f. B SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher.
VOLUME XLVIII.
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111 PAYMENT li
REPLy TO ALLIES
Says the. Entire Cost of the
/ yof Occupation Must
Be i aid, and Allows For
iXo Deductions.
All S! S PREPARE
ANOTHER REPLY
America Will Take Money
From Reparations or Any
L Other }Vay the Allies Find
* Raise It.
1' - >!;i n h 1H i I»y !he Assu'iatpd
*1 • ! i!s;il by tile U liked
*'. :: ; >'!,!< to :t« SI reduction of
I'l. ! mi' |jn* c\peases of \he Aiper
! i '. I'lii ■ <i! WccUpatioil It.V tilt l VJlllK*
' i :l< <m.i'ii ships seized.- in Anieri-j
, i nt r , \:i present* d today to the
. | m*j. • -fiitatives in. conference
•.• !i :In- itiMhu.iseinent question by
I . \V id'-wonli. assistant secretary
! In' Ti >asur\. ' I
!{■ . of the $255.ptMUHM>|
r ; ii-ii fi_» anmiril installments out
-.-ill - (human reparations pay
jih V - wi/.lj iliesilli'es proposed, is ac
e-! i-«! iir principle. it was stated, hut
Wadsworth made it plain that the
.t r ;,u view was that the biil should
;c in? 1 <i. ami that it was not the con
i ::.: n till' I nited States whether it
\ > htet « ii; of the German payments
Allied representatives in the face of
f! - rt*j' ••tion of their proposal pre
■m red I.st week, and afterward sub
i:■•■<! to Washington, called a set in
!; i' Meeting. for tomorrow at which
tl ■> will ny to evolve another i»vo]x>-
,»t e. It!-1 1 will he gi ven Air. Wads
u ,ih a! a tall meeting of the confer
••i> »• nutrsday.
H\\ si Vli WILL PI \NT
I\VO MiI.I.SON MAY TREES
ii vTiihdtv to Have Biggest Tree
{'hinting lit*** in Its History.
• -iidem-e of Associat 'd Press i
'i - . •e!i s.—Massachusetts
W\. ■ c ir«*<* iilanting l**e
oties and spruces a fi* set duf ny
i • v t'Mvns jtmi private citizens, on
lam!. Most of the young trees
" 1 :« v,,! | at nominal cost by the
laic has been a decided a waken
ir .Massachusetts to the need of
f"t*‘>t conservation.’’ said Chief Fores
tiT li i.. Cook recently. “In our state
iMir-t:in which we raise pines and
uc have 1.500,000 trees of the
ago for transplanting. There is
ati iin leased interest in this sub
t u • expect to produce trans
.l ' s in our nurseries at a
■ s' of -1.000.000 annually/’
’■'h' ii.,vest estimated cost of the
i "M plantings is two cents for each
a' " irec I In* out ire cost probably
' i! c\,ccd 5,0.000. In some 50 years
" ii" silMiild he Wurth S2(MU>(MI.
apply companies nre_partic
•' cti.c hi creating forests as a
"i c.iii'crv ing rainfall oW the
- lands surrounding reservoirs,
i forester Cook, and cranberry
• " A, a are increasing the number of
!i ■' planted in the bare acreage
ai,,| !iii| their hogs.
Cm’s; id will plant 75.000 trees this
1 i 11 ,;:ii. 1 y spruce.'in the campaign
!l i' - -t conservation started by for
•' .v us \cw England at a meeting
ml: .'-•md iids winter. Other eoinmuii
' plantings will he made in
• ; rts of the state.
h general the trees ro he set out in
’ ' western counties are spruce. In j
’a counties the plantings will
' : "idle pine. As a means of com
the serious ravages of white
i 'd r rust, the state is offering
Mine Scotch pines to he min
'”| in titc new forest areas.
an «thkk figure in
DOROTHY KEENAN CASE
1 !'«• ’ Np.-ts to \rrest Man Not Ilitli
' • 11 Mentioned in Coimertion With
,!i!- < .ist*.
