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MOUNT AIRY. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 11, 1923. 6
f 1.6.0 PER YEAR IN ADVANCB
"EXPERIENCED OUR
VERDUN IN 1*22,"
SAYS DRY REPORT.
Methodist Episcopal Church
Board Toll* of "Terrific As
sault" by "Wats" and of
Final Victory.
Washington, Jan. I.—"The policy
of prohibition has survived the most
terrific ssssult in the year 1W?2," ths
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and
Public Morals of the Methodist Epis
copal Church points out. "In a vary
rsal sense we have experienced our
Verdun.
"This attack hss consisted, first of
aa effort to discredit the law by en
couragement of its violation, by sub
tle propaganda against it, consisting
of ridicule and slanderous inferences,
and of efforts to undermine it by poli
tical corruption. The second phase
ef this attack has been s tremendous
political drive financed at least iu
part by the brewers with the object
of so reducing the prohibition major
ity in Congress as to establish a sit
uation most favorable for its com
plete overthrow in 1924.
"Despite these efforts, prohibition
la as firmly established today as ever
before. Incitement to violation of
the law is as rife ss ever but less ef
fective because more snd more the
public has been smitten with a grest
disgust of that vile and dangerous
criminal, the bootlegger.
"Bonded liquors are practically not
available at all now. Home-brew
except the making of wine princi
pally by foreign-born, has utterly
collapsed. We have Mr. Haynes'
word that the vigorous methods used
against smuggling have greatly re
duced that source of supply, although
in our opinion it still constitutes an
outrage and a scandal.
New formulae to prevent redistil
lation of denatured alcohol and rubb
ing compounds has cut off another
bootleg supply. The production of
moonshine is still n terrible evil. In
regard to this, Mr. Haynea says.
**The poisonous character of moon
shine, together jvi'h steps to sup-'
press it. is fa«t sol'tr^ the problem
of illicit distilling. We are not pre
pared to express an opinion so Impe
ful but it certainly cannot be dis
puted that the peonle in general are
learning the fearfully dangerous
character of moonshine and also are
beginning to k low the horrible filth
■urmurdimr its production.
"All in all. the situation as the vear
1922 con.es to a close is distinctly
hopeful a'd no phase of that situa
tion is more encouraging than the
rtter collapse o" the political effort
of the anti-Prohibitionists in No\em
feer."
The following proposals have heen
ir-.de for briefing about a better en
forcement of national rrohibition in
192S:
"lyet every lawnhidin<» citizen re
port to the prohibition department
and to the police the name and loca
tion of the liquor law violators. The
name* of the informants will not he
iriven without their consent.
"More support nnd rppreciation
•hould he piven the enforcement of
ficers and less enrourircment to the
criminal.
"Recognition of the fact that the
duty of law enforcement is funda
mentally a local problem. Citizens
should endeavor to see that the law
enforcement agencies of the county,
municipal and rtate ^ovemnents are
exerted to their full extent for ef
fective law enforcement. Local offi
cers who ne.,lect or refu e to en'orre
local laws, and attemp to pass re
sponsibility to the Federal' Govern
went, should be ousted from office fir
be dei'eated for re-election."
Mrs. C W. Brinkley Dead.
Martha Brinkley wife of C. W.
Brinklev died Dec. 24. Interment
took place at Hollow Springs on
Tuesday following funeral services
conducted by Rev. Willie Chilton.
She was born Sept. 14 1886, aired
about M years. She had been a con
slctant member of Hollow Spring
church for 15 years. Mrs Brinkley
waa one of the best women In the
community, ever faithful to her home
and family. She leaves a husband
and five children who mom the loss j
of so true a wife and mother. She
had been in declining health for sev
al months and a complication of di
sease caused her untimely death. |
jp Friends and neirhhor* sympathize;
with the bereaved family.
The first fanner was the first man,
and all historic nobility rests on pos
session and oae of land.—Emerson.
