ESTABLISHED 1 8 80 MOUNT AIRY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER »th, 1922 t 1.6.0 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
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TWENTY SIX FARMERS
SUED BY THE CO-OPS
Thru* Surry Ftrmtn Included
In List Of Alleged Contract
' Breaker*
Raleigh, Nov. 4.—A record for legal
artion by the Tn-State Tobacco
Growers' Co-operative - association
' *»» established today when idlta
were Mtaind in Wake county Super- <
lor court by the aaaociation against
10 grower* In If counties of th*
state asking dam arm and attorneys'
feea amounting to $21,700 4* the re
mit of alleged violations of their
co-operative contract.
The largest »uit warn that brought
against W. E. Forr**t, of K'nston,
charged with the sale of 60,000
pounds of tobacco tArtside the aaaocis
tion. He was sued for $8,000 dsmagea
and $500 attorneys' feea.
Defendants in today's suits reside
in 8tokss, Surry, Warren, Wayne,
Waks, Beaufort, Duplin, PranklinJ
Granville, Pitt, Hoks, Lenoir and
Moore counties snd the damsge* and
fee* sought range from 'the $3,MX)
asked of Forrest down to $*60.
The following is the llat of farmers
from Stokes and Surry being sued:
C. L. Stawrier, Pinnacle. Stokes
county 5,000 pound*. $400.
F. D. Culler, Pinnacle. Stokes
county, 6,000 pound*, $460.
L. F. Long, Pilot Mountain, Surry
county, 10,000 pounds, $660.
, Thomas Corder, Dohson, Surry I
county, 10,000 pounds, $660.
W. N. Jones, White Plains, Surry
county, 6,000 pounds, $.!50.
J. F. Chilton, Mount Airy, Sur^yV
county, 10,000 pounds, $600.
PRICE LEVEL SOARS,
SAYS CONTRACTORS
Construction Costa May Ex
coed By 70 Per Cent Scale
of 1913
Washington, Oct. SI.—Construc
tion costs will continue to increase
several years, according to. • state
ment issued Hsrs by the Associated
General Contractors of America In
leply to the declaration of James
A. Wetmore, acting supervising
architect, that the country might as
pect a drop in building costa within
IS months.
The cost of building and materials
have been incnaslng for several
months snd wages have been going
bighsr recently, according to the
contractors.
The statement reads in part:
The behavior of this price increas
ing daring a time of recovery from
business depression is entirely nor
mal. We believe it a very strong
indication that prices in general have
been stabilised for the present on a
new price level in the neighborhood of
70 per oent higher than that which
prevailed in ltlS. This means that
prices will continue to go up until
the present period l>f prosperity is
fully ektablished and will not go
down again until the beginning of
the next business depression. The
next depression will probably he only
a moderate one, such as we were
familiar with before the war—and
will be accompanied by only moderate
decreaies in prices.
Instead of expecting that building
costa will be materially lower 18
months from now, we anticipate
that they will continue to increaae
daring the greater part of that
pariod, and that they will be at that
time, perhaps at about the beginning
of a decrease but at a point higher
than the present. We Relieve, fqr
ther, that the decreaaa which may be
expected to begin at about that time
will not go to a point very much
below the figures reached during the
last winter.
Shortage of common labor ia held
in part responsible for the increased
costs. ,
Will Show North Carolina's
Fruit
Saleigh, N. C„ Nov. 6.—To show
. . the possibilities of fruit growing in
North Carolina. C t>. Matthews.
Horticulturist for the North Carolifca
Experiment Station, and F. H Jetor,
Editor will cany an exhibit of fruits
Is the Midwest Horticultural Exposi
tive which will be held at Council I
Staffs, Iowa, daring the week of
November it. Mr. Matthews has
tdsrtti a good dieptey of both
fiaMs and nots which has already
1MB shipped to Ca—all Bhrffs.
MM matter showing the psaaMH
Mas of fnrit growing in this State
has alas hose prepared sad wfll bo
M^Hhal11 to visiters attending tMsl
NOTED TRAIN ROBBER
KILLED
Had Fini.h.d Robbing m Trie
co Pnseoagar Train—11
Officora Urn In Wail
Wittenberg, Mo., N^v. S.—Th«
bodies of John f. "Jock" Kennedy
62 year* old, • notorious robber o<
western MiMouri, and Harvey Lo
gan, a companion, who were killed
early today by railroad detectives
and postoffice inspector* altar th»
men had robbed a passenger train
of the St. Louia, Han Franctaco rail
way near here, rapoaa in an under
taking eaUbiiahmant here tonight,
awaiting diapoaition.
