HIGHWAY BOARD
BUYING DIRECT
Will S«n Tuy^tn o# SUU
•100,000 • Ymt by New
iiWik, r«k. t« pn>
• toot l»<n< *c»iMt tha uliU highway
MMRt jobbera, Chairman Frank
h|t declared that a ■!>!■■■ sartog
ef <100,000 to tha tax payer* ef tha
(tata would ha ifftfM Ikmfk
4net deal In if with tha am<Ktami
ef cement and making purcha '«a in
Itrp lyianUOaa.
Jobber* la etment and other ma tan
ala Mad by tha atata la road conatruc
tot faal that they ought to ha allow
ad tha aMTgia of profit thai handling
eeaseat makaa poaafhla. They want
to aall diraat to tha contractor* them
•ohree, lUallag diraat with tha iadtvid
aal contractor.
Mala Gata Pro flu
For tha paat several montha alt of
tha eamant that haa ft>€ into roads
aad bridges bail*, for tha commis*km
haa ban boaght diraet fro* lh<
manufacturer, aad alraady savings la
aaate hava baaa aofflciant to build
several milaa of hard-iurfaced roads
Tha jobber* disapprove of it. and mat
bars yaatorday to My so.
Tbeir grievances wars laid before
Mr. Faga yaatorday afternoon when
he met their committee at the Yar
boroagh hotel. They pointed oat to
thy commlssionar that the contractors
war* not getting can set any cheaper
from him than the Jobber* .-ould sup
ply it, and inaiated that they ought to
ha allowed to supply the trade and as
taxpayer*, share the profit*.
Will CmUim to Bar
"Every word that yon *ay about
the price to the contractor la ao," Mr.
Pace told then, "but you dont know
what I am paying for cement. I am
a profit for the highway com
miaaion, and the profit* go into the
road fund. The arrange
ha* other advantage* to reeom
commiaaion, the cement manufactur
er* are aahed to submit bid* on the
caaaent that ia required in the con
struction of every project advertiaed
for letting. Bid* are aubmlted by
the manufacturers, and the contract
made with the lowest bidder.
At the time projects are advertiaed
for bids, each proepactive bidder is
told that the atoto highway commia
aion will supply cement at a fixed
price per barrel. Each contractor ia
able to make hia calculation* en the
certainty of delivery, and at a fixed
pries, which removes the element of
uncertainty in the delivery of materi
als, and enables him to make a lower
bid.
The difference between the price
named in the * pacification* for a job,
aad the coat at which the cement ia
purchased from the manufacturer at
wholeaale prices is credited to the ac
count of the commission. Dealing*
are on a caah baa la, which enable* th«
commiaaion to take advantage of de
ductions.
Baya at Wholeaale
"It amounts to juat this," said Mr.
Page. "Buying cement in 100,000 bar
rel lots, and on a competitive bail*
among the manufacturers, I can get it
cheaper than the jobbers can ssll it to
the contractor. The uncertainty of
delivery is eliminated. The manu
facturer* are after large bualneea. and
take care of a customer that is aa big
as North Carolina."
Approximately 200,000 barrel* of
cement will be purchased by the com
mission for the 2S projects that have
hasa advsrtissd for letting Thursday
of next week. At the same time the
commission will aak for bids on
tJtOOjOOO pounds of structural steel
that will go Into the bridges reinforc
ed concrete rosds included among the
- projects
Cost prlees on cement are not di
vulged by the commissioner. The
prtee to the contractor is kept st
shout the lavs) for which it could
ha supplied by jobbers. for obvious
rsssims hs Is unwilling to indicate the
torsi to which compotitve bidding ha*
base reduced by the manufacturer*.
Rslelgb, Fet>. tl. Control through
outright pwikw or by leaae of suffi
cient tobacco warebouaee aad retry
ing plant* la IIm tobacco dWrWtl of
Virginia, North CmiIIm and South
^Carolina mi authorise by the board
of directors of tkt Tobacco Gwtm'
Co-operative Marketing AhocMIm
yeeterday, and a committee directed
ot alitor Into negotiations with owners
of sach warehouses and retrying
plaata.
