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PRICE: TWO CENTO IAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1924. ..*— I* (Special to the Gazette) Wentworth, Feb. 6.—In answer to the call of the Citizen’s Committee appointed last July at a mass meeting heM than, another mass meeting was held hare in the courthouse, at which thafd wer^gver a thousand citizens present. m The meeting opened with R. S. j, Montgomery, of Reidsville, presiding. ‘He explained that the purpose of the mass meeting was to And out some way to stop the building of the Pish ing Creek bridge. He then re/1 a resolution, or invitation, to tbs County Commissioners, asking them to come upstairs and hear the pro v ceedings of the meeting. A commit tee of five was appointed to take this invitation to the Commissioners. Hie committee returned and inform el the chairman that only two of the Commissioners were in Wentworth. These two were invited up, and re sponded to the invitation. Mr. Montgomery explained that the Commissioners had promised to notify him when the contract for the build ing of Fishing Creek bridge was to he let He read a letter to Thomas R. Pratt the chairman of the board, which he had written, asking when the contract would be let He also read Mr. Pratt’s reply in which Mr. Pratt said that he did not know when the contract would be let, but that the bridge would be built. These two letters were dated in the latter part of December, Mr. Monti gomery said, and yet on the first Monday in January the contract fo\ the bridge was let. “It must hav» taken a lot of decision in that short , time,” said Mr. Montgomery. The chairman then read a letter from J. M. Sharp, of Reidsville, who was too sick to attend the meeting Mr. Sharp’s letter spoke of the suit that was being instituted against he < |§| aad several others. Among other “Lock at the legal talent that the thave arrayed: Brooke, and Imith, Greensboro, so it «M*M is tried ia Guilford; Graves, JSSii.t-.tS5 rJESSJJfe Brown, Madison, and one unsigned name, P. W. GHdewell, Reidsville, it the ease goes to Rockingham, and if the ease is tried anywhere in the Eleventh district, the ‘beloved prose cutor,' S. Porter Graves.” After the reading of Mr. Sharp’s letter, which was received with trt mendons applause, Mr. Montgomery called on A. D. Ivie to speak. Mr. Ivie spoke lengthly on the way the citizens of the county had been treated in thi matter. He said he was present at the board meeting when the contract was let and when the question of submitting new bids came up Mr. Pratt refused to con sider it. He further told that Mr. Pratt was elected as chairman of the Commissioners by his own vote. Mr. Ivie explained to the meeting that a bridge at Fishing Creek wa8 un practicable. He said the only logical way to cross there was in an aero plane.. Mr. Ivie charged activity by Pratt, McCollum and Pruitt. Their first ac tivity Was raising the tax rates from MS cents to (1.86. “Is that keeping their promise?” More than 40 per cent higher this year than last. “Am I libeling any body today?” The speaker enumerating some of the expenditures said, “Go with me to Leaksvilie and get on the Boulevard and you can ride straight down to B. Frank's' home. After ordering the building of this private road they de cided to call it a public road,' said Hr. Ivie. After Mr. Ivie had concluded amidst applause, M. G. Wilson spoke. ‘ He said that It was intimated a large proportion of the crowd was cUriosit. seekers. He asked a vote of all who are in hearty accord with these move ments to please stand up. Practically ifll 8tood. Mr. Wilson told about seven mile! of bardsurfaced road in Leakavilli . .wnstnp costing $283,000, which the county and citisens had to pay for in unincorporated community. “As long as there ts a drop of blood left, and this crowd is with us, I am willing to shed it for this cause,” be said. Tbs meeting was adjourned for an hour for dinner. When the meeting reconvened Chairman Montgomery threw the meeting open for expres sions from the eitiaens attending. Rev. Robertson of Spray said that most of the people there were labor ing people. «nd that the matter should Wilson moved that every man nin tomorrow to meet the CONVICTION OP JULES RICKY ARU8TEIN CONFIRMED TODAY (By Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 6.—■-The convic tion 6t Jules Hicky Arnstein and four others in. 1920 of bringing stolen Wail Street securities to Washington forj hypothecation by local banks was confirmed by the District of Columbia court of appeals today. FAKE BILLS UNLOADED ON INEXPERT MONEY CHANGERS • (By Associated Press.) Berlin, Feb. 6.—Bogus money has become very common in Germany | since the decline of the mark and the passage of financial transactions out of regular banks into the hands of money-bootleggers. A number of one-dollar bills which have been raised to $100-bills have turned up in Berlin. They are said to be similar tp raised bills which have appeared in Russia. There are also many counterfeit one-pound notes in circulation. - It is relatively easy for forgers to float bad paper today, for the street corner bankers are not as yet very expert in detecting counterfeits. Late News (By Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 6.