I. (... tie be vnssr ew sin Bead all of Todaj! Newa Fcreisy National, State nd Local la tit GBEXSNVILLC NEWS. . . v, - . Don't plant to, mncb tobacea and ffttoa this year. ; Cut your acreage 0 per wot. - - v 1 f - e 4 ; Number 247. v PBICS FIVE i GREENVWUR, N. C : THURSDAY, APRIL 14TH, 1921. - I1 1. . . - r 7 - 1 , ' Commissioners in More Thai .. Who "Unjointed Reval Reducing propel Vklue8;Wai BeClecl Upon to State Where ! Funds Are to Be Derived for Running their Government at the Close of the Present Fiscal Year-Question a Clouded One. Raleigh, April 14. Commissioners j more than a score of counties who jljOinieu ftevaiuauuu isav wees, uy Joeing property values will be call- upon to tell where revenue suffi (ient for running their government is a come irom ai me ciose oi ue pre it fiscal year. It is altogether possible that some jf these commissioners; will not be to answer this question, so tax students here abouts aver. The fact jut property valuations in some coun have been reduced horizontally IB 20 to 60 percent means that the aunty budgets will not be met with axes collected on the revised basis. tod this situation will have to be jet by one or two ways: First, there will be a special tax jrid or a bond issue, or Second, the rate of taxation must x increased. This is the opinion of Commissioner liDen J. Maxwell of the State Tax Commission who has given the ques tion considerable study since the- coun ts began slashing Revaluation under U ict of the 1921 General Assembly. Seductions in property values ap- heir mighty good, Commission Max- hsfl admits, but he warns that when Maying time comes aVound tbe sis are going to discover that some- bjdy has handed them a gold brick. iThether the assessment is high and pe rate of tax low, or the assess ment low and the rate high, the final Tesult remains unchanged. The com missioner is certain the . taxpayers Vil understand that this is and must if necessity be true. .. - .. . The counties ? t rfM " i - -- - - 1 . mount of money by levying taxes to nance the county government. If, ader Revaluation, the rate was lower- and the valuations raised so as provide the needs of the counties id no more than it is easily seen hat is going to happen with the' ilues reduced and the rate unchang- j It is useless to argue that the anty commissioners are not going have the time of their lives mak es buckle and tongue. aaeetxi., ; , Chief Justice Walter Clark;. writing EODminn in tho Tvtm vs. UorK L. orca'se of Forsyth county reverse alge Finley and holds that the e1-, adant, the father,' is .liable .for i&e jctions of his minor-sdn, Bynum.Tu- This was the only case of im- ortance handed down by the supreme f uurt this week. J P pacd in Tsrhih I. i I VTPP. flfl t rator, is seeking damages from , C. Tudor for the death of t i i n J " T i iyree wno was luiiea m iuue, when an automobile in which she riding-with the younger Tudor e Country Club road near Win- jVSaJero "ov- rced. The case was lsuite mt anc, p appeal e Finley in superior 5 ;?ij the high, court ..jlaintiff. Chief should have 'ark hok Nn trien Since B:mn3 Wd - ' dor, fa- k chief ji er's Hntv ;t 'WX1 HHdV nf Jae vounc 1 h& O - . jk 1 pew he was ... m operationrof the machine. jTo hol4 fierwise .wtjuidbe dangletpus- to Jtbe pty of ljfjand Jimb." Bynum .was IPwatine theeir as the SerVahi.'of !s father ahd-ff or . negligent injuries- v . - - - - .- - :"oea Dywm His latner was rer sible. the oDinioft . reads.' evidence before thi corort 'here is pat fiss Tvree had attndeil' : A'dance at H Country Club"neaf WinSton-Sa- wiin uyiium. aifc tne waeei; iub cart Fen -by VfaTtinGodroan.AarThe TwnKmehwer; ofwere jRerioiislyria; aoies R. Collie. siiTJerintehdentfof "atate prison diff l the-Bickett? att' chief denutv tax collector: ifciis fanied from a reliable source 4lri is the first appointnientthatT . en made by the new: commis of revenue and taxation-and is erStood to hnvo -ha ItM'iifiran. Offer tKn ' i.--. . - bosjt- cMrtuK prison- jaeaa n 'n with the Stete: m . "ie ocate. :..rr sax, uome jea ?c wHen; it. :Sideslred-:?