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Volume 5 Nnmbcr.-ll" P'-'VVV- A7C4 MONDAYr JOT ? f - '"'''v : ' 4 - ' I 't-l FIV2 CZT7I3. LESS THA$fjfliA HAVE FILED Setting Forth Their Financial SecretSlThose Re porting to Have Failed to : Write ' Down' that Which the Governor and Council of State Indi cated they Wanted, Namely, An Itimized State ment Showing Shortages. J Baleigh, July 4. Governor Morri son's return to the capital over SunT day from Wilmington brought with it none of the financial statements the executive and the Council" o& State have requested from the cities and towns begging for an extra session of the legislature. ' Since the governor leaves tomorrow for Boone where he will deliver an jddress to the summer school stu dents at the Appalachian Training School, final gubernatorial decision on the special session is not expected hereabouts for ten days yet. The municipalities are charged with mak- jng tne nei muc twi w nime uuuiiug uy me siuaents oi me ixam- the State officials on itemized state-, ing School. The flag raising ceremony ment of their deficit and Tin til that at seven o'clock was the central fea is done the governor and IxisKcabineS tuxc of the' celebration. will hardly give the extra Session The students gathered around the more than passing attention. ' . , flag pole in front of the Administra tress than half of dozen cities have tion Building-and slowly and solemnly sent any sort of statements setting raised the flag, as 'they sang "The forth their financial secrets; those Ster-Sangled Banner." Then- they officials who have responded have repeated in concert the oath of alle f ailed to write down that which the giance to the flag. governor and the council; of State in- j dicated they wanted, namely, an item-, ized statement showing shortages. J This information is obtained at Governor Morrison's office. It bears j the label of reliability, all reports to , the contrary notwithstanding. State Treasurer Ben Lacy's office" corrobor ates the story which the governor's assistants relates the cities and towns have not sent in' their financial de ficits. . Fact of the matter is the munici palities some of them are said-to be holding back because the governor failed to notify them of his desire -in an official way. They are represent ed as waiting for a formal and offi cial request from either -x Governori -ever. Council that the newspapers -would be relied upon to tell the cit offi cials what, was wanted. "Consequent ly no lettetwcreent from Gover nor Morrison's office. . v'-.-.' The information - the governor arid his cabinet members-are seeking, must be complete and before thei i-etjuest for an extra sssion is granted it must be conclusive. Here's, .theway tte Council of State members look at the propositiaon: ' ' ' - "We have asked the cities and towns to show us why we should call an extra session of the legislature. The burden is upon their officials and not upon us to dig up the information. They came before the governor with holding the very information that should have been given. They have the data and it must- be furnished us before any decision is reached as to aclling the lgislators into extra session. "Verbal statements aren't worth anything; we want cold facts and they must be in writing." Whether there has been any official request made of the municipalities or not this is what they must do if they are desirous of having the law makers brought into session this year to correct the error whkh "Thade un constitutional the 1921 municipal finance act. ' financial difficulties are not limitef to cities and towns in North Carolina, State Treasurer Ben Lacy is today i rocfin. u,. 1 -C &r rn (rc ' casting about for a loan of $650,000 which will be needed within the next ten days or so. This amount is Wanted to reimburse the counties that ran way behind the returns jn the. last scholastic year. This deficit is properly charged, a gainst the State public school fund and, as State Superintendent Brooks said, "Thf State Board of: Education considers ike total amount due the counties atate obligation and one that the State should meet as soon as provisions can be made for securing the funds." Treasurer Lacy is now endeavoring to make "provisions" for " obtaining the money. State bankers are not going to be overlooked in the search, and it is very probable