THE CONCORD TIMES.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher.
VOLUME XLVIII.
Solons Awaiting the
Message of Governor
Very Short Sessions of Gen
era: Assembly Will Be
Held Tonight, After Usual
Week-End Holiday.
MESSAGE WILL BE
DELIVERED TOMORROW
Message is Expected to Pre
eiit to Solons An Almost
' < omplete Outline of What
Will Be Presented.
Kaleiuli. .I.iii. B.—A ft or a week-end
.. vj. -I . ! Immc or in omferenct* here on
: i !i' hills. North Carolina lawmak
■ i ■< n ia> won* planning an early ad
\Y.iintii'ont <*t fho General Assembly
V.—i .. 11 t<> ll iuht to moot Tuesday niorn-
V,, v. In n Governor Canioron Morri
v.,;; in his biennia 1 message will out
line tie administration's legislative
,i iui"i m.
ill the delivery of tho Governor's
nVssige.'the Legislature will have be
' sere it an almost complete outline of
he principal legislation to he eonsider-
e<l ilds year. Tile actual contents of
the message have been shrbuded with
>et rtH-y.- 1 Hiring - the past week Gov
ernor .Morrison remained at tin* capitol
Ire eaeh night' preparing it. and has
i.aliened with only a few of his clos
e-rad visors.
INiaUishinent of a state-owned ship
ping hue corporation will lie one of the
i',.'-! important of the measures he
will advocate, according to his recent
- aretueiifs. Node of the details of
;iie plan have been disclosed. Reeom
iiii itt 1 .-itions relative to the state's
i nances, improvement of fisheries. a
sie.oo i.ooo tiond issue continuing the
highway construction program, and
eiter progressive steps are expected
te ie contained in the message.
Among the proposed measures being
discussed by the lawmakers is Sena
on I>. F. Giles* proposal to create a
farm land loan commission to lend
money tor the'purchase of farm land
,i m a state bond issue of $2,500,000.
Senator Giles is of the opinion, he
said, that tin* establishment of such a !
body would result in North .Carolina
being relieved of its tenant farmer!
problem.
Much interest also was centered on '
the- meeting of the special committee
of -the University of North Carolina I
. w f.mv i»f Trit. -'
iio. uij tbe pwoposml establishment 'of j
a medical school in the state. l)r. I
Few livid a conference with Governor;
.'i ni is ni this morning and the com-|
mince then went into session. Dr.
11 W. Chase, president of the I ni-j
veisity. and Dr. Few have just re
turned from New York where they con-;
leired with I>i*. Abram Flesner. of the
General Education Board, relative to
hnaneia! assistance should the/college j
be authorized.
Mail Starts Journey Over Longest and
Loneliest Route.
Edmonton. Alta.. Jail. B.—Canadh's
luiiKest and loneliest mail route, cover-,
-iug-a distance of 2..*>00 miles, how is in ,
, operation. With the northern rivers j
1 frozen. lutskie teams of the Northern!
Trading Fompany have left Fort Me-1
Furray. the terimnus of the Alberta j
nml. Great Waterways railroad, for' the [
settlement of Aklavik, 1,750 miies to |
the north. ; .
-Mail will he left a,t all fur trading |
!"’bits along the Mackenzie. Slave and
Athabase'n rivers. It. is expected
•MMavik will Ik* reached about Fcb
l'l!:l*.v 1. and. after a brief rest, the re
oini trip to Fort MeMifrray will start,
bing I lie. railhead about March 1.
I'tve relays of dog teams will he
. t l '-vl.. t hv-longest single * - nmsh" being
dmt from Eon Simpson to Aklavik,
; distance of ssu miles. The mail
1 a win fie comparative] ylight by the
on .- ilds stretch is. reached, thus en
ai.iing the,.dogs to go the entire: dis
i:i: . without relief.
I • " man carrying the mail lias no
■ ’••ee for a tent or other comforts.
\ A ' > ?h.t lie curls up in his blankets
I,D ' U ' l ' " ( >me. convenient spruce tree,
Wi!l ‘ i'G dogs crowded around him for
'Girmth.__ All day he breaks trail
| r ’ iU ~i) the snow, and occasionally
{’" !s! eliop his way through the ice
v ammi ks which pile up in the Mae-
Fi ur!y Cleveland-Buff alo Air Service
Planned.