-a. r tar .nnipr9n iron ' rn "vrmno- ue ms duties on May 1 along (telephone and gas companies cases.' . Revenue SMALL RE-ELECTED E Convention Hears - Stiring Ad dress on Reclamation Jos eph Pratt Secretary. Elizabeth City, April 14. Golds boro was named as the place ofthe next meeting of the North Carolina Drainage Association which adjourned yesterday, afternoon shortly before 2 o'clock after the report of committees and the election of officers. Former Congressman John II. Small was un animously re-elected president and Col. Joseph H. Pratt unanimously elected secretary and treasurer. There was no afternoon session to day, the Wednesday morning session being prolonged in order to despatch, all business in hand before the dele gates would have to begin leaving Features of the morning session were the address on malaria in its relation to drainage by Dr. T. H..D. Griffith, of "the United States Public Health Service, and an address by W. A. Mc- l-Girtr vice-president of the North Caro lina Land Owners Association, who urged business and professional men to devote at least ten per cent of their time to the drainage problem since .it ra ntter- of .such yjtal importance ' . 1 J T 2- to the economic development of this section. Other speakers of the day. were'C. G. Elliott, of Washington, DTT C, Dr. Jas.- L. Alexander, of Char lotte, and H. M. Lynde and F. P. Ber- tel of the department of agriculture. Dr Alexader spokeT)n malaria eradi cation in Charlotte. Mr. Elliott on the history of reclamation work in North Carolina and the other speakers dis cussed tile drainage. Before adjournment the convention adopted resolution expressing appreci-ation-for. entertainmenl 'accorded dele- ffates to tne convention oy tne cnam ber of commerce and the citizens of the city. ( E SEND HIS REPLY Concerning the Mandate Over the Pacific Islands Which Were Given to Japan. Paris, April 14. Premier Briand has dispatched to Washington a note acknowledging receipt of the Ame rican communication concerning the inandate over the Pacific . Islands vhich were given to Japan. The Pre mier's"' ripte says a representative of France will take up the question when it comes bef pre the Supreme council 'Mwththe.iriBst ardent desire to find a solution '"giving satisfaction to .the Paris April i4.-0Jerma.ny's obliga tion to Jbe CAilies?wiirbe fixed at between ohejhuridVVdf an'' dthirty and one.- hundrea'iand fifty ''billion gold marks by the -Allied - reparation cpm rnjssion iccordifth$Echo de Paris vf hich, saysJCBtt4tiy; resists tiieiiijt die allied Jbavergreed .that Pranc'errecall two . classes of '.recruits toil. a.c olori 'Jlnd; ' proceed lio occupy Ruhjr ,'bisiii Which 'includes most im portentoaTmines vjand industrial plants jh Western , Germany. London ril4rhi ; British steamers Eipeyanaa iie :-- Laurrinaga, ifrorri Gahestori ani Norfolk for Reg- gipItaly and the Ottawa, from Lbbos Fpxicoior fanchesteri England, were posted at, LJoydST today as missing with' Colonel Watts. jiI & With! the arjgnmentevthe -'petition of 'the: Southernf PowCompany J. or an increase in its hydroelectric jower rates completed, mejnDers 01 tne btate oopuorauon ommissioiL are expected to nana aown a decision soon in the TO HEAD DRAW FRENCH PR MR Comma From Moore Wins Over Belcher for 1 Mayor by a Margin of Six ' Votes Contest Keen. Farmville, April 14. Election day, April 12th was even morg interesting than was -predicted. Most all of the white , citizens voted in what was known as the- Democratic Primary, which is really the election as no Re publicans had entered the races for either commissioner or mayor. As the day passed the outcome grew more uncertain. No one could state confidently who they had reason to believe would be he next mayor. But when the ballots counting was begun the contest was so close that everyone was in" suspense. One minute Belcher led, the next minute Moore. This fact is demonstrated when while there remained only twenty votes to' be counted Moore led by only five votes. Not even the tally keeper could tell who led before ounting the votes The final count was Belcher, 191. More 197 Moore winning by a mar- Lgin of six votes a close victory in deed. In all probability W. N. Moore is one of the most experienced and able office-holders -in Farmville, having. served as justice of peace alone for over twenty years Many predict that the next two years will see Farmville progressing in all lines of civic and municipal development. It is under stood that Mr. Moore stands for and represents those citizens who have the moral, educational and municipal welfare of Farmville at heart. Ihe candidates for commissioners were voted upon as follows: Shirley 167; Willis, 298; Davis, 339; Dail, 352; Joyner, 354 and Horton, 367. Mr. Shirley thereby was eliminated. The citizens pf. Farmville generally, think that they have five capable "commis sioners for the next -two years. ?