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GOVERNOR SIGNAL FOR SCIENTISTS FIND HEADHUNTING IN- HARpING D WERS- DIANS IN ECUADOR. THE VpffStjO BEGIN WORK MESSAGE"! PERSON: u s u Southern Power Co.'s Petition for An Increase i: Hydro-Electric Power Rates in North carolina Was Started on It Final Lay in Raleigh Today, When Oral Argument Before State Corporation Commission Was Begun Cotton Mills are Ask- ing Commission to Disallow Petition. Raleigh, April 12. Republicans laying tne ground work In 1921 of their next , quadrennial tussle with Tar Heel Democracy expect to feature that they term the grand fall-down of the Bickett revaluation tax system. That they will have but little dim cuity in proving from the stump that there has been general disatisfaction among the rural voters to the law is and will be fiercely admitted. In the last general election it is probable the 230,000 votes which came from the Republican ranks in North Caro lina represented Virtually the anti- revaluation sentiment. There was plenty of grumbling from the majori ty party, too, but it was smothered up in the p-a-i-r-t-y plea. The strong est opponent of the law in the Demo cratic ranks, Josiah William Bailey, spoke for the party during the late campaign ,made it plain that he was opposed to the system but urged that the same hard-headed Democrats who maile the law be allowed to change it. They did. When the General Assembly gath ered here in regular session on Jan uary 5 last there was lots of sent! ment in the air which indicated that revaluation would be done to death. Had the Republican party not insisted that this be done before November 2 the chances for repeal of the law would have been better. But there was lots of anti -revaluation talk, and it came from the Democratic mem bers. Before the legislators adjourned the Machinery act of 1921 authorized the county commissioners and the county board of appraisers to meet jointly as a county board of review .in.-the "ne hundred countiesTof the State "to determine if the value f ieal property as heretofore appraised. 'and ..assessed in the county as a whole, is in excess F BATTLESHIPS Believes British Navy Would Be Better if it Spent Money for v New Devices. FAVORITE MEANS NOW IN ORIENT Swindling Travelers in tion wkh Passport. Connec- Vices Among Minor Officers. of the fair value of such property at the time of meeting of such board." This turned the work back to the counties. It also meant virtually the repeal of Revaluation, which the Re publican has insisted upon. The following extracts from the Machinery act of 1921 .permits the county commissioners to bear and re ceive protests and complaints from taxpayers who think revaluation has injured them. t "The board of county commission ers and the county board of apprais ers and review, heretofore appointed under chapter 84 of the public laws of 1919 shall meet jointly in each county on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April, 1921, as a county board of Review, to determine if the value of real property as here tofore appraised and assessed in the county as a whole, is in excess of tne fair value of such property at the time uf meeting of such board." Under the law the chairman of the oard of county 'commissioners shau oe the chairman (of the board of re view. The board shall make "proper nquiry and investigation into exist ng values of real property, as com pared with the assessed and appraise v;ilues thereof in the several cities, owns and townships of the county; an. I if it shall find that the assessed alue of such property is in excess of lie actual value, it shall find the aver age percentage of such excess , in the 'ounty as a whole or, in the several 'ties, towns and townships and shall port its findings so made' to the State Tax Commission not later than, ,n -(Ai-u j m a 1 not Power lleaxing Qxb-iJp.y -. The Southern Power 4 ; Company's Petition for an increased in. ynydJd- ectric power rates in North 4Carol1V as started on its final lap herU- fay when oral argument "bef ore-the Corporation Commission r,was London, April 12. Admiral Sir Percy Scott, commander of the aerial defense of London in the world war, has no use for battleships. He be lieves the-British navy would be bet ter off if it spent the $40,000,000 in tended for battleship construction in research and providing newer weapons of warfare. "The late war," Sir Percy said, "showed that the only safe policy as regards battleships was to stow them away as far as possible from the enemy. If we go to war now with France I do not think our battleships will be safe unless we construct a harbor to contain them in Iceland. "Personally," continued Sir Percy, in a newspaper interview, "I am fully in accord with Rear Admiral Adair when he said that we ought not to spend one penny on battleships, but whatever money we may have to spare should be laid out on research work. Rear-Admiral Adair told the House of Commons that if we