- rj SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher.
Tni IME XLVIII.
PLAN
-t-s^sss
, re( i Sunday, Before Eng
jaß(j Mate Latest Proposal.
nil \TION is NOT |
* UI to BE CHANGED
■; . I
I'iitil British Note is Re-:
reived by I'rance —Copy of
Reply to B e f° the
Tnited States.
. j,• | j{y th,> Associated 1
1,1 |.. .;• address at )
■ :l lucre reiteration''
'!•>, ~-i' -...'••iiiiiuMit 's policy and j
, : r , iM i«.,l a> a rrt»l> to went j
1, „f Priiue Minister!
' ' ' . \p':iitied iiL official eir- j
The cm ire address, •
' ' ' n~f a few paragraphs, j
(. i fie ipremier spoke,
’ i", V i-uiisidereil in official circles, it t
iliMt tic sitita'tion between)
rVit itritaiii and Hrancc tip to tbe time j
. , I’.iiti'li note is received!
1 t„. ■'!> tic >anrc- that obtain
as January. |
Not \<» tpled Favhrahly. j
, ,|i|!\ lii t l’.\ ‘the Associated '
Kijiish ii''pi -of assuming tbe
n:,,,! ic;i,lctship in the negotiations for
|V , , v-i •:1.-im-Mt with Germany
i. <| here t< > have, had a seri
, ~-k ilu.riiii tbe week-end by
- : of rite spcccii which Premier Poin- .
~f I'yiiici 1 , delivered at Senlis Sun
\, v jtlicl* the British officials
• ret i tit ted t" Downing Street early
: u in iv-ume the task of drafting a
pm to 11,»* latest (lerinair offer were
L „ ... mat the situation was" as'
... .... a- tin' new- from Paris seemed
hcLiii'lHe
ii, i'.ritisli attitude as reflected in of
t, ,fi-p.-l.— t- iiiat the l«*ast said about
■ p address, the better. It is
i .. • that ilie atnt'isphere of tbe j
V..: Mu.,, tai in,veiling was not a suit- I
i,' ■ iae r,,i the anuotuieetneut of any
.. Ffi'iich (Nilicies, and the fact
P.-I, it' l’oitnare merely reaffirmed
~if Tigni f teuch viv.vs without making
r'it t.ti •U'ni:gi'f offered some little sat
i-:. i'mi ami eiteoiiragemeut.
Tin- I’.Mt Mi. It is indicated, will pro
mil ui’ii tin' work of drafting the note
!• r Miliiinttcd to tin* allies' and the
1,, Sa''just a- if M. Poincare-had !
i. : \ '-k'i,i> mind.
WILLS KM) RKl'l.V T.O
i Hi: t M I L!) STATES
•‘’ib-Mi Reply to (■eriiian Reparations
Note W ifi He Si nt to American Gov-
TimiHif.
I-otidoii. July It! iI tv the Associated
I’naii' Minister Baldwin an
'i"l "1 in the lbiuse of (' uiimons that
!" v- l oild eoumiunicate to the I'nitcd
'ail- fur it- infoi'ination the draft of
n re.jdv In- \vji- preparing u> the Ger
,|, ii rep.irations note. Mr. Baldwin's
Is .1. Ramsay Mac
li"h:‘dd, llitj li'adi rof tile labor opjMisi
iidii'pri jo the latter's question. •
-- *t'. reply to I’oUltmtmli'f ,||>S.. Keuwor
ai.i"!iot opn-tioicr’. tie Prime Miu
!'"sud ill,- ivcent (lecman note on
" :i| i.. added to the I'nitcd
ail id goventitieiits. but there
'"'lit iv i-at- lotiveisati ms between
" i the British and the
' ’■ ■’c ii regard to- repara
i;' "i tin- presiuit F.ui'i!|H'iui situation.
■KH'MtIM. lor ILAKI)
CONTEST IN COURT
‘ ll ' "C Mike I-awson. .Itdin
'Ciu'lietli and -lule Brogden Will lie
kttt loimirrow.
' "’*• 'Cd> O'.—.Vltorneys and
s preparing- for one of
- - fougltt and hardest legal bat
•l:s "i\ o', tfie count\ when Mike
dgepet!i and J ul.e Brog
i:l:li '"tnotfow mi charges of 1
•"'l kidnapping arising from
\ J J"---iig of Mis. Mary Wat
, ' ' ' ' * Ci:; ie 1 ‘tin is a t 1 ‘roetor
■' |:; M April.
