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The Kinston Press FREl J " " - ' : ' -; v f ' " . . PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK -WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS VOL. 42 No. 93 KINSTON, N. C WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS FOUR IN SHEPARD NmURDER CASE MAKE NEW YORK POLICE WHEAT TRADING IS MERE GAMBLING IN EYES OF COMMISSI TROOPS HAVE IRISH HOSTAGES WITH 'Ell AND TWO ARE DEAD SMITH SAYS HE IS OUT OF U. S. AND HOPES TO STAY OUT DRIVE FOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO BE STAGED ON TUESDAY MORE THAN HALF OF COTTON CROP STILL DETERMINED EFFORT IN DRIVE ON CRIME IN STATE UNSOLD 1?F To Grain Freedom State DepenHs Upon -Experts' TestimorK Preliminary Hearing i.Resumed at Macon (By the United Pres! Macon, Ga., Dec. 20. DeteWiined efforts to gain the release ofthe four ipersons held as principals inhe alleged 'murder cabal" in connect!' with the death of Fred Shepard, the peach king, were made today at the ing. The State's evidence was based largely on the testimony of experts who say Shepard s death was due to bichloride of mercury poisoning. The defense has an array of ex perts scheduled to appear. Meanwhile the four principals re mained in custody. They are Mrs. Pauline Elmer, widow of Shepard; Mrs. lone Henry, her sister; Earn est Hopson, and Mrs. Annie Cutts. HAVE LOCATED "LOST MINE" OF GOLD. Redding, Cal., Dec. 20. Has the fa mous "Lost Mine" been found? George Rice, Del Taylor, George West and George Bryner, Shasta County miners, declare they have found it and pioneer miners are in clined to give credence to their story. The four miners who declare they discovered the long-lost mine last June and have since been working it have come out of the mountain fast ness of the Squaw Creek district for the winter. They declare they located the mine 22 miles' up Squaw Creek from Copper City. The well-established story is that in 1853 some miners found a rich claim far" up Squaw Creek. All but one of them was massacred by the Indians. The survivor came down to Copper City and told the story of the riches that were abandoned, but he was suou afterward drowned in Pitt-River. MONUMENTS TO MARK ADVANCE OF AMERICANS. Paris, Dec. 20. Jive identical monuments are to mark the crest of the advances made on the French fronts by the American First Divis ion in its five most important at tacks. J CANADIAN LUXURY -TAX IS MODIFIED. Ottawa, Dec. 20. All taxes on luxuries In Canada except alcoholic liquors, confectionery and 'playing cards, have been abolished by the Dominion government, it was an nounced yesterday. AVIATOR'S POCKETBOOK IS LOST IN THE AIR. Paris, Dec; 20. An extensive search is being carried out on the roofs of Saint Denis and Le Bourget houses following the publication of an advertisement in a Eench daily that an aviator had lost his pocket book while flying over these dis tricts. This is the first time such a -thing has been recorded, and the heading to the advertisement, "Lost in the air," has amused the French people. King Repatriated Joyous Welcome Repays Constantine for Exile. (By the United Press) Athens, Dec. 20 King Constan- tine was repatriated today. His three years of exile were repaid in three hours of delirious welcome. The king entered Athens yesterday. Crowds ' cheered and sang wherever he went today. WORKER CUT TO PIECES IN SAW MILL ACCIDENT. Mount Olive, Dec. 20. Roscoe Parker, white, sawyer for the Swift Creek Lumber Company, whose plant is located about seven miles north o. here, was almost instantly killed a result of coming in contact witnJHe rapidly revolving circular sawJCA crooked log on the saw carriagerfPame in contact with another piecejwf tim ber, which struck Parker aw knock ed him across the saw, whqjjf both his right leg and arm were instantly am putated. Death follows in a few moments. Order Stands Supreme Court jtvon't Modify Lehigh Valfey Decree. the United Press) v WashinJtoni Dec. 20. The Su- preme Ob urt today denied the re quest Of the Lehigh Valley Railroad for ykodification of its recent decree dissolving; the road's coal combine. Twenty-Four Hours With', out Major Crime Epi demic of Burglary, Mur der and, Robbery Appar ently Checked (By the United Press) New York. Dec- 20. "Hundred nt crooks are being rounded up in a ponce drive -here designed to check the crime wave which has resulted an unprecedented number of hold- urgiaries and murders. rests were foeenn carlv vester- dayul are still under way. Manm.nrisonprs have hppn releas ed after