tie*. obtained yeaterday. would pre
tlM nation far at leaat a year and a
half. '
The mnatllnlwnl Iihm, which haa
baa* riffhtiiw ratification in Tinaia
aae on th* gmund that the atata cm
LlLi.--J «L. — < ' 1
vuiWMrfi jininiiniwi in» \m i ™w ii i ifM'
latvn from actio* oa tha *uffra«e|
awanilunt and wMkh claimi to m ,
clod* hath luffrwr opponent* and ad
Vorale* in it* m<-mb*mhip. made its:
prediction in a meaaaffa addrraaed to'
tha governor* of Vermont, Connecti
cut, Florida. Alabama. Louiaiana.
Dataware and .South Carolina. Tha
lea pin'» nuame darlarad that T«n
maaii« had not rmttfied euffrac* and
•erred notice that any state official
who attempted certification would be
attacked for contempt of court under
tha injunction which tha league an
nounced would if neraeaary be carried
ta the supreme court of the United !
tinned today to charcterize the situa
tion m satiafactory. They reiterated
their contention that the action of the
hooae ysateniay in catltng up tho
Walker reconsideration motion, Jn, de
feating it. and la 01 daring the aanato
Joint raaolotion of ratification trana
l mittad to tha senate for engrossing to
be justified and unaaaailable despite
flto lack of a legislative quurum.
Tha M or mon anti nftm a«
ban of tha bouao who wort to Da
la ord
to rimaln there at toaat dmin(
f aast few days. Being outside
they cannot be a meted
to attend sessions of
Suffrage advocates who participat
ed in yesterday'* coup in the house as
serted today that airion on the Walk
er consideration motlbn would be up
held hi as much as state constitutional
provisions did not apply, as the house
was acting aa an afent of the
federal government.
No date had been fixed tonight for
the hearing on the temporary writ of
injunction issued yesterday by Judge
Laagford. restraining the governor,
secretary of state and the speakers
of the senate and houae from certify
ing ratification to the secretary of
state at Washington. In some
quarters it was believed that the
hearing would be .eld tomorrow or
Ttoaday. The w</t is returnable any
time within Vi\p days upon agree
ment of the
Governor Roberts in a formal state
ment tonig)R declared he had been in
formed by Attorney General Frank M.
Thomps^h that the action of the two
booape of the legislature constitutes a
ratification of the amendment an<
that he would countenance no act in
tended to nullify the ratification and
the will of the majority by the min
ority "either by flight and abandon
ment of official duty upon the part of
members, or otherwise."
"I will exercise and brag to bear all
the legal and legitimate powers of the
office of governor to consummate In
aa orderly and legal manner the certi
fication of the action of the legislature
to the proper federal officials." he de
clared.
PricM Of Sugar Mow Down
ward
Boston. Hut—Retail lupir prieea
her* have begun a downward move
■lent, with a drop of one cent per
ynai lian tke Patent rraah in the
k Cuban market, although the >o"»l
■haiaaala aarbt ia aa jret aaCahi
The manaaiunt of one >f the !ar» ~»t
the retail ra*K»io« will not if >p jnttl
the price ia aa low io IS ccati per:
ponnd Refiner*' aellii f acwwiet, it ia!
reported, are fhtdtn* • rm^try-w.Jr
by lumaliM, Murine die ran-j
nine aaaann. Meaawhil*. atoraa of
•pamlatoni Kara been pa..-.a* heavy
atoraf* cbargee on itaaold angar P*> j
■ aarran eaaaldar that, in their a* I
dearer to Make large praflta, the
(•Car men have taaght 'he Aiaeri
eaa houaekat par that ahe raa do with
Mseh laaa mtar than aha had thought
TMrtyVW PImm tm UnMmI
IMm iMk T. I. raw
Hua Fail—Fulfil. Shift h
Comtrwl Or TW Vppmr Kmn
Waabtnrton. D. C. -Tim tu—U| '«
attitude u>wart the Lea«ae of Nation
aemrtertal elactloae ttoa fall thaa by
Um ihiin of a pmMmL Thar* are I*
aeaatnra to be voted for at tha malm
elect toae, 41ml tha praaant elaaa bal
ance lietween Dwumli and Repuhl,
cana Mkaa poooiMe a abtft la tha ran
troi of that body, tbouch Republican
rhanaaa art on tha who I# lonildared
mora favorable than tha Oinwatli.
