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§Ebe fEount lira ESTABLISHED ISHO MOUNT AIRY. NORTH CAR' WIN A T1HTRSI>\> APRIL 2 lit, 1921. 1150 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. HARDING DOES AS HIS SUPPORTERS DESIRED la Hia Addrtu Mort Congress Makaa It PUia That H« Ha* Sertppad Tha U*|M Thou* who voted for Prealdent Har ding laat year with the hope that af ter election hi* administration would Ami a way agreeable to all in which to bring th« United State* Into the l^engur of Nation*, or some other world organization to prevent future wara, abandoned all hope* when the President delivered hi* men**** to the special term of Congress Tuesday. "In the existing I.eague of Natluna," •av* President Harding, "thl* nation will have no part." Ill* language la rlear, and yet he auggeat* no hettar method, nnr any method of any kind, af preventing future war*. The fol lowing la what Mr. Harding *aid in hi* message regarding the league: "I.Ktle avail* In reciting the ratine* ef delay In Europe or of our own fail are to agree. But there i* no longer excuse for uncertainties respecting aome pha*e* of our foreign relation ship. In the exlitlng league of nation*, world governing with it* super-pow era, thl* Republic will have no part. There can be no mlainterpretation, and there will he no betrayal of the d< liberate expression of the Ameriran people In the recent election; and, *et tled in our decision for ourselves, it ■a only fair to *ay to the world in gen eral, and to our associate* in war in particular, that the league covenant ran have no sanction by u*. "The aim to aasociate nation* to prevent war. preserve peace and pro mote civilization our people moat cor dially applauded. We yearned for this new instrument of Justice, but we can have no part in committal to an agen ey of force In unknown contingencies; we can recognize no super-authority. "Manifestly the highest purpose of the league of nation* was defeated In linking it with the treaty of peace and making it the enforcing agency «f the victor* of the war. Internati enat association for permanent peace must be conceived aolely a* an instru mentality of Juattee, unassisted by aa to attempt the dual function* of a political instrument of the conquer or* and of an ageney of peace. There can be no prosperity for the funda mental purpnae* nought to be achiev ed by any *uch association so long as it ia an organ to any particular trea ty or any commitment of the apecial aims of any nation or group of na tion*." FRUIT CROP IS KILLED IN WESTERN CAROLINA Reports Reaching Asheville From Many Point* Say It All !• Destroyed Asheville, April 12.—Destruction of the fruit crop in western North Caro lina at a loan estimated to be in the millions, waa wrought overnight by damaging frosts and low temperatures that aet in Monday night, according to all report* reaching agriculturists hi this city. "All dead, every lingle one," was the terse report brought back by C. C. Profltt, county farm demonstrator, after an inspection this morning of orchards in the Fairview section. Ap ples snd peaches, in so far as he was able to aacertain. were entirely killed, such as had escaped the esrlier frosts and cold experienced two weeks ago when one-tenth of the crop only was destroyed, it was estimated. Upon all sides farmers were utter ing the three short words that spells an enormoua loss throughout Bun combe and adjoining counties: "Fruit ia killed." Inquiries from several adjacent sec tions, the farm demonstrator reported, brouirh forth similar response, all in dicating that practically no fruit sur vived. There may be a few late apples, of course, he admitted, for some have not yet put out. Coming as it does upon the heels, al most. of the great western North Carolina apple show in which a great wave of enthusiasm for increased fruit production was started, the stroke of misfortune falls with double force in the land of the sky. Washington, April 8.—Negroea in North Carolina have aignifled their intention of filing charge* against Frank Linney, who tt to be the nert district attorney 'for wee tern North Carolina Linney seems to hare dis pleased the colored brethren because of aoinethlng ha aaid to Tom Warren regarding the negroes being allowed to rota. Linney, however, will be aaaied district attorney. PHYSICIAN COMMITS A COWARDLY MURDER J. E. Taylor, Chief of Police of Thomnsville, Killed By J. W Peacock—Offictr Shot Down On tb« Street By Prominent Doctor. ThnoiMTtfW, April 18.