Ting satisfactory accounts of themsefms. The last 2itmurs passed without a major crime fm the first time in weeks. LEGION HELPS TC :UT HIGH COST . RENTING. Los Angeles, Cal., DecgO. The activities of Los Angeleestost of the American Legion, with itsTkaem- bership of 5,000, promise to cut skert the period of exorbitant rents in city and to bring the landlords o apartments and suburban homes back to reasonable terms. Through its committee on rent profiteering, this legion post investigates all cases of trouble between tenants and landlards in which legionnarires are involved and endeavors to clear up the situa tion according to the principles of justice. The legion members, backed up by a number of civic bodies, are credited with bringing about a slight decrease in Los Angeles rent als within the last few weeks, and expect to effect still 'greater reduct ion. Death of A. McLean Nationally Known Missionary Worker of -Christian Church. News has just reached local mem bers of fhe Christain Church of the sudden death of A. pMcLean, for 35 years one of the missionary leaders of the church, a large part of ;the time being president of the United Christian Missionary Society. Mr. McLean was well known to the brotherhood all over the world, and went with his society into the Unit Missionary Society organization which was perfected two years ago, consol idating all of the missionary enter prises of the church. His death fol lowed an operation at Battle Creek, Mich.. It is understood that the op eration was not considered serious one and his death from it was unex pected. In Superior Court .Tndire Connor Fridav afternoon told a juryy which failed to agree in case against Lee Whitehurst anil nnie Belle Clark, a woman of South Kinston, charged with forni cation and adultery, that anyooeiy who would not believe the evidence adduced in the case and conviet on It "would not believe angels from eaven.' The jury stood nine to three mistrial was ordered. Judge nor said he did not wish to app ritimmg the jury or interfering ilh the rie-hts of the jurytfen, but he made it mrettv -mlain Jhat he thought the three who stojfcl out for Kiuittal bad not donotheir duty. lie polled the jury in open court, ask inor each one how hafstood, and or rlered" the mistrial Johnnie Penn asd Richard Mor ris, negro boys.iere acquitted of (larceny. The latter was prosecuted by the E. B. Jjfcrston Drug (Jompany on a charg&jfef alleged larceny from the safe ojfa sum aggregating two or three hundred dollars. The State was abl$to make out a very slim case ajftinst Morris and the acquit tal v&s ordered without going to the BWLING PRIZES REACH BIG SUM OF $10,000. Buffalo, Dec. 18. One thousand five-man teams from the United States, Ganada and Mexico will com pete for $40,000 in prize money to be distributed in the 1921 American Bowling Congress tournament, which ia tS be held here February 28 to March 31. Sixteen alleys will be in use day and night. . Cotton . : Futures quotations Monday were: Open. Close. December 14.85 14.97 January 14.95 .. 14.96 March -8U May ............ 15.08 14.93 July 15.07 15.03 October 15-20 15.10 Local receipts to 3 o'clock were about 60 bales, prices from 14c down ward. ' - President Gets Reply From Trade' Body Great Econ omic Waste Involved No Executive Right Stop Importation (By the United Press) Washington, Dec.. 20. The large volume of future trading in wheat is "mere gambling," involving great economic waste, and' should be stop ped by congressional regulation, the Federal Trade Commission wrote President Wilson today. , . The communication was a reply to the President's request for a study of the causes of falling wheat prices. The commission advised the Pres ident that he has no power to pre vent Importation of foreign wheat as lemanded by the farmers. Talk of Dawson For Congress in Event of Anything Happening to Kitchin. "Red" Powell, writing to his pa per, the Raleigh News and Observer, from Washington says that if North arollna is allowed to elect its two Congressmen at large, as some perjtons are. in lavor ol, Uiaude KitdlB might be named one of the congifcsmen-at-large." This, of course, Second Powell uld leave a vacancy in the rict. This possibility, wrmcs, "brings prominently to the frontTe name of John G. Dawson of KinSton, Lenoir's member in the lower brBh of the General Assembly. Tar tels visiting, the capital have heard gt Mr. Daw son has congressionafSfcather than judicial, ambitions, ancrlhey declare him fitted to succeed MIK Kitchin in the event the ScotlaiqL Neck