RESTORATION OF
TRAINS HO. 21-22
enaaaBMBaaaaaai "
Carolina. Development As
soclation Determined;
Fred Tate is
President.
Chosen
' Determination to fight for tbe
restoration or trains zi ana a, ad
vocating a policy of advertising the
state and electing Fred Tate, of I
High Point, president,-, were - the
three outstanding features of the
meeting of the Central Carolina De
velopment association held last!
night at the Yadkin hotel '
Tha twenty or more men who sat
down to lunch and to discuss mat
ters of interest to theirimmediate
community, came from more than
a half dozen towns in the Piedmont I
section that have been endeavoring
to co-operate for the good and lor I
the advancement of the section re-
garded as the garden spot of the I
state, and their earnestness at this I
I . j i: i.j it.- .1-- i
. d , t . . .
Iflclal service.
John
B. Sherrlll. ' of Concord.
presided and stated the object of I
tne meeting. Said that he believ-l
ea tnat this groupe or men could
and would do many fine, things for
the state, and urged, that meetings
be held regular, that a stronger or-
r -
K1 on De. oifanw-
;dS. ta f tKdevelopmrtt
0f thia favored aection of the best
,uu in the Union. After several
l.hort talks to the noint had been
it waa AneiAtA ta enntinua tha
a committee with Fred Tate, of
iHig Point, as chairman was nara-
tA rmrrv th.ficrht tn a flnl.h
Disposing of this matter other
things were brought m and talk-
led of. Walter Murphy apoke'tof
the wonderful growth and develop
mit mine- on In tha atata. anri
lamwiailo - Tn
something 'jikV twenty counties are
Mf Pn'l more than 60,000
in ouuaing. uui wonaenui
land is almost nnbellevable Thli 1
brous-ht no tha mattar of arfvartla.
h, the sUte and members heartilv
endorsed the project Several talk
ed of the advisability of advertis
ing our own section and leading in
a state-wide advertising campaign.
tt wvTim mint vaiiivu. HJ.k all I
it was moved and carried that an
early meeting in October be asked
for. and that thia mattar ba fnllwl.""' prjiou up, aim tne Bin-
talks were made advocating these
things. Major W.-A. Foil, of Con-
cord, said he was deeply Impressed
with tha nossibilitlea of tha onran-
ligation doing great rood, advocat-
its enlartrement and it hlnr
pressed for. a ihigher service. Z. V.
Turleinrton and Harry Deaton. of
MooresvUle, Ulked of these samel
things and G. L Hackney made a I
vfrnrAni inMvS'itn tils liAma IawiJ
and county, telling what the cen-f
tennial celebration next ' week - in
bSJmA.ky the Summersett
xirA ti.fii... t t . to i I
Wade Phillips, of Lexington, Wal
ta v'. c.K.k..m .. v
wqiiu vw cunn uver ana aee. jumiori
lara annira n tha tv.inr. tV.t ia
.
vommg to tne election or ozneers
Fred Tate of High Point,: was
made president He - was : named
with a rising vote and the secre
tary was instructed to revise the
viui uau vi : Tm-pniiusnii anal
they were re-elected. Pete Murohvl
old v lists of vice-presidents and
was instructed to have his bv-lawsi
Ireadv for tha Ctetahnr maotino-'l
Mitch is to be held at High Point
Hurley was reelected aa sec-
retryvn1 treasurer, and John B.I
f.he"m7r,vPven, J?5-n ot
-hanks for his splendid, service as
President for the past three vears. I
",B resioruon oi trams
lowing President Tate being chair-
ma.t IT n Taf f vase T IT Tmm
tit wt.it. j .waa Wi Wft.a.av09y W Ataf iVl DOVIf
W. J. Armfleld, C. F. , Lambeth,
T T xv.t- TO.J. Til. : 1 1 ! .
