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YOfcPMB XML. WO. 171 V CITY DAILY GAZETTE KOCKCTCWAM COUHTYW OWLY DAILY. - LEAKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA FRia\Y, DECEMBER 21, 1923. TWO CENTS PEE COPY. Raleigh Feels Pulse of Many on Coming Gubernatorial \ ote McLean Secim to Carry th Bwrti—ant of Entire State for Office bMlk, Dec. 21.—Under the ip parently tranquil serf ace of things i; the State capitol today, the poltipa pet is beginning to boil. Man; significant things are coming to pas behind dosed doors, andJn the lobb; ai the Yarborough hotel. The question which seems to bi paramount here is whether Josiah W Bailey is going to run for Governo: in the coming campaign. Mr. Baile; seems inclined to wait until somi date in the near future before an ■ouncing his intentions. The most hi will say at this time js that he want! to know first whether people demanc him for Governor. In case they do hi will Jump into the ring. McLean Gashes Force Meanwhile A, W. McLean, the suri candidate in the Democratic pri maries, looks to be gathering consid erable force. Political observers from every county of the State show no hesitancy in saying they believe Mr, McLean, regardles of who opposes him, will make a clean sweep of the State. These observers come from different fields, of endeavor. Some are lawyers. Many are members of the Legislature who have foDowings in their own communities, and others are busines sand professional men. From “Currituck to Cherokee,” Mr. McLean seems to be on everybody’s 'mine The Public Pulse The Observer correspondent, in making inquiries of various party leaders might detail most of the sen, timent at follows: “What is the outlook in your com munity?” “lieLean, of course.” **lf Mr. Bailey rims, what do you tfch|k of hit prospects ?” ‘♦They look slim.” “Do you think there is a wide de mand for Mr. Bailey's candidacy?” Utok 80'”" ^ “Mr. aBiley doesn’t seem to inspire the proper confidence in himself; his uncertainty has seemed to hurt him.” Bailey Should Quit? This, of course, is not verbatim. It is a fair summing up of the great BM^ority of sentiment among the leaders. It would seem logical there fore, to reach the conclusion that Mr. Bailey ought not to run. Indications here are that Mr. Mc Lean carries with him the endorse ment of the Gardner men, the Mor riso®-Simmons Democrats, and his own; friends'and workers. Sentiment that Mr. McLean is looked to for his business ability, and his flnn determination to give . North Carolina a stiff business administra fbww—Fayetteville Observer. SUPREME COURT HOLDS FOREIGN exemptions LEGAL Remedy Not in Court, But with the General Assembly ' (By Associated Press) Raleigh, Dec. 21.vThe much dis puted enactment of the 1923 General Assembly exempting stocks in for eign corporations from taxation was declared constitutional in a decision banded down by the North Caroffna Supreme Court Thursday. The remedy is declared to lie in the .people, by tbs election-of a new legislature. "Even if the above clause in tht ■avenue Act of 1923 be unconstitu tional which it does not seem to b< although the question is not before us for decision, still the plaintiff; would not bo entitled to the relief demanded, for the judiciary is with eut power to levy assessments or de vise a scheme of taxation,” declare the opinion of th court, which wai ntltln by Associate Justice W. P Stacy. Chief Justice Walter Clark di» seats vigorously and declares: am of the opinion therefore that thii court should direct a mandamus tt loans to the revenue commission® that taxes should be tail upon th< foreign stocks as prayed by the plain tiffs in this both under the authorit] sf Person vs. Watts, 184, N. C. 499 aa well as under the broad terms 6: the Constitution, which requires the •all investments 1* stocks’ shall be tax ed by uniform rule with all ethe property ‘real and personal aoeord tag to it* true value in money.’ I the Constitution does not protsct th ’ Giant Leviathan Is Fast Aground (By Associated Press) I New York, Dec. 21—The Leviathan, ’ inbound from Cherbourg, is grounded i at Robins R*ef, New York. Harbor ’ calls sent, brought available tugs. The tide was then ebbing. It will be , 8 o’clock tonight before highwater mark is reached again. MEMBER OF GERMAN ' * GYMNAST CLUil DIES PLAYING NEW GAME (By Associated Press) Aachen, Dec. 21. w A new game, which has become popular In Belgium, recently resulted disastrously for the Ditnst Gymnast club. One member died and seventeen others narrowly escaped the same fate. Participants in the game are locked in a motor truck and taken for a ( long ride. Then they are rtleasod and the first to reach a designated place is declared the winner. When the chauffeur was about to release the Ditnst club members he found one of them dead, fifteen un conscious an dtwo bordering on that condition. Escaping gas had en tered the closed car. SHRINKING MARK MAY CLOSE GERMAN LIBRARY FOR BLIND (By Associated Press) Leipsig, Dec. 21.