jITsHE RR lL L , Editor and Publisher.
VOLUME XLVllh
IliS READY
[| EH CONTEST
Tl HIGHER COURTS
J Through Yet With
Their Plans.
f,OVERNO R WON
0 first skirmish
IVhen Troops Under His Or
der« Refused to Allow the
Colons to Hold Meeting
in Capitol-
, . cj t y. Sept. 27. —The conflict
. (InvTii"!' •! <'• Walton and the
.f the <lkhihoma legislature,
< '." r ,, rll • in a finish tight as the!
■T*-. nit jiuit tl to take tlicit* cause |
,i W urts. I
1,1 " the State i> in doubt as to
‘ x : st; inif. of its lower legislative
I: t1 "lirematie aetion of the national j
A uD (lisjiersing on orders of the j
' ( , r >ixty-six members who gather-1
-..t-rTo in-the State capitol at their :
>; , r ,-onsiiler impeachment charges.
'V e \c ufivt* victorious after the,
A b->h. Hut the contention of the'
C-z-iat'O- that tin* House formally was ,
ninr.'ketl. notwithstanding the military !
,-erf.-• ,;■ ►*. pi t - tit«*»l an unprecedented
•!;, (Mint must charge.
p ll|i: ti|. maze of charges and outer
f , jr , r s revolving about Governor Wal
. hst i'"it mob violence in Oklahoma j
j.app-.ir**<i a tense situation which ob-j
-ay '< a jirehulc to a spectacular
c:;;\ The use of military forces to,
combat "hooded outrages’* will continue
iititil domination of one-tliird of the coun
tv. in the Star*- by the Kit Klux Klan
is broken, the Governor said. Within
the next few hours, "lie added, he will
-o- ai.'itlier county under rigid martial
iat: at the reijuest of some of its citi- '
P-.iiti.-il enemies of the Governor, in-,
eiiiiting many of the legislators who |
%'i:«l the .-all for a special session,
dirge b.i his official acts, particularly
tie- use of military in his war on the
K Klux Klan the executive had over
t the roust it ut iotial government.
»ml a<>iinn-.l the powers of a dictator. .
Another County Filler Martial Law. |
Oka: tna City. Sept. 27 (By the As-*
so<iatetl Press).—Military activities were
eitemietl to a third county in Oklahoma
t'«iay—Wagoner—sc preparations were
M''** in the capital city by members of
vH'Uvnf Representatives .to institute
inj.iDetion proceedings in the district
wrt t» restrain Governor .T. (’. Walton
Ituiii [inhibiting the meeting of the lower
radios the assembly.
FORMER 60011 RELATIONS
WITH FRANCE RESTORED
Ttime Minister Baldwin of Great Britain.
Sa -' (Difference With Premier Poin
rare Recently Resulted in This.
• 'Tthmapton, Sept.- 27 (By the Asso
yiy! Pressi. —Prime Minister Stanley
Midwin. speaking here today, declared
‘• v n.nfereiice with Premier Poincare in
1 * .a-t xveek had had the effect of re
,!" r,:iK !I!,J hii’mcr good relations between
r.iiice ami Great Britain. The atxnos-
E 'A "• r **str.-ii tit and almost of distrust
■ prevailed between the two countries
British government
U-' itito offi.-t* luis been changed, he
■ ini" one mutual confidence.
advocates repeal of
prohibition laws
'kt'diun Made Before Bankers’ Asso
elation by Waldo Newcomer.
Athi.ntic Pity.
(hvVf 1,111 a "“‘ ll, D n, ‘tit was advocated to
'‘"t"i'c the American Bankers' Asso
f i 1 Newcomer, president
N:l, iona] Bank division.
u ‘'"‘slitutioii of the I’nited States
ttHn-'V!' 1 ‘ I:UI1 he a code of com
thi ' ll 1U U;,s meant to lay down
'>*-!'*•<tivc rights ~f the national and
" !H governments, he said.
government is
FORMED IN BULGARIA
Members. With One Ex
j.Wiim \ r# - ,o Continue in Office.
ban sV delayed message
vecl~; f " tlu Havas Agencv dated
A : .
•'Rnin'l ' ' ll 'an government, afte»* re
-aim. * l, en reconstituted with the
i,,: s „ ?'i-. r -ept Minister of .lus
ty , ! ' *De national liberty par
n.,. r , yV ' ! Ra.loslavoff (former nre
in ti, ! ' '"■• |v no longer represented
ministry.’’
v Pomeroy Testifies.
taii;, lg .. . ' 27.—Testimony de-
D'-l, wi-i , IW 1 lie had in June.
