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Hi iillgl R - I " ' Vi ? - " ISSUED WEEKLY ' v PRINCIIES, NOT MEN4 v $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCD TOLUMB 11X11 . - . ' AaWboca. North Carolina, Taarsdsy, Jane t, IKl T'-. NUMBER 25 -1 11 ' " 1 1 "r ; : r . " 1 .. " r. . " 1 i ' ; 1 : ( STATE-WIDE PRIMARY HEtD LAST SATURDAY 1 CAUSES SOME SURPRISES "The .tate-wide priinary was- held last Saturday. : The vote generally throughout the -.statowas light. - The vote in ' the "county 'was vary light -due to the fact "that there was o local contest 'or any office and only the candidates for state corporation " eommissioner to be voted for, Unof icjji reports from the township not reporting, yet indicate that Mr. Lee's ' majority will be , increased 'perhaps , 25 or SO votes, making a total vote the county of about 660. '. V", Some surprises have happened in Ike. primary vote in different -places in the state, A. M. Stack, of Monroe, seems to have defeated Judge Walter B. Brock for judge in the thirteenth judicial district by 286 votes. Judge Brock carried all the counties in .the district except one, Union, which gave Stack enoueh votes to overcome all other majorities. Don Phillips, of Rockingham, was nominated for solic itor of the thirteenth -district. j. r uuhctuui -u.t.... .. .. . a :n - T Mr...wM. .no .nnhtfu counties. Walter Siler, oFthe fourth strict, was defeated for renomina- tion by C L. Williams, of Sanford, foAolicitor. J. R. Baggett, of Harnett onrl n A Mr-Dnnalrl of MooTB counties, were nominated for 6tatel senators in this district, whicn com- prises Randolph, Moore, Harnett and Hoke' counties. By agreement of rep resentatives from the executive com mittees of the four counties, Harnett and Moore name the senators this i Ti.uj.i.i, uu will year auu iwhuuimi wiu name the senator for the next term, Gongres8man Wm. C. Hammer, in this the seventh congressional district, had no opposition, nor did xeb. v. Long, candidate for solicitor in this the . 16th judicial district. . . LEE GEETS 503 VOTES AGAINST . 78 VOTES CAST. FOR AVERY Tha hinmt nf rnnvassers for Ran- , doloh county met in the courthouse .; June 6 at 11 o'clock a. m. to open and th nhimi nf the nrimarv primary vote June 3. L. C. Phillips, of Ashe-, Wo. was made chairman. Alt pre- 1 cincts made report except three, which rava--W-T Lee -603 votes against 78 votes for A. O. Avery lor . Pnnwiraiinn Commissioner.- - y--rrnrr WMGRADY FERGUSON RANDLEMAN BANK ROB BER, QYES HIMSELF UP ' A photograph of Grady Ferguson, I.. .Viluwl 4-Via Pon)jl t.-ii kMinn Men - tifies him as the party who a few JtjZ"L v-u ..V .ifMi, f th RaW of Summerleld md juickly die- appeared with $1,500.00 or tl-e banx s money-1n his pocket.' Sheriff Stafford obtatnoi from Rsn dleman, last Thursday, a photograph of - Ferguson,- which was submitted to Uii B. H. Hoskins, direcVr, an J How- ard, Simpson, cashier of the bauk, these -e-entlemen being me piucibib, tresent at the time the bank was rob- bed. After careful examination both expressed themselves as absolutely positive that the pnotograpn is we picture of the robber. ; . Afte securing .the money, the man ' walked from the bank and across a .' field for r distance of about 600 yards and disappeared in the woods, from , that time on no trace of him has been discovered. - ; " . '" 'The-friends of the young man.be- if. v.;. Joof mMHTbrothers and many friends who are v- -Jievo hira to b demented and not re- Fergusoni have ' Hved itt- this county and are coiuddered excellent, law-abiding people. -. - . - NEGRO SERIOUSLY INJURED v. ? BY TRAIN - NEAR STAB A k "um fcrakeman who was work- w Ing o the Norfolk Southern train bo- , .ween ear uw Junmwro wm rmraj ,v i . . hurt yesterday afternoon. He fell be; The Epworth League f J E. tweed two car. and one leg was crush church ha. rLfhfNeal ed so that it had to be ampuUUd.' of. clothing to Raleigh for the Near He was brought to Memorial hospital for' the operation,'-. ?'