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GAZETTE wa**r***===***m*mtm LEAKSVI'TE. '!: SPRAY AND DRAPER. PRICE: TWO CENTS That He Acted As Attorney in All Good roops in Charge of Herrin Wet and Dry Fight ■il Duty is to Uncover All Guilty Ones (By Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 11.—William G. McAdoo emphasised before thfl Sen ate oil committee that his professional relations with E. L. Doheny which was recently terminated, were ”in good faith** and had nothing to do with the leasing of naval oil reserves, appear i tag at his own request because of testimony given by Doheny as to his employment in connection with Mexi can oil matters. McAdoo declared t "I think it may fairly be presumed that if my name was not prominently mentioned in connection with a high office. My private practice as a lawyer would be Of 90 interest to this committee or to the public.” Asserting that the Mfaith of people in their own government is shaken,” he declared, "this question transcends political parties and partisan con siderations” and “the first duty, the Imperative duty 'of the hour, if mercilessly to uncover and to bring to public trust, all who has been guilty of wrong doing in this humiliating and dangerous affair.” Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Walker ar t family returned to Greensboro yester day afternoon. While'here Mr. ant Mrs. Walker were guests of Mrs. Reu bin Reid at the Carolina Home. Late News (By Associated Proas' Washington, Foot reports on a now revenue bill, differing widely on the question of income and surtax rates, were reported to the house by mem bers of the ways and means com mittee. The measure is expected to provide at least a month’s debate in the House, where a change in rules will, permit its amendment from the Horn (By Associated Press) Pittsburgh, Feb. 11.—Two prison officers were shot to death end e num ber of convicts were wounded more or less seriously, in a riot at the West ern penitentiary, after a nhour’s fight during which riot guns, tear gas; bombs, clubs and briks were used. The guards who were assisted by county detectives and Pittsburgh police forces, succeeded in quelling disturbance which started when the convicts used explosive in an effort to dynamite their way to freedom. None of the convicts escaped. Mrs. P. V. Godfrey entertained a number of friends in honor of Mrs. W. R. Walker Saturday afternoon. . A Tale of a Bridge 1 Series, No. 2 N our Saturday article ore muddy roads in Leaksville told about the before the County. Up to this time die county was getting along with dirt roads and a few milfes of maca dam roads, which done fairly weH in the day of horses and wagons, but when the automobile came into general use, better roads.were needed and the demand for asphalt was universal. These Letter class of roads called for better bridges, etc., and around $30,000 per mile for each mile built. The cost of each section of these asphalt roads will be furnished later and their location given as well as other-facts show ing they were built by the several Boards of Commissioners on demands presented to the Board by citizens. The Spray bridge was built at a cost of $32,500, and at the time the order was secured, a large delegation of citizens representing all interests, both at Spray and Draper, went before the Board, pleading for the bridge. The order was given and the bridge built. In those days no one seemed to «u»,hgw much these things cost—so long as they got what they wanted. Then they were ashed to built an asphalt road from the Leaksville town line to Spray. The need of this section of road was kid before thevBoard by representative citizens of the towns.' ’ Later oh came the de mand for the Spray-Draper road, and still later the Boulevard road and also, North Spray. Now it might seem as if Leaksville towft sjbip had gotten more than its share of asphalt roads and concret bridges. ■ But there is several ways of looking at this matter, and for this rea son the matter should be reviewed from several angles. Property holdiers contributed liberally toward meeting die coat of several sections of these roads, which of course bear* out our state ment that nearly every foot of roads was built only after citizens had made a demand for them. That demand kept up until it knew no bounds. Not so long ago Leaksvitle and Stoneville citi zens asked for an asphalt road between these two towns, but it wpo not|granted., It