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" -' Vi VOLUME ILVII. -f . ' - - V. i .? ' Asheoore, North CmoUm. Thursday, May 25, 1122 NUMBER 2S
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" eco!.oiiic conference
" 1 AT GENOA CLOSES AFTER
4V A SIX YflEKS SESSION
, hc- j
?. The" great economie- conference at
-Genoa, Italy, to discuss- the problems
of -Europe and to adjust industrial rer
lations; hi the hope of arriving at some
' v. agreement whereby the aftermath of
' War mighty tor tome extent at 'least,
be chased away, -adjourn eU last Thure-
Say,. May . 19, after a se36ionv six
. strenuous weekaC AnotJief.roeetiug of
" Jhe conference takes placed at, The
Hague June 15.- - , v
T , David Lloyd- George, the7 '.British
, premier, in his valedictory before the
i' final -plenary: session, of ihe'tConfer
" ince said the Genoa weather had been
tunny and gloomy and that, sometimes
fiere had been thunderstorms, but all
ad ended today in a blue sky, : . --
fThat ia the hjstory.of the confer
ence," he added- "We peed all kinds
"'-of. weather to make a igood harvest,
i -and - If youl take a good, look vat .the
conferehee you- will find we. have gar
; nered fine crops." L - "v,.4 v
?These crops," Miv Lloyds George
.''Hated as .the coining meeting at The
Hague, the past or-- non-aggression
and the reports of- the finance, trans
:. tiort and economic commissions.
i "Let 'me say this about the confer
ence arid the way it aeoatea tne Rus
sian question,? said Mr. Lloyd George.
The-discussions in, themselves have
demonstrated the value of the inter
national conference. .Here Is a ques
tion which has cheated political crisis
. in different countries, which has pro
voiced wars and revolutions in two
continents, debated- in conference in
an atmosphere of calnr and courteous
investiiratioiC What-better justifies-
tion couML you- have for -conferences
than, tnat v , :
j ' .Month for Consideration.
-' ,.''We have a month for reflection on
ihe difficulties, we: have- had in" this
conference Wore we . resume . these
. Mscussions, I '.sincerely hope - that
month -will be utilized with .View of
discovering and suggesting a solution
for those difficulties.;
. I shduld like to say one word in
that- respect upon- , the Russian mem.
Oranduriit ttdo not "know what the
Effect of that memorandum was in
Russiaj.but I know the effect outside j follow the general line of the preS-:
Rnasitf. jdlauWSKVXt;ploeLJ ent ttnd-day-wd anstead-'Of passing
reaction against.the. spirit of. settle-.through Pleasant -Garden.. District
tiivnv, huh m.
..... a i it Mwn tha -liior. taroivla to
be uttered by the Russian 1 govern-
, ' wmplishfoffuch C -Ther Hague, I
i? am referring to the Uthpf Maymem-
1-.'rr
lfiv ."JKurope. ana; tne woria iur.. .:.;,
I r Vs6-: produce which Russia can .contribute jeountyand citteens better than, the
and Russia , needs the accurtiulatedj
wAolf.W .and slrill- which the world can
place at its .command.. Rfcssia cannot
recover for.a generation without that
--ikiTope i.tnore' and more; filling
up the gaps left by Russia. . Russia
needs more, and more the help which
the world can give,; and is anxious to . ASHEBORO TO HAVE ;
ive.; If Russia needs help she can,' - -MEDICAL COURSE IN JUNE
tret it.
-If Russia ' is to get help. Russia
must not outrage' the sentiments, if
they .like let them; call them preju
dices, of the world.. There is. real
sympathy of her condition.; -"
Prejudice! of Roaala; '
"What are these Dreiudices, I will
just name one or two,; because they j
were air trampiea upon in memoran
dum ;of "May XL ;The- first prejudice
we have in western Europe is that if
you sell goods to a man you expect to
ant nald for them.'' The 'second is this:
If .you lend, money ;to niah and he
proves te'rep.yyou,yJtt expect hS'STZfnfon
. LH
iu vraavWil .a lend melbronght to their. , very;, doors.and .1
iTJlifc t,, iiC'tA Tou -Dd vAD.urK number oithe ocwrs orr-xne
I-rr
nav me wn iww y
and say
r-?-h a- mosl Textraordlnary prejudice in
V.Vi'th .westenr mlrtd" against ; lending
more money to that person." It i ot
. . J ' matter "of rlndBM.': v. '
if '! , Eurooe la. anxious Vto"JiIp: . E
t;V,ripope can help Europe will help;: but
.. Russia must la her dealing! with, ner
v 'accept the code; of honot which is an
-.Inheritanc.".. A Jf-Xd '
, '. "I implore. the Russian .delegation
J'.f .whcn they come td The Hagu not to
V ro out of their wfcy to trample upon
t..-,:';; these Mntlments which are v deeply
v. rooted 'In the very life i Lurope.