•Wat*. members of the New York
r^’°fatii, n f l "** '''Dicli he said concerned
“Imp w ;|s ' " wires into a bucket
■'f ire j'" I ' ls,n "'i t<> have been given
Pottierny. •>" r -y today by H. K.
'ft., v l '' - 1:111 ot ADe law committee
'"k Stock Exchange.
Aiiiiap,, 1111 w* ,lay on Paeiflc Coast.
f °otball team M -,V , So|,t - 27.—The Navy
a ’rip to . , yi D<“ permitted to make
''"Hf'giate c1,.! If . 1 !l ’ a to meet the inter
"n Xnr Y P u D'luons of tin- Pacific coast
; K >Un*-f. ( | . !"' kiy. ii was officially an-
H M’ilv.,l y' hy Flear Admiral Henry
•V ; i,|c niv " l M»"iintendeut of the Naval
, XV, .„ld Jleip Bulgaria.
FFournani' V' ' 7 tc ~ lt is reported
411 Et*vrr nm ' I,ls . offered the Bulgar
rt ‘ s torin K 01 . j* 1 . Military assistance in
r *°tQtDm 1 j st ’ ’ P*ulgaria, should the
Ul ' i, *‘ r liuuj *' ” tlon there assume the
FHE CONCORD TIMES.
ROTARIANS AiEET
Talks on Cc:ton—Endorse pffort to Es
tablish a Chota! Chib.
The regular weekly meeting of the
Comoid Rotary Club was help at the
A. M. C. A. yesterday at noon. Resident
Rankin presiding. “Cotton" was the
leader on the program and the local cot
ton buyers were honor guests.
Talks were made by N. A. Archibald,
a veteran buyer for the Cannon Alanu-'
Incurring Company, and Victor A. Means,
who has been buiyiug for the Ilartsell
Mill for several years. Mr. Archhibald
spoke chiefly of the marked from a local
standpoint and gave an interesting ac
caunt of how the cotton is received,
graded and classified. He stated that
not only a large part of the cotton
raised in this county was sold on the
heal market but that many bales from
other sections were marketed here annu
ally, including Albemarle, Mount Gilead
and Huntersville.
-Mr. Means gave an interesting account
of tho manner in which cotton from other
sections was 'purchased, declaring that
approximately NTi.OOO bales were shipped
to the mills of Cabarrus annually. He
detailed the methods of grading and ad
justing differences as to grades,* etc., and
showed how a complte and satisfactory
system for this purpose had been *stab
lished under governmental direction.
The club endorsed the effort to es
tablish a choral club in Concord. Presi
dent Rankin also appointed the follow
ing committee to co-operate with the
War Mothers in establishing memorial
chimes: Hal Jarrett, Leslie Bell and
P. 11. Fet’/.er.
The • educational committee wi.l have
charge of the meeting next Wednesday
and the week following the program will
be under the direction of tile publicity
committee.
The program was concluded by a song
under the direction of Rotarion O’Grady,
of the Charlotte club.
SALEM COLLEGE HONORS
MISS BESKENT’S MEMORY
•
Part of Cltapel Hour Devoted to Serv
ices for lamented Concord Woman.
Winston-Salem. Sept. 2”». —At the
chapel services at Salem academy and
college‘this morning, a portion of the
chapel hour was devoted to the memory
of Miss Margaret Bessent, who died in
Concord Monday. Her service of 21
years at Salenr academy and college, to
gether with her early service as private
teacher in Conbord. were referred to.
President Rondthahler paid a tribute to
the unusual devotion of this widely
known teacher to her students, and par
ticularly to the profound interest in the
daily life and development of character
of her young friends.
Six years ago Miss Bessent resigned
from her work here, but each year since
she has set aside several weeks at this
season of the year to revisit the college
and to live again in the-midst of the life
of students and teachers, whom she loved
so well. Arrangements had just been
made for Miss Ressent’s expected return
on her annual vtslt this fall, when word
was received of her death yesterday.
Miss Fa mill and Miss Volger. of the
faculty of Salem College and academy,
attended the funeral of Miss Bessent,
held this afternoon in Concord. Miss
Bessent was for many years a member
of the faculty of the local institution,
and Miss Yogler was a colleague in con
nection with the work, and a warm and
admiring friend.