-" On Tuesday night April 12th, a musical recital was given by students of the A. C. College in the First Christian church of Farmville under the auspices of the Young People's Circle of the Christian church. In many respects this was the best public program given in the city for some time. There were some fine readings instrumental and vocal solos, and other musical number. The proceeds from the recital will go to the support of & mountain boy or girl. Farmville hopes to welcome this same troupe again soon. PORTUGAL JUDGES STILL IN DANGER Attempt to Assassinate Them and Members of Public De fense Still Continues. Lisbon, April 14. Attempts to as sassinate the judges and members of the Tribunal of Public Defense con tinue. Several of the members of the court already have been killed - or wounded. The latest attempt was made on the life of Dr. Ferreira de Sousa, one of the judges who was shot three times as he entered the gate of his own garden. His life was saved by the fact that one of the bullets aimed at his heart pierced a pocketbook and was stopped by. his fountain pen, the bullet falling harmlessly into his pocket where it was found. The police attribute these attacks to members of the Young Syndical ist's . Association. Dr. Ramos Preto, formerly of the cabinet and author of the law creat ing the Tribunal of Public Defense has received a letter threatening him with death and signed by. "The Red Committee." A Delightful Meeting. The Patient Circle of the King's Daughters met at the home of Mrs. Walter Wilson Tuesday evening. The meeting was opened by the president who read a scrip'ture lesson. After the jrayer of the order 5 the roll was called. After the business had been transacted the hostess served an ice course. The next meeting will be held with Mrs. Emma J Bryant on the evening - of - Maw 3rd. CAMPAIGN ENDS IN FARMVILLE EDITING A PAPER N TURKEY PROBLEM Said to Be at Least Four Times as Difficult - than in America Due to Censors. Constantinople, April 14. The-task of editing a local newspaper here is exactly our times more difficult than in an American city for here there are Turkish, British, French and Ital ian censors. ; A paper there after the censors have finished with it sometimes bears little "resemblance to what the editor intended. Here are gathered some 20 national ities, and each requires an organ. The Greeks have seven newspapers in their own languages, and one printed in French; the Americans have four in their own language and one in French; the Turks have nine dailies, in their own language; the Jews have one in French and two dailies in Spanish; the French have one in their language the commonly spoken and written language of the Levant; and they also pay subsidies to several others. The British have one, the Orient News. The Arabs have their organ. So do the Persians. Like-wise the Russians, anti (and pro Bolsheviki. Strange peoples from other lands have their little sheets. The Americans print a magazine of business and a weekly the Far Seas, printed by the United States navy. The Italians used to have their organ, and soon will have it a cam The Greek Patriafch has his. There is also ni French the week- Iv bulletin of the Vatican's Apostolic Vicar 4 It is an easv matter to print a paper : vr, p,OT,,v, TiwVAr n. sider that the Jewish paper is printed in Hebrew letters but in the Spanish language, also that the Turkish lan- m5tt4S) oragucu w uo was uea,uuiuny luustrarea Dy -uage requires four kinds of type and sha11 build an arshiP 220 meters incidents xoming, under