t - HtS T. a iTT
Cannon. E. J. Shame. J. R Sher-
ril1' J. E. Davis, J. F, Shinrt, H. R.on
waice, j. jh. jjoyett, A. xJ. High "v"aw vwer ana
and C. C Cranford. - - active positions . soon showed net
.' - ' losses to 20 to 24 points under more
By unanimous consent thia was or less liquidation and southern
agreed to be the -very best meet- selling.
ing ever held. It was adjudged '
to because the wide representation - ' Opening-Barely Steady - s
saw as never before the posaibil- New York, Sept 22. Cotton fu
itics of such an organization and tores opened barely steady:
idetermmeil ta work fnr a full raal
ization of these possibilities. The
whole meeting gave evidence of an
nation to reach out and serve the
section interested. Several matters
were discussed that will ihelo and I
wnicn wui give tne ' organization I
1 ... I , . .. i
plenty , to, do during the coming
yeara. - - - ' ?
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SERVICES AT SALEM. I
China Grove, - Sept 22. An-f
nouncement is made that preachinarl
services' will be . held at ; Salemt
services wui De . neia at ; saiemi
Lutheran church on the second andfed
lourth Sundays or each month un-
til funher notice. . Rev. G. H.
Cooper , will be in charge of the
services. 1
Beauty and
t "By Cnanee'1 may not be much on
the same. Re won the first award
jWestcheater Kennel Club's annual
Beasle UM UUYmm WOU
Building; Permits Totaling
Over $35,000 - issued in
rkFewDaMoy
1 ; Residences. - JC A
- Although freight ahipmenta hart
nave teen lard to get there has
been considerable activity in pre
parations to build and within tha
est few 'days' City Engineer J.
7. Webb has issued permits for
the. erection of buildings and re
pairs to others totalling 135,735.
Vt . ... , ,
"9W nai uie ireignt snipmenta
hort time it is expected that
despite the fact that winter is sp-
p roachlng,
Permits issued by the city eiurt
neer since the last report, work on
a number of which has already be
gun, are as ioiiows:- ; 1
raui , nuooer ijompany, a one
story brick addition to its plant on
the Southern Railway in South
Salisbury, to be used as a tube
ri.nf ' T AAA .....
Mrs..Lee S. Overman, repairs to
building on North Main street re.
unrtnrtjiiHno. rvi,ntin ea aaa.
r V,v.
a. j. wuson, one story 7-room
residence, Maupin avenue, $4,500.
i Jessie J. Horton, 4-room dwell
ing. West HorahT street $3,000.
' Calvin -lagle, ,7-room residence,
Jefferson Heights, $4,000.
v John J. Jones, repairs to resi
dence on Vanderford avenue, $1 -000.
vv -, v-..... - ; ,
D.' L. Camip. 7-room residence.
L r iwnn
Puth Main street extension. U.
6B0 - '
B. H. Isenhower. new front tn
Tanenhaus store. North Main
"reel, IWW.
John Krider, machine ahon and
TnV iing' Sou-1- Fulton
"treet, $1,085.
Cotton Market -
ew York. Sent 22. Whila TJ.
erpool cables made steady fehow
ings, the cotton market waa nerv.
ous and unsettled during the day's
early trading. The opening ; was
stcdy t an advance at 10 points
September, but was generally
uctooer .......... 20.80
V December
January .
21.03
20.88
20.82
20.72
March
May
' Concord
Cotton.
Concord, Sept
22.-Cotton sold
t!
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'V'! v lip'' t
PERMIT EORANNEXilNCREASESHOl'HI-
TO RUBBER Pp
tr.IV eent.. pound her tody.:pint of the National Council of
. . Traveling Salesmen'. Aaaoctatlon
t Saliabnrv CattXn'. and other travelinr orranizations
f" Salisbury CottonI
Cotton is sellinr for 21 cents a
pound on the local market today.
