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HICKORY, N. C, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1922
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HARDING TO OPPOSE
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President Lets It Be Known .That Ne' neme
of Taxation Displeases Him W"shform
Congress Old Taxes r to Be
Put On Again
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-till. I't'D. 14. t'lTSUtCItt
i- na I ttTably opposed to the
1 the special taxes for
i i ( soldier Ik mils or to the
t.iM" which have been re
iv:i stated at the white
a.
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'.try much in doubt if it
i..-;dle to finance the cash
with an issue of bonds
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without senous injury
SUPREME COURT
MAY SUSTAIN
iMii' iiaii
J VS TUllil'TK TO THE
' ST ATE OP X. CAROLINA
Nashville. Tcnn., Fob. 14. More
li.iii educators met here yester-
a.v at the call (T John J. 'ligen,
r'ittil States commissioner of edu
ction, for a two-day session to con-
er means of improving schools lor
ii it i .
rn-i ues (specialty me uimi gram
IltfM-in the south.
I:i oru-r; i i: the meeting today Mr.
ii-i". -ticx-d the need of broi.der I
Maratiun hr .southern negroes, lie
a'fil luck of education among
,4in i- a detriment to the co.mtiy
Uifv '..'ll as to the nR'rof
II ,,., niipi .,ved education would bene-
t Ainfii'-an piospentv was outlined.
::c smith is now endeavoring to
f tlu- negroes better educational
ivuntams, he said, and to give
:m I'Vfry i.'pportunity to develop
far in every line as their ability
low-. He paid a tribute to North
.in.l.t::. '.rid her educational system.
Raleigh, Feb. 14. Capital city of
ficials generally expect the supreme
couit to sustain Judge W. A. Devin
in the suit started bv Judge B. F.
Long to test the constitutionality of
t'ommis.vic'ner of Revenue A. P.
Watts' ruling that all state officials
and supreme and superior court
judges should' pay a state income tax.
Since it, is written in the constitu
tion of tlie state that the salary of
a state official or a judge cannot be
iiimmisneii during ins term ot oi
fice, the lepal minda are unanimous
in the belief that there is no courrt
open for the higix court except to
hold against rommis.sioner Watts
Chief Justice Walter Clark's famous
opinion in which he oointed out that
supreme court justices' salary was
m.'n-taxable by the state is expected
to guidv the opinion in the Long
ease.
The case is now before the supreme
court and if that body finds error ir
Judge Pevni ruling it will nia.ve
news and will make the submission
of a constitutional amendment as
Ins been suggested unnecessary.
Snipers Continue Activities in Belfast, Where
British Troops Have Arrived Fear Civil
War .Will Break Out Soon Parliament
May Kill Free State
Members of the crew, of the U. S. S. Utah, now ou a tour -Of 'Eurorieit to6
thtf tomb of the "soUlato ignoto" in Rome, recently. . ' " " --. ' ' t-'i'
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ANGELS TALK BYilNFANT
THOUGHT, SAYS
PREACHER
By the Associated Press.
Philadelphia, Feb. M. Angels
communicate with each other by tele
pathy and converse with men by
the same means, Dr. Horace C. Stan
ton, secretary of the Presbyterian
ministerial association, arid a stu
dent of the psychic phenomena, de
clared in a lecture iast night.
'Telepathy is the court language
DEATHS
TOO HIGH IN
STATE
MORRILL TO SPEAK
10 KIWANIS CLUB
I.. Monill of New York and
(h.riiitN' will sneuk to the Hickory
.Kixafiis dub tonight on "The Soul
ff Li.-nii-," and a large member-l!iM-
i.- expected to be on hand.
E. K. Jones, cashier ot ih' Jnde
("ncctKM Trust Company, and Lewis
pW, resident cf the Charloiie Ki
;mi.-i club, have sent word to Prtsi
::t ( has. V. Bagby that Mr. .Mor
jJ 'I is an or:. tor and student and
Mat u'iven an opportunity to hear
I'll.- cannot afford t. miss it.
'ilii; Kiwanis program this evenrn?
"'nii is t,; be unusually good.
nn mn wrppn
I
NEWPORT
NEWS
E7 the Associated Press.