—Germany’s larg est library for the blind must close its doors if private subscriptions are not immediately received to carry on the work. This library has been serv ing blind persons all over Europe and is said to have more readers than any similar institution in the world. There are 2,300 readers who patron ize it in Germany alone and it sends booksto 990 cities and villages in various parts of Europe. This Ger ^pap^ central library fbr the blind was Leipric twenty-nine years ago, but Its funds are insufficient to weather the mark shrinkage. CHARLES G. DAWES MAY BE CHAIRMAN (By Associated Press) Paris, Dec. 21.—The reparations; commission decided this morning to, oger Charles G. Dawes, of the United States, the presidency of the commit tee, to examine German finances. Chicago, Dec. at—1'Thank you very much but have nothing to say, Mr. Dawes said, in refusing to comment. ^ THE GAZETTE IN EVERY HOME Senators Attack Hughes’ Exposure of Soviets’ Plot Borah and Norris Doubt Au thenticity of Published “Instructions” MORE DISCLOSURES MAY BE_MADE SOON CBy Associated Press) Washington, Dec. 21.—The State Department's charges of revolution ary Soviet propaganda in the United States startled diplomatic circles hare yesterday, launched the new Sen ate upon its lrst debate over for eign affairs, and resulted in a prom ise of further disclosures that will bring the whole problem of Russia ooce more into review before the American public. Senate Attack Senators who repeatedly have urged formal recognition of the Soviet regime in Russia started the ! Senate debate by assailing Secretary Hughes’ disclosure of Soviet "in structions” far a movement designed to raise the red flag over the White House. Both eSnator Borah, Repub lican, Idaho, and Senator Norris, Re publican, Nebraska, openly charged there was no proof of such activities, and although no general reply came from administration quarters, Sena tor Lodge, of Massachusetts, the Re publican floor leader, announced that a sweeping inquiry into the entire Russian question would be undertaken by the Foreign Relations cogimittee. Virginian Railway Would Issue $5,000,000 in Bonds, (By Associated Press) Washington, Dec. 21.—The Vir ginian Railway Company asked the Interestate Commerce Commission for authority to issue and sell $5, 000,000 in 6 per cent mortgage bonds to reimburse the roads treasury, for expenditures for additions to its betterments. The Virginian terminal railway company, a subsidiary com pany, also sought permission to issue and deliver to the parent corporation vancSTmade bjTthe system in connec tion with terminal construction at Norfolk. The Supreme Court upholds the legal right of the Legislature to ex empt holdres of foreign securities from taxation. But it does not pre tend to pass upon the morality or justice of such tax favoritism.—News £ Observer. Grandma Jefferson, of Patrick County, Virginia, has arrived to spend Christmas holidays at the home of her son, Pete Jefferson, in Matri mony Heights. READ GAZETTE WANT TADS Man and Wife Found Guilty of Manslaughter (By Associated Press) New York, Dec. 21.—Ernest Vetter and wife, Marie, were found guilty of first degree murder and manslaughter for killing Alonso Story, a former suitor of Mrs. Vetters. The maximum penalty that may be imposed is twenty years’ imprisonment. 3ULGAGRIANS APPRECIATE AMERICAN TEACHERS’ WORK (By Associated Press) Lovetch, Bulgaria, Dec. 21.—-The ieparture recently of two American women from this little town wad the occasion of a spontaneous reception eld ora equalled here. The women, Miis Kate B. Blackburn, of Jackson ville. 111., and Miss Dora Davis, have ■•pent the greater part o ftheir lives \s teachers here and the entire town burned out to bid them a regretful .good-bye. Miss Blackburn, who was principal of the Methodist girls’ school, has -been teaching thirty-two years, and Miss Davis has a record 1 of twenty-three years in the same in | stitution. The mayor of Lovetch, in a fare , well speech, said Miss Blackburn and ’ Miss Davis will be gratefully remem bered by hundreds of Bulgarian mat rons, some of them the wives of na ' tional leaden, received their educa ; tion and insight into American ideals . from the two teachers. . -The feeling of the community to MC RE PEACE TALK IN MEXICO REPORTED (By Associated Press) Vera Cruz, Dec. 21.