In tha pmwnt roairru, control of
tha Senate la a matter of one or two
vntaa, and tha daiay In tha «ettl«a»a> [
»f tha dlapoted Michigan alert ion >•
rinaidered by many peraona to have
been ronnrt tad with Republican tar
tica. Indoad. a faw Rapublirana aaid
npanly that Truman H. Nawbany (R.)
■boaId ha ratainad In tha Senate from
Michigan, in onder that party control
might ba aerure, inataad of aaatinff
Ma Democratic opponent, Henry Ford.
"Helid Heath" CaadMataa
In tha 34 aaata to ba flllad, tha Dam
ncrata an conaidered aura of 12, prac
tically all of thaaa being from tha
'unlid South." Much oppoaition baa
irtaen to a number of Republicans,
low Candidataa for la «let ttoa. notably
to Albert B. Cummlna, Slater from
Iowa, Joint author of tha ri anapai ta
:ion act, who ia being bittarty failht
>y tha railroad unlona and by organi*
■d labor generally; Janus W. Wada
rortb. Jr., Saaator from New Tork,
aha ia ifpuri by woman voters and
rj Labor Intaraata; Read Bmiiit. Hail
or from Utah, who la uppmd by
Labor, and. It ia now aaid, by certain
troupe hi tha Mormon ihaosh, at
ahich ha ia an apoatla, and Frank
5 Brandegee, Senator from fiantU
rut, whom the wutrmgm tmrem hope to
a —. 1
otto. Republican Senator fna Wto
">nsin, who ia out of tjmpathy with
Jm party on moat important Iwn, '
ind Truman H. Newberry. who <e Ba
ler jail sentence in connection with
ho Michigan election cam. Attkoofh
V Republicans mentioned will fnb
ibly all bo re-elected becaooe of their
itrong political backing, the defeat of
my one would ha a severe blow to
he party*! control and might shake
ip the Senate machine considerably
seotmt iontiiioa anyone cmftawoy op
Probable Neapartiean Victory
In North Dakota the Republican
•arty ia practically certain to leae a
wat. for the Non-partiaan League will
irobably elect its candidate there. The
andidacy of Dr. Paul S. Reinacb,
'ormar Minister to China, against
rvine L. Lenroot in Wisconsin would
idd a vote to the Democratic strength,
f Dr. Reinach were victorious.
It ia probable that the rote for the .
^residency will influence largely the
rota for senators, and that which ever
Tarty ia successful in electing Ha |
>residential candidate will also con- I
:rol th» Senate. However, the situation
s not quite so clear aa that, for m the
T>-aidential campaign diaaatisfaction
with the Democratic national Admin
stration and with President Wilson's
policies will probably be the principal
<ource of Republican strength, where
i» in the sanatoria) elections local ia
<ues arc likely to take precedence. The
Section of Mr. Harding and a shifting
if control ia the Senate might leave j
-natters ia much the same state of
leadlock aa bow. },
New York Sugar Prices Still
Lower
New York. New York—Sugar con
tinues to (ell here, and a I S-cent re
tail price to in light. Some retailer*
ire now eelling at 17 eenta. a, drop,
fmm 33 and 24 cent* in 10 dayv
Heavy o versa pply is {iva as tkc
"hief cause of the decrease. Large'
■locks had been sccumulated in ex
pectation of higher prices caused by
a seeming world ot sugar shortage j
and increased demand. But sxpeeta-1
tiona were not reelimed. Sugar
dealers everywhere skipped here to
reap the advantage of high prices aa-l
in addition the beet sugar crap was
exceptionally good, causing the over
supply above public d«mand New
dealers are unloading. Bat reflnen
rKHn w uwir pnwi, uioQf n irfiunnjr
their price Jim wfc for raws, so that
dealers and retailers are said la be
boariwg the brunt of the toes for the
-re*ent. It to net expected that the
reduettor* will be temporary aad
eventually the isflams are expected It
ridan their prises nnittaglj.
MAWS PLCA FOR MKT
•AVIS MM FROM MATH
ot
H
t»
The i
of the i
to th»|
town Jail aftn the |
tfkm had been waliiil out of
town hall, which tha mob had act
fire alaa Whan decline— had eat In.
tha crowd which had |W»n to large
proportion* began to Moral tha town
toll with bncka and stonea. Beforr
one every window in tha newty built
uijding had heen ahattered and than
the mob attackad tha door*. UrUrml
tnd tha polka ofHtm aaeed their
ivea by crouching in cgnwri and hnld
ng chair* in front of thean aa volley*
tf nrvrkm awept through tha buildi*-.