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T"ninC (iC Ihu f LiMnfknn ia fl-lclf it
l ' lit Vit4ftlliftll I.T .tUV
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lhi i'it.. ....... i ..e 4U i.::.ira.
i. ' nil-ill, I.IL Llie illillll llln
!r'S viewpoint, t:iken together with
'W KnilUli r it... i.Ulnn'.mr
m .i hi. uir niiiin'rt
"""''I and Seeretar-v Denbv of the
IlavV who Wen. in cnnfcronfui tridriV.
'US iri'rw.p.) I!., I,. Iknt
Iiathan would be turned over
n' ' 7' Newport Shipbuilding arid
'J'l'ifk 'iinnanv for rwon.litioninff.
Tjwtp the .fforta of New England
fmu to oht-tin the contract Tor
Boston.
KfER OUT ALIENS"
! Fl lOTe YEAR
By thf
Wa
' 'K'iciarod Press,
fl
asbir,. tori
"'"line tin.
Strict iv,.
.!,,
was ordere favorably re-
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oy my ncuse lmmigiie
Feb. 14.A bill ex
'if" of the three per cent
emigration law until
ee,
CANT GIVE IRK
TO NAVY YARD
EMPLOYES
By the Associated Press.
Washington. Feb. 14. Suggestion"
bv leaders of navy yard employes
who lost their jobs through steppage
of work under the naval limitation
treaty that the yards could provide
employment by the scrapping of
battleships and other craft was de
clared to be impracticable today.
It was pointed out today that the
scrapping of warcraft is carried al
most entirely by unskilled labor. If
the yards were to undertake such
work, it was said, the present yard
forces of skilled mechanics would be
reduced', if anything, and their plac
es taken by unskilled men.
Secretary Denby included in re
cent estimates to congress no provisr-ic-n
for the scrappine of battleships
new c.r old. The department takes tKe
position that this work is outside the
retr-nlar anm-oDrir.tion and a separate
appropriation will be asked. In any
event the breaking up of these ships
will not be unofertaken until tne
treaty is ratified and the department
umM nnfc eoart Irom ns policy uy
disposing of obs( lete ships by sale.
Another way to avoid the unpleas
ant facts of history in the school
books would be tc substitute fairy
stories with the caretui elimination
of such tragic tales as "Little Red
Riding Hood." Springfield Republi
can.
COUCH 0E STATE
CONSIDERS
BOOKS
Raleigh, Feb. 14. The council of
state, sitting as the state board of
education, is this week considering
the multiple list of books approved by
the state text book commission for
Use in ino eiementiy sn.n-w.ftj i
state. , . .
Book companies have sent their
representatives here and they are
being heard bv the board. Alter each
book is considered the board wib
make its selection and will formally
i,opt the texts to be used in the
schools for the next several years.
The changes reconrmended by " the
text book commission will throw Jju
per cent of the books now in use in
thTi?Stt5li hie-hwav commission will
open bids here Thursday for 23 pro
jects representing ICO miles of state
h55f "majority f the contract, to
let will be for hard surface material
but gravel and sand clay rcacwork i
" i Vi list also. More than
1 r.n kwlilors are expected to apply
1 ijJ y v- - -
for the. work, ... . -
(BY MAX ABERNETHY)
Raleigh, Feb. 14. Figures which
show that the infant mcrtality ?n
1920 was 34 per cent of all d'eaths
reported in North Carolina indicates
the need for expansion of the state
board of health so r.s to wipe ouT this
terrible condition.
The health department is new in
the process of organizing a bur&re
of maternity and infancy which will
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01 neaven, ne saiu. il is ueu uy , f.11PV.atef J r-nninnr.irm with tbr.
thre rmmscient, omnipresent Df- health work in the state and which
ings the Ho.!y Father, the Holy !win cavry out tie rjrfVisicns of thp
Ghost and Christ. The father and j shepp-v-Towner act, recently pass
the Holy Ghost never had any phy-lGd by congi-ess. An appropriation
sical organs ot speech. i nereioi e jfvom the federal government sunple-
thought was transierrea uy means
of telepathy.
''For centuries scientists have
noted the marvels of telepathy,'' he
said;'
Dr. Stanton qfioted many passages
from scripture to show how the an
gels communicate with humans by
means of telepathy. In every case,
he said, the thought transmission
took place while the man was asleep.
DEM EY MAY
CARPENTER
AGA1
By the Associated Press.
Chicago, F'eb. 14. Jack Dempsey,
world's champion heavyweight fight
er, departed today for eNw York in
response to what he saiu' was an
urgent message from his manager.
