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State Lfbrary ESTABLISHED 1876 LINCOLNTON. N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON. JANUARY 24. 192 J. "5 Cents Per Copy, $2.00 Per Year. SENATOR LONG PROPOSES FREE TUITION AT" STATE COLLEGES Raleigh, Jan. 21 Free tuition at the state university and other state institutions for higher and technical education, for every son and daughter of North Carolina, will be proposed in a bill which Senator J. Elmer Long, of Burlington, will introduce in the senate early next week. The senator made this announce ment here this afternoon with the statement that he is now drafting the bill after a conference with edu cational leaders in both branches of the general assembly. At the same time he proposes to support fully every appropriation measure for permanent improve ments or for maintenance of the state university or any of the other educational institutions. NEW COMPENSATION BILL Chief interest in a session of the house of the Legislative Thursday was the introduction of the workmen's compensation act by Representative Young, of Buncombe. He offered the draft of the commission which pre pared a b:ll here just before the leg islature met. The Young bill dif fers materially from that offered in the senate by Senator Delaney. Com pensation for loss of life is raised to $4,500, and 50 per cent of wage is the basis of determining compensation for disability. It follows the text of the law of Virginia and is opposed by or ganized labor. RUNNING TRAINS ANNOY Raleigh, Jan. 20. Representa tive R. O. Everett, of Durham, be lieves that General Julian Carr is en titled to undisturbed slumbers be tween the hours of 11 at night and 6 in the morning and he proposes by a bill introduced in the legisla ture today, that the distinguished Durham citizen shall lie peacefully in the arms of Morpheus during these hours, the Southern railway notwithstanding. Mr. Everett introduced a bill lo day to make it unlawful for trains to operate within the corporate limits of the Bull city between 11 and 6, explaining that' it was for the nocturnal comfort of the general that he offered the bill. Shifting engines and the early trains that run through Durham annoy General Carr, whose handsome home abuts the yards of the Southern. The bill was referred to the public servi-e corporations committee of the house. SAYS VIRGINIA NEEDS GOVERNOR LIKE NORTH CAROLINA'S GOVERNOR Lynchburg, Va., Jan. 21. En forcement of the prohibition law in Virginia "has been as difficult as the governor of Virginia could make it,' declared Rev. George W. McDan iel. D. O., pastor of the First Bap tist church, Roehmond, in an address here tonight at a "law and order,' meeting of the Anti-Saloon League of Virginia. William H. Anderson, superin tendent of the Anti-Saloon League f Now York, who was expected to make an address, did not arrive. Dr. McDaniel criticized the num ber of pardons granted by Governor navia. dwlarinir that 117 have been erented in the past year, and recall ed that the governor in his 1920 hiiHwt made no provision for an appropriation for enforcing the pro hibition law. "We need a governor like th governor of North Carolin?," he de clared, referirng to the approaching gubernatorial primary. Resolutions were adopted at the meeting urging Virginia senctors to vote for $7,100,000 appropriation for enforcement of the Volstead act. HARDING, UNABLE TO AN NOUNCE ANY CABINET MEMBER Marion, O., Jan. 19. The task of selecting a cabinet has been fouhd so difficult by President-elect Harding that he has given up his plan of mak ing early definite selections for two or three of the more important port folios. Without indicating the exact nature of the compilations he has encounter ed, the President-elect said tonight that after several weeks of consider- tion, he was not disposed to commit himself in regard to any one pf the cabinet places until he was ready to make final selections for all of then. He added that he considered his dif ficulties only normal manifestions if personal and factional cross-currents, and said with a smile that the situa tion was not keeping him awake nights. He didHHI predict when he might come to a decision, but his attitude generally was accepted here as in - dicating that no definite selections will be announced until just prior to his inauguration. VERDICT OF GUILTY PROMPTLY RENDERED Head and Davenport