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THE TRI-CITY DAILY GAZETTE
VOLUME XIL NO. 174
LEAKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1923
TWO CENTS PER COPY
Maicon Man Receives Letter From Alleged Whipping Gang
Man Kills Wife And Mother-in-law; Disembers I heir Bodies
Mob Disturbances Increase In
Germany Over Food Shortage
Berlin, August, 14 <^>—With late
reports indicating an increase in mob
disturbances throughout Germany
the government faced another anx
ious day. During the night ru.nors
came that 20 persons had been killed
in Hanover, and 15 in Zeitz. Rioting
is also said to be in progress in
Neisse. So far disturbances in Ber
lin have been of minor nature. How
ever growing dissatisfaction with
food prices and shortage of staples
is noticeable.
12 Killed and 80 Wounded
Ax La Chappelle, August 14 —
12 persons were killed and more
than 80 wounded here last night
when crowds attempted to storm
police headquarters and rescue pris
oners taken during the day when po
lice broke up a food shortage dem
onstration. All the vctms are Ger
man cvilians.
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SOCIAL and PERSONAL
MISS RUTH FARRELL
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Maness left
last night for Charlotte to be goni
for sometime. Mr. Maness will un
dergo a slight operation while in
Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Hobbs and
family spent Sunday in Greensboro
visiting relatives.
Mrs. George H. Clark and Miss
Bessie Clark are spending the day
in Danville shopping.
Mr. Thomas Whichard of Burling
ton is spending several days in
Spray visiting friends.
The Womans’ Missionary Society
of the Leaksville Baptist Church
held its August meeting with Mrs
A. D. Pratt, Sr., at her lovely home
in the country. The hostess served
delightful fruit punch on the porch
as the guests entered.
Mrs. B. F. Ivie was leader of the
afternoon. Mrs. Pittendreigh and
Mrs. Franklin read the scriptures,
Mrs. Barker and Mrs. Wilson read
several very interesting selections.
Mrs. King read a very touching true
story “Mrs. Simmons Plea”. Sever.
songs ere sung and envelopes for
special offerings were handed in,
the amount of collection being $57.10
After the program Mrs. Pratt
served delicious watermelon and
canteloupe.
Mr. and Mrs. Watson Scott and
children who have been spending
sometime with Mrs. Laura Scott re
turned to their home in Winston
Salem yesterday.
Miss Maria Ballou and Mr. W, W.
Ballou of South Boston are visiting
their sister Mrs. G. C. Carr ‘
several days.
Mr. H. F. DeShazo of Price and
Mr. James DeShazo of Roanoke Va
were visiting Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
Flinn Sunday.
Mr. arid Mrs. R. N. Ballou who
have been visiting Mrs. G. C. Carr
for the past week returned to their
home in Dallas, Texas, today.
Miss Sallie Belle Anderson of
Winston Salem is spending several
days with her sister Mrs. M. G. Wil
son on Bridge Street.
Rev. G. A. Stamper of Winston
Salem is spending several days in
Leaksville with friends.
Mr. McGinn of Greensboro was
visiting in Leaksville yesterday.
Mr. S. N. Bowman and children.
Frances and Sam Jr. returned to
their home in Randleman last week
after spending some time with Mr,
and Mrs. R. R. Moore on Bridge St.
COMMUNIST STRIKE IS
CALLED OFF IN BERLIN
Berlin August 14 <A>)—The general
strike in Berlin was called off by the
Communists this morning, all trans
portation lines reopening.
THE GAZETTE IN EVERY HOME
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Macon, Ga., August 14 04»)—Re
ceipt of a threatening letter by Lt. of
police Griffin, marks the latest de
velopment in connection with the re
cent whipping of 4 white men by a
gang of uAmasked men. No arrests
have been made. Lt. Griffin’s reply
to the letter Was that he defied “the
writer or his gang to face me.” R. E.
Bobo and Gus Roberts, two of the
men who were whipped and ordered
to leave town have complied with
the command while Ollie Perry is
still in a serious condition at his
home as a result of the whipping.