—John E. Taylor, chief of police of Thnmasville, and »n r* »ervlt-« mun, wu shot and almost Inxlantly killed, and Ifenry •Shaver, a mechanic In a local furni ture factory, wan seriously wounded here this morning ahout 0:80 o'clock by Dr. J. W. Peacock. of Thomaaville, one of the moat prominent physicians in Davidson county, and until ahout two week* ago a member of the city council. Mr. Shaver, who wu assist ing the chief, wu iihot accidently. The Immediate cause of the (hooting I* •aid to he ill feeling which haa existed between the physician and chief for sometime. Thin morning about 2.-30 o'clock Dr. Peacock's bam wan burned aiyi he ii said to have placed the blame on Chief Taylor. The shooting wu one of the moat brutal and cold-blooded murder* ever committed in Davidson county and has transformed the little town of Thorn ssville info a complete dare. Dr. Pea cock was arrested shortly after the tragedy and taken ti> Lexington, where he wu lodged in Jail. Mr Shaver wan taken to High Point, where he waa placed in a hospital. He whs shot in the abdomen and the out come is yet in doubt. Hospital author itiea staled last night that while hla condition wns serious he had a fight ing chance. Policeman D. J. Lamb, who made the arrest, stated that Dr. Peacock while en route to 1x>xington expressed deep regret over the shooting of Mr. Shaver, but was satisfied with the killirg of Chief Taylor, declaring that he had seen Taylor Friday evening viewing the premises around the bam and that he waa satisfied he, the chief, was directly responsible for the con flagration, which resulted in ahout $3,069 damages ; , from hla office on *T TecondTusor of a building on Salem atreet Dr. Pea cock fired two shots from a shotgun at Chief Taylor, who was standing across the street, ahout 715 feet away. The first load struck the chief in the face and on the upper pert of the chest. Eye witnesses stated that he threw up his hands and screamed "Oh!" and turned. As he turned a sec ond blast struck him on the right shoulder and hack. These two shots, 'according tot physicians who perform ed the autopiy, would not necessarily have caused immediate dea*h. Bot Dr. Peacock rushed from his office down to the street. By thir time the wounded policeman had entered T. A. Peace'a grocery store in a lured <nn dition. At th:* moment Mr Shnver nn.l R C. ' lexander tock hold «.f Wa arms in an effort to hold him to his feet. Dr. Peacock, with a new weapon, a Cerman I.uger automatic, entered and opened fire. It was the hulleta from this vicious Teutonic pistol that caused death. An examination of the body disclosed the fact that two bul J lets entered the left breast, near the heart. Taylor crumpled up and fell to the floor on hia face. Not content with what he had done, the doctor sent two , more bullets Into the head. One | emerged above the right eye, while the second came out through the nose, both burying themselves in the floor. After committing the terrible trag edy Dr. Peacock, calm but pale, walk I ed back across the street, with his ! smoking revolver, into the Thomas ville Drug store. A little while later he was accompanied home by a few I friends. Policeman Lamb, who made the arrest, stated that the physician offered no resistance, but gave himself up delil>erately. During the shooting everyone in close proximity win thrown Into a state of hysteria. men were excited and pale, women were screaming and 1 consequently no one seems to be able to (rive a clear account of the trairedy. It is believed that Mr. Shaver's wound was due to someone in a state of ex citement striking Dr. Peacock's hand which held the pistol, throwing the aim into Mr. Shaver. Some say that only three pistol shot* were fired, but thia la hardly true, as the autopsy disclosed four pistol wounds. Chief Taylor was shot while eon versing with Andrew VarneT, Vamer, a distinguished service man of the , world war. stated that Taylor, who served In the navy during the war, had asked him to don hia uniform and turn out Sunday afternoon to attend the funeral services of Hamit Harris, the first Thomasville man to maka tlx aupremw aacriflca In Kranea. Tha tragedy ha* a back*f»und, ■ lonir and bitter