North Carolina Newspapers

t b. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher. \ Oi l ME XLVIU. I DUKE OF YORK Second Son of the King and Q;u < «> of England Married a t Noon Today to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon. <)M) WESTMINSTER abbey was used p or the i eremony, and Great Crowds (lathered Neat* to Give the Prince and Dride Hit* Demonstration. j, . ~ril 26. — Albert. Duke of ji it«*« 1 in marriage with !i | ;*wes-I.yon m solemn . . . ,vic: \J>la*y :it noon todtiv , .i. n>! panoply rent rai scent iinys of the inhi-Yi/-toriun " i u ,; ami<|. the tumultuous demon- A 'll;*- vast throngs that ii !» ; the threatening skies n'-' Mi 1 wedding pagOiUlt. v, - i.i* stvond •time’ in little a iar that tin* King and !.. gland gave one of their ,i ■ : , '.,i"i!oek. tti a jierson. <mt . . . i:u of royalty. While the ■ _ .. . the sovereigns' swot'id! , ; stir the imagination of it itie as <iid Princess Mary's the iotmiitee which turned |. - nidi giitl into a royal prin- Ptj.j. .nd elevated her from a ~v ; ii ..j -relative ohseiirity to the nf ’hr fourth lady of the land. , . the hearts of the English ;!. :a< i that Lady Elizabeth's 1., ti the I mke of N'ork makes j, ; iligild** ;<* wear the crown of the • ,in 'ho event anything unto . iictalls the I'i iftee of Wales, iui i;; | an additional note of interest ;ml -lai;iin <• to the event, i* : . - i eromony within the Iml -1.. u..iis of a historic ahhey which m tiie supreme joys and . . f tin* nation for ages past. v.;;s l.i.rli a great religious and social was marked by a glittering •, .ri<*ii of fashion and sumptuous ! i. me Americans witnessed the o on\ la addition to Ambassador :!. '. «»> ltlOSi* f >t.\ •« f guests ihe American m-wspa : .*'.l . London who east lots for h,r oi.p.ii-i :init\ of writing eye witness •■•!.*■' ci ;i,o function and the gor •, h ije it afforded. I II I !1 \ !'. spf ON INCREASE IN COUNTRY Ttrastin Hi port Indicates Upward Trend in General Business Over the Natinn. lfidiiiigtoii. April Ho.—Ail upward tr»-nd i. geift-ral business, in the "! ,r i of treasury officials, is shown detailed statistics on ?" fec-ral tax collections for •firi'ii wliicli place the totitl for the ! 't.’l; ;;t 5.'>23.542.trtK1. While some v *!! *' I ci:;,- show a reduction in re krti.' a» i-onipared witli Match. 1922 <4B«-i:iis v ;;.ini rhe analysis of pay >u-. V, hich was made ptiblie tonight. a ' - tig *•'iilciice through generally •'■' '■■l : urns from the various ’ > < of i healthier national *‘ r " f *•: a more liberal spending ■■ ■■"■■!; V over i< shown, its tilt' offl ine situation, in the fn i;a tin fact urers’ excise taxes ! • * I«• s and accessories from March ihe treasury receive! i:i '- * ,f sri.ltiu.(MM) more than (l Mo. 1,. p. •_>•_*. There also was a '"■ci iuejease reporte<l in the tax* * ap;*ii tuck of corporations from lived $778,000, ati indi 'vas said, of expansion in l program. The tax is smsill it*' tease of about $150,0(\ sis '•p ,, rtei|. was declared to represent • !U P r'!* t developments in capital I"*,i;: x ,. s afforded observers an " ' Mi ' , j; was said, of greater r " A ■"f the public of tiie eur .“; * ||; ii.g power, taxes on this com- 1 •--t gating $25.6<>7.000 in! * gainst $21,427,000 for the ■bug month a year ago. The increase in the aggregate * from larger taxes on cig !il if yielded a total for the >15.130,000. Cigar taxes treasury $3,849,000 and smoking tobacco about j ia.iiV* 1,1,1 1 ' 'Mnmp stiles for tip 4 . ;;:A. v ' I pelted at .53.549.000 i aI- J i ' 11 -’ii.ucr than for March >il h . 1 ;l| i‘i also greater by about l in February. There has - mill larger sale of stamps * in the. last year as coni- i " previous months, except , • * iKM-iods when small do- j ' 1 11 recorded. hf: ,N( * COUPLE WILL I \LK TO GRAND JURY Tiri . an< * ' ,rs - Lillian Hana- Miil,, ' lf as ,ev best St. Joseph, j y t i** * iiV,T , ’ iii -Mich.. April 26. —Benja- j l!' 1 -' ! - si - and Mrs. Lillian g'*l 26. who were inter •;", , . evensville early today I . ti"in the House of David. ■ !