Durirr the dby a steady etraam of
curious mhabitanta of thia vicinity
came to Wittenberg and viewed the
bodiea of the men, one of whom, Ken
nedy, had for many years defied tha
shrewdest detective* to captor* him.
"The bandita held up and robbed
the 'train of regiatered mail at Sev
enty 8ix, a watar tank station near
hare, uncoupled the engine and ran
it here intending to reach their auto
mobile, which wan hidden in 'the
bru»h, and make their eacape. Eleven
officer* lying in wait, drew their
revolver* and the two bandit* fell
dead in a hail of bulleta which the
officer* poured at them. The mail
wan recovered."
Kennedy waa known by the soubri
quet of "the quail hunter^' following
hi* arrest in Kansas City one winter
morning in 1897. There had been a
Meet storm the night before, and at
daybreak a patrolman saw a horse
slip and a rider fall. It waa Kennedy
and train robbers' paraphernalia waa
found in his custody. It was pre
sumed that he was on his way to
rob a train, but he denied this, as
serting he was starting on • quail
hunting expedition. He was released.
Inspector Bob Ward, of St. Louis
who was in charge of the officers
said the bodies of the two robber*
were found with revolver* clutched
held an inquest before daylight and
(^turned a verdict of justifiable homi
cide.
Describing the robbery, inspectors
■aid that Kennedy and hU companion
stopped the train, number 806, run
ning from St. Louis to Memsphis, at
Seventy-Six, a station Mven and one
half mile* north of here. Logan cut
the mail and express car from the
rest of the train.
The engineer and firemen were or
dered off their locomotive and Ken
nedy took the two car* down the
track several miiee toward Witten
berg. Stopping the locomotive, the
two bandit* entered the mail car.
The three clerk* were lined up
against a wall. Kennedy inspected
the mail, taking several pouches to
the eab of the locomotive. The loco
motive then was detached and Ken
nedy and Logan rode to Wittenberg.
About 160 yards from the station the
two jumped from the engine, and
left it running wild. Nearby wa*
their automobile and concealed in the
brush along the right of way were
the officers.
Inspector Ward shouted the com
mand to halt. It was bright moon
light and the officers could cee the
robber* reach for their weapons.
Several of the officers opened fire
and the bandits fell. »
Kennedy has a -record of seven
train robberies within three years—
1896-99 and served 12 years in the
Misaouri penitentiary for the latest
of theee robberies. He ha* been at
liberty since 1912. His movements
for several weeks have been watched
eonatantly.
Postoffice Inspector Fred Reuter
said several weeks ago Postoffice In
spector Roy North ran into Kennedy
near Mem phi*, and learned he was
making frequent abort tripe on the
line from Memphis to points in north
ern Arkanaaa, and wa* getting off
the main train and looking about the
town*. North was unable to learn
that Kennedy had any legitimate
reason for theae trips and he notified
Raptor of His suapicions. It waa de
cided that tiie train to watc£ waa the
night train fro* St Louis to Mem
phia, which frequently carried con
siderable amounta of money from the
federal rsssrvr bank sent south to
taov^the cotton crop.
Eminent 19th, the Gold Medal Jer
sey Bull of the North Carolina Ex
periment Station, died aa a rsoult
of exposure whet being skipped to
the State Mr. He was' If years
old aad haa a number of gold and
silver medal deagfctera.
WOMEN DRAFTING
"BEST LAWS" SERIES
i Mo«i EqulUbU Mmnhm of
SUtM Am Baing Taken A*
Model*
Washington, Oct. II.—A wrln ot
what tha National Woman'* Party
I char*ct»ri«tically Urms "b»»t laws,"
| rivaling with marriage, divorce, guar
dianship of children, married wo
' man's property rights, jury ierrioa,
and women in industry ia being draft
ad by tha executive department of
tha National Woman's Party for
praaantation to state legislatures
Tha laws will be modeled on thoaa
of statas having tha most equitable
laws, from tha women's viewpoint,
| and will ba presented for indorsement
I at tha conference to bo held here Nov.
11 and 11
"The purpose of this new plan is
t«r make our campaign not only a
negative one, removing dlscrimina
i ti«ns against Women from our laws,
I but also a positive one. substituting
the highest -form of equality," said
Miss Maud Younger, legislative chair
man. Continuing she said:
j One of the best laws on "support*
is that of Louisiana, where the law
statas that husband and Vife pledge
to each other mutual fidelity aid and
assistance. One of tha best laws on
alimony is that of Ohio, where hus
band or wife may receive alimony
from the other.
One of the best laws on dower and
courtesy is that In Virginia, where
each sei is made equal to the other.
