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PRICE: TWO C -CITY DAILY GAZETTE LEAK8VILLE. NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1924. f Chief Justice Taft Advised to Keep Quiet by Doctors (By Associated Press.) Washinton, Feb. 7.—Chief Justice Taft, who was prevented from attend ing the funeral of Woodrow Wilson by an attack of gastral indigestion, baa been advised by his physician to remain quietly at his home for several days, but is not confined to his bed. The upset is attributed in part to overwork. Taft was said at his residence this morning to be much improved. He passed a restful night but decided as a nutter of precaution to remain in bed during the day. LEAKSVILLE HIGH QUINT TRIUMPHS OVER DANVILLE ' MILITARY INSTITUTE While the Leaksville High girls were winning fame in Greensboro last Saturday, Coach Tenney’s boys were annexing a victory at the ex pense of Danville Military Institute, in Danville. I The Cadets put up a hard fight, and the score was close throughout the game. However, the locals were al ways in the lead, and when the con test ended the gcore stood: Leaksviile 20, and Danville 16. The Leaksville quint deserves much credit for the splendid showing they have made this season. The team has had to be developed from the start, for only two of last year’s men are playing, most of the members of both the varsity arid scrub teams be ing sophomores and freshmen. Coach Tenney’s work has been wonderful. At the beginning ol the season he had two splendid men in Barksdale and Baughn, while the other were all new. With this material he has de veloped a strong fighting machine that has won over two-thirds of the games played. The boys are now looking forward to the championship series which will begin in the near future. WHOLE TOWN TURNS OU» TO HELP LOCAL INVENTOR (By Associated Press! Oberleutensdorf, Czechoslovakia, 7.—This industrial town of 1S.000 persons has voluntarily trans formed Itself into one great electrical workshop to assist Frits Havlitzek, a local electrician, in his struggle to improve apparatus of his own inven tion designed to transfer electrical power withou' wires. Every man, woman and child in Oberleutensdorf. consider themselves Havlitzek’s. as sistants. Every house, every ma chine shop, every telegraph pole in the town hM been placed at the dis posal of the young inventor. dost at the time when Havlitzek had paavly perfected the machine upon which he had been at work for years, his funds gave out and he found him self unable to carry on his endavors. But the burgomaster and the town deputies quickly came to Havlitzek’s aid and gave him money with which to continue. Oberieutensdorf manufactures toys, textiles, hats and steel goods. Every workers in town looks upon young Havlitzek as a second Edison, and the men of science who have seen his work predict great accomplishments for the local wizarrd of electricity. lamming the lambs “tat do you do whfen one of your oil companies peters out?” •% we keep "swapping the custo OMm’ stares in new companies until they get tired of paying postage.— Louisville Courtier Journal. Consumption of lambs and mutton fa only 6.2 "pounds per capita in this country as against ’ 9 pounds in Canada and 26.7 in the United King There aA just as many women competing for literary honors today THE NEWSPAPER MAN IN CHURCH A preacher, at the close of one of his sermons, said: “Let all in the bouse who are paying their debts stand up.” Presently Jivery man, woman and child, with one exception, rose to their feet. The preacher seated them and said: “Now, let every man not paying his debts stand up.” The exception, & careworn, hungry-looking individual, clothed in last summer’s suit, slowly assumed a perpendicular position. “How is it, my friend,” asked the minister, “that you are the only one not able to meet his obligations?” “I run a newspaper,” he answered meekly, “and the brethren here who stood up are my subscribers and—” “Let us pray,” exclaimed the min ister.—Our Dumb Animals. MONTGOMERY ADMITS TOM PRATT IS HONEST MAN Wcnthworth, Feb. 7.—Three of the commissioners met here Tuesday be fore whom the citizens committee protesting against the building of Fishing Creek bidge appeared. The matter of the contract was dis cussed and County Attorney P. W. Gildewell said that the contract had been signed and is valid. During the discussion Chairman Tom Pratt turned to citizen’s com mittee chairman, R. S. Montgomery, and said: Mr. Montgomery, you served on Board when I was a commissioner some years ago.” “Yes,” said Mr. Montgomery, “I did.” “Did you ever know of me doing anything dishonest,” Pratt asked. “No, I did not," Mr. Montgomery answered and a silence came over those present. The contract calls for the comple tion of the bridge in 150 working days, at a price of $39,675, and turned over to the county ready for traffic. It was also stated here that work on tbe bridge is to begin at once. JURY RETURNS VERDICT OF GUILTY; COX IS FINED In Recorders Court yesterday Howard Cross and Harry Cox were tried lor transporting: and possession of liquor; Cross for being; drunk. The jury convicted Cross of trans porting that is, he carried the-liquor from where it was bought to the car on which Cox was working. This charge evolved into possession, as the liquor was never put on the car. Cross was also convicted of being drunk. Judge Fagge fined him $26 and the costs on the first count, and suspended judgment on the latter charge. Cox was convicted of possession of liquor and was fined $26 and and the costs, a total of $60.90. SELLS DAUGHTER TO GET MONEY FOR MOTHER IN-LAW’S FUNERAL (By Associated Press) Peking, Feb. 7.