was then that the present Board rednded the order it had made for an asphalt road from \Kpntworth to Madison, all of which grew out of a demand by Berry-Hamillon Street advocates for a $30,000 donation to the State highway commis sion to select the Berry route. • • • *' By the time the $3QJ)Q0 donation was RAILWAY TAXES PASS A "MILLION DOLLARS A DAY” The statistics of the Interstate Commerce Commission for November, 1923, which recently have become available, disclose that in that month the tax accruals of the Class I rail ways amounted to 930,886,092, or $1,012370 a day. . This was the first month in history when the tax accruals of the railways exceeded * million dollars a day. The increase in railway taxes is seen in the following statistics giving the tax accruals in November of each of the last six years: 1918 ..$15310,000 1919 . 18,820,000 1920 .. 22,348,000 1921 .. 22,843,000 1921 . 25,042,000 1922 . 27384,000 1928 ... 30388,000 Since 1919 the taxes paid by the railways have regularly exceeded the cash dividends paid by them. In 1922 the taxes of the Class I roads exceed ed their dividends by about $34,000, 000. The total taxes of these roads for 1923 are estimated at over $330,000, 000, and if they continue to. increase in 1924 as they did in 1923, they will amount this year to approximately $365,000,000. This would exceed the dividends paid by these roads in any year since 1914 and would be equival ent to a dividend of 5 per cent on all their outstanding stock. Commenting cn these facts, the Railway. Age, says: “Why do not any of those who are urflng a restoration of pre-war railway rates also advocate a restora tion of pre-war railway taxes? The taxes of the railways are now about 170 per cent greater than they were ten years ago.” The average revenue per ton-mile received by the Class 1 railroads in the ten months ended October, 1923, was 1.101 cents compared with 1.113 cents in the same period in 1922. RAGGING THE STRANGER It is ungenerous to banter the stranger. He is at a disadvantage, like a strange dog in a strange back yard. He ean not be at Us best For that reason it is the occasion for mirth when hd ties his tormentor into a double bow knot There is a man down in South Florida known throughout his com munity as "Pussy Cat.” he got his name. A young lady winter tourist Wyoming was on board, a Florida river steamer en route to Kissimmee. The natives put the accent on the second syllable—Kis-sim-mee. ... She wanted to stop over at an inter mediate station and was looking for someone who was going through who would deliver a message at Kissim mee for her. She approached a group of men on the deck and asked one of them a question. What she Bald was, “Are you going to Kiss-i-mee to night?” He was a prankish sgrt of bipea and replied mischievously, "I’d cer tainly like to all righto Hiss, hut yo. see my wife is on board,” The Wyoming girl fixed him with a cold steely eye and said with clear enunciation, “In my opinion you are a pusillanimous pussy-cat parading as a man.” They have called his “Pussy Cat” ever since. An Irishman walked into a saloon onve upon a time. Standing at the bar was another man with a Mexican hairless dog at his heels. The Irish man had never seen this sort of canine before and he jovially asked the owner what kind of e.dog it was. The man accosted turned a fishy eye on Us interrogator and said im pudently, “He is half ape and half Irishman.” “Oh, ho” said the Irishman genially “Then ere are both kin to him, eh?” A group of boys of the American Expeditionary Force drifted into.a London pub one day. They were brand new soldiers in brand new uni forma Some British soldier* were in there too. One of them was in a bully ing mood. He had never seen service Sft the'front or he would not have been so cocky. He spied the newcomers a&d laughed noisily. “Mb eye!” he said, “wot ’ave we ’ere?” Then he swaggered over to tie Americans and said banteringly to a small quiet doughboy, “Wot do ffeey stand foe—the letters A. E. F. ?” ‘After England Failed,” laconically the small qniet doughboy. It ,.,~rted they had to stop the war the Western front while they quiet in that English pub. But Sweepng Changes at LakebnrstAir Station Are Made (By Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 11. —' Sweeping changes in the personnel dl officers at Lakehurst, i N. J., air station, and 'others assigned to the aitship Shen andoah, including relief qf her com manding