"At Canoes we threw" out the life-;;-llne
and.wt have pot yet. drawn it
, '.in, as I thought'' we might. Neither
has it been snapped; Mithef narf it
V-keea let go. Jt is still tbereV.
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'. MR3.'W1I "AM WRIGHT, OF - -"
j - GRANT TOWNSHIP,' DEAD
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' Sirs. William Wright of Crnnt town-
slilp, srid Bl yrara, died of heart dia
, MnIay, ay 15, - The burial
was nt Hethol Frictuls Oiurch, Tuo-
dny the JCth. The funeral wns prch-
.;. ed I'V J'v. J. l thaw, of lianifur.
V. i . ! t pl
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ii, j'.-miifr ul t.. IJ'.ni
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KVIES.BANK AT
v "OIBIAN ROBBED .
B 'LD HOLD-UP HAN
About n . Wednesday . Grady
Ferguson, of RandlemanV' calmly V
walked into the Bank of. Ban
dleman pointed his gun at Mr A.
B. Beasley, cashier,- and Miss Ep
sie Woolen, took between , 400 -arid
$600-in, cash, and left Oc-j
curring" as it did at noon, and no :
disguise being "affected,: it produc- vv
"ed so much excitement; that Fer- :
guson made his escape- He is a
,-jnan abou SO: yearssold, son of
3. Taylor Fergtfsontof that place,
and has 'lived in Randleman for
-about all his life., -He was always
"considered an, honorable citizen up
" to this .occurrence and no reason
h for thi8' act can be advanced.
"Searching parties were immediate-,
-ly sent out, tut no. furthet, news
"ti ha come. as. Ve go- to press.'"
Worth Bulla In hired -
V In: Accident st Mondav
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- Worth Bulla, a young man hving
about a mile west 'Of Asheboro, met
With-."accident Monday , afternoon
, ... j i j . . .
in tounset .Avenue .almost .curectly to
trauii.niwunitn ;Mwir.'w. in ( joy per cent, attiiough in some in-nanaea me aepuiy some water, iney
truck driven by Hajey HilVwho also 'stances the renters were already pay-got back in. the car and drove about
lives a fewmiles.west Of Asheboro on' ing iqq per cent more than when theytlHtee miles beyond Spray when the
the old County, Home, road,. sttusk the 'moved in making a total of 350 per piisoner grabbed the steering wheel,
bicyde-on which. Mr.' BnllaiiWas rcent, and representing an income of this is all that Mr." Wagner recalls,
ing, hurling , hinr ? agawst another about 20 per ceht on the valuation. He was found lying beside the car and
...I..'. I. Mnn fnJjUj4 j -4. t 1 I V., , . . ' i A 1 ( , 11 1. j I. . .
tne store, Mr. Bulla was rushed to
the local' hospital where he soon re
gained consciousness, and it was
, found that he had concussion of the
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uiaub xic. wjja given uicuicai aiteji
tion and is reporte.dto be resting fair
ly comfortably. -; . -.
ROAD ROUTE .SETTLED BY .
j kandleman, is Announced
1 vv y ii true ipAVUU) j' X LlK I elitCI IJeVUlC Ul bllC .W11IJf . Have avaiivu
It .was announced this week by Mr. 'is held up and choked but of $58 in themselves of the opportunity of buy-
J. Elwood Cox, state highway commis-! order that the owner may pay $2 more ing early realizing the success of last
ai&ner".of-the, fifth "district,: that the tax. . year's fair . ;
hard surface toad wWch is to be hullt) - Following is : the fext of the resorF'lh staging the Second Annual Fair
from Greensboro to Randleman is tO:lution adontenvv - -Jf4h RanrfoinK Cnimtv: Fair Arrows-
pninnMr. xmil Mmh immAdiafii v a enr-
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ivey of the road, but it will be some
the construction is awarded. Mr. Cox
taW thataft
one under consideration by Pleasant
Garden.
