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BUTLER TO CARRY HIS CASE TO HARDING Says Moat Incompetent Men Were Selected For Job* By Greensboro Meeting Washington, March 80.—The light started by former Senstor Marlon Butler at Greensboro over patronage scatters haa Just begun, according to the former senator and the matter is to be csrried to the White House. This in substance, was the state ment made by the Sampson county "fanner" at his offices in the Southern building today. Senator Butler says lie has not yet asked for an engage ment to protest against the "slate" made at Greensboro by the friend* of National Committeeman Morehead, that ha will do so at the proper time and that hs will bring a large delegation of eastern Republicans to Washington to back him up in his efforts to get "friends of Hsrding" recognized. Batier declared today that the "Hog Combine" at Greensboro not only Ig nored the frienda of Harding, but that the men selectad, in most every instance are incompenent and if ap pointed would discredit the Republi can party throughout North Carolina. While he is willing to join hands with the west in protesting against the ap pointment of any and all of the men recommended by the Republican state committee, he ia not disponed to both-! «r about the weatera appointments unless western Republicans request, him to do ao. Bat In the eaat it ia different, ac cording to the former senator. Not a •ingla Harding friend, he says, has been recognized and the men ao far ■elected are ao incompetent as to make the party a laughing stock thru •ot the state. The friends of Carl Duncan," said the senator, "must be recognized and taken care of. The entire east has been ignored and anybody who knows anything aboat the Republican party in North Carolina knows that the eaat ia where the Republicans have the most strength. "In the case of President Harding his only friends went in the eaat. Western Republicans, whose namea are included in the organisation slate, were never for Harding at Chicago, yet they are trying to put these very men who voted against him for the presidential nomination in office, leav ing our practically all the friends of the president. "1 went to Greensboro with the idea of 'give and take.' I was aven willing to give more than ordinary decency demanded in the interest of harmony. But you know what happened. The machine ran rough shod over all of the Harding friends, completely ig nored the Republican party in the east and selected the most incompetent ■ten in tne state to fill official posi tions of honor and trust." Asked if he had intended fighting Frank Linney and Brownlow Jackson, Senator Butler said he was not dis posed to do so unless the friends of Judge Pritchard requested him to do so. He said that Linrey was a "pretty good kind of a fellow," but that there was quit* a few better lawyers in the west who ar» ircre fitted to fill the position of district attorney. He said Linney had been a failure as chairman of the executive committee. That, he said, is admitted b/ every one Brownlow Jackson, he said, is all right, so far as he is concerned, and he doea not propose at this time to make a fight against the Henderson rille man. Briefly, the only thing that will prevent a bitter row within the ranks of the party, is for the president to ignore Butler and his faction. This, it ia said, upon very high authority, is the present plap of the administra tion. The president, it is declared, cannot conceive of a better and fairer way of making recommendations than the method adopted at Greensboro, namely, allowing the county commit tees to make their own selection. The understanding here is that this was done. Pays Newspaper Picture Seattle, Wash.—Police here have bean searching for a man who, accord ing to complaint at headquarters, pre sented • newspaper's picture repro duction of a state soldier bonus war rant for $406 at a Chinese restaurant and received the cash for it. W. H. . Klett, war veteran, receiver! the first bonne warrant issued here recently and the check was reproduced in a Seattle newspaper. The clipping past ad on a sheet of plain paper was eaah ed by the restaurateur who learned he had been defrauded when he includ ed the clipping with • ' ink deposit. LIEUT- WILLIAM CONEY DIES OF HIS INJURIES Mother, Brother and Aunt Of the Aviator Were With Him When Death Came Nate hex, Miss., March 30.