An in mod lata aurvay of tba tobacco
marketing equipment In tho thraa
•taUa will bo mada by tha rommltee,
which la co«ipoood of Dr. J. Y. Joyner,
North Carolina chairman, N. H. WU
liama, South Carolina, and T. B.
Young, of Virginia. Tho committee
ia veated with authority to buy or
laaaa any property that la regarded
aa aaaantiaJ to tba furtherance of tbo
plana of tho aaaociation.
la Virginia tba aaaociation baa al
ready boon offarad tbo uao of practi
cally tho entire equipment of tba
warehousemen who hava boan mar
luting that SUte'a crop of tobacco.
Number* of ownora of such property
in North Carolina and 8outh Caro
lina hava offarad to place their equip
ment at tha diapoaal of tba aaaociation
and no difficulty la anticipated in
making ample arrangements for crap
movement.
During tbo nest few weeks mem
ber* of the committee will inspect
every tobacco marketing plant la the
State, appraiae its value, and deter
mine which of such plants are easao
tial to tha marketing of tobacco by
the association, beginning with the
next season. When a plant la deem
ed -wceaaary, or suitable, to tba plana
of tba association, negotiations for
its purchase or lease will be opened.
It ia believed that little difficulty
will be experienced la securing con
trol of all needed property.
Active business has begun by the
association. Secretary M. C. WUaon
ia In BaMgh, and within tba next
of the organisation will be directed
from Here. Driectora ia Raleigh for
the meeting are enthusiastic over tha
development of the organisation, and
see for It tremendous ultimste sue
REYNOLDS COMPANY
BUYS MUCH TOBACCO
It is Reported Winston-Salem
Company Has Bought 10,*
000,000 Pounds Bur lay.
Lexington, Kjr., Fob. 22.—While no
definite statement has been glfcen out
st the office of the Barley Tobacco
Growers' Co-operative association it
is generally known in tobacco circles
here that the aasoclstion haa sold
10,000,000 pounda of Its best tobacco
to the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Com
pany, of Winston-Salem, N. C.
What la regardsd as squtvslent to
confirmation of the deal has been the
presence in Lexington of W. N. Rey
nolds, president of the company and
E. T. Kirk, of Majrsrille, prominent in
the company's organisation.
It la known that Mr. Kirk was call
ed to Lexington Monday to confer
with Mr. Reynolds and it ia asid that
the deal for the purchase of 10,000,000
pounds of tobacco was closed then
■ with James C. Stone, president of the
i aasoclstion, and that the price paid
! was above any of the independent
. loose leaf markets open since De
I camber IS.
When aaked to make a statement
! ia regard to the reported sale today,
Mr. Stone declined to affirm or deny
the report jil
Lawyers May Closo Bar to
All But Collage-Brad Men
Wssh. Feb. 22.—Delegates repre
senting more thsn 150 bar sssocia
tfama of the country had arrived to
night for the annual meeting of the
conference of bar sssodations to
morrow when varloua plana for the
improvement of standards in the legal
profession will be considered.
The principal subjsct to be discuss
ed sad passed upon will be the rssoiu
tlon recently adopted by the Ameri
can Bar aaaoclation providing that
hsrsafter two ysys of collage work
sad three years in a recognised law
school shall be reqalrod as a oondltion
of adaaiaaisn to ths bar.