jone of the in stitutions will offer to make the loan.! There is one difficultyvtthA State is having, however, in thltloans are being held back "because" :the bankers dislike "pitiless pnblicitywhich fol lows the negotiation with the" State. The bankers arequotediss leaving that "our business transwctfi V private affairs, We much prefer' not ment was made by the gvOTVrj-y aiBath; VrpareritsleT?ran , following the meeting ot the - a wfclW-AtiMrpnT aDce"01 ANY STATEMENTS CELEBRATES 4TH Interesting Exercises Took Place on the Campus this Morning At 7 O'clock. Fourth of July was celebrated in an appropriate manner early "this Dr. J. B. Turner made a fitting and i inspiring talk of a few minutes, im-j pressing the fact that love of the flag means "loyalty to one's country. He 1 referred to the signing of the peace treaty, saying that this alonemeansj nothing unless we proye that we mean it by disarmament. He impressed the fact that the future lies with the young people of this generation and! their ideals. After the talk-.the .students, led by the college group, wearing the George Washington hats, marched to uau urea&iasi, singing i as they went "The Battle Hymn of! the. Republic.' ' Sunday' School -Picnic. Cflalut? IagllB aojrh t Smulnj; requested and baskets, at the Oyster Boat Land ing Wednesday morning at 5 o'clock. We must get an early start to make the trip and please be on time. There will be plenty of -life-preservers and grown people to go with the children and no need of fear. This means a day of outing for both young and old and every member of the Episcopal church Is, urged to be on hand. MRS. OLLlE CLARK, V MISS ESTELLE GREENE, MISS BETSEY GREENE, J. C. GASKINS, . C. HARDING, - ' Committee. dealing with the State because the ! demand for money now is such that j our customers will atke every dollar j we want to loan. We do notT how- j . , . .-i. i . ever, want to emoarrass ine staie oui the publicity attached to its loans virtually eliminate us." That the State's business transac tions should not be kept under cov er is admitted by the bankers, but they remark that there is no law to make them do business with the Stats when thjr object to doing so. North Carolina Guardsmen go into the first summer encampment since 1916 with a total enlisted and com- missioned strength of 1,645. Twenty-three- organizations from Canton in the west to Wilmington in the east make up the 1921, re-organi- , rrxi n; : X 1 1 U zed c'uard. The preliminaries will be in at Caml Glenn, Morehead City, July 9 when a school of instruction will be held for representatives from each . unit. The big attraction will bgin July 15th ' : s : ,. Adjutant,,General ;John B, Van Metts and Assistant "Adjutant Geeral Gordon Smith will direct the field training, which will be given a regu lation twist by regular army officers and instructors The State Coloration Commission's order fixing or refusing to fix rates for the Southern. Power Company in North- Carolina is now. being writ ten. ' . ;.. Whether - the State Commission has jurisdiction and can frame the price the rpow;xpmpahy may charge for its f;hTdriejetric power- .is . the big, llpdi4tii'?v . - '.'t-v . . Ctton'mrctnring plants ; in Piedmpntl ifor Carolina have more interes'f the lbpitoion than any -other concerns nceheaelbir consuiners of elecrijpch i.De's. brganWtionuppliesiTne order'is J. xpected'bef ore the end of1 the ieek, s2YVT'gehool win have asaafttaal picnic CHAMP : SPUD PEELER 3 mm V Orlando Glick, 65,r of Mooseheart, I1L-, says he's the champion potato peeler of the world "-Peeled nine tons in four months. - Peels all that 300 peo ple eat daily. WHAT DO I BELIEVE SUBJECT ADDRESS Delivered by C W. Wifeon to Y W. C. A. Training School Students Last Night. "What do i Beiieve,"' was: the sub- yrxiavy- He emphasitedkthe import every -vessel : haying a good anchor. The term, he said, js-analoy- ous to our lives.' Every person should be anchored to a firm1 foundation. Our lives are influenced by thet harbors in which we anchor. He declared that every boat is builded . upon certain fundamental" principles. Our conver sation and conduct reveal the con struction of the boat. What we are, or maybe is dependent upon our daily living; therefore we should know the foundation or faith upon which we build. There is a point of contact between our lives and the touch of