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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.