SAYS DANCING PENDULUM IS
SWINGING BACK TO DECENCY
Los Angeles, August 14 (A>)—.
Wriggling, squirming, jazzy dancing
is losing its popularity in nearly
every part of the United States, and
modesty, propriety and reserve are
coming back in the "dance halls, ac
cording to Fenton Bott, national di
rector of dance reform, ho attended
the summer sesison of the normal
school of American National Asso
ciation of Dancing Masters here.
The touching of faces, semi-em
braces and excess of muscular re
sponse to overdone syncopation are
now taboo in virtually every dance
hall dn America, said Mr. Bott. Men
and women have swung back to the
human normal of propriety and good
taste, he said.
The most undesirable of jazz danc
ing was the result of adding a
dreamy oriental atmosphere to high-'
ly syncopated music, continued Mr.
Bott. If is almost impossible prop
erly 1 to supervise dancing when the
time of the selection is broken up by
.« m&ait number. of - beats. When the
jazziest of music is played, it is
hardly possible for the dancers not
to respond.
Improper deportment on the floors
of dancing scnouis and public halls
has become a rarity in the last 3
years. The campaign conducted by
the National Association of Dancing
Masters for clean dancing is partly
responsible for the change. It is also
to be credited to the people them
selves .
Private clubs and cafes have been
beyond the influence of the associa
tion, and in those privileged places
jazz dancing in the extreme may still
prevail, but the bulk of the nation’s
dancers, those who attend schools
and public halls, are dancing with
as much modesty, propriety and re
serve as ever was seen in the days
of waltz, polka, scottische and their
running mates.
The waltz will never be dropped
and the two step is still with us in
the fox-trot, but I believe what is
known as the new sCTiofil of danc
ing has come to stay.
The west has adopted the reform
more quickly and perhaps more thor
oughly than the east.
STEEL VAULTS GUARD
HIGH GRADE AECOHOL
IN NATIONAL MUSEUM,
Washington, August 14 04»)—Ex
traordinary precautions for the safe
guarding of theiy supplies of alcohol
are taken by the various depart
ments of the government which use
this commodity, now so much in de
mand for the making of what in the
parlance of the bootlegger is styled
“sympathetic" intoxicants.
Officials in *the departments and
bureaus declare the systems they
have installed have operated so suc
cessfully that their losses have been
negligible, confined to the theft of
a pint here and a quart there. And
so close is the check, they assert,
that frequently even these small
peculations are traced and the of
fnders dismissed.
At the National Museum, which
in the preservation of specimens
sent to it from all parts of the world
uses only the very highest grade of
alcohol, the liquid is kept in a steel
vault to which only one employe oth
er than the staff officers has access
The key to the vault is kept under a
2 LIVES BELIEVED TO BE
LOST IN UTAH !
Salt Lake City, Utah, August 14
UP)—Twelve lives are believed to be
lost in northern Utah during a ser
ies of cloud-bursts last night and to
day, and property damage is expect
ed to total upward of one ipHlion
dollars.
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23 KILLED AND 7
HURT IN AUTO WRECK
Lurdes, France, August 14 '(A1)—
23 persons were killed and seven
probably fatally injured yesterday
when a motor coach filled with ex
cursionists plunged down a ravine
in the Pyrennes Mountains near St.
Sauveur. The driver in attempting
to avoid striking a woman who step-!
ped from the bushes, swerve4 the
machine sharply and the coach over
turned crashing to the bottom.
ARTS AND LETTERS WILL
ENRICH OLYMPIC GAMES|
Paris, Augst 14 (A1)—For the, first
time since the revival of the Olym
pic games in 1896 competition in
various branches of art will be; con
tested as well as sports.
Architecture, literature, music,
painting and sculpture will be repre
sented on the Olympic Teams of var
ious countries, just as the marathon
race or the discus throw.