Christ. He exists in our physical, intellectual and divine being today just as surely as he has ever existed in any place or soul that 13 not an" chred on Christ is "chore on the n tnin and cannot accomplish what God Only when we nrp HnkH nn in Him m the service . , of others are we securely anchored. STORE THIEF FOUND Arthur Johnson, Colored, Found in Young's Store Early Sun day Morning Arrested. Arthur Johnson, colored, was found hid under the counter in Young's store early Sunday morning. Near (him were found shoes and other articles of merchandise which he had gath ered to. take "with him va. his get away through the back door. For sometime Mr. Young has been missing' different articles and money. About two weeks ago over forty dol lars was taken from the cash regis ter. There was no evidence of any one breaking in he store. ' Jn fact the different robberies .were puzzling to Mr. Young and his employes. Sun day morning Mr. Young before leav ing on the late Norfolk Southern train for Wrightsyille had; occasion to first visit his store. . After looking around his store to see that everything was all tight the negro, was discovered. It is thought tkat-be has been going into the store jnst before; closmg time through vthe - Mtk dodrand , secreting himself "and wheh'the" store was clos ed for the night he would "help him self and then! make - his escape thrpughthe back .door, as this door opened on1 the inside. 'v Johnson is how in ail awaiting his trial, IF YIELD N6T OVER POUNDS TOBACCO - 9 The' HGSEENVILLE NEWS is just itf receipt; Of I the following I from JJHs German attending tne meeting of .the Tobacco Associa tion in Washington, D. C, which is' self explanatory: I have just wi'rdd you that the Tobacco Association in meeting here had agreed toppen the east ern North TCarolih market Sept ember 6th. The Sojtith Carolina and Georgia - markets will open July 19th and thelold belt mar ets September -;20tl The Tobacco'" Association ; is composed "of rthevSibacco Wanu-"" facturers and dealers in the bright . and burley belt; Many of . the warehousemen' of flTorth Carolina are also members land while the opening is laterjthin' many of us, (warehousemen) Ranted it. We of coarse, could ot run sales OURS IS MtfAND OF VISIONS MADE RAL, SAYS Uncle Sam Wilf Soon Become Owner Britln-Built R-38 Largest Tet Built. London, June 1 Uncle Sam will soon-become the possessor of the Brit ish-built R-38, tne fargest rigid airship iyet constructed in .any country and a craft that represents the very "last word" in ''aerial dreadnought" design ing. Trim and smart as the quarter-deck of an admiral's flagship, the R-38, soon to be designed officially by her lew American name, ZR-2, is claimed to be the most formidable craft ever to "take the air.'V She is expected to be capable of 5, 000 miles""- flight at full peed fO miles per hour or 6,500 miles at a "cruising speed" of 60 miles per hour. Her specjflcatipns call for an arma-i automatic gun, four bombs of d20 pounds and eight bombs of 230 ounds. The machine-guns are distributed at vantage points so that any form of at-' tack, from land sea or air, might ef- feet u ally be combatted. The ship's heavy armament serves as an index to her character. She is designed to serve, if occasion arises, as the general headquarters of a whole battle fleet, ears and, in emergency, an auxiliary "business end." From, the compact, convenient "skipper's" cabin dose up under her nose to the neat little machine-gunner's "nest" at the very tip of her stern.- ZR-j2's arrange ment and construction spells efficiency and 'strictly business." Without extensive alterations'R-2 could not accommodate comfortably a party of 65 persons as did the Italian built, semiirigid airship "Roma" after being taken over by the American gov ernment recently. But if a submarine were sighted, ZR-2 could manoeuver into position, then the mere pressing of a -button in the captain's control would release a bomb, or a dozen bombs, if required' to "do in" the en emy undersea bzoat. If enemy airplanes became bother some during this procedure, they would j not find, as was the case with the Ger man Zepelins, that there was an un protected spot under the ZR-2's lower part aft where they could hover and pump machine-gun bullets into her gasoline tanks. To meet just such a contingency there is the stern machine