officer, Commander Mc Crary, have been made Rear Ad miral Moffett, chief of the navy aeronautical bureau, and approved by Secretary Denby. Orders to McCrary said "Upon be ing relieved by Lieutenant Com mander Landsdowne as domma^ding officer of the Shenandoah, you will re gard yourself detached from all duties on board that airship.” McCrary who has been In charge of Lakehurst was also relieved of Com mand and "detached from at! present duties.” ASPHALT PAVEMENT POPULAR IN CITIES More and more asphalt pavements are being laid where the traffic is heaviest every year. With the ex perience of New York, where Fifth Avenue, said to be the busiest street in the world, as far as traffic is con cerned, to guide them, cities all over | the country are increasing their as phalt streets. According to statistics, the paved streets of 290 American cities, merged into a single great highway 18 feet wide, would extend In - a continuous pavement for a distance of 66,974.8 miles, or enough to more than twice encircle the globe. These 290 cities, which comprise 66.8 per cent of the 63,888,386 urban population of the United States, re port a total of 601,668,647 square yards of pavement. Of this 468,469, 141 square yards, or 78 per cent, are of types higher than waterbound macadam. These higher types in turn comprise percentages of -the totality peg"higher-than - waietfMmd. macadam as follows: Asphaltic types, 63.9 per cent; brick, 21.9 per cant; stone block, 11.6 per cent; wood block, 3.3 per cent; Portland cement concrete 6.6 per cent; tar macadam, 2.5 per cent ^miscellaneous, 1.3 per cent. . In the 66 cities of 100,000 popula tion or more reporting, the asphaltic types comprise 64.9 per cent of the total yardage of pavements higher than waterbound macadam. The per centage for the other types higher than waterbound macadam qre as fol lows: brick, 19.9 per cent; wood block, 4.0 per cent; stone block, 14.6 per cent; Portland cement concrete, 3.6 per cent; tar macadam, 1.8 per cent; miscellaneous, 1.4 per cent. Asphalt streets wear well, are easily repaired when repairs are necessary, are noiseless, smooth, waterproof (preventing drainage troubles) and resist stresses caused by temperature changes, all of which reasons contribute to the popularity of thiB material for city pavements. FIRST CHRISTIAN „ CHURCH NOTES The Sunday school of the First Christian Church, Spray, with G. H. Smith as superintendent, is having a large attendance. Yesterday morn ing there were 308 present and the Sunday before there were 309. The goal for next Sunday is 400. The Loyal Sons and Daughters class with Sidney Hall, teacher, had 69 pre sent Sunday. They invite those not attending Sunday school elsewhere to attend. The Ladies’ Aid Society of the First Christian Church will give a so cial in the Sunday school rooms next Thursday night. The admission is one yard of pennies, which is forty sight pennies. A good time is as sured all who attend. RESOLUTION IN HONOR OF THE MEMORY OF WOODROW WILSON At a meeting: of the Chalmers Glenn Chapter of the United Daugh ters of the Confederacy, Lealcsville, N. C., held on Thursday, February 7th, the president, Mrs. Reubin Reid, appointed a committee to draft reso lutions honoring the memory of Woodrow Wilson. The following reso lutions were adopted: RESOLVED, First, That we, the United Daughters of the Con federacy of Chalmers Glenn Chapter, Leaksville, N. C., feel ■ inexpressible sorrow at the pass ing of one so noble in character, so Illustrious in deeds and so dis tinguished in position as our ex President Woodrow Wilson. RESOLVED, Second, That not 1 only has our nation suffered an I irreparable loss, but the whole world mourns the death of one | whose broad vision, high ideals, and supreme desire for whicn he gave his life, have not yet been realized. RESOLVED, Third, That as in ' dividuals and as an organization, we shall strive to keep alive and foster those ideals in order that they may yet be realized, and that the principles of peace and good will among men and nation, for which he fought and died, may yet be accepted and practic ed by all nations of the world. RESOLVED, Fourth, That we extend to Mrs. Wilson and to the other members of the family our deepest sympathy. MRS. W. R. WALKER, MRS. S. L. MARTIN, MRS. JAMES W. IVIE, Committee. MUSCLE SHOALS HAS NOT BEEN ENDORSED (By Associated Pros) Washington, Feb. 11.