Grand Jury And Judge
Praise County Officers
Clerk of Court Re-,
ceives Special Com
. mendation; Grand
Jury Finds Condition
of Central Colored
School Unsatisfactory.
The Vance superior court grand
jury, in -e'-Mnn doling the January
term ol i : •i n , I court i "in liiileu
yesterday artemoon. reported 'a
Judge Ih me I Slew'll v ho plead
ed ovei the il. that -oil e i c!loi>;
building and el, -J Imses are in
need ol repairs and reeominended
that a padded cell he prov ided 111 the
county jail im mentally deranged in- |
mates, and 1 oiip:I iia11 the com 11 ii in -e
offices lid ishi r e,unity property ai
in good condition
• Judg' Stcw-n included in th"
court rei aid i mention at iraise fori
the conditi n m which the county nl-|
fices are kept, with particular com-1
mendation ai the .•[ ■ jc and record*i
of E. ( r Fallmci. el,.,, ,,, , I
court. The i idge haled
“Mr. Foreman nd mernbi (,f i
grand jmy
"I 'v ish la con< ur >. oi y inert a!" ■
With your ropoi: a eoi.incciain w 'hi
the spit ndid n amici in ■ inch the!
variou "Iho m V.m,,. county are
kept and run I have not had the
opportun.iy I,, . i-11 v ( ,,Untv of
fice other than liia! ol the ol'o'rk oi
! .. ' ’1 • ‘ *. i'i:! I can aeeuralely I
Say that I am certain that there is
not a better conducted clerk'- oilier
in the State oi North Carolina. II -
records are sy-.teniatie. orderly and
accurate, and it i- a nal pleasure to
have the I'lu.ariumty o| msiice'.ni”,
such a highly efficient public de
pai iment
The grand l ay epnrt had -aid o.
County of! iei
_ “We have \ 1-iteil the • ; : a .us ,.|
fices in Ihi eom Ji.-a e and lind the
office i ‘I i .. i ■! • i .pei enurt 1 -
the mi l I \ee, letll eo'idi'ioll I i,
record are r-. ■ p!,-:, .„ every de
f'1 'i Nil
in such .. • mini •. i : oiler; credit
upon ■ ■ •: 11 \ . .,11(1 t - mi .1 licit
prai.'e ear I l", a.. i ii , our ef
ficient ill'll . Aii I.. ( ) [• a i i. i ier.
“We lllld tile o'! re el file register
of deed a Is n c\ee!lei,; v: dit: m.
and that ,.||,c. . .lit to our
county
“We laid :! i sliei hi' nil ice anil''
county audit..!' ■if. • .ii .. n splen
did conditi. 'ii." 1
The grand jury ep..i led Imdmg
need f. ■ I ep.n: - t. lie .... (ie at . \ -
oral e.A..iid . ■ i i. <..! . althniigh the
White "! ■ ". ere f• ■ ii::cl t,. be in
genera ..t.-tact..r\ condition ex
cept l a ed . : ii.,: :: aintenanee
and . d -A the (ViAi.d colored
school
“We !..and great number of
broken Window pane There is no
fire Csia.l e .,:1 ■ I Il l' ", - e r |\ I . ed
With heavy wire making even an
escape tram them impo sibh Light
ing is inadequati . wiring is detec -
tive; flour m audit..num is unsale:
boys' toilet . m .r,.nd tloor i, oaf
of order S." oral liroken -eats i
sixth giaii" eiidei mg them useless. '
A li " -el gi'a' .1 i .. v I at I ,.,a id
the Cent' ..: C. ! d .-a- 1 budding
to be nil ale .aid the repo, j !; , |
S",fPd I! an HU e.-ligat r m t.y .-I.Pc
school autlioritie
iviea l.e. - . ti.u . Ill I Jl ,1 y are !•:
C. Mite1 ell. t. .m. .Sidney B Har
ris, Id 1. Hunt. \V V Avseue. J. T.
Adcock. II 11 Av-rette. II 1" HA
liard. .1 'I' Collm . I ’ If Win,lead,
N. T. Mitchell, ti M. ( I'Lnrv c; ,,
He Hr W L. iJoisfV. U C. Woodlieh
J T Allen. .1 i\I Hubei t-oh. ,7. J.
Matthews, W. \V Kllis.
I'" I ca e to cuine lip tor trial ;tt
the >heii. three-dav .wvHon of court
wa that <*t iP-by Adcock, white men
chaivd with drunken driving, wh
w as acquitted by the jury.
Governor
Can Draft
Civilians!
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Walter Hotel,
By BOB THOMPSON
Raleigh. Jan. 8.—The war powers
"I the gu\ ernor of North Carolina
• 'e o’ broad that they include ;ai
• horitv io draft Chilians for defrn-v
•ur\ :• e.
K. • ry able-bodied North Carolir 1
man between the ages of 18 and 48
it member of the State militia and
-object to the call of the governor,
although neither many nt them nor i
their lawyer-' know it
The 1 acts were revealed in it d
-• t of the gowrnur’s mihtarv povr
-! east completed bv Si.-.t. \ Staid
Attorney General T Wade Bruton.