.'; X'v WARRANT FOR ARREST OF!; : ,., GEORGIA REPUBLICAN ISSUED Recent issuance of a warrant "for the arrest of J. L, Phillip, chairman of the Republican jtate. committee for Georgia, charging. fraud in the exe cution of war contracts, led to the ex pectation of further rapid develop menU as a result of the inveftigUon of war frnud caws by a special grand Jury in Washington. . , . I'lii!Hp n a memborof the lumber firm ot Phillips and Stephens, of At lanta, shortly after the armUtice ob taitiP'i a r.ontrsrt from the government m erront to difpune of surplus lunv lr l.ft from camp corRt ruction and f'-'-.i-r War devploprrwnts. lUord '.(.w tht this firm Uil ew the rov I'nnrnt under their contract $l j0 l. ). -r v:. TRAGIC DEATH 0. 'WO RAMSEUR YOUNG k OTHER RAMSEUR NEWS Our town was shocked and sadden- ed beyond expression last edneaday , tured Tu85d8y afternoon by four men" afternoon when two of our young men J wno ' believed to be .'members of lost their lives in Deep river byi4" Ku " UUle store drowning. Rufus Stokes and others, " Winston-Salem. The negro was knr with . ina nA the charged with attempting to criminally hriHr -whn h nnp-rwrfllv stemW tntn dm wgtrr biuI hornm nor ATOttMl : . - - v r F ' went down and coming up cried for help, vps Whitehead who happened (. to be on the bank heard the call for tempted assault wa Monday after help and plunged into the river to searching parties were busy th. j.in, ..nr mur. An until Tuesday afternoon.. ; Blood- reaching him he was seized -by Rufus ! around the neck and both went down around the neck and both went down and in the death clutch failed to get to the surface any more. Help soon came but when they were taken out it was found there Was no recovery. No signs of life were shown by either one. .Rufus Stokes was about twenty years of age and has lived here for several years, except a short period of service in the U. S. army. He leaves a good father and mother, Mr. ni-t J o-l A ana kits, xiicuaru OVOSW, Bioici a Ollu Our hearts go out to them in Uieir ?d bereavement and we i would gladly , MP ?em bear the burden 01 sorrow. 'May God comfort them in th.s great tnal. Otis Whitehead was just corning into i nis own in young hihiuiuuu um imic- teen years 01 age. He filled a great L place in tne social uitn i i 1 1 . i r tu . of the young I people of the town and, as the only an oldest son can, a place in the hearts of his parents. No one can say aught hut that Otis was a clean vountr man. - - , . . . - quiet of disposition, studious, gener- ous ana nina. ne oecame a wirmtum ... , , - i . . i. namseur capusi cnuren oi has been a laitniui ana loyai memoer mi vne ui . r .u Kuur: The several organizations of the, church lost a loyal member the Sun-; dar school " regular attendant,- the home its brightest stai'. No one can. fill the place, it is vacant. Only the Only the , Giver of life can bring comfort to the ones who are fiereit. mother, brothers and sist Father and ! mother, brothers and sister, all aie so broken up little can be done to sus tain them. But they weep not as those who have no hope. ey expect I to see him again and are so proud. that w-vasoi i ir Ltt .... 4- -.-i..;.Vlo lH5t. i . thA ff rtrt- tt ig...-.-. - save another. The call came from one wno was an acuuainvante uui hui a., wno was an m-qummanic uuv pai or special inenu uui, yun imo Master showed "that greater love hath no man, than to give his We for l"s' friMinv' i friend.' Much more could be said but his life speaks with more force than words. May his loved ones and all the community havf the comfort of the Father above and learn from this ', trasredv the uncertainty of life and that after all there is but one thing to live for: to srive service to mankind and worship and honor to God. The pulpits of the Ramseur Baptist and Christian churches were filled Sunday by Rev. Mr. Wilson and Rev. Mr. Wicker, respectively. Sunday night the children of the Christian Gimila school n re sen ted a splendid program which was largely attended ana mucn enjoyeu. tj,. Le Roy Thompson, who has just , nniBhed the Dental College, of At- lanta, arrived here last Thursday and spent the week-end witn Mrs. lnomp son and E. J Steed and family. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Elkins. of Siler City, were visitors at A. A. uants Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Foust, of Mt Vernon, were in town Sunday. . TV, K.n nm Saturday between T?mmr and Coleridge resulted in i score of 18 to 4 favoring Ramseur. Mrs. W. H. -'Watkins gave a very enjoyabU rook part- fronv 4 to 6 Monday in honor of her caught r, Ellabeth' birthday. A number of Elisabeth's ..friends were royally en tertained. : - - Mrs. W. E. Luck and children re turned Saturday from week'e visit with Mrs. J. E. OMve, Greencborb SolldUtion. are being made for the support of the Chatham County Fair Bulletin. The promoter, .ay that they don't , mean to intrude by vo doing and explain' that territory; U being taken; In" from Randolph' and . other countle. to make it a great fair. , TM writer wishe them suceesa but hi. feeble support will go to our County Fair as there U al way. room for sup port In our own fair. It I. aald that sometime, a f ool'. advice U , better than none and therefore I want to advise our fair promoter." to make our fair one that exhibit, the prod- uct of the dirt and not the tUrt It self. The thing that killed the county fair at Ramwur was none other than the dirt exhibited In the eamhral at tendant upon the fair and I am proud to be a citlxen of a community that fnuld not support such an Jntitutlon. The carnival .uch a. wo had 1. utrnrh in the' nodtrils of any decent pnpl snd If we are to ever hsve a court? fiiir thnt th jwipl will pr v "? p- - rt mint pe the FOUR MEN CAPTURE NEGRO CHARGED WITH CRIME AGAINST GIRL 1" t MaWi ' ' ' Will Davis, a' young negro was tap assault Miss Florence Roddick, 1 ft J WHiKHivr Ui mi. I. M . .11 J t.A.- M 1 T T1 J Promment faer rfpper Ran- hods were put on th4rafl and. four unidentified men who are believed to be members of the Ku Klux Klan, al though nothing was said, turned the man- over ,to Sheriff - Stafford ol Greensboro. ' The negro was taken to Miss Reddick and was identified by her as the man who attempted the assault as she was returning from nearby store. He was - then turned over to Sheriff Brady, of Randolph county, who was attended federal court in Greensboro at the time ' and who then took him to Raleigh for safe keeping at the penitentiary. It was b tured and heldtn High Point j . GlTn8bor0 were turne5 i00Se. and Greensboro were turned loose. Excitement has run high in the com munity in which the young lady lived, but it is thought that things will quiet down now that he is in the peniten tiary, ... ... . ... v,k. . . . D . ,u since the case occurred in Randoloh county, Jr. 0. U. A. M. WILL CELEBRATE JULY FOURTH IN ASHEBORO The Junior Order United American Mechanics are planning to celebrate , iTieciituuca hits uitii 'the fourth of July. A sneaker will be gecured and an interesting program will be arranged. NEW C()UNTY jjoME COM- PLETED, OPENED IN MAY ' POUntv home which has The new county home which has been under construction for the past; il 1 I 1 - i. 1 The home .g buiu Qn th(J land which the county commissioners purchased of Mr. R. J. Hopkins, a mile outside of the co rate ,imits of Asheboro on , Wj,, fm whin. -ton to'40antiCTTlie:jftu:lMiUo ings are 528,000, heating $4,iu . ,8 b, and water $3,000. The fr..- $4,100, r.-m , . -o - .-ro chn mi. Li.i t . ti . Alio vutui i;u. '.11 tiic new countv home is $43,600. Superintend - v . etner with the old inrnntes of the i i : i i iu. :.i county nome moveu in uuuui uie i-iu- iu ue inauc mc bto- u - iu uuu uiai. nic uustuu - , - - - " die of May. There are fiffeen white ! tration mouthpieces can bring it about, had it the next morning, with Lodge sel1 at tne courthouse door in Ashe and five colorad inmates. The entire 1 otherwise why this concerted action headlined as the author of the plank, !boro the Property for all uncollected equipment, betiding and everything on their part in contrasting the rec- and the Associated Press wiring it to , taf of 1921 at an early date, used is new. The cost of the furni- ord of the President with that of con- st. Louis under a Boston date line! Otis Brower, Randleman township, ture, etc., has not yet been estimat-1 gress iri a way that eulogizes the And thus Lodge slipped