GOV. MORRISON'S NEW
YEAR MESSAGE.
Through ProfTM*itr* Farmer
H« Appeeb »o Farm F*®P»*
For Manjr Improvements.
(ReprinUd from fiHW*" Ftrmf)
To th. W»m.n Who Read TV.. Pro
gmaivo Firmer:
K.litor Poe h«. .aked
. me.sage to the farmer* of North
Carol ins. but I want to malu ut
.PP"1 to th. farm women of
th. State. I want you U> baek op the
campaign that it going »" *
North Carolina lt*« «t home in 19ZS
and live glorioualy at that, a* we can
certainly do on our own home-raiaed
product®.
Th**re is not another Stata in th«
Republic where farm paopla ought to
live better than in North Carolina.
But too often farmer* make a lot of
money nevertheless fall to provide
their famllie* with that royal good
living which fine garden., abundant
poultry, a good cow. and home-raised
hoira would five them.
The women of North Carolina
ought to make it one of their new
year re§olution« to put m ■!■!" home
orrhard on every farm In the State,
including one around every tenant or
cropper home. It can be done for
$10 or »15 » borne It is a shame to
raise children, even negro children in
nny home on a farm without plenty
of fruit around it. It can be done
so cheaply. It would pay every land
lord tenfold for the small outlay.
We ought to add a few berry bushes
and a grape-vine; and where they
will grow, a scuppernong vine.
We ought to add a few nut trees on
every farm. The additional cost will
bo trifling. It would be splendid to
see the women organised and leading
the people to put these inexpensive
fruit and nut trees, berry and grape
vines, around every home in the State
where children may live.
The jrarden will n1*o pay. Neither
the tariff, the v.-usts. nor any other
ire old goblin of disaster can prevent
it Our people an- as yet very poor
pnrdener* We ought to master the
subject and fill the State with tbe fin
est vegetable gardens in the world,
and then learn to eat vegetables. We
cannot grow healthy children, or kee,.
healthy ourselves without vegetables.
The garden has l>een looked upon an a
nuisance by the men folks and tolera
ted as a feminine folly. We must dig
nifv the parden and get from it !r' or
JO per cent of th.' food needed to
make us independent.
Next, poultry and eggs. Here the
women must take the lead. We
ought to be ashamed of ourselves
not to give tho children o' North
Carolina more chicken than we do.
The little fellows expect chicken on
Sunday, and when the preacher comes
or other company. They ought to
have chicken every other day, and
eggs every mornir.g.
We must become more ambitious.
Why, we onlv aspire turkey Christ
mas and Thanksgiving Day. We
ought to have turkey dinner in every
thrifty country home every other
Sunday, and invite the poor town
friend* and relatives out to a good
ureal.
Wo ought to raise every pound of
hop moat wo oat. The women are
not the natural leader* in raising
hogs. It suits men better. Wo un
derstand hogs better than women do.
Hut the women must see that we at
tend to it.
Next, milk cows. We cannnot
grow healthy children without whole
some milk, butter, etc.
Fruit, nuts, grapes, vegetables,
poultry and eggs, milk and huttcr,
rheese. bees and honey—these and
kindred things will mnke the people
of North Carolina independent and
happy. We would be strong enough
to raise cotton and tobacco in large
quantities without disaster if we had
all these other thing*.
Then, last, but not least, women of
North Carolina, fill the State with
flowers, vines, shrubbery, and beauty.
This is your work, too, but I need not
enlarge on it. You know ita impor
tance. Let's make North Carolina
most beautiful as well as the most
fruitful state in the Republic—and
make a great start right now as 192>
begins.
Yours truly,
CAMERON MORRISON.
Governor of North Carolina.
Raleigh. N. C.. Jan. 1, 1923.
i The state warehouse system has
grown from 32 warehouses having an
aggregate capacity of 49.050 bale* of
cotton last year to 7ft warehouses
with a tot<U capacity of 212,620 bales
iSn year.
