VOLUME XIL, NO. 14S LEAKSV1LLE, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY. JULY 6. 1923 TWO CENTS PER COPY - — y — ■ i— ■ ■■ »"■■—' — — ■■ 1 ■' President Harding Sails From Tocoma; Is Now Be yond American Boundaries • ■ ■ ■ «■ Accompanied., by 2 Destroy ers Henderson sets sail for Alaska ' GETS SEND OFF FROM NAVAL FLEET Aboard United States Ship Hen derson, July 6 C4>)—President Hard ing was beyond the American bound aries enjoying life at sea in - com fortable cabins and on the Ats ol the marine transport Henders®.. The President left Tacoma, Wash ington yesterday accompanied by Mrs. Harding and members of his Alaskan party amid the salutes of naval crafts. Esorting the Hender son are two American destroyers commanded by officers who recent ly rnaA* charts of Pacific shore water depths. ' The attendance of the destroy ers is due merely* to extraordinary precautions of naval authorities to surround the President with every possible safety during his voyage. - —■ —.— -o MACK’S AMERICANISM TAKES IN GREENSBORO Greensboro, ‘ .July 6—Cyclone Mack holding a 6 weeks evangelist campaign here, last night took Greensboro by storm when he took off his collar, threw aiway his coat, planted one foot on the chair on tiie pulpit platform and another on the altar and lennched a Verdun at tack against radicalism, L W. W.'ism, and pleaded far unswerving obey* -ance of the letter of the law. Twenty-one times during the de livery of fho sermon "was the Cy . clone r interrupted by ■ loud hand clapping. His broddsides against bootleggers and violators of the liq uor law brought the biggest hand from the 6,000 people in attend ance. Hundreds flocked to the front to congratulate him on the sermon at th eend'of the service. “Liquor is headed for hell and 1 am going to give it a kick and help it along with a whoop," he declared, “And don"t any of you folks imag ine that we are going tp have light wines .or beer either. This country won’t stand for it,” he continued. He pleaded with those present to co-operate in enforcing the law. ---o FRENCH ADMIRAL DEAD AFTER A LONG ILLNESS Paris, July 6 <**)—Vive Admiral Jean Jacques Debon, chief of the French Naval general staff died at his home here today after a long illness. He was head of the French Naval Advisory Board at the Wash , ington disarmament conference. DEMPSEY-WILLS BOUT TO BE NEXT MATCH Great Falls,. Mont., July 6 — Harry Wills, negro probably 'will be Jack Dempfey’s next opponent, Jack Kearns, manager of the champ oin said. Kearns will leave tomorrow for New York to dose negotiation* for B match probably on lebor'day. Mrs. Mattie Harris, Mrs. Joytee,' and little Catherine Martin left this afternoon for jCharlotte .to spend a few days. They were joined by Mrs. Annie Woods at Greensboro. to Danville SOCIAL and PERSONAL MISS RUTH FARRELL MISS CLARK ENTERTAINS In honor of her attractive house guests, Misses Minnie Price of Win ston Salem and Anice Trent of Reidsville, Miss Bessie Clark enter tained a large number of her young friends, Friday evening at her home on Boone Road at a most enjoyable dance. ' Ui .Ml ‘Dancing and bridge 'Was enjoyed during the evening. Miss Clark serv ed delicious punch and cakes. Those present were: Misses Margaret Mar shall, Mary Marshall, Evelyn Ivie, Henriet and LAicile Reid, Minnie and -Caroline Price of Winston Salem, Anice Trent of Reidsville, Florence Hobbs, Catherine Austin, Mrs. Jas. T. Chandler, Misses Mary Millner Mary Sue and Ruth Farrell, Messrs James Marshall, William Norman, Philip and William Ray, Dick Wil son, Tony English, Mack Martin 6tto Kircheis, Joe Chandler, Ohel Clark, James and Nat Richardson Austin S. Murray, Norwood Hop per, Edwin Millner, James Fagge Philip Wall. I yiA Mr. Joe Scales of the Meadows was vdsitiing friends jin Leaksville yesterday. i ' i Mrs. Ada White 0f Bassett, Va., is visiting her sister Mrs. Moran Hopper for several days. Mbs Dickson who has charge ol the Institute work at Wentworth was visiting friends in Leaksville yesterday.' Master Delwood Leonard, small son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Leon ard of this Boulevard, and %ho ha* been very ill for some time, died Wednesday-morning and was hurled Thursday at the new Cemetery in Spray. ; 1 : i ’ Mrs. Enoch Erice of Danville is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wilson on Boone Road for sev eral days. Judge Lane and family of Reids ville were visiting in Leaksville yes terday for several hours. Mrs. J. H. Lane, who has been visiting in Ashe ville returned to Reidsville to pro long her visit wth her son, Judge Lane. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hopper leave' Saturday for Patrick Springs to spend several days. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Maness en tertain this evening at their home on Boone Road in honor of Miss Lil ian Roscoe and Mr. Class who are tD be married soon. Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Ivie and Mr. Allen Ivie> spent Wednesday in Danville. ... 1 GENT—SHELTON Miss Uulu Shelton of Spray be came the bride of Mr. Posey Gent of Spray Wednesday afternoon at the home of Rev. L. U. Weston. Mr. Weston preforming the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Gent are both resi dents of Spray and have 'a host of friends. Miss Ora Wilson who has been spending some time at Piedmont Springs for her health returned to LeaksvUle yesterday very much im proved. Mrs. Hunter and. two small daugh ters Rachael and Rebelcah, of Greensboro are spending several days with Mrs. Hunter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wilson on Boone Road THE U. D. C. The Daughters of the Confeder acy were entertained Thursday af ternoon at the home of Mrs. R. A. Price with Mrs. Price and Mrs; Hop per a8 joint hostesses. Mrs. A. D.' I vie had charge of the program _ which was very interesting. Miss Frances Reid played several piano-: selections, Mrs. Hopper sang a beau tiful song, and a very interesting and instructive character game was1 played. The hostesses served delici ous block ice cream and cake. • _ Or. and Mrs. J. B. Ray attended the Doctors Picnic in Wentworth' yesterday. 1 -— i MR. AND MRS. MILES i ARE ENTERTAINED^ ' A very enjoyable affair took place ■Thursday evening, July 5th at the home of Mrs. Winfield in North Spray when the. members of the young peoples’ Epworth League of the Spray Methodist church sprung a surprise in the form of a miscella neous shower upon the newlyweds, Mr. and Mrs. Greyson Miles. Their approach was heralded by singing, ‘•We are glad to meet you, we are glad to greet you.” Having been given a most cordial welcome they were seated in the attractive parlor Without further ceremony. Little Hazel Winfield, becomingly 'dressed in white entered drawing a beautifully decorated wagon bearing the gifts, while Miss Rebekab Smith jn her most talented manner played ■.Lohengrin’s Bridal chorus. Then fol lowed a short musical program, both instrumental and vocal, after which the bride proceeded to open her gifts which were both pretty and useful. Very appropriately and FIRE RAGING IN GOLDFIELD, NEVADA SPREADING RAPIDLY; ' —— i Gold Field, Nevada, July 6 (A>)— Fire here threatens to wipe out several blocks. 'Water and dynamite are being used to combat the flames. Renof July 6 04*)—All telephone and telegraph lines are down and no communication has b®en had with —Entrane* into the United States of labor sup-, ply from Mexico, the Philippines,' Canada and a few European coun- ( tries soon will make possible abol- ( ishment of 12 hour day in steel in- j dustry, Elbert K. Gary, chairman of the board of United Steel Corpora-! tion announced. One of the" most Important factors in the increase of labor in steel industry seen by ^ iGary, was the migration of negroes from the South to the manufactur ing centers of the North. -o EGYPT NEEDS NEW BUILDING TO CONTAIN PHAROAiH’S TREASURES 1 - - \ ? Cairo, July 6 <*>—The Egyptian , t Ministry of Finance has been asked (for a special credit amounting to about $175,000 for the purpose of -erecting an annex to the Cairo Mus teum the building of which has been Rendered necessary by the discov ery of King Tutankhanjun’s tomb. The work is expected to be com menced without delay, though the ^exhibition of the objects discovered \will not be possible for some time after the completion of the annex owing