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VOLUME XLII, NO. 38 LEAK8VILLE. NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28. 1924 . PRICE: TWO CENTS Wilson’s Attorney General Is Called to the Oil Hearing (By Associated Press) Washington, Feb. 28. -— That- A, Mitchell Palmer, attorn#^ general in the Wilson administration, will be called before the Senate oil commit tee was so determined by the commit tee before it resumed reading of the additiona telegrams sent to Edward McLean, published of the Washington Post, at Palm Beach, concerning oil inquiry Senator Dill, Democrat, Washing ton, insisted Palmer should be called, saying he had been a go-between in the delivery of McLean’s messages to the committee. Ira Bennett, editor of the Post telegraphed McLean on January 3rd, that he and John Major, McLean em ployee, saw “Curtis” who promised to see “Lenroot.” “Curtis advised as,” the telegram said, “to see Underwood. We saw Underwood who promised to speak to Walsh, but he hinted it would not do any good.’ In placing these telegrams in the record, committee members made no announcement of identification of per son referred to, leaving the public lo draw its own conslusions. TWO HUNDRED SKATERS RESCUED FROM ICE FLOE BLOWN OUT TO SEA t - (By Associated Press) Copenhagen, Feb. 28.—The remark able rescue of 200 persons who, while skating, were carried out to sea on a huge ice floe, is reported from a small town near here. While the skaters were enjoying the sport the wind loosened a large mass of ice from the fast pack. The floe began to drift rapidly seaward with the helpless skaters. While all harbor authorities were notified, a steamship was dispatched and a number of fishing craft put out to sea. The steamship caught up with the floe several miles from shore and took off 100 of the skaters, while the others were rescued by fishing craft. CEMENT BEST FOR ROAD MARKS Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 28.—White traffic dividing lines are to be built into concrete roads instead of being painted upon them each season, ac cording to William M. Connell, engi neering executive of the Pennsylvania department of highways. In the centre of the road on grades ard curves a four-inch strip of white cement will be built. Mr. Cotthell pointed out that the cost of building the line into the pave ment will not equal the c*st of a painted white line with the neccwary renewals. __—i IRELAND’S BANKS PROSPEROUS Dublin, Feb. 28. — Statistics re cently published show Ireland’s banks to be prosperous, some of them pay ing as high as 20 per cent dividends. The Bank of Ireland, with which the government deals, declared a divi dend of 16 per cent and added $1,000, 000 to its reserve. Deposits generally show a decrease due to the transfer of funds 16 the Free State national loan. ->-1 FISH BANQUET FATAL TO 14 >*■ AND SOME OTHERS MAY DIE Manila, Feb. 28.—Out of nineteen natives who ate fish at a banquet in the town of Borrong, province of Sa mar, fourteen have died, stated a mes sage to constabulary headquarters here yesterday. Three of the other five are not expected to recover. REV. BANCOM SPEAKS AT SPRAY BAPTIST CHURCH The storm of yesterday has some what changed the clime of the speak ers of the $75,000,000 campaign, who were schduled to speak at Leakhville, Spray and Draper Baptist churches tonight. There will be only one meeting to night, this will be at Spray Baptist Church. Rev. Bancom, of Winston Salem, will be the speaker of the evening. At a little later date the program as originaly outlined will be carried out. MANILA WRECKERS EXPECT RICHES FROM OLD WARSHIP (By Associated Press.) Manila, Feb. 28.—The old monitor Monadnock, which was built some thirty years ago at San Francisco, is now being broken up for junk at a shipyard here. The craft was brought to Manila more than twenty yeanbApe, but has never ventured far ■pQ' from the Cavite naval station Where she was sold recently for $10,250 to a couple of Manila businss men. They report they have sold enough of her equip ment to cover the purchase price and that they have hardly scratched the old fighting ship. IJr-r- - :.••• • . -• -> textile worker » KILLED AT LEXINGTON Lexington, Peb. 28.