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all. Mount 3lirjj Kctas. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■^■■^ BBTABLBHBD 1180 MOUNT AIRY, NORTH CAROLINA. THUS8DAY. OCTOBER 18th, 1M1 $1.50 PER YEAR Df ADVANCE. ■HEAD CROPS HEAVY IN SPITE OP LONG DROUTH WWt YWW ot World U l»7r OOOgBOO BmImU (Smter Tku la ino Washington, Oct KmiI sct'QBolfttioii which hu msrktd wMthtr condition* all over tha north ern hemisphere Uu» yaar haa produc •4 equally n-mark tble and erratic eutputa of Bgriraltaml eropa, accord ing to aummartas of Amatican and foreign production compiled tor and Wjr tha agricultural dapartnant. Tha world1! bread crope, eunoualy enough, m- to abundant fruition In apite of drouth and haat which paralatad all during tha rrowinr isaaon- Tha world in 1W1, up to September SO, It waa Indicated, would have • total ■lieat crop 167,000,000 buabela great ar than in 102*). By another freak, fruit eropa, al moat in a world-wide aenaa, mat havoc from cold in a aeaaon which haa aat new record* everywhere for aolar boat. Thin paradox wan occasioned by tha fart that laat Kebruary thn ann g>t at Ita work of bringing aprtag waoki in advance of normal, and traaa and ahruba raapondad by budding out, and finally coming into flower and Moom by March in nearly all area* where fruit la grown. Frosts could ant be averted on all the nighta, how ever, and thie year the United Statea will produce about 100,000,000 buahala af applea, againat 244,000,000 huahela in 1920 Only tha orehardi of the Pacific coaat, northern New England and northern New York eacaped. Cotton, however, auffered greatly, and tha agricultural department ex parte aay tha weather waa the prin cipal cauae of the SO per cent reduc tion In output. The mild weather of winter and apring gave ita famoua In eeet enemy, the boll weavil, fu'l free dom to live and thrive and < -en let him move north many milea from pre vious latitudea. Later drouth and eun eonapired to cut down production •f the fibre. European fruit and aubaldiary eropa war* aharply reduced, the department fcda, although tha bread grains aur vivad. Their auceeaa, it mm mid, ' . waa due to the fact that they ware, chiefly fall-aown eropa which grewi well in the mild winter, The apring , •own gralna, root and foragea, includ ing oata and barley wheat, in tha Valtad Statea aa ela--where, lived through but yielding little. As to the rnune of the heat accu mulation*, the weather bureau iiug gaati thai the uxual seasonal inter shargr of air between Um polar and tropical regions was this year badly disarranged by -tn.ofpheric preaiur* distribution, although any certainty Ml the subject is hardly possible. The barometer in "semi-permanent high prsaury regions" over the Atlantic •ad Pacific oceans was found to hare Maintained • higher degree than nor mal, which might hare had an effect la diverting rainstorms to the north ail through the season. Then decreased snowfall of 1921 and tke thinneas of ice on the streama and takes allowed solar heat, normally ex pended in melting and evaporation, to be stored up, the bureau aaya, in heating the soil and atmosphere. Ob servers are convinced that these two «»ndition* played some part in the tsault. School Operates a Bank for Pupils Han Diego, Cal.—Thrift, co-operation and a practical knowledge of how to aave and how to us^ s bank are some •f tho things the Logso School hero is teaching its pupils, through the opera tion of an up-to-date achool bank. TV bank was estahliahed nearly two years ago and all ita officers are pupils of the seventh and eighth gradea. Pupils make their deposit in their hank evrey morning from 8.40 to 9.16, and deposit, no matter how small, be tas accepted. When a child haa aaved fl, the praaldent of the bank iepoaHa It In a city aavings bank Aim by the child's parsnta. InfillNil Vinegar as Bottlso la UHsbertoa, Oct. « —Railing plate vtasgar tor •VrttM te bond" whis ker l°* • fi«t white man whs gsn I* mm m C. A. Oatas te the to tie. (tataa waa arnatad after hi had dls pmi •f mnl «aarti of tin vinegar at |T pm Mi was Wmi mr to to Mpirter eoort by laeerdir David H. Rte hood was find at |W. Oni W1 for thm quart* of thi vtoqai aft» Oatea lai lylii K te to <MMtetoT«U*f' Stela Tobacco Grower* An Mil Sipkf ag, That North Carolina tobacco grow er* may mm! their quote in signing up for co-operatles marketing Won tha <lo*a of "Sign-Up-Month" I* In dicate t by reports received at Raleigh headquarter*, *ays tha New* and Ob server. Four minion pound* from Person, four front Surry, and *eore* of un tabulated contract* from practically rvery tobacco county In tha State tell the itory of unusual activity among grower*. Every cotton and tobacco ••ounty was aaaigned a