In other states there are good inheri
tance laws, good guardianship laws,
rood laws as to Jury service. I) «ome
state* laws regulating industr pro
vide equal protection for men and
women workers and are therefore
to be preferred to laws vhlch merely
regulate women.
search Department and i* being put
into legislative form, for action by
■tate branches. Such laws have tha,
advantage of being already on the
statute book*, enforcad, and inter
preted by the coorts. There •hoald,
therefore, be no difficulty in having
them pasaed by other state*.
! WAGE THAT MEANS
COMFORT IS ASKED
Railroad Board Mtmber Saji
Labor SmIu Not Opulanco
But Right To Lit* 1b Res poet
ability . * '
Chiuiro. Oct. 31.—A. 0- Wharton,
one or th« three member* of the
United State* Railroad Labor Board
whoee dissenting opinion on the
wage decision for maintenance of
way worker* brought forth the "liv
ing wage" rejoinder by her majority
member*, in a statement publiahed to
day declared the majority opinion
waa fallacious and contained un
truth*.. He *aid:
1 was not permitted to *ee the ma
jority atatement before writing my
dissenting opinion. Now that I have
read it, I find that it is fallacioua
and contain* untruth*. In aome
' places, it preaents alleged argument*
which on their face are impoaaible.
The majority etatement apeak* of a
$20,000,000 increase it has given the
maintenance of way men. On the
same method of figuring, it cut their
pay $80,000,000 in the July 1 decis
ion, so the railroad* are still $30,
, 000,000 to the good.
It ppeaks of the coat of living, bat
| it doea not explain how a laborer can
■upport himself and family on $51 a
I month.
It doe* not explain that the imita
{tion pay increaae it granted means
I only 16 cent* a day for each man.
It aav« nothing of the poor, men
i who live in ihaeka, box car* and
boxe* aft up on four poats.
I The majority tries to make the
public believe that I would have labor
er* rriven pay on which they oould
buy an automobile this year and
an airplane next year.
I art only that • man ha given pay
that bring* decency with H; that
Aatarieana be enahM to livs as
Asaarisans and enabled to live in
respectability in their own environ
ment and according to their own
lights, not in the wirlTiwiment of the
wnalthy.
The Majority doe* not distinguish
_ — A fa
imwwn (Mupvnin UQ opumm. n
pretend* that what Ubor tema a
living wage means upnW*. Labor
doeant aak apalean. 11 aide* only
a Kuv^ -»-fc L ? _
STATE UNDER KLAN
LIKENED TO IRELAND
Governor Allan of Kumi
Call* For End Of R.ligiou.
Animosities Brooding Dis
order
Croat Band. Kan., Oct. SI.—-|
think wa are not mora than una pistol
•hot from the condition they ara hav
ing In Ira land today," Gov. Hanry J.
Allan declared In a political speech
ban laat night.
"I appear in Ulia town and I find
man hating each other." ha , said.
"This man bataf hated because he to
a Catholic and this man because
he to Klanaman and your community
to torn by a thing our fathers gave
their Uvea to get rid of.
"You# both ara to blame. You
Catholics who go out and say 'I don't
vote for a man that to not a Catho
lic. I am going to put my political
activities behind my religion.' Tou
ought to he ashamed of yourselves.
And you men who Joined the Man
: nnd say 'Here to an order that extota
< for the protection of white supremacy
land to save us fnm the Catholic
Church, ought to be ashamed.'
"Now, as a fellow American having
the same im|«utwrs that you have, I
am opposed to the klan because it
nuggests terrorism and outlawry. I
am not against your organisation be
cause you do not like the Catholic
u Church."
He explained that he did not like
: the Klan's attitude toward some com
j munity questions, nor the manner in
| which its activism were said to be
I carried out. It wan nnt a personal
matter, he said.
"I am not.a Catholic; I .im a Metho
dist." he said.
I After drawing a comparison he
< tween conditions in Kansas and Ira
I land, and telling of requests lis of
fice had received from men that they
be allowed to arm themselves, "be
cauae they were frightened," the
Do you want turned looae in this
state the horrors of a civil war? God
forbid such a war. And yet what
can you suggest to the negroes of
the state, in some communities of
which there are thousands, when the
old Ku Klux Klan that terrified theWi
55 years ago to again riding at night ?
Can you expect them pot to protect
themselves T
■ Ireland to fighting over a quarrel
that to 800 years old, but we curbed
it .n America when we wrote into the
Constitution that all men should
have the right to worship God ac
cording to their own ideas.
You Catholics should quit saying
no man may hold office by your suf
frage unless he is a Catholic. It is
not worthy of you. It tont worthy
of an American or the American his
tory. Let's get on the basis of
honor, love and decency.