1 nder the Jaw the govern o;- lias tlv
• “Wer not only to call men into >*•: .
ice but to oidei the Stare treasurer
and auditor to pay them without
v. itmg for action by the lcgi.-latun . |
There are. today, four division
4 the North Carolina Militia They
. - the National Guard, now in led
. a! 'er\ ice. the State Guard, or
; mi. ad to taa.e it.- place n the rvciil
1 intra-state emorgencies: tre Mate
ti’Viil militia; and the * unorg.m,/.od
-.ulitia" which includes rvesy ,a>ir
i 'died man between the age i 8
uid 48 Tha-w last ran be u-ed { •
iie i he law. urpn.v 1 • 101 -
-Lirrect i* *n and to rr| u*l itiva -1* ■:
.. nd ’ in y ai e subject l" any i
aU - and regulation: v. hie!i the gov -
i nmr may make, insolong a.- the
:il< me not inconsistvnt with t .
: .:«*ns ot ‘he I’nited State.- an -
t . p ,yi\ I! en< nigh men do i: •
v olunteer bn* this ,-erv ice. tile law
gives the governor authority to draft
‘hein*
In addi'.mn to his military author
ity. the governor also lias. unde.
\V. :•!d War I law passed in 1917
power 1 1 organize all o', the State"
. ..uree.' h-r defen-e. Thw.gh a.- yet
;.i in* interpreted by the court-, thr
'tatute apparently gives the gov.-'
! u : (u i lie State wartime power- la
m excess « . tin authority he ha- in
t i f peace. It would ecu. th;
he can draft property as well a - ien
. .i • .'.*17 ns*' need.-.
Attlee Admits Britain’s
Lack of Resources
(Continued from Page One)
i.! thr scorning inadequacy of Bri
tish military preparations m the Far
Hast. Alt 11 o said the fact that Bri
tain’s Pacific po-ikons were les
-1 iongly garrisoned and equipped
than miglit have been wished was
not duo to lack of foresight
bather he said, il was because it
\ beyond Britain's resources to lie
■ uig everywhere.
! Emergency Powers9 Worry
■ \ Viny Members Of Co«<j,e>s
I ( >1 \Ki * * S' i \.\\ \S* I
< <. ' ntr.i i n ( ciiin nisi >
W.i'fiih^tcn. Jan. . - AlexantU*!
Umn.lti'ii i ini' rvmatked that t:\te
men .vhn he^m their career.- as nut
tand nr, trietids cl the common pen
l pi • i much n.oi't titan an avoi - .
I . ,..eiu \ «!i :: i iate> m a die
1 ■' • ■' "n
I hat oIjsi r\ atio. j
i A . rider's i ■ i
. p. I .lIRly (|ll<ll- I
I - rot ty fre- \
<1 ritl\ m t'nn- i
:;i' ;il present.
It <i •. • u *11 -! a" - i
mly ICO o t.i
■ e: ..-e •■X- j
t ■ y at ra d - . *
» in
c •;)i)' i hradcd i»};
j ■ : . * 11 (it t ll
.1,y < ; i rrv: - j
■ y piiwer, ‘ . j
liw P . d 1 v. '
C o r, t ting tu
i v \ t '• i >
•’resident
Roosevelt
rmci yt ney powers AS "emcrycncy j
p.nvi * . ■ but I and here '.:•••>• heennu
ai. ■ : mairiiair i i a 1 they h sin''.'
tha‘ aa a rxf. ate. < pew crs w ill ae 1
el a, ished hy the White House
tenant after the emergency i over?
Woodrow Wilson relinquished his
w in n hat time came, hut he never
: ;ai" .1 dart., ail. t rl ised him.-elf is
■ 11( ■■ ■ > • t an V’ < hr a ini* ’ii. s.
\ i, • i.a' d ;et 11 in titdn'; id hi- ras ■
With ail pet a apt tin: ad lie- .
■ . tie whisperers.
iJeni'" Miis-.liniV mentioned out '
;.> .i. • ha’, am been a vociferously |
hi ee i leaiii r t'ae Italian I
n.as.-t'- when lie s' . led, and inr
jin- \ e:d : e, 1 lent maybe it w a
in yard taith that lie . n pr iclaim d
a in t u. . ■ el ipaty diet a to: nil lv ub
-i>(j .eiiil.v in. : e ore le-s uneonseiotis
|y lit a in nm\ i a ' .ai a it .) lo be
sure, but tor a while he was 11)0
pei rent aosoiute.
Adult 11.Her announced himself
a - ,.n .nt i-i.! ... and still
tail la. t ■ i ’ Xonody yr.e- Ada:
e. edit i r t"i . •• ha\ my : . d any y'o >d
;:i :: v. 1 f: . Si . i.. h( :nadc
’j,- ".i';. a;’j11.• wi ..iit'<■ a > Ci«■ n11a11y s
K rr.isk' 'Irani ell
Husain's original revolutionary j
,)> . • - :a oenail |
el about nme-tenUi- ot c/arism op
, • (| -ulijM ! . .aid l 1.1 inclined
a. I, - ?: ; * a, y m • at '.'.,’11 by
.• i .- , i ft \ o aid. r Keren
,,v ■ .. -n't a bad eiiaji. but things
go I ll'Olll 111 111.
