North Carolina Newspapers

POftSYTH COUNTY WILL VOTE ON ROAD BONDS Lacfclatura Will B« A»k*d To Authorize Vote On 92,000, 000 In Bond* Winston-Salem, Dac. 9.—At a mwt tag of the highway r of 'ha ahamlier of commerce tonight, attend - od by representative mimb»n of all oMc association* and cluba, A. 8. Han«> chairman of the council, waa authorized to appoint a committee to aonfar with tha Purayth representatlv aa in the iteneral assembly and draft • bill which will authorise an election an the isauance of 12.000,000 of road bonds for the construction of approx imately SO miles of harrl surfaced highway* in the country and also con struct improved soil top type mail lat erals leading into this system. The movement whs unanimously in dorsed and the official* of the county were urgeS torrfT! the election n* early aa possible in order that construction eiay heifin certainly by the spring of lt52. The construction program will require four of five years. Chairman Fran* Pairc, of the state hiirhway ••mmission, nnd J K.* Norfleet, mem ber of the state body, and resident of Winston-Salem. were present and a'i 4ressei! the meeting on road matters feneraiiy. Mr Pair* gave some interests g facts regarding road work in the state, amontr them that to December 1 the state commission had constructed »n't has under construction about H59.& ■iles of highways, since April, 1919, at a cost of $11,799,357.03. This does aot include work done by counties ilrom county funds. Of that amount tfce people of North Carolina paid sore than half. The entire mileage will be completed by August. 1921. Mr. Page called attention to the fact that Congress is to take action on a road bill at the next regular session. Tkere are two bills. The Chamberlain Mil would continue the federal appro priation to be used as heretofore in co operation with the state and county highway commiasions of the nation., Tfce other, the Townaend bill, would appropriate $400,000,000 for construc tion of a federal highway system, the Mil providing a complete hard surface highway across each state, from north I to south and from east to west. It la unreasonable to think that Congress will enact both, he said. The meeting went on record as in dorsing the federal aid to states bill and against the Townsend bill. The council was asked also to secure the co-operation of other commercial and civic bodies of the state in indorsing tfce Chamberlain bill to North Caro lina senators and representatives at Washington, urging them to give it their uncompromising support. Woman Chloroformed And Robbed On Tram Orlando, Fla., Dec. 9.—Mrs. S. Wat ers Howe, wife of the cashier of a lo cal bank, was chloroformed and rob bed of her jewelry, after which the thief cut off a large portion of her back hair, while en route on a Pullman car to Jacksonville. Mr. Howe today received a special deliveVy letter mailed from Atlanta relating a few brief facts of the rob bery. She left Jacksonville on the Cin-' cinnati train shortly after 8 o'clock p. m. She retired early and some time during the night was drugged with chloroform, not regaining conscious aess until in the' morning, when she discovered that her hair had been cut short in the back and that her ringR and money were gone. She wrote that she was ill from the effects of the chlo roform. Swift Motor Boat Can Be Converted Quickly New York, Dec. 11.—A high-power - ed motor bout, which, during times of peace can be carried on battleships as a service launch, and in wartime con verted in a few moments into a dead ly torpedo boat, was demonstrated here today in the launching of the ftrst vessel of the new naval auxili ary known as "Type A-8 Sea Hornet." The vessel is designed to form an haportant part of America's coast de fense, and the launching took place in the presence of more than 100 regular army and national guard officers, as well as representatives of the navy and the governor* of New York and New Jersey. V The "Sea Hornet" type was con ceived during the war and was held as a navy secret, its operation being pre vented by the armistice. It is a twin screw 000-horsepower motor boat. 58 feet long, with a hinge bow which drop* from place. In the bow it • tl-tneh torpedo, carrying fn its war heed 800 pounds of high explosive. Two additional torpedoes are carried. IRELAND TO ALLOW THE WORLD NO PEACE TILL SHE HAS WON FREEDOM • » Cork Lord Mayor's Widow Giv es ' Hor Story Of Hor Hus band's Daath, Saying "It Wat the Decision Of Hi. Spirit" Washington, p*, 9.