If the Pleasant Garden route
had" been chgsen, it would haye neces-
t siteted rae building of an entirely new
Pole, Cat creek into the present route
near Center church.
It was announced Tuesday of this
week by Dr. C. A. Hayworth, of this
place, that Asheboro is one of the
Several towns of the state which is
arranging for the extension course
sent out for doctors by the extension
bureau of the University . of North
Carolina. This course consists of
pest graduate work for doctors which
consumes 12 weeks with a throe' hour
lecture each week by. some noted doc
tors. The-doctors assigned to Asheboro-
are-from Boston, and Chicago.
The course- begins . June 19 and will
win
.itflwn and- eountv have a I read v aimed
i . ., , v, , .r.i -
YrXlUiiBM . 1 a new ,aoor Force in-France, wi
keep p with the times. It j expect- ,'P orrpoUtteal .purpo6es', in'dresiiad' the neonle
MtWly "tr tf0??' the I r CConUnoed on.page four.) American rLegion, a
county, will sign up for the work.
Another Lyceum Course;-.
For Asheboro
:-v;v- V . . '
s The, Asheboro WomanH.
bTrvVr..'
booked the Jlclnatb
asrain ior the wite;
r aeaMBXhs club
member did .this simply because they
want to lumlrt elevatin! tlIlT "4 . ! falf to bs a
and refining amusement for the Dec-i?s. Sunday at iikw
pie rftfJ' The fum ls much cou church parlor on Tuesday night
Uter than the one of the past season, ment ee mon will be delivered by Rev, In a social "welcoraeT and "get ac
alhough each attraction given them -Douglass, of Wadesboro. whooamted' meeting In honor of the new
was splendid.: - Tickets, season,
the ' name 12.60 for adults. 1115 for
children. ' Any child could . cava , -the
price "f a ticket during the summer
months, Why not encourage them to
do this and buy their own ticket In
the fall T MMdsmoji I. T. Underwood,
I. C. Moter and T. J. XJU.!tr are tak
ing tne names of me popi now wno
will buy tickrAs in tho fall." This com
mittee would greatly sppreclate it if
pople who intrnd to buy would give
hem their names.. - . . ; ,
Mr. Knnfdjr Withdraws,-',,
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" Mr. it. If. Kennedy- nnoune
1 1 fit he u nnt hn a candidate'
tor tho oH'.rl of hrrilT m the
f Hmary In Junn, nd jt U his
; l:.t nil r-f hifl frifndi (liiliport
Mr. A. (nil Cot In th coming
(rnri e'.rilinn In Kovpmlif r, .
C. C CUANFOKn.'nmlrman.'
County 1 xc:ii!lv OmniUtoe.
GOVERNOR MORRISON
,'PASM;RESPECTS.iT03.
THETAXCROUCr
'(By Maxwell Goman.)2;
- " r- . - .-- v .. .. .iSome, from MartmsvtUe;.Va., to High
Raleigh,-Mayv 28The ;;begmning. Point Saturday Deputy Sheriff j. E.
of .definite action on the art ot fam-JWaimer was drusrired nd left on. the
ilies who are forced to Tent homes, injroad for nearly ten rours. Deputy
wmcft to live, against the continuedlW agner had heard of a Buick auto
and.growmg" extortion practiced-,." byynobile belonging to Mr. James
known as the frent'Jhogclaas,-' haejocated in Martinsville, Virginia, and;
oeen taKen nere-: ana m spread - fix, With Mr. Wright and Dr. Dyer
towns andjejties all oyer ther.state; vjent for it. The car. wa located and
It means relief throunrh legislative Bansome. the nrisoner ' was' ridine in
"action when the next general asgem -
Kl.- i ..' L. 'a-L 1 .
vi vvuvcuco Bvui;.j;igut mwifla QcflCcviuve uii aiie.au. - VYaiia .viw rear cur
and every' person who rents a home arrived at Reidsville where they knew
or business place is. interested In the the deputy was to stop to return a
outcomeViv:.Wtoile tbrlnitialilu!dn iaorrowed wheel, they found no, one
been taken a Raleigh laof organ-who had 'seen him. -: Coming on to
itation," theJltrr'LaWrslJn still found no trace
this ,city. made up of representatives land" upon ardent search, found Mr.