statesman advances or retli-3" BIT OF BEAUTY FROM CAROLINA WOOf The "only sprig of holly in the country" with which a popular storv of cliildhbod deals was hardly mor valuable than a single sprig of mistle toe which by now has reached a little northern town where it was calcu lated to create a holiday sensation Experts on such matters declared it was the finest bit of the Chnstm plant ever seen here; it was i "bunchiest" and fullest of berries, abd had the largest stem. A young jwm an who carried the surprise fjlf hei northern friends would not Jffust tc send it in a package, but sejout with the grim determination tiff carry it 500 or 600 miles, a jouHiey market! by six changes of carajr Its market value hors was about J cents, against all the way from fi to 25 cents for less attractive spiffs, but it was con cluded that in ainbig city market it ould easily briiK $50. Failed to List fveral Hundred Have Make food With Tax Collectors. 'wo or three hundred" Lenoir untians are being issued" ultimat- ims Dy tne county auinonues to nsi taxes by January 1. Listtakers have reported some such number as having failed to list for 1920. The new law makes it obligatory upon the com missioners to report such delinquent? to the grand jury. The non-listers are being warned by letter that they stand in peril of indictment by the January grand jury. Butter Record Cows Produce Three Pounds Each a Day for Year. (By the United Press.) Buffalo, Dec 20. A' record for producing butter and milk as never before attained has ibeen made by five cows, on a yearly test, at the Pine Grove Farm, Elma, N. Y., a Buffalo suburb, Oliver Cubans, Jr., owner of the farm and of a million dollar herd of Holsteinsy has ahnoun; ced. The five cows have produced 100.000 pounds of milk and in excess of 6,000 pounds of butter during the test, according to Cabana. lhia would be an average of three pounds of butter per day.' So far as known, the record, which is unofficial, never before has been approached. Oppose Tariff Bill , Democratic Senators Desire to Play Safe. (By the United Press y Washington. Dec 20. The Senate Democrats will oppose the efforts") to jam through as an emergency measure a tariff onl virtually em bargoing all commodities. The decis ion was reached at a meeting today of the Democratic steering commit tee of the Senate, UK Said to Have Been Shot by the Military German Methods in Erin? New Policy Introduced by Brit ish Officials BY WEBB MILLER (United Press Staff Correspondent) London, Dec. 20. Two deaths are reported to have resulted from the military's new policy of using Sinn Fein prisoners as hostages. Prisoners are said to have been hot by soldiers near Cashel. The reasons were not announced. The Sinn Feiners were warned re :cntly that troops would carry pris oners with , them in all movements hereafter. There were minor in stances of violence over the week end. BULLETINS COTTON FIGURES. Washington, Dec. 20. Cotton ginned from the 1920 crop to talled 10,878,000 running bales to December 13, the Census Bureau today announced, as compared with 9,396,646 bales to the same date last year. TARRED AND FEATHERED. Jacksonville, Fla Dec. -20. The police are investigating the kidnapping of .John Bischoff, real estate dealer who was dun ed from an automobile at downtown corner last night ed only in his underwe; which tar and feathers applied. r TRIES MI iyal tcMinister Who Skip ped Out Wth Choir Girl Preacher ks to Be Re instated, Alktting Ev erything (By the United Press) Passaic, N. J., Dec. 20. Thejon sistory of the First Netherlams Church will pass judgment tonigm on the f.wiiily of the Rev. Corneliu. Densel, exjpastor, who recently re turned from a mysterious disappear ance with 'Trina Hannenberg, a choir girl.'' The presiding elder today said , Densel had made a "full confession"! and asked to be reinstated. His fam- j ily are now under censure iDccause they withhold information during his absence. PRETTY GIRL LEADS IN CHICAGO HOLDUPS. Chicago, Dec. 20. A good-looking girl with a ,pearl-handled revolver lid a daring gang in three daylight T-RAIL OF BLOOD a bjSy eifess- T, to Md been STOffl V L A l&lhllllJI I SUb oip4 : t JEWEL; BIT OF CHINESE TRAGEDY By CHARLES E. HOGUE (United Press Staff Correspondent) Shanghai, Dec. 20. Foreign and native police departments through out China are engaged io. a hunt to day that involves a story aS-weird as any of those told in Sax Romer's Ori ental tales. A green jade jewel which has a history as sinister as, that of the Hope diamond has disappeared. Its