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12 RESERVE BUNKS
READV BY AUGUST I
TREASURY OFFICIALS THINK IT
POSSIBLE THAT THIS WILL
BE.
SECURE DIRECTORS IN JUNE
Elections of Directors in All Classes
Are Being Made Rapidly by the
Member Banks.
■Washington. —Treasury Department
officials were still of the opinion that
it would be possible to have the 12
Federal reserve banks in operation by
August 1 although they say the de
mand for money to move crops has
not been such as would suggest any
great strain to be relieved by the
reserve banks.
Practically the remainder of June
will be required for the election of
directors oi' the Federal reserve
banks. Banks which are to become
members of reserve banks now are
balloting for directors of the A and
B classes. Each reserve bank will
have three directors of class A and
three of class B ail named by electors
selected by the various member
banks. Three directors of class C
are then to be designated by the Fed
eral reserve board and must be men
with banking experience.
The organization committee has
not made any call upon member
banks as yet for the initial one-sixth
of their subscriptions to the capital
stock of the reserve bank to which
they wish to belong. Such a call
hardly would be made until after the
Federal reserve board is confirmed by
the senate and takes up its work in
Washington.
Much detail work awaits the Fed
eral reserve board after it assumes of
fice. Secretaries and assistants to
the members must be selected and a
complete system rf reports for the
reserve banks must be worked out.
HOUSES PASSES REPEAL, 216-71.
Long Bitter Fight Came to End After
Brief Debate in House.
Washington.—The long and bitter
ficrlit in Congress came to an end when
the House, after brief debate "»nd
out the formality of a conference, ac
cepted by a vote of 216 to 71 the
Senate amendment specifically reserv
ing all rights the United States may
have under the Hay-Fauncefote
treaty.
Before ending the contest by con
curring in the Senate amendment,
the House voted down 154 to 108, a
proposal advanced by Representative
Moss of West Virginia to attach to
the repeal a flat declaration of the
right of the United States to exempt
its vessels from tolls and of the sov*
ereignty of the United States over
the Canal Zone.
There were flashes of heat in the
debate which characterized the orig
inal consideration of the measure.
Representative Underwood, the Dem
ocratic leader, although voting for the
Senate amendment, said that Congress
should never have made this "un-
American surrender," and called the
amendment "Ineffective and negative."
Republican Leader Mann, who had
vigorously opposed repeal, supported
the amendment, declaring it left the
entire question of the right of this
country to be determined in the fu
ture.
Fined For Wearing Extreme Drss.
Richmond, Va. —Ethl Marcusori 19,
of Winston-Salem, N. C., was fined $25
by Police Justice Crutchfield for ap
pearing in the streets in an extremely
low-cut, clinging "silhouette" pink
silk dress. "It was so hot yesterday,"
was her only comment.
Celebration Postponed.
Petersburg, Va. —Plans for the cel
ebration of the fiftieth anniversary by
local Sons of Veterans of the famous
Battle of the Crater, July 3, were
abandoned. No reason was given for
the decision.
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106 Degrees in Petersburg.
Petersburg, Va.—All records for
June were broken here when a tem
perature of 106 was recorded.
Famine at Vera Cruz.
Washington.—News of a threatened
famine among inhabitants of Vera
Cruz and vicinity set the telegraph
wires to work out of the department
of commerce and Secretary Redfield
has received assurances that Ameri
can merchants soon would have large
supplies of food on the way to the
Mexican port to be sold at moderate
prices. The shipment will go in free
of duty if officials here can arrange it.
Secretary Redfield's telegrams were
addressed to commercial organiza
tions.
Inspect Naval Militia Organizations.
Washington.—Lieut. C. S. McWhor
ter, stationed at the Norfolk (Va.)
Navy Yard, was designated by Secre
tary Daniels to inspect the naval mi
litia organizations of North Carolina
at Elizabeth City, Hertford, Plymouth,
Washington and Newbern. The inspec
tion is to determine whether the mili
tia organizations are sufficiently arm
ed, uniformed and equipped for active
duty as a prerequisite for participa
tion in the annual allotment of naval
militia funds.