the observa has 00 letters to its alphabet. The m enth' 34 in height and 120,000 tion of the speaker. Jesus is able to Arab language is a good deal like the Turkish. Trrpnt that it is different in accent mrks. and the same mav be of tlip Persian Now nut four censors, each of a dif- 2 i iv.' ... lerent poiiLicai opinion, onto lao jou i - i . , - xvlra , of eliminating the undesirable part seven- hours, .ajad wll havefrom .Turner 4Ghetonight-an4-day4Um -rt; B F I m 10 v,,, ?iA,4. rtm. J3 a WanVoiran Veranda. if these newsoaners. mix with three wfoDf intemreters to each censor. , , . so he will know what it is all about r I the "result is a distracted lot of edi- f-rD hn nrint t,wo v)t, hrr mav. The editors claim they often tare ob- i: 1 t ii r ; wgcu iu pnub weir pajJKir luui uiucs never before issuing it. As this coun- try of sunshine and racial heat is also the land exaggeration, they may not set up their papers so many times. But their printers' bills are heavy and without racial prifie to call forth sup porting money the papers would, many of them, cease to be published. Most of them do. DOOZE PEDDLERS Judge Cooper is Proving to Be a Terror to Those Dealing in Moonshine in Co. His Honor, Judge Lewis G. Cooper, believes firmly in the saying "those 1 who do the dancing must pay the fid- dler." He is surelv rieht on the iob whpn those pommo' kfnro him haro-ed with the manufacture and sale Qf I moonshine. Yesterday five cases were I disposed of in the countv court, and in consequence, several wili be added to the county chain gang. The fol- lowing cases were tried: State vs. Claude Brinkley. Manu- facturing liquor. Mistrial. State vs. Ed. Huggins and Henry, Porter. Both colored. Manufacturing' liquor. Sentenced to the county roads for a term of 18 months each. - 1 State vs. Ed Fleming, colored: Cruelty to animals. Sentenced to the roads for a term of two years." : r State vs. Wiley Jones. Liquor for sale. Fined $100 and cost. State vs. Herbert Dixon. Manufac- ture of liquor. Sentenced to the roads for eight months. Cotton Consumption. Washington, April 14. Cotton con sumption during the month of March was the largest since last September. The Southern mills however? showed fewer spindles active than in Febru ary. ... . " r Mrs. D. D. Overton left this" mom ing for Hertford, where she will meet her mother there who has been spend- ing tne winter in Portsmouth, Va. j 1 hey will return on Saturday. TO WORK ROADS To the United States for a Semi Rigid Dirigible Airship, Also Instructions Rome, April 14. The United States has asked the Italian government to lend to' Americat the services of an engineer skilled in the construction of semi-rigid dirigible airships and several other men to aid in the build ing in the United States of craft like the RomeJ the big dirigible purchased from Italy. The Italian government has granted the request and the Ital ian engineer, Celestine Usuelli, de signer of the Roma will supply plans and instructions' for American craft. the proposed ' .. Luke's gospel: "He that heareth my It is understood that the Americans word and believethon him that sent me have intimated they would be glad to hath everlasting life, and shall not have the services of Signor Nobili, the come into condemnation, but has pass builder of the Roma and also her Ital- ed 'trom death to life." Dr. Vines ian crew to aid in airship building.' stressed as his first point the word It is stated that the American air- "hear." One must hear if he finds ships of the same kind as the Roma the gospel truth. So many people, are to be five meters shorter than the sajd the speaker, go to church and Italian vessel bought by America, so think of everything else but the words that they can be sheltered in the Ame- the Bible and the sermon set forth, rican hangars. 