—A 25 per cent reduction in all personal income taxes payable this year was approved by [ Republicans of the House Ways and' Means committee. (By Associated Pres*) Moscow, Feb. 6.—General Pepelia yev, former commander of the Siber ian White Army and twenty of his followers have been sentenced _ to death by a military tribunal at Chita (or their counter revolutionary ac tivities In Siberia after Kolchak’s rfe -fmrtr' dUTei*: W«h>, ghrtti prison terms] Pepeliayev has asked for mercy which it is thought will be granted. (By Associated Press) Wilmington, N. C., Feb. 5.—Actual hearing of testimony in the trial of Lieutenant Governor Cooper and his brother, Thomas, on charges of con spiracy were started in the United States District Court after the read ing of the indictment by District At torney Irvin Tucker. The brothers are changed with various sieged criminal acts } nconnection with tht. failure, about a year ago, of the Commercial National Bank of Wil mington of which they were, the prin cipal officers. Forty-two government witnesses were introduced and sworn. Clarence Latham, chief State bank examiner, being the first to take the stand. ent bat by hundreds who were unable to be present yesterday. He thought it an obligation to stand by this com mittee and uphold their hands. Ht was in favor of anything permissable under the law to give the citizens ■heir rights. Mr. Wilson said he would temporar ily withdraw his motion provided he could make another motion which was to the effect that this matter be left to the committee to thresh out till hell turned to an iceberg. This motion was carried. Commissioner Barber told of the action of the board in awarding the contract for building the bridge. He •aid Messrs. Pratt, McCbllum and Pruitt had never consulted him about building the bridge. He said qn the first Monday in Janhary he and Com missioner Martin decided that |f the matter was brought up they would insist that new bids be advertised for. Mr. Barber said that personally he was now strongly opposed to the project because of the attitude assum ed by the three commissioners. He said that he begged them to call for new bids, that building condition), were different from those they receiv ed,, last gummer and which they were then getting ready to open. Mr. Bar ber said that Mr. GfldeweU spoke up and said, “That’s just a scheme to block the game.” Mr. Barber said that no one had requested him to make this request, but hs did so in the interest of the county.: Mr. Barber said they thereupon voted to open the bids. After several other short speeches had been made, H. B. Broome moved UNION PRAYER SERVICE SPRAY BAPTIST CHURCH There will b« Union prayer service of the Churches, to be held at the Pleet Baptist Church, Spray, on Wednesday evening. A good attend ance is expected, and ail should give this meeting their attention, and be present. There ate important subjects for the community to be discussed at this time. AUSTRAIN COUNT SEEKS VAINLY FOR CITIZENSHIP (By Associated Press) Prague, Feb. 6.—Count Berchtold, who.was minister for foreign affairs in Austro-Hungary at the outbreak of the great war, now finds himself a man without a country. His citizen ship is a tangle in international law which has become so complicated that the old statesman apparently must wipe out all his claims and become naturalized in one of the countries which sprang from the old Austro Hungarian Empire. NEWSPAPER EDITORS MEET IN CHARLESTON WITH EDWIN DENBY Charleston, S. C., Feb. 5.—News paper editors from practically all of the States in the country will be rep resented in the group who will board the U. S. S. Henderson, naval trans port, at Charleston on February 10th, upon invitation of Edwin Denby, Secreary of the Navy, to witness the fleet maneuvers in the vicinity of the Panama Canal and in the Caribbean Sea. About 125 men will be in the party. As many of the guests will arrive in Charleston before the - transport sails .the city is making extensive ar rangement to entertain the visitors. Besides the newspaper editors there will be several naval officers, and Major General LeJeune, Commando of the U. S. Marine Corps, will also make the trip. The Henlerson is the vessel which carried the late Presi dent Harding to Alaska last summer. An interesting program of enter- j tainment has been arranged for the city's guests on February 9th, the day before the Henderson sails. They will be show nnumerous points of his torical interest and will be taken on an Inspection of the Navy Yard, where they wil lhave luncheon abroad the historic Hartford, which was Ad miral Farraguet’s flagship during the War Between the states. A banquet will be tendered at night. The navy department invited the editors along so that the people of the country might be thoroughly in formed in regard to what it is doing and attempting to do. The maneuvers are held annually. The increase operating effiency, improve morale, and foster sea habits. Ihey uncover defects and teach valuable lessons, besides furnishing an opportunity for the