•'
HOW STATE SHARES
IN SMITH-LEVER ACT
AMOUNTS THAT CAN BE OBTAIN
* ED IN NORTH CAROLINA FOR
AGRICULTURE.
DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH
j Doings and Happenings That Mark
I the Progress of North Carolina Peo
ple Gathered Around the State
Capitol.
Raleigh.
Washington—The maximum amount
, North Carolina can receive under the
Smith-Lever Co-Operative Agricultural
Extension act for the fiscal year 1914-
15 is $10,000; for 1915-16, $32,953;
1916-17, $52,081. For 1917-18, 1918-19,
1919-20, 1920-21 and 1921-22 and each
year the amount of $19,127 to the to
tal for the immediately preceding
year. For 1922-23 and thereafter
$166,846 wil be provided.
The act provides that each state
must duplicate all Federal money
above SIO,OOO a year.
In explaining the appropriation the
department of agricultures ays:
The act first appropriates $480,000
annually, beginning with 1914-15, and
gives each state SIO,OOO for each fiscal
year as a basic fund.
The act then appropriates addition
al Federal moneys to be distributed in
the proportion of rural population. To
stare in these additional fnuds the
state must dpulicate the additional
money thus received. The additoinal
appropriations are as follows: 1915-
16, $600,000; 1916-17, $1,100,000;
1917-18, $1,600,000; 1918-19, $2,100,-
000; 1919-20, $2,000,000; 1920-21-, $3,-
100,000; 1921-22, $3,600,000; 1922-23,
and thereafter, $4,100,000.
It will be noticed that after 1915-16
the total appropriation is increased
each year by $500,000. The fifth
column in the table shows the amount
of each additional $500,000 that the
state is entitled to receive. To get
the amount that any state is entitled
to receive for any fiscal year from
1917 to 1922 add the amount given in
the table to the total for the immedi
ate preceding year. Example: Ala
bama, in 1917-18* will receive $49 404
plus $17,911 equals $67,315; for 1918-
19 Alabama will receive $67,315 plus
$17,911 equals $85,226; and so on until
the maximum given under the column
1922-23 is reached.
The totals for each state contain
the Ksic SIO,OOO granted each year.
To obtain the amount that the state
would have to duplicate in any year
to receive its entire Federal quota,
su ract SIO,OOO from the total. Ex
ample: The amount Alabama would
have to duplicate in 1917-18 is $67,-
315 minus SIO,OOO, or $57,315.
North Carolina Editors Prepare.
President Clarence Poe of the North
Carolina Press Association made pub
lic the completed program for the
North Carolina Press Association to
be in session at Wrightsville Beach,
June 24 to 26. The president's ad
dress will have for its theme "The
Editor as a Crusader." Bion H. But
ler of The Raeford Journal will have
a paper, "North Carolina Slopping
Over With Opportunities; What Can
the Press Do in Developing Them."
President Graham of the State Uni
versity will discuss "Civil Service
Work; An Opportunity for the Press."
Josephus Daniels will deliver an ad
dress. All these features will charac
terize the first morning session.
Wednesday night R. F. Beasley of
The Monroe Journal will deliver the
annual oration, his theme being "The
Tyranny of the Status Quo." The
poem will be read by William Laurie
Hill, this followed by, a Dutch supper
by citizens of Wilmington.
Business problems will be consider
ed at the session of the editors Thurs
day morning. And during the after
noon there wil be trolley rides and
bathing. Thursday night Editor Nor
man Hapgood of Harper's Weekly,
will deliver his address and the gen
eral business of the convention round
ed up. On Friday there will be a trip
down the Cape Fear on the steamer
Wilmington.
Evidence in the McArthur Case.
" The defense completed the taking
of evidence in the Federal court trial
of the noted cas of Citizen's Bank of
Norfolk vs. Adam McArthur and Mrs.