■'"l. Match IP.—Another my.s
--• Pad 'entered Tin* Dorothy
wilder case with the an
il of District Attorney Pec
''««* police today expected to
•ustudy a limn not hitherto
in connection with the
! - Hie young woman, who was}
T,." 1 ; ' ‘ I in her West 57th Street!
last Thursday. The police I
T' " 1,1 -she was slain for ven-J
" ,l|> a " ' i! Front <d' .Mirror, Slays Her
. seif.
: ' ''breh is.—Mits. I. M.
X,IM registered this morning
‘ l‘"td as from Tampa, Fla.,
shut herself through the
'••‘11 dead. From the posi
i'ody when diseovereil by
1 appeared that Mrs. Me
, ! , s i""d liefore a mirror and
e d shut. Assistant <’oro
j.,.',.-‘ pronounced the ease as,
b„
1 - 11 •" ho a breach of court j
• so “disgracefully dec- j
gir|,'. t 'f ' 'etfoit judge ordered two’
s s 1,, wash the paint from)
f lure taking the stand. •
p, , . ' irishmen of South As
-1; "i dies liis brother iniiejits
chi;,;,. 'i K 'ar and the.wife and
IHE CONCORD TIMES.
i THE EASTERN CAROLINA
EXPOSITION AT WILSON
Many Exhibits of the State’s Resources
•’ to Be on Display.
Wilson. X. March* I!).—With
jinan.v exhibits of the state’s resources
!V n display and a long parade as the
first event on the week's program, the
j Eastern Carolina Exposition, sponsor
e< 1 by the Eastern Carolina Chamber
I of.-Commerce, <q>ened here today. Gov-
Jernor Cameron Morrison was sched*
j tiled to lead the parade, hut on account
! of illness in his family could not at-
Gtend.
i A concert by Anna Case, soprano,
I was another feature <d‘ the afternoon,
j he singer will apjiear in concert
again tonight and tomorrow. ,lohn
I maple (>ia\es, orator and journal
ist. will deliver an address at the ex
position tomorrow night. Air. Graves
for many years a writer and speaker
on subjects of national interest, will
discuss recent developments in Wash
ington and America’s foreign policy.
\\ illiam <J. McAdoo was to have been
on the program Tuesday night, but
other engagements forced him to
withdraw bis acceptance to attend.
Friday will he school children's day.
A school parade will he held in the
afternoon and other special arrange
ments have been mad? for this occas
ion. Thursday evening, a style show
will he held. Thb coronation of the
queens \vili take plneq, Friday (‘ve
iling. At eleven o'clock, Saturday
j morning, l)r. A. M. Soule, president of
the Georgia State College of Agricul
ture, will deliver an address. He \\iil
he ollowed in the afternoon by Dr. It.
\V. Kilgore, director of the North
Carolina Extension Service.
The«f(srmal hall will occur Thursday
(wening, after the announcement of
tin* election of queens. Lois Long Hi
ker. New York soprano, will present
her concert Wednesday evening.
; N. G. Bartlett.. secretary of the j
Eastern Carolina Chamber of Com
merce. has arranged and directed plans
for tilt 1 exposition.
E. D. LATTA TO PAY
$50,000, SAYS JLRYI
Citizens Hotel Company of Charlotte 1
Wins Suit Against* Subscriber.
Charlotte. March 17. —All issues in I
tlie ease of the Citizens Hotel Com-1
puny suing E. I). Lnttn for $50,000 j
unpaid subscription to the stock of j
the company, were answered this fot*-
noon by the jury in favor of the hotel
company. Mr. Lnttn being required to
pay the $50,000 and interest on the de
faulted payment from .launary, 1022.
The evidence was all in last night
and Judge It. F. Lolng announced that
he would charge the jury this morn
ing. Presentation of evidence was
concluded yesterday morning, the law
yers speaking in Die afternoon, eou
i 7 ■ >v iw-iipr t*y •’ v
Kfruggs, secretary to Mr. Lnttn! and i
also secretary of the Charlotte Con-j
solidated Construction Company, and j
H. M. Victor, president of the Union j
National Bank, for the defense,
Mr. Latta remarked during the i
trial, “J am 70 years old and this is j
the first time I have ever been sued ,
personally in my life.”