factional flifht, of which th» dead officer *•• the central flrurx. Peralatent and repeated effort* had baen made to **cure the removal of Taylor at chlaf of police, and charge after charga hud been brought iisrainat him with that rnd in view; hut he had many enthuaiaatlc harkera, including aomc of the moat Influential and highly reapec-ted ritliena in the town, and thcae had defeated every effort to ouat him. Some of the charg <•* had Seen inveatlgaled and diaprov ed, hut mmr were still pending when the hnmic'de craahed upon the town with the effect of a d"namlte homh. Tnvlor'* frlenda maintain that the endeavor* to aecure hi* di*mi**al were due, not to any miaconduct on hi* nart, hut t/> hla energetic action airnin at rambler* nml hnotleirirer*. There I* no question that he waged relent lea* warfare upon gambling and the liquor truffle; but a certain aectlon of public opinion cite* the alleged confeaaion of n hootleirirer, arreated hy another of ficer, to the effect that the chief waa himaelf the head of the whlakey ring, and that the hootleirirer, Teague, wa* I'tinr mcrelv a* Tavlor'* a (rent when th" arre»t waa made. Republicans Lining Up Around The Pie Counter Wnnhintirton. Marrh SI.—Their vipit ing or rather im»Iicitintc davs rut down t» thrw a week at the White House, the office seekers are using the mail* in lncrea*ing volum» to fret their (ay before President Harding. The light* in the executive office* burn into the night am) tome of them early Into the morning hour* in delving into the stacks of mail that come for the new president, while the telephone# that h*ve placet on the desks of Secretary Christian and Executive Clerk Forster jlnirte all through the day with call* that are heard in anxious voice* ask ing for engagement* at the White House. Indeed, so great became the volume of,mail that there ar» two shift* of 'vorfcera on II these days, and th< anx ."•« writ.'ijmfa.*)• "hwmA-K ^reftlfes do twfrVome st once, '<rr It takes time to digest the letter* and recommendation* that pout in. And though it has been officially given o'<t that Mondays. Wednesdays and Fri days are the "open season", days for taking a shot at hoped-for jobs, there are persistent callers who keep warm the chairs In the ante-rooms. But the work' is yet to come, for when the extra session of Congre** convenes on April 11 the visiting list at the White House is certain to grow longer In addition to the office seekers at the White House, each of the cabinet members are besieged by folks want ing to coinnect with the pay roll. Sam Gompera Weds A Widow New York, April 1A.—Samuel Gom I pera, president of the American Fed eration of Ijtbor, and Mrs. Gertrude Nuschler, of this city, obtained a mar riage license this afternoon. They will be msrried later today bu Supreme Court Justice Robert E. Wagner, the license showed. Mr. Gom per* is 71 years old and Mr*. Nuschler 38. ^Births are outnumbering deaths in France for the first time in years. This ie the most encouraging symp toms of the country's recovery from the war's ravages. / V * English walnuts selling at $3 each in Denver were found to contain j small capsulea of morphine and co caine in place of nut meats. Notice By virtue of a deed of trust execut ed on the 1st d«y of March, 1920 by P. I. Edmonds and wife, Letha Ed monds, to secure an indebtedness of $fi.000.00 to H. O. Edmonds, (and upon which there ia a balance due of $6,000) nnd the stipulations in said deed of trust not having been complied with ">nd at the request of the holder of the note secured by aaid deed of trust, the undersigned trustee will offer for sale at public auction, to the highest bid der, for caah, on Saturday May 21st, at twelve noon at the courthouse door at Dohson, Surry County, N. C., the following described property, to-wit: Beginning on a pine on the Rock : 'nrd road, D. J. Denny'a corner, runs West forty-four chains and 80 link* to a gum in Pilaon'a line; thence North 18 chaina and 50 links to a atake and pointers; thence Eaat ft chaina and Sfl linka to a red oak; thence North 8 chains and 80 links to a rock pile in the old Robert Wall line; thence East 27 chaina and 76 linka to a rock pile in the forka of the road; thence South 22 degrees Eaat about 29 chaina and 75 links to a pine on the North side of the Rockford road; thence with aaid road 40 linka to the beginning, con taining 114J acres, more or leaa. This the 15th day of April, 1921. H 0. DRAUGHN, Trustee. 