' anaved imposing legal
' "' l «!•« :"•*! «f* *»0 \\ i I nesses has
,i . j of ji 1.. Taliaferro,
x ' hvlan agent has added
' l,:,i ii to tln* affair.
•'■ r "ing p, Intensive Farming.
' 'he \ssoi'iiiieu Press.)
■ I*>. A Remarkable
i . Ij;i ‘ u ti'iisive - agriculture in
!. , *’>' a special study of
. ; , 111,11 V'Bntrf , just completed
c ' ! !" 1 "1 agriculture.
.. " :,s than oiMKXKOOO
v(| ’ "dii their families, com
’"';ii I"' 1 ' J'ent. of the nation’s
n - hf a total area of
M. , acres, of land,
" /•'"•d acres are under cul
..y ’y ,n S C:.(Mmi.(hk» acres of
’ ui ; p-.' f’" l- rice produc
i fVi j j •*' 'es ot gramlens
'■ "lehards
e, ;‘ U ddtks ti,. sl , t|l
."'‘tries t , *' "“s a rneultural
iv,., h ' 1 ■’ ''ion of rice, tea.
gl ‘ a ' n Horgiiams, the
/"N St *' '' l ' only to the
w !."at i,. i ! ): “’eo and possibly
' »=• n «lso. On ,I„ J.
Z J" 5 '-“"on for
' Auction Jf , E *? pt and ’ ln ‘
, ' ' :1> British lndiT n “ ar!y
‘ * "rjde „f believed that a
[!** .“f relLvii* 1Rf ‘ ' lf a bail the
“ * ui *igat»M| , ' s . < r "!‘ s . which were
THE CONCORD TIMES.
Hi AV\ RAIN VISITED THE
CITY SATIRDAY EVENING
Was First Real Electrical Storm of Year.
—Certain Parts of County Also Had
j Rain.
Concord had its first real electrical
'storm of the summer Saturday night,
and while no serious damage is reported
.v. tin* city tts a result of the storm, some
damage was suffered by the telephone
company-and the city's electric company.
In certain parts-of the county damage
to crops was reported as a result of the
water.
' The downfall of rain in Concord was
thi‘ heaviest in many weeks. Beginning
shortly after 7 o'clock the rain fell in
s..eeis for some time. A slight let-up
recurred, and then the downpour be
came more violent and continued until
j aider 10 o'clock.
! Several severe crashes of lightning
'caused many people to think their .resi
liences or nearby houses had been struck.
! but so far as reported only one home was
■ damaged by the lightning. The city's
lighting system was put j>ut of conimis
j sion in several parts of the city, however,
and linemen spent* most of the night re
luiiding the lii.es. Several downtown
stores were thrown in darkness when one
line in the business section was put out
of commission by the lightning.
t tin* farmer living between Concord
and Salisbury, in the northeastern part
of the county, declared the water caused
siime damage to crops in his section.
Cirn fields were badly washed in some
sections, and cotton was also slightly
damaged by the downiMiur and also'by
running water caused by the rains.
Some telephones in the city were put
out of commission during tlie storm, but
only slight damage as a whole was suf
fered by the telephone company.
Cooler weather which usually follows)
a severe electrical storm \\*as conspicu
ous iicrc Saturday night and yesterday
by its absence. There was only a slight
drop iu the temperature immediately fol
lowiitff the storm Saturday night, and
the temperature yesterday was about as
high as Saturday’s.
DELINQI ENT GROUPS
FAVOR EASY FIFE
Too Little‘Sleep. Too Much Play. Not
Enough Study. Too Much Leisure.
Evanston. liul., July I<>. —Too little
sleep, too much play, not enough study,
too much leisure: fast eating and diver
sified thinking are factors that devitalize
students and are responsible for the "de
'linquent groups" found in every univer
sity. according to a report made public
by Professor Del ton Thomas Howard, of
Northwest University.
In Northwestern alone, out of l.tk'Ci
students in the college of liberal arts.