—A young Chinese woman, poverty-stricken through the long absence of her husband, recently sold her 6-year-old daughter for $30 and used the proceeds to bury her mother-in-law, according to Peking police records. The husband many months ago joined one of the army divisions in Hupeh. The young wife supported her aged mother-in-law and child by sewing. She was highly respected by her neighbors because of her piety and diligence. ' When the old woman died the daughter-in-law, prompted by devo tion born of generations of reverence for the elders of the family, sacrificed her child that her husband’s mother might receive proper burial. Japan Appeals for Same Treatment As Other Nations T (By Associated Press) Tokio, Feb. 1.—Viewing with sp irant anxiety the “increasing re rfetions upon Japanese residents in le United States, and proposals now TROPICAL GRAIN ADVOCATED AS SOURCE OF BREADSTUFF* (By Associated Press) Manila, Feb. 7.—The production o1 flour out of a grain known, as adlay as a substitute for wheat flour in th< WHEN AND WHERE STATE INCOME TAX COMMISSIONER CAN BE SEEN LOCALLY J. M. Cunningham, deputy com missioner, will be in the office of J. W. Norman, corner of' Washington and Bridge Streets, -on Wednesday, the 13th; at the Draper Hardware Co., on 14th, from 9 to 12 o’clock. On Tues day afternoon, at the Wall Furniture Co., Spray, and 0n the 16th, from 10 to 12 o’clock, at Dr. Boas office, Stoneville, and in the afternoon of the 16th, from 2 to 3 o’clock, at Mayo Mills, Mayodan, for the purpoe of assisting taxpayers in filing their State income tax returns. Those who must file income tax returns, had better see Mr. Cunningham. GRAHAM AND RICE CASE W. C. Graham and O. S. Rice, of near Graham, were in court yesterday on a charge of violating the prohibi tion laws. The case was heard by Judge Fagge who found the defendants guilty, but on motion of defendants’ I attorney, P. T. Haizlip, arrest of > judgment was granted until Saturday . morning. Officers who arrested the pair, claim that while they only found a small quantity of liquor on the person or one of the defendants, they found a whole lot of empty bottles under the seat of the car, that had contained liquor. Arrest was made at the covered bridge about midnight and the men have been locked up a couple of dhys. The car they wee driving is in the hands of Officers Fair, Clark and DeHart. RED CROSS HELPED BELGIVM (By Associated Press) Brussels, Feb. 7.—A total of 101, C60 persons died in Belgium during 1923, or 13.7 deaths to each thousand inhabitants as compared with 25.5 in 1830. Official statistics say that hygienic measures inaugurated during and after the war, prominent in the ap-. plication and of which were the mem- 1 bers of the American Red Cross, have been largely responsible for bringing down the death rate. CHANGES (By Wickes Wamboldt) A change is always a matter of in terest. Sometimes we anticipate it with pleasure and sometimes with dread. But th^. sigpiment_ thing is thafthe change we are anxious to make may not turn out at all to our liking and the one we view with ap prehension may be the best thing that every happened to us. A very successful man told me that the change which filled him with the most despair and bitterness was when a railroad chief clerk fired him out of a $25 a month job. He said' that was the best thing that ever! happened to him because then he vowed he would work for himself from that time on, so no one could fire him. So he started in with a con cern on a commission basis and in a few years was making double the salary of the chief clerk who dis missed him. Not very long ago a party ot twenty-eight people left Brooklyn, New York, for Idaho where they were going to establish an ideal colony. Their hopes were high and the trip across the continent in their autos was a seven weeks’ joy ride. But it ended in despair and desolation, for they did not find what they expected. For several days I was in close touch with a man who had been ordered to a hospital for a severe operation. He was a big strong fel low but the thought of the ordeal completely unnerved him. When the time came to go to the operating room he was all to pieces. Yet he re covered from the operation and felt better than he had in years. As a rule our course jg not one of chance. We are not puff-balls blown here and there by first one wind