The case, has been one in which’’i
centered very keen interest owing to |
the prominence of Mr. Latta and
members of the hotel company.
DEVIL AND THE LORD
AIDED HIM TO LEAVE 1—
Virginia Negro Preacher Stands Not •
I pon Order of Going After the j
Note.
Va.. March 17.—‘The
devil sent Holland a message and the
Lord told hint to go.” declared George
Holland; negro minister of Upperville,
Va.. on the eve of liis departure for
an unknown destination following re
ceipt several days ago of an .alleged
threatening letter said to have been
signed “Kit Klux Klan.”
Holland has repeatedly denied from
his pulpit what he termed “prevalent
contempt of laws against liquor,” and
Sheriff Edwards said today the letter
was sent by alleged bootleggers of the
neighborhood. Among other things
the letter stated, according to the
sheriff, that the writer was connected
with the recent attacks on the Rev.
I Harry C. Marsh, a Methodist minister
of Middleburg, who was fired upon
from ambush upon tlir«> occasions.
The sheriff said the letter to Hol
land contained a threat against the
minister's life. Holland, lie said, de
clined offers of protection and decided
to leave the community.
MINERS OFFER PRAYER
BEFORE ENTERING MINES
t •
Action of Valter (dal Company Min
ers is Without Precedent in United
states.
Dnquoin. 111., March 10.—Daily
prayer services for their salety have
been adopted by miners employed at a
large mine of the Valier Goal Com
pahy near here. Short services are
hel(i each morning at the bottom of
j the shaft before the miners enter their
various rooms to perform their fork.
The plan is without precedent in coal
j mines in the United States, officials
j of tlie mine said.
Storm Warnings Broadcast by Federal
Bureau.
Washington, March 18.—The weath
er bureau tonight issued the follow
tin^:
“Advisory southwest storm warnings
10 p. in. Tape Hatteras to Eastport,
Maine. Disturbance central over In
diana. will move rapidly northeast
ward with increasing intensity and be
attended by strong south and south
i west winds probably reaching gale
1 force Monday morning and shifting to i
northwest during Monday.”
The. following marriage licenses
, were issued Saturday by Register of
j Feeds Elliott: Oscar Hurlocker and
Miss Margie Earnhardt, both of Ca
barrus: Page Young and Miss Bessie
Mabre.v, bqjh <>f Concord: and Claude
B. Walters ahd Miss Dtkisy Keadling, j
both of Concord.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THU R S DAYS
Another Cold Wave Is Now
Gripping Part of Country
(By (he \SMoeln(e<l Press.>
Chicago, March 11).—The entire cen
tral area of the country today was in
the grasp of a hitter cold wave, despite
the theoretical proximity of Spring.
From the Rocky Mountains eastward,
and from the far Northwest to upper
Florida, with much of tin* territory
covered by snow, temperatures ranging
from sub-zero to March records were
registered.
Freezing temperatures were predict
ed for Louisiana all the way to the
Gulf coast today. Frost was regarded
probable in central Florida tomorrow.
Rain in the Southern states v,as ex
Reformed Church Here
Will Be Rebuilt Soon
Members of Church Decided Sunday to Construct Mod
ern Structure, Work tQ Start Soon.—Committees at
Work Making Plans for Erection of Building;.
♦
r lhe members of /Trinity Reformed
< hiirch assembled in a congregational
business meeting Sunday morning at
11 o’clock, voted to rebuild the church
beginning this'year, A unanimous re
quest of the consistory was sent to the
congregation and adopted.
The provisional plans will call for a
modern church plant with equipment
lor social, educational and religious
( wori; of u growing congregation. The
j church auditorium will he planned for
,a seating capacity of 250, and so ar
j ranged that it can he easily expanded
ito seat 4(K) or more. The Sunday
school equipment will lx* planned to
care lor u school of 850 pupils in
both the elementary and secondary di
visions, with class rooms, and assem
i hly rooms. A basement will he pro-
I vided under the entire structure,
j available if, necessary, to provide for
j the social and recreational needs of till
| the organizations of the congregation.
The estimated cost of such a hudd
ling will he about $30,000.