—An impres sion prevalent for several days that Hucvla and Sanchez, Rebels, 'would compose their dicerences with Obre gonf-ts, gained ground by newspaper advhes that General Guadalupe San chez, Senator Rafael., and Zubaran Capn any have gone to Esperanza. Capmany is said to represent Adolfo ela Huerta. LEAGUE SHOWS INTEREST IN A 50-50 MARRIAGE (By Associated Press) Geneva, Dec. 21.—Everybody con nected with the League of Nations is interested in a pretty little romance between modest eLague workers which has joined togethe rin matri mony the impoverished son ofa former great Russian magnate and a beauti ful young noblewoman, descendant of one of the oldest families of the form er great Russian empire, both of them exiles from Russia as a result of the Soviet revolution. M. Pastouhoc, the bridegroom, whose father wasthe fabulously wealthy owner of the Donetz coal mines in southern Russia, has an hum ble position as interpreter at the League and there he met and wooed Countess Ouvaroff, of a family of an eient lineaye, despoiled of title and fortune, who does not scorn to labor laily as typist and Slavic secretary in section. Constant Inspection of Ocean Liners a Big Factor in Their Safe Operation Repairing Propellors on S. S. Pres. Fillmore. New York, Dec. 21.—the passenger j on an ocean liner speeding- its way - over the North Atlantic'.-to a port in the British Isles or Europe little realizes what a constant^ vigilance is exercised in behalf of his safety. Naturally he knbws that the captain and his staff on the bridge, the chief engineer and his subordinates are handling the vessel so that it will reach its destination safe and sound. The average tourist knows nothing, however, of the constant inspection, of all parts of the craft when she is on the high seas ami^when she is in ! port, for any weakness that may in terfere with her seaworthiness, the I repairs that are made ns soon as pos sible to remedy any fault that there may be in her motive apparatus or hull. It is the duty of the barine super, intendent’s department of the United States Lines, operating a fleet of modern liners on the North Atlantic, to tend to work of this character, to see that every vessel leaves port in the best condtiion human skill can make it. This department is imme diately informed by wireless by the captain of each liner at sea, of any repairs that may be needed when the liner reaches this port. Accordingly everything is in readiness to make repairs when the liner docks in Hoboken. E ARTHQU AKE DESTROYS THREE MEXICAN TOWNS Courier Reoortsi “Many. Many People Are Dead,” in a Story f By As. ociated Press' Douglas, A viz., Dee. 21.—Granados, iluasabas and Oputo, towns in the Sierra Mndre mountains; Sonora, Mexico, with an aggregate popula tion of 5.000, were destroyed by an earthquake Wednesday nig^lt, accord ing to the story of a courier who ar rived exhausted at Nacozarl, late yes terday. He had been riding since Wednesday night. “Many, many peo nU ' ’ ■ '■» - -t- ' WILL WEAR WEDDING GOWN 130 YEARS OLD __ New York, Dec. 21—Wedding gown, 130 years old, will be worn Wednes day by Miss Josephine Lanier when she is married at the Little Church Round the Corner, to Major Junius W. Jones, of the army air service. The gown was worn by her great, great grane mother when married to Albert Gallatin, secretary of the treasury under Jefferson, in 1798. ELECTION DAY IN BULGARIA RESEMBLED ONE IN AMERICA IBy Associated Press) Sofia, Dec. 20.—The conduct of the elections in Bulgaria last month j gave the day an atmosphere similar to that of an election day in America. The voting booths were in the public schools and as each voter presented himself he was obliged to show his, registration card to the president of the voting precinct. In the voting room the tickets off the Various parties, a different color for each, were arranged on the table. The voter selected his ballot, placed it in a plain envelope and sealed it, then deposited the envelope in a bal lot box. No markings of any kinu were permitted on ballots or en velopes, a single mark on either caus ing the ballot to be declared void when the counters were doing their work.. The election boards were made up of representatives of all parties and a policeman was stationed at each polling place to see that the law was enforced. The decisions of the elec tion board are subject to review in contested cases. This systvm is followed in the cities, but in the smaller and remote villages, owing to lack of organiza tion the proceedings are not so highly perfected. However, the rights of voters are well guarded. ONLY 3 More Shopping Days Until ^|| • _ ft Two Negro Youths Are Electrocuted (By Associated Press) Columbia, S. C., Dec. 21.