North Carolina Newspapers

j. B SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher. VOLUME XLVIII. Protests Against Crop Reports by Government j.j■«;( «-i the American < , } nt».i Association' Says, i/ .pf H Will Help Persons \Viio Rm Exchanges. iVKOXI TIME TO PUBLISH REPORT \\r m y, ;u:amaker Says Not in j'jftv \ ears Has Such a Re port Been Made Public Be fore the First of July. \| h.\v~. S. A-prii 23 ( Ry! v .», • ' i *!'»\<s i. — flit* action <if J ~ •. ,i, ni officials in milking pub- j .iiiil uncage report of IS . • the Department of. Ag- 1 l-vuirn: ;!i which planting; intentions! • •!-»* forecast. was do- j ~,j - measure . “in behalf of ! ; who heavy losses* . . , nmv cotton they did not J . s’ a t cjiiciit here today by J. i y. . I'lOstdCMl of the Am-j i i.rt• ri \>s»H-iation. Protests) ;i i ,i; icpori. Mr. Wiinaiuakor j i,i ,■ ~d < •.me to hint by tele-1 ,j. j .id i'Vi iy section of tl»e conn- i ni j; imu persons in ail walks of j . r .-I:-, i: iu llieiniiers of' ( '<Hlgrt*SS. j . , iioiuists imist Iw mind i \i Wanamaker said, "be- j , r ]. , p'sfss t• > tell us-what thej - intend to plant, and iti addi- ] must le readers of the fit-* •p. i„ . they us what na .i,.> , !;e.iuleil to do in connection ; ,1-1, the ep.p during: the coming: f“ .. . .:, I M :kit pililie a government fore-' ra.s ;it (iii' time, the Cotton Assoeiu ■:/ i, id o»serte<l .is unprecedented; ■•g (j'i< e..mit :*y for at least fifty years.: ’ mtjr-i regular forecast not being: due) a!;; .Inly l.;i<t year, he continued, j 1 11 in*dt of Agriculture officials' minimi the rc«|iicst of citton interests tbt the jt.’ol'ohle decrease in acreage j Ifoii ti:tted early in the year. (al! (bnt'erenee to Protest. >• Manill as, s. (\. April 23 i P.y i a-.'..-siH-iated Press>. —Proi>osal for a uAHiiil ••otiference ot""representa»ives ■>! astri.-nitare and friendly allied In-f ; tu meet in Washington to pro-, ?e' ~ i.tet the Department of Agri i .!tme report mi the, probable acreage .Ml |‘ .!i• ■ i| ;: • | n'lijix was inside in a tele sraiu setti le Norman Mayer & Do.. op New oilcans. j»y .1. S.* \V a fin uut Kt*r. f * I'.evident of the American Cotton As secrioi:. and made public here ioday. Ti ram urgt*s members of the :ir:rtu mP-r with friends and advises ii: on.ln -of tlteir judgment sayitig flat many re,nests for such a confer n.cc I ice: i received. ’ln Wana maker In his telegram said tbt lie had assurance that he could tin ceM, ieration of agrieultuval ■i' in the west and other see •l ins •!' jin» coni:try for a national ■m|:tV;'enia* in Washington "as a pro w ; u: im-t the government policy of iEtcrt'-rriav' with prices of agricultural* nHn-r, " [j,. said that the grain j west "urges joint co-operation ; • i.,n ui acreage of the west ■ ■ v'. -L, as a matter of mutual pro- ! h ;:! sent to tlm same ; .. 'atuniay. Mr. Wa tin maker j that iic- can find "tie law, either | ' ‘ .'lit iii«*. justifying the action i 'i !: . enmiciii, in issuing reports j h - m i. -j.iiu iug acreage increase j 'in . approximately 1- fh»r j With Our Advertisers. Auto owners will lind much to in- j fli.'in in tlu* new ad. today of j J. A. Glass. rite llitchie Hardware Co. hos a "•iupo*r .* line of sporting goods*. Head i p od. .-arcfully for particulars. The Gordon School of Music has an today that will interest you. P>aidxvin r.-frigerators are sold here 1 * tin- Cnin-onl Furniture Co. They ‘ '-"hi and klean. » U.o Southern Railway Co. is offer-. special rates for Sfouthern Baptfst! "lo.'iitloti. \ew ad. gives schedule j ‘O"] (iri. i's lor trijt. -C . | linn lien’s I’oiwiet Shop is now ‘I' 1 v tvitie Springjniillinery. The op-j will Im lu-hi Saturday,. i i:/, ..ih Arden face powders and I' ofations at Gibson Drug, V ‘" A sport Hats, Leghorns !l u ! m ims. dowers, and other '"ati. ,s at the Specialty Hat Shop, v,,, ‘ "i-h to make a safe invest '* ' ' 1 i at the Citizens Rank and ■h" ' 'a t a»l\ice of its officers in 'T '■‘•sp"-.-;. see ad. N ' ' ""'id Furniture Co., sells the : ’' "tioii (ii| Cook Stove. f . A. Moose has just received , i: h |,r ‘‘ sejsl. New ad. today ILirticniars. JVcn.Mi Oldest Rail Stockholder. . 1 A t'h ipliia. April 23.