91. FBR TEAK IN AOVAMCB. 1810 MOUNT AIRT, NORTH CAROLINA. TRURSDAT. FEBRUARY lttJi, i«C2 FORD'S PLAN UN DC* FIRE IN CONGRESS WmIu is Ua/rioodly to it But Um Majar-Gmtrtl mi Um Army hd«nn it WaShtnrton, Vnb t,—The advisa bility of reducin« the Um el.uss In Hsery Font'* offer tor tho I mm of the Maacle Hhoals, Ala., government owned land* from 100 to SO years •u questioned indirectly today by Major General Lansing H. Beach, thief of army *ncineer», in testimony bcforo tho hooao military committer. Referring to tho (rtnurml policy of tho govern ment not to loaao Ita proper tioa for a period exceeding 60 roara, General Beach la hta testimony at tko second day of the hearing of the committee on the Ford proposal said that " it la not always advisable to apply 090 general rule to things big and small." Secretary Weeks, who waa asked by tho committee yeeterday, declared repeatedly that in hia opinion it would bo unwise to permit tho lease of public lands or properties to pri vate interests for so long a period aa 100 years. General Beach, however, said today that It waa "a question la aa big and Important matter aa thia whether the SO years rale would not work a hardship. It waa hie belief, the general con tinued. that in disposition of the pro parties at Muacle Shoals, the para mount consideration should be the effect upon the nation's dafeaaa rath er than the manufacturer of fertiliser. The country, he said, should aot be "caught again" without a* adequate citrate supply. The diudvinttie of Installing power plants In Alabama and eetab tiahing • market (or thair output vara dwelt upon at length by the en gineer chief. He laid it would he comparative)" »asv to Inatall a plant VlagMB VMk, with a market cloae by, bat It wns quite another feat, from the standpoint of time, to do so in a sparaely settled region lihe that about Muacle Shoals, with only four cities within reasonable diatance. a! Williams, chief of ordinance, occupied the great part of tha day's aaaaions explaining valuations of pro perties, involved in the Ford offer. Ha eetimated that the Warrior power plant and transmission line could be salvaged for $3,000,000 or more and declared under examination by com mittee members that figure waa three-fifths of all that Mr. Ford had offered for the nitrate plants and other properties. Theae properties, it waa eetimated, had a scrap value to the government of 9M12.000 and would be worth $16,272,000 if made partially operative and, the remain der salvaged. The policy of the war department General Williams explained, however, was opposed to the scrapping of the properties concerned. Ho added later, in response to questions, that it was intended to complete the Wilson dam and maintain nitrate plant No. 2, in the event private development failad. Chairman Kahn received word today that Mr. Ford would not appear per sonally before the committee but would send properly accredited repre sentatives January Report by County Nurs« Individual inMruct'nn pr-nitjil care 16 Prenatal visits 15 Canes registered with Stat* Board of Health 31 Visits to babies under two year*,. .21 Individual instruction care and feeding;, 21 Babies registered with State Board of Health, .. .....6 t*roachool visits <2 to 6 years) 6 Individual instruction to mothers .6 Referred to State Board of Health,. .5 Visits to schools, ... 32 Pupils inspects, ...1602 Weighed and measured, .1602 Number defects found 1269 Schools adopting Modem Health Cnssade, Instructive home visits Physical Examinations with Health Officer 11 Nursing visits. Cooperative oonfe Anti-typhoid, Toxin-antitoxin, Little Mothers' Lea«we Claaaea, Pupils receiving Little Mothers Certificate*. Talks to mils ipiis III o e • • • Ada'*. Jones. PaMte Health Nurse. ■ RATIFICATION OP TREATIES URGED BY PRE5IDEN1 Antriu'i Fa;lur« to Jam n Cor*MnU WmM Diactwli The RapuMic | Waehlnrton, FaS 10.