PESTS AND WEATHER CAUSE
SHRINKAGE IN COTTON YIELD
Conditions in Carolinas Are Unchanged
—South Carolina Gins . Rushed—
Weevil Damage Heavy in This State.
Washington, Sept-, 2(»- —The weekly
weather and crop review, issued today
by the Department of Agriculture, re
ported the following conditions or*
Southern crops:
The temperature average*! consider
ably above normal in the eastern por
tion of the cotton and about normal in
the western portion, but rather cool
weather prevailed iu Mississippi Valley
districts. Rain-fall was heavy in the
northwestern, and rather heavy in much
of the eastern portion of the belt, but
was generally light to moderate else
where. There was a fair amount of
sunshine in nearly all sections.
Cotton continued to make fairly good
progress 'in western and northern Texas,
but poor elsewhere, with further dflmag o
to open bolls by rains. Very little change
in the general condition of the crop was
noted, as favorable growth of late plants
has been offset by weevil and ■\\oim
damage. The first part of the week was
unfavorable for picking and ginning, but
the latter part was unfaborable.
It continued too wet in Oklahoma,
where bolls opened sloxyly and there was
further damage by beating rains, while
picking was retarded- The condition of
the crop remained fair in that state.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Firm Today at An Advance of
From 16 to 22 Points.
New York. ,Sept. 27.—The cotton mar
ket opened firm at an advance of 16 to
22 points on the tropical storm situa
tion, and’ relatively steady Liverpool ca
bles. • ,
Cotton futures opened firm: October
28.70; December 28.45. January -8.00,
March 27.88; May 27.87.
No New Ford Offer.
Detroit, Sept. 24. —Henry Ford will
not make a revised offer for the Govern*
ment nitrate properties and water
power project at Muscle Shoals, it was
stated front the office of the manu
facturer today.
This statement followed imptiry about
a report from Washington that Secre
tary of War Weeks had received a reply
to’lhe request of President Coolidge that
Ford submit offer on Muscle
Shoals.
Seeking Bank » Official.
New York. Sept. 25 Dis
trict Attorney Hastings in the Tombs
court today declared an official of the
I National City Bank was being sought as
the outlet for thousands of dollars alleged
to have been stolen from the Southern
& Western Insurance Co., of Cincinnati
J November 26, 1922.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
Open Safety Pin is Removed
From Body of “Junior” Johnson
“Operation successful. We are all so
glad and happy.”
This is the contents of a telegram re
ceived here shortly after noon today by
Supt. Charles E. Boger. of the Jackson
Training School, from Prof. W. W. John
son, head of the teaching department of
the school, whose son, W. W., Jr., un
derwent a serious operation in g Phila
delphia hospital this morning for the re
moval of a gold safety pin which he
swallowed Sunday afternoon. The tele
gram did not give further particulars, so
tlie exact hour the operation was per
formed is not known.
The operation is considered a very se
rious one by surgeons. ' Although it re
quires but several minutes, the operation
makes it necessary for the surgeon to
work among vital organs, and conditions
must approach perfectness for it to be
performed successfully.
A message from Philadelphia Tuesday,
sent soon after Prof. .Johnson reached the
hospital with his child, stated that the
attending surgeon expected to attempt
to close the pin before extracting it ffom
the body, but whether this was done is
not known owing to tlie fact that the
message to Mr. Huger simply brought the
glad tidings from the parents that all is .
well. i
The case of the Concord, baby has 1
created national interest. The child :
swallowed the pin Sunday afternoon
while in a room of his home and a few |
minutes later was being rushed to a
Charlotte hospital where an X-ray,
TO ASK COOLIDGE FOR
SUPPORT OF EDUCATION |
Convention in Capital to Enlist Aid of
President.
Washington. Sept. 27 (Capital News t
Service). —According to Mrs. Frederick
P. Bagley. of Boston, member of the leg
islative committee of the Federation of
Women’s Clubs, representatives of six- j
teen national, civic, and fraternal organ- (
Lzatious will meet in the Capital City
in October, to ask President Coolidge for
his unqualified support for the Education
bill (formerly called the Towner-Sterling
bill).