At firat aeveral ahota war*
'rom tha uppar window* to frifhtaa
ha crowd, bat it did not hindar tham.
rha flarra were thrown through tha
ihattarad window* and a couple of mm
-aahed • bundle of hay aaturated with
raaolin* into the ground floor.
mrat oat and eventually the
ind fire drove the men who ha
Maiegod aince earty
he vtaln aad rat
"We surrender." yeliy 1
w came down the atatra, wtth Chief |
'rank Cotttea, hanging la Ma
vriatlet. A 1
thead of Meffaal. I
w ahowad Ma badge aad they tat hi«|
ro.
MrMeal w a~i*ed and taken in awj
ntMMUlf in front of the Ml MLl
I rope fun the town On* pal* «m|
"Gt»e htm • chance." emlled mm
me. and that met with popular ap
mmrmL
"Man, if y*o are men. *hre BM •
hance to ma ha a statement." McNea!
hooted. "It may bo mj laat worth
n earth."
MrNeai and the crowd later mo~ed
» the public library atepa, due fc> the
xceaahre beat Leased by the burning
1 the town hatl.
From mm section of the er«-»t tndi
nn came inbtnt appeal*
"Give the nan • chance. hand bin
*er to the police."
When Mrjfeal ceaaed'<o*akinr there
ran no further talk of I^nchtnir. The
vowd waa almont jovial. No one
ooched McNeal ■■ Chief Maina and
■is men supported the prisoner to an
lUtoaiobile. and he waa nuhed off to
Villand before th»re was time for the
rowd to rhanffe its mind.
% AIDER A (.ARM AT THE
STILL FAILED TO WORK
)*riec Supposed To Stgmal Ap
proach Of Oftcan Not On
Job la Harnatt
Dunn. A tic It.— Althoogh it was
quipped with "raider alarm*" which
rrac supposed to ii(nal the approach
>f officers, om at the biggeat distil I
n( plaata ever found in this district
raa wound today by Dunn police
nd Harnett county deputies sheriff
tear Chicora battle grounds, on Little
■iver.
Some thousands of (illoas of corn
■ear and apple, poach aad plum cider
rers found aad destroyed, but the
iriacipal parts of the plant had bosa
▼moved before the raiders rtschH
he site. No arrests wart made.
Operators of the plant evidently had
wen at work for many Months
Every convenience for amdera moon
ihining had been provided. Nature
mpptied most of them la the side of
ha river The river—a small stream
tad beea dammed aad a compleeo
lystem of water works constructed,
Stairways lad from higher greaad la
the site, aad a mammoth furnace had
wen conatracted of clay. A car* had
teen constructed for storage of the
»eer and cider.
■aider alarms, the first Men la
theae parts, had been stretched
through the surroundiag mniidsy
rhese were wins connected wUh a
Mil at the plaot.
Believes Bheamstic Paiae
"I am subject to ihsinasllsM sad
Oi Um
tho n
tin captor* at Thom
rottin* off of Wnm
m tall r» front. Th» boUhwiki mtw r»
■4 u ho
cay* alone Um Pru—4aa bordor m tko
faea of tlta Poliah drive which >a
Uann« Poland of roda all aton* tin
mrthoMl. Mnrr than 10,0®© prtoon
of» wot* eaptand on thio front Fr.
Adnata nertlMaat of Wan** an
announced. Tko Polaa have riathod
Omt«ov, rijriow and Branak. At
Xiotasrrmoc 40® Comwki »urr»nd»r»d.
Railway* Sat Haw
llaasj Frwfhl
Washington. Anf. 26.—Dirtaf the
wuli ending July 16th there were
loaded na the railways of the
127,486 can of
of 10,702
for the mom week last year
at IJI1 can over the
in My, 1918, whea trtn
ta
to
tha r»uiiii» of
of 1*18.
On tfco railway! of the entire coon
Cry than war* lcad*d during tha
thrae waaka ended July 18th 2,621 .288
car* against 2.466,3*4 during tha Mai
period laat yaar and 2.722.M2 during
Cb* saw period of 1918.
In diacuseing tha heavy buaineaa
Mn( handled by American railways
tt this time, the Railway Age in a
"The newspapers are foil of report*
regarding Industries that are operated
tt much leaa than their maximum
capacity, or are on the verge of having
to eioee down, because of inability of
the railways to handle the traffic of
fered them. In spit* of the strikes and
other troubles the railways almost
continuously in 1920 have been moving
more freight that in 1919.