built new bat tleships we should also have to pro vide new bases at great cost at Hali fax, Bermuda and Jamaica, , on the West Coast of Canada, mewXruinea and at Singapore. I say this nation, the ' income tax at six shillings in the pound, cannot afford this huge ex penditure,, when nobody can tell me what we are going to do with these battleships when we get them. In the first few hours of. the next war . Plymouth, Dover and even Lon don, may be reduced to ashes unless we are prepared with an adequate counter to the fleets of airplanes that would attack us. It seems to me, therefore, nothing but plain common sense that we should spend, what only we can spare, not oiHbattleships that are no d d good' as the mid shipman said, but in providing the very best we can buy of the newer weapons that will count in the war of the future." Speaking of the latest developments in death dealing instruments, Sir Percey explained the principles of the new JDavis gun, which fires from both ends and with which he said all Ame rican airplanes were to be armed. It would be possible for an airplane to carry a 12-inch gun and fire at bat tleships from 10,000 feet up. Battle ships could have no protection against such weapons. Speaking of the progress that had been made in planning aerial attacks n warships, Sir Percy Scott said, in an interview in the Evening Stand ard: "It is no secret now every man in the service knows it that had the war lasted a . ioruugnt, we wouia probably, by means of an aerial at tack, have sunk all the German ships in the Kiel CanaL" , Constantinople, April, 12.- Swind. ling travelers in connection with pass port vises has become one of the fav orite means of livelihood of minor of ficials in the Orient and Balkan coun tries , Mrs. J. ri. K. Folly, wile oi an American business man living in Lon don, was recently a victim of this fraud while traveling on the Orient Express, running from here to Paris When the train was passing from Bulgaria into Serbia, at 2 o'clock in the morning, an official in uniform rep resenting himself as a Serb inspec tor, demanded to see her passports, informed her that the vise obtained at the Serb Legation in Constantinople was invalid and ordered her to leave the train. After protestations. lie consented to ctvpt $-'io to let her con tinue her journey. She had already paid $30 for vises of her passport. Before leaving Constantinople many travellers are obliged to give large sums to get vises which later may be declared invalid in this manner. Since refugees from Russia are not wanted in other countries, where they may become public charges, few pass ports are granted them officially but they are furnished with proper papers for sums ranging from $20 to $100, As these refugees are poor, they are often obliged to spend all but their traveling expenses for vises. Another form of swindle results from the general European laws against taking large sums of silver, gold or paper money of a given coun try into another. To prevent such traffic governments place officials at f rentiers- .who de- mand of each traveler the sum of for eign cash on his person. If he de clares anything above the equivalent of $70, or some such modest sum, it is taken and a receipt given which he may cash in money of the country on leaving it, Sometimes the inspector merely pockets the money, or will take a bribe to let the traveler pro ceed with all his cash. Americans of experience have adopt ed the plan of carrying only checks or drafts and thus avoid this annoy ance. The oldest form of travel swindle takes the form of trains stopping due to lack of coal. Then the train crew plays cards until the passengers take up a collection with which to buy coal. This swindle has been improved upon. An officiaPtakes up tickets, and then a second official, who denounces the first one as a fraud, makes the pass engers pay a second time. This is confined to local trains. :. ' ' " IJ "'""mi,.! '.'J.I.J1U.1.UI MWIIIM I ll - f ; a V j TO 67TM UVNGRESS HIGH SCHOOL WEEK Head-hunting Indians with a devil for a god, spectacled bears and searches lor buried Iuda treasure were met with by the most recent scientific expedition to Ecuador. Harold F. Anthony and George K. Cherrie, under the auspices of the American Museum of Natural History, led the expedition which recently returned from South Africa. The natives studied most carefully the Jibaros. Everything not Jibaro is Christiauos to the natives. The,y look down on white men because the white man has only one wife. Aa each wants at least four or five wives, and there are not enough women to go around, the Indians fight to get their helpmates. When an enemy is killed his head is cut off as a trophy of war. The bones ar taken out of the jhead and the skin is dried slowly and further eliminating rounds. This means carefully to about the size of a doll's head. Then the trophy is dved black and painted red in sipots. A war dance is held, with the lost elaborate