of au the various locaP -iabor unions
oi tne several-tradesiiit will be.fol-.nce station, at spray supposed to De one man who thoroughly understood
lowed' by the activities- of bthers-f or drunk. Dr. Jones, Guilford county's ' the nature of the depressed conditions Indeed the cleavage between the
the pepple' have -suffered;: from thiS.-health physician, . whOfeaccompanied jof agriculture in the west and the . Jfuar and the progressives is re
species of , robbery, Until, t'orbeaianca th searching party immediately upon south and how speedily to meet these Vlyea and has become as definite as
lontf aim cftaamT t.n ha -o Wirno lorjkino- at Mr.- Waifner ' said he had ' conditions to the best advantaces of " was R decade a?o. But two wave
in
llc flBl ween, ii is ioua inai v,
1 Parker: of he vreal estat fiMi .
n
Parker; of he vreal estate ! firm " of
Parker & Hunter, of Raleigh, ig
threatening eviction of families of wt from Spray, the" prisoner began
UrtlitH' means tf thav A i'fttkincr for water.- and fh two men
, v..vtf vi vwiitijl
with i hew, raise in JTents of nearly
WWUW ,V Mv& .Clib . Vll bllC ValUilLlOn.
as shown by'the tax books. . . ..
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And yet they have the' "effTOnterv
to claiita that taxes have been increas-
ed to make the outrageous increase in
rents necessary, whereas the latter are'.L&St (Jail IOr (JOUIlty
vui. . ux mi- jJEoporuon 10 me iormer.
Sixty dollars a year on the $1,000
valuation represents the - increase in
rent, while the-small nAAitinnui to,
for schools recently votedv in -the bond
issue. amnnnts-'tM onlv on tkw
11 on to tv, t,uvi mi
C "Whereas; among the lOMynotlewith'yntteaed .Support and.
?f 'Increased 'rent being- sent; Out teWperatioii, '-w hope to be able to,
spite of assurance of no increa'sed maintain the reputation which our fair
'ib uu aecuuia oi me scnooi Dona
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issue, the following is selected from
Realty Co., by V. 6. Parker
? the rent on your house has
oeen increased, to. $25.00 a month,
payable in advancerbemnniii? June
1 1099 anl :-m A i
let. Please let us know at vo.n-
f liest convenience if you wish to keen
the house subject to the above con -
. . y
dition.
Unless wA !,. fr.-...-. r,,- ul
May pOth we will feel at liberty to'the purpose of this Fair be primarily
offer-the house to other applicants to promote the development of the
' """Investigation shows the Lw t'n' sources of Randolph county, to encour -
be a three-room one. Dre-war tnH!7
and the property value on the tax
books $1300. This case po,o
in rent from 5. th ro-aent foi
to 125 is unreasonable, especially as same tini we wish to make it a time timber and grain in sections of David- louls its own nest. They will punish
this corporation has been advertisine'of recreation and amusement. We ex- son county" last Thursday by a hail the old guard for having isolated this
their non-taxable mortgage bonds at' Pect t have amusement features that storm and tornado. Although the country among the nations of the
an attractive price, -bttt being upon a wi" use and entertain without low- storm passed through a thickly set- world.
par with many increases, we deem it ering the moral standard of the peo- tied. part of the county there was no Only one more event is needed to
advisable to press for legislation to P,e- or this purpose, we have se- loss of life. One small girl in the complete the popular rebuke of the
prevent rent profiteering- there- be curel the Smith's Greater United Shiloh section was sucked into the old guard and that is the defeat of
it ' . ' Shows which have a refined and swirling wind and carried to the edge Senator Townsend, the Newberry can
"Resolved, That the legislative com wholesome standard. 'of a wood but escaped the falling didate for senator in Michigan. The
mittee present to the incoming een I ' w- c- YORK, Secretary. (trees. A colored boy was snatched issue there is as squarely drawn as it
eral assembly the New York !L I ; - from the ground and landed in the was in Indiana and Pennsylvania and
nteering law that has hpn L.io,L'i
TMsCh 1" ,TV I Ahe Suren Court.