Two committees of twelve inembers
each will study the needs and plans of
finance and report to the congregation
at their annual meeting April 22 or
prior, at which time final plans can
• lie adopted and the work begun. Mr.
i-1. D. Moose is chairman of the build
ing committee, which has in charge
the plans of building, location of the
church and parsonage, securing of ar
chitect and all items pertaining there-
JH,--' ’]I A. • Ilolshouser is chair-
F unfit m rue* n/?» 11 ce 'c?«rhinit.te?‘. which
; has charge of ways and means of
; financing the whole proposition,
j The congregation has been talking
i new church for several years. A num
, ficr of the auxiliary organizations'
I have l>een carrying shares of building
| and loan for a new church. This was
j the first time the congregation was
' given opportunity of expressing them
j selves by vote. There was much ani
mated discussion, the general trend be
ing strongly in favor of beginning _at
■ once. The vote was practically unan
imous for the whole provisional pro
gram outlined by the Consistory.
The members recognize the great
| need for the building. It is (difficult
! to accommodate the* Sunday school in
the present building, and the work is
far from satisfactory. The Sunday
school at present conducts 12 class
es iu it one-room building. There were,
present at the sessions yesterday
morning 150, a number sufficient to
occupy most of the seating capacity
of the present building. The social
and recreational life of the church is
equally handicapped, for . there is no
room at the church for such features,
such life that should he given expres
sion under the auspices of the church.
The young people want such room and
the church says tint! they shall have it.
The congregation expects to erect a
building of the best material and of
beautiful design. The building will
not he one of the largest, but will he
one of the best equipped in Concord.
Garden Work Among Negro Farmers.
Raleigh, N. G., March li).—As a sup
plement to the recent live-at-home cam
paign promoted by the Agricultural
•Extension Service of State College
and the State Department of Agricul
ture, G. li. Hudson, State agent, now
is starting a movement for garden
work among negro fanners.
This campaign, if was stated, will
run until April 25, and during the last
ten days many meetings will be held
to discuss 1 >etter gardens and to dis
tribute garden manuals and enroll
ment cards. These cards will fa* used
to secure the names of those who en
ter the North Carolina Negro Garden
Club and will he held until the farmer
has actually prepared his garden and
planted six or more kinds of staple
vegetables.
The garden campaign will be hand
led through negro farm demonstration
agents, in the counties which hsive
them. In other counties, the move
ment will he directed by the white
demonstration agents. In every pos
sible case, stiid Mr. Hudson, speakers
will be furnished counties upon appli
cation to the Extension Service at
Raleigh.
Old Civil War Veteran Dead.
Nobles, Ind.. March Iff.—Oscar F.
Brown, 03 years old. said to he a sec
ond cousin of former President of for
j of former President Abraham Lincoln,
i died as his home here yesterday. Mr.
| Brown was one of the oldest Civil War
Veterans in Indiana.
iSugnr Market.
jNew York, March 19. — Raw sugar
steady and -unchanged at 740 for Cen
jtrifugal. Refined unchanged at 890
to 930 for granulated.
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, MARCH 19, & 23,
pected to change to snow in northwest
Georgia and western North Carolina.
The weather along the California
coast was reported fair and warm, and
little apprehension was felt there.
In the upper Mississippi Valley and
the Rocky Mountain region* train ser
vice and wire columnnientioh were de
moralized.
Throughout the northwest orders
were issued by railroads cancelling
freight trains and certain passenger
service. Some roads placed embar
goes on perishables. Trains were stall
ed for hours in snow drifts. _
I DISCUSS METHODS OF
| FIGHTING RUM FLEETS
Chief of Prohibition Service
and Several Other Higher
Officials Hold Conference
in Capital.
• —.. , „
! Washington, March 19.—-How to deal
with the rum fleets which hover off
! the New York and New Jersey coasts
' was discussed today at a conference
hetwjeon i'rohihjtionr Coin missions
Haynes. A. G. YeWowley. chief of the
enforcement squads in the metropoli-
I tan districts, ttnd New Jersey agents.
Commissioner Haynes conceded ilia)
jthe rum fleets are ;t difficult problem
and one likely to continue.
“There always has been smuggling
of all kin'tjx/' said .Commissioner
: Ilaynes.