< i" St. .Joseph this rrau, l i, agrtH'd to go before the : -h'-e-tigatitig alleged im • v 1 !u “ colony and fell till ut conditions there. Maiiv \ : :«<i- n|l , 1 lr;1 n natives consider cas i '*■ N\vei*t»*st perfume in tin* FHE CONCORD TIMES. JF.MOCRATS WILL HELP I RESIDENT HARDING lu IBs KiTorfs to VtU Arro,, His In trrnaiier.al Court Pian i*or I’.iited States. jg. i .Jackson, Miss., April 26.—“ I’m glad to see that President Harding has found a plank in the republican plat form and that he is going to try to keep one pledge of his party, even if he disrupts it.” said Senator Pat Ilar riron here today after reading the President's jpldfess, which was deliv e:ed In New York Tuesday. ’"h took the President a long time to tit:.! plank." he said: "and after reading, the President's spe’eeh in \yhich he declared that the United States would not enter tlie league of nations *by tiie side door, the back or ring cellar door, and that part of it in which he said the party must keep its pledge, i won it or what Mr. Hughes. Mr. Hoover'and those thirty-one re pTtlili. ai.s who signed the appeal three years ago are thinking. Their appeal to the people was l'or the election of Harding and (’oolidge as tin* best means of entering the league of na tions ‘the surest way.’ ‘Although rhe President in his first .courageous stand would lix a policy, even if it disrupts the.republican par ty. the democrats are gofng to help this movement along." » NEW DEVELOPS KM IN CASES AGAINST MORSES .Itiist What Turn the Case Will Non Take Not Indicated, Howoer. Washington, April 26.—Rumors of sensational developments in the ease of ( has W. 'Morse ann others, on trial here on charges of conspiracy to de fraud the Federal government, were started as soon as court conveneu to day. when, after several conferences between the eounsg. for the defense and the government, the jury was ex cused bv justice Stafford for three quart": s of an hour. Counse for neither sid<* would in dicate *wh at sudden turn in the ease v at; under d scussion There were re pot ts on the one hand ihat one et the dxfeiidan's might enter a new plea, while in other quarters it was report ed that th“ government counsel had struck a sntg in ns proser-ittion of the case. While the discussions wore in pro gress the Marshals offie? reported that tlie stibnoena for John Barton Payne had been served on him. The former shippling board head told in quirers, however, that Tie d’ d not ex pect h s plans far going to Mexico to he upset l»y the court proceedings, but believed he would be able to testify by affidavit < - pome other man ner which would make possib e his absence from Washing 4 ” THE COTTON MARKET Yesterday’s Exeiled Advance • Follow ed bv Mink'rate Reactions During I tie Early Trading. New York. April 26. Yestenlny's excited advance was followed by mod erate reactions in the cotton market during today's 'early trading. I.iver popl was not fully up to expectations lieyond the New York close of yester day. while tlu k weiitlier map was more favorable and the heavy covering of the previous day had left the local market in a slightly easier position. The openingAvas barely steady at an advance of 10 points on May but gen erally 1 to 16 points lower tinder scat tering outheru selling and realizing. May eased off £o 28.68 or 7 points net lower, and later deliveries sold about 12 to 27 points net lower during the early trading. Cotton futures opened steady: May 28.90: July 27.71: October 24.93: De cember 24.4.1: January 24.18 bid. Indictment Against Liquor Dealers. Chicago, April 26.—Federal indict ments naming several men as welt as the linn of Gronimes & Ullrich, liquor dealers, which recently was dissolved hy the distribution of its f/tOO.OOO stock of liquors to the stockholders, were returned before District Judge Wilkerson today by the Federal grand jury. The firm and the individuals who included ('has. A. Williams, former judge and the attorney who had charge of the legal dentils in connection with the liquidation of the firm: former Alderman Muleahy, and live others were charged with violation of the Federal prohibition law, and with aid ing and si betting in the illegal trans portation of liquor. Besides the cor poration and former Judge Williams and Muleahy. the other individuals named as participants in wjiat has been termed the "booze dividend of the liquidating liquor firm are Frank A. Rehm. Frederick Diehl. Arthur I*. Christian. Harry. F. Tansey. and (arl F. Beherns. New England Depends Upon Textile Work For Support* Providence, R. 1., April 25.