to the cireful and expert (treatment they will require. Mr. William Baker Tuttle of Ge» frnantown is spending the month with his son'Dr. A. P. Tuttle. v Mrs. W. A. Dunn was taken to the hospital at DanviHe this morn ing for a serious operation. Dr. Tut tle accompanied her. Lacy Jeffries 12 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Jeffries was taken to the hospital at Danville yesterday to be operated on or ap pendicitis. Mr. D. L. Smith who has been I sick at the home of his brother C. P. Smith is now much improved and able to be up. ElgHT KILLED AND 38 BADLY HURT IN AUSTRALIAN WRECK Wellington, New Zealand, July b (A*)—Eight persons were killed and 38 injured yesterday when the Auck land-Wellington Express train was derailed near Taumarunus. -o OLD GUARDS WEEP OVER NEW GERMAN ARMY L1S1 Berlin July 6 —Germany’s first Army List since 1914 has just been issued and its diminuitive pro portions bear striking contrast to the fat volumes of pre-war days. It is the first time that one book has included the military forces of all Germany. Who says fat men cant run? Wo saw one sitting on a hot front porch and he was running. These are the days you miss a man about two weeks then you see him sunburned and broke. Among the evils ' of returning from a vacation is finding the man kept on leaving your milk. _ What the country needs is rub* ber heels for picnic ants. People who go away for a rest dont always get one. Never get along nicely while your wife is visiting her mother. If you do it make8 her mad. Bugs sleeping with you in the woods wouldn’t be so bad if they didn’t get hungry at night. When you .see a man making faces at another man it may be the coal man mad at the ice man. .O . Mr. Posey Grogan of Denver, Colorado i8 spending several days at tbe home of Mr. 'and Mrs. J. Her man King. Farmer-Labor Party May Use Any Weapon To Gain Control of Governpient Resolution to Exclude any group from platform in forced tabled POLITICAL CONTROL IS TO BE MAIN OBJECT Chicago, July 6 (A1)—Any weapoi. may be used in obtaining political control of the government by the tiew Federated Farmer Labor party created here last night, it is indi cated in the tabling of a hesolution by the convention which would have excluded any group from its plat form which advocated force or vio lence or which in any way was affil iated with any organization that sought political satisfaction except through the ballot. The resolution twice supported in unfailing voice first by tabling a substitute plat form of Farmer-Laor| caucus which included such section; dntl later by tabling resolution recommended by a minority of the resolution commit tee. O BAD CHECKS COST MILLIONS A YEAR Average Man Handles Written Demand for Cash as Though It Was Not Money. New York.—The daring effort of check manipulators to rig the stock mitfket, flooding it with falge burins orders paid in worthless checks, added a new phase to the endless struggle against check raisers and forgers, which costs the public about $Qd,000, 000 annually. In this last effort the manipulators . printed their own checks and forged signatures of bank officials In an effort to profit indirectly as a result of the acceptance of these checks by stock brokers. This phase is a new one, but the business of printing and issuing ap parently bona fide checks is old. „In fact, it is an Industry flourishing in many parts of the country, directed by clever bands of criminals skilled in the devious and Intricate business of check raising and forging. Secret service men, police depart ments and bankers often warn the pub lic to be more careful with checks, both in the writing and handling of them. In New York alone during 1923 it has been estimated that check rais ing and forging cost the public $27* 000,000, more than in any other city. This estimate was reached on the basis that out of each $8,000 in bank clear ings $1 is lost through bad checks. Total bank clearings of the country in 1922 were $375,684,060,014. To all but bankers, credit men and officials throughout the country the statement of these losses may seem in credible. But the losses are not a re cent development; they have been mounting