! The bootleg flotillas are not as large
as some times reported, according to
Mr. Ilaynes. and do not carry high
grade liquors.
' “Most of the stuff carried by these
! smugglers Ts stuff made in
Cuba anil sold under forged labels."
said Commissioner Ilaynes. “Os all
the seizures made by Mr. Yellowley
frorn these smuggling vessels there has 1
not been one single drop of high grade
bonded liquor.” ,
HIGHWAY COMMISSION
BACKS PURCHASING AGENT
Says It Finds Nothing Reflecting on
the Integrity of W. S. Fallis.
j Raleigh, March ID (By the Associ
ated Press). —Following criticism of
the purchasing department of the State I
Highway Commission headed, by \Y. S.
Fallis, by several Charlotte automo
bile supply and repair concerns, the
commission hits made an investigation
and found nothing “reflecting on the
integrity qf the purchasing agent,"
Frank Page, chairman, announced to
, day.
I The criticism which developed from
the awarding of contracts was brought
to the attention of Governor Cameron
Marrison who in turn placed the mat
ter before the Highway Commission.
The Commission unanimously
adopted the following resolution after
the Charlotte dealers and Mr. Fallis
had appeared before the body:
“Whereas, there has been some eris-
I icisrri of the purchasing department of
the State Highway Commission and
•this criticism has been brought to the
attention of the Commission, and a
thorough investigation having been
made, by the examination df wfit
i nesses 'and correspondence, we are un
able to find anything reflecting on the
i integrity of the purchasing agent."
PAR CLEARANCE CASE
CASE TO BE HEARD IN APRIL
! Supreme Court of United Slates Sets
April 23 as Date for tin* Hearing..
Washington, March 19.—Appeals
taken by the so-called country banks
in Georgia and North Carolina to test
the validity of that part ol' the Fed
eral Reserve Act under which Federal
Reserve Banks undertake to collect
at par .within their districts all checks
deposited with them, whether drawn
upon member or non-member bilks,
were advised today by the Supreme
court for hearing on April 23 next.
The decisions in the lower, Federal
and State courts were adverse to the
contentions of the hanks that they
could charge a small discount for
cashing checks which their depositors
had sent out of town. The cases were
brought by the American Bank and
Trust Company and others, from
Georgia; apd by the Fanners and
Merchants Bank of Monroe and others
from North Carolina.
• With Our Advertisers.
The Citizens Bank and Trust Com
pany offers you security and service
when you dejtl with it. This institu
tion has behind it eighteen years of
successful hanking.
Patt Covington has some bargains
in shoes for men. hoys, women and
girls from $1 to $3. See ad. today
Cline & Moose have just received a
car load of red cedar shingles, 18 j
inches long. Also Portland Cement |
and lime. See new ad. today.
The University of Cambridge has
decided to grant degrees to women. j
HARDING'S PLANS
FULL! DISCUSSED
B! CHAIRMAN HULL
Democratic Leader Thinks
Mr. Harding Has No
Chance to Be Re-elected
At the Next Election.
NOMINATION IS
ALMOST ASSURED
Says if President Was Good
as “Ordinary President”
the Nomination Would Not
Be in Doubt.
Washington, March 19.—Character
izing Attorney General Daugherty's,
announcement of President Harding's
candidacy for a second term as out*
Which will have “little or no affect
upon tlie national political situation in
either party," Chairman Hull, of the
Democratic National Committee, today
issued the following statement:
i "The semi-official announcement by
Attorney General Daugherty that
President Hurding will hi* a candidate
for renoinitmtion is of small interest
as news, compared .with the reasons
for making the announcement til this
time.
"If President Harding had only ris
en to the level of an ordinary presi
dent. it would have been taken for
grunted that the party would re
nominate him. The doubt concerning
his reliohiination has been raised I>A'
the fact that his administration to date
hi*s been the most conspicuous failure
of tiny in the 29 national administra
tions. With this fact confronting
them, the progressive element in the
republican party as well as conserva
tives of sound political judgment long
ago realized that Mr. Harding could
not he re-elected, and began to look
for another candidate. The failure of
the Harding administration was dem
onstrated and emphasized by the re
pudiation i given it at Ihe polls hi* t
November..