- New Englanders should he educated to the fact that their prosperity depends largely upon the textile industry particularly upon the cotton branch, and steps should be taken to set 4 that the prosperity resulting from a flourishing state bf this industry is not impaired, President Robert Amory, of the National Association of (’otton Manufacturers tod members of The organization at its 69th an nual banquet here this evening. The greetings of the American la tion of Cotton Manufacturers were brought by its president, C. E. Hutch j inson, of North Carolina. With Our Advertisers. Spring and summer clothing at the j Browns-Cannon Co., from S3O to S.»O. I Also new shirts, ties and caps. I The Citizens Bank and Trust Co. believes it. can render every banking facility you need. If wants your ac count. large or small. j Services at "it John’s Lutheran Church Sunday will he at 10 o clock instead of at 11 o'clock. Rev. Roy T. Troutman, the pastor, announced to , day. PUB LI S fTe D j MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS County Commencement Program Made Public by Superintendent 1 The following is the full program as i announced by l’rof. Robertson: 10:15—Band concert in school audi torium. 10:50—Song: “Come Thou Almighty , King." Invocation—By Rev. W. A. Jenkins. 11 :45—The Commencement's Place lin Our Work—By the uperintendent. 11 :o0 —The Literary Address by Dr. iW. T. Wliirsett, of Whitsett. N. C. j' 12:00—Presentation of Prizes and j Certificates and Awarding of Scholar ships : ! 1--Priv.es in Spelling and Composi ; i ion. | in Spelling, Library Reading and Attendance. 5- -< ’ert i flea tes of Graduation. •I—Awarding of Scholarships. Announcements. I tinner. | 2:00 —Contest for the Chas. B. ♦ Wagoner .Menial in Recitation: 1— Leitha Black—"Si and I.” 2 Edith Barbee—“An Angel in a . Saloon." 3 Mary Louise Barrier —“The Leg fend of tin* Organ Builder." I -1 —AYillene Linker—“ Tho Old Man’s Roof Cellar." 5 Ruth Penninger—“Mihe at Play." 6 .Mary Virginia Query —“ Sister and 1." 7 Winnie Warren—“ Aunt ophronia i Tabor at jne Opera.” ! Contest for the Chas. B. Wagoner Bundle Day For Concord . to be Observed Tuesday Mayor Womble Issues Proclamation Asking All Persons to Send Clothes tor Near East Children to Mrs. Ernest Hicks, County Chairman of the Campaign. Next Tuesday. May Ist, has been de clared Near East Relief Bundle Day in Concord by proclamation of Mayor J. B. Womble. issued yesterday. Mayor Womble's proclamation is similar to one issued to the 4 people of North Carolina several days ago l>y Governor Morrison, and requests ev eryone in Concord Jo bring at least one suit of warm, discarded clothing to tin 4 Near East Relief Bundle Sta tion at the County Health Depart ment. Mrs. Ernest Hicks, of Concord, is chairman for Cabarrus county, and is desirous of securing 3,(|od pounds of discarded clothes from . this-'■-ity and county. If old clothing is put away in attics ft will just furnish a breeding ground for moths. If we give it to the Near East Relief, it will save hu i in) it lives in Cluj,st ianity's battle against ihe Turks. The Mayor's proclamation follows: “Whereas, it has been established that the suffering of the Armenians and other Christian peoples of the •Near East is from seasons lieyond their control# and that they are unable to rehabilitate- themselves for this same .reason : and Whereas, it is reported by reliable Americans that, -isi.l** from the old clothing which America sends them, these people have nothing hut burlap bags and flour sacks to keep out the cold of winter, their climate being similar to that ol' our New England States: and Whereas, unless sufficient clothing is sent from Amoric/i this summer, many thousands will freeze to death next winter; and Whereas, the Cabarrus county com mittee, Near East Relief, has set 3,- 000 pounds of warm usable clothing, which k is estimated, will save six •hundred humans from death by freez ing next winter, as its goal. Therefore, 1, J. B. WomblG, Mayor of Concord, do hereby declare May Ist, 1923. “Bundle Day.” and request the people of our city to gather all their Discarded WintVr Clothes and either turn them over to the Near East Re lief county chairman, or other agency which is collecting clothing for the Near East Relief, or send * it to the Near East Relief clothing -warehouse at Raleigh, where it will lie sent with all possible dispatch to the suffering peoples across the seas.” CHARLOTTE BOY IS KILLED BY A TRUCK | Tranquil Park Accepted Fcr a Hos pital By Mecklenburg Baptists. Charlotte, April 25.