Architects of th euifferent nations
admitted to the Olympic games will
be allowed to present to the jury
miniature stadiums, arenas, tennis
courts, velodromes, swimming pools,
athletic gymnasiums; any and all
subjects in architecture will have di
rect connection with the practice of
sports or athletics. |
Articles of fiction stories of a max
imum length of 20,000 .jyords, or
poetry limited to 1,000 words, j hav
ing for subject some sporting' event
or relating to sports or athletics
may qualify for’ the literafiire*Vbln
petition. They must be written in
the mother language of the writer
he represents and accompanied hy a
French or English translation.
Music ' partitions for piano—two
or four hands—also will be accepted
Symphonies, choir songs, drama,
will be accepted but they must be
essential condition.
Paintings, drawings, pastels and
water-colors, despicting athletic
subjects will be passed upon by the
jury along with similar subjects
treated in sculpture.
The regular Olympic medals given
to winners of sporting events will
be granted to the prize winners in
the art competitions.
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TKOUT HIDE IN VAIN
Manchester, N. H. August 14 IA*>
—-Coon and mink have been making
serious inroads into the supply of
trout in the streams of New Hamp
shire, according to Mott L. Bartlett,
commissioner of fisheries and game.
Low water ha9 forced the fish in
large numbers to take refuge in deep
holes and pools, “It is right here,”
says Mr. Bartlett, “that the animal
fishermen lovers of brook trout as
much as the epicures of the human
family, come into their own. Trap
ped in these holes and unable to
make their escape, trout, even the
larger specimens, readily become
victims of the sly mink and coon.”
separate lock.
Supplies are drawn on requisition
and the uses made of the ^alcohol arc
carefully traced and checked. The
museumr officers say that there arc
losses from evaporation and spillage
but that in their system these arc
carefully estimated and due allow
mice made.
The Navy department which prob
lably is the largest user of alcohol in
1 the government also has worked out j
an elaborate system for safeguard
J ing of its supply. The tbtal used is
! about 1,000,000 gallons annually,
i half of which goes into the manu
facture of smokeless powder. At ^
those stations and depots where the
volume of alcohol on hond warrants J
the liquid to kept in special steel
tanks in rooms under lock with the
keys in the possession of commis
sioned officers or trusted civilian
employes.
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SWEDEN O LICENSE
ALL RADIO RECEIVERS
Stockholm, August 14 t4>)—Radio
phone sending stations in Sweden
ure to be owned and supervised by
the state, while receiving sets may
be installed and operated by virtual
ly any person who goes through
the formality of obtaining a license.
This is indicated by the request
which the Swedish government has
just made to the Department of Tele
graphs to submit formal application
for the right to establish radiophone
broadcasting service. The request
also invites further proposal of plans
and requires the department to con
sult with the proper military au
thorities as well as with the Mete
orological Institute.
Although the state is to own and
control the radiophone stations, the
actual operation is to be a concess
ion to one or more private companies
during the first few years, accord
ing to general plans.
Revenues for the necessary ex
penses of operation are to be obtain
ed by taxing the owners of receiv
ing set£. A portion of these taxes
will go to the state and the rest will
go on the state and the rest will go
to the operating company. Amateurs
may manufacture their own receiv
ing sets if they please, and there are
no strict limits to the wave lengths
that may be used.
Advertising material may not in
the immediate future be broadcasted
according to the policy adopted by
the Department of Communications.
Partisanship in the selection of news
broadcasted will not be permitted
and stress is laid on the importance
of preventing unfair competition
with the press.
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POWER OF EDUCATION
SHOWN BY NEGROES
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Washington, August 14 <A>)—The
absurd claim that “working people
don’t need education,” needs no refu
tation, but gets it convincingly
from statistics from North Carolina
a state which has concerned itself
largely with the educ&tion of its ne
gro population.
Prof. N.. C. Newbold, head of the
division of negro education, working
under the state department of Pub
lic Instruction says, “I find that we
are losing few of our best negroes.