—Prcaidei.l Harding today aakad the nmU a |in approval to the anna mfirtan n-atiea In order that America'! pro ''••«aad dealre to rid the world of wai ' may not become "a hollow mockery." "If wa cannot join in making ef 'active theae covaoanU for peace," , ha >aid, "and •lamp thia coi.farenca with America's approval, wa shall I •« rvdlt tha influence of the repub lic, render future efforta futile and unlikely, and write discouragement where today the world la ready ta acclaim new hope." Delivering hia meeaage in person I In a voice and manner that betoken deep emotion, tha Preeldent waa an awerad repeatedly by apptauae from floor and gallery. Ha aakad that ' ratification be riven without delay, | and before he left tha capitol aenata machinery waa eat in motion to haa | ten a vote. Five principal treatiea mid two aupplemental agraementa. the frui tion of the 12 weeks of negotiation just concluded here, were in the bundle of International covenant! taken to the senate chamber by Mr. lUrding. They propose, in short, s limitation on naval armament, a new Mil af rights for China, and a four power concord to preserve peace in the Pacific. No BiUhIibwH All of IImm agreement*, Mid tha President, arc related portions of tb« effort "to pat an end to contradic tion!. to remove ambiguities, and establish clear understanding." None of them, he asserted, commits the American government "to any kind •f an alliance, entaglement or in volvement." After the addreaa was completed both Republican and Democratic leaders predicted that the treaties would be ratified without lone debate *nd by substantial majorities. Only one. the four-power Pacific pact, Is 'hreatened now with organised op position. and its opponents have no) vet demonstrated how large a vote 'hey can commend against the strength of party leaders on both (ides of the chamber. Actual consideration of the coven mts is to begin tomorrow at a meet ng of the foreign relations committee o which they were referred without I iebate and on motion of the commit •re chairman, Senator Lodge, of Mas sachusetts. It is thought unlikely however, that tomorrow's meeting will do more than make a preliminary examination of the information which eomes before it along with tb< treaties. Included in this data is a tran script of the proceedings of the con 'i-rence and ita committees, and i long report by the American delega ' ion to the conference, declaring the treaties are the result of a nen world "state of mind," tending away V-m suspicion and apprehension and 'owned mutual trust and confidence These documents were given the sen ate by the President for its guidance a Ion* way toward realisation oi I'he long-cherished hope for a stable I md free China. Two Persona Killed By Boiler Explosion Payetteville, Fab. 8.—Two peraom were killed and • third injured b) ' the explosion of a boiler in • planini ■ mill owned by W. E. Waller at 8ted man. this county, late this afternoon The daad are L B. KlMIW, me chanic tn charge of the boilers ef Um Mill, and Jehn Dawaon, negro fire man. David Fort, another negro fir* PRESIDENT TO HEAR Of ELKIN FIGHT Smmtor liwni Appaala U Harding to B-half mi Em Waahington, Feb. a.—Cim multl ply I* which former American eol dim, with wririMi ntordt that an tokena of their bravery undar fin ire being aet aaide for lUpubllca* politician* after being tha fair ami ■qnare winnera la poatmaaterahlp lamination* unHar tha "ellrtble Uat" "amouflaga executive order of tha Prraident. Another of thaaa caaaa haa arlaan with raganl to North Carolina poet uffleea, and Senator Simmon* haa car riad thla la teat eaaa direct to tha White Houae and to Preaident Hard ng himaelf. Thia ia the caae at French W. Graham, gallant A me He an v, Idler, who haa fairly won the ap pointment aa poetaaater at Elkin Hut who la about to to kicked out of the way by tha Republican adminia t ration in order that a Republican politician of Elkin, 0- W. Bodenbaimei may be annexed to the Republicar pay roll. And there ia alao being put diractly up to Preaident Harding the More head City caaa, in which the Republican) are deliberately robbing Allie R. Murria, another gallant aoldier and veteran of the World War, of Uh poaition that he haa won. Senator Simmon* put thia Blatter up to Preai dent Harding whan be called on him, netting out the facta in the' caae, ard that the effort waa about to aocceed the nomination of Cleveland 1* Willi*, local Republican politician, having be«n aent to the Senate in the nlan to kick Mr. Morria oat, now th« acting poatmaater. Advice* from the White House arc that Mr. Hard Ins giving con m dera tion to thla matter and It m becomea of great interest aa to what the President himself will do with refer ent# to these two caaea, where gallant aoldiera aak no ap«ciaJ favors, but rail only for simple fair play and a aqua re deal. American Ufwn man ara mora and (fibre showing resentment over the re narVa of Republican National Com mitteeman More head about Mr. Mor ria whom he la fighting sgainst in favor of tha Republican, WilUa. with chargee that Mr. Morris should not have the office that b« ha* won ir that before be was ealW