—Lieut. William Devoe Coney, 27, who wn» neriously Injured when hia airplane craahed into a tie* rear Crowville, La., last Friday -nomine. {ied of hia injuries at a local hospital here it 5:20 p. n. today The death of the lieutenant, whose bark waa broken in .he fall, resulting in a complete paratysis of hia body from the cheat down, was not unex pected, as his physicians had announc ed earlier in the day that he could live only a few hours. Mrs. E. F. Coney, his mother, of Brunawick, Ga.; Mrs. W. H. Devoe. an aunt, of Jacksonville, Fla., and E. F. Coney, a brother, of Brunawick, Ga., were with the flier at the time of his death, having been constant attendants at his bedside since their arrival here last Sunday. Lieutenant Coney is a son of the late Edgar F. Coney, a lumberman of Brunswick. He wan born in Atlanta ir November, 1893. Hit youth was spent in Brunswick. At the outbreak of the Mexican trouble in 1916 he enlisted with the^ Brunswick rifles, an infantry organ-! ization, and saw service on the border. Returning to Brunswick In 1917, about the time the United States entered the European war, he entered the officers' training camp at Fort Oglethorp, Ga.. where he was commissioned aa a sec ond lieutenant of Infantry. Later he was transferred to the air service, re ceiving his preliminary training at the ground school at Georgia Tech, in Atlanta. He waa assigned as flyinc instructor during the war and had no opportunity to see service at the front. On the day he was injured the an nouncement was made at San Diego, Calif., of his promotion to a first lieu tenancy. Funeral arrangements have been left to Major N. B. Claggett, of the fourth aviation corps, who came here to attend the lieutenant, and have not yet been completed. Edwin Bergdoll In Court Und«r| Manacles Kansas City, Mo, March 27.—Hand cuffed to a military guard and dressed in the olive drab he declined to wear during the war, Edwin Bergdoll, Phil adelphia millionaire, convicted of draft evasion, appeared before Judge John C. Pollocks in the Federal dis trict court in Kansas City, Kansas, where habeas corpus proceedings have been instituted seeking his release from the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. At the conclusion of the hearing Judge Pollock announced that he would take under advisement the mat ter at issue in today's hearing—the admissability of evidence to show Bergdoll had received notice to re port for military service. When Bergdoll was seated in the judge's chambers the handcuffs were released and he listened to Major Charles C. Creaaon, who had acted aa prosecuting attorney, telling that Bergdoll had told him that he receiv ed the draft notice, and "I knew all the time you were after me." He was not placed on the witness stand. When the hearing was over, the handcuffs were snapped back on his wrists, his captor handed him a campaign hat without the blue cord of the doughboy and ha started back to the military prison at Fort Leaven worth. Bergdoll Is a brother of Grover C. Bergdoll. Admonition And Fine In Whis ky Cam San Diego, Calif.—"The Eighteenth Amendment it here to stay. It's in the Constitution, and anyone who thinks that 36 states will ever vote to take it out of the Constitution is crazy. Furthermore, the government intends to enforce it by intensive activity on the part of its agenta. The law is a permanent one and the sooner many of you stop trying to bootleg spurious liquor, the better it will be for all of us." With these words of admonition. Judge Benjamin Bledsoe in the federal court recently fined Kenyon Cottrill 1900 on three counts for importing, transporting and failing to pay the tax on a barrel of whisky. 48 pint*. 80 half-pints and 12 quarts of brandy which were in his machine when it was apprehended in a local garage. Rata of Nolan County, Texas, are eating the growing grain and the Hark from trees six feet from the ground REPUBLICAN IRON HAND DOWN ON DOUGHTON Frank W. Lewi* Writing ia Winston Journal Think* Campbell Will Be Seated Washington, March 25.—Rpere*en tative Robert L. Doughton, who holds; certificate of election from the Eighth Congressional District of North Caro lina, and who is now defending his seat in congress against the claims of his Republican opponent, Dr. J. Ike! Campbell, will have to surrender to the rule of force, that arbitrary power which recognizes neither law nor equi ty, and how the inexorable decreet awaiting him in the house or repre sentatives, if the sentiment of Repub lican members of congress is correct-: ly interpreted by those Republican*! here who have already passed jndg-< ment on the rase. What seems to be reliable informa tion la to the effect that Mr. Dough-j ton, regardless of the evidence adduc ed at the hearings will be unseated and Dr. Campbell be made, by action of a partisan house, a member of con-| press from the Eighth District. While it makes little difference with the Republicans whether they have another member of their political com-! plexion in the house they feel obli gated to respect the wishes of a loyal member of their party, who Is yearn ing for a seat in congress, and to yield to the demand of these Tar Heel Re publicans who look upon a Republican majority as the supreme power which should be exercised in times of dire need. Therefore, it is said, that the Re publican members of the house will give scant attention to the merita of the case. They will not consider wheth er Campbell has made out a good case or not; they will give no heed to the facta in the conteat, but will