“The reactionary supporters of the
President'- largely confined to the of
ce bidding and office seeking classes,
evidently realized that if Mr. Haul
ing was ro he renominated, someth Pig’
would have to be done to revive in
terest in him which was fast waning,
arid also to suppress those party lead
ers who are rapidly deserting the
Harding cause in search of another
candidate. Hence the. -announcement
of the Harding candidacy from the
President's closest personal friend and
most influentiiyl political adviser. At
torney General Daugherty. Hence,
too. the President’s announced pur-'
pose of making a speech-making tour
of the country.
“The announcement of Attorney
General Daugherty will have little or
no effect on the national situation in
either 'party. One of tin* outstanding
issues in the 1921 campaign will be
the record of omission and commis
sion of the Harding administration,
whether Mr. Harding leads the ticket
or not.” *
MAN DROWNS HIMSELF
AFTER KILLING CHILI)
Also Tried to Kill Another Child, Who
f Escaped With Severe Injuries.
Baltimore, i March 19.—Depressed
hv financial losses and the death of
liis wife four years ago, Edward
Boerner, a farmer, drowned himself
in a well near Essex yesterday, after
killing one of liis daughters and se
riously wounding afiother with an axe.
News of the tragedy was carried to
the home of a neighbor by one of the
daughters. Her head and face were
covered with blood from three wounds.
Railroads Must Pay Government Big
Sum.
New Orleans, March 17.—Railroads
of the United States must pay into the
federal railroad contingent fund ap
proximately S7S.(KM),(MM) as half of their
earnings in excess of six per cent, un
der a decision by a tlm*e-jndge feder
al court in New Orleans today. The
decision upholds the constitutionality j
of the federal transportation act of!
1920.
The suit was a lest case and the re
sult has been awaited with interest by
all railroads. It applies directly to ev
ery railroad whose earnings amount to
more than six per cent, for tin* last j
ten months 'of 1920 and tlie full yqar |
of 1921.
Lorna Ambler Named Corespondent.
New York, March 19.—Lorna Am
bler, an Australian actress, was
named as tlie corespondent m the di
vorce suit which Geraldine Farrar is
pressing against her actor husband, j
Lou Tellegen. j
Miss Lois Long, soprano, a daugh
ter of Judge li. F. Long, of States-j
ville, will sing in Charlotte the first
week in April, the exact date to he
decided later, at the chamber <>f com
merce.
Mrs. L. L. Mauldin, who has been
confined to her home for three weeks j
with an attack of la grippe, is able to
he out again.
Planes at End of Trip.
San Juan. Porto Rico. March 19 (By j
the Associated Press) —The six. U. S.,
Array‘airplanes arrived this morning
at 10:30 o’clock, completing their
flight from San Antonio, Texas.
INCREASED PRODICTION
IN INDUSTRY REPORTED
1 International Chamber of Commerce
Hears American Survey—Condi**"”
Are Improving.
Washington. March I UTjr«
meat in American eeoponu
is being achieved through production
alul great etficienc.v in industry
rather than by higher prices or
through expansion of credit, aceord
! ing to a survey of conditions sub
mitted at the meeting of the Interna
|tional Chamber of Commerce at Rome
■ today and made public here today hv
jtion. A production rate was reached
'in February, the report said, that ap
parently exceeds any record establish
ed by the basic industries except for
a mohth in 1917. General industrial
efficiency stands out, it was added,
as the foundation upon which the
production rite was built, and tin*,
economists who studied the situation
I noted no tendency toward a decline
jin this respect.
In line with other industries and
| business efforts, railroads have bean
| more efficiently operated in recent
j months 'than ever before, the report
! stated, adding that this conclusion
was based on the’ration of operating
costs to gross -earnings. The im
proved position ut the rail lines lias
been accomplished, according to t Im*.
survey, in face of reductions in the
compensation received by the 'carriers
| for their services.
Rail traffic between November.
J 1922, and February.* of this year.
I the report went on, “has contradicted
Jail earlier experience according to
which there should he a pronounced
seasonal decline with a rise on volume
with, the opening of spring.”