and Their Two Female Companions Convicted of Assaulting and Robbing Carl John son. Gastonia Gazette. Guilty on both counts was the ver dict which the jury rendered shortly after noon today in the case of the State aprainst John Head, John Dav enport, Pearl Johnson and Bertha Ludwig, who had been on trial in Gas ton Superior Court since Tuesday morning on charges of assaut and rob bery. Solicitor Wilson completed his ar gument for the State about 10:30 o'clock, following which Judge Hard ing charged the jury. It did not re quire long for the jurymen to reach a decision. These persons, all while, were charged with assaulting and robbing Carl Johnson on the nifrht of January 7. The men hired Johnson to take them from Newton to Maiden. On reaching Maiden they forced him to drive them to Hardin where they were joined by the two women in the case. After leaving Hardin, it was alleged, they robbed Johnson of $50 or more, frightened him away from his auto mobile and was forced to hide out till davlight as thev were after him. The evidence submitted indicated that the offences charged were of a verv aggravated nature and it is probabie that the four defendants vjiH draw a prettv stiff sentence. The two men live at Newton. Johnson, according to numerous character witnesses, js a young man of splcm'.id character. NEW EXPRESS COMPANY TO OPERATE IN SOUTH Washington, D. C, January 24. Competitive express service in the Southeastern territory will result from the decision of the Southern Railway System and the Mobile and Ohio Railroad to turn the express bu siness on their lines over to the South eastern Express Company on March 1st. The Southeastern was recently or ganized under-Alabama laws for the purpose of conducting an express bu siness in the South. It will have a cap ital of $1,000,000.00, owned by South ern men, will have headquarters in Atlanta, and be managed by men who have spent their lives in the express business in the South. John B. Hock aday, formerly vice-president and treneral manager of the o'd Southern Express Company with which he ser ved over forty years, will be president of the Southeastern. Over the Southern and the Mobile and Ohio, the Southeastern will oper ate on ten thousand miles of railway, including the whole territory south of the Potomac and Ohio and east of the Mississippi, and will also operate into St. Louis over both lines and into Bal timore over the boats of the Chesa peake Steamship Company, connect ing with the Southern at Richmond and Norfolk. GIVEN FIVE YEARS FOR STEALING AUTOMOBILE Rockingham, Jan. 15. Arch Manor, and Dennis Jessup, of Fayetteville, were this afternoon sentenced by Judge J. Bis Ray to five years in the penitentiary. Their attorneys gave notice of appeal, the bond being placed at $2,000 each. These two young white men were convicted in superior court here Fri day of stealing a Ford coupe from H. H. Anderson at Hamlet on Sun day night before Christmas. Jessup i3 the manager of the Fayetteville Motor Service company, of which his father is owner, and Arch Manor has been in his employ for the past two years. The two men, with Dew?,' Shaw, went to Hamlet on the day i.i question and that night Manor took the car from in front of the Hamlet opera house and drove it to Fayette ville, the other two young men goin in their own Lexington. The car was found two days later by Chief Braswell in the Jessup shop at Fayetteville, partly dismantled. The defense contended that the whole matter was a mistake, that Manor thought the car was the one owned by his brother-in-law and which he said he was authorized to take to Fayette ville and sell. The jury decided other wise and found him guilty and Jes sup as a party to the theft. The judge gave each five years in the pen itentiary. SUMNERS HAS PLAN TO THE CRIME WAVE. STOP Washington, Jan. 17. Death pen alty for persons convicted of commit ting crimes by the use of weapons was proposed today by Representa tive Sumner, of Texaos, as a means of checking the present-day crime wave . Mr. Sumners, for many years a prosecuting attorney and former pres ident of the District and County At torneys' Association of Texas, said ac tion was necessary to make human life more secure. "When the offense of robbery, bur glary or theft is committed with fire arms used or on the person," He said in bis statement, "it should be possi ble to inflict the death penalty." Detroit