This bill, which was complicated dur
ing President Harding's administration
by Republican Party pledges to secure j
additional governmental welfare work,
is to be pressed for passage during the j
coming session of Congress. It provides
for a Federal Department of Education,
with a Secretary in the President's Cab
inet. \
According to Mrs. Bagley, “President (
Coolidge is not pledged to an education
welfare program. Like Mr. Harding, he
appreciates especially the provision of
the Towner-Sterling bill for a national |
council of 100 representative educators i
and laymen, meeting annually at the r
call of the Cabinet secretary to promote •
Federal aid to States and focus the Na- I
tion's attention on problems of illiteracy. >
Americanization, and teacher training, j
America boasts of its superior western j
civilization, and yQt the United States is j
the only Nation of similar rank which
has no department of education a|nd t
Minister of Education in the Cabinet. At •
present the educational activities car- j
ried on by the Federal Government are
scattered among seven of the ten execu
tive departments, resulting in duplica
tion. overlapping, departmental jealousies j
and inefficiency. Over 25.000,(KM) citi- ■
zen£ are represented in the sixteen Organ
izations preparing data for President
Coolidge to secure his unrestricted in
dorsement of the Towner-Sterling bill,
which will be presented to Congress in
December.”
SOUTH CAROLINA HAS
DAY AT EXPOSITION
Governor McLeod and Senator Smith
Head Delegation of Their State at
Charlotte.
Charlotte. Sept. 26. —South Carolina
day at the Exposition brought thousands j
from across the Catawba today. Lead- ,
ing the “invasion” were Governor Mc-
Leod, Senator Ed Smith, Dr. A. S. John- j
son, of Winthrop College, and Dr. D. |
B. Johnson, mayor of Rock Hill. The
keys of the city were turned over to the j
Carolinians by Mayor Walker.
Beside dinners and luncheons for the
official visitors there was a concert in
the exposition hall in the afternoon when j
Governor McLeod and Senator Smith,
also spoke at the chamber of commerce ;
earlier in the day.
Senator Smith in course of his re- ;
marks said :
“The future of the Democratic party
is sure if the great issues of the day !
are handled sanely. Nothing can keep
them out of power if the right man is
chosen for leadership and we go before
the people with the simple declaration
of fact that where the Democrats left
off a few years ago. the prosperity of
the world left off ;* where the Demo
crats went out, the lamp of light for
organized society went out, and the world
plunged into blackness ; where the power,
‘the hope of civilization was lost—tell
the country this plain, simple, straight
story without exasion or equivocation
and we’ll see how swiftly they’ll turn
again and wait for the manifestation of
me Democratic policy.”
The crowd today was estimated at
6,000.
North Carolina Third in Sweet Potato
Production.
Washington. Sept. 25—The bureau
of market* of. the Department of Agri
ulture forecasts a crop of 10,126.000
bushels of sweet potatoes for North
,Carolina this year. Georgia and Ala
bama ' are the only states in the union
that will/lead her. Georgia has in 137.-
000 acres, Alabama 126.000. and North
Carolina 17)0.000. Then come Missis*
sippi and South Carolina. North Caro
lina produced 12.430,000 bushels -last
year. The demand is good this year and
the price should hold up well.
At their regular meeting this evening
at 7:30 o’clock at the Elks Home, the
local lodge of Elks will hold an initia
tion.
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27,1923
located the pin in his esophagus. From
Charlotte the child rushed to the
hospital iu Philadelphia, and the
seriousness of the illness, the sweet
disposition of the c)iisd aiid the novelty
of the operation hafil given the case a
national prominence//,
That great interest has been aroused
in the case locally ig demonstrated by
the numerous calls t» this office by in
terested persons who ’jrant to know “the
'atest from the Johann child.”
Will Perform Operation on the Johnson
Baby Today.
Philadelphia. Sept. —The safety pin"
which has caused tie life of William
W. Johnson. Jr., to Ifeng in the balanc 1
for the past five dayl will be removed I
from the little fellowj larynx tomorrow.
This decision was Reached tonight af
ter a consultation between I>r. Chevalier
Jackson, noted lar.vnOlogist at the Jef
ferson hospital, wbert? the operation will
be performed, and lis< corps of assist
ants. if
Insufficient medical? observation was
the reason given tonigfct by hospital au
thorities today.
Junior, as the five months old baby
. is ca’led by bis parents, Prof, and Mrs.
i W. W. Johnson, whq rushed their son*
1 to the hospital from their home in Con
’ cord. N. C.. upon discovery of what had
happened Sunday, continued to wave his
| little arms and legs in a gleeful manner
while tucked snugly nway in his crib
, tonight. s
TO DETERMINE BOK
( PEACE PRIZE WINNER
Ncted Citizens Compose Jury to Award
Fortune.