gun nest, one situated some 50 yard ahead on the underpart of the ship, and one in each of four of the ship's en- gine cars, which are suspended at her sides. WASHINGTON WINS THE MORNING GAME Washington in a double-header contest scheduled for this morning j and this afternoon between Wash-1 ington and Greenville, the morning game was Won by, Washington at Washington by a score of 3 to 0. Washington made seven hits with no errors. Green ville,made five hits and two errors. The batteries - were; Washington Manning and Rowland. Greenville McLaneand Carson The second game will.be played here this afternoon; at 4 o'clock. - ' . x -V, Compulsory votiug is written .Jnja the- Czecho-Slovakia constitution. Every-man and woman who, is eligi ble to vote nxut do so or go to jail.. Asa result' the will of the people is faithfully recorded, - - Re8siENINE 350 MILLION PRICES WILL BE GOOD without buyers, so had to agree with the buying end as to the date of the opening. The meeting was well attend ed, there being close to a hun dred members at the meeting and several matters were . taken up which should be of benefit- to the tobacco trade. In my talks with others the one question has been what will the prices be for this crop? The .opinions are varied, but I feel sure if the bright crop does not yield, over 350, million pounds for this season . that we .will see good prices paid for this year's crop and unless the crop . yields much more in pounds than it promised on the 27th (the date I- left home) It will fall under 350 million pounds.. The officers of the association were re-elected for the coming year." , LEGION COMMENDER Indianapolis, Tnd., July 4. John G. Emery, National Commander of the American Legion, today issued the following Independence Day statement : "Ours is a land of vision made real. Oppression brought to a self-relant race of colonists the vision of an independent: nation. Statesmen of those colonies met, , drafted and 145 years ago signed the deathless document which pro claimed that vision to the world. Soldiers and sailors of those Col onies through seven years of war fought in support of that declara tion and at Yorktown achieved the victory which made the vision an accomplished fact. "Over the Alleghanies, across the Mississippi and the westward prairies, beyond the Rockies and to the waters of the Pacific was carried the national frontier by those who marched onward in fulfillment of the national vision. This vision of a united country triumphed in Civil War over the vision of a divided one. "With the wbrUT aflame with the conflict between the forces of oppression and autocracy' from which par colonists fought them selves free and Ike forces t democracy and-freedom,: which jfche victory of 1783 established : in the world, we crossed' the ocean to fight again. The vision jwhich . first revealed Itself on thsee shores one hundred and forty-five years -ago found a rebirth in the vic tory of 1918. .."While proclaiming the effect, let us not oveiiook the same cause which made possible the world triumph of the vision of Ameri can ideals and institutions of gov ernment. The cause lies in the fact that in . the beginning bur colonists were inspired by a sense of individual responsibility and obligation (to the state. What was true-then is true today. Each of us, as 'individuals, has our duty and our obligation to our conn try. And in the loyal perform ance of that duty resides the hope and the security of our na tional institutions. "The American Legidn can have no higher mission than to coiitniue to work to instil in the hearts of all, this sense of indi vidual obligation to community, state and nation" MORE PICNICE AT THE PARE. .1. This Pleasure Report Becoming Mort Popular Every Dad. Pitt County fromall sections was represented at Amuzu Park all last week. The largest picnic . was the Christian Sunday, school from Farm- ville. A jolly good crowd full of fun and frolic. They came for a good time and were more than pleased with results. . Another Sunday school class picnic from Christian church of. Ay den, and another from Baptist church of Rober son ville. But the point picnic of the Qhristian church of Bell Ar thur .including most all the churches was the. crowning event pf the ' week. Good eats are a feature 'that not -a single section has been lacking. HarcJ times must be a state of mind, when you see chicken, ham and barbecue' as bountiful as it is Pitt county folks? need not worry when they raise such 1 good things to . eat,: although money , maybe tight. Family" picnics are get--ting more and v more popular. Also neighborhood picnics, are? a I new fea ture. Hot weather brings many,v6utj to" bathe: at .iiight. The water beingv much warmer than the air. ' i .;. ' ' v -. 