M. E. McArthur involving the genuine
ness of $25,000 in notes held by the
bank against the defendants and it is
expected that the case will go to the
jury soon. This is the second trial
the first one some months ago, having
resulted In a hung jury. Much of the
time was taken up with the examina
tion of David N. Carvalho, the famous
handwriting expert.
Medical Examinations On.
The State Board of Medical Exam
iners began the examination of lEO
applicants for licenses to practice
medicine in this state. Dr. Benjamin
Hayes of Oxford is chairman of the
board and the work will not be com
pleted for se"veral days, the names
of those successful to be announced
in connection with the annual conten
tion of the North Carolina Medical So
ciety in session three days in Raleigh.
The examination of 50 applicants for
licenses to practice pharmacy In thli
state is now on.
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HICKORY, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1914
/.y:^,yX--> ' :
Scene in one of the sculptural warehouses on the exposition grounds. The figure above is that of a remark
able sculptural composition by Robert I. Aitkin, one of the most brilliant of American sculptort. The figure,
representing the sculptor's conception of "Water," is a companion piece to three other symbolical sculptures—
"Fire," "Earth" jind "Air." The four figures, typifying the elements, will flank the descents into a vast sunken
garden In the superb court of honor, the Court of the Universe. On the left may be seen the original model from
n popyr'gh l . 191.4. by Panama-Pacific International Expogltlon Company.
Heme Monument Given to State,
With twelve hundred Confederate
veterans and 1,000 or more Daughters
of the Confederacy taking part, the
ceremonies for the unveiling of the
Horne monument to the North Caro
lina women of the Confederacy given
to the state were carried out. The
veterans were here in annual reunion
and joined in fine tribute to the
women of the South exemplified in
the magnificent gift to the state that
testifies the ®of Mr.
Horne and the state.
The exercises began in the auditor
ium at 11 o'clock with an invocation
by Rev. A. E. Osborne, late colonel of
the Fourth North Carolina Regiment,
Confederate Sates Army. The Third
Regiment Band furnished music.
Dr. D. H. Hill, president of the A.
& M. College and son of General D. H.
Hill of the Confederate Army, deliver
ed the address for the occasion, his
theme being "The Spirit, Character
and Deeds of the North Carolina Wo
men of the Confederacy." It was an
insftlrfng story of the heroism and
sacrifices made by the Carolina
women of the Confederacy.
At the monument J. A. Long, chair
man of the Commission, in
brief, fitting remarks, presented the
monument to the state, addressing
Governor Craig for this purpose. He
paid a most fitting tribute to Ashley
Horne who made the monument pos
sible, depicting him as having loved
the South and especially North Caro
lina and having admired most of all
that type of life found in the South
ern women.
The speech of acceptance was by
Governor Locke Craig, who declared
that the state accepts It with most
grateful appreciation as the tribute
of a knightly soldier to the women of
the Confederacy. The statue, he said,
is an epic with heroism and devotion
as its theme.
Prepare Instruction Camp.
The city of tents which will accom
modate the hundreds of young men
from various Southern colleges and
universities during the time that they
are receiving instructions for service
in the United States army under the
auspices of the war department will
begin to rise at the foot of Sunset
Mountain, a message from Robert O.
Van Horn, chief of stafT, bearing the
information that Captains Day and
Brown with their troops will leave the
latter part of the week for Asheville.
Army engineers will prepare tor
the drainage of the land, electricians
will have supervision of the stringing
of the wires, construction men will
arrange the tents and water and sew
er lines will be laid. By the date set
for the beginning of the maneuvres
everything will be in readiness for
Southern high school, college and uni
versity graduates who are desirious
of taking training under competent
instructors assigned to duty at Ashe
ville by-»the war department.
Craig Names Board of Election.