ceremonials, and the tropliy thereafter is worn by the winner. The photo on the left shows dried human scalps. The photo on the right shows a memlber of the Jibaro tribe with an ancient muzzle-loading musket, while in the inset is a belle of the tribes AT UNIVERSITY j i Nearly 500 School Debaters, Etc., Are Expected to Pour , Into Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill, N. C, April 12. Near ly 500 high school debaters and ath letes, their superintendents, princi pals, teachers, chaperones, and well wishers will ' pour into Chapel Hill April 13, 14, and 15 for High School Week at the University of North Caro lina when championship contests will be settled in debating, in tennis, and in track. It will be the largest num ber of high school students that has ever been in Chapel Hill at any one time. Fifty-two schools, the survivors of the state-wide contest in which more than 200 schools all the way from the mountains to the sea fought out the question of collective bargaining through labor unions, will send their winning teams to Chapel Hill for the TurtHis Back League Nations WANTS AM E AN TROOPS TO REMA N ASSOCIATED PRESS Duchess de Rohan Hopes-thatJ From International-rieBasfiip The American Flag WiD Still Remain on Rhine. WITH MRS. SPAIN. The West meeting will GREENVILLE meet with prayer D. S. Mrs, I Spain, West Fourth street," Wednes ! day morning, 10 o'clock. All the com munity are most cordially invited to attend. W Vines at TrfiTag School. -tDrViBeaXmldei'anJcellent talk iM::e'enixlt'iAe- Training School at assembly hour. His theme wai-LearnftMekra from the eleventh i cnapter oMattheWi He c jjht qutHb)pfes8Christ is the tate Granting of the .app1bitfion0 Nw schedule a alctA fvr hv. th now ompany means that cotton mills h Piedmont Carolina and divers pub- c utilities, consumers - of electrict rwer. will nav annroxlmatelv foutv ' S WM 9 ' V pr cent increase over the present Opposition to the petition s filed y the Southern Power is almost as Fwerful as the bieareat cornoratiott at ever generated electricticty' in n? the commission to disallow the P'tion for an increased schedule of Morrison's Return Soon. ; etum to the capital of Governor i -.supreme tea rr-i several Vjuncidehts showing how he stands put above fall others. rjVEducation , is physical, mental and tooralVThf Bibftys - the basis of education and." morals. All history, education, and' everything in life is a mystic mazeMf you ' leave out Jesus Christ." ; t:- : ' : ' he also gave jMorrison, by the' middle of .the Week is expected io bevthe signal for the good roads forces; to begin work, on a big scale, y If the governor and .the State treasurer fail findf the; money market' rosy work, mapped iput on roads, .. at : the,- University, ; State Col lege, the Greensboro College fen Wo men and at the various State chari table institutions' will have to be de ferred. THE "VELVET KIND" IS CREAM OF ICE CREAMS Paris, April 12. The Duchess de Rohan urges Ameican women and the United States government, to let the American soldiers remain on the Rhine The Duchess, with other members of the Comite France-Amejrique, ' were guests of General Henry T. Allen at Coblenz February 15, when the troops celebrated the anniversary of the day American soldiers took their place on tne Allied front as an American army. She tells of. her trip in the March number of France-Etats-Unis, the committee's magazine. 'My joy is profound," she says in her diary of the trip, "to see the American flag on Ehrenbreiststein and I do. hope it will remain there a very long time for the security, not only of my own country but of "Europe and all the lovers of liberty and. hu manity. "Yes, it is a fact which I feel even more keenly than did before, that the Germans respect only force and pow er and that the United States is the only people they fear, kowing per fectly that, if it were needful, they would come again as numerou as possible. But I do hope that the frov- .ernment of the United States and our dear sisters, the American women, will understand the necessity of leav ing the troops on the Rhine to. . pre vent miscmei. it is easier to eep them here and much less expensive. GETS INFORMATION Committee of Japan as to Missionary Bodies. Tokio, April 12. The Associated Press has received the following com munication from the International Friendship Committee of the Federal Missions of Japan which includes the majority of the American missionary bodies: "Learning that some home newspa pers are stating that Americans in Japan are being mistreaed by Japan ese, inquiries were sent to American residents, including men connected with well-known business firms and missionaries who travel extensively over the Empire. Thirty-five replies were received from twenty-four cities and towns in all sections of Japan. . "To the question, 'During the past few months had you or any Ameri cans known to you been mistreated by the Japanese thirtv-three answer-I ed