BUSINESS BASIS
FOR PRISON ASKED.
Kibmi Warden Urge* Legisla
ture to Send Earning* of In
mate* to Their Families.
Topeka, Kan., l»»r. 2S.» M t.'
Amrine, warden of the Kansas, peni
tentiary, ha* proposed to the coming
session of the Icginlature that it place
the prison on a business basis and use
the profits for the relief of the desti
tute dependent families of the prison
ers. In a report to Gov. Henry Allan,
Warden Amrine shows that tha pris
on receipts could have been brought
to a total of (612.269 and made a net
profit of 178.146 In the last year if
tha prison had been permitted to
charge a reasonable price for its pro
ducts.
Tha prison has a big coal mine and
furnishes the coal free U> the stats in
stitutions. The market price for tha1
coal was $6 and 14 a ton during tha
vrar. The prison did not get a penny.
If it had charged only t& a ton the
total receipta would be 1366.648 from
the coal alone in a single year. The
prison has a big brick plant but it
furnishes the brick free to the insti
tutions. If it had been permitted to
charge a little lower than the market
price for its brick it would have col
lected S34.R60 from the brick furnish-,
<d Inst year. The twine plant is op
erated at a profit, the last year show- j
ing a net profit of $2S,670 on the 8,
000 pounds <if twine sold to farm
ers of the state.
The proposal of the warden is that
the prison be allowed to collect about
the standard market price for what
ever materials it produces and fur
nishes either to the state or the insti
tutions. This money would more
than ^iav the cost of operation, and
the profits would go into s fund to
he known as the earnings of the pris
oners.
"The man who gct> sent to prison
is not the only sufferer," said Warden
Amrine "Frequently he suffers l«"<«
"hnn the members of his family. He
has good care, a good place to sleep,
(food food and plenty of it and some
amusements. But )ic frequently
'eaves a wife and several ch'ldren at
!iome without a penny, and they must
depend ur>on the county or charity
for food, fuel" and clothing.
"Why not take the profits which
•his inst'tution could make and allow
»ach prisoner with dependent fami
nes a certain waire per day? The
■noney would not he- paid to him hut
o h's famtlv. He could earn extra
money by doing more than the al
lotted task for each man and cnuld
increase the allowance which his
family would receive.
"A man who d<M-s wronj? should be
nunlshed. But the state is wrong in
"unishing to even a greater decree
'he innocent members of his family.
We have one particular case, a man
who forced $70 worth of checks. He
has a wife and three children. The
wife and three children suffer more
than does the man. If we could take
the earnings of this man In the
orison and pay them to the family it
ivould be of real value to them and
reduce the demands upon the county
and charitable people for their sup
port."
Talley Probably Will Get m
Light Sentence.
Greensboro. Jan. fi.—Indications
are that Carl Talley, now in jail here,
the "brain*" of a patty of three in an
automobile from which Policeman
Thomas McCuiston was shot and killed
here on May 4, 1921, will get off the
lightest of the three.
A review of the evidence by the
solicitor. J. 8. Spruill, shows that in
ull probability all he can be tried for
is having whiskey in his possession
for sale.
I.ewis Edwards, Tommy Robertson
nnd a man said to be Talley were in
the rum running automobile when
McCuiston was killed. Robertson was
killed in the chase the same day; Ed
■wards was captured and convicted of
the murder and given 10 years In the
state prlaon. Talley escaped and
stayed at large until two weeks ago. (
During the trial of Edwards it was
testified that the shot was fired (mm
the front neat; the state built up Its
case around that, and it was also testi
fied by several witnesses that Talley
waa on the rear seat For that reas
on it la thought that the only charge
that ran ho brought against him is
having whiskey for the purpose of
sale.
#
power of the press goes into,
the kitchen! Several newspapers
under the oilcloth on the kitchen table
make the oilcloth last longer.
GIRL SAYS SHE
WENT TO HEAVEN
Strut* Story Comn Out of
lk« Little Mill Tows of Pied
mont in South Carolina.