* Washington, Sept. 27 (Capital News
Service). —With a hundred thousand dol
lars as the prize, thousands of citizens
are trying to win the Bok Peace Contest
j Award. The jury which will decide as
( to the most meritorious peace plan pro
posed, has just been chosen.
The six men and one woman who com
pose the jury were selected because of
their, experiende, education, and fitness
! to understand and pass upon the plans
submitted. They are:
Col. Edward M. House, formerly eon
j fidant of Woodrow Wilson, special rep
resentative of the United States Govern
! ment at the Interallied Conference of
Premiers and Foreign Ministers held in
Paris in November. 1917.
Maj. Gen. James Guthrie Harbord.
president of the Radio Corporation of
i America, chief of staff of the American
Expeditionary Force, chief of the Am
erican Military Mission to Armenia in
1919.
| Dr. Ellen Fitz Pendleton, president
! of Wellesley College. ■***“
i Dr. Roscoe Pound, dean of the Har
‘ vard Law School, formerly of the facul
ties o<J Northwestern University, and
the University of Chicago.
| William Allen White, of Emporia,
i Ivans., editor and novelist, observer in
[France for American Red, Cross in 1917.
! delegate to the Russian Conference at
, Prinkipo in 1919.
| Brand Whitlock, formerly Ambassador
to Belgium.
The winning plan will be submitted so
the people of the United States for a
| vote as to whether or not they approve
| it, some time in the early part of 1924.
This vote, of course, will be strictly
unofficial, but it may readily be sup
posed the Senate would pay much heed
to its mandate. Plans must be submit
ted by November 15, and the award is
planned for January 1.
NEW YORK PAPERS ARE
RETURNING TO NORMAL
Combined Sheet Discontinued and Each
Will Be Itself Again Today—Get
Outside Help.
' New York, Sept. 26. —Morning news
i papers tomorrow will resume their in
j dividual • identities after nine days of
anonymity as "The Combined Morning
j Newspapers of New York.” it was an
! nouneed today at the headquarters of
the Publishers’s association
j The combined newspaper bearine the
| names of all the'morning dailies affect
ed by the strike of pressmen who left
their posts a week ago Monday night.
| and printed in curtailed size, will
discontinued.
j The newspapers, by returning to their
: customary and individual typographical
! styles, it was stated, will serve notice
!on the public that the strike of press
men and the esultant curtailed news
' paper output is over, despite the fact
that only a. few of the strikers have re
turned.
Press room forces, the publishers as
sert. have been brought virtually to
normal by the importation into New
Y’ork of members of the international
union in other cities.
WORLD STOCKS OF COTTON
AMOUNT TO 5.359.000 BALES
This Estimate by Internal Federation of
Cotton Spinners Given Out Today.
Washington, Sept. 27. —The world
stocks of cotton visible and in spinners’
hands on July 31. the end of the cotton
yeAr, were 5,359,000 bales, as estimated
by the international federation of cot
ton spinners, the American Agricultural
Commissioner at London London report
ed today by cable. That quantity is 1,-
041.000 bales less than the estimate of
the Department of Commerce, issued Sep
tember 10th.
Raising of Dairy Calves.
Washington. D. C., Sept. 25.—The
raising of dairy calves, beginning with
the cow before the calf-is born and car
rying the young stock along to two years
* of age, is discussed in a recent farmers
1 bulletin No. 1336. “Feeding and Manage
ment of Dairy Calves and louug Dairy
Stock." now ready for distribution by the
United States Department of Agriculture.
Washington. D. (’.
t Volapuk. invented in .1880, was the
first artificial language to attain any suc
cess. *
DICTATORSHIP NOW
PRACTICALLY HAS
CHARGE OF GERMANY
The Government in Germany
Now Almost Wholly Con
trolled by the Military, Say
Late Reports.
MINERS PROTEST
AGAINST ACTION
Taken by the Officials/ Who
Have Agreed That Resis
tance in the Ruhr Must
Be Stopped.
Paris, Sept. 27 .By the Associated
Press). —The' German government lias
practically been handed over to a mili
tary dictatorship, it was deduced at the
foreign office from Berlin dispatches.
The situation is regarded as full of dan
gerous possibilities, but as furnishing no
basis at present for any action on the
part of (be allies.
Miners Protest.
Dusseldorf, Sept. 27 (By the Associ
ated Press). —The miners in the Gelsen
kirchen, Recklinghausen and Wanne dis
tricts. the heart of the Ruhr mine fields,
declared a general strike today as the
first action in protest against tlie Berlin
government's decision to give up passive
resistance, and also against the exploita
tion of the section by the French. It
was estimated that 6.000 miners had
quit work ujj to noon with thousands of
others to follow.