with a positive 'No.' Two mention minor incidents, one adding, "Where occasion has been given for friendly explanation all friction has disap peared.' The other says, 'No harm done. Probably unpremediated.' One man .sends a telegram from an ex treme outpost, 'Only kind treatment.' In reply to personal inquiry the Ame rican Consul . General in Yokohama said that we might use the strongest words in the English language in de nying the foundation for rumors re garding mistreatment of Americans. "In reply to the question, 'How do 104 debating teams or 203 debaters, hears, nearly one half of whom will be girls. Added to these .will be the largest entry list that has ever been receiv ed for the tennis tournament and the track meet, approximately 25 tennis players and 75 track men. The debating cohorts will arrive Wednesday night and Thursday morn ing. A preliminary meeting will be held in Peabody Auditorium at noon Thursday where lots will be drawn for the sections in which the debaters will fight. There will be 13 different QoHrm with 4 rnmp1ftfr. debates. - in i each section. The first elimination round, Thurs day night, April 14, will be in these 13 sections. From each section one team on each side of the question will j be chosen. The second elimination round will bring together all the 13 surviving affirmative and the 13 sur viving negative teams Friday morn ing. From these two groups one af firmative and one . negative Jeam will be selected. The interscholastic track meet will be held on Emerson Field Friday af ternoon, April 15 and the tennis tourn ament will continue through Thursday and Friday. University athletics of ficials and members of the track and tennis teams will handle these con tests. Professor M. C. S. Noble will present the medals and prizes. President Did Not Pres ent Any Plan for a New Association of Nations ---Says He Has the Mat-' ter Now Under Consid eration Submitted Proof of His Message to Certain Senators Be fore Its Delivery DeH livered Same in"Person. Washington,' April 12 President Harding in his message to the sixty seventh congress declared for peace by congressional resolutionland Jurns his back irrevocably on the League of Nations. - N The President did not present any plan for a new association of nations but said that he had the matter under consideration. "No helpful, society of nations can be founded on justice and committed to peace until covenants re-establish ing peace are sealed by nations which were at war" he said . v The president encouraged Igood business, declaring for less govern ment in business as well astmore busi ness in government. He condemned. profiteering saying, maintained retail costs in perishable goods cannot be justified in view of the reduced cost. Basis of production and war costs must .be cared for in orderly fund ing and gradual liquidation, iteaa- justment of internal taxes,' instant: emergency tariff enactment and the creatieneiL?raatkmal - budgetrsysteni': was asked." Washington, ApriLj 12. President Harding's message to the special ses- sion to congress was delivered m per- son at one o'clock before" the joint Tf -nroc. ocociuii iu uixu. iiuuoc Luauiucii f co- ttle signal for congress to begin work. Special card admission to the house galleries wer at a premium. At 10:30 this morning the president was reading the proofs of his ad dress. He called in -Senators Johnson, of California, and McCormick of Illi-, nois, both irreconciliables, on. peace treaty, and Senators Kelk)g; of Min nesota and McCumber of - North Dakota, both classed as mild reserva- tionists. It is understood that the the president desired to nresent to . the senators his statement in his message regarding foreign .relations. x P ASKED HOUSE HEARD DR. VINES AT IMMANUEL BAPTIST LAST NIGHT r The Bell Ice Cream plant of Wilson. N. C recentlv purchased bv themany more to Europe. Chaplin-Sacks Corporation of Wash-) "The American troops," she says, ington, D. C, is one of the most mod- "ai'e magnificant. The men ireptlj ern in the southeast. This plant is,Jind handsome. They walk majefti of concrete and pressed brick con- ally and with great regularity, neVer stmction and is eouioned with the I one behind the other. It Is wonderful most modern ice cream making ma-!0 see them parading." chinerv. tv, m;i, nUr,f un a Q.;w i Marquise de Roohambeau and J. XAG Tf liovii laiiu lie o c vajuwtijr J 3000 gallons of ice cream per day; than sending them back and haring conditions in this respect- compare the trouble of sending 'later many, with those of the past?' twenty-eight a large part of which is shipped to points in eastern North Carolina. It is the policy of the. Chapin Sacks Corporation to furnish it's cus tomers' with an ice cream superior in quality ' and purity. The milk and cream used in the manufacture oi the Velvet Ice Cream comes from the corporation's own creameries and- milk depots. These dairy products are handled under the most sanitary conditions and