look at the matter solely irom a partisan viewpoint, and send Farmer Bob back | to his Democratic constituents as a private in the ranks and bestow an | unmerited honor and unearned emohi-l menta upon a defeated and discredit ed member of their party. Thla i» vhai, the Rapahlisaix say they are going to do. This is the way they aay they are going to take care of Dr. Campbell, who haa a hard time taking care of himself, and this is what they are going to do with Farm-! er Rob who holds his commission by virtue of a solemn verdict rendered by the sovereign people of his district. The Republicans have the power to do this thing. The house of represen tees is sole Judge of the election of ita members, mav unseat a man clearly elected and place in office one who has not been ek-cted. The Repub lican majority in that body is so great that such a tempting thing aa throw ing a Democrat out to make a berth for one of the faithful will be hard to resiat. It is a significant fact that no Re publican has raised his voice in pro test against the contemplated outrage of unseating Doughton merely because the dominating party has the power to do it. Not one has been heard to say that it would be wrong to turn Dough ton out to make a place for Campbell Krank W. Lewis in Winston-Salem Journal. SUUlHtKN RAILWAY SYSTEM Passenger Traffic Service Effective Saturday night, March M, train 43 now being operated betwesa Danville and Atlanta will b« operat ed between Danville and Charlotte only, on the same schedule. Train be ing discontinued between Charlotte and Atlanta, last train leaving Char lotte 11:80 P. M. Saturday night, Mar. 26th. Effective llareh 27th, train 1M be tween Atlanta and Danville will be dis continued, last train leaving Atlanta Sunday night, March 27th, last trata passing Charlotte, Concord, Salisbury, Lexington, High Point, Greensboie. Monday March 28th. The present Raleigh-Atlanta sleep ing car now being handled by tralas 189-43 and 136-16 will be shortened ts a Charlotte-Atlanta sleeping car lias, i handled by trains 36 and 36. Effective same date trains 85 and 36 will make same stops as mad* by trains 48 and 1S6. For further information consult nearest Ticket Agent. 4-80-e. R. H. GRAHAM, Division Passenger Ageat. An Ideal Remedy for Constipation It would be hard to find a better remedy for constipation than Cham berlain's Tablets, for the best ef fect they should be taken immediately after <jpper. They are easy tc take and mile and gentle in effect. I ASK CHANGE OF VENUE TO PROTECT WILLIAMS Violence Feared If Man Charg ed With Murder Of 11 Negroes Goes To Covington Covington. Ga., March SI.—Chang* of venue for John S. Williams, who ia due to go on trial here Tuesday charg ed with the murder of one of 11 ne groes he ia alleged to have killed, wax aaked in a petition filed with Judge John B. Hutrheacn in Superior court here late,today. The pel ition asserted there "is dan ger of violence" if Williama ia brought here from Atlanta, where he haa been held since hia arrest laat week, and based the plea for the trial in another county solely on these grounds. Judge Hutcheson set a hearing for 3 p. m. Monday, and Solicitor General A. M. Brand announced he would op pose the motion. Investigation* into conditions on the Williams plantation, where peonage ia declared to have led to the murders to prevent exposure of Williams' alleged methods, led county officials today to start a thorough inquiry into a story attributed to a negro formerly em ployed on the place, that Huland Wil liams, one of the sons of the planter, had been connected with the death of a negro known as "Blackstrap." The latter, according to the version that became public here, was slain by Charlie Chisholm. a negro who later was killed by Clyde Manning. Manning told officials last week, they said, that he and Chishlom killed 10 negroes at command of the elder Williams and that later, on Williams' orders, he slew Chilsholm. Officials re fused to make and disclosures about the result of their Investigation into the latest turn in the case, refusing! to say whether they expected it would develop that more than XI negroes had henn killed and declining to give the| name of the negro whose story they were investigating today. It was stated the grand jury, which investigated a statement attributea to Floyd Johnson, a young white man, that Williams' three youngest sons bad sought to atari wikl >—fcl— after their father was arretted, had found nothing to justify action against the three, but was expected to be called again to renew the inquiry into the reports of a negro "uprising" that were current here Monday. Relics Donated By Chines* President Sold For $10,000 Manila, P. I., Feb. 15.