—Th« widow of th« late lord mayor of Cork, Mr». Muriel McSwiney, presented today to the commission of the committee of too investigsting the Iriah question her story of the hunger strike in Brix ton priaon, l ondun, of her husband and of hia death, and the detaila an ahe had witnessed them of attempta hy the Iriah republicans to train freedom for their country. Mra. McSwiney concluded her story with the declaration "that Kngland shall, have no peace; that the world will have no peace until our republic is recognized." Mix* Mary McSwiney, sister of the late lord mayor, recalled to add de tails to the story she told the commis sion yesterday, added to the declara tion of her sister-in-law the assertion that the coming winter would he "Ire land's Valley Forge," and appealed for American aid not, she said, for the men anil women of Ireland, but for the children. "The coming winter in Ireland," .said Miss McSwiney, "will be hard. The British have destroyed our crops, >ur supplies of food. The men can go on; the wymen can stand the suffering. But it is for the children I plead. We must have help this winter." I* Hut ON ( holer The widow of the Cork lord mayor declared there was no choice for the Irish republicans but to stand tooth er whatever tfie cost and continue the fight for independence. She said it was such a spirit that had actuated her husband to refuse food until death. "I knew my husband was happy, as his physical strength was worn away by hunirer, for hU countenance abso lutely radiated peace and content ment." Mr*. MeSwiney Mlgtii "I was besought to plead with him to take food. But I would not, for I never, never would interfere with my husband in a matter of conscience. It was his choice. It was the decision of his spMt." Miss MeSwiney express* 1 the belief that the fatal hunger strike of her brother had greatly benefited the Irish independence movement. She told of the series of telegrams she had ex changed with Premier Lloyd George in an attempt to fix responsibility for her brother's prison sentence and for the treatment he and his relatives had been accorded by the British govern ment. "The result of this exchange of tele irrams," she added, "made me feel that Lloyd George was responsible be fore God and man for the death of my brother. I shall continue to feel that way, and I shall continue to spread truth of that situation throughout all of Ireland." Asks Pair Play In Amerira Miss MeSwiney gave an account of what she characteriied as conspiracy between officials of Brixton prison and the British home office "to defeat plans >f the family to take the lord mayor's Imdy back to Cork" because, she said, "the British feared an uprising and they didn't want any more trouble than they already had." "We Irish are no domestic problem of England," she said. "We are an in ternational problem. Our ideals, the ideals of all Irish Republicans, are the same, and my plea to the American people is that you at least give fair play and justice to me. for the British stories of the separatist movement do not carry all the facts. We are not divided, and we intend that the whole world shall know the truth both of our cause and the misrepresentations of the British." Former Congressman Kills Himself Montezuma, Ga., Dec. 10.—Former ContrrvHsman E. B. I.ewis, fifi, presi dent of the First Natihnal Bsnk of Mont«*uma and also president of the T^ewis Banking company of this city, shot and killed himself this afternoon. Former Congressman Lewis wns rated as one of the wealthiest men in the Georgia peach b«!t. Just before Lewis'shot himself he went to s hardware store adjoining the I/ewis Banking company's build ing, purchased a pistol, returned to his private office, ordering a visiter out of the place, and then pressed the weapon against his head and palled the trigger. Failure of the peach crop last sea son and the condition of the cotton market are said to hare furnished the motive for the sfcoottag. CANT NAME CEMETERY If HONOR OP OLD HICKOKY DIVISION StcraUry EUlur Replia* to R» quMt of Head of Old Hick ory Ai«oci«H<m. Washington, rw. 11.—The Sacro 1.1 ry of war today advised Senator Simmon* that it I* impossible to dp-, signal* in France a special cemetery in honor of the men of the 30th or "Old Hickory" division, who broke the Hindenburg line, and that the Antri ran cemeteries In the battle area n'rf entirely located without regimental of divisional recognition. Some day* ago Senator Simmon* trnnsmitlcd to the war department the letter of Col. AlhrM Cox. president of. the Old Hickory association, com plaining thai a New York regiment claimud to have broken the Hinden burg line, whereas the 30th division had been largely and mainly instru mental in breaking through thp Oer man barrier. Colonel Cox suggested that there be a special cemetery for those men of the Old Hickory division who had brought about thin turn in the fortunes of war and that the claims of the New York regiment had rto basis in the official record* of the war department. In hi* reply today. Secretary Baker rurnishes the following statement: "I have your letter with an enclo sure from Col. Albert Cox, president of the Old Hickory association, rela tive to the establishment of an over seas cemetery at Bony, department of the Aisne. i "In reply I Kegr to say that a letter from Colonel Cox has already been forwarded to me by the secretary 01 : the navy and