A lively discussisn of ths issslutlaa
was tsseeast today by msny at ths
dshgates who said thsy qMstionsd
ths advisability of sappuiMag such •
mava, while others Insisted ths fa tin*
of ths Isgal profession Mads <
SURVIVORS TILL Of
WRECK Of DIRIGIBLE
Eight W Unw Saniwi o#
Diiutar hi Hwfitol •! Nor
folk
Norfolk, V*., fab. 21—Out of the
thirty-eight mm who laft the |ja|
lay Field air station thia Jkmon,
ten found their way. allv^P tfca
United Btetaa Public Health Service
honpit»l. THimc niRfi, Mine mom
dead than alive, lay on their cote,
with burned and brokan limha iwath
ad tai bandages. Some bad their
facaa smsared with rrt-nai to relieve
them of I heir totan»e suffering while
other lay aaloep or anconecivMn with
only thalr aloaad ayaa visible. All
who wara able to talk were Buffering
from shock.
Albert Rloraa, who waa ir» the ob
server's pit on top of the bag. laid:
*1 felt the ahip UH ay from tha
back aad start to elide down. I triad
to fo back down inaide, b»it than I
decided to come out forward again.
By that time we hit tha ground and 1
waa thrown oat oa the ground."
Sloraa waa burned about the handa
and is suffering from shock.
Major J. D. Reardon, who waa in
the control cabin at the time of tha
accident, said that the work of the
officers in charge was excellent.
"Lieut. Burt and Captain Mabry
ware at their wheels," the Major
said. "Tha ship gave a duck and I
aaw Lieutenant Burt pull with all his
might on the elevation lever. He
yelled out, 'She wont respond,' arid
than "Cut the aw tor*!' One by one I
heard the motors shut off and then we
struck. If the motors had not been
shut off we would have hit the ground
much harder."
When asked If ha had seen any
name, he Mid that ha had not.
Kay Hurley, a civilian and engine
expert, wan aboard and suffered a
■light iprain of one ana and bona
about the hand. The trip was Hur
ley's firat flight. "It waa the first
time I had ever been up and when the
Roma started to iwtag I didnt know
anything wai wrong. 1 thought . »he
| waa acting all right; I didnt know
differently. It waa not until the
rime hit the ground that I reaitsad
wai wrecked. She was tailing
along smoothly and she was coming
straight from Laagiey Field. We
were up only a short time when wa
fell."
Hurley, in conchiaion, said:
"1 did not know what was going on.
I waa insane.
Sergeant Peek, an engineer aboard
the Roma, said that he was tending
, his motor in the port read engine
| boat. "The Liberty was running fine
when wa suddenly veered up and nos
ed down. I was too insane to think
much of anything."
Joseph N. Briderhack, engineer,
was burned about the face and hands.
He aaid.:
"I didn't see any fin. The ship
just tilted up and started to noae
diva. It took about twenty seconds
for us to hit the ground and an ex
plosion followed. ! was pinned down
so that I could not get out. The
fabric wsj above me and the girders
were all around. I waited for the
fabric to bunt through so I could get
i out. All the time 1 was afraid that
the big gas envelop behind us would
explode. As it happened, the fire
| reached the fabric before the big ex
I plosion. If it had not, I could nevet
| have gotten out alive. I saw one man
I try a jump. I don't know who be waa
or if he made a safe landing. We hit
I right after that. We were too low
| for anybody to make a safe jump."
Both Biedenbeck and Major Rear
don spoke of the gallant way the of
ficers remained at their poata. Until
the inatant of the crash, the officers
| at the wheels stuck
One of the survivors said that the
| Roma often sailed with a little tilt
' and he paid little attention to the ini
tial lift of the tail of the ship* until
j he heard a man yell that the craft
refused to respond to the helm.
i NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
Having qualified as executor of the
last win and testament of John
Gallagher, deceased, 1 hereby notify
all persons holding claiasa against the
aetata to present the aaase to my at
Superior Cowt at Dobeon. N. C.,
within twelve months from the date
reqiisatfid te make Immediate settle
ment and are notified that arrange
MBtojmay be madethroagfcmy at
tarns above named lor sack pay
""■ft
A,
THRILLING MAN-HUNT
STONY
Carter* of 3mm L. AnafW
Uti Lmn S«M*hf Uniqiw
is Um Way mi BWntin
Wirk—Sihrwr Off and Mni
cu Crmmmn T mnm4 tkm
' Trick
Ralaifh New* and Obaenrar, JUL
Thtm thousand pieces of illvir,
paid lata tha hands of half a doaan
Mexican inaim worked Um twdotec
of Jaaaa L AtmfWld, fi|UI«i Thorn
aarille hanker, and wttk scant regard
thrvat him acroaa tka Bio Urande,
whore Tasaa and Tar Haol uffJeers,
equipped with extradition papers,
awaited him.