Statu* To Teddy To Bo
Unveiled
Portland, Oro. Nov. 4.—"Theodore
Roosevelt, Roughrider" is the inscrip
tion on ■ heroic equestrian statue of
the former president, to be unveiled
here Armistice day with ceremonies
in which many thousands of persons
are to participate.
The statue, by A. Phimister Proc
tor, was presented to the eity of
Portland by Dr. Henry Waldo Coe,
a life-long friends of Theodore Roose
velt, ahd it is to be dedicated to the
children of America. Approximately
25,000 school children of the city are
to take a prominent part of the
exercises. The morning program is
to be devoted to the children's pert
of the ceremonies, with a parade,
each child dropping a rose. Port
land's emblem, at the foot of the
statue.
The statue is located in a park:
square near the heart of the eity. i
The bronse figure stands more than I
18 feet in height, placed on a pedest
al of granite eight feet high.
The Roosevelt family > has taken
keen interest in the work of Proctor,
the sculptor, and Mrs. Roosevelt pro
vided him with ths clothing and ac
coutrements, including the sidsarms
which were worn by Col. Rooeevelt
in ths battle of San Juan hill. The
army selected as a nodal a soldier
of the same staters, girth, height and
weight M.Col- Rooeevelt at the Has
he waa a rough rider. After a long
s_arch for a suitable, hone one waa
found at Palo Alto, owned hy a girl
student at Stanford University, and
■poo this horse, Jrini aa Rooaevslt
the soldier poeed daily for gwy
nonths, Xembers of the Rooeevelt
family have nroqeWMod their apprer
at ef the wan of art.
MACON MAN KIDNAPED
AND BEATON BY BAND
R. F. Milk Openly OmT|«
Members Of ICu Klux Kliw
Of AtUckfatf Him
Macon, Oa.. No*. ■ I.—Altar being
Ixiattn over the head by kldMpan
and laft, ha Mr*, to <Ua In a lonely
Mellon of the city, R. K. Mill* re
vived ahortly before mMntght and
found hla way to hla home. Doctor*
who war* summoned to Ma Some
•hortiy before midnight found that
Mills had haan attacked «Hth club*.
Blood waa ooifeg from tianarnu
wound* In tha haad, thay said.
Mllli says that whan ha waa stop
pod In hla automobile hy man in a
big car. he impacted an attack. Ha
sayi he drew his piitol, but It caught
In hli ahlrt, and before ha could
use It, tha gun »■> wrenched from
hli hand*.
Mill* *ays tha kidnaper* triad to
hang him once, but gave up the Job
after touting him over the haad.
Mill*, who wai kidnaped a year
ago and hone whipped in a graveyard
at that time saya that he can Identify
at leait one of hia abductor*. The
police and sheriff* deputie* having
made no headway in their investiga
tion, he aayi he communicated the
facta of the affair to Governor T. W.
Hardwlck at an early hour thic
morning.
Milli lay* that he aiked Governoi
Hardwirk a few dayi ago for pro
tection and a pian who repreaented
himself aa from the governor1! office
came here and interviewed him.
"The governor told me, when I
reported the kidnaping early thia
Sunday morning," said Mill*, "that
he had not received my letter, knew
nothing of the matter and had sertf
no one here to investigate."
Mill* openly charged that the at
tack upon him waa by members of
the Ku Klux klan.
When sheriffs depotiea appeared
at hia home, upon Wa retain, he toM
thorn: "You might aa well go away
for half of your office fore* and half
of the police force are members of
the Ku Klux klan. I have seen them
going in and out of the ball."
Mill'* wife reported the kidnaping
to the police when her two little sons
who vera with their father at the
time he was seized, came home and
excitedly told of the affair.
"They've got daddy again," she
says the older one told her, and than
with difficulty she obtaiifed the de
taila.
"A year ago," said Mrs. Mills
"they carried that boy off with their
father to the graveyard and let him
walch the horie-whipping. Then
they brought him to the corner near
our home and gave him a dollar. The
hoy was so scared that he actually
crawled on all foore to gat bone. He
haant been right since."
$50,000 Ltft To University
Chapel Hill. Nov. Provident
Chase has received a letter from Al
fred W. Haywood, one of the execu
tora of the will of the lata Robert K.
Smith, telling of Mr. Smith'* bequest
of $50,000 to the university. Mr.
Haywood, a North Carolinian and a
graduate of the . university, ia now
practicing law in New York, writes:
"Mr. Smith, formerly of Caawall
county. North Carolina, but at the
time of hia death a resident of New
York city, died October 24. Mr.