in tha selective draft he had nnpoaed tha draft and tha matter of the war it self, and he was of the slacker elaaa in hja attitude. They hold that Mr More head fa not alone trying to taka from Mr. Morria tha position of post master which h« has won several •imea In ord >v to take care of a Re publican but that far worse than thai he ia slandenntr and traducing an American soldier who went to tha front and with other American sol diers was engaged in some of th< most sev. n- and extended battlea ir France that he ia attempting to he amirch the character of a man whe for 46 days was the target timet without number of the fire of tha Germans. h "■ aay that this ii an outrage •'t should not be permitted thai •ublican politic* ha* Konc to ever ' veer depths than heretofore in thii atter when the Republican national «mmitt*9man from North Carolina «afe at home when there wan death faced by Mr. Morria day aftei biy making statements which reflect ed upon the character of that vetarat who was in a machine gun battalion the "death battalion." And th«j point to the fact that R. T. Wade, Um D.-nsocrat, who had been holding the office as acting postmaster by ap .ointment of President Wilson, gave way in favor of Mr. Morris. It is not lone the rights of Mr. Morris that Mr. Mors Head is attacking," said one , >f the I.egion men today, "but he is , attacking hia character, and I regard | hat as a shameful political trick." {Proposes to lacuna Crop* Against Adverts Wssthsf Waahington, Feb. 6.—Establish ment of a farm riak insurance bureau which would Inaurc growing crops oi no a-perishable products against loat or damage resulting from adverse weather conditions la proposed in a bill Introduced today by Representa tive King, Republican, Illinois. The bureau, with the aproval of tlx secretary of the treasury, would hart authority to adapt a form of fans riak policy and to flx "reasonable" premium rates. A revolving fund et f10,000.000 would he created for pay ment of claims. DOBSON COURT ADJOURNS Judga Hardin SmIhmm Mm Mm U> LI^mt P— I •ri Trawl Raagk R—4 hi Hit Court Saturday afternoon witnessed the cloaing of a week's criminal court at Doliwn prvaitU'U over l>v Judge Hard ng. During the waek lawyer* fought nard for lhair clients for it >H hm that Sheriff Ashbum had • Jury on hand that would hava I^Ua considera tion for tha viola torn of our lawa; Solicitor Graves waa back in bla true form after letting thoae Yankaa »pecialists hava a look at him; and Judge Harding waa delivering tec urva from the bench almost twice daily a/i what he construed thvdutlea of Bla office «er<- In regard to hla reatment of the criminal element that came before him. And ao with •hie combination, the Sheriff, Solicit or Grave*, and Judge Harding, and a lury of peace-loving eltifens tha law breaker waa destined to travel • rough and rocky road. Jim Beck, who Uvea north of vlount Airy, waa sentenced to sia months on tha roada for distilling. >ne day last fall the officers wore iut looking for a still and Just bo fere reaching It they came acroaa Back in ho woods with all the appearance of having been at work at a still. Back contended that he accidentally found * still, and In stopping to got a drink of the beer had spilled some of it on hia clothes which munor to Christmas he had stayed at •me leaa than a fourth of hla time, ind hia troubles got into court when vj came home Christmas night drink '♦•g heavily, pointed hla pistol into the 'see of hla wife and bogan tolling her *Mr b ast going to put her oal of he war for Tntorferring In hia buai «i. Mrs. Key became frightened \nd fled from the house, barefooted nd in her night clothes, through the ■old to a neighbor's house a mile or •o away. Of course the Jury convict d Key without much discussion. To make matters worse for Kev he id been tried before Judge Harding iwar four years ago for t busing his *ife, and on that occaaion he was put mder a bond providing he would Tat his wife better. The Judge '•mi-mberrd all this and wh«n the timf came to pass sentence nothing "ould be said that would keen him fn>m sending Key to the road* for 12 months. une JBlck llshorne nrij tin- Best hance w<- have heard of lately* to nak« n clean up of $42 without any work. It wm thii way .Some month* i(t> Mack got h.