*, ’“ veiaml. Ohio, Jan. <B.—Announce
kax been made by a local air
w!'‘ 111 e transportation company of the
n ‘iwsuration within six months of a
|'‘v dar Go minute schedule between
A * 1 oel and Buffalo. Nine machines
!:! f "‘ put into operation, according
1,1 announcement. to enable six
1,1 U - .ps daily. Three planes are
!" x ! ”‘|ug assembled at Garden City,
/ ' • htr the service. v
N?f s USE OF SPIES
1N TOBACCO investigation
( yj'"* Ones Not Maintain Secret
' Says Chairman Murdock.
} .Washington, Jan. 8. —Chairman
' >ii, today sent a letter to Sena- j
j-*’;. ' 'l’pei - . r(*puhlican, of Kansas, de- j
that the commission uses “spies’*!
im estigation as stated in a to-j
Made journal.
. does not maintain
s : ' ' service, or send sleuths and j
"ut to harrass the business men |
f “ country," said Chairman Mur-!
j Gut restricts its efforts tM the
. ‘ 'ailed upon to.do by lawyer as
‘“Gilt of congressional resolution.”
!l * - Lottie Brown has accepted the
iC , 1 a ot matron at the County
' M ‘ find moved there last week to
up the work. . t
■ WILL GIVE TURKS
:! DRAFT OF TREATY
| They Will Be Told to Sign
It or Tear It Up, as They
Desire.
r ,
, London. Jan. 8 (By the Associated
j Press).- — A draft of the Near East
, j treaty will he presented to Turks at
'} Lausanne Indore nidnight. it was said
*■ in official circles today. The Turks
D will he told to sign the document or
■' tear it to pieces {and take the eorise
; qnences.
1 WANTS MORE MONEY FOR
THE ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL
I I
j General Assembly H ilj Be Asked For
Larger Appropriation For Gastonia
| Institution.
j Raleigh, N. (’.. Jap. s.—A measure
■* bj increase the maintenance appro
! piiafion for tin* orthopedic hospital at
* Gastonia from 5: , ,7.r>(«) to $t;0.000:
j provide Bl’">.(KK) for additinmil pt*rma
;; nenf improvements, and raist* the age
! limit for children eligibly for treat- i
ment from fourteen to sixteen, will Im*
I intro<lneed in the Senate by Senator
jA. F. Woltz. of the twenty-sixth dis
trict. he announced today.
The additional funds and improve- *
• incuts fit the state instituion are de-1
{sired in order to admir more patients. 1
jit was stated. Hundreds of applicants
j for treatment have been turned away j
since the hospital was opened, aceoni-1
{ ing to the senator, while attention to!
numerous charity patients have been
delayed until room could he made by
tie*discharge of improved eases.
The number of beds would be in
creased from forty to sixty* and the.
j 825.000 used to purchase additional
land near the present location, said
| the senator. A recent census of thhe
state disclosed more than 1,300 erip
| pies, a large number of whom were
children within the age limit for
treatment at the orthopedic hospital.
1 “This institution has touched the
* life of each county more than any
' other since it was established,* he
{continued. "The last session of the
| general assembly appropriated its
i iirst maintenance fund and .SIOO.OOO
j for buildings and grounds. With its
j present capacity of forty beds, the
I hospital is turning out, after treat
ment, its many treatments every two
or three months and taking more from
| a‘long waiting list. No charity ca*se
j “We feel certain that in the interest
I of humanity and tin* state, the.asseiu-
{ hly will grant the small request we
iire making,” he said.
| RALEIGH MAN MAY BE
A PPOINTE D COMMISSI ONER
{ Senator Overman Hands Name of W.
A. G. Clark to the President.
Washington. Jan. B.—W. A. G| Clark.
| of Raleigh, now an expert in tin* em
; ploy of the tariff commission, was re
: commended to President Harding to
: day for appointment to a place on the
commission itself by Senator Over
man. democrat, of NortlFCarolina. The
! law creating the commission provides
! that places upon it shall l»e distributed
! in a bi-partisan fashion and Senator
! Overman said he was urging Mr.