Smith ynm a well-known figure in
the tobacco business and was for
many years vice-president of the
American Tobacco company and later,
until hia retirement, vice-president
of the P. Lorillard company.
"Though Mr. Smith left North
Carolina over 30 yean ago ha al
ways maintained a strong affection
for the state, its people, and institu
tions. He included hi hia wtW a be
quest to the university in the
of *60,000."
Hick Lawyer Fesa
White Plains, N. Y., Oct.
ptwi Court Justice Morschi
day awarded John K. Mack, gaaid
tan of B*y Guy
for Ma
of
byJaaesA
khar, la fcia sett fer
dtvoree turn Mrs. Amm V. WlfflMkii
allowed Mr Mack UJ91.11
l» had
to Om f Matt.
Tie wart allowed Mm Daaiei
J. Glaaaea, eke heard rrttaa** hi fee
m
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ScboduU or Mail Route
Win*ton To Mount Airy
Winston Journal, Nov. I.
In tht U.bby of the poiloMn ten,
•n the bulletin board where all pub
lic not lew are published. there vu
reatorday a paper riving all tha de
tails of the contract, tha route, aid
the schedule of tha mail root* by
truck betjreen Winston Halem and
Mount Airy. In tha first place It
la st^ed that tha contract haa baan
•warded to James Money, of Haasp
Umvilla, at the rata of I1.7M par
rear, beginning November It, IMS,
tnd extending to June 9Qth. IMi, al
most two yeara.
The ri:>Unca of tha varlotaa pointa
itong tha route are given as follows:
Frum Wlnston-Halem to Rural Hall,
11.80 miles; Rural Hall to King, »
mi tea; King to Dalton, S miles; Dal
ton to Pinnacle, S miles; Pinnacle to
Pilot Mountain, S miles; Pilot Mom
tain to Weetfield, S milaa, and Weet
field to Mount Airy, 12J0 milaa, •
total distance of 46 miles.
Mr. Money wilt have to leave bare
with his truck at 4:80 a m., every
day In the week except Runday, aad
arrive at Mount Airy at 7 o'clock,
taking two and a half hours for tbe
trip. He will have to leave Mount
Airy at 11:90 and arrive here at t
o'clock, or two and a half hours for
the return trip.
Mr. Money will carry for the gov
ernment only first class mail and
newspapers. He haa tha privilege
of hauling passengers and all the
freight that he can get hold of, aad
it la believed that he will secure a
good volume of business in this way.
In hauling passengers he can nerve
all the communities on the route
named in the contract. In paaaen
gers he will have a special advantage
in the hour that ha leavea Mount
Airy, and aa for merchandise his
motor truck, it ia pointed out, will
prove a considerable convenience in
bringing eggs and other products to
Lhfp market and of transporting gooda
(torn Winston-Salem along the road
that ha follow*. _
A bond of $2,600 was required of
Mr. Money. It ia said that he will
nove to Winston-Salem, making this
■Ity his headquarters.
Co-ops To Maka Socond Pay
ment In South Caro
lina
Florence, S. C., No*. 4.—The mc
>nd cash payment to member* of
the Tobacco Grower* Co-operative
Association in South Carolina and
the border market* in three North
Carolina counties m to bey in on Mon
day, November IS, according to a
statement given out here tonight
following a conference of association
officials.
This second payment, it is pointed
sot, will put all growers in this terri
tory on an equal basis those who
msde early deliveries before sdvsne*
!>ayments were increased, receiving
■hecks c^ering the difference be
tween first advances in addition to
the amount of the second payment.
Cheeks slready made out ars to
t>e distributed only on presenting
participation certificates at the
towns where these receipts were is
tued. Arrangements are being made
to distribute checks, drawn on local
Itaeka, at co-operative warehouses or
it central offices located at each of
Forty markets. Holders of sssigned
receipts are required to present
them at place of issue.
J. H. Craig, treasurer of the asee
•istion, spates that the cash for this
■econd payment came entirely from
isles of tobacco grown in South Caro
ina and the border counties of North
Carolina, aad not from sales of to
mcco from Virginia or the old or new
lelts of North Carolina nor from
noney borrowed from banks. Ho Car
he association has not botiuwed any
if the thirty million loan approved
»y the War Finance Corporation.
Ruali Par 11-Osnt Stamps
The psetoffies department already
s realising a profit from the new
1-ceat Hayes stamp. Issued sa Oc
ober 4 aad said oaly at the Wsihiag
aa Philatelic acsacy and at Fr»
nont, Ohio, postaffiea, the Mrth
riaas of iorHm Ptisidiat Bsy.
tamp collectors have finrrhssid