Three thousand dollsni, collected
from among the depositors of tlM
hank which Armfield la alleged to
bar* wracked, were sufflcleat to en
compass his return when tha ordinary
rhanncli of in tarnation law wara • top
pad by tha fact that Maxiee's govern
maat haa navrr baan recognised in
Washington Money, like muaic,
sometimes ■ peaks in uaiversal tongue.
Variations of tha story of Armfieid's
return to America* territory have
drifted in to tha corporation conuaia
•ion, hot all of tbaai agree on tha one
point that the former banker waa in
a manner of apeaking kidnapped and
thrust out of Mexico at • point where
a North Carolina extradition paper
was swatting hia in the hands of a
North Carolina officer.
Officers who had a hand in tha ven
ture hare been reticent in diacuasing
modus operandi of ArmfiaWa return
to the United States. Tha met* fact
that he Is back has been sufficient to
satisfy the majority of people con
cerned in the matter, and Thomas
vllle's chtaf of police has been content
to let thing* speak for themselves. He
is a moat daring man, is Chief Wim
berly, and if ha wanted Matthew Bul
lock back, maybe Matthew would
com hack.
Armfieid's presence in Maako Cttjr
became known to the Thomasville
chief throe months ago. High Point
furniture salesmen go e»ei jf <r4crs,
and one of them happened to be In
Mexico City, and happened to see
Arm fie Id on the streets of that poly
glot metropolis. He sent word to
Chief Wimberly. The chief said
nothing, but went to work to dfviae
meana for his return.
The Secretary of State was help
leas. Ha could iasue no demands upon
s government whose existence he did
not admit. It was too bad, but noth
ing could be done. This posture of
affairs did not suit Chief Wimberly
at all, nor the people who had loot
money by the alleged shortcoming*
of Armfield. If the Washington au
thorities did not recognise the Mexi
can government, why should Thomas -
villa?
inom»»viiir am nm. ana pernaph
doe* not yet recognize Mexico. Chief
Wimberly, through • well-known de
tective agency established communi
cations with the Chjef of Police of
Mexico City. Armfield wm there,
ye*. The Mexican would be moat
happy, etc. The correapondenc e U
said to have been carried on in Span
ish. The depositors in the defunct
I bank got together some money,
18,000 according to the report here,
and Chief Wimberly left town.
On the night of January SO, the
chi#f arrived in Laredo, Texas, just
across the river from Mexico. He got
in touch with local officers and on the
following day extradition papers were
issued by Governor Morrison upon the
Governor of Texas for the return of
Armfield, who was then MS miles
from Texas territory. The extradi
j tion waa honored by the Governor of
I Texas a few days later, and all the
| papers forwarded to Laredo.
On Monday night, February I,
Chief Wimberly left Laredo for Mexl
I co City. The Journey takes two days.
I He reached there on February 8. That
| night Armfield was seined by a band
of persons described as greasers. He
waa thrust into a place described by
him aa a dungeon. No warrant was
read to him. He was shut up without
being allowed to consult a lawyer.
Two nights in the ao-ealied dungeon
and his captors started toward Laredo
with him.
Chief Wimberly went along at the
same time, but not with hit gaolers.
He hud identified his man. Then re
mained nothing te ha done now hut
to get him husk eu United States soil.