Street Fighting in Dresden.
London. Sept. 27 —Street fighting be
tween .communistic and sections of the
less extreme radicals is reported from
Dresden where the parties were holding
meetings and processions, a Berlin dis
patch to the Cent nil News states. It
adds that one man was killed, five fatally
wounded, and twenty others injured.
De Gessler Appointed Dictator.
London. Sept. 27. —De Gessler. minis
ter of defense in the Stresemann cabinet,
has been appointed military dictator of
Germany by President Ebert to counter
act the Bavarian revolutionary move
ment. says a Central News dispatch from
Berlin.
Washington Views.
Washington, Sept. 27. —Prediction was
made at The Treasury tod&y that Ger
many ultimately would have to be given
outside financial help'and this aid would
(ake the form of an hiter-government
consortium. Such aid, however, cannot
be given, it was declared, until the Ger
man government is somewhat further on
the road to'what is described as political
recovery.
Reference . was made by a Treasury
spokesman to the method employed in the
case of Austria and the suggestion offer
ed that possibly a financial dictator would
have to be selected, and empowered to di
rect the German government fiscal af
fairs while that nation is “convalescing"
financially.
It was asserted that only by means of
a financial dictatorship could Germany's
finances be placed upon a stable basis
within a reasonable time and (his. offi
cials believe, would be possible only in
the event new money in the form, of a
loan, were brought to her assistance.
MeKeller Not Surprised at Events.
Washington. Sept. 27.—• Senator Me-
Keller. Democrat, of Tennessee, in a
statement today discussing the develop
ments in Germany, declared he was not
surprised at the statement that martial
law had been declared in the German re
public, for there is open secession and
revolution in some of the states.
"So far as 1 could see.” said the Sen
ator's statement. "Germany was least
prosperous of all European States which
I could see. She was suffering from ene
mies within and without. Her criminal
industrialists, led by Stinnes. are almost
as much her enemies as the French, led
by Poincare. Stinnes and his crowd art*
in absolute control of the German gov
ernment, and have been since the republic
began, and they are exploiting the Ger
man people for the purpose of filling
their pockets.”
“Therefore,” he continued, “with at
tacks from enemies within and without,
revolution seems unavoidable. My hope
is that this revolution will not be com
munistic in character.” •
NEGRO SOCIETIES FIGHTING
EXTRADITION AF M’COY
Negro is Wanted in This State For Al
leged Killing of A. R. .Beard, White
Farmer.
Raleigh. Sept. 27. —Extradition papers
of Dock McCoy, negro, wanted in Nash
county, in connection with the killing of
A. R. Beard, white farmer, in November,
1921, are being held up by authorities in
Pennsylvania where McCoy is reported
to have fled following tlie killing, it was
stated in the Governor’s office today. A
continuance of the hearing until Octo
ber 2nd was recently granted on pres
sure by negro societies of Pittsburgh,
it was stated, which contended that Mc-
Coy could not get a fait* trial in North
Carolina.
Extradition papers signed by Goveer
nor Morrison were sent to Pennsylvania
on September 15th. Attorneys sent to
Pittsburgh to execute the papers report
ed to Governor Morrison that the negro
societies of Pittsburgn were backing Mc-
Coy in fighting extradition
Italians Have Left Corfu.
Athens, Sept. 27 (By! the Associated
Press). —The island of Corfu, occupied
by the Italians on August 31st. was re
turned to the Greek authorities this
morning, it was announced in a dispatch
received here.
SEVERAL COURSES ADDED
University to Improve Facilities to Teach
by Correspondence.
Chapel Hill, N. C.. Sept. 26.—1 n order
to improve its facilities for teaching by
correspondence the University of North
Carolina today announced that «•»—-
courses had been added to
ment of its work. Among tfc
es are money and banking. Mvcuuntirig, i
salesmanship., advertising, business law.
principles of education, the contemporary
short story, introduction to poetry, the
teaching of English, history of North
Carolina, English history, readings in
Roman literature , general psychology.
French composition. Spanish composi
tion. and the study of social problems.