Those leaving the state are. divided
into three classes, no one of which Is
representative of our best negro cit
izenship. To the first class belong
those who are nafurally shiftless, to
the second those who have suffered
temporary losses and who will re
turn to l^prth Carolina when they
have earned enough to strat over
again and to the third, those who
have drifted into the state from far
ther south on their way north.
The reason is to be found in the
educational opportunities given him.
This year we will have in North
Carolina more than 300 Rosenwald
schools worth $1,225,000. These
schools are in rural districts and
towns under 2,500 population. Of the
$1,225,000 so far invested $220,000
came from Julius Rosenwald of
Chicago, $250,000 from Negroes,
$45,000 from contributions from
white people in the State and .. 600T
000 from public taxes.
MARTIAL LAW DECREED
IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA
Tulsa, Okla., August 14 —Mar
tial law descended upon Tulsa by a
decree of Governor Walton as a res
ult of recent cases of mob violence.
Three infantry companies will en
force military rule upder command
of Adjutant General Markham.
Whippings have been numerous ir
Tulsa for months.
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New York, August 14 045)—Seizure
of alien crofts hovering about the 3
mile limit surreptitiusly to land liq
uor either by themselves or in co
operation with small rum runners
was upheld by Federal Judge Wood
rough.
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Mr. and Mrs. P. E. HedgCcoe, of
Kernersville are visiting Mrs. J. W.
Dunn on Early Avenue. Mrs. Hedge
coe will be remembered here as
, Mies Helen Dunn.
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France Will Reject British
Suggestions; Says Poincare
Paris, August 14 lA>)—Premier
Poincare informed his Collaborators
at the foreign office that he intends
.“in the most courteous manner pos
sible” to leply point by point to the
British note on reparations. Al
though the reply will be courteous
it is asserted it will be a stout reaf
firmation of the French viewpoint
and a flat rejection of British sug
gestions.
NAVY RECOMMENDS
STRONGER AIR FORCE
FOR PANAMA DEFENSE
Washington, August 13 MP)—Va
rious means of strengthening the
defenses of the Panama Canal are
suggested in an official Navy De
partment critique, prepared as a res
. ...., Ox last spring’s man
euvers in Panama Bay.
The weakness of the present canal
fortifications, the memorandum said
include the proper grouping of de
fense artillery, the lack of a suffice
ent air force in the Canal Zone and
the susceptibility of certain vita!
parts of the waterway to air bombs
It is suggested also that the defend
ing fleet should be balanced by the
addition of scout cruisers and that
a study should be made of the pos
sibility of obtaining by treaty the
right to establish aircraft bases at
certain unnamed points on foreigr
soil nearby.
In the spring maneuvers, the
“enemy” fleet acros sthe Pacific dis
carded any plan of attack the canal
directly but succeeded in seizing a
base at Port Cluebra, Costa Rica
from which it was in a position tc
send out an air fleet against the lit
tie strip of United States territory
“In drawing up their estimates,”
says the er-ttume. co®«nanuere
considered the possibility of blocking
the canal by an attack in force on the
Pacific side defenses and locks. Biue
(the United States defense fleet
commander) rejected this idea as
improbable on the part of Black
(the ‘enemy' fleet commander) be
cause the heavy fortifications wpuld
keep his slaps at bay and,even should
he reduce these which is unlikekly he
would still have, in all probability
a mine field, a submarien entrance
guard, and an air attack to over
come.”
"Black rejected this course, be
cause, to destroy the closest locks
by bombardment, or by torpedoes
ships would have first to destroy the
enemy sea forces, run the gauntlet
of the mines and submarines in Pan
ama Bay and even after this were
none, sonre batteries would still keep
our forces at a range of 36,000 yards
at which distance destruction of the
locks by bombardment is hardly pos
sible.
“both the black ana owe cum
manders estimated that the best
chance for the Black to accomplish
his mission was to bomb the vital
parts by means of airplanes.’