Professor Howard has found a "delin
quent group" of 2Td» composed of KW
men aiid PD women. In other words,
he points out. IK out of every 100 stu
dents do not "pass. But delinquency
does not necessarily imply lack of in
telligence. tin* professor found.
"No result of our study, the North
western professor writes, "is more signifi
cant and interesting than the discovery
that the average intelligence of the so
called delinquent group is., quite as high
as that of the general student-body."
Students found to he «|*linquent are
put on probation tit Northwestern and
have to make good or be dropped from
the roster.
"The probationers,” the investigator
reports, "devote more time us a whole,
by tlieit -own confessions, to athletics,
social activities, outside work, leisure,
than do the freshmen; less time to sleep,
camruis-activities, meals, classes and
studies.”
Among the total group of men inter
viewed. 1.1 were though to be handi
capped by "mental immaturity." t'om
men ting on this Professor Howard re
marks :
"There are boys who have, for the
most part, been reared .under easy cir
cumstances and who have never been
required to view life seriously. Such
students have a distinctly childish atti
tude towards their classroom work, have
no intellectual interests, no definite am
hit ions .no sense of responsibility. Tn
most of these cases, as might be ex
pected. high school preparation has been
superficial and inadequate."
Illness, family troubles, and financial
worries are among other causes leading
to students being put on probation. ,
Professor Howard drew attention to
the comparatively high percentage of
delinquent students, using his figures
to illustrate 'The serious situation in
American University life today.-
Twenty-nine Daily Afternoon Papers
and Ten Morning in the State.
Raleigh, July 15. —Twenty-nine daily
afternoon papers tire published in North
Carolina and 10 daily morning papers.
One hundred and sixty-four weeklies,
lit; semi-weeklies, two triweeklies. JO
monthly publications, six semi-monthly,
Id quarterly, and two annual publica
tions bring the total publications of the
state to 2MB.
In 1 S!)4, 219 publications were issued
in the state. Eight of these were
morning dailies ami 13 afternoon dailies,
the balance being divided among the
the other types of publications. j
In 1901 the combined circulation of
till publications was 012.230. In 1922
it had increased to 1.421.482.
The circulation increase of the morn
ing daffies for the past decade was 120 |
per cent, and that of the afternoon dad
■ ies 82 per cent. |
I Tllp value of plants owned by the pub
] Ushers themselves in 1922 was $3,414,-
14 40 with an annual payroll of $2,38a,-
1,207 to 1,730 persons.
Eighty newspapers and periodicals
' are printed by contract.
I Two hundred and forty t.vpsetting ma
i chines are in operation in tbe newspaper
j shops of the state.
Reformed Church Classis to Buy Salis
bury Normal.
< Salisbury'July 15.—The North Caro
lina Classis of the Reformed Church, at
ta special meeting held in Salisbury, de
cided to buy without delay the property
of the Salisbury Normal and Industrial
Institute to which school property it is
■ proposed to move Catawba College from
‘ Newton. The school will be raised to
an A grade college and will open in its
new quarters for the 1924 session.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
MUSSOLINI IS GIVEN
VOTEOFCONFIDECE
ON ELECTORAL BILL
Bill Will Change Manner in
Which the Members of the
Chamber of Deputies Are
to Be Elected by People.
PREMIER GIVEN
MARGIN OF 163
Made Fiery Speech, as is His
Wont, and His Speech
Was Greeted by Depdties
and Visitors in Galleries.
Rome, July !(».. — (By the Associated
Press').—Amid scenes rarely enacted
Premier Mussolini last night won a vote
of confidence from the Chamber of Depu
ties, with a margin of 163 votes, on his
electoral reform hill.
Before the vote was taken he had
I angered the deputies in his accustomed
style. His fiery address was punctu
ated with outbursts of applause*'both
fy'om the benches and the galleries. The
emotional wave swept his authors into
stormy and wild demonstration. The
vote was 303 to 140, seven not vot
ing.
The hill changes the system under
which the present chamber is chosen,
abolishing the plan of proportional rep
resentation, and giving the party receiv
ing the most votes two-thirds of 305
seats in the chamber. While the pro
portional system would end. as now used
it would still apply to the minority par
ties. The effect is to make one con
stituency instead of 55 out of the entire
country.