"Why, then, are the industrial oper
ationa of the country being seriously
interferred with and it's financial
stability threatened by insufficient
tranaportation ? There can be only one
rational answer to that question. The
preaent conditions are partly due to
strikes, bat they are mainly due to the
fact that for years the productive
capacity of the country ha* been
rapidly Inertaafaig while the facilitiea
and capacity of the railways have baan
increasing hardly at all.
Tieaeut conditions are principally
ehargaable ta the** who ihrooghoat
the yaar* from 1906 to 1917, by fight
ing to keep the rate* and net earnings
of the railway on the lowest possible
level, did ad they could in their re
spective ways to make'it impossible
far the carriers to handle the country's
Dm Rim Water Powtr
Attndkf Capitalists
Daavilte Vs.. Aug. 21.—Develop- 1
ment of srater power in the Rittr
Dan in Patrick county is drawing the
attention of mitkerv capitalists. It
is learned froai Stuart that Dr. J. W
Caldwell sad N. M Ward, of Galax,
and B. C. Caldwell, of Greensboro. N.
C., have had a complete survey made
of the country about the ptnnnrtas and
falls of the Dan Pour snglneers
have mads their map and It la anthnat
ed that a M foot dam built above tbe
falls and the piping of the water over
the low cap of the ptanaclea would
rive a fall of 7<9 feet and generate
10.000 horeapower No immediate d>
vekfpment la anticipated however
owing to the grant eapanae entailed,
probably half a million dollars. 1W
chase the entire hand and nnteipuwai
rights of thnt socman.
X,
lax
TJmSSSI
of nitnota, M
[ tha raaa ripta ta (Ma city My
la (Ma'
<•(!« «ai fl«n. whtrh art nid ta haj
aoraa than anywhara Ha* to tha rit)
aaka (iarvot Macro faautla* Man
in * if hi « than rrwr ta fat oat inta ttia
and ordar la pra
TMa lamwaat of Htgr na into
rthar diatrtata haa Mat tha opyaattkm
if rml natata owntn, who have hand
ed torathpr to a—ritton» ta fcaap
hrta out. TW mow of hoaaba thrown I
it Macro haataa. or at tha hnaiaa of'
lava rrapamihta for tha infi «aa of
lagiuaa. haa rirhiii a total of SO in
ha laat 20 months
Few A
Only a few
ind than is no mart of any ronrtc
ioita. It ia alleged by aocial workan
hat the bomba are thrown by areata
if tha ml
laving political
■unity fioat tha paUte.
Mtaa Mary McDowell
■back of tha
>r, at a meeting of tha Weaaaa'a City
nob of Chicago on May 4,
•ember* of tha ctah ta ailia tha May
t awl Chief of Police niriaf why US
hi tha laat IS
I ha aaeerted that M W
wr» Whitaly
M for aatrra h
f K
alf
Dgrhf tha laat thraa montha, it ia
aid. rtotatiuna of prohlfeitiea haee he
oaic flagrant It ia potntai oat that
hera may ha mora thaa a whcMawi
i thaa* two manifastationa hi that tha
twleaa condition* m the "Mack halt"
art probably accelerated tha exodua
f raapectabie V(TMf. which, m ton.
aa intensified tha oppoaitioa of mto>
ttemptinr to atop the tide by intimi
ation aiu! bomb-thro win* Aa acuta
owing shortage exists ia Chicago,
egardleae of the race attention, aad
t ia aatd theae problema make mattera
mrae.
Laxity in the enforcement of prohi
ttion ia the "black belt," aa well aa
i other netffhborhooda. waa recently
lid aqoarely at the loor of J. J. Gar
ity. Chief of Folic. . by E. J. Dana
knti-Saloon Learue of Illinoia. in an
pen letter
rebaceo Crap ia Lower
Belt ia Sfcowmc op Fme
Kinaton. Au». S2.—A little more
ban two weelu before the opening of
he. aalea aeaaon the tobacco crop in
he lower belt "looka no" aa one of tha
eat ever produced. Never before in
he quarter of a century staca the re
iral of weed culture ia the Kinaton
ectioa baa aa fine a crop been pro
luced. according ta tohacroniata* apia
on. Ia piacea the quality ia not qoha
ip to laat year"*; in other plaraa it
I better. The production may es
eed rrea laat year'a hamper crop. On
he whole, with prkea equal ta lllft,
[inatoa will*aell more thaa tlSJM,
M worth of the product from
♦ptemher I to January SI.