latest owner escaped death, after being shot through the head and is spending thousands in an endeavor to recover the gem. Woo Sing-faung, owner of a tiny shop in the exclusive Bubbling Well district, is a dealer in rare gems. How he came to possess the fateful jewel, known in Chinese as "The Jade," he refuses to disclose. A short time ago a well dressed stranger, apparently an American en tered the shop and asked to see the choicest jewels. The shopkeeper be lieved his customer to be a man of wealth and suggested that he obtain some rarer articles than those on dis play. ' The foreigner agreed and an appointment was made for. the next day. When tho customer kept the ap pointment, the merchant brought forth necklaces and unmounted jade of rare value. From the lot the foreigner se lected jewels valued at taels 5,000 (about $7,000). He then requested the jeweler to accompany him to his Oft - Arrested Kinstonian Writes Free Press From Toronto Says He is In nocent of . New Charges Tlease Correct" Apparently having left Kinston the third time to escape charges in con nection with alleged misappropriations of money, S. J. Smith, paroled prison er from the Lenoir County roads, is out of the United States and "hopes to forever remain away." He has a wife and several little ones here. Smith's career during the last few years reads like a continuous tragedy., He located here and entered the iaf surance business. He won the Es teem of many persons, and seemfiw'to prosper. After a time charges & em bezzlement were lodged agiunst him. The sheriff of Lenoir County had to go to Georgia to appreheiiahim. He found Smith, after a tirbme search, in a remote little Georgia village. Bail was made for Jfie accused man. Simultaneously h'was indicted in Cumberland County, N. C, on similar charges. jf Things di(L4ot run smoothly for him durincJne ensuing few months. Last Decdhber found him a hidden fugitive 8gain. Efvly in January he " . AS " . . ' .L- ; lease two newspapers in tnn at before they should receive tters he would be a corpse, via suicide route. He wrote from Mc- Several days subsequently the authoritiep at McRae could find no dead body in the place. Using se cret means anc without sending a man out to frl'ow him, the sheriff's office here t iled Smith week by week as he made his way to the West ernmost mountains beyond the Rockies. He huntcil bear there, he said later, when, having doubled in his tracks, he came east and was ap prehended at Belmont, N. C. The authorities here had been sure of his return. Sentenced to two yea"rs, Smith was paroled after serving several months. Recently he was arrested again pn the charge of sending false orders tc a northern paint concern. The author ities assumed that ihe intended to col lect the commissions and leave the concern to straighten out Tnattera as best it could with the protesting per sons here represented to have given the orders. Monday The Free Press received the following letter from Smith, post marked Toronto, Can., and written ob stationery of the Mossop hotel, 56 and 68 Yonge Street, that city: "Please correct an error regarding myself in your paper of Monday, De cember 13, whereby you said I had forged orders for some paint concern. This is absolutely uritrue. I have not forged any orders at all, but to pro tect myself I left the U. S. A. and hope to forever remain away. Thank ing you to please correct, I am yours Iruly, S. J. Smith." "the publication to which he ob jec?td referred to the charges against SmifJL He is under bail in connec tion wlfeb the new charges. Smith is a man b4 good appearance and man ner, and kis been "seen through" his troubles by'm.number of friends in the i iSb. holdups here yefllrday. In each case she pretended tdte lost and was conducted to a doowfay close by, ar riving at which she cfcsed the victim in with the ipistol. Twojien complet ed the job. LEFT BY FAMOUS home nearby, ' 'where would be completed. "The Jade." "Wait," urged the merchant, "there is one more piece I want you to see." It was "The Jade." The customer's eyes glistened. He asked the price. The merchant sug gested that they discuss that matter when they reached the foreigner's home. He has since admitted that be cause he had learned the history of the jewel he wanted to be rid of it at almost any price. From the day of an early emperor, long before the Ming dynaaty, a path of blood has fol lowed the sinister bit of green. Woo had been brooding over what he be lieved to be the fate that overhung him and believed he saw an opportun ity