North Carolina Newspapers

11 01 MUTT AND JEFF SOME CLASS TO JOE'S NEW BILLIARD PARLOR. By BUD FISHER ITS SUIT P blic Service Corporation f Greensboro is Denied Its Prayer. : o, Jutip . '.' Judge Eoya c .kH-ipion i he suit brought G:v i Till Carolina Public Service . , TVmrrl:v aftrnnnn in v :.i? .Icfondnnt company which ;;u' ,, i ho Southern Power could "Vh- ror.vpolled to furnish current to 1 '" r..r, i-i.ifrn concern for an inde r,,J!.r;1Vt without a definite agree- -.o the price of such cm-rent. r- v. i;ovd declared laconically that ,"::';',:-",, "v ouid s:n an order putting i into effect against the pray-i-5 V,r North Carolina Public Serv f.J.i'.v.nv. he was not going to let ."on:. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUI ; If 2 1, ' IV h r . 1 fz WAKJT "TO -BRVSrvA WHAT TrV- g THSe j W C'T PL SHUS A T" v ', ZTTX (sSTV Os. K L I I WMMTiGR vwrtAT UPABVTOMNV tS AFe ALU THoSe BAtUSi J v AcTR You -StART-X J '.'.."."(v'r.! of having no current. "I'm -1 Lj. o ci them off in darkness' V.Vl' i;-y,l further stated that it was V'C .;rposc to see the properties -i if I'ompaay destroyed, that ;"jH.,',. who had put their monev i huiit it up were entitled i.wonahlc '.of urn on' their invest i hat it was not his purpose Cn'v'thtm thi right, but, sitting as , '-i'vJ'.'ior. he could not compel the ; ,'!j,,.n I'ower to deliver current to . j'",';'-v -vs'-'oro concern on a basis with ;'.-.-" iV.-sunit'rs and then allow this con , the same current in com- -Aii'n th." Southern Power. '.,.'."... "v, the main contention of the :-t company. It contended that ;';l'n;Y.;v Servic.- corporation was not v." the general public and was fjrV:'.cr.v.iv. entitled to a rate for cur-;'.'-' -.:v.r.!r M individuals and other Y ::1 view of the fact that it a er of its, the Southern v.-.-.i i-urrent. "t" M.-.yd lot it be known that, in . V"; the North Carolina Pub . , Corporation should have sign '; - - ,v'.;;r:i'.,t tendered it by officials - ( i li-.e Southern Power Com- '.',. : ; ;l-.vn. if it were regarded as ;',';';: . t'i.e rate charged too high, it : before the State's tribunal :-h-:s:ic such evils, namely, the -or. p.ion Commission. CHARITIESOFFICE TO TRYON ife Company Will Utilize Quarters in the City Auditorium. X.--.Y Quarter.'' for the Associated Ciii-itics v. ill be provided by the city :: ?M North Tiyon street and the :c;vr.i i:i the city auditorium now occu- a!. the organization will be util it; ly the Hornets Xest Rifle com- T:-.r rifle company has been occupy .:: :'.!' rooms in the right corner Of .-'.U'litoriUin since its organization or.: r.v.'tiths ago. The arrival of a -:j assortment of equipment and the r.ecriii'.y for additional room caused ;.:.:ni:s.ioners to arrange for giv .:; company all of the front of the li'.; :'AL'.tI PI. T'r." ch -nge of location of the Ass Charities is expected to prove ;i 2:: us as it will make possible 'y.i'iir.j- of mora modern quarters isc rr.ak? the offices more easily acces- 5:1".'? f.i m the up-town district. The J.i: :r.:i Charities has been located r. auditorium for some years. Txc-ry-five thousand dollars worth f y;lpv.er.t has been furnished the ::a rr.i'.l.ary company by the federal ?r?:T..i:ra, the equipment including : t-:nt, pup tents, uniforms, guns, :r.r..ur.itiun and many other items m a military organization ' of the four rooms placed at the e;-J of the company will be neces ; :" storing the equipment. The ::.:: f- o rooms will be used as officers :ua."-.-s and as an assembling room h0 enlisted men. 3?ver.ty-Gisht steel lockers, bought v- ;r;n company by Arthur J. Draper. ai-rived and have been installed : th0 eou.ipment room. This equip- -r.t not furnished by the govern- :t i ut Mr, Draper volunteered to t,ie purchase in order to insure trotr-ction for the uniforms and indi- iaua! belongings of the men. . DEATHS FXJ NERALS B. FRANK D ALTON. r.':the-rfordton. June 24. Former Tester B. Frank Dilton died here --.T.-rir,y oZ a complication of diseas- The funeral will be held here at Bspti.it church Friday afternoon. -vas a graduate of Trinity Col s', ela of 1914. Studied at George iL-arorjy College and Rutherford College :r'l taught at Duke three years. .He comm'inclor of the Fred Williams ': i number "5 here, postmaster r.uthc-rfordlton two and ' half years, f'i the Baptist Baraca class. " ex-s)ld:er of the World war. vas Vz years old. and one of the s most promising young men. His T Jr. fJrover Dalton. died four LEMUEL. J. DABBS ri;jrioral service for Lemuel Jackson L:iJ!iV v'rtfi Thiirodav nicrVit !lt tVlP '- 0t his son .Tr.hn T. Tlahbiif. 