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tjEAlCSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA \l tDNtSDAY, APRIL 18, 1923 VOLUME XlL, NO. 7f CHICAGO TRIBUNE WINS IN LIBEL SUIT VS. CHICAGO First case on record where city sued newspaper for libel SUPREME COURT UPHOLD LOWER COURT (By Associated Press) (Springfield, 111., April, 18.—Af firming a decision of circuit Judge Harry Fisher of Cook county the Supreme court ruled that the city of Chicago cannot maintain its libel suit against the Chicago Trib uite. This was the first case on rec ord in which a municipality had at tempted libel suit. The newspaper ywas charged with having damaged the credit of the city through edi torial criticism of its corporate acts. ANOTHER PEW DANCE RECORD ESTABLISHED i " -_ Miss Wolfe at noon had. dan ced 72 hours and 40 minutes (By Associated Press) Cleveland, April, 18.—Miss Mag daline Wolfe at noon had danecd 72 hours and was still going in the an nounced purpose of setting the worlds continuous dancing record at 80 hours. She broke all previous rec ords at 8:41 when she beat the rec ord of 68 hours<«nd 40 minutes set by Miss Vera Shephard and Theo ore Gill* .' ,J ijlill NEW OIL COMPANY TQ BEGIN BUSINESS ABOUT MIDDLE MAT Robertson Oil Company has been incorporated with head o..ce here TO The latest inception to the busi ness industries of l(eaksville-Spray is the Robertson Oil Company which hai been incorporated with an au thorized capital stock of $50,000. iC. P. Robertson is president and manager of the new company. The offices will be in the Boulevard Bank Building where Mr. Robertson bar maintained an office for several years. The business to be conducted will primarily be the marketing of pe troleum products; gasoline, kere sene and lubricating oils. The company has purchased land in Leaksville between the raiTFoad and Boone Road, opposite the Bap tist cemetery for a storage plant Tanks will soon be installed and the company expects to begin business ibout the middle of May. It is the intention of the promo ters of this enterprise to enter the oil business in a number of town* in this section. The plan is to main tain storage plants in each town and supply the trade from tank wagons. Mr. Robertson has recently spent several months in the oil fields oi Tens and Oklahoma in connection with the industry 4 DISTRIBUTE OIL IN TMS TERRITORY SUGAR JUMPS TO ANOTHER RECORD (Bv Associated Press) New York, April 18,—-New high records for the part three year* were established in the refined sug ar market when the leading refiners advanced their list of prices ten to twenty points quoting granulated as high as ,960 per pound. WOMEN TO FIGHT COMMUNIST IDEA <Uv 'Associated Press 1 Washington, April, 18.—Ameri -n women were called Opop by thr Daughters of the American Bevolu Mon to put their strength into the fight against communism and : radical doctrines. Wonderful Opportunity Offered to the Ambitious To Secure A motor Car GAZETTE TO GIVE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS IN P k E S E N T i • -_ .JL___ Three Handsome Automobiles Heads List of Prizes to be Awarded in Eight Weeks Time - - Cost Nothing to Enter and - - Nomination Bknk in This Isspt Start You Off - - Everybody Will Wins - • No Losers Li This Campai^ii The Tri- City Daily Gazette does things. ITS A STICKER! The foregoing statement, made hy a prominent business man' and booster, came to the attention ot the writer a few days ago. For some reason those words have so engrav ed themselves on the minds of the publisher that they have become a motto and a constant vibration for truly doing things—and doing things worth while. fThe Tri-City Daily Gazette be lieves in its field; believes in its army of friends and believes in the future of the entire state of Norttr Carolina. And because of this faith the Tri-City Daily Gazette is doing things and will continue to do things worth while. A Wonderful Opportunity Pursuant to thu progressiveness this paper today makes an an nouncement of vital interest to every man woman and phild in the -ftaurcsttrtaa By this paper,'the en tire county and those counties ad jacent to Rockingham county. And to those who participate in tins en terprise, the announcement today in this issue will be the source of no ■ small income in the next few weeks for spare moments. It is with pride and pleasure, of course, that the Tri-City Daily Gaz ete can review its progress up to this time, but progress can never be satisfied and with the gigantic Salesmanship Club as outlined on other pages of this issue we hope to reach out and add many new friends and readers to its already large cir culation. The only thing that is asked in re turn for these innumerable large re wards is that our people interest themselves in their spare moments during the next few weeks telling their friends -about the progress made by this paper, and to interest them in becoming a part of the in stitution, which is here to further the better interests of the entire ter* ritory covered by the Gazette. . NO PERSON BARRED Every white person is invited to enter this Salesmanship Club and share In this gift- distribution—men women, boys and girls—for there .