fleet t« prepare, solve, and carry out problems under simulated war conditions. - The first stop of the Henderson will be at Culebra Island, February l6th,| after which the visitors will be transferred to battleships. The Hen derson is due to arrive March 2nd at New York, and the fleet: will be dis tributed to several ports. The Henderson is a vessel of un usual interest. She represents the navy department’s initial attempt to design a vessel for the special pur pose of transporting Marine ex peditionary forces overseas with the maximum degrees of safety. Tht unique feature of her construction is the underwater protection which, by means of solid bulkheads, carried above the water line, genders her nearly imperviou sto damage by col lision or grounding. The Henderson transported the first American Troops to France dur ing the war. She carried , the Secre tary of the Navy and party to aJpan on the occasio nof the visit to that country. S'l'RANGE CUSTOM “Women raise such a row about wife-beaters—” “Yea?” "And yet we read in the papers every day about ‘women clubbing themselves together’.”—Farm Life. COOLIDGB IN PROCLAMATION PAY TRIBUTE TO WILSON Washi ngtoa,^; Feb. 6. — President Coolidge’s pntaUmation on the death of Woodrow JWfcion follows: By the President of the United States of America* • A PROCLAMATION To the people of the United ates: 'A The death Of Woodrow Wilson, President Of v the United States from March 4, 1913, to March 4, 1921, \vhic|| ^occurred at 11:15 o’clock SutklWr at his home at Washington, District of Colum bia, deprives* the country of a most distinguish citizen, and is an event- which causes universal and genuine borrow. To many of us it brfngathe sense of a pro found personal bereavement. His early (wefession as a law yer was abannWed to enter aca demic life, fit Jhis chosen field he attained the highest rank as an educator, as! has left his im press upon r the intellectual thought of file country. From the presidanqjr of Princeton uni versity ,he wjfc called by his fel low citizens Mto be the chief executive of Be State of New J-rse;- The duties of this high office he so oUOducted as to win the confident^ of the people of the United litotes, who twice lected him to,'5e chief magistrate of the repiMSc. As President of the UnitedJltatea he was mov ed by an earnest desire to pro mote the belt Interests of the country as he conceived them, ijjg acts were; prompted by high motives and 7 his sincerity of purpose can dot be questioned. He led the nation through ter rific struggle.of world war with a lofty idealiijfm which never fail ed him. Hd gave utterance to the aspirating of humanity with an eloquence'hhkh held the at tention of alTthe earth and made America a new and enlarged in fluence in tha. destiny of man kind. In testimony of the respect in which his misery is held by the government jsnd people of the United State!, 1 do hereby direct that the flags;of the White House and of the several departmental buildings be displayed at 'half staff for a period of 30'3ays, and that suitable, military and naval honors uiufe* orders of the sec retary of^SUd of the secre "tarjfof the navy may he rendered on the day of the funeral. Done at the city of Washing ton this third day of February, in the year of oUr Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four, and of the inde pendence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-eight. CALVIN COOLIDGE. By the Preident. CHARLES EVANS HUGHES, Secretary of State. Read Your County’s Daily Paper First. MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR WOODROW WILSON Memorial service will be held at Centenary M. E. Church, Winston Salem at 3 o’clock tomorrow and at Burlington there will be special union services of the churches at the First Presbyterian Church at the same hour'—this being the hour the services of former President Wilson will be held in Washington. RIGHT OF IRISH PEERS now to srr in house OF LORDS QUESTIONED (By Associated Press) London, Feb. 6.—The question of allowing the Irish representative peers to retain their seats in the House of Lords which was not touch ed upon in the treaty that created the Irish Free State ,is being actively at tacked by the Conservative press and anti-Irish organizations in England. The attack on the Irish representa tive peers has been carried on almost entirely in England by anti-Irish or ganizations and apparently has not aroused any of the political parties. The present Irish peers in the Lords number twenty-eight. MISSIONARY SOCIETY MET WITH MRS. OULD The Methodist Woman’s Missionary Society met with Mrs. Namie Onld Monday, February 4th. The devotional exercises were con ducted by Mrs. Lane and Mrs. Rich ardson. The officers for the year were ask ed to stand and receive the order of service read by Mrs. R. P. Ray, the president. Mrs. J. F. Barksdale read “The Christian’s One Rule.” Mrs. Carlistle Campbell outlined the study course for the year, and eighteen ladies joined the class. The first meeting will be with Mrs. E. E. Richardson on February 16th. Mrs. Luther Hodges, chairman of the program committee, read a paper entitled, “A Creed fo the New