4? ' T.fnr avj.ntii win V,rl (it tVic foci. " -, ' . Dill ' ' - yr.'c i-n,iay nfternoon at 6 o'clock. Rev i'rui;tte. pastor of Ninth Avenue "-i'i!St churf ii will l-io in hawp. Tntpr nt. v. jii he jn Oaklawn ceremtery. i!o-,'t'f r.-; at the services will be VYiUard. K. Ar. Wallace. Frank f Onr-s, J. r. Rpntt Ti' S Hn??!irfl. -1 ! U ri ijqM.s VH3 89 vears old. He was ' :" I'nion tonntv. Smith Carolina. 29, 1832. He served in the ( -Gf,'fi nrmy rlurine: the four years , r Civil War, and was wounded four ?!;.; iie was a. member of Co. H -o:)th Carolina volunteers. o"' ,r'rl moved to Charlotte from 5( , V., lil XV IU 11VC W 1111 1"0 j.-, - - u v- v null.-,, v ,, of Charlotte, and Ben R. Dabbs, S pi!1t'n,.a- step-daughter, Airs. Aidd, of this city, also survives. S S, PICNIC WILL BE HELD AT EBENEZER .linont. .Time 9d At "RKonftzBr ''J'c'n' niar here, a Sundav school nlc- i " siven July 2 for which elab- "'"hi ? h?ls been sent out to the .i lu. Drn0fi to evervbodv to come and W fiay- There vill be speeches s'"r '''T'r1116" ministers and a feature 'd fashioned country dinner. ' 7 '. 0f"'''" ' t - mi - ' t- 1 1 r "T il 1 11 ri 1 - - - - - - -- ! . M,,"',',Wtll,'t''',WMIB i - S'MATTER POP? Too Sookj AFTE'R MoT 'Puav on A- NO! STo SToMACt Come. MUSTN7 6-18 True Detective Stories The Haitian Rifles Copyright, 1021, by The Wheeler Syndicate, Inc. Boob Bights Reserved (Copyright, 1920, by The Wheeler Syn dicate, inc.) "WTiilo -fl-io Hotnof inn nf nroinf-prf Ait prfi is tVi mainr nnrti nn of tbA wnrV of tlio. United States Secret Service, this orancn or tne government s aetecuve bureau is by no means confined to the location of men who make spurious money. ery oiten it is cauea ujjuh in Velr cimnarf fVio rl-fnitv of thp Statp Department by assisting in the preven tion or revolutions in uLiier tuuuuico, by nipping plots which are born in the United States, and which, if they were not frustrated, wouia ieaa to a number of diplomatic difficulties. Such, for example, was . ine Aaven-, turo of fha w.-iitian Rifles." as Doctor Watson would doubtless have chroni cled the matter had he been the confi dant of William J. i'lynn, cnier or tne TTnitorJ States Secret Service, instead of the mythical Sherlock Holmes. The history of this case starts in Hai'M -inmns tfi Washineton and thence to New York but Flynn was only con cerned in the latter part or it, nis quicK wit and accurate judgment resulting in the complete defeat of the plan to ov erthrow the Haitian government.. Tn tif7 thp Arlington Hotel, since demolished, Was the center - cf South American gossip m vvasmngion. nieic dinlomats. self- apnointed as well as official, gathered to discuss matters relating luc.i own and the neighboring republics. For this reason it was not unusual to catch sight of a secret service operative hovering about the corridors of the ho tel, alert for any chance piece of in formation which he might pick up. Chief Wilkie, then at the head of the Service, believed in preparedness, and it was by his orders that the govern ment agents maintaihea a rat ner close watch over the meeting place of the Latin-Americans. - . . . From the Arlington, one night there came the rumor that a revolution was brewing in Haiti, but all that was known was that the revo t was being financed in New York and was nue to break loose about January lo, when the boat got in." . Wilkie. at once got in touch with Flynn, then in charge of the Isew York branch of the Service, and instructed him to keep his eyes open for any per sons who might possibly 'be interested in backing the uP'tt"ff S to locate the vessel, which, sailing frr.m Xew York, tvoiild reach Port au Prince about the middle of January. lne only other clue-which Washington was able to forward was that a man named Giordan! was in some way connected nh&TCkf1?nV cover that Jose- St. Pierre Giordam, formerly the Haitian consul at New York, had been4 connected with an un successful revolution on the is.and ,ome months Previously and that this same Giordan! had secfeted $o00,000 in SJSuuSiary currency in a warehouse near the docks. But Flynn took no chances on seizing the money, for he fett that it was better to catch the rey Sutionfsts in the act f tempting to run arms and ammunition out of the country. He therefore instructed the steamship companies to inform him of any suspicious -bipment.