—Leonard Cau | die, 12-yearold son of William S. [ Caudle, was struck by an automobile this afternoon and instantly killed. I He was riding on a truck and jumped j off immediately in front of the auto ! mobile which was turning a corner, i He fell as he jumped from the truck. | Tranquil park offered to the Meck lenburg Baptist association by T. T. Cole, and associate, was accepted by the association today, and will be opened as a Baptist hospital >oon. The Mecklenburg-tCahanrus associa tion will have absolute supervision of ithe hospital. The institution is al ready equipped as a hospital. The city registration is the largest ever known in the history of the city. Registration books show more tnan 15,000 names. Wage Scales to He Revised. Washington. April 26.—After receiv : ing protests from labor organizations land from naval authorities in charge of various shore establishments, the Navy Department today announced that the wage schedules recently pro mulgated to become effective May 1 would be recalled and revised. A German barber, fined for beating one of liis customers witw whom he had a heated argument, offered to pay in shaves. The court and the ag i grieved customer accepted the offer. CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1923. Medal in Declaumtidn: • I—('ail1 —('ail Hqhe.veutl—“My CYmntry. My Mother, M.v God.” j 2—l’aul Lipc—"A Vision of War.” 3—S. O. Stone —"Decoration Day.” i 4 —Earl Whitley—"l Am An Amer ican.” s—James ' Gird My Sword Around Me." Awarding and Delivering of Med als. - / • Music by I hr* Kannapolis Orchestra throughout ihp entire program. There is a growing interest among our people in the coming of Dr. Whit sett to lujike the literary address at County Commencement. He has nos only been closely allied with the edu cational growth of dm* State Mur sev eral decades, but he has for years Dot'll numbered among the gifted writ- I ers and speakers of our country, lie ! is a member of the. Poetry Society of j America, and the Poetry Society rfV London. England. Ilis book of poems i “Saber and Song,” that came from the 4 ‘press a few years ago is highly en • dorsed by the leading literary writers and critics of the count ry. among many i others are Dr. Henry Van Dyke. Dr. Wm. Lyon Phelps. Edwin Markham, liildegiade Hawthorne, and Ella ; Wheeler Wilcox. Dr. Whitsett will be* entertained while in the city bv Mrs. Chas. F. liitchie, a lifelong friend of his. FEIR MINERS KILL DESTROY PROPERTY President of Asbestos Cor poration of Cfenada Says Striking Miners. Are Mak ing Serious Tte^ats. Montreal. Canada, April 26. —W. G Ross, president of the Asbestos poration of Canada, today appealed to Attorney General Tasehereau lor pro tection, asserting that strikers in the company’t pits at Thetford mines b id attacked the* offices last night and driven forty constables out of town, and were threatening to dynamite pub lic buildings and mine structures. Mi*. Ross, who described conditions at the mines as worse than those In Russia, asserted the strikers had raid ed all the hardware stores in the dis trict and seized firearms and dyna mite. Ib 4 said the situation had be come so serious that tiie company en tertained fear for lives and property. AMERICAN GUNS ARE NOT TO BE ELEVATED At Present, According to Statement Made hy Secretary of Navy Denby. Washington, April 20.