I Clark's selection as a democrat
; Raleigh Man May Be Apimintod a
Commissioner.
Raleigh, Jan. 8. —Win. A. Graham
Clark who was recommended to Presi
dent Harding today for appointment to
a place, on the tariff commission is the
second son of Chief Justice Walter
Clark of the Supreme Court of North
Carolina. He has been connected
with the tariff commission for several
years, recently becoming an expert to
the commission.
Mr. Clark is a graduate of State Col
lege and of Cornell I’niversity.
I NION PASSENGER STATION
REQUIRED AT SELMA
Mandamus Proceedings Instituted by
Cori»oration Commission Will Be
Heard January 29.
Raleigh, Jan. B.—Mandamus pro
ceedings instituted by the, Corpora
tion Commission to require the South
ern Railway Company to join with
other lines in the construction of a
union depot at Selina. N. C., are to Im*
heard before Judge E. H. (’runnier in
Wake Superior Court January 2D.
Recently the Corporation Commis
sion. served a notice on the Southern
Railway that the penalty for failure
to conform to the order to enter into
the building of the station would be
invoked and court proceedings started
to require' conformance. The order to
build was first issued from the com
mission in 1014, but the war period
was allowed to justify postponement
of the construction plans.
Ohio Installs New Governor.
Columbus. O, Jan. B.—v-Thc cere
monies attending tlie inauguration to
day of A. V. Dona hey as governor of
Ohio took place in the presence of;
thousands of people who came from
every section of the, state. At the j
same time the other state officials i
chosen at the November election were j
j formely inducted into office,
Tattler of Accused Robber Dies Today.
f Coshocton, Ohio, Jan. 8. —Abraham
L. Carman, aged GO, father of FVank t
1 D. Carman, who is being held by the.
New York police, in connection with -
! the $500,000 Schoellkopf jewel rob- j
I bery, died suddenly at his home here j
today. ' -
His death is said to have immediate
-1 ly followed reading an account of his
son’s arrest, printed in a local paper. (
Today exert thyself to win ap
plause : tomorrow will be time enough
to sit back and listen for it.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURS DA Y S
CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 1923.
HOLO YOUNG IN IN
OLD SHOOTING AFFRAY
Warrant Charging Murder
Issued in Gastonia for John
Caswell, Who Has Been
Arrested There.
ANOTHER ARREST
ALSO EXPECTED
Two Warrants Have Also
Been Issued for Robert
Grice, Young Man Who
Lives in Kings Mountain.
Gastopia. N. ('.. Jan. 8.--Activiti(*s
of local officers' to solve a reported
shooting affray on the outskirts of
Gastonia on the night of November 7.
1D22, in which one man was killed
and a woman seriously injured, were
resumed here today with the arrest of
John Carswell, at liis home here, and
the announcement that another arrest
would follow.
Carswell was charged with -murder
and criminal assault, an officer an
nounced that similar warrants had
been issue against Robert Grice, and
that deputies had been dispatched to
his home at Kings Mountain to take
him into custody.
John Ford was killed in the affray
and a young woman was shot and in
jnml. lmt ltanson Killian and another
young woman who made up tin* auto
mobile party escaped injury. Accord
ing to information gathered by the
police, the quartet were halted on a
lonely road near town by unidentified
men. Several suspivts were taken in
to custody afterward but re
leased later, but it had been some time
since any outward activity had been
shown by the police although it was
claimed by some of them that eventu
ally they hoped to make arrests.
A Later Report. 4
Gastonia, Jan. 8.-—-Robert Grice and
John Carswell, father and-uncle, respec
tively of a young woman, one of a
party of four alleged -to have been
held up and attacked on a country
road near here on Sunday night. No
vember 7. ID2O. were arrested today
on warrants charging criminal assault
and murder. John Ford, who with
Ransom Killian, had taken two young
women to ride, was killed at the time.
Boston Harbor Crowded With Ship-
Boston. Jan. B.—The great eats ship
ping boom since the days of the world
war is now at its height at this port.