Governor Craig announces the ap
pointment of the state board of elec
tions as follows: Wilson y G-. Lamb,
Williarnston; R. c. Clay well, Morgan
ton; J. B. Underwood, Fayetteville;
W. J. Davis, Hendersonville, and Clar
ence Call, Wilkesboro. Colonel Lamb
contiues chairman of the board. Mr.
Claywell has served several terms as
secretary. Mr. Call represent the Re
publicans and Mr. Davis the Progres
sives.
French Remedy for
Stomach Troubles
• The leading doctors of France have
for years used a prescription of vege
tables oils ior chronic stomrch trouble
&nd constipation that acts like a
charm. One dose will convince you. Se
vere cases of years' standing are great
ly benefited within 24 hours. So many
people are getting surprizing results
that we feel all persons suffering from
constipation, lower bowell, liver and
stomach troubles should try Mayr's
i Wonderfut Stomach Remedy, it is
sold here by C. M. Shuford, and all
Druggist.
STATE ITEMS
OF INTEREST TO ALL NORTH
CAROLINA PEOPLE.
•
B. Y. P. U. Elects Officers.
The annual convention of the North
Carolina Baptist Young People's Union
adojurned at Ralegh next
year at Mount Airy. Officers were
elected for the next year as follows:
Presdient, L. Bunn Olive, Apex; vice
presidents, W. G. PrTvtt, Washington,
W. C. Barrett, Gastonia, W. M. Gil
more, Louisburg, G. T. Page, Lumber
ton, R. G. Kendrick, Greensboro; re
cording secretary, Miss Beulah Bow
den, Mars Hill; treasurer, L. F. Foust,
Raleigh; auditor, L. R. Norris, Ral
eigh. This was the final day of the
convention and* like the two preced
ing days, was taken up largely with
addresses and special discussions on
phases of union and personal work
along the B. Y. P. U. service.
This morning W. H. Weatherspoon of
Laurinburg made an address on teach
ing that can be done in the union
work. Rev. Theo. B. Davis, of Zebu
lon, told "How to Insure the Life of
a Union."
Jockey With Rates.
Mr. Lincoln Green, freight traffic
manager of the Southern Railway and
one of the foremost experts in the
country on the various elmnts enter
ing into th fabric of rate-making in
this territory, spent practically all of
the day on the witness stand before
Special Examiner Richard Eddy, Jr.,
of the interstate commerce commis
sion, who is conducting the present
general inquiry into the rate situation
as it relates to the transportation
charges from the Appalachian coal
fields to the Carolinas. Mr. Green's
testimony was largely technical and
dealt with conditions which he declar
ed existed in this territory and such
as affected the proposition of rate
making. He arraigned the contention
of Mr. E. J. McVan, the noted rate ex
pert of Omaha, Neb., who had argued
that the C. C. & O. route should be the
basis for fixing the standard rate into
the Carolina territory from the coal
fields.
Prepare .For Tourist Season,
That Waynesville Is anticipating
the largest summer season in her his
tory is evidenced by the unusual prep
arations made by the hotels and the
boarding house people, and by the
booking of several trains for this city
by the Southern Railway traffic de
partment.
NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS.
Senator Overman introduced a bill
to provide $25,000 for a monument
be erected to Sir Walter Raleigh at
Raleigh. The bill provides that the
land upon which the statue is placed
must be donated. The design is tc
be passed on by the secretary of war.
For the purpose of familiarizing
himself with the work done by the
state convicts since his last visit tc
Western North Carolina, Dr. Joseph
Hyde Pratt, state geologist, left for
an inspection tour of the Asheville-
Charlotte highway. He was accompa
nied by Dr. M. H. Fletcher.
The cattle quarantine in Lenoli
county instituted by the United States
and state departments of agriculture
has resulted in the curtailment ol
Kinston's beef supply. The chambei
of commerce has decided to ask the
departments and the county commis
sioners to have dipping vats erected
on the Duplin and Jones lines, so that
cattle from those counties now debars
red, may be shipped In,
The thirteenth annual contention ol
the North Carolina Veterinary Medi
cal Association will be held in the
chamber of commerce rooms in Wil
son, June 23 and 34. Dr. M. J. Rag'
land of Salisbury is president.