—LeRoy Kirk, 29, textile worker, employed at the Wenonah cotton mills here, died at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon in a Salisbury hospital from injuries he re ceived at II o’clock that morning while placing a belt on an overhead shaft in the mill. Kirk was horribly mangled. One leg was completely severed, the other was broken, an arm was broken ana the body was bruised and lacerated. Kirk in some manner was caught in the belting that he was attempting to adjust. Robert Disher, another employee in the mill, was first to as sist the injured man. Other employees in the mill hurried to assist the injured man and a phy sician soon arrived. Kirk was car ried by ambulance to the Salisbury hospital. Everything possible was done to relieve his suffering. He died without regaining consciousness. Kirk had lived here several years and was held in high esteem. He leaves a widow and two small chil dren. The body will probably be brought here today for burial. Home stills still still because fools fool fools—Lake County (Ind.) Times. Daugherty Now •n Chi^ftgo P« Vet Bureau Case (By Associated Pm*) Chicago, Feb. 2*—4MnW*y 0en' eral Daugherty arrived ,|«Ve today ostensibly In connection with a Fed* ernment business and expected to re Veteran’s Bureau. He refused to add to hig previous statements relative to . the oil inquiry at Washington. That he expects to continue to hold his place in the cabinet was indicated when he stated he was here on gov* rnment business and expectd to re main until, that business was com-, pleted.___! As manager of the Electric Bakery my aim will be to please the public of Leaksville. Try us. F. 0. Kidd, Manager.—Adv. Mr. Daugherty, no doubt, is deeply grateful to all those kind friends who have labored tremendously thinking up different ways for him to get out of the cabinet, and bringing all such schemes to the attention of the President.—Greensboro News. Geo. A. Cox. returned last night from Leesburg, Fla., where he moved his family. W eat her Fair today and Friday; temperature same. We make Git dtps* made in cakes.' Try us with an order. Electric Bakery.—AdV. Garment Workers Have '* Jit Trouble in Chicago Factory; 1 Man Shot (By Associated Press ) Chicago, Feb. 28.—One man was shot and several persons were beaten in a clash between striking garment workers and employees of a dress making factory, according to reports to the police who rushed riot squads to the pant. William Goldstein, owner of the factory was shot in the right leg, whe« strike sympathizers stormed the shops. » THE BLIZZARD DID IT Judge T. D. Bryson adjourned civil term of the Superior Court Wednesday on request of members of the County Bar on account of bad weather conditions. But no sooner had this been done, the sun came out bright and warm, driving the anow that had fallen away. Of course some of the county’s roads were in bad shape, making it hard for wit nesses and jurors to attend, yet it does appear as if it would have been better to get the civil docket cleard upwhile so able a judge as T. D. Bryson presided. A little blizzard like yesterday’s should not frighten the lotal bar. Read Tour County’s Daily Pipk First. A Tale of a Bridge (Series, No.-12.) SOME men are reformers. Others think they are. Rockingham County has two men who are would-be reformers. They are often heard going abroad telling the citiZbnship a lot of rot about “drinking at the fountain” with our fore fathers and smearing their heads with the "blood” shed by those who died that “liberty might not perish.” Oh, it’s wonderful to hear these men tell it. But, it is the only way you’ll ever find out they are reformers—when they tell it. They are typical pharisees. Once upon a time one of these fellows work ed for the man who built Spray. He on one occasion delivered an eulogy on his employer that would make eulogy on the late Woodrow Wilson seem a commonplace affair. But, since then this man has changed em ployers, or employer changed him, we don t know which, but from that day to this, that man haw carried a millstone ever since in the shape of an old grude. Today or any day, if he should happen to walk or drive by a piece of property his former boss owns, the poor soul fills with anger, wrath and hatred. He just can’t help it. In this state of mind, full of deep-seated - _ hatred!, be-expect^ every ontt of Tbis acquaint ances to join with him. Should any fail to coincide with him, then that one is denounced as a too! of his old boss. He goes out into the county telling all who will listen to him that the Philistines will get them if they do not quicken their step. * The other man is likened to the wrong end of a rabbit’s foot, with no luck to it. The two are indeed a mess. They are now undertaking to run the county. And while they are staging their performance, the Republicans are