Year.” Mrs. Leslie Barksdale read “Protes tant Missions in Mexico Today.” This was a sketch of the life of Baring Gould, who wrote “Onward Christian Soldiers.” Mrs.JEL M. Hampton presented “On ward Christian Soldiers.” Very encouraging reports were j given by the Home and Foreign treasure**, and after the usual busi ness wu transacted, the meeting a«L JouhwaF'*'": '" ~ During the social hour Mrs. OuM, assisted by Mrs. Ray, served tea, wafers, crystalized ginger and pickle. The next meeting will be with Mrs. A. D. Ivie on March 3rd. LOCALS Mrs. W. D. Carter will entertain the Wednesday afternoon bridge club tomorrow. Mrs. W. O. Jenkins entertained the Tuesday luncheon club today. German’s Refrain From Lowering Flag for Wilson 'By Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 6.—By direction of the Berlin government the German embassy here has refrained from making any display of mourning for Woodrow Wilson. No flag has been1 flown over the embassy at any time since Wilson’s death, although other embassies and legations have had their colors at half staff since the official notification reached them be fore noon Sunday. Baron Leopold Plessen, third secre tary at the embassy, made this ex planation: ‘‘The German government considers the late Mr. Woodrow Wil son a private citizen and therefore has instructed the German embassy to refrain from any official display of mourning.” Spoiled Can Beans Cause Death of Seven; Others HI ' (By Associated Press) Atony, Ore., Feb. 6.—Botulinus poison in home preserved beans caus ed the deaths yesterday and today ot seven persons and affected three others so seriously that little hope is had for their recovesy. The beans, erfato has spoiled after beta* pro FLOWERS AT WILSON HOME Washington, Fab. 5.—Hanging on the big door of the home in which Woodrow Wihon spent his last daps is a steamer of frash, yellow jonquils, mignonette and fonytMa with a yellow crape sash a$id a green fern SPLENID WORK BEING DONE ON NEW CONCRETE BUILDING Accompanied by John Smith, of the Leaksville Lumber Company, which firm has the contract for the large warehouse now Under construction for the Carolina Cotton and Woolen Mills Company, at Spray, the Gazette man visited this important construction work, on what may be the best work of its kind in this section. The location of this warehouse faces the railroad on one side and on the other side Warehouse Street. It is just beyond the big offices, but on the right. The buliding will be five stories high, 116 feet wide and 216 feet in length. The entire building is to be of reinforced concrete. There will not be a foot of lumber in the entire structure. The arrangements for handling ma terial during ‘the construction is the best we have ever seen. Trucks dump rock and sand into the mixer below, then the elevator comes down to the mixer for its load of concrete, and up she goes to the floor on which men are engeged in spreading the con crete. All the material is handled in this way without any lost motion. Being igfibrant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn.— Ben Franklin. W e a ther 6hewers today, colder; Air, colder tomorrow. \ Who is wise? He that learns from every one.—Ben Franklin. People Watch Near Wilson Home Those Who Come and Go LACK OF RECOGNITION CAUSES MIDDLE WEST TO LOSE ITS ARTISTS (By Associated Press) Chicago, Feb. 6.—The midland must give its artists greater recogni tion else the heritage from the pio neer’s pen, pencil and brush showing that the middle-west has all the ma terial necessary for the novel, the drama or the character painting, will be lost, declare art folk anl promi nently interested friends here. Midland landscape, its people and atmosphere have all that is required for great beauty in expression, they say, but because there is a backward response to this work, the east is an nexing the western artist. The majority of the successful authors in New York and New Eng land came from the midland, hs well as a large number of the prise win ners at the exhibitions of painters and sculptors held in that section. Per haps the east is more inclined to the freshness and wholesomeness of mid dle-western products, which we have about us each day. “We will not concern ourselves with foreign artists but we will give our energy and efforts for the bene fit of our own,” said John M. Stahl, president of the Allied Arts Associa tion. “We will especially help the younger artists who are working honestly and hard to make a reputa tion, and of the older who blazed the way by showing we have all the ma terial necessary for the novel, the drama, etcher or character painter.”. (By Associated Press' ‘ Cleveland, Feb. 3.—Samuel Unger elider, a Cleveland broker, with Wash ington branch, was subpoenaed to testify before the Teapot inquiry in Washington. The summonds directs Ungerleider to bring all records of transactions throug hhia- house for the year end ing December 1, 1922. _ I • - (By Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 5.