quote for the month and Indications are that prac tically all the counties win reach and many exceed their quota* before Oc tober 16. It I* probable that the minimum "sign-up" for tobacco In North Caro lina will he groatly exceeded as In the eaae of cotton, where gmww* have signed more than 50,000 bale* in excess of the minimum required for organisation. Tobacco mrn as well as cotton ex perts admit that tha mere organisa tion of co-operative marketing asso elation* has already affected prices fsvorably on all the market*. It i* pointed out by the organisa tion committee of the co-operative iissociations that no matter what orloes are paid under the present "dumping" system of selling cotton and tobacco, theae prices would be doubled under an economic syattfm s'ich as is provided by co-operative marketing. Under co-operative mar keting the grower get* more of the '■onsumer's dollar and the public pays less for the product becaus* of the elimination of waate and specula tion. This conclusion Is based upon suc cessful co-operation of marketing as sociations In California where grow »rs now get from 20 to 40 cent* of > ho conaumer's dollar compared to the 8 and 10 rents received by North Carolina tobacco grower* out of the . onsumer's 100 sent*. For example if North Carolina to bacco grower* were to receiv* to cent* inatead of 10 out of the con sumer's dollar, grower* under eo-$p-t •rathre marketing wnuk' he receiving 40 cents a pound for the tobacco which is now bringing 20 cant* on the suction floor. TEXAS JUDGES DENOUNCE KLAN Six Jurists Call on Grand Jur ist to lnvMti|*to Activities of the Ku Klux Organisation Dalian, Texts—Six district judges in Texas arc on rscord as having denounced the Ku Klux Klan. Most of ths Judge* include >11 other kindred orders in Texas in their denunciation. The judges called upon grand juries to investigate settvities of masked hands. Officials of two cities, San Antonio and Cameron, also gave warning that parades of masked men would not be permitted. The most scathing criticism from the bench probably was by District Judge James R. Hamilton at Austin. Chapter* of the Ku Klux Klan have been established throughout Texas, be xaid, and "bodies of masked men, dressed in white robes, bearing the American flag, with the sign of the cross, snd flying banners giving warn ing and threats of violence to citicens who break the law, have marched in '.he night time up and down the streets of the citiee, towns and vil lages of Texas." Declaring that more than 60 per sons have been whipped or tarred and feathered in the Stab' in the last six months, and that numerous persona had received warnings. Judge Hamil ton read the grand jury an article of the Texas penal code which he said applied to these activities. An Anti-Moonshine Crusade Filla Jan Bristol, Va., Oct. (.—As a result of the crusade that ie being waged acalait the moonshiners aad the bootleggers la this section of South west Virginia, the county jail at Abingdon to iiiiM to aapauHj with prieoosrs and several other jails la naaihy counties have nue prisenses than a* any time ia the past two yean. Sheriff Joha U. Litton, of Wash ington eounty, has lei meet of ths raids against boomMmh ia this ssstiea with ths reeuit that flee Wg stills and asore than ftflsin meon shiners have been uapf si ia ths past two weeks. Meat of thsee stills PLANS ARE ANNOUNCED FOR ARMISTICE DAK TIm Body of Km Unknown W dior Will ho Taken Diract tc tha WukiaftM Navy Yard From Franc Washington, Oct. 4.—Plan* for tlx solemn unowiiIm of Armistice daj when the nation will pay highest Hon on to its unknown dsad of Um gr*al war roar hod • climax today whor President Hardin* and hi* cabinet de cided to trudge afoot up Pennaylvsnia avonuo at the boad of tho font ral cor toco. By presidential proclamation tho buainoaa and pleasure of tho na tion will stand at rest two mlnutot on that day in tribute to tho dead ai the body f*Qm a lonely, namaleei crave in sosns rrtiat struggle of th« war is carried to its last rest in tb< peaceful Virginia hills that look i down serosa the Potomac oa the na 11ion's capitol. Not since President Wilson lad • preparedness march up the great ave nue in 1916 has the chief executiv< appeared afoot in any parade in th< capitol and never previously has any President set for himself so long s trip as President Hsrding will under take. The war department announced to day the make-up of the military es cort which will precede the gun car riage on which the casket is to he car ried in addition to the regulars, aailora and marines, a provisional battalion of New York and Pennsyl vania national guard will share in the honors to the dead comrade. Under army regulations, the escort will