—Greetings j. !; o!!l< 'i'ds of the Pennsylvania y tl .J '' : ' " upany were sent today to S: 1:1 *' (; Yarnall, the company's •]iV An'ldcr, on the occasion of \ , ;*' birthday anniversary. Mrs.. t'«:stdent of West Pliiladel *‘ i'u a slo.;*kholder of the , ' > or forty-six years, having i 'j l,, ' r first shares in 1*77. Iler Howard Y:rrn;rll s began ac <in tlh* company in 1865. ’■ * ros ing Claims 4 Victims. ‘ April 22.-' - Four ■v};,.., 1 liortc-it killed late today v ■'' ' j -'my r train on the Rig , i 1: o;ui. Cleveland to cJin <r.Js:V.'> Mn,< : k au automobile jit a :.i- H niwood, near here. The tlu, ' '' ‘Hhioned five minutes sifter 1 watchman quit worlt. The concord times. ♦ •-! :F * T F .;p * w - : ST(SPS ISSI F ?- t OF AITLEAGFS -h -C Boston, April 2 I.—A pernmn.Mit E a* injunction restraining the infer- -H state Commerce Committee from rr *' carrying out its recent Order :r E lirovi.llng for the salt* of non- E t ranst era hie and interchangeable E mileage tickets at 20 j>er cent, rr j price reduction was issued today *i-*' '•'.by .Judge Mack. Rre\vst*‘r and E ” Morris iu the Fcocral district E E court. The injunction ordereil E, v ' Vj,v; issued after a hearing on it E, **' lief ition of fifty eastern roads bp- E E posed To the commission's ruling. E * * ♦EE*EEEE E E E E -F E ♦ SAYS HARDING WILL RF NOMINATED AGAIN Statement Made by Thos. YV. Miller, Alien Property Custodian. AVashington. April 23.-—Thos. W. Miller, alien property custodian, after a conference today with President j Handing, issued a formal statement in j which he said it is "certain that the republican part\ in the next national convent ion will renominate President Harding." - The alien properly custodian report-j od to the President on public opinion i as lie had found it during a months! trip through the west., hut In* said his ) statement as, given out later had not! l«*eu_laid before the executive. Among 1 matters on which he reported was tin- j derstood to have been, sentiment on the j world court issue. NEW HIGH PRICE IS PAID FOR ( l BAN SUGAR 10,000 Bags Sold to Operator For May at Price of About 8.28 ( cuts Deliv cd. New York, April 23.—('uban raw sugar t.rday sold al new high records since P.I2U. with a sale of 10.000 hags to an for May shipment at I G 1-2 cents, cost ami freight, equal to S.2M delivered. Raw futures also totiehed new high nvords, and one lo cal, refiner advanced list prices for line granulated 10 points, to 0.70. GERMANY- IS READY TO MAKE NEW PROPOSAL ( orrewpomlent Su*-. Positive Offer YY’ill V, Ass.ici,-: i - ! el Press). —The Berlin cori*«q)ondent nf the Central News sgys he learns on good authority that the German gov ernment is preparing a positive otter to the allies. The government, he adds, will declare its readiness to ne gotiate and discuss the question oi reparations and guarantees. HERE’S NEW TWIST IN WORN OFT ALIBI j Defendant Offered .Judge Car If It] Ran 25 Miles.—And It Did It. Alexandria, La., April 20.—A new | twist to the worn out traffic court | alibi. “It won’t run that fast," crop ped cut hcr2 yesterday in the case of 11. Koury, hauled -before the bar for exceeding the speed limit. He offered the usual excuse. ‘•[f it wi 1 make twenty-five miles will you give it to me?" asked Judge Al Hundley. •I certainly will." Koury replied, “because I know it will not make fifteen." The court and its attaches trans ferred itsc f from the court room to another car, taking the defendant al -ng, while an officer took the wheel of Koury’s machine, unit “speoued up.” The rolling court maintained an even pace. "The car is yours, said Koury. as the speedometer needle cross the 25 \ mile mark. . _ (Judge Mundley was to decide to day v ■whether he would take the ear or impose a fine. (HOPACKEAGF Department of Agriculture Makes Stir vey on Crop Average. Washington, April 20. —A special re port oil the acreage of the principal crops farmers intend to plan this year, made today by the Department of Agriculture included: Cotton. 