The ooarej anived at the Maxima
sids of the riw at 7 o-elock Saturday
night. ArniftaM was hunted acme
the rtv«r in aa iwlsmiihUs
Aa Mm ■ his is of the cur teushed
ArmfWM. Ha waa allow ad ta m4 It
than tha abvMt* »apar, iaaoad U
daya Mm and h«a.m % day. hafora
waa raad te hint Tha jfcr waa dacid
adly up. Ttew waa nothtaf ta da
but ta baft* tha tfiOO aiUa Joarnay
bona with Cbtef Wtubarly. Ha had
baan trappad after bw imontha ta
Haste.
Protaat waa uaalaaa. Ha had baan
thraat taita a cut and drted and aa
for hte to wtuy te Narth Cmiku.
Thoavaavilla had Mt nothing oadorn*.
Reward of MM a/farad by tha
State far tha eaftoia af Amflald haa
not yat baen claimad.
Succmi o# Kentucky
Raleigh. M >6.—Returning direct
ty from Kentucky to tha Dlmton'
meeting of the Tobacco Oidwwi'
Association held to Raleigh Iaat week, I
nombm of the txaevtiv* eonaittM
of the Board from North Carolina
and Virginia Inveet'gating tie Bur
lay Grower*' Association, reported
that Co-operative Marketing of to- j
hacco in Kentucky haa been a com- '
plete success to data.
The success of the Kentucky grow
ers is doe in large measure to their
i freedom from the one crop system, ac
' cording to the rap oft, which statea
! that in tha land ai bine grnaa, sleek
ratios and fat hogs, tha tohncce crop
j Is tha big money maker because Ken
I tucky growers raise thair fdbd and
! feed at home Instead of paying for it
with the precede from tobacco.
The Directors from Virginia and
i North Carolina, of tha Co-operative
! Marketing Association, who studied
the Bu^ey Association within the
i paat fortnight, are strongly adviaing <
> 'hs growers of tha Carolines and
Virginia to plant more hay and corn,
and to raiae enough lire stock this
year to insure the enjoyment af such
splendid profits from tobaccAa tha
Burley Growers of Kentucky are cele
brating with the first saiaa in the
hundred warahoaass of their Co
operative Marketing Aaaociation.
The socceee af ths Ksntocky Bar
ley Growers Marketing Aaaociation
is deacribed in the current iaooa of the
Trl-State Tobacco Grower, which was
mailed last weekrto over 60,000 mem
bers of the Tobacco Growers' Aaao
ciation in Virginia and the Carelinaa,
and contains an article of Dr. J. Y.
Joyner, formerly superintendsnt of
public instruction for North Carolina,
and now Director from the 8th dis
trict. In reply to recent extravagant
criticisms of this Association.
6,000,000-Acre Deal in Mexico
El PiM, Tex., Feb. 17.—Virtual
completion of one of the largest pri
vate lend deals in the history of
Mexico wai consummated here yester
day when A. J. lfcQuatters. president
of the Alvarado Mining company, an
nounced the purchase of ths 6,040,000
acre estate in Chichuahua if General
Luis Terranxas, former governor of
Chihuahua. The land in two pieces
consists of more than 9,000 square
miles. The northern boundary is ap
proximately 60 miles south of the
American border and the southern
boundary about 100 miles south of
Chihuahua City. During the revolu
tion the property was confiscated, hot
recently was restored to the owner by
President Obregon.
General Tenransas, who is «S years
old, was reported to be the wealthiest j
! man in Mexico.
Four-Year-Old Girt
Saved Lhrss of Two
Lynchburg, Va., Feb. 17.—Try
thener Robertson, aged four yean,
saved the lives of two smaller child
ren when the home of her parsats
Mr. and Mrs. Green Robertson was
destroyed by fire at Bococlt, six miles
from hers, according to information
i received from there.
The little girl was" in the house with
her smaller sister and a brother aged
two years and three months, respect
ively, when the hews caught firs.