Mich., Jan 19. After wait ing three days for a claimant to ap pear for a shipment of grape fruit ' from Miami, Fla., Federal agents here 1 today confiscated more than 200 cases , of whiskey concealed in the consign- ment. The liquor was smuggled into Miama from Cuba, the officers said. EDMUND BIGHAM HELD IN THE FLORENCE JAIL Arrested In Connection With Bloody Tragedy Near That City Last Sat urday. Florence, S. C, Jan. 20. Edmund Bigham, brother of L. S. Bigham, who was supposed to have killed his moth er, his sister, Mrs. Marjorie Black, and two adopted children and then com mitted suicide at Pamlico, near here, last Saturday, was arrested this after noon on orders from Coroner Smith, who has been conducting an investi gation of the tragedy. Bigham was brought here and placed in jail. Sev eral negroes will be arrested and held as material witnesses. It was learned tonight from the corner. Bigham was arrested on the strength of a warrent sworn out today before Maristrate Welmore by John W. Mc Cracken, father of the two little chil dren, Leo and John McCracken, who were killed and who had been adopted by Mrs. Black. An affidative by Phillip H. Arrowsmith, an attorney of Flor ence, also declared that Edmund Big ham had threatened the life of Mrs. Black when she had attempted to re cover possession of three signed blank deeds, which had been taken from L. S. Bigham by his brother. In his affidavit, Mr. Arrowsmith as serted Mrs. Black came to him on Jan uary 8 and requested him -to draw a will for her, charging that Edmund Bigham .had threatened her life. Tha affidavit also stated that Mrs. Black told him she had given to L. S. Big ham three signed blank deeds; that Edmund had taken these papers from his brother and when she attempted to regain possession of them, Edmund had threatened her life. Edmund had no interest in the Bigham estate, hav ing conveyed his interesUto his moth er and brother, it was stated. Arrowsmith declared he drew the will in accordance with instructions, p'acing in it the reason why Mrs. Black wanted to leave her propercy to L. S. Bigham. The will had been found, according to authorities. OXFORD VOTES $75,000 VHi NEW HIGH S'iHOOL Oxford, Jan. 19. By a large ma jority Oxford Graded School District voted this week for a bond issue -of $75,000 for additional school buildings. This amount is in addition to $50,000 authorized some time ago. The larger part of this sum will be used in erect ing and equipping a high school build ing at the site on Williamsboro street recently purchased for that purpose. When this building is completed the district will be fully equipped for modern high school work. JOHN MUNDAY'S TRAGIC DEATH John Munday, who made his home at Mr. John Harkey's in Cool Spring township, died rather suddendly, Mon day afternoon, his death, it is alleg ed being due to the effects of whis key. Burial took place Tuesday at Cool Spring. Munday was a well-known charac ter locally. He usually traveled in a dog-car, drawn by a horse. Monday morning he went to mill at Turners burg. That afternoon, between I and 3:30 o'clock, en route to his home, hj was observed to have been riding very unsteadily in his cart, his body sway ing first one way, then another. Fnal- ly some one noticed the horse had stopped in the road and investigation disclosed that Munday had fallen out, his body on the ground and his feet remaining in the cart. He breathed for some time. Dr. Ross McElwee, county physi cian, an ! Sheriff Alexander made an investigation and it was decided that no inquest was necessary and that death was due to the effects of whis key. In addition to what whiskey be had in aim, a bottle, containing a small amount of whiskey, was found among Munday's possessions. Munday was about 60 years old and unmarried. He is survived by a brother, William Munday, of Coolo mee. Statesville Landmark. A citizen of Burke countv called at the home of an alleged blockader and and Mrs- s- J- Bourknight, of this asked for liquor. The reply w is ' city, according to a statement of Mrs. curses, accompained by a leaden mes- J Gallamore, had been very attentive sagethat resulted in a funeral for a 'to Mrs. Graham who was divorced caller. Possibly the man asked for, from her husband. The young woman, liquor resented the call as a reflection according to the report, was of very on his reputation; or possibly if he had been engaged in that sort of