>M >f aomo mean II iuor which made him want to firht. >e he hunted up hia old Bull Dog "Istol and started on hia war path. j He had not been out long before he was taken in charge by the officer*; •nd bound over to Dotrwn court for carrying a concealed weapon. The ludge placed on him a fine of flOO, this the Judge was told appeared to he a little heavy, so he made Mack the i proposition that he would allow him : SO credit on the fine if he would : hiing the pistol io court before! Saturday. Mark told the court the , nistol cost ao he had an oppor-1 'unity of converting it into a good ■ rade. Strang- to amy. and to the •uzile of all. he never returned with , he pistol and ao he ia out the full R100 fine. It ia hard for one to be ^onvicted I if making liquor when no one ever j saw you making any, no one ever saw ! vou at a nt.ll. and no one ever found my liquor about you or your pre '.lieeB, yet such waa the unfortunate -ondition Bill Cummings found him self in at this term of court. And the itate was able to build around Bill *uch a chain of circumstances that It ven convinced Bill that he was ac- j 'ually guilty for he plead guilty while hia attorneys were making their argu ment to the jury as to their client's j innocence. Reports had been coming to Sheriff Xshburn that Cumminga had a atilt •ear hia house, down in Shoals town- ■ Mp. One afternoon the Sheriff made ; • trip into that section and found a 'ill place, two barrela of beer ready ■o still, and the still worm cap hid in the buahea near-by. The location >.ras near fumming's house and there waa a track or path leading direct' from the still place to M« smoke house- It waa evident that this path was made by hauling something en a «led and it was the contention of the itate that Cummings had been boil ng hia meal on hia cook stove, stor ig it in barrel* located in Ma smoke - um. and when It was ready for .'iHing would haul it on his sled to the still place and aske Ms run at one* thus not miming as ssueh chance of dftectipn as If he made un Ma beer at tHe stffl place. The state proved hv parties that they had seentiiai bofl 'ng meal M a II gsha waah ti* en ^■srasrarass Mid ha always boilad Mi Ml and > op that ha fad to Ms hoc*. It 4m ve'aped that Cumrairurs had oalv two <>gs and Solicitor Graves could riot «*■ how • man would ba boiling 15 - illons of meal at una tlma for two 'ogs. Aftsr entering Ma pl«> ffutlty 'hen began tha work of b>-*?mg tha 'itdce not to send him to lh> roade, ■ 11r an old man and nwver being In . nurt befar*. Ha waa flood 1100 and ha coat, and given until Maturday to •a* It. Saturday earns. but Rfll did «ot show up. aa tha Judge mada an er W for the Who riff to «rr"»t htm and ' ""P him In Jail at tfehaoa until naat ■ouri. Pate Harrla and Ram Gains,, two mrtnen In stilling. both plead rullty. Harris wai alia charged with break, nr Dobaan jail laat fall and In tha nd draw 12 month* road sarvlee. The "urt wm lenient with Gains (or It »peared that ha was only a tool of I irria. and waa fined 180 and tha root. Baft Slate and Ed Wataon, from ■fount Airy, plead guilty to rWt dif fersnt charges, mostly larceny and ■ail breaking. On two occasions thoy hroha out of Jail at Mount Airy and had robbed ssvaral stores. 8 lata rose to tha roads for 13 months, and Ed Wataon f2 months. In tha case >f Wataon tha Ju.Ik* allowed him to be hired out to oTV White far $12 par month. John Moors, of Mount Airy, waa unkind enough to steal all tha meat i good farmer of tha Brim section Had, and will hare to work roads for six months. John had no defense for tha officers feund tha meat stored awsy In his boms. The fellow who tanks up with liquor gets in Kla car and atarta out on the highway unmindful of the rights of ■■verybody had reason to tremote be for* Judge Harding for in such caaes ho had strong conviction* that nothin* mi hotter for inch parties than road acntancoa. Tba state had a clear rase of such againat B'H Key, prom inent farmer of W*itfieM township and it was only after a lengthy plea by hia attorney that the court allow ed Mm to pay a fine of $260 and the coat and enter into a bond for good behavior for 12 months, otherwise a road sentence will be put Into effect. Taylor Pike was before Judge Long last fall for selling liquor and tha court had given hia an opportunity x> reform by allowing him to be hired to J. B. Sparger. Taylor worked for Mr. Sparger two weeks and skipped the country. He waa later apprehend ed and Judge Harding ordered that be j* sent to the roads for eight months. Ked Carroll, of Mount Airy, was the only ear who waa fortunate enough to get an acquittal at the hands of the jury. The officers caught Bed com.ng into Mount Airy with a gallon jug full of liquor on hia shoulders, and