Jack Reams, who is about to sign
for a fight in London or Paris.
Dempsey said he supposed the chal
lenge would come from Carpentier.
STOCK EXCHANGE FAILURE
By the Associated Press.
New York, Feb. 14. Failure oi
Crawford Patton & Cannon, members'
of, the New York stock exchange,
was announced at the opening of the
stock exchange today.
Henry B. Cajnnon is the iboard.
member of the firm, which was or
ganized in November, 1911.
We are undeviating and uncom
promising Republicans often reflect as
we compare the glorious accomplish
ments of the Washington conference
with the pitiful inaptitude of the
Versailles! one, that it makes a great
deal of difference whose entangling
alliance is gored. Ohio State J carn
mented by the state funds makes the
new department possible, and a li
censed physician will be director or
the new bureau. Mrs. Thomas Walter
Bickett, wife of the late Governor T.
W. Bickett, and Miss Rose Ahi'eii
feliL't, who1 has been with Ihs depart
ment for several years, will assist in
the work.
Mcrtality among the infants of the
state for 1920 is indicative of the
condition in 1920 but the figures for
last year are not yet available Of a
total of 85,000 births reported 6,800
died under 12 months cf age, 1,500
died between 12 months and two
years anc 4,000 were still-born. In
other words, 14 per cent of the chil
dren bora in Nc'rth Carolina are dy
ing before they reach 24 months of
age and 80 per cent of that number
died before they are three mo'nths
cf age.
It will be the woi'k of this bureau
to conduct an educational campaign
with the view ot" instructing mothers
in the care of their babies. Lack of
attention and care of mothers and' in-
fr.nts is considered by the health of
ficials as the cause of infant mor
tality in this state.
Commissioner cf Labor and Print
ing reports the unemployment situa
tion in the state much improved
during the last week.
The six free employment offices
for the week ending February 11 re
ports a tctal registration of 573 and
of this number work was found for
327.
Asheville reports jobs found for 41,
Charlotte, 69. Greensboro, 32, Ral
eigh, 80, Wfilmington, (5S and Winston-Salem.
37.
OPPlElfCOT
IN WAGES OF
HERS
' Mn Hirairirn
SOLUTIOII
Catawba chapter No. f,0, Royal
Arch Masons, last night accepted the
report oi a special committee and
appointed a permanent committee to
work in conjunction with a similar
committee from the commandery in
providing scholarships for worthy
sons and' daughters of Masons. This
is a forward step by the two higher
bodies of Masonry and is designed to
place scholarships within the reach
of young men and women who other
wise might be denied a chance to go
to college.
The bodies will not give the money
outright, but will make a loan not
exceeo'ing $300 per year for four
years, the beneficiary to begin pay
ing interest on the whole when ae
completes his course and starts to
work.
The whole matter was explair.ot!
fulH to the chapter last night and
w.l'. be explained to the oorumpr.dery
later. The chapter adopted the report
of the committee by unanimous vote.
Dr. E. M. Craig- is chairman of the
scholarship commmittee, the other
members from the chapter being J.
D Elliot and J. H. Patrick.
10 SiEEl SIS
COiE OFF STAGE
London, F'ob. 14. Michael Collins'
dramatic exposure of a plot to over-
. throw the Irish republic, the suu'den
; and unexplained British intention not
to evacuate Dublin and the strained
(relations between Dubli and Belfast
nave created a tense situation.
Dispatches show that the condition
on the frontier is net far removed
from civil war. Indeed' the prospect
is for civil war soon, according to
dispatches.
The dispatches sent by the Belfast
correspondents to the London news
papers represent the temper of
TTlefeT" rncn tlmrf- m-iloe. l
oy tne Associate'! Tress, unionists are sneed'ilv releam
Los Angeles, F'eb. 14. No official 'will be an explc'sion" which will lead
connected with the William Desmond !0 war-
Taylor murder mystery would say ' Concerning the supposed plot
tct'-ay that any actual progress hadiaainst the provisional government
been made. j nothing is known here except what
The officers were at wrork and still ir Collins revealed in his cable cor
expressing the opinion that they , despondence wit hthe American as
were co'nf ronted with too many wild '' soci-tion for the recognition of the
tips, they said. Irish republic.