—Frank Gaines and Julius Garvin, negro youths, were electrocuted at the penitentiary for the murder on July 3rd of Mrs. W. D. Brown, of Beaufort County. Both confessed to the crime. PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION HOLD CHRISTMAS MEETING The auditor! fifJt of . High school wore quite a f^StlWair] for the meeting of the Parent-Teach- j er’s Association Tuesday afternoon, i Themeeting was presided over by I Mrs. C. J. Darlington, the president. | The proyram consisted of Christmas j sonys, a talk by Rev. W. J. Gordon on “The True Christmas Spirit,” and a | readinv from 0. Henry, “The Gift of | the Magi,” by Mrs. S. J. Beeker. C. L. Moore’s impersonation of Santa Claus brought forth peals of laughter. The glittering Christmas tree was not merely for ornamenattion, for there, was a gift for each member of the ( association and “a fair exchange is, no robbeTy” was certainly true in this case, for the members had been limit ed in the amount expended on gifts. Santa Claus distributed oranges to f those who were present on this happy ^ occasion. ' Jury Has Fox. Case in Their Hands and Verdict Is Expected Mrs. Augustus Eelmont Engagement Announced (By Associated Press) New York, Dec. 21.—The engage ment of Mrs. Augusta Belmont, Jr., to John D. King, second, New York, was announced. Belmont died three years ago. WILL INVESTIGATE GERMANY’S CONDITION (By Associated Press) ! Paris, Dec. 21.—Germany’s applies, tion for the authorization of a pledge of resources as a guarantee for a 1 food loan from the United States, was | referred by the reparations commis . sion to the home governments of the I various delegations. It was decided \ also, the committee on guarantees 1 should investigate the food situation | in Germany. -- Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tucker Face Charge; (By Associated Press) Jersey City, N. J„ Dec. 21.—Burton Tucker, 17, his wife who gave her age at 46, and who remarried yester day at Carthage, N. C., will return and face the indictments for perjury in connection with the first marriage at Unionhill, N. J., October 2nd, J. Raymond Tiffany, their counsel, de clared. No definite date to return was set. The couple is now at Southern Pines, N. C. PROHIBITION IN U. S CRITICISED BY BRITISH BISHOP (By Associated Press) Plymouth, Dec. 21.—The Rev. Lord William Gascoyne-Cecil, Bishop of Exeter, in a pastoral letter says America has antipathized men of moderate opinion, and there seems to be a danger that its total prohibition will in tb«'>i*ntiry's practical promm ‘flSft'^OTTspirits among the working classes, by a heavy tax. “Still I deeply regret,” he con tinues, “that Englishmen have been found to assist in breaking American laws. Each country has the right to govern itself. Whether the laws are good or bad ,it is fundamentally opposed to the doctrine of self-gov ernment that another country should allow its citizens to encourage a breach of those laws." The battleship Ohio is to be sold as scrap iron by the jfavy epartment. The ship, built in 1901, was in active service until 1919. Rumania is to present to the French General Berthelot in recogni-' tion of his war service to Rumania, t castle in Transylvania. _ Chinese Consider Boycott ; on British-Aroerican Goods (By Associated Press) Hong Kong, Dec. 21.—Advices from Canton say placards appearing in the streets of the South Capital, urging an anti-American and anti-British boycott as a result of the attitude of foreign powers in the present customs surplus imbroglio. Some placards appeal to the people to unite and ob tain Kwangtung customs surplus, in orderto “save Chinese nation.” ART TREASURES OF FRANCE NEED BETTER PROTECTION ■ (By Associated Press) Paris, Dec? 21.—The recent theft oi two rare Gobelin tapestries from the V ersailles palace hasalarmed govern j ment authorities. The curators have ; not funds enough to polire in really ; efficient fashion the palaces and mu seums where art treasures worth bil lions of francs are kept, but several short-cuts to safety have been pro posed. The first precaution was'an order forbidding guards and gides to tell visitors of the great value of the treasures exhibited. “That would be tempting the devil,” the curator av a)-,—lilies s:: d. T’ e difficulty of guarding the pah 'es becomes apparent when it is realized that at Fontainebleau there are 2,000 rooms to be patrolled by a few guards, who much prefer to sleep. The plans now before the authori ties call for an electric burglar alarm system; flooding the outsides of the buildings with light, and providing the guards with police dogs. Another project is to use soldier* in the f»*rd Vealthy Widow Elopes With a Taxicab Driver (By Associated Press) Orr enwich, Corui., Dec. 21.