- ; '
In the Argentine, farms isolat
in tne Argentine, zarms uolat-t
front any town are better kenti
than many British country houses,
The coast of Anna m on the China
Sea isone of the stormiest in the
world.
the Beast
looks, but he's a prise winner Just
is the Starfish bulldog class at the
show at Bye, a, T And made Kr
pprw : , ; . '
C01HIIG
Number of Active Cotton
Spindle Hours During
Ausrpst Placed at Over
Eight Billion.) , v
'. (By-Assodate4 PressT '
Washington, Sept 22. Increased
activity in the cotton spinning in
duitrv durinar tha month of An-
t-gujc as compared wun joiy u re
ported by the census bureau. ,
Tha . ri 11 m Kan rtt mrtvm . aftfnilla
nours was placed at 8,033,002,129,
and increase or more than vws,uvvr
000 over the preceding month.'
Although three cotton spinning
states showed declines in the num
ber of active spindle losses was
slight and not single state waa
reported as ab owing reduced spin
dle hours. ' - ;'.
North Carolina showed a- de
crease of bout 4,000 active spin
dles .from last month's . aninninr.
Active spindles and the number
of active apindle hours la August
by state included Nona Carolina
with 6,167,48 spindles and l4V
469,S13 hours. : , :
NEW TAEITF BATES
EXPECTED TO RAISE
' MILLIONS . REVENUE
(By Associated Press) '
Y Washington,, Sept 22. The new
rate or tne tana act ox via were
applyinr today on the flow - of
American imports. ' ' V
The law, making a new phase In
th6 history of American tariff
making in its delegation to the
president" of broad powers, tinder
certain provisions, went lnw el-
feet at midnight with all collec
tor of v custom previously - In
structed as to it provisions which
becameopeitive at once.- '
Millions of dollars ox revenue, or-
fleer believe, will be raised im
mediately from the new duties on
goods in bond or in transit .
MAY LIFT FREIGHT .
EMBARGO THIS WEEK)
. N. 0. PLANTS REOPEN
'(By Associated Press)
' Ajheville, Sept 28. Providing
the Southern Railway freight em
barro is lifted meanwhile, . the
Champion Fiber Company, at Can
: ton,'; will v resume full operations
next -Tuesday, official said today.
- With the suspension ; of last
week, 1000 men. were put out of
employment '
Reuben Robertson, president of
the company, said that officials or
the Southern System hope to lift
the embargo this week.
WOULD DISMISS COMPLAINT
AGAINST PULLMAN COMP'Y
Washington, Sept. 22. Chief
Examiner Quirk, of the interstate
commerce commission, today rec-
i j i . .1
ommenaea aismrasai oi uia. com
and other traveling organizations
against the ZO per cent increase in
Pullman rates, effective May 1,
1920.- i. -.-
Th.e examiner' : report found
that the increased rate were not
unreasonable., despite the ' com
plaint of the traveling men that it
increased the gross revenue ap-.
proximately $13,000,000 annually.
KISS QUITS
I'OMFIEi; IEN
Passage of Tariff Bill and
Soldi
ers' Bonus Bill
Featured
Congress.
Republican
(By Aaaodateel Preaa)
Waahingtoa, Sept 22. The
second eeaaioa of ' the 17th
congress adjourned aine die at
noa today.
Passage ef the adioarnment
resolutioa wa marked by a
brief thrnst by Senator liar- '
' riaon, democrat - Mississippi,
at the Republican. The Mis
sissippi senator, declared that .
the paat session wa tha
"moat reactionary congress
since the1 time of Aldrich and .
the mist subservient to ezecv- .
tire dictation since the days'
ef Roosevelt"
One of the last few acta to
' be dene by cengreaa wa the
' ' paaaag of the deficiency bill
carrying a total of $2,454,21
Including $200,000 for the re
lief of American la Smyrna. ,
Passage of the permanent tariff
revision and soldiers bonus bill
probably were the chief features
of the session, which began Dec. 8
last and which was the first regu
lar session of Congress sin: in
auguration of -the Harding admin
istration, the first session being-
specially called in the spring of
1921. The (Washington conference
on limitation of armament and Far
Eastern Questions, and the rail
road and coal . strikes, however.
