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SENATOR SIMMONS:
WILL HELP RELIEVE
TOBACCO FARMERS
Aut horizes Interview Which Is
of Far-Reaching Importance
To the Tobacco Planters Of
Eastern North Carolina And
Other Tobacco, States. r
URGES PRESIDENT
CALL CONFERENCE
Senator Stated That While No
Word Had Been Received
From President, He Expecjted
Letter at Any Moment
Senator F. M. Simmons, who was
, in New Bern yesterday for the pur
pose . f introducing William Gibbs Mc
.'i"' to his audience at the Eastern
( ;u olina Fair, authorized the follow
ing hiit-rviow whioli is of far reaching
interest to tobacco growers roV this
section as well as the farmers of thc
state as a whole.
Hope to Bring Relief. " .
I nfcrniatioii received from private
nrci's at Washington was to the ef
fe t that Senator Simmons and Direc
v :v of War Finance McLean had start
e;l a movement by which they hoped to
!niiig relief to the farmers and at the
same time relieve the money stringency
in the entire btate. . a . .
Senator Simmons stated thathe had
i l it ten to the Presideht"iugstlng
that a conference ba.helil between the
comptroller of the treasury, Federal
reserve bank heads and others virtual
ly and directly in touch with the finan
ces of the country and that at'-that
time the stringency .of the situation in
iliis state and particularly in eastern
North Carolina be discussed, and plans
deviled whereby the existing problem
uuld he done away with and money
turned loose among the . farmers.
Remove Restrictions.
The Senator stated that he had been
informed that several hundred thous
:uhs of dollars-were to be placed with
the Federal Reserve Banks in the
Ninth and Southeast ancTthat it was
lii hlea to remove restrictions so that
the smaller banks could secure this
money and thus pass it on. to the far
mers in order that they might have
their present burden lightened. '
Thus far, says the Senator, no word
Iia- been received in i-eply to his mcs
to the President, but this is ex.
I' ted at any moment b)d,the confer
''i -e may be immediately heldv The
Senator lias seen conditions a4 they
it iv at hrst hand and is fully cognizant
"I" 'lie i.roblein with which the fai-m.
''. particularly those in EastermKcjrth
ai olina, are confronted and isv doing
'i'l-ything within his power to make
u P0sible for tnem to face the, crisis
"Inch is confronting them ''"
Governor Cox Closed
Second Week Of Tour
Western States Today
: Mm oad with Cox, Sfept. 16
of hi weN-tern sw-Uig with .5 peeihes
111 N'avada today
Coventor Boye and! eenfitor HeWler-
s'"' -!'-'iJ ' the presidential candidate
;': Aiko.
Lessening of High
Prices Will Depend
on Public Sentiment
leston. West Virginia, ept. 16
.Jfi" bu-. ing public has "rebelled suJain-
st ilio ever monnriiifl'1 nrips ha1 hiat'iilciimnti-whioh ben ft three Mmk se
"i e Governor 'Piatt of : the Fed
eral esf rve Board told the West Vir
Iankers' Association..
iio lesseninar will depend, the said.
traceable dirctiy to public seniti-
Hii'iii
against high prices.
t AN SINGLE WOMEN gAVE
money v Tliey.pan if they haye any to
(.'. M till .Ti r erfrl wn r 5 r - ? n TTinc- l Tl
Endow
out wu. naj io ia xa t vui u
nient insurance., We, have writ-J-
ten insurance for women many years
National Life Insurance Co.,. "of
vt.. fMnf nl TVTnQTV -p-prkQ
general Agentp,' Greenville,.
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FffiTERIOUS BWSiM?
I0DAY, DEATHS A N D DfflGE
Domestic Peace of North, CarolinerrAgitin Disturb
ed bjr Neighbor on the North, Whose Corpora-
tion Commission Has
iri National Capital to Allow Addtionali tTesti
mony in Freight Rate Matter. Domestic Quar
rel Culminates in Stabbing of i Woman and the
- Shooting of Man, I Husband and Wife. y y
NEW. YOlig;Sept. 16.----AV
aii lower mannat tan occarrea at noon coaay jusi ouis,iue ijit? f;
o'flfices of J. P. Morgnn & Co., on Wa Street. Several per. 1
sois were killed and manyan jnred , ' . r
Junius Spencer Morgan was' cut Ty the flying glass. The
officials of the company denied the explosion at first:
Newspaper men counted eight Iwdies on the street and
the Morgan building shambles. :r
NEWYOEK, Sept.'lGr It. was unofficially reported :kt one o'
clock that thirty were killed in the
and the police estimated -tlig .injured at two hundred. .. '. '".