Members of the police department 0f tne suspension of troop rnove-
ill are firm in their belief that the ments also little more is known hew
case will never be cleared up until Ed-' than the fact, but it is generally Re
ward F. Sands, the missing busier- j b'eved this development is due to the
secretary, is apprehended. general state of affairs on the north-
The sheriff's deputies still were'.ern bf'rder cf the Free state, al
firm in their contention that Sands j though some correspondents refer
had nothing to do in the case. The ' indefinitely to "certain week end Imp
air is full of rumors concerning ! Penings in south Ireland as contvibu-
The British government is vitally
concerned over the latest of events on
the house of commons. Many conser
vatives who have supported the Irish
are
said to be losing faith an.i mav
withhold support on the se ; aid lead
ing Thursday.
Li J
mystery men, ana "mystery" wom
en and "mystery'' witnesses, "drug"
peddlars and "revenge" theories.
But back of them all was the tact
that Sands had not heon -fnim1 that.
the murder had been committed and!Pi'icy in the interest of peace
that no clues had been found
NORTHiLS
URGE RELEASE OF
FOOTBALL PLAYERS By the Associated Press,
, v-?iT-r. r Indiana'polVs, Ind., Feb. 14. The
By the Associatea Press. (wage scale committee reporting to
Belfast. Feb. 14. Forty-two of, the special convention ot the united
the Ulster unionists, it was stated to- mine workers in America nere today
day, have requested Premier Craig : our most empnatic opposiuou io any
of Ulster to liberate immediately the reaucuoa m waBe.
football players in Ulster, the union-: Under the discussion of policy the
ists themselves saying they would be committe recommended a general
held captive until the football play-; suspension of mining if no agree
ers are released. ment is reached by April 1. It was
i m aisc recommenaeu mat any wage
COTTON scale agreement must be submitted
By the Associated Press. reierendum vote oi tne districts
'New York. Feb. 14. Doelcpments affected.
over the holiday were bullish espec- othpr recomnientfations were tnat
iallv the Liverpool cables and foreign new aRiwiuwiw ee uu w..
exchange, causing an active opening i - - ,
. , .v... . .... ....i...t-ini(. mid f half fnv nver time and
in the local cotton marKtu iuuuy - -----
with Tirstp rices 15 to 24 points net Sundays, that weekly paydays be in
hicher. Moderate reactions followed augurated; that the fining of miners
bv active realizing by old L-rngs and! for certain breaches of contract ana
"V. v . ... . . , . 1 1. fl.of lin co-ff r.nol no-vpeinenf he sio-n-
sell.nirs by Atlantic and southwest
ern houses.
Open
March; - 17.4!
May 17.20,
July - 16.68
October 16.15
December . 16.0 J
flickory cotton 17c, .
Close
17.82
17.24
16.98
16.48
16.35
that the soft coal agreement be sign
ed fc'r two years.
W. L. George, England's prize fem
inist, says that there are sixty-five
! types o'fl women. Any married man
will tell you that it is possible to
meet most of them at the breakfast
tables-; New York Telegraphy
By the Associated Press,
Lynn, Mass., Feg. 11. Local mo
tion picture theatres have . discon
tinued showing pictures featuring
Mary Miles Minter and Mabel Nor
mand whose names have ben promi
nent in the William Desmond Tayior
urder in Los Angeles.
The action was taken at the re
quest of the city's board o'f censors
By the Associated Press.
Washington, Feb. 14. Indications
that cotton manufacturers were pre
paring for a long,- struggle with em-
playes who have gone on strike
against wr.ge reductions and increas
ed working hours were apparent in
some New England mills.
At Nashville, N. JI., where two
SNIPERS STILL BUSY
By the Associated Press.
Belfast, Feb. 14. Snipers con
tinued their grim work in the dis
turbed sections of Belfast this
morning and by midday the death
roil since Saturday had been in
creased to 18 by the deaths of two
men who were killed by stray bul
lets this morning. The number of
wounded at the same hour had reach
ed a total of about 50.
In the main throughfares of the
city business proceeded apparently as
usual, but in the storm center all ac
tivity had ceased.
V A N I S H IN ( r 1 L LITE liACYJ
Asheville Times.
The time once was when Governor
Aycock used to thank Heaven for
South Carolina. In those days our
neighboring commonwealth ajjone
stood between North Carolina and
the distinction of being the most
illiterate state in the unon.