—Mary >mith Wilmot, who inherited $750,000 rom her father, eloped with James lagerty, a taxicab driver. The bride s 35 and groom is 25. She has been livorced twice. MANLEY—JOYCE On Wednesday evening, Decembe 19th, Miss Minnie Manley and Robeis Joyce motored to Reidsville and were quietly married at the home of Frank Hall, Mr. Hall officiating. They were arcompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Nelson and Miss Nannie Parker. The bride was very beautifully at tired in a pecon blue canton crepe costume with hat and gloves to match. The groom wa shandsomely Pressed in dark blue. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs. W. A. Manley, and the groom the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F Joyce, both of Spray and are we! known. Their many friends wisl them much happiness. A wealthy old miser once said: “I can’t join the Red Cross, I’n afraid.” But a tornado came And that man was the same Who called loudest for Rod Cros First Aid. Question of Sanity of Defend ant Who Had Killed Co burn Is an Issue (By Associated Press) Atlanta, July 21.—At noon today no verdict had been reached in the case of Philip Fox, charged with the murder of William S. Coburn, fellow Klansman. Jury given the case at 10:24 last night. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 21.—Philip E. Foxt Ku-Klux Klan publicity repre sentative, yesterday was seemingly unconcerned as opposing counsel de livered their speeches to the jury which is to pass on the charge that he murdered William S. Coburn, a Klan attorney, on November 5th. Pale and haggard, Fox, who de fense witnesses testiled is a para noias, displayed no interest when Assistant Solicitor General E. A. Stephens said he was not insane, but “a red-handed murdere, guilty of one of the most heinous crimes ever com mitted in the State of Georgia.” Fox Indifferent Fox also was apparently unmoved by the statement of Robert W. Al ien, of Dallas, Aex., a member of de fense counsel, that the defendant’s case was “the most remarkable case of insanity that had been proven in a court of justice in the history of the world.” "If you find Fox not guilty,” Mr. Allen continued, “I, myself, will take the stand afterwards and te tify in order to have him placed i:i one of your institutions for the in r.ne. There are others who also will aid.” Attacking the prosecution’s charge that Fox planned to enter Coburn's office and shoot the attorney through the back, the Texan declared the fact that the defendant entered and shot Coburn while others were present was indicative of insanity. Fox, he added, could have returned later and found his victim alone. Say» Ft}* Insane fflfttoare’tfcajEfc Mrs. Fox, who has been by her hus band’s side throughout the trial, held his hand while Prosecution Attorneys ridiculed statements of defense coun cil that if the defendant were found guilty, he would be sent to an asylum. “I deny that,” the- assistant solici tor shouted, “if you set Fox free he will never see the inside of an asy lum. His friends say he will be sent there, but will they see to it, “Did they put Him in a safe place in 1918 when they say they first dis covered he was insane? They did not do it then and they would not do it now.” Widow Faints As Mr. Stephens reached the height of his address, Mrs. Coburn, who has been a constant attendant of the trial fainted. Within a fwe moments she was revived. In each aisle of the court room a human mas sof spectaters was packed closely watching principals in the case. Fox, his face twitching and his elbows resting on the table before him, gave no heed to the stares. His 8-year-old, son, who appeared in the court room for the first time yester day, occasionally turned in Mrs. Fox’s lap to gaze at the crowd. Defense counsel denied a prosecu tion charge that Fox did not hear the ‘voice of God” telling him to kill Co burn until after conferivng with his itorneys and an alienist. Denies Charge "Fox knew nothing of his defense,” Mr. Allen told the jury. “He was lever consulted. His attorneys have -nly talked with him five minutes ince they began working on the ase.” Following: the assitant solicitors address, which was marked by a plea for a straight verdict of guilty, lead ing counsel for Fox, Hugh M. Dorsey, formerly Governor of Georgia and prosecutor in the Leo M. Frank case, i began the final argument for his aide. Mr. Dorsey immediately criticized i Mr. Stephens, whom he termed “blood-thirsty” for his appeal to the jury to “hang Fox or place him be hind bars for life.” "With what we produced on the witness stand about the insanity of the defendant, it is inconceivable to believe that if a not guilty verdict is - etumed we will not take immediate ly steps to have Fox committed to an insane asylum in either Georgia or Tetas,” Mr. Dorsey deelr.red. The only desire of the defense, he said, waa to free the defendant of the stigma <£ a murder chart a. *
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