Theories for the cause of the
truck, wrecked to an. infernal machine. - .. i ; (
Soirre, it is said, saw two men
the Morgan building with abomb. No big findersjwere hur,
so far as has been able' to deiennine Seventeen-victims of trie
Morgan house were taken from
ncluding wpmen, were said to
Federal tfoops trarewir
was-partly ekedih
district to ISep taek the thonsasvof cad
vjemity 'arefilledr-aridliM'apparusa thrti
he crooked streets. f,f
The concensus of opinion is that
itre'et . Federal experts are now
district presents a scene of great
fronts shattered. -
The Police Commissioner, s.aid
porteu mac uynaxitite iuz suwi .a,u.owi
HOE
BEGIN
LIST "CYCLOfi fMClf' Tfl
ClfH HERE OGTOBl
Evaneelist 15. F, McLendon,
better knmvn as' "Cyclone Mack,"
is to held an evangelistic meeting
of several weeks in Greenville. .
These meetings are scheduled to
begin either October 17 or 24, the
exact time depending upon' the
closing date of the meeting soon
to start in New Bern.
A conference of all ministers
of th respective churches, and rep
resentatives of the different religious-bodies
was held in Jarvis
Memoria 3tS E. Church last night
' a-?f wtiich 4ht); initial arrange
meats were started for the coming
nored evapgelist. Several commit
tees with representatives from all
the churches, on arrangements, fi
nances, advei'tisahg, music, . J ftc,
were named and they are now al
ready at work making prepara
tions. The meetings, which will ras held
twice daily," will be conducted in a
Nation9! League Race
May Be ecided In
New York This $Veek
New York, Sept- l6 The National
League Pennant race may be decide
:n a, clash between B'tiooklyai and Cin-
ries at ebbett's field this afterJXooifa
"Cincinnati must win the series to
get within srrik'ing distance of ihe
leaaders
Taf t Vobcziieers His ;, V
Services, ip G. -O. P. ;
Canipaigti Gomrhittee
New ' York, ' Set.:16-r-ePresidcnt
William IldvrA Tafhas volvatteertd
.ot,oj cjOT1ut,.-TT.Tv1-1
his servIqesJto thi: BepiibircvW JTation
al Committee anil will -' devote two
Appealed to k the -arerf t
terrific explosion which rocked a
- Wall Street explosion at noon,
explosion ranged from T. N. T.
in an automobile stop inront of
the side door. Four' of, these
have been killed Qutrijght.
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the explosion occurred on the
mvesigatmg.- ine jinanciai
demolition, '"with windows and
r.- . ' . f . 1 .
that the Morgan firm; had re-
large tent located on thei tracant lot
to the rear of the pastoffice at the'
coi ner of Third and Cotanch streets!
As the details for tbg campaign
are worked out ; by the respective
committees they will be published
in the columns of this paper.
"Cjlche, Mack" js a wonder. No
man in evaepfetie worfc todajMs
more popular with tusses. He
readies tlfGspel yfithsitch
power tliat. wherever his voice has
been heard' himdreds, yea, thojis
ands, have resolved to 'lead beit er
hves. r- .. -. r
Mack has been oneyf the bv'jS,
knows the frailties of human na
ture and he knows how to et close
to those in the same foj$ he once'
occupied. That he ivill siiir Green ,
viUe fwJm center to circumference"
goes without saying A great religi
v ous awakening is promised for
GREENVILL'E when "Cyclone
Mack" comes.; ' , i:
Fifty Piece Band
Accompanies Babe
Ruth to Ball Park
Chicago, Sept 16. A brass band of
fifty pieeas accompaiiiied ,Bibe Ruth,
the home run iking, -to the -'American
League I lark today where New York
and Chicago - enters the'eritical peri
nant i series. v - s r '
The band was from St. Mary's In-
dustrial Scehool, Baltimore,
rrlre
Ruth spent several, years.
. R. P. Simpson' of Wilson is spending
the day in the city.--'- ' -, ." .