112.00 per cent, of the ld acreago. Spring wheat t.N.5 per cent. Com 102.0 per cent.; oats 102.0 per cent.: barley 105.7 per cent.: Max' 1.8‘J.0 per cent.; potatoes *MKO per cent.. sweet potatoes 07.5 per cent.; tobacco 110.0 per cent. Burglar Makes Good Raid. Cleveland, 0.. April 23i— A burglar who entered the house of Victor Sin cere. president of the National Stores Company, early yesterday escaped with jewelry valued at, $7,000 and $250 in cash, after being pursued by Mrs. It. B. Johnson, of Muncie. Ind. Mrs Johnson, with her husband, president of the Warner Gearing Gom j pany. is a guest at the Sincere home. Weather Forecast for Next YYeek. Washington. April 21.—The weather J outlook for the week beginning Mon i' 1 ' Isouth 1 south Atlantic States: Considerable ! coludiness, occasional showers: tem perature somewhat above normal. ! The first hook entered for copyright I under the laws of the United States was ."The Philadelphia Spelling j 800k. 4 The first envelope ever made is in [the possession of the British Museum. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS PEWSY TO RAISE PAY OF SOME OF ITS WORKERS Pertain Workers mi Northern Division oi Road Will Get Increase in Wages, < hi. ago, April 23—Wage increases ranging from 1 1-2 to 3 l-2c an hour for ali grades of common la I mi- employ ed in fiie northwestern region of thej Pennsylvania Railroad were annoum- J ed here lasi night after negotiations j between representatives of the < in-, ployees and the roads. I The increase will ad.l about s3oo'.f>oo, ro the pay roll, and affect about 4.000 I men, including, all trad: laborers, main- I tenanee of way employees, common la-, bor in shojis and engine houses, and ! assigned labor about the simps. The] northwestern region includes most of j Illinois, Ohio. Indiana and Michigan. [ Similar negotiations arc being car- j tied mi on other regions of the Penn sylvania and St. Louis, Pittsburgh & ! Philadelphia and if similar action is] taken in th»*sc regards more than 20,-1 000 other employees will be benefit ted ! by the raise. The advance was made'retroactive-' to April 10th for .-ill employees on the! pay roll April 23rd. at which date it j will affivt all employees entering the ! service. PRESIDENT WILL \ IKIT NEW YORK TUESDAY Going There to Deliver an Address to j Members of Associated Press. Washington. April 23.. —President ' Harding leaves Washington tonight for* a brief visit to New York, where he will deliver an address tomorrow at the annual meeting of the members of the Associated Press. His address will be made at a luncheon held in connec tion with the meeting. The President, who will be accotm panied by Geo. Ik Christian, Jr., his secretary, and Rrig. Gen. (’has. E. Saw-' yer. his personal physician, is expect ed to leave for Washington late Tues- 1 day night. . • BISHOP GAILOR HONORED Gets Insignia of the Knight of the Holy Sepulchre From the Patriarch of Jerusalem. t New York, April 23. —The insignia | of a knight of the Holy Sepulchre for Bishop Thomas F. Gailor, of Memphis, has been brought here from Jerusalem by Bishop James Henry Darlington, of Harrisburg, who arrived yesterday on j the stonier l ieu Amsterdam. Tin order was conferred by the patriarch ! of Jerusalem. The insignia. Bishop! Gailor explains, contains a splinter of I the cross on which Christ was eruei-i tied. i Hospital 800 Years Old, Louden. April 23. —Few institutions I can rival an antiquity, St. Bartholo- ] mew's Hospital, which this year is j tylefuaCing its cj&hj faj|tdr»ft.tii. am4* | * 'TLc* l *.# . j In 1123, in Hie reign of Henry 1., and among its earliest patients were king Its** lords and Norman squires, who j went to get relief for their arrow j wounds. The story of the hospital j is the story of progress in surgery and j medicine. When it bega.iV patients j were dosed with powdered snails and j concoctions of adders, bats, and earth worms. Many thrilling incidents have mark ed the existence of St. Bartholomew’s. The Black Death and (treat Plague • crowded its limited accomodation, and , both added materially to the medical i knowledge which, as the years ad- j vanned, was being gathered within its ] wa 11s. Hogarth, the great painter, served I the hospital as a governor, and his • painting of the Pool of Bethesda hangs on the great staircase. Os this picture, doctors say it is possible for any medical man to diagnose the dif ferent ailments of the paitentts, so faithfully did Hogarth depict them. Suggests Ten ( (jmunamimenls Replace Slate Constitution. Jefferson City, Mo., Apr.J tV.