The courses, it is stated, are designed
to meet the needs especially of business
men and women and school teachers. It
its catalogue of the new courses the
University has the following to say with
regard to its system of correspondence
courses:
“Correspondence study has been de
signed to give everyone who cjjffi not at
tend the University an opportunity to
get some of the advantages of instruc
tion and culture which may be a help to
him. To those who desire to study for
degree or teachers’ certificates, for cul
tural or vocational purposes, the corre
spondence method offers an excellent* op
portunity. It is simply a method of
learning through the study of text books,
and answering in writing the questions
asked in each lesson assignment.
“It is no longer an experiment but an
assured success. This fact is testified
to by university instructors and by ear
nest -and enthusiastic students. Educa
tional institutions all over the country
now consider correspondence courses a
part of their regular work.
“It is not the purpose of correspond
ence to discourage study in residence. On
tlie contrary, it is believed that many
who thus become interested in continuing
their education will be led them
selves of residence study.”
SAYS NEGRO WOMEN I'RGE
EXODUS TO THE NORTH
Are Behind the Movement of Negroes to
Northern Cities. Says Hughes.
Chicago, Sept. 27 —That negro Women,
striving for better conditions for them
selves and their husbands, and better ■
educational and other advantages for
titer children, are behind the migration
of southern negroes from the plantations
to the northern cities, is the conclusion
of the Rev. Dr. W. A. C. Hughes, su
perintendent of the department of negro
work of tlie Methodist Episcopal Church.
I)r. Hughes, himself of negro blood,
has made a wide study of the conditions
and reassons causing the southern ne
groes to migrate to the cities and fac
tories of tlie north.
“Behind the industrious, hard-working
negro man in this present migration, is
the negro wife and mother,” says Dr.
Hughes. “Tlie constant dread that a
son or a husband will say 'too much' is
the thing that is wearing threadbare the
nerves of the negro women of the south.
Added to this is the lack of opportunity
for her child, and she is the driving
power of the present movement from the
south.”
“Illinois seems to be the favored local
ty. according to Dr. Hughes. “More
than 100.000 negroes have left 11.000
farms in Georgia alone,” he declared.
“A late survey of negro congregations
in rural communities of the Atlanta con
ference substantiates the estimate that j
2,500 negroes have left likes county
alone. W. W. Long, of Clemson Col
lege. has found that 50,000 negroes bad
left 41 counties. The delta regions of
Mississippi lost 12.000 workmen in the
last six months of 1922.”
Dr. Hughes lias found many cases of
team-work on the part of impoverished
negroes who wanted to go north. By
pooling their resources a number send
one or two of their group north, and
these in turn send most of their wages
back to bring ut) the remainder.
WHEAT FARMERS GET
ATTENTION OF CABINET)
Plans to Relieve Ills of Fanner Suggest
ed to President and Cabinet.
Washington. Sept. 25.—Reduction of
freight rates on wheat and flour destin
ed for export, and increase of the pres
ent tariff on wheat were considered by
President Coolidge and his cabinet to
day as probable remedies for the ills of
the wheat farmers of the northwest.
The discussion, which resulted in no
definite decisions, folloived presentation
by Secretary Wallace, of the Department
of Agriculture, of a. report on the world
wheat situation prepared at the direction
of Mr. Coolidge. Both plans, in the
opinion of the President, are worthy of
consideration, and as neither require ac
tion- by Congress, it was believed that
the President has in no wise changed
his mind against calling Congress into
sitecial session.
FARMERS AND BANKERS
CALL ON PRESIDENT
I’rge Him to Call Special Session of
Congress to Pass Laws to HHp Wheat
Farmers.
Washington. Sept. 27. —Request was
made of President Coolidge. today by a
delegation of a dozen farmers and bank
ers from the Minneapolis Federal Re
serve district, that a special session of
Congress be called to enact legislation
for the relief of wheat growers through
the revival of the United State Grain
Corporation.
The delegation further asked that a re
duction of freight rates on wheat and
flour be made, but said after their con
ference that the President had made ’no
promise to them other than to say that
he would consider their request.
Mangus Johnson to Speak hi New York
Next Saturday.
New Y'ork, Sept. 25.—Senator Maugus
Johnson, of Minnesota, will make his
first speech before an Eastern audience
next Saturday uight at Carnegie Hall, it
was announced today by the Progressive
Labor League, under whose auspices the
senator will visit New Y’ork. Virtually
every labor organization in New York
will be represented at the meeting. Nor
man Hapgood will preside.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advapce.
GERMAN POLICY NUT
PnPi'ijß mu the
ty
r rtUHLEOF COUNTRY
I x
In Bavaria and Other Sec
tions of Germany There
| Has Been Expressed Dis
satisfaction With Plans.