discuss ing candidates for county officers, having read the fine Italian handwriting on the wall. The Honorable J. R. Joyce will jump on the platform with copies of letters written by him in behalf of several hundred Republican farm ers, wherein he petitioned, entreated, coaxed and cussed a former Democratic Board of Com missioners to join with the State Highway Com mission in selecting the best routes for roads, bridges, etc., in this county. They refused. Mr. Joyce addressed a letter to eacn memoer with a double-header to Chairman Chance, of Reidsville. This was one year before any mass meeting was held and long before the Bridge Builders Union was organized. What did the Board do? Nothing! Yes, about one yean later, the same old Board met at Reidsville in the late dark hours of the night, when even the clerk of the Board, nor the County’s Attorney were present. They organized the Bridge Builders Union and throwed away $30,000 of the county’s moircy- And Mr. Reader, do you know that *when this voucher was sent to Elwood Cox at High Point the county did not have enough money to Ray it, and it was not paid until later when the present Board made arrangements \> borrow the amOpnt and pay the voucher. t J. R. Joyce is going to tell the taxpayers of this county that if the Democratic Board had responded to his many requests, one State bridge properly located (Bridge Street) would have served the State’s purposes as well as 'ha; of the bounty and there would have been no Fishing Creek bridge built. Besides this, the same old Board borrowed $300,000, paid 6 per cent interest on the loan and a bonus of $15,000, making in all over 1 I per cent, 5 per cent in excess of 4he legal rate. If the reformers are real reformers, they will sue somebody and have this money put back *: into the county treasury. M. E. Murray Oil Scandal Spreads | Over Wide Area and I Greases More People 1-—- ■■ - - SNOW CAUSES TWO FUNERALS IN CITY TO BE POSTPONED Greensboro, Feb. 28.—The funeral of Mrs. Nannie Diamonds, which was to have been held at Xee’s chapel at 2 o’clock Wednesday (afternoon, was postponed until 2 o’clock today, on ac count of inclement weather. The funeral of Miss Aline McKinley Kent, who died Tuesday at the home of her sister in Pomona, wil be held at the residence, 82 Boren Avenue, this afternoon at 2 o’clock. The ser vice, which was to have been held yes terday afternoon at 2 o’clock, was postponed on account of inclement weather. JAPAN TAKES UP GOLF (By Associated Press) New York, Feb. 28.—Golf is mak ing rapid headway as a national past time in Japan, according to word reaching the United" States Golf Association. As a result of recent requests the association has forwarded informa tion to aid in the formation of c na tional Japanese organization of golf clubs, as well as details for the con struction of a model links near Tok'o to serve as a guide for the develop ment of other courses. GETTING THAT GOOft JOB (By Wickes Waraboldt.) Probably the uppermost thought in the mind of the breadwinner is to get into work that is both congenial and remunerative. And probably there is no one thing with which we are more dissatisfied than with our jobs. The man who is completely contented in his vocation is the unusual man. Note how few sons follow the vocation of tbjir fathers. The average man .will adviae his boy against going iiftd th# work in which he himself is occupied for he believes it is about the poorest line of endeavor a man could follow. There are all sorts of plans and systems being developed nowadays to get the right man and the right job together. I do not believe ths ma chine methods will get more than superficial results. The expert can not understand the make-up of a mai, nor comprehend the mysteries of him. He might steer him jn a direc tion that seemed most plausible and lead him away from the thing that would be best for him. Cut and dried plans for conducting human lives do not usually work out very well. I am a firm believer in each individual’s working out his own salvation. I be lieve it is the only way a well rounded devlopment can be attained. A father put his son in the employ of a keen business man. At the end of six months the business man said said to the father, “The boy is too impractica for business life. Make him a lawyer or a minister." But the boy set his teeth and said, “Im practical men are no better in the law or the ministry than anywhere else. I am going to be a business man until I become practical." It took him twenty years but he