of disposing of it and at the same time lining his pockets with gold. The pair departed for the foreign er's home in rickshas. It has since been discovered that the customer's conveyance- was drawn by an accom plice, disguised as a coolie. Arriving at a pretentious dwelling, owned by a wealth resident of the In ternational Settlement, the merchant was invited to enter. They passed through the gates. . A shot was heard and the stranger and his accomplice disappeared before the police could reach the scene. With them went "The Jade", and the other jewels. SW Sixteen Canvassers to Seek Memberships PubJc Spirit Can -Not Be w ed to Lie Dorafant in These Times jF (Daily FrjTress Dec. 20) Sixteen mef-are going on the war path Tuesday morning to make the Kinston Chamber of Commerce 100 oer centleffieient. These men repre sent th force that counts. They place eomslilinity above self and freely give thalr thoughtful aid and much time jde'en from their own labors to the un ielfish task of bringing together af members of the Kinston Chamber of Commerce all men eager to place Kinston in the foremost ranks of Southern cities. They are the solicit ing committee of the organization anc1 they work for the future glory of Kinston, and smile doing it. The; are possessed of civic pride, and art such enthusiastic believers in Kinston that they can proudly ask your co operation and your subscription ti the Chamber of Commerce. They an;' others have learned that the will tc do atrophies when dormant and neg lected; they know the acute need of r Chamber of . Commerce; they knov that Kinston must grow; they knou that opportunities are greater here than elsewhere, and they are obsessec with the infinite assurance of a future greatness of Kinston and Lenoir County. Imbued with the courage of then convictions they now give of thei time and their money to achieve thai triumphant Kinston. No Kinstoniar. should do less, for he profits mos who serves best. But being busy men and having f task of their own to perform, tht members of the soliciting committee have no time to explain the needs am benefits of a wide-awake Chamber ol Commerce. Their one irresistible do sire is that every man worth whilt take up his just share of the burden They will carry with them a list or. which appears opposite your name -thf proportionate share you are asked assume, and they will crisply an courteously ask your assent, give yor a subscription blank and with a gen uine handclasp of good fellowshil greet you as a member of the Cham ber of Commerce, accept your chec! covering your quarterly dues and giV( you a membership card. Make their work easy. If you are a booster for Kinstoi you will not object to having you' name published as a member of tin Kinston Chamber of Commerce. GET PAID FOR GOING TO STATE UNIVERSITY. Washington, Dec. 20. If there it any place except in the United States Army where a young man may bt paid for igoing to college, the War Department would like to know it. The president and board of directors of the University of South Carolina have offered free of tuition the cours ss there to all men of the Fifth Di vision who are qualified to ipursue them. Soldier students are excused from military duty to attend the un vcrsity in the city of Columbia, and go back and forth daily by trolley from the camp. According to announcement made by Major General P. C. Harris, the Adjutant General of the Army, al mcst any kind of general education is obtainable with this division, on duty at Camp Jackosn. To bring It full strength a hurry-up campaign for 6,400 recuits has been ordered by wire from Washington. PAY OF FOREST, OFFICERS TOO LOW SAYS CHIEF FORESTER. iVashington, Dec. 20. The lnade- qu of the salaries paid to employ ees tne orest service iea, auring the pt fiscaj year, to such discour agemtfljL and so many, resignations that cortmlete demoralization of tha service ws$ threatened, says Chief Forester WJ- Greeley in his annual report. ThehSTorest Service has ex hausted everjwfvieans at its disposal to adjust flalaross to present living costs and "the reSfeonaible duties de manded of its Tjjmployees, Colonel Greeley points The situation, however, cannot be finot effectively without radical increaate in the rates of compensation fixed bjstatue. 4 .