Gar loadings in December average
83*5,000 per week while the weekly av
erage, in .January, the report said, was
i 845.000 cars.
Notwithstanding the cut in freight
I rates, the report noted an approximate
equality bf revenues received by the
roads i,n 1921 and 1922. This, of it
sc.lf, according to the survey, testifies
to the larger volume of business in
the I'nited States, “for it seems that
volume was sufficient not only to over
come the reduction in rate, but also
the efforts of the lqng coal strike and
the, protracted strike of some of the
railroads' employee's themselves.**
“In actuality the partial recovery in
prices has fortunately been applied to
good crops.*’ the report said and ad
ded that the -total volue of all farm
prodsets t'nr 1922 was $14,310,900,000
or a lion t two billion more than in
1921.
“The. trend.” the report continued,
“undoubtedly is toward a restoration
of prices of commodities to a proper
balance among themselves.”
“Expanding activity,” was noted by
tin* economists in their survey of fuel
.atttlyi Hover uses.
“The prices of coal, however, were
held to reflect the protracted strike
—and the continuation of wages in
coal mines at high level.”
Mill consumption of cotton was
rated in the report at about two
times greater than in 1920 and steel
production was computed at about
80 per cent of the rated capacity of
the country.
Automobile production, the report
declared, reached a new peak in 1922
when it was estimated an average of
203,0000 cars were turned out a month.
|
ONE KILLED. FOUR HURT
IN ASHEVILLE ACCIDENT
Quart Dottle Found in the Pocket of
Dead Man—Rollins Technically Cli
de r Arrejit.
Asheville. March IS.—Jim Johnson,
painter, was killed and four others in-J
jured. two seriously, when a thigh j
powered automobile crashed info a
trolley car on Mejrrimon avenue about ,
9:30 o’clock last.night.
The injured are:
V. 15. Rollins, driver, deep - cuts
about the face and neck.
Essie West, Guthrie, probably intern
al injuries and cuts about the face, .
hands and neck.
Anne Taylor, gashes about the face., j
A quart bottle, cointainmg about a ;
ball’ pint of whisky, was found in the '
pockets' of the dead man. Deputy
Sheriff Dillingham said. Johnston
bled profusely and in addition to deep
gashes on his face and head, suffered
a fractured skull.
Rollins is technically under arrest,!
although on guard wa,s placed at his j
bedside, the physicians advising the 1
sheriff that the injured man was in
such serious condition that this would
not be necessary.
JOHN T. ELLIS FREED
BY COURT IN NEWARK
Was Charged With Kidnapping Alex
E. Robertson. Suitor for the Hand of
Miss Mary Culberson.
Newark, X. J., March 10.—John F.
Ellis, former private detective, who!
was accused of kidnapping Alex A. I
Robertson, former gunner in the P.rit- j
ish Royal artillery, and suitor for the j
hand of Miss Mary Culberson, (laugh-j
ter of former Fritted States Senator
Culberson, of Texas, was freed by the
court today.
President Invited to Stop Over in
Asheville.
Asheville. March 18.—Fred Seeley. ;
proprietor of a well known hotel in
Asheville, Mayor Gallatin Roberts. I*. |
M\ Burdette, president of th<* chamber
of commerce, and other civic organiza- j
tions have ioined in ?>n invitation to!
President Harding and members of
his party to stop in Asheville for a j
stay on route to Washington after,
leaving Florida,
Ruth Slants Oat His First Ilontcr of
Year.
NAw Orleans. March 18. —“Babe”j
Ruth hit a home run in the fifth in-j
ning of The Yankee-New Orleans’
Southern League team exhibition game
here yesterdiay. Dugan was on first
when la* cleared the right held fence
with a high flv. It was Ruth’s flrst
home run for the 1923 exhibition
games.
• $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance,
ANOTHER SOLDIER
7 „, L IED 111 RUHR;
i!
: ACM sum
1
French Trooper Was Shot in
Essfcn Railway Station, and
Three Germans Were
Wounded There.
TAX PENALTIES
BEING fNVOKED
MiiW Owners Given Until
April 15th to Pay 40 Per
Cent Coal Tax Under New
French Order.