J. W. Hatchet is in a serious condi
tion at his home near Statesville aa
the result of being struck by a falling
tree. Mr. Hatchett was In the woods
on his place when the accident oc
curred. Two treea were btjnf cut at
the same time and whfle he was
watching one tree the other struck
him.
The annual celebration at Guilford
Battle Ground on July 4 this year will
be featured by the presence of Hon.
W. H. Murray, widely known as "Al
falfa Bill" and at present a member of
the United States Congress. By rea
son of being chairman of the constitu
tional convention he is referred to as
the father of Oklahoma's constitution.
The following readustment of post
office classification 's announced.
High point from second to first class;
third class to second cla_», Albemarle,
Edenton, Louisburg and North Wilkes
boro.
A year ago the thought that an
mobile would ever make the trip to
the top of High Peak, 8 miles from
Morganton, would have been laughed
at but today it can be made over one
of the roads in the state. High
Peak is one' of the highest points in
this section of the state, is several
hundred feet higher than Battery Park
and gives a splendid view'* - .
Solomon Godfrey was electrocuted
at the Southern Power Company's
substation at Lexington. A flash of
lightning disabled the plant for a few
minutes and Godfrey, who was an em
ploye of the Dacotah Cotton Mill,
which is nearby, was helping to repair
the damage.
The Statesville aldermen have pass
ed ordinances creating street im
provement districts on a number of
streets which have not yet been im
proved and concrete sidewalks will b6
laid cn these at once. With this work
completed there will be few streets in
the town that do not have concrete
Fine Wheat At Farm.
The state department of agriculture
received from the farm of the Central
Hospital for the Insane specimens of
wheat from a 70-acre field that are
especially fine, the tallest bundle
measuring five to six inches long, es
pecially well filled out. There are
three varieties, purple straw, fulooe
ter and red wonder. The farm super
intendent expects the wheat crop to
thrash out an average of 40 or more
bushels an acre.
Little Tobacco Sold in May.
Only five leaf tobacco markets In
North Carolina reported leaf tobacco
sales on warehouse floors for the
month of May, according to the report
of the state board of agriculture just
issued. These were Reidsville, 116,-
956 pounds; Winston-Salem, 67,218;
Durham, 25,620; Mount Airy, 454, and
Stoneville, 350 pounds. The sales for
May, 1913, were 26,704 pounds.
Secretary Issues New Charters.
The Bobbett-Forbes Warehouse
Company, Greensboro, capital $25,-
000 authorized and $l,lOO subscribed
by A. V. Bobbitt and others.
Oil Painting of Ashley Horne,
In presiding for the ceremony of un
veiling and presenting to the state
the oil painting of Ashley Home,
Mrs. M. A. Winstead of Rocky Mount
delivered an especially eloquent ad
dress in which she declared this one
of the proudest days for the ( women of
the state in all the history of North
Carolina and especially so for the Uni
ted Daughters of the Confederacy, and
that the ceremonies of the unveiling
of the monument just witnessed was
one of the moet imposing and beauti
ful ever held at the state capital, 4. '
James R. Young Gives Warning.
Commissioner of Insurance James
R. Young, before leaving for New York
to attend important meetings of the
'executive committee and the commit
tee on standard form of life policies
of the National Association of Insur
ance Commissioners, served notice on
certain land concerns that they and
their agents must stop operations In
this state until the attorney general
passes upon their methods under th®
"blue sky act" of the last legislature.
He says he finds* that very many peo>
pie continue to become the victims.
BARGAINS in porch swings
while they last.
Bowles Furniture Co.
Democrat atid Press, Consolidated »905
MEXICO WANTS MAN
ALL
SELECTION OF A SUITABLE PRO
VISIONAL IS PROBLEM OF
MEDIATORS.
SOME NAMES ARE DISCUSSED
No Agreement Has Yet Been Reach
ed—The Task is a Difficult One
and Causing Work.