Anderson, 8. C.( Jan. S.—A strange
story comeii from th« mill town of
f'iedmont. Did pr«tty little M-year
old I/»n« Sw»t iti to heaven? She
wyi she did. and tolls of what she
Raw there, and i« disturbed because
her parents and other friends would
not let her alone until sha received
a direct message from Jesus.
This young irirl lay in a trance
from Wednesday nlrht until Saturday
ntrht in the little church, which is
huilt in an out-of-the way spot be
tween two hills, and is called the
"Charch of God." The (irl had been
"saved" a short time before, accord
ing to the pastor of this chureh,8. C.
Chambers, and was striving to ret
the Holy Ghost. She had been to
the church three successive meetings,
each time going to the altar and
orayinjr to "(ret the Holy Ghost."
Finally on this Wednesday evening I
she again came to the altar, and fell
into a trance. Some of the members
staved with her in the little church
the parents came, hut were told that
something dreadful would happen to
them if they touched her when she
was in the power of the Holy Ghost,
and that she must not be moved. She
was given a small amount of food,
and Called for water often, otherwise
showed no sl«m* of life, and lay in a
corner near the altar.
Had Been to Heaven.
Friday night she told some of the
watchers that she had been tf> heaven,
had seen the ancels, and described
the beautiful place, and said that she I
was going to receive a message from
Jesus, hut when she was touched or
spoken to she could not get it. The
second time she told of going to heav
en, and she was told that she must
return to earth, hut for a short time.
She said she could not open her eyes,!
for the earth was too dark after
swing the bright light of heaven.:
She dW iwt open her eyes for three;
dnvs and nights.
The preacher said that she had the1
"power of the Holy Ghost." neighbors'
said it was more like "the power of
the devil" to them, but the parent"
were nearly crazy, for they did not'
know what to do. and they wanted
their child at home. Finally they an-!
pealed to the law. ar.d the sheriff of
Anderson county sent an order to
have the girl removed, and 10 men;
went and took her to her home by
main force.
The preacher wis asked the direct
question of whether he thought ■
I-ena's soul had gone to heaven while
in the trance; he answered, "Why not
sister? Nothing is strange with
God. and sle was under the power of
the Holy Ghost."
TL I_1 _ ... t : • 5 1 s
nnd begs to he taken back to the
• htiroh. saying "I have to go hark
Her face in very white, the Hark cir
rlou under her eye* showing that she
has heen under some strain, her hair
is -lark, and she is a pretty girl.j
Her mother stated she had always J
been a normal, bright rirl. and she
was heartbroken over this trouble.
At this little chutvh, over on the
hills, members, when under the pow
rr of the Holy Chost, dance and
throw their hands and have an in
cantation wh ie h sounds like nothinc
on the earth, nor nothing under the
earth. This the preacher aaid was
the "spirit talking to God, and no
body knows what the spirit it saying,
not even the people themselves."
A quiet little woman sitting near
the altar heean to shake and tremble,
at flrst it teemed that ahe was
Isuifhing, then her face changed and
it seemed that she was about to weep.
The baby sleeping in her lap did not
nwaken when she jumped up and be- i
i*an to prance and dance, and it
looked every minute as if the baby
would fall to the floor and a man
in the back of the church also be gran
to dance up and down, and calling
out "Glory to God!"
Then the members gathered around
the preacher and the reporter and
questions were asked and answered.
The preacher gave Biblical references
for every part of their worship, j
Another phase of their belief ia that 11
they may be healed by prayer, and i
a womaa aaid she knew this was true, 1
Tor her boy had fallen oat of a tree (
and broken Ma arm. and it was heal-11
sd in 10 minutea. That woman over I
there (topped a big fire raging in the j'
■roods by her prayers, and they cited i
many other inatancea. i
Sunday night at this little "Church 1
it God" they will have roauaunioa, | I
more of thair kind of dancing, and
"will gird ih< rti-< lw- with towels
and wash each other* feet," accord
ing to the preacher.