SUTAINIXG POSITIONS
ASKED FOR THE DEAF
Mr. Robertson Appeals to the Pastors
of All Churches in the State,
Raleigh. N. C„ July 15.—J. M. Rob
ertson. Chief of the Bureau for the Deaf
if the State of Labor and
Printing has sent letters to the pastors
of all churches in the state asking their
assistance in solving tlu* problem of plac
ing deaf persons in "sustaining posi
tions.”
"You have employers of various classes
under your charge.” said Mr. Robertson
in his letter to the ministers. "Will you
kindly get them interested in and willing
to employ the deaf? Many of the em
ployers know nothing about the deaf,
and. therefore, are afraid they cannot use
them to advantage. You know deaf
people are handicapped in some ways,
but they can do many things as well as
their more fortunate workers.
"It is a deplorable practice on the
part of some employers who hire deaf
persons, on finding them inefficient, to
discharge them on the assumption that
they represent the dead as- a class. It
is manifestly unfair to appraise the
qualifications of the deaf as a whole by
the short-comings of a few'. This prac
tice entails unnecessary hardships on the
deaf.
“Please impress upon your members
the fact that one unsatisfactory deaf
person does not represent the deaf peo
ple as a whole. Furthermore that the
deaf dislike to be given employment for
charity’s sake. All they ask is a fair
show. Ask employers to exercise pa
tience iu handling the deaf on giving
them work, considering the handicaps
this class of employees have to overcome.
As a rule the deaf are quick to take
hold of new work and with a little time
and effort can master the tasks assigned
them and soon give good service.
"You can be of great help to this Bu
reau. By arousing in your membership
and congregation a sympathetic interest
in and an understanding of the deaf,
you will help put me in better position to
I make employers more willing to listen
when I call on them in the interest of
the d£af workers.”
Mr/ Robertson calls attention to the
fact That the 14th census of the United
States showed that the deaf-mute popu
lation of the country is engaged in agri
culture, forestry and animal husbandry,
extraction of minerals, manufacturing
and mechanical industries, transporta
tion. trade. Public Service, professional
service, domestic and personal service
and clerical occupations.
PHILIPPINE POLITICS
ARE WAXING WARMER
All Departmental Secretaries Except
One Are Said to Have Sent in Their
Resignations.
Manila. July 10 (By the Associated
—Political differences in the Phil
ippines, reopened yesterday with the res
ignation of Secretary of the Interior J.
p Laurel, waxed warmer -today, when,
according to reports in official circles,
j a n other departmental secretaries except
Vice Governor Gilmore, notified) Gov
| ernor-General Leonard Wood of their in
! tention to quit. I
Over Thirteen Million Motor Vehicles in
the United States.
New York, July 12. —A survey just
completed showing 13.048,128 motor ve
hicles registered in the United States on
July 1 of this year and indicates that
over six billion gallons of
be supplied for automobiles alone this
'year, according to the weekly summary
of the American Petroleum Institute.
The gain in the number of cars is 2,440,-
000 over 'July 1, 1922, and 683.751 over
the high mark of December, 1922. The
estimated gasoline consumption by motor
vehicles last year was over five billion
gallons.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Culcleasure have
returned from a visit to relatives at Co-,
.lumbia, S. C.
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, JULY 16, 1923.
1 PASSENGERS HURT
IN ELEVATED WRECK
Two Coaches Were Tele
scoped and Crushed When
Train Crashed Into Car of
an Empty Subway Train.
New York. July I(s.—Two wooden
coaches of a crowded elevated train
were telescoped and crushed, injuring sev
en passengers today when it crashed in
to the rear of an empty subway train
in the Bronx.
The collision occurred opposite the.
Interborough parking yards where the
‘levated and subway trains travel on tho
overhead structure.
Transportation con pan ,v officials at
tributed the accident* to the failure of
the switchmen to mow the subway train
which was being groomed for its first
morning run. and to rain which caused
r he brakes of the elevated to slip when
:he motorman rounding a curve, was
•onfrouted by the standing train.
LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE
IN THE VERY SAME PLACE
Severe EleHricaJ Storm Plays an Un
usual Prank at a Home Near Hesv
deson.
Henderson. July 14. —Since the mem
ary of man runneth not to the contrary
it has been said that lightning never
strikes twice in Hie same place, bat this
has just been disproved.