Niagara Falls, Ont.—The crux of the
Mexican problem, the selection of a
man for provisional president, accept
able to all factions in Mexico and for
eign governments generally was
reached in a conference between the
mediators and, the American and
Mexican delegates.
For more than an hour names of
various individuals were discussed
but on none was there a semblance
of agreement. There will bo another
conference on the same subject. De
tails of the peace plan are practically
set aside now for the greater task of
finding the man of the hour —he who
can reconcile the warring factions
and maintain peace while a constitu
tional election is held and normal or
der is resumed.
Incidentally General Carranza's note
transmitted by Rafael Zubaran, his
representative in Washington, arrived
advising the mediators that Constitu
tionalist delegates were on their way
to the mediation conference with full
instructions.
The mediator's made no comment
on the note. It contains no reference
to an armistice, on which the media
tors have been insisting and there was
nothing to show that the mediators
had in any way altered their determi
nation reached not to admit, officially
the representatives of General Carran
za unless an armistice was declared.
Some other way of dealing with them
perhaps through the American dele
gates, may be found when they arrive.
The Constitutionalist . representa
tives are needed here to facilitate the
course of the peace program in its
present stages for in the discussion
of names they can be of mush servire
to mediation generally by indirating
who will, or- will not be acceptable.
At present the mediators have ac
complished only one step in their
journey toward the pacification of
Mexico. This was the adoption of the
first protocol dealing with the trans
fer of authority from the hands of
the present regime to a new provi
sional government.
WILSON WILL LEAD WAY.
International Fleet of World's Navies
Will Pass Through in March, 1915.
Washington—President Wilson next
March personally will lead the Inter
national fleet of warships from Hamp
ton Roads to Colon to participate in
the formal opening of the Panama
canal by passing through' on the
bridge of the world-famous old battle
ship Oregon as "leader of the long
line of fighting craft of all nationc
and then after proceeding northward,
enter the Golden Gate at the head of
the immense armada and attend the
Panama Pacific Exposition at San
Francisco.
This announcement was made by
Secretary Daniels. Originally the
president was to go from Washington
tp Hampton Roads to greet command
ers of the International fleet as they
arrived. Afterward he was to make
the trip by rail to San Francisco to
visit the exposition at some conveni
ent later date.
The president, however, has deter
mined now to do full honor to the ex
position by making his advent on the
scene at the head of an armada, the
like of which the world has never
seen. Also be will redeem his long
standing promise to Col. George W.
Goethals to formally open the Pana
ma canal.
The president, according to the
present program, will leave Washing
ton for Hampton Roads, accompanied
by his official family, on the yacht
Mayflower, March 5, 1915. The inter
national fleet will have been gathering
in hte Roads since January 1.
May Put in White Man.
Washington.—James B. Lloyd, of
Tarboro, is slated for recorder of
deeds of the District of Coftimbia, if
the Democrats can prize Henly Lin
coln Johnson, negro, out of that place
and keep another negro from getting
it. It has been understood for some
time that Mr. Wilson's campaign man
agers promised negro leaders in
doubtful states to keep a negro in the
recorder of deeds office. Mr. Lloyd liv
ed in Illinois for several years and
has just recently returned to North
Carolina.
Examine School Children.
Wilmington. Announcement was
mad* by Dr. Charles Wardell Siiles,
professor in charge of the Marine hos
pital here, that the physical examina
tion of school children of this city
[would be continued during the sum
mer months. Last summer several
hundred children were examined and
during the past -winter mental examin
ations of practically all the school
children of the city made. There
will be 17 medical men engaged upon
this work all the summer.
is a live town.'
* .Advertise here and
get busy, -o- -o- -o-
TRULLILL PAY
DEATH PENALTY
YOUNG MAN CONVICTED OF
SWAIN MURDER SENTENCED
TO ELECTRIC CHAIR,
JUDGE SHAW BREAKS DOWN
Dramatic Moments Marked Conclu-4
sion of Seitsational Murder Trial
Just Ended at Charlotte.