Work for - 2,000 longshoremen can he
had at the transatlantic terminals, it
is said. At the rate of 7o cents an
hour for day work aiul $1.05 l‘o,r night
work, tiny pay envelopes of those now
on the job are well filled.
The boom started when coal laden
vessels from England and Wales ar
rived last summer. Coal has arrived
by millions of tons since the miners'
strike in this country.
A score of- ships .laden with wood
pulp, mostly from the Scandinavian
countries, have arrived in the past few
weeks, and the army base and the
Commonwealth piers, where much-of
the freight .is handled, are filled to ov
erflowing. according to vessel owners.
British coal steamers have been
forced to wait a week or ten days in
the harbor before obtaining docking
facilities and many of them, rather
than delay that long, have gone to oth
er ports.
Since the closing of the St. Law
rence river there has been an increas
ing flow of grain through this port.
More than a million and a half tons
were shipped in one week in December.
At the Commonwealth pier "more
than 1.000 men have been employed
and nearly 30 vessels were unloaded
duifing tin* past month. Passenger
space has been taken over for freight.
Piles of canned goods 50 feet high
and shipments valued at between $lO.-
000,000 and $12,000,000 have been stor
ed at the Commonwealth pier at one
time.
Probably the best known woman
astronomer in the world is Miss
Annie J. Cannon of Harvard College
Observatory. Miss Cannon has discov
ered more than 80 stars and lias, con
tributed much, <to the literature of
astronomy.
A house—begins with a brick, a
quarrel with a word.
Great Britan is Ready
to Settle Her War Debts
Washington, Jan. 8. —Great Britain
wants a fair business settlement; of
her five billion dollar war debt to the
United States on such terms as will
produce the Jenst possible disturbance
in the trade relations of the two coun
tries, Stanley Baldwin, the British
Chancellor of the exchequer, declared
today in an address before the joint
meeting of the Britism and American
debt funding commission.
“We are not here to ask for favors
or to-impose on generosity,” said Mr.
Baldwin. “We want a fair business
settlement, a square deal, a settlement
that will secure for America the re
payment to the last cent, of those cred
its which the United States govern
ment established in America for us,
their associates in the war.”
Mr. Baldwin’s address was in reply
to one of welcome by Secretary Mel
lon. chairman of the American com
mission who expressed particular ap
FRENCHTOBCCUPY
Will Send a‘ Small Force
With Engineers and Cus
tom Officials, the Report
Declares. f
Paris, Jan. 8 (By the Associated
Press).—The occupation of Essen by
a small French fljfcroe accompanying
engineers and east cans officers is now
slated for Thurssa| morning, it was
stated on good authority today.
Belgian and Italian engineers and
technical experts win accompany the
French, but only the Belgians, it is
understood, will (gnutribute to tlx*
force of occupation, c
ATTENDS SlNlSj SCHOOL
KEGLJftAKLY 17 YEARS
Mr. Fred Driver Ha* a Record of At
tending Sunday School 17 Years
Without Missing, f
When tlie officers were elected re
cently for the Hgjiffeu (’lass of the
Methodist Protested* Sunday School.
Mr. Fred Driver, Mpo had. been the
secretary for a nuftiber of years, asked
that si new Seop>thLv he elected and
In* be released mud the office, as he
had held this office for the past seven
years. In tlie dist-ussion tlmt follow
ed it was learned tlwt Mi - / Driver hml
not missod u sifitffe session of the
Sunday School for the j«ist 17 years.
This is a record to, bo proud of. and
Mr. Driver was heartily congratulated
by the members of this class on jhis at
tendance record.
The officers of thisclass for flu* next
six months are:
Mr. Lindsay Bluckwelder. president.
Mr. Fred Helms. Secretary.
Mr. Carl I>. Lefler, Treasurer.
THE POTTOS MARKET
First Prices Were Easy at a Decline
of From 20 to 30 Points.
New York, Jan. <B.*—The cotton mar
ket was influenced by the unfavorable
view of European ptiiitieajl conditions,
relatively easy Liverpool j Cables, and
the weaker ruling of foreign exchange
rates at the opening today. First
prices were easy at a decline of 20 to
.‘lO points, and while January stuff di
ed up a few points during the early
trading on covering, later months ruled
about 20 to 27 points lower under co
ca 11. Wall Street anfl southern selling,
with March at 26:40 and May at 26:57.