Today we can thank heaven for
seveu. other states that interpose
their dense mass of illiteracy be
tween us and. the end of the line.
During the years that have come
and gone since Aycock raised his
eloquent voice in behalf of public
s'chools, we have made progress,
amazing progress. We have dotted
our state with schools and ve have
taxed ourselves to the hilt for the
maintenance of the far-flung school
system.
But our present position is 'far
from enviable. We are still un
comfortably close to the lower
rounds of the ladder. There re
main over two hundred thousand
illiterate residents of voting age as
a reproach to our civilization.
Thirteen per cent of our people can
not read and write.
The advancement which we Jiave
made during the past decade in re
ducing the percentage of illiteracy
in enheartening. But it does" not
call f;or smug complacency. There
is nothing in the situation to ustify
us in resting on our laurels. The
fight on illiteracy has not been won.
The most fruitful work is yet to be
done.
Some society women are having
the portraits of their husbands tat
toed on their fair skins. The ink
is indelible, of course, and if some
of the smart set have all their hus
bands portrayed as fast as they hap
pen the average society woman will
give the moving pictures a tight race
Washington Herald.
TROOPS' IN BELFAST
By the Associated Press.
Belfast, Feb. 14. A large body of
troops appeared on the streets of Bel
fast late this afternoon. They were
tb.j first to he sent here sinpn tha
large mills are closed, the mill own-' renewed outbreak of disorders began.
ers are said to have canceled orders
ior coal. The New England house was
divided itself.
A graphic map of New England!
would show the mills in New Hamp-'
shire in virtual idleness. Its subsid-j
uiry snadings would snow wage re
ductions o'f 20 per cent, stretching
almost across the tier of states,
stopping seven less of the important
centers of Massachusetts, covering
FORD WI T MAKE
MORE CONCESSIONS
Bv th 4 csorlafprt Press
Washington, Feb. 14. W. B. Mayo,
; chief enginee" and personal spokes-
all Rhode Hand and extending into : man for Henry Ford, today notified
eastern Conecticut. i ne house military committee investi-
now i i i . i ... -i , -1 . ,i. .
ami lease tne iiuscie snoais p.ant tnat
Still another shade would
Rhode Island with sc'me mills in op
eration and ethers closed.
Mr. Ford has made the best offer he
could. The statement was accept-
The map would show the cotton i ed by the committee as reiterating
mill workers of Maine, of two plants !Mr- Mayo's declaration of yesterday
' 1 ,11 J T.T 17 1 " 1 i 1
' liiiii, ivir. r ora wou a not accept any
material alteration of his plan and
that congress could accept it or re
in New Hampshire and' of some
plants in Conecticut in idleness.
It would shc.'w the great centers
of Lawrence, New Bedford, and Fall ! Ford.
River still unaffected and Lowell
lightly touched.
ject it without disappointing Mr.
FLOUR PER BARE
AT
ADVANCES
MILL
TWO ARE INJURED
N PLANE CRASH
By the Associated Press.
Okeechobee, Fla., Feb. 14. Cadet
! Fowler of Carlstrom field, Arcadia,
By the Associated Press. iwas seriously injured and Spurgeon
Minneapolis, Feb. 14. Flour scor- ( L. Clements, business man of this
ed an advance o'f 65 cents a barrel ! city, probably fatally injured short-
at one of the largest mills here today ly before noon today when an army
as a resut of the string wheat mar-i airplane piloted by. Fowler and .with
ket. Rang of patent domestic flours j Clements as a passenger, crashed on
m mis marKet today was $v.ys asked.
$8:50 ner barrel when sold in carload
lots. The minimum quotation this
year was $6.75 in January.
WHEN THERE'E NO
PLACE LIKE IT
his
"Your husband must enjoy
home.
"He doesv Especially when I
want him to take me out.' Sydney
Bulletin.
WHAT A COMPLIMENT
"My husband has had indigestion
for the past month." "Really! I'm so
sorry! I had no idea you were with
out a cook." Sydney Bulletin.
the shore near here today.
OTffl
CONSUMED
DURING
LAST MONTH
By the Associated Press. .
Washington, Feb. 14. Cotton con
sumed during January amounted to
526,522 bales of lint and 40,$99 ofl
1 inters, compared with ,"66,463 of
lint and 29,782 of linters ' in January
last year, the census bureau an
nounced today.