gave Conrress new and unexpect
ed problem to deal with. The nav
al limitation and a half dozen oth
er conference treaties were ratified
by Ihe Senate last March . after
week of debate delaying other leg
islation and about a many weeks
were required for conferences and
legislation growing out of the two
struts the Federal ) Coal Commission-
and coal regulation and
distribution bills. ' . ; . -
Score of other new laws were
made and a dozen regular and sev
eral special . annrooriation bills.
carrying upward of $2,250,000,000,
passed the first under the new
Budget system and the reorganized
congressional appropriation com
mittee.":.!- , - .
The session .wa .'marked bv
three personal addresses by Pres
ident Hardjng at , joint sessions,
one, opening the session, another
one on merchant marine icrislation
ana a third on tha Industrial situa
tion.
Other special features of tha aea
Ion included the seating of Sena
tor Newberry. Republican. Michi
gan, by the Senate January 12, the
recent attempt &y Kep. Keller, Re-
pUMicen, Minn., to impeach Attor
ney oemrai vaurherty. confirms
tion by the Senate of American
Ambasssdors. and Ministers to
Germany, Austria and Hungary,
confirmation of former Senator
Sutherland of Utah . a Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court to
succeed former Justice Clarke, re
signed; deaths of Senator Pen
rose and Crow of Pennsylvania:
resirnation of William S. Ken von
irom me senate to go on the Fed
eral .bench and the long, tariff de
bate in the Senate. The tariff dis
cussions began April II and broke
an congressional records for
continuous legislative day, 'thru
aaiiy recesses without a sinrle ad-
ournment irom April 20 to Anar.
!. The abortive effort for Senata
cloture, still pending; and the-row
over appointment of . Nat Gold.
teln to be St Louis internal rava.
irae collector, were other features.
Politic, as mirht bo enacted
tL -M ll a ai .
oeiore ua Di-ennial congressional
electionswas constantly in the
eapitol air during the entire ses
sion, with :- innumerable partisan
speeches and moves from leaders
of both dominant parties.. Defeat
of veteran such as Chairman Mc-
Camber of the Senate Finance
Committee In the primaries dnrlnar
the, session and announced retire
ment of other inch a Chairman
Fordney of 'the House way and
mean's : committee foreshadowed
coming changes in Congressional
membership. - . : .
Headed by the tariff bill, the ses
sion's more important I legislation
provided fort
Creation of the Allied Debt Fund
ing commission, w - s
Appropriation or izo.ooo.ooo Tor
Russian relief. , ' ,
(CONTINUED ON PAO TIN)
FAMILY OF JFJVE ILL:
ATE POISONOUS FUNGUS
(By Associated Preaa)
Detroit. Sept 22. A family of
utv iiuiw uiuwicv aiiu wucv vuu
dren, one of the latter a blind boy
are in the municipal hospital
here near death from the effect of
eating poisonous fungn which
wa served by the mother,' the
police were told, when the food
ipply and fund gave out
The children found some toad
stools and believed- they were
mushroom and the mother baked
them believing they were eatable.
Th police found the poisoned
time later.
MONTHS SESSION
BARN AND GRANARY ,
BURN WHEN AUTO
TANK EXPLODES
China Grove, Sept 22. Explo
sion of the tank in his automobile
resulted in the' burning of the
barn and granary of Luther
Ketchle, prominent farmer, near
Gold Hill, last Sundsy. The loss
Is estimated around a $1,000.
Mr. Ketchle had Just returned
from a trip Sundsy 'afternoon
late and had put his car in the
barn for the night He noticed a
strong gasoline odor coming from
the car and later want out to the
barn with the intention of making
an examination of the leakage.
When he started to fix the leak
ing tube, the carbureter exploded,
stunning him. He had just man
aged to get out of the barn, how
ever, when the gasoline tank in
the machine blew up, setting the
barn on fire. The barn and gran
ary were demolished.