—Auction of relics donated by President Hsu Shi chang of the Chinese republic brought in more than flO.OOO here this week for the relief of famine suffreers In China. The articles were collected from President Hsu's palace at Peking and brought to Manila by Mrs. Wal lace, wife of Colonel Charles S. Wal lace, chief of signal corps, United States army, department of the Phil ippines. A royal Bengal tiger skin, six by eleven feet, which President Hsu high ly prized and which he took from the floor of the palace to add to the fam ine relief fund, waa included in the col lection. It brought $600. A poem written by President Hsu, each character embroidered by hi*' wife, was another article that attract ed much attention. The poem waa written many years ago and had adorned the wall of Hsu Shi-chang'a, home long before he became head of1 the republic. One of the most prized of all the! Chinese president'* gifta was a four months' old white and brown puppy! bom in the palace at Peking of a strain which has lived in the royal household for many generations. The1 puppy sold for $500. Many cloisonne vases, porcelain* in vivid color*, cere monial gifta, manderin coat* and other article* were In the collection. Among the ^ctioneerfc were Major General Francis J. Keman, com mander of the department of the Philippines and Crow Kwo-iaien. Chinese consul genera! in Manila. I* Awarded $4,800 Damage* By Jury Asheboro, March 31.—The jury late4 Tuesday evening awarded a verdict of $4,500 in favor of W. 8. Snyder against the town. The caae has at tracted considerable attention. Snyder who waa a miller, employed by the Southern Crofm mill, k>at hi* hand at the wrist, alleged to have been caused by the mill running backward. The town moved some of the pole* to make room for wire*, and when the wtrea were again connected, the mill waa afterward started, running backward, it waa claimed by Snyder. RELIGIOUS SECT CRUCIFI ED TWO Calvary's Scene Re-Enacted in Remote Section of New Mex ico; Victim* Not Killed Alhuqurque, N. Me*., March 29.— Two men were crucified at the penti tent villa*? of Ahiqulu, in northern New Mexico, on Good Friday, in ob servance of holy week, in rite* per formed by member* of the Hermanoa de Lu*. Brother* of Liffht. a reliiroua order, according to B. J. Norfeldt and Guatare Baumann, artiata, artist* of °*nta Fe. N M., who arrived here to day. Norfeldt and Gnstave **▼ ♦' y were member* of a pnrty of two doz en tourixt* who witne**ed the rruci fiction and the flagellation ceremonies contained with it. ror more inan a nair nour, tne artists say, the two human sacrifices were tied to huge wooden crosses, at the end of which time they were taken down, bleeding and exhausted. The condition of the men is said to be seri ous and their recovery in doubt. The penitents, a* the Hermanos de I.ur are most commonly known, are Indiana with a Mexican admixture. Their order has many follower!, K ia understood, in remote villages of this stata. Altho supposed to be dying out, the order still attracts wide attention because of ita mysterious ceremonies, which Americans seldom are able to witness. The principles and practices of the order are said to have come from Itilv thru Spain and Mexico., Ij»st Friday was one of the rare oc casions, according to 'the two artisU, when Americans were permitted to witness the most solemn ceremonies performed by the penitents. "The penitents formed m a long process," said Mr. Norfeldt, "and marching to slow weird mu*ic, beat themselves with thorn whips, soaked in brine water to wound themselves and make their wounds 'smart. One man carried a large wooden cross urder the weight of which he fell ex hausted frequently. The procession ended with the erection of two cto—si with members of the order tied to them." It is considered an honor among the penitents to be selected for cruci fiction. To Pardon Debs Would Be A Serious Mistake Washington. March 29.—The pres ert administration will fall into seri ous error if a pardon is issued at thisj time A Eugene V. Debs, in prison at Atlanta for uttering seditious remarks concerning the government and par ticularly the selective service law dur ing the period of the late war, in the opinion of E. E. Dudding, president Prisoners' Relief Society of Washing ton, who is an authority on penal con ditions and in touch with the inmate* of all big prisons throughout the country. iruaaing statea today that ir Presi dent Harding (rants a pardon to Debs it will incite to riot and disorder hon-! dred* of political prisoner* not yet re-1 leased, ex-soldiers who are serving: time now for offenses less serious than the one for which Deb* was con victed. "I have but little patience with a man that stands oat airainit hi* (•▼• eminent at a critical time." said Dudding. "I served a sentence in prison myself and can sympathize with imprisoned men, but I think, President Hardin* would make a trreat mistake in pardoning Debs "Every one considers his crime both serious and grave. Deb* ought to be kept in prison until the hundreds of other victims convicted of violating war-time statutes are released, for the majority of them are entitled to far greater consideration than Deb*. This is my frank opinion." Robbins Lowe Breaks Up Another Battle Chapel Hill, April 1.