Old Suapenaion Bridge C«um
of Big Tragedy.
Kelso, Waah., Jan. 4.—Name* of -
eipht miaaing persona war* known
while estimate* of the number loat
ran aa high ai SO whan re*cue partial
today resumed their aaarrh of the
wreckage strawn flood water* of the
Cowliti rhrer into which the old rai
penslon bridge here, hearing wore* of
men and women, collapsed la*t night.
Prom 54 to 100 pedestrian*. one
truck and at least 10 paasenger auto
mobile* were on the bridge when it
fell. The (tructure gave way hi the
midat of a terrific jam caused by a
stalled motor ear. A cable (upport |
buckled and the bridge threw trucks,
automobiles and wagon* and their
paasenger* into the torrent; iwollen
by recent floods. Many leaped to
safety as the span sank.
Survivor* told almost identical
stories of the *nap and craah of the
falling. atructure, the *udden plunge :
into the raging water* and the battle,
for life in the muddy current.
To swim ashore, encumbered with |
heavy clothing, was a test to be metj
only by the strongest and most adept.
Most of the persons on the bridge,
were thrown into the river and many
were picked up by boats or swam
ashore. After darknes* effort* to re- ,
cover bodie* were futile.although the
river steamer Pomono, lared by the
hope that there might he life in the
dehri*, breasted the swift current
during the night to play a search- j
light over the scene. But early this
morning nq bodies had been found.
Early today there was a rush of
frantic relatives seeking *ome word
of lost loved ones and a constantly
growing list of missing persons.
The exact death toll may not be
known for several days, as the swoll
en water* of the Cowliti and the Co
lumbia, into which it flow« about two
miles below the city, may carry the
bodie* of the victim* many miles.
Th* bruigv connected east and
we*t Kel*o.
Negro Shot While Standing lit
Grave.
Row-wood, Kla., Jan. 6.—A new
(rravp was dug in the negro cemetery
»t Sumner, near hero, late today and
in it Sheriff Eliaa Walker placed the
body of James Carrier, whose death
»t the hands of several white men
this morning win the sequel of the
lash between the races at Rosewood j
Thursday night.
He was shot to death while stand
ing on the graves of the four other,
negroes who fell in the fighting that
followed an attempt of a crowd of
white men to enter a negro house i»>
search of Jesse Hunter, wanted for
nlleged implication in an attack on
« white girl at Sumner.
According to information received
hy officials, Carrier was seized by
several white men this morning and
iiccused of having been in the house
frc.m which negroes fired on the ap
proaching white men, killing two of
their number. When he is said to
have refused to reveal the names of
the negroes who did the shooting,
the white men. officers were inform
ed. led him to the negro graveyard
and made him stand on the newly
lug gravel of hia brother and moth
er, also victims of the fighting, while
they riddled hia body with shots.
Meanwhile Hunter, search for
whom has resulted in the seven
leaths, still is at large. Sheriff
Walker has been informed a negro
answering hit description is under
irrest in lakeland and has sent a
nan who knew Hunter by sight to
try to identify the prisoner. Tonight
ie still was without word as to
whether the priaoner was Hunter.
Officers stated tonight that the ait
lation in the entire vicinity was quiet
ind they said no further trouble was
x> be expected. The negroes of Rose
wood have been in hiding in the woods j
lince Thursday night arid those in the
tearby villages do not venture from
heir quarter*, it was reported. i
»V inston-Salem Wants New
Courthouse Constructed. <
Winston-Salem, Jan. S.—The eoon
y commissioners, in session yester
lay, adopted a resolution authorizing j (
he chairman to secure legislation t
m powering the board to erect a new i
ourt house suitable to the needs of 1
ho county. It is expected that a hill J
rill be drawn and introduced in tha ,
reneral assembly at an early data, »
riving the commissioners authority 1
o build on a site best suited for a.