—The Mc Kenzie bill, authorizing: the accept ance of Ford's offer for Muscle Shoals was. emphatically opposed in a minor ity report submitted by >rf the House military committee. Com paring the Ford ocer with that of four proposals which have been made for operation of Muscle Shoals. The report declares acceptance of Ford’s bid would amount “to a grift of enormous property and industrial ad vantage to a private citizen from the resources of the United States.” MISS ELIZABETH TU1TLE AND HER NINTH BIRTHDAY Miss Elizabeth Churchill Tuttle celebrated Jier ninth birthday most delightfully^ Saturday afternoon, at the home of her parents, Dr. and Mrs. A. F. Tuttle. Attractive games were played, the beaut’ful birthday cake being the center of attraction. Delicious cake, cream and candies were served—all suggesting the Val entine idea throughout. Th£ following young ladies and gentlemen enjoyed the happy occasion with the small honoree: Misses Hattie King Ray, Ida-Price, Lucile Walker, Kathleen Strong, Grace Hobbs, Katherine Ellington, Myra Smith and Ava Ed Scott; Jack Lewis, Sherman Miles and Durwood King. HOW TO BUILD A WARM GARAGE "A friend of mine aolved the prob lem of keeping hie garage warm in winter by building it against the rear wall of his house,” says Arthur G. Zeller, president of the Michigan State Automobile School, Detroit. “He excavated for the garage door to a level with the basement floor, made a suitable slope for getting in and out with the ear, put a drain at the foot of the slope to carry away any water, that might collect; and the beet part of it is that the roof comes at just the proper height to form a rear porch floor. “The walls and roof are thoroughly insulated with building felt. When the weather turns cold he opens the door between the basement of his house and the garage and sufficient warmth finds its way in to make easy starting in the morning. “It has also provided him with a wonderful fruit and vegetable cellar as the walls are lined with shallow shelves, at present laden with luscious canned fruit. Under the work bench are bins for apples, potatoes, carrots, and rutabagas. “In a few cities the building code prohibits an opening between a house Martial Law and Strike of Miners Threat at Herrin IRISH NAMES RILE COUNTY DOWN (By Associated Press.) Dublin, Feb. 11.—While the Free State government is making the teaching of the Irish language com pulsory in tbs schools, and using it on an equality with English in all public proceedings and document, the gov ernment of North East Ulster has in stituted a prosecution against a farm er in County Down for having a name in Irish on his cart. OIL BURNERS POPULAR (By Associated Press) London, Feb. 11.—Thirty-five per cent of all the marine tonnage now under construction in the world, ac cording to Lloyd’s statistics, ig to be fille dwithintemal combustion engines as against steam. This shows the re-' BERLIN MAY BURN FAMOUS OAKS i — (By Associated Press) Potsdam, Feb. 11.—The royal oaks! of Potsdam, which fringe various j avenues often traveled in the past by : German rulers and their families, are ( threatened with destruction. The an-' thorities say the trees have outlived their usefulness, that many of them are diseased, and that the municipal ity would realise quite a sum if they were turned into fire wood. NO ONE WILL PURCHASE LARGE SIZE PAINTINGS j (By Associated Press) London, Feb. 11.—Large canvases painted by old masters to hang upon the spacious walls of the rich man’s mansiqp arejiard t« .sell in theee days; of apartments and" smAU A«iw«. Bond Street dealers for small pictures, j =o that prices frequently are in in verse ratio to sice. LONDON TRADESMEN GAIN FAME THROUGH SERV ING ROYAL FAMILY (By Associated Press) London, Feb. 11.—The members of; the British royal family are goad! patrons of the trdes, and those who -upply them with their everyday wants get official recognition in the form of warrants, a list whereof is is sued once a year. And the lucky tradesman is not slow to advertise the fact that he sells goods to the fir t family in the land. The list this year carries tin names, among others, of one chiropod ist, three makers of tartans, one maker of kilts, an instructor in physical culture, an antiquary, two shawlmen, a fan maker, two cleaners and dyers, two sewing machine mak ers and twenty-five jewelers and silversmiths. SAFETY MEASURES REDUCE ACCIDENTS IN COAL REGIONS (By Associated Press) Harrisburg. Feb. 11.