-I-JP are plenty of prizes for everyone entering. The Tri-City Daily Gaz ette will see to it that everyone par ticipating is well paid. When you become a participant in the 'Salesmanship Club you are assured of a prize that will pay you more for your spare moments than most lines of endeavor fbr months of hard work. Remember—not one cent of in vestment is necessary to participate —now or never. It cost nothing tj enter the Salesmanship Club, nor do you have to be a subscriber of the Tri-City Daily Gazette to do so. All you have to do is fill out the ENTRY BLANK which will be found elsewhere in this issue. You can then start gathering Club cred its right away. If you do not wish to enroll yourself you have the privilege of entering the name of a friend and thus help her or him win a handsome, motac oa*~o* one of other awards. WILL IT PAY Will it be profitable for this news paper to spend hundreds of dollars | for gifts to be given away in this community? Those are the questions which will naturally occur to all who read this announcement. Yes it will pay—not in dollars and cents, but there are dividends that newspapers j want and derive other than those ex ! pressed in terms of money. During i this campaign many subscribers will be added to our lists. The policy of this newspaper will be thoroughly advertised and there will be a great amount of satisfaction in all that besides the general good feeling rendered. SHORT AND SNAPPY— The Salesmanship Club will last only a few short weeks and will not be a long drawnout affair, closing on June 16th. Think of being able to ' secure in a few weeks time gifts and 1 awards that Would ordinarily re * quire months, yes even years o? self denial to acquire—and these are all given you in exchange for a little of your spare time and Inter est. NO Something for Nothing Idee— ' This is no something for nothing 1 _ WVWVWWtVJV COUPON wwuw,w,w THIS COUPON WHEN NEATLY CLIPPED AND RE TURNED TO THE SALESMANSHIP CLUB DE PARTMENT OF THE TRI-CITY DAILY GAZETTE WILL COUNT FOR 100 FREE CREDITS CAST FOR .. .-. ■rt)WN OR CITY..... No Coufo* will k* transferred from one Club mem ber to Another after being received at the office of The «6ale«M»iMp Club. Mo t be deposited or in the mails by 9 P. M. on Or \ before above date of expiration. VOID AFTER MAY 9th 1923 plan, neither is it a charitable under taking- on the part of the paper. I! *a business proposition pure and jple. Its objects is to aavertise ntly this newspaper and the splendid qualities of the DURiANT, Touring, new model OVERLAND, Sjpasienger model end the late Ford 51 passenger touring, automobiles— to secure new end. renewal, sub scriptions to this newspaper, am; last but not least, to "'in a welconv* i® every home in the field covered biy this newspaper. ^ASH PRIZES Perhaps you already have a car— in which place you could cash your prize and spend the money repre sented in travel or a nucleus for an education or for anything else ■ which you may desire. I And then there are all the other I prizes—two merchandise order-; and six CASH PRIZES. ' Figure It Out For Yourself— How long would it take you to save enough out of your earnings to purchase a motor car of the val ues of those listed as GIFTS in our I Salesmanship Club Campaign? Fig ure it out and you can read ly see the opportunities the Salesmanship Club offers. HELP and Assistance In order to give ' everyone who jmttjripfttes in this great.campaign the greatest possible assistance and to properly handle the circulation sc that each new subscriber will get his paper promptly and that there will be no confusion, the publisher ha* secured the services of a -cam paign manager who is. thoroughly experienced in this particular line of work and who will give each and every club member every help and assistance in his power consistent with the rules and regulations. If there is anything about the entire proposition that is not perfect ly dear to you come to the offifee of the Tri-City Daily Gazette— write or telephone No. 1. and. se cure first hand information how t° go about getting the prize of your choice. We will gladly see that yOj are fully informed regarding the entire plan. The first NOMINATION BLANK APPEARS TODAY—become a member of the Salesmanship Club. You will have the jump on the oth ers if you start today or NOW. ft you live in this or adjoining coun ties you are eligible to membership in the CLUB and it does not cost you one cent to enter and compete for one of the wonderful motor cara It is all a question of AMBITION and a desire to ride in YOUR VERY OWN AUTOMOBILE. There are three cars besides other valuable prizes and cash commissions so HELP YOURSELF. RAILROAD INQUIRY TO LEARN CONDITION (By Associated Pressl Washington, April, 18.—As parts of ita inquiry into the efficiency and economy of railroad management the Interstate Commerce Commis sion ordered 51 of the largest aril roads to furnish under oath respon ses to questionaire covering laboi conditions in the maintainance de partments and general situation ir regard to fitness of their equipment The companies were given until I May 25th to reply. v \ - GRAY HAIRED OLD FRONTIER SCOUT DIED IN BOOTS Famous Custer Scout killed in elevator shaft of Omaha World-Herald RED HANS WAS WITH GEN. PHIL SHERIDAN (By Associated Press) Omaha, Nebr., April, ; 18.