under the ; arul Mfs- kffie Wood, Level Cross ed. Randolph county can boast of j executive and condemns the congress ' canvas and made all Massachusetts ! township, were released from 1921 having one of the best county homes in language as strong as that used by believe that it was his brain that special school tax, account error for in North Carolina. It is modern and r,.tHo. in i.pi rcarvt Thia is the second county home Randolph administration's organs raises the the year 1896. Now the auction nat county has ever had. The old loca-1 question whether or not the Repub- urally arises, who engineered the no tion was purchased between 1860 andllican congress will silently bear the Cus-pocus of 1920? No matter who is 1870. Tho old location was purchased of Governor Jonathan Worth. Governor Jonathan Worth, who was a representative in the 'egislature from Randolph county in 1854 ivnd 66 introduced a bill p.-oviding for the erection of a penitentiary in North Carolina and for every county in the state to have a county home. There was a great deal of dissatisfaction Over this but it soon became so pop ular that Dr. Worth', fight in the leg islature resulted in his . election as governor of North Carolina., Ran dolph county within a few years after a at arranged for the purchase of the i location and the erection of the first county home. The influence which probably prompted Gov. Worth to use hi. influence in the legislature was a visit of Dorothy Dixon to North Carolina who went about in the in terest of humanity recommending the caring for criminals and unfortunate people. Up until that time there had never been any fire, in the Jails in North Carolina and Judge Tonrgee, who wa. presiding 1 till, district or dered that fire, be built in the jails tot the comfort of the prisoners. . Randolph hu needed a new county bom for many years. - GREENSBORO. YOUTH - DIES OF INJURIES " Paul Banner, the five-year-old on of Mr. and Mra-M- W. Hsnner, of White Oak mill village, Greensboro, wa. fatally Injured when hit by a truck Saturday at White Oak. HI. skull wa. crushed, and he died before the hospital wa. reached. V ' ' County officer, inventigated the matter and the driver of the track, A. M. Ward, wa. exonerated, the accident being unavoidable. The body of the child was taken to , Rahdleman - Sunday afternoon, where funeral services were held. , ' . ': CONDITION OF WRTTOP KUCO BECOMES ALARMING AHer several oay. or apparent im - .... . . promnt the eonditlon of Bishop John C Kllr. who U in a hospital at MsmnhUi Tnr).. horame a armln.rhe expt. to drift past the NOrui Tu"'ly nieht. A bnll'tin ivuod by hi) r' V '' fan. l't: Thr a M f I 1 I r, MAKING CONGRESS THE GOAT; IN? EFFORT TO ''SAVE? ADMINISTRATION , (Special Correspondence.. i washinirtoh. V June - 6. President Harding, apparently,' does not intend I Washington, D. C, June 5. Short to 'accept' the verdict that the recent ly before the election of President Republican -primaries in Illinois, In- Harding, Senator Lodge, Judge diana and Pennsylvania, where Old Guard reactionaries and defenders or the. administration went down in feat, were a repudiation of the execu- tive or his administration, for the ad- ministration organs are boldly charg- ing that the verdict was a repudiation of the Republican congress and not Harding. It is far from the province of the administration. , 'or the intention of this writer to fall The Chicago ;Tribune, the adminis-' afoul of those who may have their tr&tion organ of ; the Middle West, is 'own views on that momentous ques positively denunciatory o the work of tion, but it is healthful and harmless the present congress, in seeking to to laugh, and to rejoice at having shield-the executive from the conse-.been born a Mossourian, with all of quences of Old .Guard defeat. It de- the inborn incredulity of that race of clares that the president's record is disciples of Aristotle. For was it clean and constructive, and then says: not that great Greek philosopher who "We can hardly fay as much of the said that "Incredulity is the source of present congress. - -If repudiation is all wisdom?" How Lodge and Hughes