AHn:i..ii... - v",', -
insist, upon its passage asthis
" 4 sTrceVre!
x
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new labor
School Commencement
- i' - Beirfns Nat
v '-''.""' . .Tiaay
The ZmZZTJLi: ' :
A kk. j . . ercises of the
fh
pVr.Air.- Mistake ?f?r
ioaim ninv naa m i . - -
r"-' n anaer way for
sev-
UNhA.r Pt V'ne.. Botei .Th paston, of the other churches
hbZJJAy' "k; 8PW wusloof tha town were Invited. to be pres-t-
?!f!Itrrf,,r1. 'o1, h occasion by' en, and graceful remarks were made
29 JF9k lMoBd8 ftrnoon,,May.by Reverend Mr." Gibba, pastor of tW
the graduating
l T- ii. - a interesting ringer, pastor -
v.V' -i-. - l"enr ln this eome.to ,Mr. La
years class, a rood I t f h,i.. i.l- n. -v.i. ,
centered around thU occasion, Mon- rateil with greens, ferns. and Dorothy
-!7vr,n,n Pf,,.rJ.ot4!t f rerkin. rose which gave a back-
en toJlege, will. deliver, the .annua ground of charm and beauty to the
sddrMS to the graduating class -and! occasion, t The gathering was, delight
the diplomas will be delivered.', There fully entertained by musical selecttone
re twnty-one members of the.claujon.the Orgatl by Mist Bertie May, the
and a Urge per wt bsve made' their ehofch organist. ..'it 1 . '
plan to go to college this fall, Tbel Following the ,gretlnK and intro
rhol has h4 an enrollment of ever duetion, ice cream - and cake-, were
Too pupils this year, and the miarters'served, - ' ' ' K :.
have on moft Umdotiunte and cramp-1 Mr. Lang Is a native of tnniyl
'I. Thre U no Khool auditorium and nla, hav ing spent his youth snd early
all the commfnrfmnt exrciM were manhood in the city of. Plttabnrgh.
hel l in tha county court house for this He griuat4 recently from the The o-
rran.
DEPUTY WAGNER; HIGH
POINT; DRUGGED' BY
PRISONER WHO ESCAPES
While taking a prisoner, S. L. Ran-
the car. with Deputy Wagner, who
'j - . n ' 1 111 i Al
Wagner lying
on -thft floor at the do-
oeen drugged witn nyacme. nestor-
ntivoo ttron uHmiTiistVKrt nrtH 91 conn
piMMr. Wagper was able to talk he re-
calied the whole incident. A few miles
. ' o - - j - - -
:went to a spring where the prisoner
itaken back to Spray where the party !
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fotmd him. The prisoner has not been
heard of since.
I 't 1 "
Fair Subscriptions
This is the last pu'oliciOffer that will
he, o-iven to the eitiaAna of: Randolnh
td huv fair stock as there is very lit-i
fin otnir loft . n irroat rmrnhpr of
... ,i o.miiorl
.l. i x r: - xT ...v. I
enjoys, one oi uie utbi iwis m nuau
' Carolina.
MOi aA D ,
us their, hearty support to the extent
that we may make this the best year
in the Jiistory of the association, and
-l voof x.-q r,i-nm.
ise that no effort will be spared and
- i,i i. i.
no
ou
means oven oo neu in carrying out
r part in this undertaking.
We wish it clearly understood that!
1 age better methods of farming, the
production of more and better live j
stock, and to increase the efficiency of
the home-maker irenerallv. At the
GREAT CROWDS AT CHAR-
, i attp irrT rri run
LOTTE FOR CELEBRATION )
Vi
ast throngs gathered at Charlotte
May :
f 20 o celebrate ihe 147th anniver -
'sary of, the. signing of the Mecklen -
burg declaraUon of independence May
u, n ik. wkii r ciojung, uimuwir
20, 177g.'' General Pershing, common
Force in-France, was present and ad-
as did Hanford
commander of the
and Governor Mor-
risonv tA Baiide three miles in length
led b? General Pershintr went through
'the principal streets of the city before
going to Independence park where the
addressee were made. ,
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to the New
Thrmefbere of the' Presbyterian
K.,rcli na th. niMition. mt in
M. E. church, and Reverend- Mr. Ger-
tf the Methodist Prot
giving generona '-'wel-
ng and his Bride. . -
legkal Seminary in Richmond, Va.'.