—A bill to repeal the constitution of Missouri and all statute law. .•n<i substitute for them the ten command ments and the league of Nations, was introduced in’the lower house or th - legislature during the ses- I sion just adjourned. The bil . How ever. was not given serious considera tions, and was not oven referred to a committee by the speaker. In explaining his action in introduc ing such a bill. Representative J. Dal Swiers, republican, of Christian Coun ty, stated that it was for the purpose of aiding the democrats in their ap parent plan to change all the ipws, by changing them all at once. > Another bi l introduced was one providing that all street cars be equipped with an automatic light on the rear which w6uld show t.hc word “stop” when the ear was not in motion. It got through :he house but in the senate it was amended, the! a mend men I providing that 'it “should | be in effect only during the total eclipse of the sun and ntoon/ Another hill of unusual character introduced in the lower house provid ed that, no landlord could refuse to rent, to persons with children. Bombs at American Legue Park. Chicago, April 23.—Three bombs were exploded last night at the Chi cago American League's baseball park, shattering lights in the grandstand and windows in nearby houses. Thos. Healy, night watchman sitting in the offices of the park, was thrown from his chair by the force of the explosion, but was not injured. The bombing was attributed to labor troubles. A week ago vandals destroyed the ]dumbing in tlie remodeled park of the 'Chicago National League club. That i act also was laid to labor difficulties. ! Trial of Tikhon Has Been Postponed. ' Moscow, April 23 (By the Associat ed Press?). —The trial of the Most Rev. Dr. Tikhon, former patriarch of All Russia, on a charge of treason and ‘ hindering the carrying out of soviet | orders, has been postponed indefinite ly. It had been set to begin tomor row. CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, APRIL-23, 1923. Appeal For Old Clothing to Be Sent to Children of Near East Appeal to aF housewives of Caiuir-' rtis county to send their discarded winter clothes to the Near East Re lief w.’.s made this week by Mrs. Earnest L. Hicks, county clothing chairman for this great humanitarian urgan-zation. , /Mrs. Hicks pointed out that wmle we are discarding our winter clothing we can save homan lives by sending it to the Near East Relief instead of pulling it away in the attic or closet (o prev de a breeding ground tor mollis. .Most counties of North i aro- Lna have Just finished their financial eanipiign and the state is reported near v over the t.'p in this res]>ecr.. Dr. E. if’. Brooks, state superin tendent of education, is clothing chairman for the present drive and has the act.ve assistance of Josepnus Daniels, honorary stale chairman, and Col. Geo H. Bel leant'j, slate chairman. Governor Morrison has issued a proclamation declaring May Ist Bundle Day and asking till true Tar heels to send a bundle of warm c'oth- County Commencement to Be Held at No. 2 School New Auditorium at That School Offers Ideal Site for the Exercises. —Number of Candidates for Graduation —Dr. Whitset’s Address one of Many Features. The eleventh annual Cabarrus Conn-1 tv Commencement, will be held on next j I Saturday. April 28. in the large new j | auditorium, which lias just been com- i plet.ed at Graded School No. 2 on the car line near the* Gibson Mill. This auditorium is the largest in town and lms an elevated floor and large stage. The large school grogaids will furnish ample parking spa<# for those who come iu machines. Ulenty of water and rest rooms for both men and worn- “ en will he among file conveniences. Nearly a hundred lußre stood the test for graduation and a marge graduating class is expected. DY. IV. T. Whit sett. of Whitsett, N. Q., will make the literary address at the morning ses sion. Dr. Whit-set !