Cotton futures opened steady. Jan.
26 :10 : March 26:45 aMuy 26 :55 ; J uly
’-Jfl :•’? I: < »or T !?4:s*r. ■
Big Docket at Asheville f’oiirf.
Asheville. X. (\. Man. B.—A total of
145 eases were on tlie calendar for
trial during the regular two weeks
term of superior court which opened
here today.
Judge Thad Bryson, of Bryson City,
is presiding, and the criminal calen
dar was prepared and will be prose
cuted by the new solicitor, J. E. Swain. I
The only capital case is that of Win
field Sea hern, negro, charged with first
degree burglary.
Asheville Library Makes Record.
. Asheville. X. C.. Jan. B.—The Pack
Memorial Public library, with a book
circulation of 112,804 in 1922. is he-!
lieved to have retained its first place
in public service tlie state, accord-!
ing to officials. It would he neces
sary for the library holding second
place last year to show a gain of 47.-
000 in circulation in order to tie the!
local institution.
The increase here was more than 12 .
per cent. The institution added 1.546 i
books and showed 1,765 new borrow-;
ers.
Record Increase in Episcopal Com
municant Membership.
-M’hicago. Jan. 8. —An increase of 39,-;
772 in the communicant. ’ membership j
of the Episcopal clmrcli is reported by
The Living Church Annual, with an
increase in contributions of $875,404.
Other gains reported are 34,132 in
Sunday School membership, 5,022 new
teachers, 6.026 confirmations and 4.-
459 baptisms. The gain in communi
cants is a record for the last twenty
five years.
Mrs. Alice MacDougall is well known
as a broker in the coffee trade in iscw
York.
If you have half an hour to spare,
don’t spend it 'with someone who
hasn’t.
preciation of tlie courtesy of the Brit
ish governmont' in having
as its delegates men so distinguished.
He called attention that this was the
first time si chancellor of the ex
chequer had left his country r to par
ticipate in a mission of this charac
ter.
The Treasury assured the British
representatives that the American
commissioners were no less sensible
than themselves to the virtual neces
sity of effecting definite settlement
upon a basis entirely just to both.
The British chancellor, in his reply,
approached the problem in a broad
general way, declaring the settle
ment would determine the welfare of
the great mass of wage earners - in
Great Britain and the United States.
He submitted extensive statistics to
financial conditions in Great Britain
and a study of these figures was begun
immediately by the American commis
sion.
CABARRUS SUPERIOR
COURT IN SESSION
Most Important Matter for
Present Term is Disposi
tion of Case Against O. G-
Thomas.
JUDGE WEBB IS
PRESIDING OFFCER
Solicitor Zeb Long Begins
Work in This District.—
Hearing in Thomas Case to
Be Held This Afternoon.
The January term of (Ha barrus Coun
ty Superior Court convened in the
court house here this morning, with
Judge James L. Webb, of Shelby, jin*-
siding. Court opened shortly after 10
o'clock, and the morning session was
consumed with the Judge’s charge to
j the grand jury and a number of sub
mission cases.
, /.ebulon Long, of Statesville, assaul
ted his duties as solicitor of this dix
i triet at the opening of court here this
I morning. Mr. Long was elected to the
j Nolieitorsliip at the November election,
and was sworn in last Monday at his
I home, Statesville. Mr. Long is no
! stranger in Concord. He is reeogniz-
I ed as tin!able lawyer, an especially fine
and a Christian gentleman
j who believes in law enforcement.* A
successful record as solicitor is pi e-
I dieted for him.
The greatest interest In this, term of
court centers in the c.ase against. O. G.
(Red) Thomas, who was recently
granted a new trial by the Supreme
Court after being convicted of second
degree murder last January and sen-
I teuteu to serve jlo years in tlie Stare
: penitentiary, for the killing of A. J.
I Allen in Kannapolis.