—The appro priation made by Congress at the last session for elevating the guns of the American fleet will not be used for that purpose. Secretary Denby an nounced today because of the unin tended erroneous statements made by navy representatives in recommend ing the appropriation. The secretary intimated that the de partment would go before Congress with a new program in order that the records might Do kept straight. He said this course had the apirnival of President Harding. Man With Smallpox Has Car on Train Entirely to Himself. Spencer, April 25. —Smallpox has made its appearance at Yadkin, throe ruTTes nortli of Spencer, the victim being a white man now quarantined in camp cars on a siding near the river. Tt is said the man came to Yadkin one day this week on a pas senger train and that hi 4 had a whole coach to himself after if was learned he was hadlv l>roken out witty small pox. He left the cir and went im mediately into quarantine. Russian Refugees to Land Here. Washington. April 26.—President Harding decided today to permit trans portation to the United States of 500 Russian refugees who recently land ed in th* Philippines after a st.ormy voyage in their own ships from Vladi vostok. A tubular comb that, shampoos or dyes hair is a new invention. Find Parents of Youths Who Told Police They Were Broke Orphans Johnson City, Tenn., April 26.—-Two, Huckleberry Finns, orphans, penniless, and out in the world alone, told their stories to the police here Tuesday night. Their father and mother were both dead, the father departing this life in Hickory. N. C., five months ago. they told the police. James Hale and Leon Hale, were the two orphans, aged 13 and 11 respectively. They had come bv rail and afoot to Johnson City, traveling a week, and were en route to Lynchburg to visit their aunt. Big hearted cops took the orphans in charge, raised nearly S2B in cash lor (MARGE DRY AGENTS HAVE PRACTICED GRAFT Such (hjfrgrs Have Been Made Ami Are Non Being Investigated hv D. li. Blair. Wasliington, April 26.—An investi gation into the many charges that ■graft is being practiced on or among Federal prohibition agents has been begun by the Internal Revenue Bu reau under which the prohibition law operates. Treasury officials said to day that considerable,, data has been laid before Commissioner Blair, bill thus far the inquiry has disclosed no losses to the government. There was no statement indicating whether the present agents of the prohibition forces bad been found guilty of graft, but the information which the Bureau has obtained indi cated iliat it was said that many for mer agents had been able to obtain money through misrepresentation of their influence. The investigation will la 4 continued till all tin 4 charges are sifted to the bottom, but it was announced that the Internal Revenue officials would dis close none of their information until evidence warranting definite action had been obtained. Centenary of “Home, Sweet Home.” London. April 25. —One week from next Tuesday will mark tin 4 one hun dredth anniversary, of the first public rendition of the immortal song of “Home, Sweet Home.” The 'melody dame in the second act of an opera called “Clari, or the Maid of Milan.” produced tit Covent Garden Theatre. The libretto was written by a wander ing American actor. John Howard Payne, and the music was composed hy Sir Henry Bishop. The opera died and was soon forgot ten. but the centenary of the imperish able song it bequeathed to the English speyking world is to be observed next mofitli on both sides of the Atlantic. When Charles Kemble undertook the management of Covent Garden he im mediately sought the services of Joint Howard Payne. In pressing need of money, the playwright sent him a 1 K.mdle of manuscripts, asking about SI,OOO for tin* whole bunch. One of the plays was a drama which Payne believed would make a good opera, and for $250 he offered to convert, it into a libretto and Jiavo his friend. Sir Henry Bishop, arrange the music for it. Tho s2so'was paid and charged a credit on the bundle offered for SI,OOO. The opera of “Clari” was a tre mendous success, which may mostly he accounted for because of the admi ration won for it by the introduction into the piece of “Home. Sweet Home.” There have been several stories as to the origin of rive song. One was that Payne heart! a Sicil ian girl singing HiAlnnb. .Totted down' the notes and wrote words for