H
P.- , Waiters of Washington inofe-
ored to thtf city thbr morying.
J. C.
Williams of Goldsboro . arrived
in the - city-this .morning via the At
lantic,Coat..rane.:''lr -l -
'M. W. Lewis of New Bern'is in the?
PITT COUNTY-FAIR ;f
BEGINS NEXT WEEK
-TO LAST 4
Senator F. C. Hardin&Kill Make
h Opening Address Tuesday,
September rpHowingMthe
Grand''Psradeit1 Eleven (O-
n
FIVE FREE ACTS TO v
BE GIVEN DAILY
Five Carloads of Horsey Ha velAl
ready Arrived 'and More Ex
.. pecked Daily .Thousands t Of
Visitors Coming.
The Pitt County Fair is on next
week beginning Tuesday; September
Jl, lasting tlxf-ough Friday; September
24'. -:very thing ; is pracncany reauy
ror - cue - ouemng uay - wuicn promises
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to begone; of the greatest events ever
pulled ofE, In Pitt County. Thusands iof
folk from aH parts of the state are ex
pected to attend. Below will be sejen
:he programme tb nttre four days:
; TUESpAV, 21st ,
Parade" llVo'clock . ' K.; f i '.
r Qpening F4P Groands 13"
with address by Hon: F C. iTar4lng
v itncin?-1 o'clock. . I - . s :
Beginning .t-nightuperfocmafiee.e.7 .9-;.
aegmning vmgacyperiooMiicei p
WEJDnE
Esutn Ml r-. G rounasf 0 o'clock.
t:c Parade ll.x clock. . . .
Beginning night : performance 7 o'
lock. 'THURSDAY, 23rd,
Opening Fair OroundB 9 o clock.
Racing 1 o'clock.- 1
Beginning night performance 7 o'
clock. - " . ' r
FRIDAY 2ihT
Opening Fair Ground 0 o'clock. y
Racing . 1 a'clock. ;
Beginning night performance 7 io-
tlcck:
Besides the regular, program there
will be five free attractions daily, In
cluding htgh divers, wire walking and
several stage performances.
"Erery afternoon at 4 o'clock' will be
seen the wonderful performance of(att
Overland Four automobile mke. a
leap. of a 14 -ft. gap. This is consider
ed one . of the most thrilling acts ever
pulled off, aud something entirely if ew
in this section of -the country! This
one act is worth the price of adm ssion
to the Fair Grounds.
Dally performances of an aero lane
by an expert aviator. .
Fire carloads of race horses ,have
already arrived and more xptcted
daily. By the opening day over 1( 0 of
these horses will be soine that 'iave
iiad(v teprds on several' tracks thr ugh
out , the , Ujrltedstates, and with on aof
-he".Jet race,., tracks in' theeox$;$tr
here it is expected that many newjec-
trds will be made.
Concrete Plans For &
Bolshevizing World .
Perfected in Japan
Tpkio.' Sept. 10.-Mfficial ' ad ices
reaching r here . say tha t concrete plans
for Bdlshevizine the .Aorld . have been
will spon be sent to America, Jaxan,
Chiua and Asia for .the rampaign. .
Agents, ;. it His., s4id, are already ac
tively' at work in England and Fracne.
FrenchAssembly;Will
Consider Successor To
Deschanel on Sept 25
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v Paris -SeptV .r"11 National As
sembly 'will convenelat Versailles' Sept.
25," to consider the election 'of , a sue
eeWor tit President t Deschanel, f ac
cording to : official; ;apouncemenk; - - v.
(Premier Millerand 'wil receive tne
presidentsdf the -senate anof,;chauaber
of; deptities . iomorrow -i to disenss? the
convocation of parliament." .t. - l
North Carolina's Tobacco Croj? .
'vyashintonJ., forth $ Carolina V. to
bacco crop this year Is forecast by
the Department of - Agriculture at 4i4,
'525,000 pounds, orab6ut 8,O00,00v' less
than: Kentucky's cropi each f state0O
ducing more' tbaiicmcrtiArter of- tte
country's, record-hronkiiifr crop t of '1..