* who lias many friends in the county, will he heard 1 with special interest, y- i A number of prizes, will be awarded i in composition, and history, t Certificates will be awarded for at i tendance, library rea|ung a-ourse. pro Ueimiev in s|x4ling afijSjgi graduation. . Teams I hat v» for 'the < < ctm.s «. in Tecira tion and declamation w re clnVim on i hist Hatnfday. This feature of the t Commencement program will he stak- < od in the afternoon. The young poo- 1 pie in these contests already show ! < much interest and ability, and the out- ! ’ look js that this part of the program i will furnish splendid entertainment ! 1 for the lovers of elocution. i 1 Music will he furnished throughout j the entire day by the Kannapolis or- !;i chestra. that gave such excellent mu- 1 ; sic last year for tlio commencement. • < The Commencement will witness the ~ consummation of a number of plans.] that have run through the school work j of the entire year and will furnish much information for all those who 1 are interested in education and attend ( the commencement. THE COTTON MARKET Was Active and Rather Irregular at the Oiiening.—-First Prices 15 to 00 . Points Higher. New York, April 23.—The cotton i market' was active and rather excited at the opening today. t|rst prices being 15 to 00 points higher, with May eon- ; tracts selling up to 27.80, or 75 points above Saturdays close, while July touched 20.85 and October 24.20. This was due to heavy covering after the severe declines of last -week while j some trade Imyinv was reported, and | the' market was influenced by relative- j ly firm cables, reports of increased de-1 marnl for cotton goods in local market, j Cotton futures opened firm: May j 27.00 to 27.80; July 20.82 to 20.63: Oc- j' toger 24.20; December 23.75 to 23.65; January 23.45. Arthur Ranson YVins Honors. (Hickory, N. ('., April 23—First | honors in the Annual-Inter-High j School Declamation Contest at ! Lenoir-ißhyne College went •to Mr. Arthur Ranson, representing the Gastonia High School. The juoges agreed that his selection “The Sup posed Speech of John Adams" was [well chosen and admirably presented, i Honorable mention was g.ven to Mr. Howell Gabriel of Ashury High School, Lincolton. and Mr. Earl iMeechnm of Statesville High School. The conti'st, an annual affair open j to all high schpols of the state, are j always attended by large and ap preciative audiences. Piano selections i by Miss Dorothea Wolf. Lenoir-Rhyne j ’23. The medal was presented to Mr. j Ranson by Rev. Dr. E. *M. Craig of Hickory. An Evening of Pleasure Promised. iAn 'evening of real pleasure is \n I store for those persons who attend the ; i concert to be given this evening at ' I 8:15 o’clock at Central GradfMl Si'hool by Mrs. David Clark and (Mrs. I Lillian Homesly B'tt. The enten-*: tainent is to be given under the j auspices of the Woman’s C up. .Mrs. Clark is a dialect reader of much prominence, an 1 is a woman ot i many fine attainments. Mrs. Bolt hap ! been heard here in concert before and her admirers w 11 welcome the oppor- j tun ty of hearing her again. 1 ” 1 Nineteen thousand insects are re quired to make one pound of the cele- 1 bra ted cochineal (lye. - ■ ing to the Near East Belief. J jMany schooP teachers of this eoun- I ty, at the request of Dr. Brooks, iqive j organized their classes into a » ! for collecting d'swarded clothing fn i their respective communities. Clotb ! Ing cm he turned over to Mrs. Hicks or scrv.l t:> the Near East Relief cloth ing varehou e at Raleigh. ! Cabarrus county’s goat' js 3000 i pounds oi clothing in which thei r s still some wear. Palm beach >uits, ] straw hats and summer clothing can not be used as the climate in Armenia (losev approximates/an* New England | states. Many children and' adults j were found last winter who nad dragged themselves for mi es sinter ing from acute rheumatism simply ; for lack of clothing, j Miss Kathleen Wilson of Concord : will have charge of the work in me rural sections i.f Cabarrus county, Mrs. I’. Al. Wldenhouse in Kannapolis, and Rev. W. T. Albright in Mt. Pleas ant. ANOTHER “DRV”AGENT HIS BEEN SUSPENDED Acting Director Andrews, of Illinois, Suspended Pend ing Investigation by Com missioner Haynes. Washington. April 23. —Acting Pro hibition Director Roscoe Andrews, of Illinois, was suspended today by Com