During a severe electrical storm last
'week, Bennie Farrell was killed by
'ightning when it struck the home of his
fa-ther in Warren county. 12 miles north
of this city.
Y'oung Jarrell was standing tit a screen
loor when he was killed. The lightning
burned a big hole in the screen door and
Mu*i. Jarrell covered the opening with
cloth a few days ago.
This afternoon another terrific electric
storm visited this section and a holt of
lightning struck the screen door of the
Jarrell home, setting fire to the cloth
which had been placed in the holt* creat
ed when Bennie Jarrell was killed.
Mr. and Mrs. Jarrell came to Hen
derson today declaring they would not
return to the ho true until they had found
something to safeguard them front
lightning.
■THE COTTON MARKET
Was Irregular and Unsettled Today Dur
ing the Early Trading.
New York, July 16, —The cotton mar
ket was irregular and unsettled durinb
today’s early trading. The early weath
er news did not indicate any actual
break iu the southwestern drought, hut
there was a prospo t for showers which
evidently rendered the market a little
more sensitive to the poor Liverpool
cables. As a result the market opened
bit roly steady at a dec ine of 25 to 31
noints, and the active positions sold
about 33 to 37 pointy net lower during
the early trading.""
Cotton futures onened fairly steady.
July 27.00; Oct, 23.90; Dec. 23,40;
Jan. 23. 14 ; March 23.08.
Would jDall a Halt cn Summer Furs,
Washington. July 16. —Fashion’s de
cree that women shall wear furs the
year round has aroused great apprehen
sion among naturalists, says a Bulletin
of the National Georgraphie Society,
whose (Officials believe that some of the
animals that tire abundant tnd&y may
soon be in the (das of the aifk and the
dodo.
"It is only by educating the American
public to the need for periods of protec
tion for these animals.” the bulletin
says, “that we will be able to preserve
one of the country's most valuable as
sets for the enjoyment and profit of fu
ture generations.”
Recently the society sent an expedi
tion to an island off the coast of Lower
California to try to find specimens of
the great seal colonies which used to
inhabit the island, but not- a single ani
mal was seen.
It has been estimated that America
spends yearly SIXK>.OOO.OOO for X' ll ' gar
ments, and the society declares that the
beaver, marten, skunk, muskrat and
other animals are not only paying with
their lives, but with the threatened ex
tinction of their kind.
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Tension in Strike Areas Increased.
Sydney, N. S., July 16.—The tension
in steel and coal strike areas was in
creased today when authorities revealed
that a rail had been removed on the
Sydney & Louisburg Railroad shortly
before the passage of an express, And
that a hoy had been arrested for jam
ming a switch with a bar of iron.
INTERESTING ITEMS ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA.
(By the Associated Press).
During the last twelve years the furniture industry has
grown to he one of the most important in the State. In
1910 there were 83 factories in the State; today there are
107.-
The value of the output of these mills in 1910 was sll,- \
232,000 annually, in 921-22, the value was 330,288,761.
Guilford, Davidson and Caldwell counties lead in this
industry while the city of High Point is the acknowledged
center of the industry in the State.
In 19Hi the total number of wage earners employed bv
the industry was 6,383; today there are 8,697. The wage
scale has kept pace with the industry for it has advanced 89
per cent, during the decade.
Capital invested in the manufactories in 1910 was $3,-
283,246 and in-1922 had increased to $6,525,102.
'Flic annual payroll a decade ago was 5i,618.150 while
in 1921-1922 it amounted to $5,467,614.
\\ ages in these plants are paid weekly and semi
monthly.
ASKS If LEVIATHAN
WILL CARRY LIQUQR
In London It is Reported the
Ship Will Carry Liquors
For Her Guests on Trip
to America.
London, July 16 (By the Associated
Press McNeill. Parliamentary
foreign under secretary, told a question
er in the House of Commons today that
he had no information regarding a re
port that the American steamship Levia
than had contracted in Great Britain
to take on board liquor for her return
voyage to the United States, hut said
lie would make inquiries. So far as lie
is aware, it would not he a breach of
American law, as suggested by the ques
tioner for the United States ships to
take liquor on board, for consumption on
the high seas.
The portion of pie question to which
the under secretary replied came from
Sir William Davison, conservative from
Kensington, who asked whether the Le
viathan "in breach of American muni
cipal law, had contracted in Britain to
take aboard large quantities of spiritous
liquors Toy consumption on the retnrn
journey to the United States sl> she
would not be handicapped in competing
for passengers with British ships."