be that provided for the highest military rank of the servics, a general. While the names of the general of ficers of the army and Marine corps snd rear admirala of the nary who will be honorary pallbearer* hare not been disclosed the war department made public today the liat of non commissioned snd warrant officers who will actually bear the casket to and from the caisson on which the laat stag* of the long Journey from a French battlefield to Arlington will Samuel Woodflll, SOth recruit com pany, Fort Thomas. Kentucky, who served in the army since 1901, reach ing the rank of captain during the war and promptly re-enlisting after the wsr. He was most severely wounded In France and among his many decorations wears the medal of Honor. Sergeant Harry Taylor, headquar ters troop, 1st ravslry, Douglas, Ari sona, serving his sixth enlistment itrUk tk. A...ul~. -- -1 -la 1 0 «» - • ry tn the Muesr Argunne action. Sergeant Thomas D. Sanders, com pany A. second engineers, Camp Travia, Texan, alio wounded overseas and decorated with the distinguished aervice croaa for gallantry. Sergeant Louis Raga, 52nd artill ery, Camp Eutis, Virginia, alao wounded in action overseas. Staff Sergeant Jamea W. Dell, 16th field artillery, Camp Travia, Texaa, a veter an of long service with the gun* and cited for gallantry In France. From the navy will come: Chief Torpedo nan Jamea Delany. He wear* a navy cross for conspi cuous gallantry and was taken pris oner by the German* when the steamship Campana was sunk by U M but refused any information to the neray in the face of repeated threats |it death. Chief Wate render Charles Lee O'Connor, of eight years aervice afloat and awarded a decoration for heroism when the U. S. S. Mount Vernon was torpedoed. Gunnery Sergeant Ernest A. Jan son, marine corpa, who served one army enlistment and three in tha marines and fought overseas with the i 49th company, fifth marines, wai j severely wounded and wears the con gressional medal of honor and othei ; American and French decoration foi I gallantry. . Tha body will come direct to Wash ington navy yard from France. 11m war dopartaant has ralad that then shall be no other oaramony bat the nation's tribute In tha nation's capital. Whan tha craiaar OUapia aoaplata her ateaton, the eaakat vOl ha carried at night to the vaat rotunda of tha capital to lla In atata with a Ml military guard of honor throagh thi day and night of Koran bar 10 ondaa tha groat dcaaa. Saw llwflalil Roanoke, Va., Oct 4-—Tha fM snow of tha aaaaan fall In BtnaftaU 50,000 WOMEN AT WORK AS BOOTLEGGERS C«um Chief C—arm to Dry A|mIi Along Um CwwUy'i Washington, Oct. I.—Wam*n op erating u bontl«n<rf and ran tnui flm ar» challenging tha Ingenuity of Fadml FrohlMtton CommUaioner llaytiM and hta agent* at frustrating itu-mpta to violate th« Volstead law. Women arc causing anxiety to the po lice rhiefa of every la re* rttjr bi which 1 atate dry law* are effective. Nearly 86 per rent of every 100 caaea of alleged violation of the pro hibition atatutea now involve the prea ence of women aa defendant* and in a (mailer percentage of eaaea a« wit neaaea, aa la ahown in police court re cord*. More than 50,000 women were ln-i volved in caaca of datected violation* of the prohibition laws laat year, ac cording to report* received here and their activity i* increasing. John F. Kramar, flrat Federal pro hibition commiaaioner, once iaaued a warning to women not to engage in illegal liquor activitiea, declaring they1 would receive no gentler treatment be rauae of their aex than male offend< era. Women, according to Kramer, were harder to detect aa bootleggera than men. Smuggling alwaya appealed to women, officials point out. faring the great war wonrfn who amuggled tobacco, auger, drug* and other con traband between Holland and Ger many numbered thouaanda. Follow ing the peace between Soviet. Kuaaia and the then German Empire, women flocked to the frontier to carry on a amuggling trade in forbidden guoda. Concealing In their clothing thoua anda of dollars worth of contraband at the frontier they hastened to Ber lin and other big citiea to diapoae of their good* at enormoua profit*. A large force of German troopa waa required to put out of buaineaa the women amuggler*. United State* custom* official* tay women more often than men attempt JitolW In8 ^KfejHa ain&r%T»d after mnnJkm Smuggling of Itqnor Into ths United State* by women is frequently tried at ports on the Canadian border. Fancy liquor* that represent little bulk but greet strength and which are difficult to obtain arc specialised in by the women. Many have been dis covered at Detroit and in ports of New England and New York. At De troit officials of the immigration bu reau