missioner Haynes, pending investiga tion into flu* case of the Gronimes Ul rich distillery. M. I*. Moss, acting director for New Jersey, / was expected t<> take charge Os the ijihicirgtj, office. Snspchsbm . P MI Wrfr* new complication to an already tan gled situation in Illinois. Appointment of a permanent state director lias been delayed many months because Commissioner Haynes and Senators McKinley and McCormick have been unable to agree on a selection. There have been reports that Mr. Andrews was to have been made director. In the Groomes Ulrich case, liquor valued at ,$500,000 was distributed among the stockholders as a result of dissolution of the firm. Mr. Andrews] was in charge of prohibition enforce- j mcut during the dissolution proceed ings. THE ARMORED TANK i GERMAN INVENTION YY’hy Germany Failed To l se It In the War a Puzzle to American Officials. Washington, April 22.—Germany while introducing poison gas and other devices to add to the horrors ot the World War overlooked one of the most effective weapons of lnfiYlern war fare Invented and patented by a Ger man two years before the conflict be- A search of the records of the American patent office lias disclosed, it was announced today hv the interior department, that the armored tank, first used in the war by the British, was patented in Germany by the Gun ter Burstyn, an Austrian, in February. IPI2. The invention was practically a duplicate of the type used later by the British and called for caterpillar construction to enable it to crawl over trenches, plow through wire entangle ments and perform other feats which made the British tanks successful war j weapones. In view of the recognized efficiency ! and thoroughness of the Germans in [ preparation for war, American of ' ficials are puzzled by the failure of the German government to use the tank. 1 ' Shakespeare Anniversary. London, April 23. —The* customary observance of the. birth and death dates of Shakespeare was combined today with a celebration of the ter centary of the publication of the first folio edition of the plays wirtten by j die immortal hard of Avon. This i edition was published by a group ot booksellers in London in 1623 and ! dedicated to the Earls of Pembroke land Montgomery and “The Great Va riety of Renders.” The number of copies originally- provided is belived to have been 600. of which something like 150 —many of them defective — are still in existence, some 80 of them being in the hands of private collec tors in the United States. YVniit Final Decision Soon. I Washington. .April 23.—Interstate .(Commerce Commission officials said i today that the Federal Court issue at Boston restraining the railroad mile age hook instaMhtvms from going into effect would probably he appealed at once to the Supreme (ourt for a fin.ti decision. , i The record of the largest number of 1 notes struck h.v a musician in 12 hours is said to have, been made Itj a ! well-known player, who struck 1,030,- * 300 notes. $8,510 SUBSCRIBED-BY THREE LUTHERAN CHURCHES HERE, Pledges for This Amount Made For the j Lenoir College Endowment Fund.—) Expected to Reach SIO,OOO. According to available reports today $8,510 was pledged here Sunday for" the Lenoir-Rhyne College campaign. ! The campaign was conducted by a number of teams, which made a thor ough canvass of the entire city. The pledges so far are from Sr. James. Sr. Andrews and Calvary Churches. The St. James pledge amounted to $7,100: ! St. Andrews’ pledge was $570 and Cal varys pledge was SB4O. No report for other Churches iu the county were available here today. They probably will l>e made direct to the campaign headquarters in Hick ory. ' • | Members of the various tennis which made the canvass of city yester day are of the opinion that the final report from the three Lutheran Churches in the city will reach the SIO,OOO mark. A number of persons were absent from the city yesterday and could not make their contribu tions. it was pointed out. while others were undecided as to the amount they will finally give. The entire campaign is for $850,000 and it was announced Saturday, the Jay before the campaign started, that, SI7S,CRH) had already been pledged. No set amount was asked from the Church members of this county. wore asked to contribute as as possible. FARR CREDITS BANKS HILL OPEN ON MAY I Uniform Discount Rate of 5-1-2 Per Cent Fixed. How to Obtain Loans. Washington. Apri 22.