KLAN OFFICERS HOLDING
MEETING IN ASHEVILLE
For Fitj|f Time Women of Klan Auxil
iary. Are Attending the Meeting of
Officers.
Asheville, N. (\. July 16.—With I)r.
11. \V. Evan, and other imperial officers
of the . Knights pf the Kit Klux Klfen
present, a three days' conference be
tween the Grand Dragon and Great Tit
tins of the Invisible Empire opened here
today.
The conference is attended only by
the men mt the head of the Klan in the
various states of the country, about forty
states being represented.
This is the first important conference
of Knights of the Ku Klux Klan at
which the women of the Ku Klux Klan
recently chartered as a Klan auxiliary,
have been represented. Mrs. Lula Mark
well, of Little Rock, Ark., grautf com
mander of the Women of the Ku Klux
Klan ami her Official staff are present.
The conference, which, under the new
constitution and by-laws, adopted at At
lanta last November, is the annual all air,
is the first of its tq be held.
Plans for the activities of tip* Knights,
of the Ku Klux Klan in the various
realms of the Invisible Empire during
t’’“ coming will he discussed in de
tail ; at the sessions, all of which are ex
ecutive.
NUMBER ARE REPORTED
KILLED IN EPLOSION
SrVrral Buih’Biigs Damaged. Also. When
A.'lillery Animun’tit n Near Be grade
Explodes.
Belgrade. July 16. —A number of per
sons are reported U> have, been killed
and others injured and considerable dam
age caused to buildings, through the ex
plosion yesterday of a large depot of ar
tillery ammunition at Kraguyeyatz, 60
miles southeast of Belgrade. The dis
aster proofed to have been due to spon
taneous combustion.
With Our Advertisers.
(’line's Pharmacy will give $5.00 to
the person writing the best letter sug
gesting the ways this store can serve
the public better, $2.50 for the second
best and SI.OO each for the next two
best letters. See particulars in the new
ad. today.
The July Clearance Sale at Fishers
is now* on, and will run through July 31.
(\ H. D'rier & Co. have a nice lot of
Peach BloO.n seed Irish potatoes which
they "are selling at sl.<‘> a bushel.
The Ritchie Hardware Company tLinks
it is an injustice to close their store on
Thursday afternoon. Instead this store
is in favor of early Saturday night clos
ing. See ad.
You can get the highest measure of
safety for your important papers, etc.,
in the “loss-proof" vault of the Citizens
Bank and Trust Co.
Chambers’ Fireless Ga* Range cooks
with the gas turned off. Sec ad. in this
paper.
Indict 22 Men.
Chicago, July 16,— Twenty-two men
were named in indictments returned by
a federal grand jury here today charged
with conspiracy to transport 1.000 cases
os liquor from the Old Grand Dad dis
tillery at Ky„ iu September
11920.'
COMMISSION SAYS FRENCH
| BATTUE SCARS ARE VAN'
France Is Making a Magnificent
to Restore the Ravages of War.
1 London. July I(s—France of today,
like the France of 1871, is making a
magnificent effort by hard work to re
store the ravages, of war, according to
an official report of the British Depart
ment of Overseas Trade. The report is
the work of rhe Commercial Counsellor
of the British Embassy in Paris. J. R.
Cahail, and is painstaking and exhaust
ive. The general conclusions of the re
port are;
i The present economic position of
France is strong.
I Her industrial population is fully" em
ployed. and her output is most fields of
production is only limited by shortage
of man-power.
j The industrial reconstruction of the
devastated areas is fast approaching
completion.
I - The report states that the destroyed or
I damaged coal mines are increasing their
output with improved technical equip
ment. The great woolen and cotton
works are kept going to the full extent
of the labor at their disposal. The great
agricultural areas of wheat and beet
root, the chief crops of northern France,
will soon approximate the pre-war areas.
Ports, waterways, railways, and roads
have been and are being improved. Wat
er power, the report continues, is being
systematically turned to account. New
resources in- ores, coal, potash, and oil
have been developed. There has been
advance in industrial organization in a
marked fashion i« the chemical, elec
trical. metalurgical. engineering, alumi
num, and other industries, discevnable
tl rough French industry as a whole.