bus- inesshe had repented and changed his ways and was impatient of any re- minder of his old habits. Whatever the cause of his mood the reception of the visitor was inhospitable to saJ the least. If it should become a hah - it to shoot at folks who made inquiry about the purchase of liouor. the vol - imp of the hWkadinir bnsinesn will be materially reduced. If the thirsty again wish to marry as her first mar are uncertain whether they will get riage had resulted in this. 1 When he left, said Mrs. Gallamore, wili be How to make inquiry. States- ' " ville Landmark. Governor Morrison was given a big welcome to Charlotte Thursday and presides at a big public meeting of the N. C. section of the American College of Surgeons. SCHOOL NEWS (Reported by School Pupils.) Mr. William T. Morgan addressed the Parent-Teachers' Association on Monday, January 24, at 7:30. Mrs. Sudlow entertained; her grade at her home last Thursday evening. Superintendent E. D. Johnson has rented Mr Mustain's home &nd is mov ing in. We are glad'to have with us for the spring term two new students, Mr. John Setzer, and Mr. Wade Ledbetter. All examinations are over, and we have commenced on the spring term, determined to get better results. Some startling information Teacher: "What is a geyser?" Pupil: "A geyser is a rough man." Teacher: "What are some of the things that the Greeks gate us?" Pupil: "The Greeks gave us 'n Myths Latin and English.' Teacher: "Tell us how the Roman Republic became the Roman Empire." Student:" Because the niggers vot ed." Teacher: "Tell of the down fall of Rome." , Pupil:" The down fall of Rome was large." Teacher: "What is the size of the earth?" Pupil:" The earth is one third as large as Europe." Mother: "Now son, I want you to make an hundred today." Proud son at noon: "Mother, I made a hundred today'' Mother: "I am proud of you. What did you make it on?" Son: "Fifty on Arithmetic and fifty on geography." . Senior. "The Ordinance of 1787 ex panded the boundaries of the United States and the Missouri compromise stretched it more." Senior: "Head quarters of the Mis sissippi River." v Junior: One of the provisions of the Six Articles Act was the "culinary" of the clergy. Saphomore: "Bobert Bruce was a great inventor. He invented gunpow der, he foretold that boats would sail without sails, and that men would fly in the air." Saphomore:" The expansion of the Spanish Coionials Empire was a line drawn through the Atlantic Ocean." CHERRYVILLE ICE PLANT READY FOR OPERATION The Cherryvillc Ice plant will be ready for operation just as soon as its pump is installed. This plant is up-to-date in every particular and will have a caoacitv of 10 tons a day. Two wells, one 186 feet deep and the other 98 feet will supply the water for plant. Mr. J. C. Hoyle is general manager of the plant and will be in a position to supply all demands for ice next summer which has not been the case with the old plant operated heretofore at the Melville mill. Cherryville Eagle. N. C. WOMAN IN LOVE TRAGEDY Henedrsonville Divorcee Spurned Suitor .and .Columbia .Salesman Turns Gun on Himself After Slaying-Mrs. Clara Graham. Columbia, Jan., 17. Alleged to have been maddened by his love for her and because of her repeated refusal to marry him, J. U. Bourknight, a young salesman of Columbia, shot and mortally wounded Mrs. Clara Graham, of Hendersonville, N. C, who was on. a visit here through the holidays and sent a bullet crashing through his own brain. Both died at a local hos pital shortly after the deed. The double homicide happened with in the shadow of the dome of the state capital and in the home of Harry H. Driggers, 1225 Assembly street, where Mrs. Graham was visiting a friend; Mrs. Grace Gallamore, likewise of Hendersonville, who had been work ing at Camp Jackson. ' oung Bourknight was a son oi mr. attractive personal appearance, a pro nouneed brunette, ana one oi nign ' character. However, said Mrs. Galla- more, the quarreled a great oeai, on account of Burknight's insistence that Mrs- Graham marry him. Last night, said Mrs. Gallamore, ' Bourknight called on the young wo- man and again vehemently renewed ! his suit which was nrmly repulsed,' Mrs. Graham stating that she did not, Bourknight told Mrs. Graham fare - , . .. .... .. .. well, stating that he intended going, on a long journey. This morning at 11 o'clock Bourk- night returned, called Mrs. Grahannicut had the highest