Charlotte.—"l'm awfully sorry fof
you," sobbed Judge Shaw as he spoke
the words of death to Charles T. Trull
at 6:40 o'clock after the final page in
the tragic chapter of his trial for the
murder of the late Sidney Swain had
been written in the court records of
this county. The young man was sen
tenced to be electrocuted August 14
between the hours of 6 a. m. and 4 p.
m., for his mrime.
Following the announcement of the
jury's verdict in the morning at 9
o'clock, the court had designated the
entire day for the counsel of the de
fendant to do what it could do to off
set the outcome of the deliberations
of the jury. It was a task too monu
mental for human capacities and the
-three men who have tried to stand
between the iron hand of the law and
the life of this young man fell back
aghast before the work that was laid
out for them to do. They could not
stay the majestic movements of the
law, the inevitable consequence of the
court's proceedings and while they
toiled laboriously and fought tactful
ly and gave up hopefully, they failed
to find a flaw upon which the court
would open up to them the avenue oi
opportunity for saving the life of their
cliSnt.
With many motions swept away by
Judge Shaw and no further ground
left upon which the counsel for the
unfortunate youth could plant its feet
in behalf of his life, the court called
upon Trull to stand up. The de- /
fendant sprang from his seat at the
call and faced the bench. He was
unflinching. His face showed a sick
ly pallor. In appearance he was trans
lated from an impetuous youth of the
first day's trial to a wrecked piece of
human flesh. His eyes were sunk and
hollowed, his color was hideous; his
countenance was pallid; his hair was
wrecked with perspiration, but . his
nerve abided. It never left him. He
was as cool and composed as any
man in the congested corridors of the
court house. He spoke without trem
or; he was unsupported so far a3
friends and relatives were involved.
No man who had lifted a voice for
him was near except his lawyers.
His step-father was not in court.
FIGHT FOR ROAD MONEY.
Overman and Simmons Do Not Intend
to Let Money Slip.
Washington. Senators Overman
and Simmons are going to the mat
with Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General Blakeslee. They will meet
him in Postmaster General Burleson'a
office and discuss the SIO,OOO that he
says Davidson county cannot have
because it has not met the require
ments of the law, and which he now
threatens to turn over to some other
State.
"I do not intend to let that money
leave North Carolina if I can pre
vent it," said Senator Simmons. "I
told the Postmaster General the oth
er day, in the presence of Senator
Overman and Charles M. Thompson
of Davidson county, that Blakeslee
was trying to find an excuse to take
the SIO,OOO away from our allotment.
Mr. Burleson said he would not let
him do it."
It looks now as if the Forsyth-
Davie-Iredell project would get the
SIO,OOO that Davidson has lost. This
will make $30,000 for that road.
Those counties have offered to put up
the rest of the money-for that SIOO,-
000 project if Uncle Sam will give
them $30,000.
Both Senator Overman and Sim
mons are in fighting mood.
Make Final Arrangements.
Wilmington.—At a meeting of the
committee of local newspaper men
and the entertainment committee of
the Chamber of Commerce held re
cently, final arrangements were made
for the entertainment of the editors at
the annual meeting of the North Car
olina Press Association which will be
held here June 24 and 25. When Sec
retary of Navy Daniels arrives he will
be met at the station by a special car
which will take him immediately to
the beach, where he will speak the
same morning.
Lewis Has Good Cotton.
Gastonia. —For 18 years past E. P.
Lewis, originator of the now famous
Lewis long-staple cotton, has taken
the measurement of the height of his
cotton stalks on June 10 each year.
On that date this year his highest
stalk was 13 inches. Last year in
the same date the highest stalk was
10 inches. The lowest it has been at
any time within the 18 years was
about six years ago when the tallest
stalk wa3 only six and one-fourth
inches high. Mr. Lewis says he has
a prety good stand this year.
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