-leng New Vorls Tor riMii-it t"w t , "nlano? were to be closely watched for niano boxes make excellent recep for piano . with coffins taclea lor siacv a on" jlnuary 4, 1908 the Hamburg ASeriin Line reported that 'Merriam cl" wished to ship -sixteeiv cases of Structural, iron to Port au. Prince cn ?ho Graecia. sailing on January 8. No luch fi?m as Merriam ft Co., was listed in any of the commercial directories, nFlvnn waa practically certain that ffis wa? "he shipment that he had to 8tHotv to do this without trunning the risk that the consignment was actually as billed, presented a delicate problem. The government could not afford to seile the shipment first and examine it int P?-lthat might lead to -embarrassmg S?alfflcu5iet But someone had to find out what was in the boices, so Flynn determined to tackle th job him nn the afterroon before the" Graecia wa Ao salt the steamship offlcials tele phoned that Merriam, 4 Co., wished to add thirty-one. barrels of- cement to their original shipment. OF COURSE WILLIE i "All right," said Flynn with a chuckle, "accept it, but be sure to find some excuse not to load it on board ship until the last possible minute." About six o'clock the same evening, a large man dressed in the rough clothes of a longshoreman, wandered dOAvn to the Hamburg-American docks and began casually to inspect the va rious boxes and barrels piled there. The consignment from "Merriam & Co.," was closely guarded by two foreigners who appeared to resent the approach of any strangest. Shortly before midnight there was a loud splash on the opposite side of the dock, and a man's voice called out: "Help! Help! I'm drowning!" Everyone on the dock, including the two men who guarded the Merriam shipment, rushed to the side of the wharf where they found nothing more than a large empty packing box, float ing slowly down-stream! When they returned to their posts, however, they were confronted by an automatic in the hands of the burly longshoreman and the order 'HandE up!" was hurled at them out of the sunn-darkness. Flynn had taken ex cellent advantage of the diversion he had created in pushing the packing box off the dock and called for help. A minute was more than sufficient itme to rip the "top off one of thi cases of "structural iron" and one of the- bar rels of "cement." In the half light of the dock lamps there gleamed a line of rifles, neatly' fitted into the large box, while the barrels held sev eral thousands rounds of ammunition. The rifles and cartridges were confis cated by the government; the company that had manufactured them was lined $2,000 for shipping firearms without a distinguishing mark; Giordan! was arrested with the counterfeit money in his possession and sentenced to six months in prison; the revolt m Haiti died a natural death from lack of arms, and William J. Flyrin .recaived a let ter of commendation from Washington for the manner in which he had con ducted the case. GLASS REFUSES DECORATION. Petersburg, Va.. June 24. Senator Carter Glass, of Virginia, has declineO the decoration of the grand cross of the order of the crown of Italy, ac cording to information received herj Thursday. He said the . constitution would not permit him to. . accept the honor. THREE "COUNTERFEITERS" MELD Council Bluffs, Iowa, . June 24. William Stover and - his . Wife and James Haseiwood were arrested Thurs day, on charges of counterfeiting! They were held in $7,000 bonds each and will be taken to v Roanoke, Va., the first scene, it was said, of their op erations: BETTER THAN CALQMEL Thousands of people have learned from experience that Liv-O-Kids are better than calomel, because they do all the good that calomel does with out any bad after, effects. They are pleasant to take and are gentle . and mild in action. Try . them and you will be delighted. 