average yield in to the hall, clasped her in his arms, six of the ten years, Massachusetts in sent two bullets crashing through her two New Hampshire in one and Ver- body, then ending his own life. moot and Massachusetts tying in one. EUROPEAN RELIEF NEAR EAST RELIEF. In general there can be no doubt as to the need of Central Europe. The difference between the need in Central Europe and in Armcn'a is chiefly adif ference in the intensity of the need and the agencies and resources avail able for meeting it. In Armenia, the oldest christian nation in the world, in fact, the place where chrisianity really begun, a large percentage of the people are still refuses vearinj; more or less the same remnants of garments that they wore when driven from their homes by the Turks five years ago. While in practically every European Countrw the people are today living in the same Cities and ancestral home that they occupied before the war. With their orchard;'., gardens, native lands, yielding more or less of the usual food supp:y. They also remain in posses sion of their factories, machinery, tools and other requisites for produc tive labor. Throughout Europe the people are for the most part living among their relatives and friends, while in Armen ia massacres, deportation and perse cution have destroyed or scattered relatives leaving women and children in large measures without aid from such sources. In Europe the people are under sympathetic, paternal governments that are able to negotiate loans, is sue bonds, equalize property holding, provide widows pension and in other ways care for poor. In Armenia the people have no such well established government to provide for their needs, and insofar as they still reside within the former Ottoman Empire they are under a government that of instead of aiding them would rejoice in their extermination. Last but not least, Armenia last a million and a half men fighting for the allied cause in the great war. Sincerely Yours, Geo. H. Bellamy. State Chairman. P. S. Do not waste. Save and give. Help to save lives. Get ready for Feb. Campaign. Announcement next issue. Geo. W. Smyre, Chrm. WIZARD AUTO COMPANY OFFICERS ARE INDICTED Officials Of Company Organized At Charlotte To Make $395 Car In Trouble With Government. Charlotte, Jan. 20. Warrants charg ing the use of the mails with intent to defraud have been issued for five offi cials of the Wizard Auto company of I this cit' Those named in the indictment are F. W. Edwards, president; O. F; Ed- wardy, Jr., vice-president and secre tary; R. L. Walters, general manager; and T. A. Macewan and H. E. Lowe, directors. Young Edwardy and Wal ters were the only ones located tonight and they were brought before Squire J. P. Cobb, United States commis sioner, who placed their bonds at $3, 000 for their appearence at a hearing Saturday morning. The men under charge have organ ized a company for the manufacture of a small auto to be sold for $395 The warrants are the result of month's activities on the part of pos tal inspectors and an audit made by government officials at the company':; request. In December efforts were made to have warrants issued through the district court at Greensboro, but the company asked that an official audit be made of the books. 1920 RECORD CORN YEAR Last Year With 3,232,367,000 Bushels the Farmers of the United States Broke All Records Iowa Led in Yield With 46 Bushels to the Acre. Washington, Jan. 19. 1920 was the greatest corn year in the history of the country according to the records of the Department of Agriculture. Be sides growing a record crop of 3,232, 387,000 bushels, the farmers estab lished a new record for average yield per acre with 30.9 bushels, the second' time in history that the country's ave- rage yield went past 30 bushels. Iowa the countries' greatest corn smaller that the area planted in eight was 104,601,000 acres which was omers years nu .iu acres smaller than the area which pro- auceu tne prev.uu ..uiu 124,74h,OUu busneis in Lasi year's crop was the third to exceed 3,000,000,000 bushels. Iowa the countrie's greatest corn producing State, made an average of 4b ousneis to me acre ior u,e time in its history. The highest aver age yield of any State was that of Vermont with 47 bushels. Maine in 1919 had the highest average yield 1 with 60 bushels. In the ten years pre- . ... .i i . i i vious to that year the highest aver- age