I. : 1. Ain rivaii auto
crat ■. e .- !id lb as lib rat' rs. grad
Iially to hi' e\ n|*-ed. parhali pm : v
without th 1 iwn volition, into des
■ . ! t' ■ r, ; i ipholder ol
Hind i a: v a ruler tha
, , . adi v iia.i t ■ i - and eha-"
■inn into i \ io.
Wi'ii H r-, ai ,c or. tb" deniocra
C .' today and wd . ill. I .at n Ameri
cans ah more m iea- aligned with
ia. it i - u' t \ i : \ a uai t a a i e to ret er
to any ni 'eu eun ently as having .u
historieal characters ’.vii" tended
boar ■ ' Alexander 11 onilton's
til ., . X \ e; tin k. they’ve hurt 'em
Spa n' I) clan .r Fi am i-ei' Fi anco
doesn't s ipp rt the whi-perci ' argu
O.ent llel'1 oKe into ’■ ! >' m Hat.o
.Cl 1]), and t 'refill *
S'l'i 'erg: ne a'I> I : .. : !■•. Illa
tion 1 ’i . ci!v in '■ 1 :ie (■: the exerp
*.:< n '.cat p. i >rcs tin re! . th nigh.
Jan e tamer has hud a lillerator.
. i;t:. I . : d* fit te into ,iu • Inti-ill.
t :i; vc" '" save <me in die
v v e. uit * n 111', v. ! i degenerate
S na I l..i ry F. 1 lyrtl < ■! Virgin',
i a lawmaker who'.- expi'e-md him
self above ... - ci. :: . igh he di
it before v. .• iet'.tally were in tit
war. Wind In said was that "we've
na nan - at r. m ; ; great er greater
than tim.' ■ abroad."
The " ■ me iii i are” iie war re
ferring to was tile expan ; m ol xe
•ulivc i : tii* >ri' x at the ra'.i dial leg
islature's xp use Congi e s is jeal
" i ■ 11 : 'in'iita i’ go ernmenta1
branch: there's no mist die about
pel iii -i e. ’W as it wa
(id;. Unci* Sam boemne out-and
■ 11 ii,'"f. oil in tine e* ml ict. 1 hough
its utteraiux s m the m .ice. arc more
• tto v-ct than 1 i'.ev V. ore
v, r> Veeul
President Rcsi-volt's third term
.c a nt luted !i g. dative uneasl
t adltii! it ».
tii cum tarn ♦*.
11 certainly .• •..*!* 1 . 1
war t»» tIlf i mfra! y • Tr, .u \
if the next cor.c .
d Ih ' led
Kestrel. Il',v\r\( i, I
there** a chance
The Piesidi nt i • ■.
accused nt a di-p
P«n.\ ■*!' that d< su*f . . 11 . n a I! y
heli tig to him. r>ut 11s»* : .
of hi" execut r » s .!g«'i « /■ ,: »■
F. I). K.. .n h.." —
'.upitnl Iiii!. i>
X«.t all i In ( •' «
director.' a»-e. thou. • i < ■■
»i'»ns arc excellent. * . • I * ••
h'lt a f l W (it < :
i ' • » T- ' r.j? tc |
t ’ ff,«. M>
M t i u | !M s
H. • • r > Mil,. .,t„| i ,,j
> • I
Cotton Prices
Turn Lower
I
I w, V.,:. .i.iii. a. <ap) j
| list 11 r» <>. : * ’ S •) h ■ . > | * ,
1 1>:-V s l)"'; '■ 1 ,Mi:f JitKi-: \
member- of :he i>r.iId. : . M, A , '
the stage ol th Steve:....n s.nd. ■. S
yu js I bloc it"
Sell Lower
I 1 ' i . y
n.:r| •• • ■ : •
- X'.\' > ' - -it ,
B. H. MIXON
< ln< orporatic!)
Contractor and
Ruildor
“lliiihlx fhltf r Htnltliiuip”
\: P:,: .1 . .c. !’. .m.ng.
I!t *'mg r,i (■■
Repnii ing.
PHOMS 7_
- i fi t IMhliiTil M'i rn ■ ! 'Ii MtiltlHi—ET
Christian-Har ware Furniture Co.
Ship Torpedoed
Carl Kallock
Seaman Carl Kallock catches up on
the war news as he arrives at New
York, one of the 19 survivors of the
6,275-ton American freighter Saga
dnhoc, torpedoed in the Atlantic.
The sinking was not revealed until
the rescue ship docked.
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Ladies’ New Winter Men’s Wool Jackets 8
5? Coats Cut in Price Mt'nV hcav-v wt”’1 ,,laid and Hi
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Cut in Price Jackets 1
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