at an estimated rate of in crease of $1,000,000 a year. The three main factors responsiDie are tne mgniy organized activities of forger gangs, tbe extent of check transactions, and failure to observe proper precautions. Although the term forgery is applied to all forms of check frauds, the actual Imitation of signatures on negotiable paper Is not so generally practiced as the alteration of checks. A genuine signature on a check Is valuable, and the crook prefers wherever possible to retain it Raising checks calls for more skill, as the many protective de vices now used are obstacles to be overcome. In the beginning of check raising It was not difficult to affix “hundred” to the written word "three,” making a check read "three hundred," or to add "y” to the word eight” mak ing it "eighty.” And it was no more difficult to change the figures. The development of protective de vices called for a high order of me chanical, scientific and artistic ac complishments. The men engaged In this department of check frauds aye known as “scratchers.” To them falls the work of altering a genuine check. Realising on their handiwork Is no part of their allotted duties. This function falls to the "presenters” or "putters down,” one of the three other departments Into which the bands are divided. The “captains” and "middle men" complete the organisation. is change seats in a canoe. RE IDS VILLE-LE AKSVILLE HIGHWAY WORK STOPS _&_ Reidsville, July 6—Building Tut’s tomb yiras some job and it required a long time to complete the job. Building the Reidsville-Went worth-Leaksville hard surfaced road is not quite such an enormous undertaking but it looks like Tut’s builders worked faster than the building 0f this county highway. In deed Gabriel’s bugle may sound ere the finishing touches are put on this road. Subcontractor Payne recently went broke, got cold feet or some thing happened which caused him to pull up stakes and depart for other climes. He managed to com plete some three miles of the job between Calvary church and the county seat. Just when the branch to Leaksville and the main line to Reidsville will be finished remains to be seen. In the meantime no attentioi is being given the dirt road from Reidsville to Wentworth. This thor oughfare is undoubtedly the worst road in the county at present. TURKS TO CHANGE NAME OF ANCIENT GREEK SHRINE Constantinople, July 6 04>)—In ol der to remove all vestiges of Greek • domination of ^Constantinople, the Turks intend changing the name of the historic mosque of St. Sophia to Mehmedie Mosque that it, Mba que of Mohamet. Founded by the builder of Con stantinople itself, Constantine the Great, who deidcated it to “Eternal Wisdom,” St. Sophia Mosque is one J>t famous religions build ings in the world. For more than * thousand years it was one of Chris tianity’s most cherished shrines It was built in the year 32.6. It wag de stroyed by fire in 404, restored and again destroyed. Under Theodosius it was rebuilt into a magnificent church in 415 and 150 years later was. further embellished by Justinian Twenty years later the main dome 'fell in and again it was restored .to eclipse its former grandeur. -o LEONID KRASSIN REMOVED FROM RUSSIAN DELEGATE!} London, June 6 C4>)—It is officially announced that Leonid Krassin has been removed as head of Russian Delegation in London says a Reut ers dispatch from Moscow. -o CHRISTIANS CONFERENCE APPROVES WORLD COURi Winona Lake, Ind., July 6 M*)— Qualified approval of the World Court was unanimously voted by World Christian citizens conference which adopted a resolution urging American participation in the court. --o MME. LENGLEN RETAINS HER CHAMPIONSHIP T1TUK ' Wimbleton, July 6 W)—Susanne Lenklen of France retained her •title as woman lawn tennis champion of the World by defeating Miss Kath. lecnMcKane first rankin English wo man in straight sets 6.2 6.2 -o-—— SABOTAGE IN EVIDENCE ON LEVIATHAN AT FIRST New York, July 6 04*)—There was plenty of evidence 0f sabotage when the Leviathan was taken over by the United States former secretary of the Navy Daniels informed the New York Times in a telegram from La ■Junta, California today. THE GAZETTE IN EVERY HOME