French foreign trade in weight ha> al
ready surpassed pre-war figures.
Fine results have been obtained by
hard work in the-devastated regions. Os
8,166,684 devasfated acres.*, 7.447.297
have been cleared of projectiles, trench
work, anti barbed wire; 19,920 rector
ies have been rebuilt out of 22,160. Os
nearly 4,941.000 acres of devastated ag
rieultdf'al land, more than 1,235,000 have
been put under the plow.
The main railway system has been re
paired. nearly all the waterways nave
been made navigable, and of the 36,450
miles of devastated roads, 10.743 have
been restored to traffic and 8,671 have
been improved.
SALISBURY IS AFTER
RAILROAD UNDERPASS
Aldermen Pass Ordinance Requiring An
Underpass Near Present West InnLs
Crossing.
Salisbury. July 15.—The ‘Salisbury
aldermen have passed an ordinance re
quiring the Southern Railway to «on-
Struct an underpass near the present
grade crossing on West I unis Street.
The State highway commission is build
ing several miles of improved road out
from the city and this new road is to
go through the underpass. The rail
road is given until September Ist to fin
ish the work after which time a penalty
of SSO per day attaches.
Mayor Henderlite. of this city, and
the’state attorney general are not in ac
cord in regard to = the new railroad stop
law. The mayor, however, states that
city policemen will not arrest any one
who crosses at the North Main Street
crossing of the Southern without stop
ping. He feels that the flagging of this
crossing is sufficient guarantee against
accident. However, the mayor's guar
antee does not extend beyond the action
of the city policemen and offi«ers repre
senting the county or the railroad may
make arrests for violations of the law
at this crossing.
SYKES GIVES BOND
Former Bank Teller Charged With Em
bezzlement, Release*! on SIO,OOO Bond.
Raleigh, July 16. —John D. Sykes, Jr.,
former teller of the First and .Citizens
National Bank of Elizabeth City, ar
rested two weeks ago ,in Montana on
a charge of embezzling about $25,000 of
the bank's funds, today was released on
a SIO,OOO bond furnished by friends
in Elizabeth City. Young Sykes was
brought hack to North Carolina by two
Montana officers, arriving here last Fri
iny afternoon.
As soon as Sykes was released front
*mil he hastened to a local hotel to see
his mother who was waiting for him.
It was an affectionate meeting between
mother and son. Neither desired to talk
to a reporter, declaring they would like
to be left alone. It is understood that
Svkes accompanied by liis mother and a
few friends will leave for Elizabeth t’it.v
this afternoon.
1 Syke's surety* for his * Appearance at
the October term of Federal Court in
Elizabeth City for trial reached Raleigh
yesterday, hut Assistant District Attor
ney Briggs did not authorize the re
lease of the prisoner until he had had
time to examine the document this n*>rn
ing. The bond was signed by eight
prominent citizens who qualified with a
total . of $42,000. %
Home Made Invention for Poisoning the
Weevils.
Monroe. July 14. —While the farm
demonstration agents from all over
Piedmont and central North Carolina
were gathered on the court house lawn
Wednesday, Randolph Redfearn, a Mon
roe citizen, created quite a bit of interest
by exhibiting a boll weevil destroyer of
his own invention.
The outfit consists of a barrel with
pump attachment placed on a cart from
which caleium arsenate-molasses mix
ture is sprayed over three rows of cot
ton at a time, making it easy to cover
a large field within a short time. The
invention appears to work perfectly and
may come into general use in spraying
with the molasses-arsenate mixture.
Strike Begins in Dublin.
Dublin, July 16. — A strike on tbe
docks of the Irish Free State ports was
begun today. James Larkin, the Irish
labor leader recently deported from the
United States, apparently is directing
the operations of the striking element.
Miss Kathleen Wilson has . returned
from |3lue Ridge, where she went to at
tend a meeting of home demonstration
agents.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
-r.l hok congress
FOR COMPENSATION
TO EX SERVICE MEN
Disabled Veterans of World
War Draw Up Program
Which Will Be Presented
to the Next Congress.
AID FOR DISABLED
IS ALSO PROVIDED
Program Adopted by Recent
Convention of Disabled
Calls for Changes in Man
ner of Pay for Wounded.