and then another if we choose not to be. There is a destiny that seems to throw us into a certain set of condi tions. But we can make those condi tions turn out for our good if we will. Not one of the twenty-eight Idaho colonists who were so bitterly dis appointed had iccasion to be more than demoralised and dismayed. The whole world is full of opportunities and if you drop a Brooklyn man into Idaho he can make good if he will. Death is a change which we should view with all jeriousness. But there is no need to look on it with fear. Everybody goes that trail. Even Christ himself had to tread it, so it must be all right It can not be lookd upon as a punishment, because it happens to the best of us. Nor is death the greatest change. It is a small thing compared to a man’s swing from a right life to a wrong one. We should not fear changes. They (ring a new set of circomstances and make them mean for us better Abandon Effort to Question Fall in Oil ffivestigation (Ey AssociatcJ Pres*) Washington, ^jeb.*7.—Further ef forts to question^ Albert B. Fall, cen tral figure in the {donate oil investiga tion, wa abandoned by the committed. Thidecision w$S reached upon ad vice of the special government coun sel, Silas Straw* and Atlee Pomerens. a They recommended against permit ting Fall to testify unless he waived immunity. MRS. W. O. JENKINS ENTERTAINS TUESDAY CLUB -fi An unusually pretty meeting of the i Tuesday Luncheon Club was held Tuesday with Mrs. W. O. Jenkins atj the home of her tister, Mrs John B.j Ray, on Washington Street. Promptly at 1, o’clock the guests] arrived and after a few minutes of: merry chat, the liostess invited her! quests into the f dining-room which1 wps a picture of loveliness in its' decorations of red and white, in sug gestion of Valentine. The centerpiece of the dining table was Bed Hadley roses and maiden hair fern, and just overhead dangling from the chande lier was a daintjf cupid seated in a swing with garlands of roses and red streamers gracefully flowing. On the smaller tables! were placed a bud. vase holding a rose bud. Attractive! Valentine place (Sards and red crepe! baskets filled with crystallized grape. fruit were used. A tempting luncheon, consisting of| turkey with dressing and cranberry! sauce, scalloped shysters, celry, hot! biscuits and coffee, followed by, syllabub and fruif cake was served. | After this delightful repast, the ladies; were invited into the large living i room where the' remainder of the J afternoon was sP*nt over cards. --* Mrs. S. H. Marshall will entertain the Thimble Club Friday afternoon, at 3 o’clock, at her home on Boone Road. Mr. and Mrs. RiF. Turner motored over from Danvige, Va., Wednesday and were the gjflests of Mrs. E. E.. Richardson on Washington Street. THE GAZETTE TN EVERY HOME Late News (By Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 7.—E. L. Dohney, California oil operator, has notified the Senate oil committee that instead of $250,000 he recently estimated his interests had paid William G. Mc Adoo's law firm, the amount actually paid so far is $150,000 including an annual fee of $25,000 paid to McAdoo himself. fBy Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 7,—A new reve nue bill poviding for complete revis ion of federal taxes and for a 26 per cent reduction in the 1923 income taxes was voted favorably and re ported to the House by the Ways and Means committee. The vote was 15 to 3, eight of the eleven Democrats voting present. Washington, Feb. 7.—Charles Brew er, Department of Justice agent, in a report to President Coolidge and At torney General Daugherty, a copy of which was filed in the District of Columbia Supreme Court, said he ex pected to prove that knowledge of duplicated overament bonds had been suppressed by the treasury and the evidence of duplications destroyed there. FULL SPEED AHEAD ' There is every reason to believe that business generally will prosper in 1924, particularly in the States of the Middle West, according to Wil liam A. Baehr, of Chicago, vice president and general manager 0f the Illinois Power and Light Corporation. “In spite of this being presidential year, I believe !t will be a good one for the public utility companies and industry in general. “The banking situation is sound and prospects now appear excep tionally bright. “I look for a great year in build ing and improvement in the public utility business, which means not only steady employment for wage earners, but also earning power for the thrifty communities invested in the properties that are serving the territory.” Weather - Fair today and Friday; somewhat colder in northeast portion. Tuxpam As Capital for His Rebel Forces FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURNS The United States Federal Collec tor of Internal Revenue announces that representatives will be at the following places to assist taxpayers in filing their federal income tax re turns: At Draper: February 13. Leaksville: 14-15. Reidsville: February 18 to 21 and March 6. Spray: February 11-12 and March 5. (By Associated Press) Grown svjlle, Feb. 7. — General Adolfo De la Huerta has moved the capital of the revolutionary govern ment to Tuxpam, going to that port accompanied by bis staff on an Aguila Oil Combpany boat, according to a radiogram to the Associated Pess. All revolutionary forces left Vera Cruz Monday, oin by way of the Isthmus railway. Every tub must stand on its own bottom.