—Fewer fatali-j ties, in proportion to the number of miners exposed to risks and the num ber of days’ work, occurred in the Pennsylvania anthracite region in 1928 than in any year during the la-t half-century, Joseph J. Walsh, State secretary of mines, declared in an-: nouncing his preliminary report for: the year. There were 606 fatalities last year,( a number greater than in some other years, Mr. Walsh pointed out, but in the years which had a ! lower total the number of miners and the number of days worked were con-1 siderably less. ETHIOPIA GOES ON RECORD AS AGAINST WHITE SLAVERY (B? \asoetated Geneva, Feb. 11.—Ethiopia, Ok African state known otherwise as Abyssinia, the last country to be ad mitted to the League of Nations, has notified the league that it has ratified the “white slave” convention. This is the agreement whereby sig natory states agree to exert every ef fort to crush out the traffic in women and young girls A special commission of experts voder the direction of Dr. A. Tlexner, ef New York, soon will Inaugurate a new Inquiry into the traffic, under the MHih ss ef the League of Na a slew to securing its Jg* ******* (By Associated Press) Herrin, HI., Turbulent Williamson county, the scene two years ago of the massacre of more than a score of non-union coal miners, and lately of an internecine warfare between the dry Ku-Klux Klan and wet anti-Klan factions, faced the prospect of a dec laration of martial law and a strike of approximately 4,000 bituminous miners employed in twenty-seven mines. No untoward incident oc curred last night, accordin gto reports of military authorities here. Adjutant General Carlos E. Black Sunday issued an order for the im mediate entraining of the 13:2nd in 'ontry of the Illinois State militia, a Chicago unit, and of the 138th in fantry. composed of companies from southern Illinois, to proceed at once for this city. This will bring the total number of State troops in Herrin end the whole of Williamson County to 1,700. John Ford, chief of police of Her rin, and Harold Crain, a patrolman, were brought back free Relieville, 111., by a group of S. Glenn Young deputised, citizens Sunday afternoon. Young declared Sheriff George Gallignn, now under arrest charged' with the murder of Corn-table Caesar Cagle, kidnaped the officers and spirited them away to Murphys boro in an adjacent county. Galligan said he took the men away for their own safety after they had charged a meet ing of the Knights of the Flaming Circle, an anti-Klan organization at Rome Hal Hast Thursday night. The shooting, as the resub «f tin-- da h resulted in the death of Cagle and the serious wounding of John Lay man. one of Galligan’s deputies. As Galligan was returning, from Murpbysboro en route to Marion Sun dry He atrpf.terl j j Garboncjale _ of special police, and in the presence of Young, telephoned Sheriff White t. ?! ysboro to release. Ford and Crain. LOCALS The Woodrow Wil.-on Union Me morial Services at the Methodist Church yesterday, weo well attended and impressive, Br. W. E. Aber nathy, pastor of tha First Baptist Church, delivered the memorial ad dress. Jesse Ray was in town Sunday calling on friends. Barney Walker, who is attending Wake Forest College, spent" the week end at home. Mrs. Myzek, of Madison entertain ed today i nhonor of Bi hop Penich. Those from here who attended, were Mesdames L. W. Clark, S. L. Martin, J. B. Ray, Lee Martin and S. H. Marshall Misses Kathleen Walker and Lottie Long, of Greensboro, were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. P. V. Godfrey. Mrs. N. B. Austin is confined to her room with sickness Timothy Sutterfield motored to Price Sunday. Mrs. John B. Ray cordially inrites all the members of the Philathea class to meet at her home on Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’clock. It is desired that all members make an effort to be present. Mr and Mrs. T. S. Keiser and son, Raymond, of Winston-Salem, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Carter. CALIFORNIA CHARMS SWEDES <By Associated Press) Stockholm, Feb. 11.—Carl Eldh, Sweden’s foremost sculptor, will leave soon to make his home in California. His wife, during a recent visit to Loe Angeles, bought a villa near the city where they will reside. Mrs. Eldh was so charmed with California that after her return to Sweden, she prevailed upon tho sculptor to take his art to that State. Weather _ Fair today; win and warmer to* awrov’ K ^..
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