I have transmitted the information necessary to correct the misapprehension which has led to such presentation as Colonel Cox has be- i fore made and is likewise set forth in the enclosure presented by you. "One of our basic decisions as to policy is that there shall be no segre gation of bodies in overseas cemeteri es on the basis of divisional or r*(i montal organization. Consequently there is no cemetery which can be known as the 37th division cemetery or by any other divisional designation. "It has been necessary to material ly reduce the number of our cemeter ies abroad In order to assure their perfect maintenance throughout the future. Four of these cemeteries.' now existing have been designated for' permanent use and into these will be gathered the bodies of our dead, whirl, are destined to remain permanently' in Europe. "Thu concentration of bodies will he conducted on the basis of geographi cal considerations and the availability of rail transportation. "Bony was selected as one of th" | ♦our permanent <emeteries because ii Is the largest of the established ceme ttries in that area which was covered in combat by the associated forces of Great Britair and the United States. There is no cemetery now at Bcll court, and if one were to be re-estab lished at that place the tand therefor would have ta be acquired. Inas much as no individual consideration has obtained or will obtain in these matters I do not feel that any change should be made in the carefully con sidered and announced policy of this department." Will Make Survey Of Nation's Idle Worker* I Washington, Dec. 9.—An inquiry to' determine the extent of unemployment in 65 principal industrial cities of the country was announced today by the department of labor. Decision to this' effect was made public after Secretary Wilson had conferred with nine re-' gional directors who have been ap pointed to conduct a survey of condi-1 tions in co-operation with the present, field force of the United States em ployment service, and with other state \ and federal agencies. Officials would make no estimate to day of the country's idle workers, al though they expressed the opinion that the trend toward unemployment on a large scale has been marked during the last few months. Recently; it was said, the employment service has been placing from 46,000 to 60,000 persons in positions every month. Chamberlain's Coagh Remedy. Now is the time to lay in a supply of Chamberlain'* Cough Remedy. It i* almost sura to be needed before the winter i* over. You will look a goon while before you find a better remedy for cough*, colds, croup and whooping cough or on* that i* more pleasanti to take It meet* with favor every where. Bay It now and be prepare*. I Mm. Bailee* liiwwfc Chamber ACREAGE REDUCTION OF 80 PER CENT. AGREED ON Will R«Ium Credit To Cottoa Mm Who RofiM* To Aid la Moromont Memphis, Tcnn., Doc. >.—A SO per rant cat In cotton production in 1921 and curtailment in the acreage plant ed in cotton to one-third that of the total area in cultivation, waa agreed upon at the acreage reduction confer ence here today of anuthem banker*, merchant* and farmers. and to make the plan .effective, machinery waa set in motion to rvatrict wherever neces sary credit* to individual farmer*, merchants. factor* or hanka unwilling! to agree to the acreage reduction plan*. The plan, (Mhodiud in the report of the acreage reduction committee, wan adopted hy a practically unanimou* vote of the conference late today. It i include* the formation of an organixa-1 tion in every township in the cotton; states to secure the support of the "rower*, and their adherence to pledg ■* of reduction. Orjranixation wor k pledged hy the | hnnkers present, will hc*rin immediate-1 Iv, nnd tinder the provision* of the plan. .Will he practically complete by January 15, next. The resolution adopted call on the hanker and credit merchant* In the cotton state* "to use their utmo»t en deavor to bring about the enforcement of a cotton acreage reduction by re fusing to advance any money ta any i one interested in farming of any kind A-ho doea not plant enough food and; feed crop* for theit own use." I.and owners are aaked to share in whatever crop* may be raised on his land* on a percentage baaia and not require any fixed sum of money or pound* of cotton for rent. A system of bonded warehouses for cotton and a classification of cotton that will ha ample to protect it from weather damage and make It a safe collateral on which to borrow money was indorsed. A system of co-operative marketing of i1 rope was favored and the *ortt of the American cotton association In ef fort to atabiliie the price of cotton bring about a reduction of acreage, improve marketing methods and in the educational campaign for diverslfica tf of craps, was spproved. v i ! I Siloam, Route 1 Newt Wc art* having »>mr winter weather now. Gaither Klinchum and Miss Hettie Denny were united in the holy bnoda of matrimony on Sunday Dec. 5. Rev. W. F. Arrington officiating, we with them a long: and prosperous life. Rev. W. F. Arrington js this weak moving from this section to Pino Ridge, having sold his farm here to E. G. and E. J. Flinchum and he has bought a farm there. We hate to give him up, but wish him the best of luck where he is going. ® kv Killis Denny a noted Primitive i Baptist minister, of Pinnaci*, Route S, was buried at Cedar 11.'