This situation, coupled wjth oth
er facts developed during the man
euvers ,led the naval experts tc
reach rather definite decisions as tc
the future needs of national defense
in that quarter. The official critique
concludes as follows. _
“Some of the benefits to be gained
from this problem can be summariz
ed in certain conclusions as follows:
There are certain well defined
weaknesses in the Panama Canal de
fenses-these are:
Susceptibility of certain vital
parts to damage by bombs carried
by aircraft.
Grouping of the coast defense ar
tillery too close together to prevent
attacking vessels which have once
gained control of the sea and air
from reaching positions that will per
mit firing on the Miraflores locks
Lack of sufficient aircraft in canal
defenses to insure immunity from at
tack by enemy bombers should a
base be obtained within striking dis
tance.
The necessity for more complete
liaison between the army and navy
forces, especially in communications
information concerning enemy force*
and mean* for recognizing same.
Medford, Mass., August, 14 OP)—
Nunie, the Kos of Franklin, New
Hampshire was arrested charged
with murder after two boxes con
taining the disembered bodies of two
Women were found in a field here.
Police said the Kos confessed he
killed ~his wife, Natalie, and her
mother Mrs. Katherine Adams last
Saturday night. According to the al
leged confession the Kos quarrelled
with the women at their home at
Franklin over money matters and
he declared they attacked him with
a bat and knift. He said he over
powered them and then stabbed his
wife and cut Mrs. Adams throat.
Sunday night he disembered the
body’s according to the alleged con
fession and nailed them in wooden
boxes and drove here.
Mrs. Smythe Eggleston entertain
ed at a one oclock dinner Sunday ir,
honor of Mrs. Betty Reynolds of A1
bemarle, Mrs. J. P. Wade and Mrs
J. T. Barksdale.
POLISH DIET AIDS SPORTS
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Warsaw, August 14 OP)—A spec
ial Sports Commission of the Diet
has been formed to deal with all
matters of athletics and physical ed
ucation in Poland. One of the first
decisions of this commission was that
no resolution of alegislative charac
ter will be passed without previous
communication with the Polish Com
mittee of the Olympiad and the Pol
ish Union of sporting organizations.
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DIAMOND STUUUEO CHARIOTS
PARADE STREETS ANTWERP
Antwerp^ August j4 —A great
jewel pegeant is being organized by
the Antwerp diamond cutters to pa
rade the streets of this Flemish
city in August. Cars 20 feet long
will be ornamented with .real dia
monds representing large fortunes,
while the occupants will be sumptu
ously attired.
“The necessity for dissemination
of information to our own forces
Where information is necessary or
desirable in order that our own for
ces may act intelligently this infor
mation must be disseminated ever
at the risk of the enemy obtaining it
The need for improving oar fleei
communications, both radio and vis
ual.
The necessity for balancing our
fleet by the addition of:
(a) Scouting cruisers
(b) Destroyer leaders.
The necessity for having a sustair
ed speed of at least 12 knots for:
(a) Fleet submarines,
(b) All auxiliaries that will ac
company the fleet.
The necessity for more maneuvers
of this nature for fleet training.
The necessity of denying to any
possible enemy a base within air
craft striking distance of the canal
The desirability of studying the
question of establishing by suitable
treaties, airc raft bases or bases at
points within striking distance of the
canal.
The necessity for looking ahead as
to the probable and possible develop
ment in submarine and aircraft. The
performance of our 18 seaplanes in
making the long trip from
Hampton Roads to the canal zone
and then two days after arrival, all
of them being on the scouting line
looking for the enemy and the_per
formance of our submarines in mak
ing the 3,000 mile trip from'San Di
ego to the canal zone involving near
ly three weeks at sea, shows the pos
sibility of a future enemy, no mat
ter who it might be, being able to
bring to our shores both air forces
and submarine forces from distances
heretofore considered impracticable
and the necessity for the further de
velopment of our own air and sub
marine forces, in order that we may
defend our coast and preserve the
integrity of the Panama Canal, the
keeping of which in operating order
is a vital importance to the country.