- Point for Supreme Court Denies Requi New Hearing on Bail. (By the United Press) Washington, Dec. 20 Nicky AriW stein, charged with large "thefts of bonds in Wall Street, won another point in his legal fight in the Su preme Court today when , the court denied the request, of trustees in bankruptcy for a rehearing of the decision which released Amstein on bail. oh lor Situation Confronting Farmers is Not Exagger ated All Up Against Hard Luck Some Even Face Dire Privation By MAX ABERNETHY (Special Capital Correspondent) Raleigh, Dec. 20. Virtually one- half of the 1920 cotton crop in North Carolina is unsold and slightly mors than 12 per cent, remains ungahtred as the result of prevailing law prices for a crop that was produced at tha ' highest cost known in the history of the cotton growing industry, accord ing to estimates made by the North Carolina' Cooperative Crop Reporting Service. That the cotton farmers are not ov erstating the case when they decl.irs they are in worse fin?nc:rl ccTiition .his year than ever before in tl' ' opin ion of Frank Parker, e'.irecto- of tha ;rop reporting service,, who has just .ompleted a tour of the cotton grow- 1 ing counties in North Carolina. On . every hand Mr. Parker found the farmers "completely bumfuzzled" as to the course they would pursue in 1021 and the fact that they are not placing any orders for fertilizers at' chis time lends weight to the predict tion that nobody knows what to ex pect with reference to next year's crop. The only pleasing thing found in the .'otton situation in the State is in the Piedmont section, where diversified farming in some degree was practiced ,his year and as a result enough food ind feed stuffs were raised to tide :he farmers over the financial gap, op until ready money is realized from srops grown in 1021. As a rule, how ever, the cotton farmers staked their ill in "money crops" this year, failed to raise enough feed to care for their stock, and consequently they are now forced to accept lower than cost prices for their product in order to buy food and feed stuffs at prices which have . not felt the decline as commodities .he, farmers have but cannot afford .o hold. Twenty per cent, of the 1919 cot ton crop was held over in the expec tation of, realizing, higher prices this year, which only adds to tho plight of '.he cotton growers at this time. This is true because the average, price re vived this year will not run in excess af 14 1-2 cents' per pound as against 35 cents offered last year. Likewise the farmers stand to lose more money because of the low prices they will re ceive for cottonseed. ; ' Profits made by the cotton growers in North Carolina last year were not equal to the figures generally fixed by the public. On an average not mbre than 25 per cent, profit was realized for the 1919 crop sold." Of this amount it is known that many farmers squan dered their money instead of banking it, while others bought high priced land on credit with the expectation of doubling their income this year. Hav ing bargained for land ' which they sould not pay for following the de cline in prices this year many farm ers lost not only the land but their first payments. ' " ' Many small farmers and tenants who are dependent upon cotton for their existence are in actual danger of suffering this winter because of their .nability to get a fair price for their year's labor. Unless some assistance is given by congressional legislation the opinion is expressed that there will be widespread want and suffering" among these farmers who live from hand to mouth. Federal loans and resurrection of the War Financs Board, along with credits for foreign countries which are buyers of cotton, are suggested as the only means of staving off financial ruin not only in North Carolina but in other Southern States. " - BIG GAINS IN U. S. TRADE WITH AFRICA. New York, Dec. 20. While certain European nations have been readjust ing boundry lines and ferritoral Con trol in Africa, the manufacturers of the United States have been success fully invading the markets of the con tinent. Our exports to Africa, says a statement by the National City Bank of New York, in the year which ends with this month will aggergata six times as much as in 1914, and our imports from that continent seven times as much as in 1914. Our total trade with Africa in the calendar year 1920 Will aggregate S25 million dollars against 47 millions in the fis cal year 1914, all of which preceded bhe war. RECOMMENDS CHEAPER RATES FOR NEWLYWEDS. 1L New York, Dec. 20. Edward M. u:- t 4.1.. : 7' t . . i xr . . . mnargs oi me j-uuiuiiui noxei hosteliHes cut the price of " bridal suites, Totn ia oraer w encourss matrimon and S3 a ipart of the, gen eral pricfHttir-2 procram,"
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