—Robbins Lowe the Babe Ruth of the University of North Carolina broke up his second game of the week with a home njfll drive over the left field fence and en-. ahled the Var Heels to win from North Carolina State College here yeeter day six to four. The terifflc drive cam* with the score tied in the eighth inning. 4 to 4. Lewellyn waa on third baae. Lowe took two strikes and then aailed into a fast one and drove it far into the woods beyond the hedge. He reached third on the hit. but Umpire White ruled it a home ran aa the ball had gone out of sight The hit settled aa exciting con teat played before a large crowd, including many viaiting girls at the University NAMES IN THE U. 3. ARMY Bruce Craven Write* inter eel ingly in the Greensboro Now* in Regard to the War Kiak Insurance as Follows: I would like to mention one line ef rriticisia thst rets no sympathy frees me. This is in connection with war risk insurance. You have doubtlaaa heard many jokes about the funny i-rrors made there, but how large As vou suppose the errors show up h proportion to the three pi llion insur ance policies handled in a few months ? There thousands of the faaai - l:es todi- who have caoaa to be thank ful, besides the thousands of totally disabled soldiers who get the insur ance themselves! Some people can not understand why any kind of an in quiry addressed there should not get automatic sen action, i ney inowM m» one day a postal card, written la pencil, signed John J. O'Brien, and asking that his receipts be sent to his wife, Mary. Investigation showed 14 soldiers with the Identical name, each of whom had a wife named Mary, and there was no way fn the world to know which it was. What would yoa <n with a letter from John Johnaaa who failed to mention his number er his regiment? There were 2.188 J oka Johnsons in the army. The same thin* applies to the families of the namii of Smith, Jones, Brown, Willlama. Anderson. Walker and others. A bad ly worried mother wrote one day t» say that her son, John Brown, had rflbi away from home and wanted to know if there was anyone In the army by that name. There were—1.500 of them As an amuaement, some unusual names were listed, each one of which is a bona fide name, and they include the following: Mih Gosh, Asad ex perience Wilson. Bartholdt Otto Aabel. Velvet Couch. Will Swindle, Osts Money, Dinner Bell Page, Willie Dart ing, Slaughter Bugg. Wash Day Cload and Isaac Didnot Butcher. There was one Porto Rica regiment with 61 mesi in it named Jose Rodriguet. HENRY FORD TAKES OPTI MISTIC VIEW Motor Manufacturer Reports Improvement in Business and Say* That the Trend of In dustry in General Is Now Up ward Detroit. Michigan—A definite trend upward is reported by big men in the automobile industry, but none takee a more.optimistic view of the future than Henry Ford. Mr. Ford says the turn is well on the way, and he sees a constant improvement from now on in business in general, as well as the automobile industry. Indications are everywhere manifest, he said, that the bottom of the business depression has been reached and passed, and the trend of industry is now definitely upward. -with tne Ford Motor Company, conditions are exceptionally hopeful. We have enjoyed a tremendous pickup in business. We had orders for 80,000 cars for March delivery, and we have nearly 90,000 more for April. That means that nearly every car and bit of finished stock on hand when the depression set in has been sold. The time is not far off when we will begin full operation to produce new cam awl new parts to take care of the host of orders that come rolling in." Mr. Ford was full of cheer. If ha ever had any financial troubles, they sll seemed to have blown away. His thoughta were for the future. Produc tion has been increased on a large scale at the Ford motor plant in the last month. More men are being take* back weekly to speed up the output raused by the increased orders. Ia addition to the regular day force, two other partial forces are at work, with the number at work on the later shifts being augmented daily. Notice of Sale of Personal Property. By virtue of authority vested in tha undersigned as President t>f the Rank rf Mount Airy in a certain collateral iote executed March 26th, 1020, and Jue March 21st, -1921. pledging there in twelve aad one-half (1S14) shares if the caDital stock of the Rosedale Orchard Co.. of the par value of cm hundred dollars per altars, and default having been made in the payment of •aid note, I will sell for cash, to the highest bidder, at imblic auction *t the Court House door in Dobeoo. N. C.. on. Saturday April 9th, 1M1. it 1 o'clock P. M., the following per sonal property, to-wit: Twelve and one-half shares of th«r Capital Stock of the Rossdale Orchard Company, the saase being Stock Cer tificate No. >. This the 10th day of March, lttl. W. J Byerly, Pvss Bank rf losst Airy
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