Trythener Isd her Uttle sister to
safsty and then returned far ths
baby. Her little brother was too
heavy for her to carry, hut she final'
ly succeeds^ in removing htn from his
crib, plassd him apea a ptt »w and la
CHASING RUM RUNNERS
IS A DANGEROUS TAK
TWt m« OnnliH Mm*
OaUiMTricMr
Wwk. Fab. 22.—Twianl iiiuhftlHiB
HMti ill Gaorgia arc nagtog aa
lag alMg tha coaat, according to a Im
port to riMlrimt Hajraaa from
QiaraJ \gant lfaek Ovarpack aad
Manl Prohibition Agant W. T.
Flynehu*.
Tha aganta daaeriba tha illicit U«wr
traffic along tha Qaarglt ooaat aad
tha dnngart tiMonlmd bjr proMMk
tkm mgcaia hi com bating, tha naa
aaaogg(ata who ara daclarad to ha
haavity armad and quick on Um trig
"I# i m fkaiask aAaA
ii •■ rtponto ntri niuii§n vik
we consider reliable information," tka
report Mid, "that at least one* or
twice a weak boa la earning tram
Bim'.ni ialand or elsewhere, lanjhg
from 200 to 2,500 caaaa of liqaor, an
unloaded on an Island In aaaa one e(
the numerous river* leading trout tka
Atlantic la toward Sara jsah.
•Tin ipprvhtuion of tkoao cargoes
of liquor ia made extrvmaly difflealt
from tka fact that any one of tka
many islands may bo used aa a hasa.
from which to onload and illstilhala
tka cargoes.
"It ia an acknowledged iinilmlaad
ing that the crew» will maka a stak
bcrrn resistance againat apprehension.
Proof of tkla waa shown in one kb>
itanca not king ago, wkaa Captain
Charles N. Neala on board tka
"Champ" waa shot three timea at tka
wheel. His craw at thia time waa
composed of Prohibition Agenta Pied
crick King and C. W. Austin Tka
'Champ' still shows the holea made
'by bullets from high-power riflaa la
the hands of the whiskey runners.
"Another favorite method of tka
runners in diatributing their liquor
direct from the large boata la to aa
ioad at* tka mouth of tka harbor or
l+vera into smaller boata plying ay
tka rivers to soma of the mraaeroaa
landinga and on loading the liquor oa
automobilea which carry the goods
to ita destination to 8avannah under
cover of night.
"It may be remarked at thia tiasa
that Saranaak ia mots of a distribat
ing point than a consumer, and ky
stopping tka distribution from there it
will have a marked effect upon pro
hibition at other places
"There are three or four mala
roads leading from Savannah to tka
landinga mentioned above. Thaaa
landinga and roada will have to he
watcked when information is ioca!red
that a boat loaded with liquor haa
cleared a port, and whoee deetinatioa
ia thougkt to be 8avannah. It is
thought that when boata clear Bimlai
they are given port entry as ef
Canada.
"We think that it cannot be ex
pressed too strongly that the agents
should be protected to chasing ths
whiskey runners' boats, as they al
ways have full crews of men and will
not stop at any means whereby they
may make their escape. They have
very fast running boats making K
hard for the agents to come along*
side. And observing an order not to
shoot unless in case of self-defense,
or if they are not attacked first, al
they can do is to let the faster boats
and crews escape.
"The agents' boat* equipped with a
machine gun or riot guns in the hands
of a crew of four or five men will
have the desired effect on the runner.
Then in most cases the runners will
stop outside the harbor or riven.
"When this condition prevails, it
goes without saying that if they can
not make their deliveries of liqaor,
they will have to go out of business
The whiskey runners have made re
marks on various occasions that If
the government should arm fast
boats they would have to stop the
traffic immediately."
E. C. Shop pond, wounded ex-soMisr,
began hia honeymoon in New York
City. He awoke while wandering the
streets ot Rochester, M. T., unable to
recwll hia name or where he had Wt
Mi * " ~ |
is be