.I church Sunday Dec. 5, 1920. He M been in ill health for some time, he wan a good citizen. The Farmers Union in this section is taking on new life, we are taking in new members right on at Douglas Local Union No. 1049. and doing busi- ■ ness. Roscoe Hill, of this route, had the misfortune to break his wrist while cranking his Ford a few days ago. S. H. Hill and family expect to move; from this section right away, having bought a farm at White Plains. We will miss them but hope they will do well in their new home. We are having a good school at Douglas this year. Miss Oma Wilmoth and Miss Lela Davenport teachers. School is closed now on account of the death of Miss Wilmoth's grandmother, who lived near Rockford. BIG EGG YIELD From a small flock of hena I now get 20 to 26 »'ggs per day, whereas before giving' them Dr. LeGear's Poultry Prescription, I only received three or four. Its coat has been repaid to me over and over." So writea Mrs. J. W. Montgomery, Tunnell Hill, Ga. You should increase yoor yield now, while prices are high, through Dr. Le Gear's Poultry Prescription. It is a tonic which builda up the hen's strength and vitality, and stimulates the egg-pn>ducinf organs. For 28 years Dr. LeGear has bean recognised aa America's foremost Ex* stock are ailing, it will pny you to get pert Poultry Breeder and Veteri narian. Any time your poultry or the proper Dr. LeGear Remedy from your dealer. It must give satisfaction or your dealer will refund yoar money. OLD INTERNAL REVENUE LAW NOW SUPERSEDED Yliia U Opinion of Judy* Jam** E. Boyd, Of F.d.r.l Dia trict Court (iraenaboro, Dw. 9.—The Vol* toad prohibition act. which became effective January 17. 1920, repeal* Ihe old In ternal revenue art hy Implication and peraona who were brought up for trial under the Intern* I revenue art pro vialona cannot he triad, aa the Vol stead act auperaedea the law under which the* wore arrested and hound over to the federal court, I* the rutin* nf Jud<»» J am ci K. Boyd, praaidlng over the federal court in iieaaion tf~ thia week. Judge Rnvd's decision eliminate* snproximate'y 150 casea from the ilockct. <>r nearly four-fifth* of the ensea. which It contained. The defend ant* were arrested under the old Inter nal revenue art. ft whs understood here yeterday •hat a numher of federal judgea have handed down opinion* similar to that "idven hv Jvuiire Boyd. S. J. Durham district attorney, aaid vriterdav nfterioon that he intend* taking the cases affected by the judge's ruling to the 1'nlted States rircoit Court of Appeals for a review It was the first time that the anea tlon had been brought un in the west ern district and the higher court's dec'*>on will he followed with conaid erahle interest. If Judge Bovd'* ruling i* upheld by the higher tribunal, the lftO-odd per sons who were scheduled to stand trial for the ('licit manufacture of whlalty under the old internal revenue provi-: aions will go acott free. Sixty-Sixth Congress Convene* In Third Session Washington, Dec. «.—Congress re convened today with the customary brief and routine opening sessions' which were sttended by grest crowds and marked by an addnaa, in the sen ate, by Praaidaart elect Harding as a unique and historic feature. Senator Harding took his seat, answered hia' name when the senate roll was called and made a brief address from the rostrum. Other features of the opening of the third and final session of the 86th Conjrrcss were receipt of annual ap propriation estimates aggregating 14. fiSS.000,000 and introduction in the house of unusual volume of new bills, and resolutions. Senators held up their' bills until tomorrow, in accordance with the custom of limiting the first day to formal convocation. As usual the senate session proceed ed with dignified calm and the house with boisterous confusion. The latter's roll call was taken amid a bedlam of felicitations of returning members and conversation of members and specta-| tors. Galleries of both bodies were jam med and thousands of persons stood in the halls to catch glimpses and j sounds of the proceedings within. About the capitol, conferences of par ty leaders, cafe dinner parties and surging crowds in the corridors furn ished other opening session atmos phere The Grave Diggers For North Carolina'* Babies The October issue of the North; Carolina Health Bulletin which dis-' i-usses the prevention of Typhoid, Dip htheria. Whooping Cough. Measles.! and Colitis is just off the press. It is edited by the Bureau of Epidemiology. Four diseases which take such heavy toll from infants are vividly present ed by spades tabled Whooping Cough. Measles, Diphtheria, and Colitis. The first ill 1918 dug 776 graves, the sec ond, 373, the third 262, and the fourth. Colitis, the Master Grave Digger, dug 1,914. Then below the champion killers are two groups of children; the one anaemic, ragged, dirty, and ill-fed: begging the hosts of light, on the op posite side, a group of beauties fed on pure milk and taught by an enlight ened public opinion. "The spirit of two comumnities" it is tabled. And' bilotr: "Which spirit has yours?" Tobacco Sales in Ik* Twin City Total 33,715,877 Pound* Winston-Salem, Dec. 11.