seen in recent state primaries it is and the other twenty-nine must chuo repudiation not of President Harding kle at the gullibility of the average but of a congress which has been voter! Thousands fell for it. Thou marked by delays, bickerings, private sands are now falling for that other J5Jon' I10"' interests, injustice, nd lack ot con The cue criven bv he Chieaero Tri-'the bune to place all of the blame upon When this session of Congress ad- bond since last September. Mr. Arm congress and relieve the president of journs along in the dog days of Au-i field after returning from Mexico has his just share of the responsibility for gust, or later, it will be found that been in jail in Lexington. He has the defeat of the supporters of his ad-he appropriations for the suppoit of 'from the physical and mental strain ministration, is taken up by the presi- the government will be fully c.s large , collapsed and is now in a sanatorium dent's organ and mouthpiece, the as for the previous year, and that sa:-, where he will undergo treatment for Washington Post, which editorially in- dorses the impassioned utterances of the. Tribune to the extent of reprint- ing them with the added comment! that whether the Voters of those states were primarily anxious to re- buke congress or TUt, the effect of their vote seems ta bs a rebuke which 'congress may heed.1' After saying that "the situation in' 'the senate at this moment constitutes to take with a grain of salt his prom-1 j an indictment of the gdbd sense of isc that Harding would lead the 'the- Republican party,",-, the Post try into the League of Nations. Of I charges the Republican ,-Seiiate with'course his manifesto was given out in .m.w rnrH of. ahsftnteeism and nrr t hnid t Hiino- RCn,,h. Neglect of public business, Which wUl ' neo-lect of nublic business. Which will surely return to plague them." It 1 Doints out that with sixty KepuDiicans in Benate there not yet been'cial plank on which McKinley was to!Pnvfle?e Pr R. Burgess, of Liberty present a quorum on any roll can gut- ling the tariff question discussion, ar.u asks "How can any, Republican sena-' keMt. Mtuof . 4tov..-tk. senate - ''.at iManetare aftd.then ask his .con-; 1 stituents to re-elect him on the theory that he has done good ami laitniui serv ice : 1 The panicky conditions in KepuDli- where it is evident that congress is !i- u i tUn ,t ;f tVio nJniinK- Democrats or the general puDiic ; . This attitude UDon the part of the Bole blame lor tne uisasier wmui overtaken the reactionary wing oi me the champion bull-shooter of the par party, and thus admit that it is un- ty, certain it is that they always have worthy to be. further trusted, and at a number of both experts and ama the same time permit the president to teurs warming up to taketheir place escape his share of the blame. in the pitcher's box in case the man Admittedly this is a Do-Nothing assigned to the job should blow up. congress, but might it not have done something if it had had aggressive I Memorial Day exercises in Wash- ntwl nnatniirtivA leadershiD on the ino-tnn wprp vprv imnroKsivp thp huh part of the president? Admittedly uus is no time io irj to revise the tariff, but was it not President Harding who insisted that a tariff bill should be passed.? Admittedly the bonus issue and bonus bill .have been muddled, but has derful and exquisitely beautiful build not the president's attitude upon that ing stands in a vast open space on the measure been shifting and uncertain banks of the Potomac, on an eminence from the beginniiig? jwcll above the river level; while its Admittedly the tax bin is a ?ua cub - appointment, but was it not an ad- ministration tax bill, and did not the president plead for the kind of a tax bill the reactionaries voted for? Admittedly the Republican senate reduced the -dignity and qicndlng of the people, north and south, east and that body to Its lowest level when it 'west, without reference to political seated Newberry, but was not New- faith or "previous condition of servi berry the president's close ' friend and tude.". It represents the nettled con associate, and wa. the seating