—Ben Franklin. RECORDER’S COURT TWO OTHER CASES CONTINUED This morning seemed to be fun day in court. The fun commenced to begin when counsel for the case against Noley Biooks, et al., were trying to agree on a date to try the case. They finally decided on Wednesday, February 13th. Judge Fagge turned to Brooks and asked if that suited him. In his characteristic humorous way, Bro'oks replied: “The thirteenth? Yes, that’s my birthday.” The case will be tried on the thirteenth. The case against Joe Edward for! violating the prohibition law, was called. Edwards did not answer. A. D. Ivie, counsel for the defense, tried to explain to the court that it’ was on account of a misunderstanding on his part that the defendant was not there, and asked that the court not require a forfeiture of bond. Mr. Land objected gtrenously. (‘I regret to say it, Your Honor, but the matter of bond has got to be a joke in this court,” said the prose cutor. Mr. Ivie replied that he did not know of any facts to sustain Mr. Land's statement; but that if there was a joke, the joke was on the prosecutor. j The prosecutor plead guity to the I jokes being on him, and said that if Edwards nev£r showed np, there I would be another Joke on him (the blame on himself and insisted that to declare the bond forfeited without giving .the defendant a chance would hardly be fair. Mr. Land became rather incensed and said that Mr. Ivie was trying to. put off the case in the hope that State’s witnesess would not be present I when the case was called. 1 Mr. Ivie denied any such ulterior motives, and said he would not at tempt to play with the court in any, such manner. “Besides," he said, "who are these ‘furriners’ who may not be here when the case is called?” “No,” said Mr. Land, “you don’t want any witnesses to prove that your client sold them liquor.” “If these ‘furriners’ come here from away off just to buy liquor from my client, as you call it, they shouldn’t testify anyway,” said the defend ant’s counsel. Here Judge Fagge interrupted the argument to say that the bond would not be declared forfeited. Mr. Ivie started to thank the judge, but was interrupted by Solicitor Land, who flung at him one parting shot: “Once you had a case put off for a year, and then had the nerve to tell the State’s witnesses and the solicitor they had forgotten all about the Mr. Ivie did not deign to reply to this statement, but ■ continued to as sure the judge of his gratitude and to ,Mm that Edwards would ap ' !»/> '< ended court for Thursday, 7th, (a the year o* our Uwd, ninttofn IjfwJwd and twwjtjr iiaiii Coolidge Supports “Coops.” Marketing Movement Pla WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN PAYS TRIBUTE TO WILSON; LODGE STAYS AT HOME (By Associated Press) Tuscaloosa, Ala., Feb. 7.—“Pre paredness and opportunity were unit ed in President Wilson,” William Jen nings Bryan said in an address here yesterday before students of the Uni versity of Alabama and Tuscaloosans, in which he paid tribute to the ex President. “Intelligence, patriotism and cour age” Bryan said, “were united in the person of the wartime President and all the time the sympathies of Mr. Wilson were with the common people. He was a scholar and a man who had a true regard for the welfare of the great common people not only of America but of the world. And back of his .education and courage was a belief in God. “No man ever went away from home with higher ideals than Wilson carried to Europe. It was a glorious vision.” Washington, Feb. 7. — Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, although desig nated by the senate as a member of the committee to attend Woodrow Wilson’s funeral services, remained at his home throughout the day. His office announced that he was confined on the advice of his physician “because of a bad throat.” TAXICAB BUILDER PLEADS FOR LOWER CAB RATES An appeal to the taxicab operators of America to reduce cab rates, is embodied in a booklet recently pub lished by John Hertz, veteran taxi cab manufacturer, head of the Yellow Cab Manufacturing Co. of Chicago, under the title “An Irrevocable Franchise.” The value of a public service franchise founded in good will rather than on special privilege, is em phasized by Mr. Hertz, who contends that the only sure way to win and hold publicf^sar^js tpgivernqre fellow. “Why do you suppose the Ford Motor Company today has the largest cash reserve of any business institu tion in the world?” This is one of the questions that Mr. Hertz asks in attempting to convince the cab opera tors of America that lower rates of fare are necessary if they expect t<i