A W.McLEAN1 ATTAINED
NATIONAL REPUTATION
AS FINANCIAL WIZARD
(By David F. St. Qair)
Washington, May 23. The four
years'' service of Hon. Angus Wilton
McLean as a director of the W
p;
nance Corporation, from which he has ne Republican ticket for governor of
voluntarily retired, gfres to the state Pennsylvania forecasts a possible rep
of North Carolina a new official dis- etition of the 1912 upheaval in the Re
tinction in the federal government, publican party and a revolution in the
Mr. McLean .is the-first North Caro
Mr. McLean .is the-first North Caro- election in 1924. It is the general
linian who has attained national emi- ?P"ion in Washington that no polit
nence as a financial administrator and ical event in a decade is fi ought with
executor. In this respect he is in a !uch Possibilities as Pinchot's victory,
class by himself. f' s believed that the new Progress-"
From every section of the country lve Governor of Pennsylvania-to-be
where the war finance corporation has W1". De a candidate for president
furnished money to the banks and the a8TMnst the old guard, stand pat can
other corporate concerns for farm didate, Warren G. Harding, and this
credits there has come a chorus of tlme the old guard will either have to
praise and gratitude for the work surrender or there will again be two
done by Mr. McLean. He was the one candidates for president and two an
"dirt farmer" on the board and the
me iarmers, tne Danxs inu govern-
monh
Many Bepuhlicans as well as Dem-
ocrats in congress have expressed f"" ,v"r. "le oasis or that common
their keen regret at Mr. McLean's re- hatred Will Hays and other Republi
tirement at this time from the great can organizers managed to unite the
fiscal agricultural agency that has two factions and the old guard got
done so much tp stabilize the prices lts candidate for president who in the
of farm products within the last eight campaign rode two horses in opposite
months. Republicans like Senator directions. The president is still try
Capper, of Kansas, McNary, of Oregon m8' to rule these two horses and that
Bursum, of New Mexico, and Harreld, J8 why his administration is the most
nf nirUhnms oro imctiiitwl in tVuir mane, necative. and Colorize In Am
vm. V.UH...V...H., H.v H..vva....U ...
praise of the splendid work of Mr. Mc-
wn.
Lean. Senator Kendrick, of Wyo- J" r. Harding s supreme purpose as
ming, says that the prosperity of the a candidate and as president has been
stock raising industry of his state and to keep these two factions of the
the security of many of the banks are Pa.rty united but the victory of Bev
due to the financial genius of McLean. er"dge in Indiana followed by the still
fOwrv southern man in onoress greater victory of Pinchot. in frit vnwr
speaks of the services o? Mr. McLean
i with an unusual note of pride. Sena-
tor Harris, of Georgiasays that Mr.
McLean is the one man of the admin-
ist.ratioti who knows how to meet the
. -
credit needs of the south and has done
so with consumate ability. Senator
Heflin, of Alabama, says that When
the federal reserve board by its de-
flation policy brought ruin upon south-
ern agriculture, it was the sympathy
and financial genius of McLean that
came to the rescue.
Senator Dial, of South Carolina
. V.ttooca "
; ..atdon his state for
rhid Mclean rendered it
i th.e al? McLean rendered it.
I iit:il:. au e T,, U
'finance comoration through Mr. Mc-
.Lean nas lent tne DanKs and iarmers
'of North Carolina fourteen million
' . . . .. . . . i
dollars and the irovernment will not
lose as much as one per cent of this
re-'great loan. 1
1 .
DAVIDSON COUNTY SUFFERS
DAMAGE FROM TORNADO
I Considerable damage was done to
.telephone wires momentarily.
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The first tornado hit A path throogh
the Happy Hill and Arnold sections
from one to two hundwd vanln wi,le
Uml several mllps lnnir ahout 7 oVloak.
Ahout 0 nVlnrlr th af wAtiin- nn-
other storm struck five miles north of
Lexington, destroying barns and oth-
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j Leonard and tlamaging his residence,
dui no otner serious damage was done
in the neighborhood.
MHSL 1 fl PHILLIPS ELFTTF.n
ORGANIZER FOR THIS DISTRICT . Predicting that they will soon be . f ,
heading not only the south, but the ''.. V-I
At the state meeting of the Ameri- nation as well. As he briefly recount- , ;
ccn War Mothers', held recently in the edthe principal activities of the U- ;.
ciy of Ashevflle, Mrfc L. C'Phillips, W Posts in America, and emphasired "- -i
of Asheboro, who is president of the the need of concerted action on the 'J
Randolph Chapter, waa elected organ- Pt ft all members, he stated that in' J
iter for this . district, composed -of h,e American Legion the cradle for. ;y ,.