of New- viction of the American people as to berry any ' greater offense in morals the character and services of Lincoln, than the appointment of Nat Goldstein On .Memorial Day it was dedicated in or the appointment of men ii'lktetthe presence of many thousands of with NawhMTV to be federal district modIs. Able sneeches were mado by attorney. In the state of Michigan? These .re tome oi ine questions that will inevitably arise if the Re - publican congress, now repudiated by the administration organs, including ( writer has hoard dosens of opinions the one supposed always to .peak the expressed by those who heard all of president', mind, shall decide that the the speeches, and it i. no dispaiage admlnist ration must bear 1U .hare of ment of the other, to aay that it was responsibility for the repudiation of the eoncensu. of these opinions that, the reactionary congress and the re-of the thro eloquent and able .peech- actionary adminiirauon. Start. t Nertk Pole..' The exploration ship Maud, .cram med to the last inch of her cargo, aet out Saturday, June I, oa the first long Up of hr Journey through the fee floe, about the North Pole. Captain , noiaiw imunuwn, uk mmrm, Roland Amundaen. the explorer, ex plained that after the .hip la fioaen . into the. Arctic U- park with which i livlncr rmrtr for the dor. Of the xp! n and huts for ths scien tific cl'" t i!l be ei-frfi-d rm the kc Hi ' 1 tpt t'n fnriy ,! live - r f r f,v i r PROMISES OF LODGE NOT WORTH MUCH; DIG GING UP OLD HISTORY (By Wallace Bassford, Special Cor- respondent.) Hughes and some twenty-nine other men whose names were thourhi sur de-.nciently impressive to make the pie believe an otherwise improbable tale, issued a statement in which they said that 'the way to get into the Laague of Nations was to vote for great piece of bunkum, the Presi- i ! dent's claim to treat economies in i administration of the government, urnalia of extravagance was also a Republican financial debauch. H. Hr Igohlsatt, for many years the editor of Chicago's great Republi- Mean' newspaper and the friend of McKinley and Hanna, tells in his au tobiography a little tale of Lodge ' which, had it been known in the fall of 1920, would have caused the public licans who favored the league. Kohl- licans who favored the leairue. Kohl- saat tells hows he urged Hanna to show to Lodge the draft of the finan- mn a plank sawed out in the 0ihcesituY 1 i v". vc' meaicine 0t J. V. JV1. & (Jo., in Wall Street, just opposite the New York Stock Exr i 'ichitniw -Hannk ' tiwniw a mip-htv nnthifor a period of one year from date. and refused, saying that Lodge could not be trusted to. keep it under his 1 hat. Kohlsaat over-persiuidei! him, 1 however, and with Hanna's reluctant . permission, showed the plank to jse 0f secrecy. What was Kohfc.iafs l t .i tun n. nr-t achieved that monumental financial,0 respectively. W.us-nokus that fooled the neoDla in . W. Pugh, Providence entitled to wear me leather medt.i as and center of the day's celebration waB w the beautiiui ureev temple of ' temple white marble which the people have erected to commemorate forever the life and services of the Great Rail Splitter. Abraham Lincoln. This won- back is toward the river, it fronts the east where lies a long pool in which its beautiful columns are reflected. In 'all the world there is no more stately .memorial, none more significant, none more impressive. It was sriven bv all president Harding, ex-President Taft and tne negro educator, ftioton, wno 'pueceeded Booker -T. Washington rs1 'the head of Tuskegee Institute. This es, Motoa. was the most impressive. He made himself it reputation that day that will probably stand for gen eration, a., the high water, mam oi hi. race. ' , Even the Washington ' Post, whose editor deserted the party of his fath er, to enjoy tho social entree at the Whit House, can see no good in the performance f the present Congress. In reading the following extract from a Port editorial. It Is weir to remem ber that there are sixty Republican mmlrs of the Senate: .' . "The situation In the Senst st thin n.omrr.t constitute An Indictment of ' r, -, r,., cf