6-t0-p. Horn* TaUnt Play A full houM (rwtwl lh» comedy *n titled "A Strenuous Llf#" given by Vmie talent at the Broadway thaatra Thursday night. The acene waa the University of California, Berkley. California, and the play dealt with the' life of the Ktudenta, members of the faculty and other*. Ml** Klizaheth U*\X\ a* Mra. Wig gins, proprietress of a hoarding houa« aired her trouble* before the audience, but In the end succeeded In rapturing Warren Davis a* Dan Davenant, a wealthy miner and widower and fath er of Mlaa 1,11 v Mae (Jeorge a* Marion Davenant, a prospective atudent. Charles 0. I.uras, aa Tom tlarring ton. a university atudent, plaved a leading role, and waa re*pon*ihle for practically all the amusing predira menta In which the othera found them *elvea by hi* prorllvlty to ret into trouble and the readlneaa with which he tried to extricate himself by tying. J. 0. Reddirlc aa Reginald Black, Tom'* chum and room mate atood by h'a friend thru thick and thin, until hi* habit of lying to aave himaelf caus ed a misunderstanding between Reg trie and hla sweetheart. Ruth Thornton the piodest little niece of the landlady, which nart wa* played by Mi** Eliza beth Merritt. Philip Johnson appeared »» Prof. Mim the gvmrasium inatructor aa well an Pnwlev, ■ collector, J. H. AII red wan Byron Harrington and Mi»» Isabel Smith was Oulcie Harrington, father and aiater of Tom whose ar rival at Tom'a hoarding houae cauaed •hat yolng man no little emharraaa m<*nt. Theodore Reece played the role of Prof. James, a m-w member of the university faculty, Edward Haymor* wna .lame* Roherta a freshman, an<f Mia* Vinrinia Banner appeared aa the widow Maguire, who aold tobacco to the atudents on the aly, and incidental ly had a hard time to collect from Tom who stayed hroke but did not worry >ver hia debta. and did not aee why other people ahould make auch a fuaa ■ihout them. The play waa riven in three acta, taking place in the morning, after •mmOmB <* **» —» tm'mi sorely no one could aak for a more strenuous life than waa preaented, crowd) nr Into the one day enough I humomua situations for the average life time. In the laat act Tom Harring , ton realized that it did not pay to try *to lie hia way thru life, and he decid ed to reform after hia father had dia . inherited him and hia caae with the , wealthy Miss Davenant had been call ed off, but he waa obliged to tell one more lie which wan verified by Miaa Father Boawell aa "Nugata" the ,Japaneae servant. who habitually neg lected her work in a faithful attempt to maater our language from a hook which ahe hid in her pocket whenever Mra. Wiggina appeared, but whoae "whole English vocabulary conaiated of the one word "yia." Thia aaved the aituation for Tom and he waa reator ed to hia father and sweetheart, hia chum Reggie Black made peace with Ruth Thornton and the wealthy miner Dan Davenant become reconciled to the widow Wiggina after hia modeaty in aaking a woman where to get a "chaw of terbaccar" had catiaed her to miatake hia remark a for an attempt to prnpoae, and he had been given a wife inatead of the much deaired to bacco. Each one played hia or her part (with eaae and future playa by theae young people will be looked forward to with pleaaant anticipation. I The work of Miaa Elizabeth V»rritt I in directing tha play deaervea special | commendation. ' Guerilla War I*. Now la Full Sway Dublin, April 4.—Flying columns of j the Irifh Republican army arc official - | ly reported to be operating in Fer . mangh, Armagh, Tyrone, Kildare and Quecn'i counties. There has been much destruction of roads and in many cases intimidation haa been re sorted to. The columns invariably dis 1 appear on the approach of crown forces, the ofllcisl reports say. A fight occured laat night in the Kills near Dundrum fear miles soath of Dublin. Crown forces had proceed ed to the hills in lorriea to investigate report* of firing. They found twenty armed men, some of whom, after fir ing at the military, mingled with wo : men and children who were picnicking for which reason the crown forcea refrained from using their machine guns. They pursued the others, however, who were escaping to another hill and shot two. The remainder set fire to the shrubbery on the hillside and ss eapsd tn the smoke «LHW. Brides CboMfi By Pkoiofipti IW Fredric J. Haakin In Charlotte New York City.