—Figure* t given out this afternoon show that this market baa *old S3,716,877 pound* of leaf tobacco since September 14 for an average of 123.86 per hundred pounds. Over $8,000,000 were paid i dot far th* weed. Warehousemen are 1 hoping that market condittoa* aad prices will show an Iraprovsasent when j sale* are i see ass J In Jana«*r> HARDING SEEKS ADVICE OP CHARLES E HUGH IS Th«y Cantor for Smnl lUwt But Naithwr WMld Coo mmt in Detail. Marion. Ohio. Dk 10.— Ip fulfil mnnt of hla campaign promiaaa far a 'mooting of minda" to datormiaa a now American foreign policy. Pml lent-elect Harding today hogaa a month of conferanoaa hm by Making the advice of Charlea Evan* Hutrhaa. Republican nominaa for tha preaMvncy n i n.; What paaa»d during thrlr talk at teveral houra waa not revealed, for tfterwards ur. Hardtar maintained lunce and Mr. Hugh#* would only >ay that international pn>i<i«M had l>mtn considered in ralation to con itantly changing condition*, and wttfc * view to solution along tha Itnra laid ilown by tha President-elect during tha campaign. Neither would comment on wida^ rireulated report* that the conferanaa had to do also with cabinet appoint menta and other practical queationa of adminlatration building. M«. Hughe* has been mentioned many tinvs an a possible secretary of atato und his arrival her* a' the head irf the President-elect'* lint of ohosem conferee* enlivened siecu'ation on M* availability for the premier portfolio in the next cabinet White the 1wr w > closi-tcd to» pethrr. Col. G— rz* it rvey, -be New ^ o k magatine editor appearvd oa (' e s.vne for a viait whu-H, it wai sa'd, m.gt? laat for several Jayv. (t ws•. t, • tecond t'me he had nom" K-ra it '.our when queatior'. iff.s-tlng tha country'* international relations w»na nw.i ting aol. t'on. He s|Mi! :*• w«olv at Har'ig'a he-i.-Jqutr'-r* Jn« ■»r r to Mr. Harding'* dress of August 28. te-ming the Vacw. a I>a icue a failure and propc<inr foiim liM of an aaaociai' >n of nat' mi Short Course In Agriculture For Farmer* The State College, West RaMgfc, ad»aitlaaa a two »i«fc mm hi |im tical airrieultural iiubjecta beginning Ian. 20, 1981 and eading Feb. 8. 1M1. Mo tuition will be charged for tha •oumf, the principal coat tWrafon nrill be board and lodging which will mat xomrthing like $1.26 a day up. The purpose of the courae la to aM farmrrs both old and young who wiah to be more modem and buaineaa lika in their farming operation* with a ri«w to making farming more pleaa int and profitable. The aubjecta studied will be garden ng. fruit growing and vegetable gar4 ■ning, farm dairying, irop diseaaaa ind their control, aoil study. diseaaaa if live atork, uae of gas engines and rmctora, etc. For full information write E B. heen*, Regiatrar, Weat Raleigh, N. C. Murder by Automobile Charlotte Observer At Spartanburg ■ pint bottle of whiskey was found on the ground at the scene of an automobile overturn ing "accident." in which one man «a killed His companions are being 1 W in jail for trial, At Pruham, an aq tomobile driven by a reckless young man was overturned, one of hia pas sengers being killed and another se riously hurt. He is being held for manslaughter After awhile the recklessly disposed driven may be made to realize that they cannot kill snd maim their paasengera and escape the penalty of the law. while thoM who are in the habit of driving with the a* instance of a pint bottle may be broken of the habit. The officen ef the law in this part of the country are it last coming into realisation of the Fact that it is just aa much murder te till with the automobile a* with e ihotgun. Couple of Inmates of County Home Married Winston-Salem. Dee. 2.—It develop* ■d today that a couple of inmatea of he county home •' pped away Monday »«ne to th" legiste' of 4*>-d.- office, o-ured l> nae and 'at«r tti »• 4m% vera married, the peator of the Methodiat church on Forsyth circuit >fficiating. It la i sported that he vas misled by the maple who claimed that they lived In the eity The bride • wveral reu s the a»sH#r ef the rreoai. After their rate in to the tome, the conpte rev aelad the «tory •* the nrptiala and se* the k -epar leeleraa that other* era endae\orinf o slip off end pell the sem> steak Mrpoaitinn ef die eewfr wnided use * will be referred * *h ruaoty Ml