make cab riding a national habit. Continuing with his arguments for less expensive cab riding, the writer declares: “A taxicab business founded in public confidence and good will, must prosper and endure. Such a franchise (and it is a franchise in the truest sense of the word) is hard to win— easy to hold—tremendously valuable. No board of aldermen, no state legis lature or other law making body can ever revoke it. It consists of nothing more than public acceptance of your service because it is the cheapest and best that money will buy.” Mrs. W. R Walker is expected to attend the U D. C. meeting this afternoon at Mrs. M. L. Heiner’s, on Bridge Street. Read Your County’s Daily Paper First. (By Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 7.—Hope that "every encouragement” will be given the co-operative marketing movement was expressed by Coolidge in a mes sage to the national council ot farm- ® ers co-operative marketing associa tions at the opening of a three-day meeting here. / The President added : ha': there also was need for an oranizulion if i rban consumers “to give like benefits” and declared that a close working ar rangement between the two groups is the ideal toward which present economic efforts should be directed. Washington, Feb. 7.—Law enforce ment and faulty administrative pro visions in the tax law were charged bv Senator Couzens, Republican, Michigan, in a letter to Secretary Mellon with the responsibility for cutting down in federal government revenues. WINTER SHORT COURSE FOR FARM MEN ANI) WOMEN In co-operation with the Agricul tural and Home Economics Depart ment of the Wentworth High school, a winter short course will be held for men and women on February 6th to 8th. If it is important for teachers, doctors, lawyers and other profes sional people to get together to dis cuss their problems, it is doubly so for farm people. With the opportunities offered through co-operative marketing, ex tensive work, and the assistance of specialists it lies with you to make your work pleasant and profitable or unprofitable and a drudge. In preparing our program, we have kept in mind the problems of the average home. We have put forth every effort to secure the services of the best specialists in the State. If you fail to hear them it will he your loss. Mr. Walker has secured people to discuss soil improvement, crop rota tion, seed selection, fertilizers, etc. Miss Maude Wallace, Assistant State Home Demonstration Agent, will have charge of women’s work. «# thtk hoveav^fe’* , greatest problems, a good pan of our time will be given to that subject,.. It has been found by actual weights and measurements many children of well-to-do families are mal-nourish ed—not for lack of enough food, but for the proper kind. ^)n the first day of our school, Feb ruary 6th, there will be on display the proper kinds and amount of food to supply the needs of a family of five. This food will be preoared into meals and served, Breakfast will be the first day’s lession, followed by dinner and lunch or supper. Miss Wallace will also discuss the general princinals of Interior Decora tion and apply these to the various rooms of the house. Every woman loves to have her home beautiful i rd convenient. With a little time end thought she can make it so. It is hoped many of you people will avail yourselves of the good things offered you l>y these specialists, and the good fellowship of mingling with your neighbors. Remember it is school for grown ups. The hours will be from 10 to 3 A regular school lunch will be neces sary. MYRTIE KELLER, Home Demonstration Agent. i 1 1 m New British Premier Writes Poincare He Regrets George’s Act M DESPITE HANDICAPS FOX HUNTING STILL RETAINS ITS POPULARITY (By Associated Press.) London. Feb. 7. — Governments may come and governments may go, but the old English pastime of fox hunting will go on forever. If this opinion is not shared by the majority of farmers in Britain over whose lands the hunters ride, it is by Lord Hillingdon, master of the Graf ton Hunt, for speaking at the annual meeting of the Hunt, the noble lord said: “Whatever government comes into power I have a feeling that we shall carry o nfoxhunting somehow.” (By Associated Press) Paris, Feb. 7.—Prime Minister Mac donald of Great Britain has written Premier Poincare expressing regret for the incident caused by Lloyd George’s interview, asserting the dis covery of an agreement at the Paris peace conference between Woodrow Wilson and Premier Clemenceau re warding occupation of the Rhineland, says.a dispatch to the semi-official Havas agency. The agreement referred to was one which Lldyd George said had existed between Mr. Wilson and M. Clemen ceau. Lloyd George asserted that be had never been acquainted with the agreement, that in fact he never knew thgt such a memorandum had passed between Mr. Wilson and M. Cemenceau on that subject until the previous dag when he had rp$eived .i inquiry from the British fo
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