came to know a woman who i-mimed the Detroit river frequently from Windsor, Ontario. Person* crossing the boat at Detroit arrive on a ferry-boat and number thousands daily. Search by the immigration officials therefore must be somewhat perfunctory because of the smatlness of the force. Persons arriving with handbags and packages usually are requested to open them unleas they are known to the officials as Indivi duals whose businsss compels them to cross the river frequently. The woman crossing the river daily at Detroit at first carried a small black satchel which contained clothing day after day when the inspectors in vestigated it. At last they became convinced she was all right. Probab ly sensing that the officials believed her law abiding, the woman began to carry liquors In her bag. and in par> eels when she crossed. How long she did this before final detection is not ; known. Detroit officials also detected a I woman who was smuggling liquor In a specially designed set of garments ; containing numerous hidden pocketa j to cor ceal the bottles. In all big cities women are fre quently seen among alleged boot I leggers awaiting trial in police courts. | j Some are women of considerable standing in their communities, at least until their arrest and conviction. On the first offense some escape with light fines. Judges and juries oflaa dsal leniently with than because of their ms. officials say. Ia Washington recently a polks court lawyer was called oa the tele phone late at night by a woman whs said hsr aotoaaehOe had been confls sated by poHes bseaoss hsr chauffWar was transporting Hqaor. The lawyer obtained ths rslasas of ths ear and driver. Te his snip* tea hs fowad that the waatan waa the ehtef of a bootleg ring. In aditfao te paying a fas far ths lawysr"s asiilui ths wan, whs said aha waa anusoslly grateful, eeat the lawyer aa a gift twe hottlsa of very tin Uqnor with ths lawyer's sddysss 1km_ hottlsa wasa |hy as* rf the swai^i irlissi. A polkMM* bM Um Mm for mm uaall infraction of Um traffic ralee nd dlaaevwd th* pa drag* eontata Ini tka HfM. The iirtawiMi and tha liquor war* Mixed and tka driver Tka poHee rallad tka lawyi-r on tka pkona and told htm of tka package •ddraaaad to Kim. Tha automobile prorad to ba tka aama ear which tka lawyar had fraad from police control on tka preceding day. Tha Hqaar waa hald aa rrtdanoa, navar raatklnf tka lipa of tka lawyer. La tar tka woman waa arrcatad. Forfeiting har kail aka disappeared Pi.Ilea ar* atlll search ln( for har. ! Concord Miniat«r on Hinrfen burg Line Day Rev. 1. Frank Armirtrrwij, of Con-! rord, writing to the Concord Tltnaa' of Sept. 29, has tha following to say In regard to tka tklrd annlveraary of tha branking of the Hlndenburx Una: I'erhapa there ar* some who will fail to recall the fart that juat three years ago today tka "tmprernabi*" Hirdanburg line waa smaahed and the world war brought to a hull lad and dramatic cloaa six weeks later! W« must not forget, too, that this line had been attacked at thia vary point no laaa than 11 timea by tha moat valoroua troop* of tha French and English armies, each time to be thrown back with frightful In mm, was at last broken by fanner boys, j cotton mill operativaa and office men from North Carolina, South Cam-; Una and Tenneaaee. These fighting lada first attracted the attention of, Sir Douglaa Halg and General John, J. Pershing In the Yprea salient in' Belgium. The part our own 120th infantry and local company "M" played in thia battle la noteworthy. The third battalion, of which the 120th waa a unit, had been in charge of thia sector but a abort while when the firat priaoner ever taken by th* 80th divlalon A. E. P., waa aant In by Lieut. Wallace B. Stone, of Thomaavilla, who belonged to Com pany L, ISO Infantry. Thia pris oner happened to be a Chinaman Fn>ai lh« anttMint .jndMd d headquarter* one would have thought that the entire Chinee* army had bean Identified on tha weatern front. Th* hoya tried in vain to secure some in formation from him, but hia English vocabulary was limited to "yea" and "Calala>N ao he was sent to the rear with thia note from the battalion com mander: "Her* ia a Chinaman, cap tured naar post S. He ia either on leav* or A. W. O. L. In either rase he picked a mighty bad place to spendI It. Buddie, Commander." After' proving their metal here theae local lada were tranaferred to the western front and riven a place with the Britiah fourth army, which waa to at tack the line between Cambral and St. Quentin. Not only ao, bat the 30th division A. E. T. was ordered to attack the center with the 44th Brit iah and 27th American orv the left. Moreover and stranger still, the 119th and 120th infantry regiments were