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GETS
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TELEPHONE OFFICE
F. W. Wood of Henderson- Sac
v ceeds Jack Blanks as - Super-
lnienueni. - vnaixgen ocaiuv
Effective; Thirteenth; of Tbis
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F. W. - Wood Xifj; Henderson. v Ny JClf
has. succeeded Jack Blanlr as ' superin
tendent -of thet Home' Telephone Ex
change here, thferCtonge.belng. effect
ive . on pteaabeV;f 33th " past.v.: Jlrt
Blank ; .has ,been M transferred2 to Nbw
Befii, r where he wcomes superinieid
'nt- of', the ofBce . there' He has been
manager of the exchange here for the
past two years..
The new superintendent,
-ISas; bea iconhectetk. wlhCe
since May-iv 1919.-
readv entered unon his duties."
v -
gave tbe alarm jeter-:
the Ililboi nrimaries eave leads to tbe
RepuWin, candides favored-by
oTlionfacrion ihe.WJ'''-- "
uotdeSive i ' r,T-: :
Small led Lieutenaanfc . Governor . Moreover, It Is argued in the pe-
Oglesbyrby -,-25,000 for governor and that the. new rtites wiH create un-
Reifeeseatattve Smitb.led RepreseCta--de fliscrimiat
ve OtcKInley .for the Senate by' 15? or that anything ahortof ample
000.; , The anti-Thompson strongholds opportunity to make these things clear
are: yetto make: a report.
PLANE CARRIES 381 MILES
IN LITTLE LESS' THAN 4 HOURS
Omaha, eb. The first eastbound
transcontlnentaV Air mail, transporter
naff' rxf tha Wo r hv alrnlana -fm-m tTuk
jVacific Cjpast, ;was placed on a rtrain
hejre today f or shipment east, v
The mall had, been-, taken, by train
from Salt Lake City to Cheyenne Sun
day after .it had been brought by; air-
plane frpmfean Francisco.. The plane
Di, tins . leg; r, tne ,jpurney, piiomi oy
J. P. Murray," cowered the'' 381 - miles.
Salt Lake to Cheyenne, in 3 hours
and fifteen minutes, including a stop
at Rock' Springs, Wyoming. "The. 331.
miles',, from ock Springs were.wivered
in an' even two hours,1 including take
off and landing. . A. wind added totho
srjeiML of thepiape, lurrayM
r---i - vv-ft: v --I s?"-' - i
rariiers :
TIEAU THE
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EVERY .DAY FOR FULL-j1-.' v
INFORMATION REGARDr t
ING THE
MRAPM MAitKFT
J THE SMALL SUM OF-A 'v,
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,tt SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS
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NOW
HEWS
IN RE :FREIGHT
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SMretary Beaman of North CaroUna Traffic As
oti8nes !hatlf Pon is-Graivted, '
North Carolina Must Start Fighting Virffima
PAi resh.irginia Movernent Regarded as Far
: aching.-rRaleigh; PoUce Mystified Over the
Stabbing of a miti Woman Weri v ;
I Balelghf &k. i-l-Yirginla cite t befor. the commission ,in, .Wellington
iave agin destroyed the , cfomestlc!, iVould. be. a grea wroug. y , .
peace of "North-Carolina by coming invo Secretary- Beamari of the ' chamber
the sateibehind'' federal- a'uthoHty to 0f commerce and ,of the North - Caro
upset the new rate- structure recen ly HnayTramc Association, declares , that
promulgated by the 1 interstate" -com- k f this- petition - is-granted the entire
inerce cbmmissioni ' , j work will ha v to be done, pver and
'The WfKlniatie have'not actajiK'0 Carolina: -must starts to fighting
pS'feh their corporatU,nirglnia movement 1. ; reSardedv yery
commission W the paVent : loly iat -far-reaching. ; :r,:.-v.i.'!;i; ,
Washington to be aUawed December
1 0innf fhr mnntha
.Htiorrrth - ' Ca"rollna. .Testei-djiy '.
, . . - -wa i- '
-ATTACHED Ttt THE
i N. C. ABSENTEE LAW
ItsWas Given Jts First Test Top
C day iiCapi.;Cityf-Repub-licand
AreMakinff Objections
to the Act.
Raleigh, Sept. 16. More interest- at-
tached - to; the-absentee jection - law
day.A than ito nytuing-cna? nappenea
about the capital with a big baseball
series goin. ".