Efforts to put the fire out were
futile. '
TURKS WAY TRY TO
THE POSITION
mO BY BRITISH
i
This Creates One of the
Worst Perils of Near
Eastern Situation; Sit
uation Series. V .
' (By Aaaociated Preaa)
London, Sept 22. Views on th
near eastern situation here oscil
ate between hope and fear with a
plight tendency in favor of the
hopeful side of the balance. "
Nothine haa . hanrvAnaH wltihln
the laat 24 hours to make the posi
tion materially worse-, although it
continue serious enough.
' The immediate peril is th possi
bility that th Turkish nationalist
troop will attempt to take the
British position along tha Darda
nelles. It is confidently hoped the . re
sumption of the conversation of
the allied statesmen in Pari today
will lead to an. Invitation to the
A . L . . . . . .
Aiurora government, prooaoiy To
day, to participate in a general
conrerence ror a settlement of the
Uardanelle question and the Tur
kish claims. - -
Through General Pell the
French government is reported to
have informally communicated to
Mustapha Kemal Pasha, the Turk
ish nationalist leader, the hope that
ne -wui he the delegate from An
gora to the proposed conference.
Secrecy was maintained yester
day regarding Lloyd George' talk
with lbor leader in London and
It remain unpenetrated but there
I no surrestiott that th difficul
ties of the ' government art ' in
creased thereby. Some morning
newspapers , declare that Lloyd
ueorge i willing to communicate
th minutes of the conference to
the press but that the laborites de
sired secrecy. These paper say
there is a division of opinion
among labor leader rerardinr
crisis. . ;;- t
Situation Very Grave.
Rome. Sent 22 .Tha arwitnHi.
deleration at Constantinonla tela.
granjied the Vatican today that the
situation tnere waa very grave.
CHARLOTTE PHYSICIAN
IS HELD ON SERIOUS
CHARGES; GAVE BOND
. "
: (By Associated Press) '
Charlotte. Sept 22. Dr. 3. W.
Summers, charred with havlnr
periormed an illegal operation on
a young woman here last Tuesday,
was bound over under a $5,000
bond for trial in criminal court
October 2. at a bearinr in citv
ennrt. tnAmv. , , jt . - i ... . "a ..' f
. The woman testified against nun
and the defense nut un no evi
dence.:.', i.:iTsnj--v :,-, '-v.
Summer rave .bond . and . was
released. . ' ,
ORDER SIGNED FOR COAL
FOR FORD , MOTOR OOMPY
i f (By Associated Press) , .
Cincinnati Sent' 22 An order
for coal for the Ford Motor Com
pany1, at Detroit was signed here
todsy ay, representatives of the
Ford oMtor- Company and the Am
erican Export and - Inland Coal
Corporation of thia city, it wa an
nounced by Ernest F. Heasley,
president of the coal corporation.
Abni Lunsf ord, genersr manager
of mmee for the Ford Company.
conlrmed the announcement
ONE DEAD AND TWO ARE
INJURED AT GREENSBORO
(By Associated Press)
Greensboro. Sept 22. Lee Al
bright i dead and Arthur Blapp
believed to. be ratally wounded
and Peelie Green i painfully in
jured- following a triangular shoot
ing match that took place in the
eastern section of the city at noon
todav. Blanc and Green are in a
local 'hospital nider guard and
Ester Albright, Wife of the dead
ylc-hman, is In the city jail. All of the
person Involved are negroes.
F,
D H
mm
STUP IKIIISI!
British Refuse to With
draw; Turk Nationalist
- $eize Ezine on the Dar
danelles.
, (By Asaoclated Pre.)
Pari, Sept tX Th French t
cabinet decided today that in view i
of the refusal of the British to )
withdraw their force from Chanalt
oar th Asiatic side of the Darda
nelles, th 'effort of th French
government should be directed to
ward preventing the war between ,
the Turks and British. '
To this end, it was agreed to send
Franklin Bouillon to Smyrna.