This case probably will come before
the court this* afternoon or tomorrow
| morning, and as soon as the defend
jant is formally arraigned again for
! the murder of Allen, his attorneys are
i expected to ask Judge Webb for a
i change of venue, arguing their request
on the grounds that prejudice in this
| county ’against Thomas makes it im
possible for him to get a fair trial
here. It is know that Thomas’ attor
neys have secured a number of affi
davits, which will be presented to
Judge Webb.in support of their re
qu«sE.iUM_kit> reported that, attorneys
for the State
number of affidavits, though these re
ports have not been substantiated by
the State’s attorneys.
Attorney Hayden Clement, of Salis
bury, has been retained by the State
j to help in the prosecution of Thomas,
it has been learned berk Mr. Clem
ent was Solicitor of this district when
Thomas was first tried, and his ability
its a lawyer and familiarity with the
case probably account for his reten
tion by the State.
Maness, Arm field & Slierrin, John
M. Oglesby and J. Lee Crowell, of
Concord, and J. J. Parker and E|. T.
Cansler. of Charlotte, will appear
again for the defendant. The State
will he represented by H. S. Williams
and L. T. Hartsell, of Concord. Solic
itor Zeb Long, of Mr.
Clement. Other attorneys may also
lie employed, one member of the Allen
family stated this morning.
While the great interest that was
shown in the case during the first trial
is not expected to develop during the
second hearing of the case, the case is
of unusual interest nevertheless.
Before beginning his charge to the
grand jury Judge Webb spoke briefly
on the improvements la* has noted in
Concord in roecjTT years, expressed the
hope that people lived up to the fine
name given the city years ago by the
early settlers, and added a word et
unstinted # praise for the Stone.wall
Jackson Training School.
Since his last visit here. Judge Webb
stated, Concord lias made vast im
provements, and he congratulated the
city for* the progressive steps it has
taken. He also stated that no city
in the country has a finer name, and
lie advised his hearers to live up to
this name. “It takes concord in all
things to make a success,” he stated,
“and this applies to .the church, the
city, the county and the State.”
There is no institution in the. State
doing a greater work thaiuthe Jackson
Training School, in his opinion, Judge
Webb declared. “The boys are re
ceiving a training there,” he. said, “and
that is just what they need. Some of
the hoys being trained there now will
make useful, hard working,, pros
perous, prominent citizens if they live. ’
he. added, “and ’ they will be worth
more than many hoys who now run
the streets and are given all the money
they want to spend.”
Training at home is what is needed
in this country above all things, and
Judge Webb expressed the belief that
there are many mothers and fathers
in North Carolina who are not capable
of rearing and caring for the children
they have. *“I hope the State will
see fit to give this institution all the
money it needs for its proper manage
ment 1 and enlargement,”
said in conclusion.
Publishers Can Make Contracts With
News Dealers.
Washington, Jan. 8. —Publishers are
not prohibited by the Clayton law
from entering into contracts with news
dealers as agents to act exclusively as
their wholesale distributing agents, tlie
Supreme Court held today in a case
brought bv the Federal Trade Com
mission against the Curtis Publishing
| Company.
' (Switzerland plans to electrify ail its
rafroads within 30 years.
French Receive Copy
of American Proposal
I & *1 - ’
WANT POINDE* state
TO SUCE , s\l,l
Frinds Urging President to
Name! Him as Secretary of
Interior.
Washington, P C„ Jan. B.—President
Harding was urged today by Senator
Jones, republican, Washington, to ap
point his colleague. Senator Poindex- j
ter, to succeed Senator Fall in the In- i
terior Department when the latter re
tires on March 4.
NEW JUDICIAL DISTRICT
PROPOSED IN BILL
Four Eastern Counties Will Ask State
For New District.
Raleigh, N. (’., Jan. B.—Machinery
was in motion here today for the
framing of a House bill for presenta
tion *to the state legislature which
would provide for n redistricting of
the eastern counties which lit* in
judicial districts No. 2 and No. 3, it
was learned from authoritative legis
lators.
The hill would provide for a new
judicial district which would include
Beaufort, Martin,* Washington and
Hyde counties. Representative Van E.
Martin, of Washington, county, an
nounced that such was the desire of
his constituents, and intimated, that !
either lie or Representative Lindsey j
Warren, of Beaufort county, would j
Ijead tlie fight for this legislation in j
rile House. > \
In a statement to the Associated j
Press. Mr. Martin said that the court
dockets through this district were
badly congested at this period, and
that very little encouragement, if any
was offered anyone to bring suit no
matter hosr good their case might lie
because of the possibility that the
ease might be held over from one year
until the next.