—The federal farm loan board announced today that May 1 had been fixed as the date for the formal opening of 12 new in termediate farm credit banks, ail of which have been chartered and will be prepared to consider applications for loans as provided under the new agricultural credits law. A uniform discount rate of five and one-half per cent has been fixed by a.l of the banks, guaranteeing to farmers credit at nor exceding seven per cent with the possibility of lower interest charges. With the announcement that tne government’s part of tlm program for extending new loaning facilities to the farmer is ready, rite problem now appears to be one of organiza tion among those who will seek gov ernment money. Certain provisions of the law require that the producers individually shall not obtain funds direct from the loan hanks hut must first group themselves into one -of several kinds of organizations through which the producers’ obliga rediscounted, and passed on to the credit banks. Among those organizations are co-operative mar keting associations, livestock loan companies and agricultural credit corporations, each will certain limita tions and restrictions upon its powers to handle papier for the farmers. THIRTY YY'ORKERS ARE SAVED BY FIREMEN YY’orkcrs YY’ere Trapped on the Upper Floors of Blazing Eighty-Story Building. Chicago. April 21. —More than 30 persons, mostly girl garment workers, were rescued by firemen today when they were trapped on the upper .floors of a blazing eighty-story, building a block from the Board of Trade. Flames were shooting high above the building when firemen reached the scene. Ladders and lire escapes pro vided means of escape after stairs and elevators were made useless h.v the flames. The blaze is believed to have been caused by an explosion in a paint shop. Negroes Flocking l to North in Search of Higher Wages Washington. April 22.—A general movement of southern negro farmers to northern industrial centers, where high wages are obtainable is indicat ed in a special survey of farin' ng dis tricts in the south made by the de partment of agriculture. Improbable cotton growing due to boll weevil, and break down of the contract labor systems are cited in the report, made pub ic today, as contributory iauses of the migration. Approximately 13 per cent or 32,- 000 of the tptal numb:r of negro farm hands : in Georgia Is estimated to have moved north during the last 12 months and the movement con tinues although crops for tb« pres ent season already started. A large l abandonment of acreage is re ported, and the labor shortage is ex pected to be“1» major factor in limit ing acreage this season. The situation in Georgia is- declared to he much worse titan prevail ng generally. Millionaire Dies of Starvation at Geneva. .Geneva. April 21.—Tortlieh Stauf fer, a millionaire, died of starvation yesterday with check books and prom iso it notes littering his cot : n the single room he used in his large villa at Chaux De Fondes. He had large estate holdings and once owned a racing .stable. A neigh bor who missed him for several days heard a moaning within the villa and not'lied the police. When entrance had been forced, the officers found Stauf fer unconscious and emaciated. He died before the arrival of a physi cian who said death was due to star ation. Stauffer was unmarried and his heirs are unknowM. y Leuine Praised by Debs. Minneapolis. April 23.