—A fringe of folk on S Street before the Wilson home waiting to, see the great ones who came and went; and a guardian of police who turned unnecessary traffic from the steep narrow street, alone marked outwardly the prepara tions for the last honors to the dead war president. No marshalling of troops for a parade of sorrow was needed; no setting of the lines that thousands might pass beside his pier, for he will go to his long sleep tomorrow in the character in which death found him— a plain American citizen, with the days of his place and high dignities put aside forever. ; FILIPINOS TO GET BIBLES IN THEIR NATIVE TONGUES (By Associated Press) Manila, Feb. 4.—The earthquake and fire in Japan last September were the cause of bringing to Manila the largest individual typesetting and printing order ever undertaken in the Philippine Islands. The job is that of putting into type every word of the Bible in seven Philippine dialects for the American Bible Society. Prior to the earthquake the print ing for the American Bible Society in the Philippines was done in Japan, but the plant at Tokio was destroyed. ^ - The contract for the typesetting* which requires about 24,00(^)00 ems, was signed today by L. C. Moore, manager of the Sugar News Press, and Rev. G. B. Cameron, manager of the American Bible Society in the Philippines. The work will be done on a single linotype, which will be operated six teen hours a da# by two men work ing eight hours a day each. They will be busy for the next year and nine months. More than 21,000 Bibles are included in the first order. The seven Philippine dialects are Ilocano, Pangasinan, Pampangan, Tagalog, Bicol, Panayan and Cebuan. Senate Committee Compelled to Await1 Arrival of W itness DR. CHARLES' HERBERT LEVERMORE IS WINNER OF BOK PRIZE, $50,000 Philadelphia, Feb. 6.—Dr. Charles Herbert Levermore, of New York, student of international relation, writer and former college professor was announced as the winner of the $100,000 prize offered by Edward W. Bok, Philadelphia publisher, for the best plan to preserve peace among the nations of the world. Dr. Levermore was announced as the winner by John W. Davis, of the policy committee of the American peace award, at a meeting at the Aca demy of Music. Mr. Davis also pre sented him with $50,000, half of Mr. Bok’s prize, and the remainder will be given only if the plan is accepted by Congress of the United States. Dr. ^ Levermore’s plan was number 1469 in a total of 22,165 received. “Its the easiest thing on earth for a man Ho deceive himself. — Ben Franklin. BILLY SUNDAY ADDS TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF WOODROW WILSON A beautiful tribute was paid Wood row Wilson Sunday afternoon by Billy Sunday at the men’s meeting at the tabernacle when 8,000 or more men were present. He said: "Woodrow Wilson was a Christian. It was what Woodrow Wilson put into his life that caused the flags to stand at half made to day. Woodrow Wilson gave his life for principles that echoed over the moonlit hills of Judea, “Peace on earth, goodwill to men.’ • “Woodrow Wilson was a Christian. The words of Wilson last night when he said he was ready proved this. Tragically beautiful was the expression to which he gave utter ance to his physician, Dr. Grayson, T am a broken machine.’ „ "I thought I heard heavenly music at 11:16 this morning. It was the angel greeting Woodrow Wilson.” The use of radio is still in its infancy, but new and marvelous uses to which it may he put lore crowding hard and fast on the wings of time, and the end is not yet The cat in gloves oaths* no mice.— Ben Franklin. _ (By Associated Press) Washington, Feh. 5.—Because of misunderstanding as to the hour of meeting of the Senate oil committee, Samuel Underleider, head of a Cleveland stock brokerage firm waa not present to respond to his name when it was called. No other witness had been summoned for today and further investigation of naval oil leases was deferred until Thursday. MILESTONES IN LIFE OF WOODROW WILSON < !Vj Washington, Feb. 4. — Woodrow Wilson’s life was marked by these milestones: Born at Staunton, Va., December 28, 1856. Graduated at Princeton University, 1879. Selected as president of Princeton, August 1, 1902, after 17 years as col lege professor. Elected governor of New Jersey, November 8, 1910. Nominated for President in the emocrjitic national convention Balti more, July 2, 1912. Elected President, November 4, 1912. Inaugurated March 4, 1913. Reelected President November 7, 1916. Asked Congress to declare war on Germany April 2, 1917. Sailed for France, December 4* 1918, as head of American peace com mission. Signed treaty of Versailles, June MANY ATTEND MASS MEETING AT WENTWORTH 'Wenthworth, Feb. 4.—The citizens’ mass meeting here today is well at* tended. v At noon, the meeting adjourned Until 2 o’clock. ' . , . ; Neither the County Board at Edu cation nor the Board of County Com missioners were meeting usual hoar. '' \ 28, 1919. Carried fight with Senate over League of Nations to country Sep tember 3, 1919. Suffered nervous breakdown near Witchita, Kansas, September 26, 1919. Stricken with paralysis at White House, October 6, 1919. Retired from Presidency, March 4, 1921. Died at Washington, February 8, 1924.
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