"Dusseldorf, March 19 (By the As
sociated Press).—The killing of a
French soldier and a German civilian
at Essen, and the announcement' that,
the German mini* owners had been al
lowed until April 1.7 to pay the 40 per
cent, coal tax. were outstanding devel
j opments in the Ruhr situation over
the week-end.
J The soldier was shot at the Essen
! Railway station. A German who en
jdeavored to escape, was wounded so .
badly he died later. Three others
were arrested on suspicion.
French headquarters announced that
the first of the penalties recently
threatened if the mine owners Lilted
to pay the coal tax had been Invoked,
and though in some instances export
licenses were ltciug withheld. Contin
! ue«l failure to meet the tax obligation
j will result in the arrest and court
j martial, the Germans were warned.
1 MOR RI SON-EVE RETT-M c LEAN
STORY ‘‘PI RE FABRIC ATION”
i ‘
Governor Morrison Denies There Has
Been a Breach lie! ween Him and
McLean.
Raleigh. March 17. —In response to.
telegrams ami inquiries from friends;
Governor Morrison tonight issued a
statement denying emphatically that
there had been a breach l»etween him
self and A. \V. McLean, of Lumherton.
declared candidate for the office of
governor in the next gubernatorial con
test* or that he had interested Idm
| self to bring into the nice W. N. Ev
t **rett, secretary of state, whuse possi-
! ble candidacy has been discussed gen
i erally since the adjournment of the
j legislature.
I “The publication that lam trying to
I bring m.v dear friend, W. X. Everett.
1 or anybody else out as candidate for
I governor is without foundation,” ho
(declared.’ ”1 am not and have not
been engaged in the business of try
! ing to get out candidates for governor.
“The statement that there has been
i n breach of a personal or political
I character between my friend A. W.
| McLean and myself is a pure fabrica-
I tion. There is absolutely no founda
-1 tion for any such story. The rela
tions between us are as they have tieen
for many years.”
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at an Advance of 9 to
j 22 Points iii Response to Firm Liver
pool Cables.
New York. March 19. —The cotton
market opened steady at an advance of
; 9 to 22 points in response to relative
ly firm Liverpool cables and reports
of unfavorable weather in the South.
: Further rains were reported, particti-'
larly in the eastern licit sections,
j while the weather was unsettled and
1 cold In the southwest and central
i belts. It was argued in some quar
ters that, the low temiierature would
reduce the number of boll weevils, but
the market on the whole apjieared more
impressed by complaints of delay in
farm work, and active months were
from 13 to 23 points higher right after
j the call with May advancing to 31.48
; aiKi October to 27.03.
Cotton futures opened steady.
March 31.18: May 31.47; July 30.30;
< )ct. 2*5.93 ; Dec. 2*5.50.
Look Out For ('heck Flasher.
Mrs. Beulah V. Tyson, secretary of
the Concord Merchants Association,
lias received a bulletin from the ltal-
I eigh Merchants Association stating
that Ira 11. Leigh passed a n urn tier of
! no fund checks in that city, amounting
Ito about S3O. lie gave bis address as
I 822 Cleveland St., Durham. X. C. He
pulled the same stunt.off in Danville.
1 Va., using the name of Harrison P.
! Wilson. He usually buys the merehan
! disc and has It sent to different nd-
using the name of a lady.
HUNTERSVILLE WILL
GET A NEW FACTORV
New England Capital Plans Erection
of Large Cotton Mill There.
Charlotte, March 16.—'Another cot
ton rhill, employing several hundred
j operatives, is practically assureu tor
Huntersville. The mill will be one of
1 a chain financed by New England
capital and will be a* large as tne
Anchor mill. An overall manufae
• turlng company, with offices in Cnar
, lotto and Hickory, is planning vo
I erect a plant in Huntersville. A dete
-1 gatiqn of Huntersville citizens go to
Hickory soon to present the offer of .
{the town.
Dr. J. M. L Lyerly, who died at
Winston-Salem Saturday, will he bur
ied at Crescent Tuesday afternoon, the
funeral being conducted from the
Crescent Reformed Church at three
o’clock. A short service will also lie
held at Winston-Salem Tuesday
i mornlTig at 9:30.
NO. 73.