—“Lenine is the greatest thing that has come out of the world war,” Eugene V. Det*s. nationally known socialist lender, and former candidate for the Presidency, declared at a meeting in the Kenwood armory here yesterday under the aus pices of the Socialist Party of Amer ica. (2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. » . t 'GEN. WEYGAND GOES i/rrn -....ii iu IVLLr | HiS EYES ON TURKS French Are Not Pleased With Chester Concessions by the Turks and Trouble Be tween Them is Feared. TURKS PREPARING , MILITARY FORCES Sending of Gen. Weygand Seems to Indicate That the French Want Turks the to Know They Mean Business Paris, April 23 (By the Associated Press). —The sending of Gen. Wey gand, to Syria, coupled with French government protests against the Turk ish concessions to the Chester Syndi cate is widely commented on today by the government, and opposition news papers as tlie sign of serious dtflicul ties between France and Turkey. The fact that Turkey has voted 25,000.000 Turkish pounds to support her army, together with the mobilization of Turk ish troops on the Syrian front, is cit ed to show that Turkey is willing* to meet the issues raised by France, such as the Chester concession. T’lF until date Turkey has not re plied to France’s protest against the Chester concession. Jr is admitted in French official circles that the sending of (Jen. Weygand to Syria to replace (Jen. Gouraud is one means of, inti mating to the Turks that they cannot menace the Syrian frontiers without good cause. The belief is expressed that Franco is anxious not to offend America by seemingly trying to block the Ameri can interests in dealing with Turkey. However, the French assert that their concessions are‘valid and that the Turks are acting in had faith by ced ing all French concessions to Ameri cans. The French say it is not in tin* interests of the French comity to per mit the new government iu Turkey to denounce pre-war agreements of the former imperial government. THREE KIIiLEIkWHEX TALC MINE CATES IV Workmen Trapped 300 Feet Cnder ground in Disaster at Hemp. Carthage, April 21.—Chester (Mc- Caski l, white, age 18 years. Graham Davis, white, aged 2d. and Bro\ver, colored, aged 20, were in stantly killed by a car; in at the Standard Mineral Company’s laic .mine, near Hemp, this county, about 18 o’clock this morning. The accident occurred about 300 feet under ground and came .without, a moments warning of any kind, ac cord ng to reports reaching here. The min rs having'reached thq end of the mine that was timbered up, last night, set off a blast, and this morning were engaged in knocking down all of the talc overhead that had been shaken loose by the blast, preparatory to timbering up th? new area, when the cave in occurred. Tlhe unfortunate men were gotten out as soon as pos sible but all three were already dead when rescued. Young MeCaskill, is a son of I>3 'McCaskill, of near Candor, who nho works in the m ne and had just left the scene where the cave in occurred. Davis is a son of Mitchell DaviS, of near Bag e Springs. The coriner after viewing the scene and talking with eye witnesses held that an inquest wait not necessary. SENSATIONAL AFFAIR OCCURS IN ROBESON Three Men Are Held On a Charge of Severely Flogging Two White Wom en. -~ Lumberton, April 20.—8. M. Law son. John Hedgepeth, and Proctorville, respectively. Lawson chief of police at Fairmont, were arrested Jastc? last niglrk on' nearly fifteen charges from simple assault to first degree burg lary and were released from custody today under a SIO,OOO joint bond for their appearance here next Thursday. The arrest grew out of tin* Hog ging of two white women who were taken from the home of one anti carried in an automobile nlwmt two miles from*, town. The prosecuting witness claims that she know# lie three men indicted as three of the IS which waited on them Saturday night of last week. The trial was first set for this morning at 10 oVloek hut on account of lack of time it was continued un til npxt Thursday. Solicitor of Re corder's Court F. Ertel Carlyle is as sisted in the prosecution hv the firms of Mclntyre. Lawrence and Proctor and Hackett and McNeil. One of the largest crowds since the famous trial of Joe Kemp filled th<‘ courthouse this morning. $200,000 Fire at Kinston. Kinston. April 23.—Fire of unde termined origin at 2 o'clock this after noon completely destroyed a new brick tobacco warehouse on I**noir Avenue and Independent Street, together with approximately 1,300 bales of cotton stored therein, entailing a loss esti mated at $200,000.* The cotton 'Was owned by the Cotton Growers’ Co operative Association. No estimate of Insurance was available. Japan has a written history exceed ing over 2.500 years. NO. 83.