PEOPLE SHOWING
THEIR ATTITUDE
In Bavaria Dictator Was Ap
| pointed and in Mining Dis
j tricts Workers Go on Strike
to Show Their Attitude.
1 Berlin, Sept. 27 (By the Associated
Press). —At a hurriedly called midnight
session of the German cabinet, attended
by General von Seeckt, the chief of staff,
the immediate proclamation of a state
Jof emergency throughout Germany was
'decided upon, and Minister of Defense
Gessler was given executive authority to
put into force any military or police
measures he might deem warranted in
fche circumstances. (This action is con
strued in Paris, London and othei* quar
ters as virtually placing Germany in the
hands of a military dictator.)
* The action of the German government,
was taken when news of the appointment
of Dr. von Kahr as military dictator of
Bavaria was received and the prodama
■ tiou issued was intended as an offset to
I the Bavarian manifesto.
j Bavaria' action was wholly unexpect
ed. and the government leaders were at
first at loss to account for it. Although
it is not viewed as a studied affront to
I the Central government, the manner in
which it was launched nevertheless was
construed as a‘piece of censorial criti
■ cism of the way in which the Berlin gov
ernment had called off passive resistance
in the Ruhr.
This view prevailed, despite assertions
from Bavaria that her measures were
wholly prompted by the suspicious activ
ities of the guards of Adolph Hitler,
the national socialist leader, and their al
lied organizations.
Official opinion in Berlin inclines to
the belief that Dr. von Kahr will be
fully able to cope with the situation -in
Bavaria that the outbreak there is un
likely to extend beyond the Bavarian
frontiers, despite the noisy agitation the
factors classed as “super-patriots" whose
fighting strength is asserted to be gross
ly overestimated.
The von Knitting government in Bava
ria is believed here to be able to rely on
the Bavarian police, and in an emergen
cy it would also receive the support of
the reichswehr formations, garrisoned in
Bavaria.
As a further ally, it is pointed out the
Bavarian government may count on the
unarmed support of the socialists and the
trade unions which are in a position to
proclaim a general strike. It is also as
sumed here that Higler will be unable to
| stampede any appreciable following from
the rural sections into joining the move
ment.
FROWNS ON TWO FAMILIES
LIVING, UNDER SAME ROOF
Judge in Desertion Court Airs Views on
Domestic Life-
York, Pa., Sept. 24- —Young married
couples should get away from .outside
influence, was the dictum laid down to
day by Judge Xevin M. Wanner, in the
local Courts, who included a short dis
‘ cussion on the modern trend of domestic
I life, with the 'opinion that . happiness
j could not be found with two families
living under the same roof.
The discussion was precipitated by A.
W. (\ Rochow, Democratic candidate
for Mayor, who waved his haixf dis
gustedly after expressing the* hopeless
ness of understanding the inodbrn young
woman who wanted to Htart at the top
of the ladder with SIOO coats and $lO
stockings. It was in Desertion Court,
and Mrs. Jacob Ruby was allowed $0 a
week- She was employed and her hus
band made $34 a week and she claimed
he did not support her.
CITY ENGINEER OF
SALISBURY RESIGNS
Charges That Mayor Henderlitc Has
Failed to Give Engineering Depart
ment Any Support.
Salisbury. Sept. 27. —-The resignation
of Percy Bloxam, city engineer, is in the
hands of the City Clerk and will be pre
sented~to the board of aldermen tonight,
it was learned today.
The absolute lack of or f
constructive interest in engineering de
partment of the city by the Mayor, is
given the reason for tendeVing his
resignation.
This action is the culmination of a re
cent breach between Mayor Heuderilte
and Mr. Bloxam, which was precipitated
when the Mayor requested the City En
i gineer to resign, and he refused.
Band of Forty Men Get Away With
Large Amount of Whiskey.
Philadelphia. Sept. 27. —A band of
about forty men. some of them masked
and armed, bound and gagged the guards
at the warehouse of the Philadelphia Dis
tilling Company at Eddington, here early
today and escaped with seven to ten
truck loads of whiskey.
Members of the Cooperative 1 Cotton
Growers’ Association who reside in this
county are urged to attend the meeting
of the association which will be liekl
Saturday afternoon at 2 o’chs-k at the
court house- Representatives of the as
sociation declare the meeting will be an
important one, and members interested
in the affairs of the oganization are
urged to be present.
NO. 23.