thi, 1 M. .in ARMF1ELD AND GRIF FITH ACQUITTED BY JURY AT LEXINGTON J. L. Armfleld, former president, and Zeb Griffith, former cashier of the Bank of Thomasville, until it failed in August, 1921, were acquitted in su perior court in Lexington last week of charges of abstraction and misappli cation of funds of the bank. On Sat- peo-.urday the state announced that It would withdraw charges of embezzle ment, leaving only charges of misap plication and abstraction of funds. The defense offered no evidence. There was no evidence of false entries. The verdict was returned at 12:30 p. m. Sunday, concluding a trial be gun Tuesday.. The case was given to the jury about 11 o'clock Saturday night. The first ballot is said to. have indicated that U were for acquittal, while one stood for conviction. Every part of the case was -then discussed by the jury, and shortly before noon on-Sunday another ballot was-taken. This one was unan imous in favor of acquittal. 'This case was one of the hardest fought legal battles in the history of Davidson county and it has been of state - wide interest, trom the tact or the prominence of the lamilies con- nected. Mr. Griffith had been under few weeks. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS The commissioners . of the county met tn -the courthouse Mondav. Jur- ors for the July term of court were chosen, and wall appear in our next issue . ,lmho, f ,uQ f T coun-LLT th ft n.nn Mv K 1 mtif h fmK 'ZTn ' tL h ltJ , ?ountv h.ome- The board granted this ' ,,m j "ZZ j-VTi.- ' in n .... t . I . . , J .. I 4 I. n 'iw:u mw. pciuun, uwv uouru granieu ,,""ciw'out:, "c uur an invauu a?d unable t fAo manual labor, this Upon -request of 'Mrs. ,Wril. C. Ham mer the board ordered that transpor tation be allowed to Confederate vet erans of the county to the annual re-Ufl-ion of the Confederate veterans in Richmond. Virginia. ,It.rwa,s orilere' that J. A. Rrady, Sheilft. be authorized and pmnnwcnid townshia. was released 1921 taxes on ?1,600 val uation, to the amount of $13.60 and poll tax, account same being listed and paid in the name of Basil Pugh. J. M. Fields, Providence township, was released 1921 taxes on $2,133 val uation to the amount of $18.13, ac count of error. J. A. Brown, of Columbia township, was released 1921 taxes on $1,600 val uation in special school district of Ramseur, to the amount of $4.80, and special tax to the amount of $4.80, account of not being in said district. . .... . SECRETARY HOOVER AN- NOUNCESPRICE OF COAL . Secretary Hoover has announced the establishment of a maximum price of . $3.50 a ton for coal at the mines in 80 per cent of the present production fields for the duration of the strike. A small minority of the operators, representing western Kentucky, refus ed to co-operate and are demanding higher prices. Under established prices consumers can insure them selves a square deal by checking freight rates and determine whether they are buying contract coal, and make proper allowances for cost of retail distribution. The maximum price applies only te fepot coal and-consumers who' are not treated squarely may apply to the De partment of Commerce with assur ances that inquiry into the cases wiB be instituted. . party. At this moment, when Cos Egress Is under the fire of criticism. and the record of the Republics party is under scrutiny, when mil lion, of voter, are making up their mind, on tho evidence presented, the , Republican, of the Senate are making -a record of absenteeism and neglect , of public business that will rarely re turn to plagua them, ; "On yeaterday, .when a eau or the Senate was made, only thirty Repub lican senators answered to their nam. Possibly each of the absen tee, had a good excuse for hi. ab sence; put in the list :, appeared the name, cf several who nava been nab-, v ttually absent, although they are re ported to be in good health and anx ious to aerv their 'country as sena tors.. So anxious are same of them, in fact, that they have deserted the .' m ate ehemlier for the stun-p, V-m they fly upon thfir rlni-ii-nm to cn vinrn ti n v, r t ! 1 ' i ' 1 ' i-i' - - 1 t i 4 i . .- 1 i y , i 'n. A 1-