Officers Braak Up
Moy Still*
Winston-Salmi, Aof. 22.—Iwriw
f fkart wsrr kef* )Wl«nk; aftrr aa'
itanM raiding trip through Hoary, I
■at rick, Franklin and ImmIM iu—
Wa in Virginia Thay raport that a
•ad af M officers krak* op II Mir it
iatillinit plaats aad captured aiw
Kan *M rations af ain.—lrin.
rhisksjr TV ha ad at M MM ta- j
o tkraa ifiih aad tko raid laatad
•or* than two a%ak». It la fcaaan
Sat thsro is aiack M.rkaittag la Um
laaafta eoaatiaa of VbvMa aad
laid kaa kaaa girsa oat that th*
unraauat. la <inr»tai< ta pat a
top ta It, aa far aa la paaaJMa. Tto
lick prk* of tta "inda' ta «i»aa aa
kc caaaa of tka ■asaakhu n tafcfcaff
ar a M« eata^eattaa hat* aa lakir
rfgfHillli'lllMBMMl
Statistician Pirlnr up:
"The thrw North Carolina (-Quartan
haviif open Utwn markets donag
Imtj an located on tha northern
of tha South Carolina toharcn bait, aad
tha development of tha bright Im( is
Making rapid growth in thaaa *ou.h
arn couatiea. VMIa tha f hraa aan
tiiaa shew an average decrease la tha
toharro am of ibout « par cant, the
antira aartiaR trrteading fmaa Mmrw
down through Coloaabaa, ikwa • re
markable inrreaae in tha map.
"Tha state'a tebarco acreage ahu and
an inrrcaaa of 1U par rnt over last
yeart (QJM acm. 7« *T1 acres of
thia area ar« located in tha airtna
around thaaa marfcata. Tha rondtttea
of tha atata'a crop, M par east, la 9
par cant batter than at thia tiaaa law.
It MIT mjmjm pom*. Laat
rear tha aaiaa aaaenn'ad to BU71.
242 pounds. at a total value of tldl.
M8.97S. Tha total piuducaa
Inly laat yaar wart #446.46 1
Worth Carolina haa ad.TM arn
state, though the yte'ds of oar
of Km
■•porta of mjury to cnf Im
"The prices paid Junnj the month
irmpd Kin par haM, which
• tl.W own than the month's
hw«m laat year. The Whttaelfc*
B8.7S, and St. Paul lowest with tl4.
M par hundred poands. The tatai
laJea, pounds, would mdlrate
hat farmers are holding their tsfcsus
'rom tha msHirt for better prim, aa
he increased vrtsp with imprneed
onditions show a large- prodoction
han laat year Thia will likely brld
heae marfceta open lor*-r than usual
Prices recovering from a auddw
ilump daring the month which waa
■wohahly doe to weather, poor yrad» s.
«nd the evidences of the leaf nenf
rathered and cured too early
"The total sales during the month
were not qnite half of the 723ft jM
wiunda sold in July. 1919. Tha salaa
'or July, 1918. ware 4,097/156 pnnA.
Hiree new markets which wer» vit
reporting laat year with sev«n ware
houses, had sales during the month
m July. 1919 "
lb AA maka«rnt;olaetaoetaoetaata*t
■taking a tota' of 27 *kr»hou«es
> para tint Seventeen * rre operating
■ July. 1919"
MOUNT AIRY EVIDENCE
FOR MOUNT AIRY PEOPLE
An* M«W Reliable
or Utter
testimony is Twml \
Toople cmy ml vvifht.
What a ftM or niicMwr aays mm
TW void of one whooc horn* » far
iwmy ia» Ura four doubt*.
Hart's a Mount Airy mi's
A ad it's for Mount Airy pupil's
Sarh wtteci is
That's tte kM of proof that
>m1 Kidney
W. L. Stool*, prop, ft jawrlry
*1 tera
5ak 8t aays: "I hart foond Doaal
PIHs to te a rah
mi In la tte mall at mj back sad mj
Utefi doat art pripefty. Wtea (
hot thla -ay. I always gat a tea of
Dean's Kkdnoy PWs frtxa tte I. V.
If art Drue Co aad Iter saaa
iWtof. I (teak Daaa-s a