1 he word believe was then discuss Signor Usuelli si planning larger e(j. To believe on Jesus is have faith dirigibles for Italy. in.him. We -have faith in our busi "I intend to start immediately the ness institutions, in our banks espe- construction of another dirigible meas- uring 46,000 cubic meters, the largest that can enter the present Italian hamrars." he said. "This new shin will replace the Roma, but will be able to flv without ahVhtW nimosf w,V as lone. My next reat construction will be a super-giant, semi-rigid dirigible for the construction of which I must await I ; i -t -t j.i "" "ilVi" wauy Ui tnree cudic mecers in volume, iv win De equipped with 24 motors of 250 horse- Power each of which one-third P"11 be m xise at a. time. The other two-thirds will be kept in reserve so that each motor will work onlv six u.""ub- rpi.. j!;k1 v. n uigiuxc WUx-ue w njr 1 r j j.: 1 1 at AU ??b' v?? ana inerf; fore could make the tour of the world alighting only once It will carry 100 passengers besides a crew of 25 and. servants ana wm cost xu,uuu,uuu lic. "My chief desire is," said Engineer Usuelli, "to demonstrate that a.diri gible can fly in any weather and stand any storm, alighting without need of a hangar. "I also wish to demonstrate that the dirigible is a good business proposi tion." TICKETS ON SALE NEXT SATURDAY For the Senior Play at the Train ing School Which is to Be Presented on 22nd. Tickets for the Senior Play will be Placed on sale at the Warren Drug Company on Saturday morning. This is largely for the convenience of the people from the surrounding country - I 1 ... 1- A rf-TTTT7.TT TTT T T-V wm) "suauy- come zo kjKEjVjIS viJUijJi on oaturuay. . . J . ! The Price of tickets is .75 cents and Tke cheaper tickets are under the gallery and the other in front of the gallery. Attractive postefrs have been Placed in the windows. Hand- DU1S oemg sent oxoaacast. xne y?unS ladies m the school are put- tinS stickers on their letters. They are aoinS tneir Dest let tne Public Know apout tne piay. in tne mean- time the cast and Mrs. Nathan, with memoers 01 tne iacuity nexpmg, are doinS their utmost to make this the vfrv hest piay mat nas ever been given at tne scnooi. woricon tne scenery is progressing and" costumes have been ordered Remember the date is April ,22nd, the hour is 8:30, and the place the auditorium in East Carolina Teach ers Training School. " . ' - Plans All-White Farm. York, Pa., April 14. Robert Klingel who owns a farm near Hanover is planning a "white" farm which will be a novelty. He proposes to have all buildings T and,, fences painted whiter and to have the trees sprayed with whitewash All . live stock, horses, mules, - cows, turkeys, chickens, ducks, pigeons, cats,' dogs and pigs will b snow white. Eight Mimotlw Out of Mm.k British - HIS LAST SERMON There Will Be Services Again This Evening with Sermon by Pastor J. B. Turner. Dr. Vines preached his last sermon at the Immanuel Baptist church last night.. A large crowd was in attend ance. The text used was found m cia"y- "ur "nas aosent irom us' but we have faith in their inte" notwithstanding. The erpres- sion "everlasting life" gave the large conjugation a glimpse into the life that 'is to come. This is the promise -of God and is sure- There is no oth er name given under heaven among men whereby we must be saved, ex cept the name of Jesus. The fact that a man takes Jesus at his word .11 ... , -wui never pass again into conaemna- save and he is able to hold us. to sus- tain us. Dr. Vines left this morning for Nor- folk. He made a host, of friends dur- ing his Istay , in GREENVILLE who wish for) him everv e-ood thine- Dr. f tie puunc is coruiauy mvitea j. - w ainu. Opposes Colobbian Treaty. Washington, April 14. Launching the fight against the $25,000,000 Colombian treaty, Senator Kellogg, republican, Minnesota, told the senate yesterday that ratification of the pact would "place a strain upon the name and fame" of Theodore Roosevelt and would acknowledge that the. United States "wronged Colombia, violated her rights and are now willing to make reparation therefor." WHEAT CROP WILL DE To Meet the World's Demand is the Opinion of Sir James Wil son of Scotland. London, April 14. The prospects of the coming world's wheat crop are favorable and the harvest is likely to produce enough to meet the world's demand, says Sir James Wilson, chair- J.l -i J 1 11 1 TIT - man 01 tne uientrai Agricultural wages Committee for Scotland, an authority on that subject. He declared in an address he deliv-j ered the other day on "The World's Wheat" that the world's supply for the current cereal year is more v. than equal to the demand, ami the predict ed that on August l eere jrouM be. a surplus of exportable wheat left in the exportingpuntrieS. 