—Thi fighting and smiling gray haired old lone star Fred Hans, Indian Fron tier Scout and possibly the last of the real two gun cross arm draw ex perts, met death last night with his boots on. He was crushed to death in an elevator shaft at. the Omaha "World-Herald plant, where he was night watchman. He was official war department investigator of the Custer massacre and followed Si", ting Bull 600 miles on horse btn inducing him and his band to retu' to the reservation. He was afcic' scout master for General Phil Sher idan for 6 years and In all, w.». credited with having ViVed 8 white men and 20 Indians. EDITORIAL Today we are coming before oiu friends with a big proposition, one that means much to this community and to the Gazette. We are asking our friends to hear what we have to say. Read thj plan for a promotion campaign ap pearing elsewhere in this paper, then we think y ju will be in sympa thy with our plans. In fact it is then hoped that your support and co-operation will be extended us. cheerfully. The Gazette must be enlarged and improved. To this all agree. How this is to be done is our prob lem. But our plan takes you int.o the matter. We cannot get along without our friends. A newspaper L really a public institution. It can be come only wKat {he people make it. ■Here art the equipment needed to give our readers the kind of paper we have planned for them: Another Linotype Machine $5,000 Newspaper Press .2.000 Stereotyping equipment 350. Additional display type 200. Any newspaperman, no matter how conservative he may be, will ad mit this equipment is needed. We cannot longer get along with an equipment intended for a weekly paper and with it publish a daily such as the people here really wan^ and should have. The goal of a newspaper is never reached. Pro gress must be made with each pass ing year, in fact oftener. The read er is never satisfied unless he can note some new -progressive feature from time to tirrje. Our newspaper frineds in North Carolina tell us that we done re markably well to lead the procession from weekly papers to afternoon dailies. But we know you want a better paper and this campaign is intended to make all this possible. Now on the fifth year as a daily, and having established our stick ing qualities, we leave the whoio. matter in the hands of our friends, to give us sufficient support to en able us to make a respectab.* pay ment on the necessary equipment. FIVE WOODEN SHIPS DAMAGED BY FIRE i Rv Associate') Press'* Washington, April, 18.—Five of the fleet of wooden ships by being transferred up the Potomac River from shipping board storage base the James river was practically 1 destroyed by fire near Quantico ■ Virginia according to reports to the ! marine corps headquarters. Four thers were badly damaged. 'The Church Service League of the Episcopal church, Spray are having services each Sunday evening at C o’clock. # WHOLE WORLD MOURN DEATH OF BISHOP DANIEL TUTTLE Aged Bishop died at his home Tuesday after several weeks illness BURIAL SERVICES WILL BE SIMPLE (By Associated Press) St. Louis, April, 18.—Mesages ot condolence from Clergy and Laiti in all parts of the world are pouring into the residence here of the Rt. Rev. Daniel S. Tuttle, presiding bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church in the United Stales, who died yesterday afternoon after a lingering illness induced by gifippe. The funeral services Friday after noon at Christ church will be eim ple in compliance with the prelates request. AUTO CRASH WITH STREET CAR KILL THREE OCCUPANTS Secretary Meyers Packing Co., and two friends Meet death (By Associated Press) Cincinnatti, April 18.—Roland Meyer, secretary and treasurer of H. Meyer Packing Company, Dd. William Kratz and Mrs. William Bender were killed and Miss Mar garet Nebbergall injured when an automobile driven by Meyers col lided with a street car. According to Miss Nebbergall the party was re turning from a road house in the suburbs when the accident happened ENGINEER AND HIS FIREMAN BURNED New Orleans, April, 18.—Engin eer Hafen and fireman, Rogers were fatally burned and a brakeman was injured when a fast northbound freight train on the Illinois Cnetral crashed into the rear of a standing freight train near Hammond ignit ing three cars of alcohol. The en gine and evleven cars were consum ed by the flames. GOOD WILL CONTEST NETS OVER HALF MILLION Miss Katherine L. Matteson, win ner of the first place in the New York Good Will Contest, who, with Miss Anna Morgan, and a delegation of 94 other winners, received the congratulations and good wishes of President Harding at the White House on Tuesday. Through the Good Will Contest, in which Miss Matteson represented the Underwood Typewriter Compa ny, $596,000 was raised for the American Committee for Devastat ed France. Under the direction of Miss Anna Morgan, the Committee is restoring community life in the war torn districts. The 95 Good Will Contest win ners, led by Miss Morgan, are short ly leaving on a weeks’ tour thru France, arranged by the French government to show American wo men the conditions throughout the devastated area and to promote good will between America and France. COUNTY BOARD VISIT SPRAY The County Commissioners mot at Wentworth yesterday and after transacting considerable business made a trip to Spray to settle a matter pertaining to an unfinished part of a road there. -o-— CAMPAIGN MANAGER Mr. Henry Loop is in full and complete charge of the Gasettt*» promotion and circulation extension campaign. Those wishing any infor mation on this subject, ocfi Phone No. 1, and ask for Mr. Loof, or write Campaign Manager, who will gladly give the desire 1 infert mation.
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