ordered to lead the attack with the 117th Infantry to follow and attack to the right, and the 118th regiment to he held as diviaional reaerve. The zero hour of zero day. September 29th 1918, waa 6:60 a. m. At 7:86 a. m. one and a half hours later the niam Hindenburg system had teen crossed At 11:30 a. m. Nauroy was occupied and at 11:46 a. m. tl* cleaning up of Bellicourt was completed! German officers, when captured, woul<l not be lieve that the line waa broken but when at last convinced, they cried in despair, "All is lost—there is nothing between you and the Rhine'" Who did it? The boys from Con cord, Charlotte, Winston-Saletc. Sails bury, Lexington, Asheboro, Reidsville and thruout the Carolinas. The 27th (New Yorkers) were hail ed aa the first to break the Hinden burg line, bat here are the emphatic word* of official history: This bri gade" (the 80th) composed of units mentioned above, "waa the first unit on the entire British frost to break thru the Hindenburg Una. Tfce 180th regiment waa the only on it taking all its ofcjwtfraa in tfcie grant attack on Bnn m who died, we anlotn, yon. Heroic loHlsfe who IK *• lm yen. Winston-Satan. Sept. 10^-The MILLER PROPERTY WILL BE ON SALE California Raack, Omm of Paw Remainiag Crwl Lud Hold tngs, to W DMM lato Farm* Baa Francisco, Cal.—CIhmiIiw not ommnM wttk hinuM to taxation am combining to brsak ag the last of the lair* land holdings to tha United States. Theae laodi ara known aa the Miliar A Liu raachaa. and ara rained at rathe mora than 140,000,000. Thar an locatad to tha San Joaquin Valley. principally la tha three ceu.Uas of Marred, Midara aad Kreaao. They include 22 town >tta» and more thaa 200 quite large fua* and raachaa. Ona a Ingle tract W nearly 7000 acrea front* for 70 will on the Saa Joaquin river. Theae vaat holding*, covering aa area about equal to that of Belgiiaa, raffla into the poaaeaalon of the last century, of one man, Henry Miller, who began life aa a butcher1* a/land boy, and berama the wealthiest of al the many land baiona of tha older days In the west. New Irrigation and other development plans in lbs San Joaquin Valley, not to mention income and other federal taxee, hare brought tha total impoets on thta great tract up to nearly $6 aa acta, leading to a decision, just announced to place the entire property on the market. Inheritance tax appraisal proceed inga are now under aray in cunnecttaa with the Millar 4k Lor propartiea, to this city, tha defenae having submit ted new evidence bearing oat its at tention that the entire property It worth only 112,000,000. The go vera ment fisad tha value at tWflOOJMt and aaka for an award of KjON^M far tazaa, intoreat and peaalttea. As has been common history in fee rases of most of tha great land hold ings of the west, the change of owner ahip of theae great areas marked the beginning of the disintagratioa of the propertlea, the new owners be ing unable to handle such tromsadona tracts profitably. With ths iai ip«t— 'mailer than the Mi/lor A Lux hoM ings, this la the last of the great cattle ranges of tha Pacific a lope to be broken up into small fame. Considerable agricultural develop ment bf the San Joaquin Valley la expected to follow the salea of theae land* in small tracts to thousands of farmer*. American Family Ha* Grow* Smaller Wanhlngton, D. C.—The irtri|i number of peraona to a family aa re corded by the fourteenth cenaua ta 4.8, it waa announced by the Bureee of the Cenaua yeaterday. Thia shows a amall decrease in the aise of the average family during the lmat de cade. In 1910 therr were 4.6 penoaa to a family, the number having de creaaed steadily aince the 1880 censaa, which a ho wed five peraona in a family. In general, says the report, the average aixe families ia greateat ia the aouthern, and smallest in the western atatea. The average number of peraona to a dwelling, the term being uaed to sig nify any building or structure ia which one or more persons regularly live, has decreaaed from 6.2 in till to 6.1 in 1920. The greatest number of persons in a dwelling occurs ia New England and the middle Atlantic statee. The total population of the United States, as enumerated in the last cen sus. was 106,710,620 persons, gronpe4 into 24,851.476 families. Groensboro, N. C. Oct. 2.—D. M. " York, special officer of the Southern railway found guilty ia municipal court yesterday morning of being drunk and disowleily, evidence tend ing to show that York had UM rather freely tote Friday night mi at tempted to wake up the residents sT ' a section of Weet Lee sUset by fHtog ana, PI 11 lit FWm, & L, has nM i puaapkia that tips the beam at lit pounds. Mm. fekar to m *end at m Ma.
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