7 1 But, ? he said, , this surplus oltside of .Russia and .India, would not be, large, and'if the world's future weather proved, f unfavorable, the fall- in the word's price of wheat might be checked and the price . might; even sise ' again. For the world .'as a' wholer he said, there is no more reason; to fear a fu ture permanent dearth of wheat than that the world will be starved of food generally. He predicted that , some time within the next 20 years the I world's price 01 wneat,-: -measured in gold, will return to a ' level iiot far from the pre-war average. . Asks President tal Withdraw tUS i - ;;:loop-::; . Washington, 'April Ll&Immediate withdrawal :of " "Ameticanoccupatibii forced in G a resolution 'introduced " todav bv Representative', FishJ Republican. NeW York requesting, the President 4 to order, the troops home . forthwith. DR. VINES PREACHES loymetit if 4tte', 'Coma '4" Officiakr Triple Alliance.' Hold a Two-Hours' Conference with Premier Lloyd George, But it Was Later Announced that no Progress Was Made Premier Urges the Miners Itailway men and Transport Workers to Exercise Restraint and Not to Percipitate a Crisis--The Situation is Indeed Grave. . London, April 14. Officials of the triple alliance visited Premier Lloyd George this morning and held a twov hours conference. which it is believed will have a vital bearing on the Indus- -trial crisis resulting- from the coal strike. ' The Daily Graphic says that if the , triple alliance strike should actually result and lasts three weeks that at least eight million people .would . be' thrown out of employment. London, April 14-No progress was made at the conference toward, an ad justment of the grave labor situation. It is reported that Premier Lloyd' George made a long statement appeal ing strongly to the railwaymen r and tranport workers, who with the miners make up the triple alliance, asking them to exercise restraint and to not percipitate a crisis.. This plea, how' ever, does not seem to have had any effect. . " " ; The general secretary o the rail waymen, declared after the confer ence, he could see no prospect of the re-opening of negotiations for an ad justment of the strike itntian. -. MISSING GIRL ON PORCH Asleep on Waukegan Veranda, Waukegan, 111., April 14. Lying asleep on the porch of J.oh Mackin, a Chicagolomber dealer, Caryl Pat- tison, of Peoria, 111., missing-f rom the University of Illinois for a week, Was foun here today. Miss Pattison said she came to Waukegan from an Evan ston hospital, where she was revived yesterday after she had been found unconscious at a roadside in Wilniette. , She said she fainted on the Mackin doorstep after she rang the bell and no" , one answered. ' , '' Messages from the girls parents said they had tried to persuade he : to ;v forget a romance With Stuyvesant ' :. Smith, a junior , at he university, at' whose Evanston home she. yesterday c said she was' going to seek refuge. , Miss Pattison' said she had been liv ing in Chicago until . yesterday? She T , said she did not know how' she got to the Evanston Hospit&l. :' ' OLDEST ALUMNUS OF STATE UNIVERSITY DIED TODAY Raleigh, April Dri X. BC Hawkins, ninety-six,' the oldest alumnus of the University of North Carolina and pro bably the oldest bank director, in the United States, died here , this '. morn ing. . :r' VM.;-:.r;, First Move for Disarmament. .' ..-'.... Washington, April 14.' - Th first move in the present congress looking ;tpj disarmament came today with; thai introduction authoming; tKi Presi dent to open negotiations: with Great Britain -arid J apan looking to- a reduc tion in future naval building by thosa countries and the United States. . The GREENVILLE , Rotary " Qub jjnembers are expected homfe tonight oh lthe4ate Norfolk 'mthem. train from . ' ' Norfolk. - f " 7 . . ": -: 1 ' 1 11 Littlo Bruir SnyS wm I.: JTnsettled' weather -torVoL.aKJ II Friday Jprobably' showers. Not change in' temperature. .'5 - - r. 1 i