it was, and is still, a puzzle to the court how the jury reached the con clusion that Ked was not guilty. Nelson Whitlock (col.) of Stewarts Creek township was before the court with four indictments against him for retailing and got a sentence of six months. Sam Joyce, a colored citizen of Weetfield, will work roads for three months for retailing. The case against Roscoe Law for forgery was deposed of by his paying the cost of being brought back from Pennsylvsuia and agreeing to support his family. Two yeara ago he forged wo checks in this city, but later made them good and left for the north to work. For a while he sent money uck to his wife and child but for several months he had neglected them, «o he was brought back and the old charge of forgery was brought ijjainit him to make him be better to (lis family. . luiinuu .'luinnnu, v« una wiiji, iwu ent three month* in jail on account f being unable to rive bond for not •upporting his far.iily He wan re leased from jail and ia required to •y his wife |16 every month for the support of her and her child. The case of (eduction against Ken neth Napier, of Pilot Mountain, was disposed of by Napier paying the voting woman 11000 for the support of herself and child. The manslaughter charge against John Jarrcll for the death of the <>wtg son of Walter Sutphtn of this •ity was dropped. The cfiarge grew out of Jarrell running ovei the child of Mr. Sutphin one night a "ew weeks iKO causing its mutant death By the • -rms of the settlement Jarrtll pays Mr. Sutphin $385. The court allowed a continuance of :hj case againat A. W. George after iffidavits By physicians were read * tilting that his health would not per ■nft him to attend court. The only civil matters taken up "/ere divorce cases, four being granted at this term. They were: Annie Irvin from J. H. Quinn. This ouple waa married in this city last fill. Soon thereafter It was learned h«t Qninn had a living wife In Roa noke. therefore hia last wife aaked ' hat the marriage he annuled. Quinn ''*s left this stat* awl his wheru ibouls are unkown. M. F. Atkina from J. W. Atki.u on •he grounds of a separation of five vears. Hoon Thomas from Battle Thomas 'or the same reason. I., ft. Swalm from Leora Swaim on •he grounds of separation for ftve ysars. Jailer Reamer now has on bis hand 22 prisoners hu» the following will be "airied to the Durham county roads In a few days: Bert Slate 18 months. John Moor* « months Nshon Whitkork. • montha. Mriks. Tartar Mm 4 wstki, Ami Joyce 3 months. I ■ • f ORDINANCE PLANT TO M CLOUD AT ONCB to Lay mil all Juaa 30 . Chartoatoo, W. V. Fab »._Tho naval ordinance plant at 8««lk Hiariaaton »ai under oHm today from towiwy Denby, of tha navy -ii-partment, to tlow at once and to lay off without pay an til June M, all •mployea except thoee pin nary tor maintenance and protectioa af the plant. Ta Lay off ApproaiaM'ety IJM Navy Yard Ewptoyaao Wellington, Fab. 9 - Approsfcaately I MO of tha 7,000 employee of tha Waa Kington navy yard war* handed tamporary furlough* without pay ■ -hen they praaawtad thamaalvaa tft ■lay for work. Moat of tha man far loufhed war» marhlnieta. ' Naw York, Fab. •.—Tba Brooklya navy yard today racolvod inatrwctli— "row Secretary Denby to »oap»nd all battleahip cooatraetton work, la com ilianoa with Praaldaat Hardtng*a direction*, iaauad yraterday aa a N lult of tha amaaMat conference agreement. Tha order affaata walk ->n two batlaahipa—South Dakota aad Indiana—which war* about M par rent completed. JAPAN STOPS WORK ON EIGHT WARSHIPS Takaa Stops to Carry Oat Pro vision* of Naval Limitation Troatjr Tokio, Feb. I.—The Navy Depart mailt hai ordered dockyard* to stop construction work on tba sight battleships and battle cruisers now on the ways which are to ha sersppad in accordance with the Washington conference agreement. The battla ihips are the Kaga, Kit, Owari sod Tosa; the battle cruisers are the Atago, Akagi. Aansgi and Takao. Construction of auxiliary craft sat 'or the fiscal year 1924-1926 will to advanced to the present in order to afford employment for the dock yard workers. This construction work can to tarried on with the funds rslsassd h rough stoppage of work on the capital ships. The amount thus sav d. according to the tentative figures of ths Navy Department, is approxi mately 104,784.000 yen. |War Casualties From North Carol in* 2,648 j Wuh., Feb. 8—There were tjM persons from North Carolina who I ,279. Figures for the southern state* were a* follows: Virginia, 2.7M Texas 6,U»