acre-yield has been made by ono of the New England States. Connect- LOBBYISTS ARE GROWING BOLD. Flocking into Washington From Every Quarter (By H. E. C. Bryant in Charlotte Ob server.) Washington, Jan. 20. Senator Over man thinks that the time is ripe for the branding of lobbyists. He said to day that, as chairman of the senate committee that investigated the "in sidious lobby" uncovered by Colonel Martin Mulhall, eight years ago, hs had made discoveries that enabled him to deal intelligently with the pres ent situation complained of by Sena tor Kenyon, of Iowa, in the senate la it week. In March 1913, soon after Con gress met in extra session, President Wilson stated to callers that the capitol was besieged by lobbyists, who were interfering with the pas sage of important legislation. The senate authorized an inquiry, and Senator Overman was put in charg Hearings were had for more than two months. "It was clearly developed at that time," said Mr. Overman todsv, "that there was insidious lobbying and had been for years. Certain in terests had offices and agents in Washington at great expense for the purpose of influencing congressmen. "Soon after the appointment )f this committee," the senator de clared, "the lobbyists began to lea.e the capitol like rats deserting a sink ing ship. Some of them fled to Europe to keep from appearing be fore the senate committee. One was subpoenaed at San Francisco, on his way to Japan. Because of the reve lations made at that time Senat ir Overman introduced a bill to pro hibit lobbying. He has now joined Senator Kenyon in a fight for a sim ilar bill, and will try to pass it it this or the next session. He would have legitimate lobbyists register their names and declare their in tentions. Mr. Overman said today that thj situation here now is most threaten ing. Lobbyists are pouring in fror.1 t .en quarter. . "1 was told by a friend," said he. "that he was at one of the leading lidels the other night when he beard loud praying in an adjoining ro'in. The prayer was to the eflVt that the Lord would give the pe titioner strength to resist the cor- pt influences that were being brought to bear upon him, and to resist all temptation. My informant watched to see who the man was, ?nd it turned out to be a United States senator." Mr. Overman would not diviluge the name. Senator Overman gave jUustra' tion .if a case where a great lobbyist sen; in his card dozens of times to s him and be refused absolutely to see him at all. One evening he got a phone message from one of his constituents, stating that he ds sired to see him, so he invited him up to his hotel and with him came this same lobbyist whom he had de clined to see. The lobbyist had sent all the way to North Carolina to get a constituent to come up here to get him an interview by such methods as this. The proposed bill makes lobbying a crime and provides a penalty of $5,000 with imprisonment for three years. CABINET MAKING New York Times. It is a good sign when a President blurts it out that he is sick of being lied to, and is tired of being pulled and hauled by men whose motives are open to suspicion. On one occasion G rover Cleveland greeted a Senator in the White House, in the presence of others, with the words: "I suppose you've come to ask me to appoint an other horse thief to office." That out burst was worth more than a whole volume on the merits of civil service reform in the abstract. If Senator Harding were to use similar plainness of speech to those Senators who are m -fierce opposition" to some of the best men suggested for the cabinet it migh both relieve his feelings and do much to clear his path. In the end, he will have to strike out for himself. Why not do it at once? To his more insistent pleaders for me diocrities, or even obscurities, he might read impressively this passagj rom jnc Koran: A ruler who ap- points any man to an officewhen there is in his dominions another man better qualified for it, sins against God and against the State." Belmont, Jan. 21. Two negroes were arrested near her today, charged with robbing the store of J. D. Tucker and the Southern ticket office last Wednesday night. The I . i , s fx; i ! : .. arrest was made by uniccrs Mingus. and Cloniger, who had received word that two negroes were hiding in the, woods not far from town. The offi - cers pretended to be hunting to avoid arousing the suspicious of the negroes