“We are not going into this expect
ing it to be an easy matter," Mr. Mar
tin said, in reference to the judicial I
bill. "We are sure to meet more or
or less opposition from other sections
of the state. The need for a new dis
trict including Martin. Washington,
Beaufort and Hyde counties, however,
is so ■pronounced that ji determincnl
fight will he made to carry the legis?
lation through. I am not prepared to
say whether I will lead the bill out. or
whether it will he brought up by Rep
resentative Warren. Ir is my, desire
to see this district formed. The con-1
HBMKtatU-etmUUimw of Aim pockets will!
then he relieved in the other counties ;
which now comprise these eastern dis-j
tricts and the result will be sufficient
in importance to justify the change." I
Mr. Martin has expressed hope for
Iris proposal and little prediction is
being made as to what the outcome of
his efforts might be.
Electric Street Railways Improved Dur
ing 1922.
New York. Jan. B—Eleetrict railway
conditions throughout the .United
States improved during 1922, according
to a statement given out today by (’.
I). Emmons, president of the Ameri
can Electric Railway association.
Ktatisfies based on detailed reports
from companies representing one-third
of the country’s milage, show that
despite the growing use of pleasure
automobiles and keen bus competition j
in many sections, more persons rode |
on electric railways' during 1922 than j
in 1921. The total number of pas
sengers carried exceeded fifteen bil
lion. Up to May there was a falling
off in revenue passengers over last
year, hut since that time generally
there has been a steady increase.
Net operating revenues increased
7.4 pe.r cent, in spite of the fact that
the gross revenue was off 2 1-2 per
cent, owing to general fare reduetitous i
per passenger from 7.49 to 7.33 cents, j
A decrease of 5.9 per cent, in bperat- j
ing expenses served in great measure
to offset the fare reduction loss.
The operating ratio, which repre.- i
sient» tin* per eentage that operating
costs bear to gross receipts, dropped
from 75.2 to 72.4. This is a continu
ation of the improved condition of the l
industry noted a year ago, and is one
of the most favorable signs in its grad
ual steady recovery.
With Our Advertisers.
,A. J. Whitehurst lias recejeved a
car load of hogs and pigs. They are
in tho Lnughlin stable near the South
ern depot. Ad. gives particulars.
“Talk it over with your banker.”
The officers of the Citizens Bank and
Trust Company will discuss business
matters with you without obligation.
The. bank will also accept War Saving
Stamps as cash. Sec two new ads.
today.
The Bell & Harris Furniture Co., has
some overstaffed suites that you should
see before purchasing elsewhere.
Instruct Rowan Farmers on Fighting
801 l Weevil.
Salisbury, Jan. 4.—lnformation
atyout the boll weevil and instructions
on how to tight the pest were given
Rowan farmers at a meeting at the
courtlwiuse today. Despite the very in- >
clement weather 175 farmers were
present. This was one of a series
of meetings being liehl over the state
by representatives of the state agri
cultural extension service. It was!
presided over by County Farm Dem
onstrator Yeager and was addressed |
by several representatives of the ag
ricultural department of the state gov
ernment.
Weather Outlook For Next Week.
Washington, Jan. 6. —The weather j
outlook for the week beginning Mon-|
day:
.South Atlantic States: Considerable!
cloudiness, occasional rains, normal j
temperatures.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
' NO. 53.
Jnited States to End
,| Reparations Question Has
Been Fonnally Submitted
I to the French.
*
I TOTAL REJECTION
IS NOT EXPECTED
France Reports That Plan is
Still Being Considered—
Date of Its Transmission is
Not Now Known.
Washington. Jan. 8. —The plan for
settlement, of the reparations eontro- J
versy between France and England
outlined by Secretary Hughes in his i
I New Haven address, lias l>een eom
hiunfeated t«» the French government If
through official channels.
It was not stated when the Aineri- ||
Can comnnmk-ation was sent, hut in
dications were that it: was transmit
ted through diplomatic 1 channels be- *
fore Mr. Hughes delivered his address
at New Haven.