Turk Seize Town.
Constantinople, Sept 21. (11:45
p. m.) The Turkish Nationalists
force have Mixed th town of
Ezine on th Astatic side of the'
Dardanelles and are threatening.
Kum Kalesi, an Important key po-.
sition to, the south aid of th
strait.
The Kemallata were not opposed.
The nationalist move, in the
opinion of naval expert here, will
enable the Turk to prevent free
ingress into the Dardanelles to the,
British fleet unit on th way to
Malta.- , -
Th Important positions involved,'
were prior to today, occupied by
French and Italian troops from.
their heavy Turkish battery and '
commands entered the straits.
To Check Invasion. .
Athens. Sept 22. Greece will
never permit th Turks to invade
Thrace which aha consider part of
her homeland.. and retention .of
whlah 1 an "essential preliminary '
condition to any peace?
This declaration wa mad In a
BTaravnanc t mi aaaniarai fnaaa
today by th Greek foreign office.'
COMPLETE SnERRILL'S
. FORD ROAD SOON
PM.. 4 . 1.
Alia aaua UVUiT IVWl iUI
now working oa the EherriUs ford
a A .UWI a. . .Bar
roao, zrom ui uncomton roaa w
Ebeneser -chorch, and Road tup
arintendent Will Brown sUted this
morning that it would take about
another month, weather being fa
vorable, to complete' thia road, af
ter which the force wilt be moved
to the North Long street and will .
put this down in hard surface, 13
feet wide, from Salisbury out thru
East Spencer to the point where it
joina the Miller ferry road.
Wficn thia stretch tnrougn fcast
spencer is completed tne lores win
work; on down the Miller ferry
road, from the point where North'
Long street extension enters this
road to a point four mile toward
tha ferry, converting the old maca
dam road into an improved fcarti
urfac highway.
aMterial for both of these pro-
teeta is now beinr placed on the
ground and th gang Mo. 2 will be
moved to this aection just as soon
a th CberrilT ford road is fin
ished. c
GAS NASX NOT
UNIVERSAL PROTECTOH
Fashinrton. Sept 22 The army
ga mask, in it regular form, does
not afford protection against all
noxious rases. Th ras mask labo
ratory of the United State bureau
of mine at Pittsburgh recently in
vestigated the army type of mask
to determine its fitness for use in
work about smelters, blast furnaces
oy similar industrial operations, or
possibly in mine. It also has tried
to modify th mask for such nse.
The investigation developed mac
thia tvne. while affordinr protec
tion arainst all the gases met in
warfare, doe not afford protection
arainat all gasses met in inaustmi
lifa. It doer not nrotect asnsin:!;
carbon monoxide, the gas hazard in
coal mines, no against illuminat
ing gas; natural gas, ammonia, an 1
th products of combustion founl
in burning buildings. ,
GOvrnr:cr,3 caroltna3
LUNC3 TCGl.nL2H KCaAT
' '(By Aasoci-tei Trees)
Charlotte. Sent tl. Governor
Morrison, of North Carolina, arJ
Governor Harvey, of South Caro
lina, and Mr. ITarvry wiU fc
ruestt of honor at a jnchoa '
the 0.2c ers and dimctor tl tl
Made in Carols a Er-. Joa 1
which WEI be given Lor ' j t:
opening day of the Cr, it v ' !. s
the product of ev--l lanLx I
manufacturing. taV.L'?aent c
the two etatos wiU be crr'ayei, n
i announced today at t. e
flee of the exposition.' Covers f ?
800 will be laid, tiovernors x -
rison and Harvey will ts' 9 jzzl ;
the formal opening of tl t r; -tion.
t
SHOE MEN TO ' - ' -
cold Esrc"::.- '
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sixta r ' ' i
kno't r
t'oril I j
place I're ("
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be rc.. i
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