Randolph and a number of other coun- u the' futUrt f America Is to be ;,. :.".,
ties, and, will soon begin the organic toJ" V ,.. , 8
otion of growing organlxaUon. ' .The 'basic reason for the existence ' ,J
, , 1 f . . - of the organisation, tie Stated,, was to ' v. v J
Wake rors Gets Qm $1,000,000. .th totry American and that j
'taut week the authoritiee of Wake
Forest - College srerS v- notified by R
New York; attorney that the college is .about through the influence of the ex-v -entitled
to receive x A patriotic ; trust tervic men. The Legion has before '
fund amoOnting 'to 176,000 whlch.lt -at the-present time two Important 1 .
Jabei' A. Boitwlck, director -and one. problems First, to see that the malm- -if
the largest stockholders ' of - the ed soldier gets a square deal; second, , '
Standard Oil tCowpeny, created ' in to help the unemployed veteran to ; ;
189Z l"he money was left tooths find work. With the help of state and .
children of 'his daughter, upon her national oflldalB, over 200.000 men ,'
death proVldd they should then be'ihava-been glyen joh since. March 1.?.-..
Americans," yThe cunditlone lisp not Col. McNider mailea fine iniprvdnlon
been Compiled with, and.acconting to on this his -firat Vlit to Jx'orth Caro- '
the second clause in the ' will, - the line,' It is report! that he will vUit
fund waa turned over to Wake Forest several points in the state before lea
College.' i s ingfothia home in the went,- ... r.
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PINChWS VICTORY AN
OTHER BLOW AT ASCEN
DENCY OFOLD GUARD
(By David F. St. Clair)
Washington, May 23. Gifford Pin-
cnot s nomination in the Drimaries on
agonistic factions within the Ronnh.
- a - "iric uuim oi ieuowsnip had
oj,iuilir up OetWeen these rum fa.t;no
lneir common hatred of Woodrow Wil-
. 1 . , ' ... .1I1J"
CI11Jrn sco,7
Mr. Hardine-'
stronghold of the old guard are signs
u" "ne- glass that there is routrh
eatner ahead. Both Beveridge and
mcnot were nrst lieutenants to The-
odore Roosevelt when the crent hull
, - r -
meoser waiKed out of the Republican
rnven?" m Chicago in 191& and
th of these men have now won over
a"3ates endorsed by the president
"mseii.
The success of these two prominent
progressives is interpreted as almost
as strong a popular rebuke of the
Hardin? Hdmiiiictmtlnn o,i i Y-
publican congress as if the Democrats"'
memseives had wbn in Inriinni, oh
Pennsylvania -for the people are hold-
?? the old guard responsible for the
rfufnlstration C0UP!?d
- x "L ingress. ihe
country is restless, unemployment
UUUUIIUS Wld persists UHOPr t.hp none
P,1 tne. ?ul Eua.rtl- The People will hold .
."7
Prefent minquitip us tariff bit' which
tne ohl o-nnri mcnnncihln fn.
7, oul1 .0I lne very heart ot
lne preuatory interests,
They will also hold the old guard
responsible for its backing and filling
.n the bonus bill. 1 hey will condemn
the old guard for its having tarnished
the reputation of the senate in the
Newberry scandal like a bird that be-
its moral element is even more clearly
eiiiieii, xj. Hie, ntwuciij utruuuMni
1 TP U X' 1 . .! 1
Vanu;.a 0i,, c M:olii
ivciuwiiaii ticvwiu jl iniiiikan vau
recover its conscience long enough to
Rssert itself at the primaries nothing
v- a. fi-,;,.!, U ,i;cnmfit.iM
wil
f
ii iiunui iv iiiuoii nit vii vy i nuiui
the old guard.
Commander of American
1 utgivu at xvaiciS
' .
A hearty and enthusiastic welcome
was accorded Hanford McNidcr, corn-
mander of the American Legion, at
Raleigh, May 19. A banquet, attend-
hy several hundred members of the
r. - n ... - - -
gven in his honor, and many notable
""""sen in umcini, wiiiumii-
tier aiuiiuer, in an eioquenc Hpeecn,
praised the work the legions and aux
iliaries were doing in North Caro-
An legislation to date w ther Interests
of disabled veterans has been brought
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