It was said authoritatively that the
transmittal was ."perfectly definite” in
character, and it was indicated that it
revolved about tin* suggestion that In
, ternationai linaneiers be called into
| formulate reparations payment pliun. -
j Ollieial comment as to the nature
lof the reply already ree*eiv<xi from
! Paris was withheld. The state
ment that, the American suggestion
‘still was xlefiiiitely before the Freiyh
! government however, was interpreted
to mean that the French answer was
not an unqualified lejeetion of the
scheme.
Women to Be Active in Michigan Leg
islative Affairs.
Lansing, Mich., .Jan. 8. —Women's
organisations in Michigan plan to
play a prominent part in the legisla
tive affairs of the general assembly. A
few of the laws they are prepared to
sponsor. ,include:
Equal rights for married women
with those of single women. Present
Michigan laws provide that money
earned by married women legally be
longs to her husband; that she can
not take a position outside tlie home
without, her husband's consent; that
i the married woman is entitled to no
pay! fori her work in -earing for the
1 lionie —except board and lodging— 1
ile tin* single woman is eniitleiLto J
! 'compensation for her labor-, and fir ’
j*some instances, the married woman is
not permitted to make contracts. *
I Perfection of laws protecting women
in industry..
Women lights on a plane with those
accorded men.
I Welfare acts, mother’s compensa
j tion. eugenic marriages, maternity
; measures and kindred others. m . I
COTTON CROP AS WHOLE
IS SLIGHTLY INCREASED
United States Shows a Gain While
Other Countries Show Deereease in
Crop.
Washington. Jan. 5. —Total produc
tion of cotton for the 1922-23 reason
in countries that produced over 90 per
cent, of the. world's crop in the
j 1900-13, is estimated at 15,250,00 bales
of 478 pounds net, according to the
j department of agriculture. This is
an increase of 2,559,000 bales, or 20
per cent, over the production for the
same countries last year and a decrease
of 3,991,000 bales, or 21 per cent, from
me average production for the five
years 1909-13. The countries cov
ered are the United .St a tea, Mexico,
India. Egypt. Asiatic Russia, and
Korea. - - g
| The total cotton area for'the above
j countries, except Mexico, for tlie 1922-
1 23 season is estimated at 57.100,000
| acres, which is 5,044.000 acres, or 10
I per cent, more-than thejirea last year'
1 anti 2.730.000 acres, ( nr r five per cent,
less than the average area far the five ;j
years 1900-13.
Practically the. total increase in pro- j
Iduction is accounted for by the large .1
crop in the United States which is
9.953.041 hales, compared with 7,954,- *
041 bales in 1921. The Egyptian crop
is placed at 1,105,000 bait's in 1922,
compared with 084,000 bales in 1921.
The India crop is 4,010,000 balea, com- 4
pared with 3.735.000 in 1921. Asiastfc
Russia shows a decrease, of 50 per cent,
in production since 1921. The crop »
of Mexico is only slightly smaller than
last year's crop.
Dry Anniversary to Re Celebrated.
Washington, Jan. K. —Plans for cele
brating throughout -the country the. -
third anniversary of constitutional pro
hibition in th<* United States art* be
ing made by the Auti-Saloon League .
of America. The celebration is to lie
held ojri Tuesday of next week. Al
though this day will lie the third an
niversary of constitutional prohibi
tion. the traffic in intoxicants has al- ‘
ready iieen contrary to law in the
United States for more than three
years, it has been pointed out. War- *
time prohibition went into effapt on
July 1, 1919, hut the Eighteenth
Amendment to the Constitution did
; not become operative until January
110 >f the next vo.ar.
j -
Perhaps Roth Rid Right.
| Two tramps were discussig their
1 personal appearance. One was
j smooth-faced and the other had a
| huge heard.
oe .r, one remarked: ‘‘l uswr |
; have a beard like that till I saw me-,
self in the glass. Then 1 cut it off.” :
“Better have left it on, nmte/ r | ,
returned the bearded one mild y. I e
useter have a face like yohr tH® f. .
saw it in the glass. Then i groped'"'
this ’ere beard. \