—Whit* premirrs and potentates are struggling with problems of readjustment, the women of Europe are quietly Battling one of the gravest after-war dif Amities by emigrating to this country, where there la a sur nlua supply of husbands. These women have a great advantage over former generation* of war-made spin iter* They have at their disposal the art of photography. Thu*. it happen* that gen-i'-t ro mance ha* recently )>ven revived In New York by the advert of hundredj of picture bride* from the moat man exhauated rountrlea. The Japanese have long u*ed the picture bride sys tem, but now half a dozen other race* have followed *uit. Every *hip bring* in a dozen or *o and the other day a Greek *team*hip arrived with 300 in it* Rteerage, much to the ronfualon of the immigration authorities and to the ■Treat fatigue of **veral prleata and pHrsons, who have been kept constant ly bu*y tying the marriage knot. Mo*t of the bride* are from Crewe, Sryia. Turkey, Cxecho-Slovakla, and Italy. They do not seem to be the slightest bit downcait at the thought of marrying men they have never seen before, althoiyrh they are naturally curiou* about the *ort of prise* they are destined to draw. The waiting pleture grooms are equally curious a* to their fate, Thua, when this particular Greek ship was held up in the harbor for a long inter val. owing to a ca*e of smallpox on hoard, the harbor police launch had to be requiiitloned to keep the impatient swain* from mobbing the boat. They circled around in rented motor boata and dorie*. eagerly aearching the faces of the damael* on the lower deck and comparing them with the thumb marked photograph*. Some of them having located their proapectiva bride*, sent them fruit, candy and even wearing apparel in baaketi, aliMi ladlnn ttftctf with a piece of light rope. Ai soon aa the girls stepped off the boat, there was a wild rush among the assembled bridegroom*; a few seconds of hasty identification and introduction, and then a storm of rap turou* embrace*. An onlooker would have *uppo*ed the couples had known each other for years. In a few case*, there^ra* a childhood betrothal in the background, but for the mo*t part an exchange of photograph* and a latter or two wa* the only basis of the rela tionship. To the most of us. choosing a mote by photograph would seem even more hazardous than moat methods, but In all thia crowd of picture brides and srrooms there were only a few caaea ol disappointment. One very pretty English girl who had left an Italian villa, where ahe waa employed as a governess. to marry • man from oui far weat, decided that ahe couldn't gc through with tha arrangement when ahe saw her proapective mate. "I feel that I should marry you since since you've paid for my passag* over here, but I simply can't." sh« told him. "You look very nice and kind." she added gently. "but I am sure we wouldn't get alone. Your let ters sounded different 'somehow—1 thought—well, I guess I'd better cable my people for passage money hack home. Another girl who waa not diapoaed to accept kindly the huaband fate had awarded her, waa not ao polite. She waa a large and buxom Syrian lass, with a pair of flne brown eyea that sparkled with excitement when she talked. "I will not marry you," ahe declared contemptuously, as she took In the grotesque appearance of the small, bent and somewhat elderly Syrian gentleman who claimed her ai his property. "You are not the same as your picture—no hair, perhaps no teeth—and you dare to think you marry me!" At this point, a member of one of the several social service orjrani xatlons, which offer a protecting arm to the plctura brides at Ellis island, hurried to the scene anl tried to straighten out the difficulties. The man explained he had a fine house, a fine automobile, waa wealthy. He would treat her well, he said, and she wwiW not have to work. But the girl remain ed obdurate, ao the social worker aent her to an immigrant home. Here, a Syrian society became Interested In her c«ae, and aha aoon had moat of tta membership list aa candidates for her hand. Among theae. she Anally found one to her liking, who paid the picture suitor back Ma paaaare money and tike incident «rd*d happily. In the rmt majority at caaaa, how over, the eourae of picture love rw •month. Tha giris havs no fault fc» ' And with their swains, and tha imm are uanally mora than pleaaed hsiao— tha rirl turns oat to ba bat tar look tat than har photograph, which la • cheap *nd badly posed llkanaaa. OccaaloMl Iv. a man fori* that ha wan 1*4 to as nert a great deal mor* than ha vat. hut ha I* apt to taka It philosophically Ilka ona Armenian, who upon behold ing hia bride, exclaimed, "Ah, waR, why waata tha passage money. All wives are tha same after (We yeara." Tha fart la that picture marriages are prwheb'y aa aafa and quit* a* .