1 . ;r . ; R. SL; Moore ;andji wife. v returned' from Ealeigh this morning A. - ' '. J ',' " O. . i'.--.' ' , nr- .. ....... f N6rm6vTKdk BrteiiZetzts Living Same Former Chief Executive; Down Heavy Bierts o Retired to the Notable cebh:tp son and. Taf t are the Only Living Ex-Presidenta now (Undated) Former, presidents of the United States, afte laying down the heavy . burdens of ? their , office, ofdi- marily have retired to the quiet -of private life. There are notable ex ceptions to this rule,5 however. One former ; president was later commander-in-chief of the armies of the nation, another was a leader in the lower house of congress for a con siderable period, a third was elected to the XL S Senate, another was pro minent in the congress of the Con federate states, and several others remained active in politics after re linquishing their posts. George Washington retired in 1797 after serving two terms. In 1798, however, the French under Napoleon had become so overbearing and in sulting to the young American Re public that a state of - war existed. The great Washington was induced to become the commander-in-chief of the provisional army which was form ed to fight the French, and he re-en tered, public life for a season. He died the nevt year, on December 14, 1799. . When John Adams retired from the presidency he withdrew from public life for all time! Adams was a great scholar and his last years were spent with his books. He lived for a quar ter of a century after leaving the White House and saw the day when his son was inaugurated president. Strangely he died' on the 50th anni versary of the Declaration of Inde pendence, and on the precise day when hisreat political foe Thomas Jef ferson, passed away.; - It was' on March 4, 1809, that Jeffer- son lett tne wnite iouse aiier mm. --1 "i TT . '-I ' ' m i ' " ' M f his declining years founded the TJni versity of Virginia, and he regarded this work as so important that on his tomb he -had 'Written.' the follow ing words: "Here was. burled . Thomas Jefferson, author of the . Declaration of American independence jof the state of Virginia, for religions free dom, and father of the-jtfnlyersity; of Virginia." .- James Madison, retired'iohts -Montr pelier- estatelh : VirgMfia in4 13i7rnd nis nome oecame a renmjsvuus xui n- eraxy folk. He emerged into public life for a season when in 1829 he be came a leading member M the Vir ginia constitutional convention. He lied in 1836, at 85, the oldest age re tained by president of the United States. After his retirement in "1825 James Monroe held two public posts, -one as regent" of the University of Virginia and the other as delegate to the Vir ginia constitutional convention of 1829 He was the third president to die on July 4. the year of his death being 1831. It remained for John Quincy AdamS to demonstrate that a man can actu ally come into more fame as a mem ber of congress than as president. Adams was defeated for re-election by Andrew Jackson and he retired in 1829. In the following year he was elected to the national House of Rep resentatives from his Massachusetts district. x In congress he became a' leader, es pecially of the anti-slavery movement. He died in the public service, - drop ping dead in the house in 1848. , - v Andrew Jackson on his"" retirement in 1837 withdrew to the Hermitage at Nashville, Tenn. He continued to take an active interest in nis partyof -essays, under of but held no public office anSfe ia 1845 at the age of 78. 