25c at all druggists. Advt. r; DOESN'T MEAN IT THE WAY YOU GET IT. WINDING UP AT KIWANIAN MEET Race for President Narrows Down to Kerr and Mc Culloch. Cleveland, Ohio., June 24. Final re ports of committees, the election of officers and the selection of next year's convention city were oh the program for the closing session of the fifth interna tional convention of Kiwanis clubs to day. Interest centered in the selection of the next meeting place, for which a cam paign has been conducted by the Toron to, Atlanta and 'ort worm delegations since the convention opened Monday. Toronto Avas conceded to have the best With the withdrawal of R. A. Mans field Hobbs, New York attorney, the race for international president narrow ed down to two men--Harry E. Karr, of Baltimore, and Col. J. T. McCulloch, of Marion, Ind. Karr's election was resolutions submitted was one approving aid for disabled soldiers, fostered by J. Mercer Barnett, of Bir mingham, international president. Mr. Barnett declared each state should have a home for sick and dis abled soldiers with a hospital, employ ment agency, and school for vocation al training in connection. . "It would cost the government much less to maintain these homes," Mr. Bor nett said "than it would to pay the men a cash bonus, and they would serve as a perpetual form of relief. Af ter the former service man spends his cash bonus he will be just as bad off as he is now." DAUGHTER OF WIFE OF HOUSE SPEAKER I TO BE JUNE BRIDE Miss Frances EL Hoar Frederick H. Gillett, speaker & the house, and Mrs Gillett have an nounced that June 15 has been se lected for the marriag of her daughter. Miss Frances H. Hear, to Reginald Foster of Charlet River Village, Mass. ; Foster is at. tached to the American commifisioa in Berlin Moving, Packing and Our . service is unsurpassed. . .. TRUCKS FOR PICNICS OR ; STRAWRIDES Kew pneumatic: tired trucks, care ful drivers. Phone us for estimates. COCHRAN&ROSSCO. PHONE 52 f... ' ' a - . ,1 fi ri -n-f- ' ' ' TRY TO MAKE GOOD BANKER'S SHORTAGE Lancaster, Pa., June 24. The Agricul tural Trust Company, closed yesterday by the state department of banking, is preparing to make good the alleged de falcations of its treasurer, Charles Jj. Zell, held on the charges of embez zlement and larceny. A pool of $100,000 to cover the short age has been raised by the directors, and this with what can be realized on loans, .will be used in meeting the de mands of depositors, Who number mora than six thousand-. Zell, after being confined in the coun if The Better Bread- 5 Fresh at Your Grocer Twice Daily m Buy EnougK Saturday Evening to Last You Sunday PI BUTTER-NUT BREAD I Is The Children's Delight; " I: aroiina IE ty jail, requested that all visitors be kept away. His alleged speculations are said to have been carried on for a period of two years.. NEGRO MURDERER IS HANGED IN VIRGINIA Richmond, Va., June 24. William Turner, Alexandria negro, convicted in the United States district court here of highway robbery," and' of killing T. Mor gan Moore, torpedo expert, more than a year ago, was hanged in the Herlco county jail yard this morning. The trap was sprung at 6:10 and Turner was The youngsters fairly gobble it down; : and we all like the rich butter flavor that can only be obtained in Butter Nut Bread. It is so good that I have decided home-baking is a waste of time and energy and an expense that is not warranted. It means hours in front of a hot range and an outlay of flour, ' fresh milk, sugar and other things that's really an extravagance. . There's everhing in Butter-Nut Bread that goes into the bread I used to make at home and there is the fa cility at the Carolina Baking Coni- : pany for baking bread the better p way., It's fragrance is delightful, so appe tizing that you will be tempted to eat and eat. : . Baking G By C M. PAYNE pronounced dead twenty minutes later. The hanging was the first execution of the kind to take place in Virginia , in 13 years- Turner naa aemea tne highway robbery cnarge, out acrmittea shooting Moore after the torpedo ex pert had fired at him. Moore, who was riding in an automobile with his fiancee, Miss Pearl Clark, private secre- , tary of Congressman Britten, of Illinois, was shot and wounded above the heart, following a scuffle with the negro, and rtiori within a fpw minutes, the slaver. being charged with dragging the young woman from the scene of the crime and stealing her jewelry. President Harding recently refused to commute Turner's sentence to life im-. prisqnment. x om a-