^mantle aa any other kind Tha paaa ant rirl of Europe ia accustowed to the idea of marrying a man aha doe* not know, hecanse ovar thara tha parent-arranged marriage ii tha con ventional thine. No aeif respecting rirl would think of marrying tha vouth of her own choice, unlaaa by anme atroke of rood fortune ha ah* happened to he tha choice of tha parent*. She ha* been taught that marriage must ha governed by eco nomic considerations. The man moat be well e*tahli*hed in hi* trade or pro fession, and the girl mu*t have har (fat and trou**eau. The lack of dot* and trnuoeaux slnci the war ia another reaaon for the ru«h of picture bride* to thla country, where a bride need have no property at all, except a feather mattreas. Evan n picture bride I* expected to have thi* requisite. Hence, a huge unweildy, lumpy mattrea*. rolled and tlad with a piece of itring, la a conapleuoua Item of picture bride luggage which ha* recently been doubling the work of the health authorities stationed at the docka. A* for the man ordering a bride by picture from the old country ia a con venient arrangement for him, too. Coming from Syria or Jugo-Slavia or Cxeche-Slovakia, he livea in hia own foreign aettlement in thia country, where there i* probably not one (ingle, satisfactory unmarried girl. The young ladle* born In America do not Interest him aa wive*. They ara apt to be too independent, too liwumil of the home custom*, and unable to cook hia favorite national diahea. So what ia more natural than that he should write to a relative in the oM home village—enclosing hia photo graph—and requesting that a good, husky, sweet-tempered wife be select ed and shipped to him. . Capital Punishment Every once in a while some well meaning person criticizes capital pun . ishment It remains for Nevada, however, to propose a new mode of ridding socie ty of that class of humanity which commits a deed requiring death as Adequate punishment. The New York Son presents this view of the new id«a, which one may consider for a moment: "The Nevada legislature has passed a bill providing that capital punish ment in that state shall be administer ed by lethal gas 'at an unknown hour and during sleep.' It is said that the . governor of the state fafors the meas j ure and the author of the bill found no opposition to getting it through both houses. The present law of Neva da permits the condemned person to 1 choose death either by hanging of by a firing squad. "It will of course strike many per sons in this longitude that the present Nevada law involves too much of ua certainty and too little of the inherent sternness of a death penalty; too much room for argument, too strong j a reversal of the exemplary quality of execution. The matter remains an un settled point in our penal theories. "But the proposal to inflict the death penalty with lethal gaa—un doubtedly in itaelf a painleaa means of pasrinr- 'at in unknown hoir and dur >.g sleep'— wi!. stir yet more crit ics. Opinions of local jurists should be obtained, and also of local physician* snd neurologists. It is concetvablw that a brutish individual might not be disturbed by the mere uncertainty of time involved in this measure, bat to a man. even though a murderer, of any imagination, the matter might seem very different Probably the framers of the bill gave no thought to the exquisite mental torture which a • condemned person might suffer after bis entry into the lethal chambar. It seems likely that sleep would scarce ly come to him save under soporifics; the whole matter seems far ftw sta ple. Possibly Governor Boyiea of Nevada will take further counsel and glee the subject careful cuus tdeiattai before committing the state to a qMS
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