it. Another is that he wrote it on a piece of scrap paper one night while wander ing throught the streets of London tnd hungry. Still another story is tlnft lu 4 wrote it while in ii is squalid lodgings in London, dreams of a home which he never had. He had been disappointed in a love affair in liis ■ youth and had never married. It has been said that one Christinas Eve. as he trudged the streets of Lon don. homeless and friendless, he stop , ped before a large house .to watch the merriment within. There was a I Christmas tree: the scene was one of i gaiety and happiness. At. the con j elusion of the night's festivities nne of ' the daughters went to the piano and | the whole family joined in singing • "Home, Sweet Home,” while just 1 without, seated on the stone terrace. |an envious spectator, sat the author j of the song. j Payne returned to America in 1832 I and arrangements were made in New I York for giving him a benefit. Tiie receipts for the evening were about $7,000. Among those on the hill wore Charles, and Fanny Kemble and Ed i win Forrest. Tiie plays given were “Brutus,” “Charles 11.,'* one of liis successful comedies, and "Katherine and Petruehio.” “Home, Sweet Home” «4vas sung hy a great chorus. Similar benefits were given in other American cities and In London. Tn 1842 a change came in Payne’s affairs with his appointment as. United States Consul at Tunis. He was re called in 1845, blit was sent back in 1851. He died there in 1853. For thirty years his ashes remained in Tunis. A plain marble slab had been erected hy the United States govern ment. hut the first'appreciative mem ory came in 1883, when IV. W. Cor corn, an American philanthropist, had Pavno’s ashes returned to America and interred in a cemetery in Wash ington. D. C., which Mr. Corcorn had ■presented to- the city. Babe’s Homers Will Bounce on the Brum. New York. April 22.—Babe Ruth has taken on an added incentive for “bursting” home runs during May. Each time he knocks a four-begger a number of lawyers will dig up either from their friends or their own pockets SI,OOO for the Salvation Army in* New York. The'agreement between Ruth and ■ the lawyers was made today. Brum. them, outfitted them with clothes, and notifying Chief of Police Haoberlin in Bristol, sent them on their way re joicing. The older of the two hoys wept tit the train last night when he bade the chief goodbye. “I’ll never forget you.” he sobbed. James Hale, 13 and Leon Hale, *ll, are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Murphy E. Hale, both of whom, hale and hearty, live at Rankin, Tenn., 9 miles distant from Newport, Tenn. This was learn ed from an uncle of the hoys today. The father, a deputy sheriff, was trac ing the two adventurers by wire. IMMIGRATION PUBLIC ■ I M ATTE ROF IM P< IRTA \< F. I j : I Judge Gary and Governieiit Fail to , | Agree 4. j Washington. April 26. (Capital . | News Service). —Judge ~ i Steel Corporation, wants jMvrarS (grants, because he needs e * _.. ‘ers. The United States Government. . as presented by the administration. ■ stands squarely against any throwing j down of the immigration bars in .order to let cheap foreign labor pull ! down the wages of American work ■ men. Less than a year ago .there was ] la five million job shortage in ( n s ! country. Today every man who wants ! work can have it. Referring to mis : condition. Secretary ot Labor wrote ! to the President: j “Immigration restriction was one ’of the measures which help'd to put !an end us the industrial pan e. We j have come a long way through wise (administrative and legislative meas ures since then. Today unemployment ; has been reduced to a minimum, (wages every where are rising. During I tiie past year, even during the past i few months, there have been wage in creases in practically all of the iorty | three industries reporting to the j Bureau of Labor statistics. Tlrny nave been very general in the basic in dustries. and have ranged from 2 to 20 per cent. j. ••Recently rhe larger steel plants an wmneed general wage increases' of II per-cent, which will undoubtedly | be appned throughout the industry. ; In tho past year, industrial pay rolls have increased approximately 