until they were close upon them. CONDENSED NEWS Greenville, S. C, Jan. 18. The first woman in South Carolina to hold a county office , Mr. Fannie C. Scott, will be elected by the people today to the office of Judge of probate of Greenville county. Mrs. Scott, who is 1 unopposed in the race, succeeds her husbands, William Scott, twice elected judge of probate, who was killed in an automobile accident December 26, 1920. In Davie county, North Carolina, Marion Richardson, of that county, has a registered Jersey cow which, February 27, 1919, gave birth to twin heifer calves, both leyistered; Janu ary 30, 1920, she gave birth to twin heifer calves, both registered; This within a period of 11 months and 3 days. This same cow, about Decem ber 10, 1920, gave birth to one heif or calf, registered. Five calves within 21 months and 13 days. Shelby, Jan. 21-, All cotton mills in Cleveland county are again operating on full time with reduced wages from 20 to 40 per cent. There is a better feeling among farm ers and business men as to the fu ture outlook, but farmers are swing ing on to fully 15,000 bales of cotton. Less than half of the crop is un sold and it is estimated that 1,000 bales will be left in the fields un picked. District Attorney Durham says stockholders of the Wizard Auto mobile company initiated the move ment which led to prosecution of the company's officers. The latter characterize the charges against them as "outrageous" and "ridicu lous." Representative Shaw, of Scotland, one of the bitterest of the bitter enders against suffrage, surprised the House when he got up in the legisla ture Thursday to offer a measure con ferring the office of Justice of the Peace upon Miss Julia Stewart, of Laurinburg, who was the leader of the suffrage forces down in that country for years and years back. She will le the first woman in the State to occu py this place, provided the bill passes, and there is no opposition to it. Washington, Jan. 20. The United State collected revenues amounting to aproximately $337,000,000 in 1920 on imported goods, valued at $2,188. 000,000, it was learned today at the department of commerce. Goods amounting to about $3,000,000 were admitted to the country duty free. Anderson, S. C, Jan. 21. In a run ning fight last night near Earle's bridge, on Seneca river, 10 miles west of this city, between rural police and alleged blockaders, two automobiles, 62 gal'ons of whiskey and four men were captured. One of the men, Willi am Miles, was shot and seriously wounded by one of the officers. A State-wide conference of farmers, merchants and bankers of Arkansas went on record Wednesday for the Memphis p'an of cotton acreage re duction. This calls for a reduction of a third. Every cotton growing state is seeing the necessity of making some sort of reduction in cotton acreage. FIVE CHILDREN BITTEN BY DOG NEAR LEXINGTON. Lexington, Jan. 21. Five per sons here began taking the Pasteur treatment today as the result of ac tivities of another mad dog. Two children of W. H. Wicks, two chil dren of C. E. Sheets and Ed Work man were those bitten last week by a dog that wtta discovered this week to hve been afflcited with rabies The dog was killed last week on the opposite side of the town from where it was owned and where it had bitten five. After it had been buried it was learned that it had bitten these people, so the dog's body was exhumed Monday and the head sent to Raleigh for examina tion. It was pronounced mad and this morning the treatments arriv ed for its victims. This makes ten people now taking the Pasteur treatment here on ac count of the work of two dogs with in the past week. Other mad dogs have recently been slain in the coun ty, and Dr. R. V. Yokeley, county health officer, had issued and appeal to all citizens to either muzzel or confine their dogs for awhile. THE CURSE OF BURKE. (From The Hickory Record.) Burke County will be called upon to bear the expense of another murder trial as the direct result of liquor. When the people of Burke good, bad and indifferent finally realize that li quor is not only at the bottom of near ly all crimes in the county, but in ad- dition is imposing extra burdens jn them in the way of murder trials they ,will combine against lawlessness and break it up. This will be done some time, and there is good reason for . starting to work now. 1
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