Washington. July 16. —A legislative
program calling for adjusted comi>ensa
tion for world war veterans and affect
ing their rehabilitation, hospiitpl enjre
and insurance will be pressed upon Con
greun when it reconvenes in December
by disabled American veterans of the
world war. The program based on rec
ommendations adopted by the third an
nual convention of the organisation held
recently at Minneapolis, was announced
here today.
The pro]>osals provide a rating of to
tal permanent disability for veterans who
have been given hospital care for twelve
consecutive months and all veterans so .
rated and those being treated at home .
shall receive the same family allowance
as given at veterans bureau trainees. An
effort also will be made to have all vet
erans recommended for permanent total
disability rating carried on this roll
temporarily pending tiual award. To
tal liability ratings will be sought for
men entitled to training which has been
declared not to be feasible and a rating
of 50 per cent, permanent disability will
be asked for men discharged from the
hospital with diagnoses of arrested or
quiescent tuberculosis.
Amendment of the civil service laws
will be proposed to place disabled veter
ans who attain passing grade at exami
nation at head of eligible list.
The program would make woman vet
erans who are ill or in need eligible to
enter any home maintained by the gov
ernment, or veterans with provision for
a separate home for them when their
number warrants.
MAKE THKBAT KILL -
WEEVIL DEMONSTRATOR
Dun District Planters Don’t Believe in
Trying to “Beat tJ*e Almighty.”
Dunn, July 15. —Defying .threats of
certain and immediate death if he did
it, W. Bruce Mabee, entomologist in
charge of the local government boll
weevil field station, gave u cotton dust
i'ing demonstration on the .1. H. Pope
plantation, near Dunn, Wednesday night.
The threats against the life of the man
who went into the field to put poison
on the cotton, were made by two ten
ants who had sub-rented the lands from
Ellis Goldstein, of Dunn. Fear of be
ing poisoned themselves and belief that
in dusting cotton one was trying to “get
ahead of the Almighty,” were some of
the reasons advanced for the serious ob- '
jeetion.
Mr. Goldstein was just as much de
termined to have the cotton dusted as
the tenants were that it shouldn’t be.
Threats on the part of the tenants to
bring a “good gun” into play, and that
the first one who entered the field to
apply the poison would have to be car
ried out, failed to halt the demonstra
tion. >
Quite a crowd of'farmers and busi
ness people gathered to wintess this, the
first dusting demonstration put on in
this* immediate section. For a time it
appeared that they might be called upon
to witness a killing of men instead of
boll weevils, but the 10-acre field of cot
ton was dusted and no shots were fired.
PETERS CASE IS AGAIN
BEFORE GRAND <LRY
V. rJerick K. Wee’cs. Former District At-
I'rmy f r WesfchercT County, Ap
pears Ilf fore Jurv.
White Plains, N. Y.*. July 16.—Fred
erick I\. Weeks, former district atorne.v
of Westchester county, was railed today
before the grand jury investigating the
slaying by Walter S.. Ward, of Clarence
Peters, of Haverhill, Massachustts.
Mr. Weeks conducted the former in
vestigation which resulted in first de
gree murder indictment, subsenquently
dismissed. Sheriff George .1. Werner
was scheduled as the next witness. At
torney General Sherman, who is conduct- .
*ing the present inquiry* refused to indi
cate what line the questioning of the
two would take.
Belk Managers Say Sales Far Exceed
Six Months Ago.
Charlotte, July 12. — The Belk asso
ciation of department stores in the Card
linas and Virginia held a meeting here
today, all 37 managers being present.
The statement was made that business
for the half year 1923 exceeded by a
large amount for the same time for any
previous year. Dr. Henry Belk was ab
sent, being in Europe.
• “Cattle Doping War” Reported.
Jackson, Miss., July 16.—Armed with ,
machine guns and rifles, a Federal force
has “dug in” in Amite County, where a
“cattle dipping war” is in progress, ac
cording to reports reaching here.
Rev. Mr. Causey Resigns.
Salisbury, July 14.—Rev. W. H.
Causey, who came here from Wood
stock, Va., last December to become pas
tor of First Reformed Church, has re- -
signed that pastorate and will return
to Vorginia.
Swans can'lly at a rate of 100 miles
lan hour.
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