25 per ! rent. Production in basic industries ( during January of this year readied i a higher ievel than at any time in | history, except in May, 1917. Ex j panding freight shipments likewise 'demonstrate the completeness of our I industrial recovery.” ■-i - , WILSON EXPECTS POLITIC AL RENAISSANCE IN AMERICANS Declaims Ideals of Country Are Rap idly Swinging Back to High Ideals Occupied During War. Beaufort. April 25. —"A genuine and ;in immediate renaissance of the finest sort of political idealism in this country” is expected by former Pyesi j dent Wilson. ’ In a letter to i>/. D. W. Wynkoop, of Beaufort, the former chief execu (tive makes this statement, and also declares he believes the public opinion of tin 4 country “is essentially sound,” and "is obviously swinging back to the high levels it occupied*dming the j war.” I ‘M«s. Wilson’s letter, dated April 15. ■ was in reply to a communication from | Dr.. Wynkoop in which the latter nsk | ed, among other things, “of what use Jis intelligence to a presiden of this ] country if the preponderant^"JinTame I of government is in the hands of those '.obstinately unintelligent ?” The former president’s letter fol lows : "My dear Dr. Wynkoop: “Your letter of April 11 game me real i>leasure as coming from the heart of one of my war comrades, and I Uhank you for it with all my heart. , “I am sorry to find such a vein of | discouragement through your letter, j I see no real ground for dishearten- ] | meat. I believe the public opinion of the-country is essentially sound, and ;it is obviously swinging back to the high levels it occupied during the i war. I look for a genuine and an im j mediate renaissance of the finest sort of political Idealism in this country. -With farm appreciation and sin cerest good wishes. “Faithfullv yours. “W( 1(11 >R< >W. WILSON.” I)r. Wynkoop told Mr. Wilson that (the hitter's record had a direct influ ence on his life-spent "to its forty- 1 fifth year,” when he volunteered for service in the A. E. F. “It is not fursome pruise to toll you ! what every mother's son of us felt about you at that time, the devotion to you us evidenced by every dough boy" and officer of the reserve corps,” flu* physician wrote. * * Next to yourself anti America, Foeh was the only one to whom devotion was gen- j uinely Shown.” i | WOMEN TESTIFY IN ALLEGED WHIPPING CASE Said They Recognized Three Men Who, Are Being Held For Trial in City; j /Court. | Lumberton, April 26.—Mrs. H. F. j i Purvis and Mrs. Mary Watson, who | are alleged to have been removed from their home jmd whipped by ji band of masked men on the night of April 14, | today testified in recorder's court that they .identified B. M. Lawson, chief of ■ 'police of Fairmont; John Hedgepeth' land Jule Brogden.'lioth of Proctorville, as members of the jilleged whipping I party. The trio are l« 4 ing given a hearing ,l>efore Recorder W. B. Ivey, on nine charges, ranging from first degree burglary to simple assault, us a result of the alleged flogging. Explosion in Power House Causes Loss. Salisbury, April 25. —A severe ex plosion at Ihe sub-station of the j Southern Power company, in the eastern section of th‘* city, this aft i ernoon threw burning oil ov’r me 1 interior of the station and causen sev eral thousand dol ors’ damage. An ’ employe named Crabtree was knock i ed down by the explosion and slight ly burned, besides having his hair singed. Chemicals used hy the city fire department saved the butiaiug. The city was without power or lights ’ for 45 minutes as a result of the ex plosion. I * . _____ 1 Weald Recall Haney. Boston; April 25.—The* recall’ of Colonel George Harvey, ambassador to Great Britain, would be called for J under a resolution to President Hard : ing proposed in the legislature today ‘by Representative Coleman E. Kelly, Jof Boston. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. FEAR MANY PERSONS ' “7 LIVES' AFTER STEAMER WENT DOWN No Trace Has Been Found Yet of 270 Passengers of the Steamer Mossamedes* Which Was Grounded at Cape Frio. NO BOATS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED Included Among Passengers Were ?9 Women and 25 Children. Continue to Search for Boats. London. April 20.