'y' V ;'!l90LV'; Martin Van Buren was in politics! William McKihley; died in office, and . from his earliest years, and he , re- mained in the public eye long after his retirement from' the White House In 1841. . Defeated by Harrison in 1840, in 1844 he again sought the Democratic jwminatiort majority of the Votes in eight, ballots, but seeing- the impossibility. b niarshr ailing he necessary. . twotthirds,- he withdrew from the contest. In.i848 a politicalJleader,with a vast follow-, ieiwas ! the presidential .nominee of ingfho the' Free Soilers, but e failed to get ame;s apes tie 'of , a single t electoral' vote. He died in Amecan-TJreparednesy. : He died In 1862 at the 4ge of 80. e:;;'i919i ;. T Death Wmoved William Henry Har- William Howard Xaf t : la 1913 left son soon afterr his inauguration the iWhttetusevto become T a law. nhd hilwWs snceeeded bv John Tyler; lecturerat Yale 'University. He re- who failed, to Nobtain nomination from his party rfand left' the presidency; in Two Former Sihce Death of Grant of Nation f ter, lcring i are this Riile t ..V;- :7. 1845. . Tyler, was, against disunion -in 1860 afl . he presided ; over the "peace conference" , in Washington in February, .1861.' , He was , elected to the Virginia secession convention and he there advocated : secession as the only logical. course fojr the south ;tp t take. He served 1 in the 'provisional V Confederate congress and was .elected to the permanent congress, but he " died in, 1862 before it convened. lie was the only former president to sup-.: r port the Confederacy. -.!'"yrV---'--':' James K. Polk died in the, June fol- lowing his relinquishing pf j the. presi- dency in 1849, and Zachary 'Taylor, his successor, diedin office. . . 7 ; Millard ; Filmore ! Called to win nomination. at thef hands of the .Whigs, and in 1853 he left -the White .House : 1 t j travel in Europe. While absent; in 1856, he was nominated for the pre- ; sidency by a combinati9n of . Whigs and Know Nothings, , but Maryland was the 'only state ', he carried.. He' died in 1874. ' - :? . ': ' ' Franklin Pierce laid down the presi- V dential duties in 1867and after three, years of travel in . Europe he .retired to his New Hampshire home "and died in 1869. . James Buchanan,' took no part- in public affairs after he ttirned his of fice over to Lincoln in -1861; He ' was ; the only bachelor ; president, and he lived at his Pennsylvania 4 home until his death in 1868. ;' ,: V : V : ' Abraham Lincoln passed away . in, -his prime as the result bf theVassass in's bullet while he ; was" .'presiafent 'I . Andrew Cjohhson'( left the v national capital in 18691 K6. ? went back vto Tennessee, jn 1875J was elected . U. v S. senator, following; several defeats for tjjdMJ&JSSr. there was short . - as he died?.t&e?saiiie-'7earV':'i Jf4 i U. S. Grant, after he quit: the pres idency made a triumphant tour of the worli following the expiration of his term in 1877. ' His friends attempt ed to renominaticm him in 1888r but the move failed; and Garfield; was nomi nated. : Grant thene.ntered the :. bank ing? business, in New York. . He also wrote his memories. Jfhe (soldier- president died in 1885 at the age of , - . ; ,v, '.: r;,.-. . DO. : " '','.- .' r.' ' ." Rutherford B. Hayes was active- in semi-public affairs after, leaving Wash ington in 1881. He was . prominent in social work and served as presi- dent , of the National; Prison Associa tion. Her lived until 1893 - . James4.A;: Garfield died iW office,. and Chester A. Arthur, who succeed- ed him, Tpassed away the year after his retiremenffin'1885. Aftef his"" first; retirement in 1880;; Grover Clevfe&nd ; went; to New York City and practiced Vlaw; and he was so prbmihent before; the people that the Democrats made him their nomi nee for a third time, .and he was re- -; elected 11892 Cleveland's second term expired in 1897, and jhe retired to Princeton .'New. Jersey,, where he -became a trustees sof Princeton Uni-. . versity and a lecturer ; He also found time to 'write. tWo; books, "President ial Problems" and "Fishing and Hunt- , . ing Sketehes.''v;; Latere he reorganized several largeIife insurance "companies " and died in 1908 " h ? ' ' ; Benjamin i Harspn; lef t . , presi--; dency in 11891 to become one bf the -lenders of !; the jAmericah' bar. ' In ' 1838 he repres'entedVenezuel d ir' ts- boun dary disputewith Great Ti itain He also ? wrote output;; Cuasistin i of iia : C6xmtiry of )uf s" ahd a v X TheodoreRoosevelt succeeded Hm , in 1910. Upon quitting the ; White IIouso in 191;Ito6seyelt went m a hunting-' trir?td V caJVOn his return he be came 'ty.e .'Spokesman of f the Progres sive" iti&kMist;fJn$i2' he for. t4silii(?btvVa.-'yefeat..vbyj-.' Wooudrow-WilsQii,: He contirraed to be ' Contlnrjr on 'paf 4.) ; -Ax, ,1 V J t 5
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