made good. I think the simple advice for the man who is looking for the good job is: Make good first where you are and then something better will be open to you. it you are not maxing gooa wnere you are that is a clear indication you need to learn to do that very thing and round yourself out in that particular respect. You will not get anywhere by cutting the spelling class just because you are not a good speller. That is the very reason why you should make the necessary effort to keep step with the class. We can never remove the stumps from our farms by plowing around them. We will not get anywhere trying to follow the easy path. There is only one condition that will make a man feel confident and at ease and that is a sense of strength. And strength can only be achieved by overcoming weakness. Dont dodge the thing you don’t like to do. Go on and do it no matter how you hate it. Don’t quit until you have mastered it and then something else will come along to be mastered. And after you have mas tred enough of these hard things, you will find you are master of yourself and the conditions that touch you. Then, automatically and naturally, you will find yourself holding down that good job. Telegrams to Him in Florida Show Efforts to Keep Him Off the Stand NEW NAMES ARE BROUGHT IN) (By Associated Pre«al Washington, Feb. 28. — Another * pandora’s box was opened in the oil scandal. As a result new fields for exploit ation were discovered and the list of committee witnesses was appreci ably augmented. A chief development was the read ing into the reeorl of a sheaf of tele grams sent to Edward B. McLean, publisher of the Washington Post at Palm Beach last December and Jan uary by his agents and others in Washington. These disclosed that persisted ef forts were made on behalf of McLcun to keep him off the witness stand in the oil inquiry and that in this con nection attempts were made to bring pressure on Senator Walsh, Demo crat, Montana, chief prosecutor in the investigation. There also was evidence that J Lean was kept constantly advised as to developments in the inquiry and as to the movements and operations respecting the investigation of Albert B. Fall to whom the publisher at one time said he had loaned $100,000. From the telegrams the committee learned also that E. W. Smithers, chief communications officer at the White House, had been employed to man the Washington end of a private telegraph wire which was installed between this city and McLean’s Palm Beach cottage. One of the arguments advanced to the publisher jn favor of the private wire ;wa*,“«asy and^quick..access to the White Abuse” and another was “the congressional situation.” SPORTS LEAKSVILLE RESERVES DEFEAT G. H. S. SOPHS Greensboro high school class games continued yesterday at the “Y" with the juniors and seniors, who were vanquished Tuesday by Junior high and sophomores respectively, meeting while the Leaksville reserves met and trimmed the fast moving G. H. S. sophomores. Moose Tenney’s second team com pleltely outclassed the hops and won eahily 22 to 7. The junior-seniors battle ended in an 18 to 10 victory for the juniors. The feature of this game was the goal which Causey, a senior, caged for the juniors. Causey got the ball near the junior basket and someone yelled “shoot” and he did—ringing up two pointh for his opponents. FIRPO OFFERS TERMS FOR MEETING WILLS Buenos Aires, Feb. 28.—Although Luis Firpo sqid yesterday he waa nor k yet ready to/make’ a final decision, he indicated "that he now was disposed to waive his demand for the deposit of $50,000 in Buenos Aires to clinch a match with Harry Wills, the Ameri can negro fighter, provided the Ray mond syndicate waived the condition it should control his boxing engage ments in the United States prior to a fight with Wills. It was announced the total receipts of the Firpo-Lodge fight lust Sunday amounted to 141,461 pesos or $46,000 at the current exchange rate. The ticket sales at various prices aggre gated 25,966. SIKI HAS PENUMONIA; SENT TO HOSPITAL Havana, Feb. 28.—“Battling” Siki, the Senegalese pubilist, yesterday was taken to a hospital here suffering from bronchital pneumonia. Orders have been given by his physiean that the fighter mast have absolute rest. * C. P. Smith has very attractive windows at his store today, displaying many good things for the table. * Oar pies are as good a3 can be made. Try our lemon, chocolate, cocoannt and orange marangue pies. Electric Bak ;ry.—Adv.
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