WW temple of Justiea. 1 <]
SEEK TO PLACE SOLICI
TORS ON SALARY.
Say Solicitor* Have Boca Mak
ing High aa $18,000 Yearly.
Raleigh, Jan. 4.—With prelimi
nary organisation completed, the
North Carolina general sswrably to
la y had It* first batch of billa intro
duced, and among the moat impor
tant measure being sponsored waa
tKe proposal of Senator Waltar R.
Woodson, Rowan. •< place all sapsr
ior court solicitors jb salaries.
The senator stated he expected tW
bill to be intrcduced ia the ho OSS ky
Representative Lindsay C. Warraa,
Beaufort, and Representative H. 0.
C^onnor, Jr., Wilson. The measors b
> part of the legislative program of
the North Carolina Bar association,
and also is being supported by Sana
tor L. "R. Vsrser, of the 11th district,
who is chairman of the organisation
legislative committee.
Advocates of the bill are coatead
ing investigations made throughout
the atate have developed that present
incomes of solicitors range from ft,
000 to $16,000 annually, under the fa*
system. A straight salary of $4,00#
a year, with the present fees to ga
to the school funds of the several
counties, is proposed. Traveling ex
penses of the solicitors would be
paid by the counties at each term of
criminal court.
The full program of the associatioa
probably will include legislation to ta
rtrease the number of superior court
judge* in the state to 24 or 30. with
the possible provision for a divisioa
'>f North Carolina into three judicial
districts instead of two and chang
ing the residence of ■ judge in one
rli<tniet from si* months to a year.
First Gun in Legislature
Against Ku Klux Klan
Raleigh. Jan. 6.—The first gun ia
the expected legislative war against
the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina
was lired in the senate today, when
Senator J. R. Bagett, 12th district,
introduced a hill making it a felony
for a person to appear off his premis
!»* disguised so as to destroy identity,
»nd at the same time announced he
had received a number of abusive let
ters since it became known he would
ittack the organization.
"I have also received many lettem
om mending the fight I am making,"
laid the senator, "and numbers of
neople are giving me their support."
He laughingly displayed a letter
which accused him of being "oo
•rooked yotir wife enn't tell yon from
:he bed spring" and urged him to
'clean up and be a man."
"Your bill aKiut the K will never
tret out of the committee," the letter
•ontinues. "But go to it and tear
tout shirt. You will hardly go back
to Raleigh again to the senate. Sara,
lh» people will not send a fool a see
>n<i time."
Grayson Banner in More
T rouble.
Gwnsboro, Jan. 5.—Grayson Bafl
ip r, younp white man, with unasham
ed tear* rolling down his checks,
ilead with Judge D. H. Collina, in
municipal court this morning, to fir*
lim "just a chance."
Banner was found guilty on tha
•harge of having morphine in hi* pos
session for the purpose of sale. Ha
ook the stand, admitted ha vine had
he morphine in his possession, but
laimd it had been given him by a
ihysician in Durham. He stated that
te was a morphine habitue, and that
le had the morphine for his own dm,
olely.
Judge Collins reminded him of tha
nany chances he bad had, and said
'If 1 rave you all the chances in tha
forM. you wouldn't taka advantage
hem."
Banner promised that if he was
iven a chance he would "try to gat
iff the stuff Just as soon as he coald."
udge Collins declared that he ba
ieved there was only on* way hi
rhich the young man could "get off"
f the narcotic, and sentenced Banner
u three months in the county Jafl.
Notice of appeal waa fixed, and ho ad
raa Axed at $500.
NOTICE
Having qualified as administrator '
f Francis J. Love, deceased, this
a notify all persons indebted te 1
state of Franrit J. I.ove to _
heir cUims to the under**
rlthin one year from date.
otic* will be pleaded In bar of re
svery. All persons indebted to the
state will please make tmmedJste
rtttessent.
This Dec. 1st. 1HL
B. McCarga, Jr., AMp,