—A Reuter dis patch from Capetown says the Portu guese steamer Mossamodos, which grounded several days ago at Capo Frio, southwest Africa, has been found abandoned with no signs of tin* 270 passengers she carried. Thus far, the d'spnteh adds, no hours have her 1 pi ked up, and there is no; indica ~i >n lof the late of the passengers aid I crew. | Owing to the fact that then l are no 'landing places in the neighborhood of | Cape Frio, and that a heavy sea is ■running today, grave anxiety is felt for the safety of the hoots. The Mos samedes’ passengers included 2!) wo men and 2.1 children. Two of them were British, the rest Portuguese. The Mossamedes left Capetown last Friday for the west coast, .lust when she went ashore is not known, hut she sent out tilt S. < >. S. call for help. The British steamer Port Victor, which was 200 miles away, raced to her assistance, arriving a bout midnight Tuesday. The Port Victor found the Mossamedes abandoned. The British steamer, the dispatch says, is still searching for the boats. If necessary, the German steamer l r- • andi. which is coaling at Walvis, will assist in the search. WANTS PAPERS DELIVERED PROMPTLY BY POSTOFFICE Postmasters of Various Cities Asked to Consult With Managers of Pa pers. ■Washington’ April 21.—Postmasters throughout the country were asked by the postoffirc department to con sult with newspaper publishers in their respective cities on ways and means to insure prompt delivery of newspapers sent through tin* mails. •‘The department is desirous at this time.' said a circular sent out front the office of Postmaster General New, “prior to organizing to meet what seems to be a reasonable demand, to ascertain what newspapers in the country have had experiences of ir regular and faulty service of such'an extent and nature as tq indicate seine infirmity in the method by which the newspai»eis are handled, and it de» • sires alsdt to obtain the co-operation of editors and managers of newspapers in working out a remedy. “You fire aware that much circu lar and miscellaneous matter is com mitted to the mails,' wrapped some what similar to newspaper while not requiring the same expedition in trans mission and that newspapers are de layed on account of l»eing involved in a mass such kind of less important mail. “It hits been sujrj^i'sl <ml li.v some as a remedy that' newspapers committed to the mails miglrt be wrapped in some standardized form or rotor so as to render them readily recognizable, ami that the department should then direct some priority of speed and enre in handling. Indeed, this in away, has been attempted in places, hut I fear that it has not been organized with any uniformity or consistency of plan. -Will yon please ascertain from’your newspaper managers what their ex perieucesMiave been along these lines, and also receive and transmit to us their advices.” SOUTHERN YIELDS IN THE SELMA STATION SQUABBLE W. M. Hendren, Attorney, A f lounces For Railroad. Italeigjl, April 25. —Southern rail way will not go to Chief Justice Hill Tift’s court in Washington for relief from tin* Selma station order of tho Corporation Commission, and that great carrier will chip in with the At lantic Coast Line on this belated con struction. Counsel \y. M. Hendren. of Winston- Salem. made the announcement today and the Corporation Commissiin was happy over it. The commission nine years ago made the order when Ger many and the world Started tin inter national shooting scrape. War con tinued to hold up operations and in the meantime the government took over the railroads. Interstate com merce regulations changed. L:ist summer the corporation got huffy. It. bawled the Southern -“the brilliant Maxwell” did, and the Southern-went into the courts again. They had th<- chance of a hant at one of “millions now firing will never die” meetings. The Southern contended that the state could not enforce an order for station building, et cetera, that this was interstate regulation. The car rier went to the mat on that, but it was thrown and it is ready to begin work. A l>elief common in Japtin is that to live long one should sleep with the head pointed due north. NO. 84.