The jBtateJ board f elections, - the
state treasurer, 'arid;- the state auditor
were 'pajtie t? thfe controversy-which
was brought by John; Jenkln of
Sfler City, Republican candidate for
state treasurer.- 'Mr, Jenkins' "started
last week an injunction to restrain the
state authorities . froin - paying out
funds tor - tliese .ballots, ibrlnring a
doubtfe-barrelfed, j action ... whlcbyould
get" !.'-botii " . treasurer-iiudltor and the
Whole board of elections.
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7. The, fight is political, admittedly.
TlieRepublicn the Demi
ocrats would get a - special advantage
this year registering ahsenteesiiFor
tbat,reason gTeatT)bjectloh is made and
the minority; desires to gt thecredit
for oCfetlhg to knock, the lawbue." "''''
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ELEPHANT GOES 5IAD XT
:'v,,:: c-; circus i ts pot to death
fhi,:,:. --.i . . ;. " ; ;-- C,:.v..-.
,s SallnaV Xansas..r it required -three
rounds from five army rifles here tou
dy toilliydeiia; elef-
phant belonjsrlnging to - a ' flrcn .ahow-
mg nere,
.The' animal1 had gonemad
jtit'theclrcusj'ms: oiil.to cen I
about? the animal 't&& :
Betore being, klled. the elephant up
setj mahyj cages contalnrng jother 4nl
mala antl rinrew one WMjrej. -containing
fon?- cUte)-)t
- The 'hefnoon.;
hi A" to be : n f? fitidoncdr s- ''Th e c!
1 w-
(!.Mr,. Wood, ris to .nresent mddiUonal,, testimony, the terrible stabbTriz of Mrs..
c?mpany f The , Jactr.were heam beauty.,. a r-par, Evans wof ' GlenwoodT' yetfteruay. near
Mf ."'Wtcd iasr-al- . anVTa half ago and a decision reachifd 'n0on;; nj her hnkbabd as ' she says, by
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::RATE DISCUSSION
; Raleigh' police are mystified, over
Charles
i
ed him and Mrs.. Evans, down jester-
dayr'tobbed..h.tole.h, purse and
the,whiteUan who is aorfojk Sou- ,
fthern machinist, .went .after, the, negro,
who shot him. The .police believe the
machinist .."hot '.blnweJt .TJiey .,Jiav :
in R Hos-
,pital. ,The giutjl remained .wltl him
all hight. J.-
A Royal Welcome Extended To
! 'the Distinguished riew'York
er. Was Presented by Sena-
tor Simmons.
il was a last, a trrr ni n p?w . 'i-, ,
FOORIOUSAiAI:
XEBEV.SwW4n ' '";'
fbur'thousandpeoplefrom';e r
Xorthl Carolina " heard William . Gibbs
McAdoo, former secretary of the treas
ury and director . general of railroads
yesterday afternoon at the second iay ..-'
of -New! Bern V eighth annual' fair.'.
I'M. .:. : : --"'V. . . 4- ;7
" belleje .that every power of tte -government
obght to' be brought Into -. '
use to protect the farmers of thU
country: "in helpings hem market 'their
crops," was ; the keynote of Mr. lie- .
Adoo's, address. . He ' was presented
by Senator-V.vS'imn, who fiald " '
a high: tribute to McAdoo saying that ,
no man In -American history - in bo ,
short a tlmejiad carvedjout such fane
a the former, secretary. - v
'l . Mr.-McA doo's speech- was decidedly
political and 'warmed: thev hearts of
Easten'V'Carpllna' democrats. . lie ' .
olead, for ratification of the League of --j
Nation and urged that ; no amendcjVat
mdertq jthVolRtea,act and tlso I
Vharged- the Republican congrens with
flaying mean wnd partlsan politics dur-Eg-the
past four years.' Commentlrj
pa - the -.Republican victory ' in Malr
he'-sald'that he sawno significance. In
the ; result; since It - was expected stic- (
cess In the ation.was predicted for tbe
Democratic 'party,; McAdoo paylns a .'
high tribute to Governor Cox. ; ' ;
, ; COMING vTEDDING. v
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jVTbe"' following . announcement 1
lKea enf to riedx In GREEN Vl LL ;
You are codialty Invited to attt l
tpe)-marfiffgef -Mlss Nancy Te C
want-to-iir Cland'e ' f nrray Tolar
Sito'ci6clCAM;T1nr1ay,,f!'n,,
3 ? valued at iOjCvj,