when made up into the Velvet Kind are of the best quality Large refrigerating .arid ice cream storage irooms insure the' customers of Ice Cream that Satisfies, -i. The corporation hasunder construc tion a plant which will manufacture the ice jused in the packing of ice cream. In this .building will also be located . a! large garage for the stor age and Vupkeep of it's delivery trucks, , During the review, she says, "The I weye so enthusiastic that we' asked permis sion to have the honor of kissing the American flag." f And in closing the - Duchess ex claims: "America in this war hds been the wall separating domination and Justice, ambition and HumanitJ. She has been our Providence." - " Circle No. 3 Meets With Mrs. ,Mar; garet Barden. . Mrs. Margaret Barden was hostess to Circle No. 3 , of the- Methodist Missionary Society on Monday after noon. She v was assisted in .receiving by her charming daughter, . Mrs. John. Hassell. Mrs. K. R Cobb presided After reports lx)m the secretary, ' treasurer and different committees' the Circle adjourned and a delightful social hour was enjoyed. The-hostess' served a delicious ice course, The next meeting will be on May 3th, with Mrs. W. L,-Bost. state That fthere is no change, - many taking occasion to-refer to the cordial treatment they have received through out their stay in Japan. Three state that perhaps conditions are slightly worse and four .note imprdvement. There is evidence in fiome of the -letters of strong 'feeling among the Ja panese a to the injustice .of discri minatory legislation in America, but there is no indication that this is re sulting in mistreatment of Americans The unpardonable sin was the sub ject T)r. Vines discussed at the Im manuel Baptist church last night. One of the largest crowds of the meeting heard the sermoni The subject at tracts attention whenever and where ever.it is preached upon, but when a master mind gets hold of it the in terest is keen, oucn was the- case last night. Dr. Vines discussed, his theme from three angles. First, he told of the authority for his deduc tions; second, the analogy in science and every day life; third, the analysis of the great thought. The Bible' was pointed as the autiiority. Scripture was quoted to shpwffchat the spirit of God leaves a man af-! v T&&Bft$$xf4sm$- MONTHLY MEETING. The regular." monthly meeting of Circle No. 4 of the Missionary So ciety of Jaryis Memorial Church was held with Mrs. D. S. Smith, Monday afternoon, April 11th with thirteen present. Business was transacted, and plans, made for securing a Larkin order which .will -be another source of re venue for this circle, f i The hostess served : tea ; and cakes and a social hour was enjoyed. T The next meeting wilM)eJield with Mrs. S. B. Currin. -- " - McD. Horton one of Farmville's prominent business mem is a GREEN- and condition. The? not always strive pardonable sin wa sus. Neither he n give it. The analo ferred was by far ing argument he u stance can permit rord of God; will fa mahTjhyiB 1f erred Jto"-by; J e'- God .would - for- the 'Speaker re- b -niq st con vlncr rA'maxi for in-. health to rtm. Little BrtrniMys uilUf ,4 ' J" Fair and warmer -tonight and . ' - s . . -..v ' Wednesday, Moderate north- west shifting' to south winds; v down. After a certain stage has been passed his life is hopeless. The fish in the dead sea are sightless. They have not used their eyes for so long a time' that now if they were taken -out of the salty water their eyes would refuse to function. A man can abuse ' his spiritual heritage so persistently that-he loses ail sense of right stands ; ard ahet rectftude. If a maif loses his ' foot through carelessness or accident, the foot is gone and forever gone. Godr -even will not give it back to him. Just so with a man's desire for- God. - It can be lost. . Care of it roust be taken, else: the hunger for God will be dis- -sipated and tragedy will reult.V'i Tonight -Dr. JVines preaches on the gfeati doctrine"' of election. Wednes day afternoon? and .night he preaches . again.;' Wednesday night will be the - - last x service JDr Vines 1 will ' take parr! in. Tihe meeting 'will con tinue thrqu; Sundayghtr' Dr Jurhertthe pastor,;: ? will' do;tthe preaching.";' ;TheJpi3blie cprdialiy invited tov attend all these" -services. fyjL .' ' : V ' APRIL 30TH IS THE f .v-.Js9 LAST-PAY TdV'REGISTER , ifnRsrnii iriTV- v.i .mcmnn T Saturday. ADril 30th is the-last . day-for registering in order-to ' vote in the ; forthcoming . munici' pal election!, kit is duty- of every ' " man and woman -in. GREEN- , VILLE ta .register if they would C : have a; voice in . naming the next . f, k mayo? and - board " of t aldermen. -'The registration books' are' now :- I open, at Horne's Drug. tore and ; ; :;wiU' be daily uHtil the 30th. ; ... Ji Ql : Williamjs;.of ; Goldsbor,o';arriv- -ed ;ih the'.city thIV morning Via the. !f AtlanCoast Lin?,; V J ) fylLLfJ Visitor
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