ESTABLISHED 118 0 MOUNT AIRY. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. APRIL Qth. 1»2S. f 1. S.O PER YEAR IN ADVANCE * COLD WEATHEJt DAMAGED CROPS Conaidorablo Number of Ponch Bud* Wan KilUd in North Carolina. Washington, Msrrh The week Jy weather and crop raviaw of the United State* department of agricul tir* contalne the following on the crop situation in the eouth! "The aeriou* damage reported to early fruit a weak ago •* • °' the frrete throughout the eouthem atates, wa\ confirmed by the report* of the currant week. Peach hud* ap peared to hare suffered conairtorable damage aa far north a* aouthert Vir ginia and extreme aouthem Kentucky. Tha peach crop waa aimoat ruined in northern Georgia and the hlooma were mostly killed in Tenneai.ee, while a considerable proportion of the budi were killed in North Carolina. The damage waa severe In all sections of Arkansas and the loss w»» total in parts of Oklahoma. Apples appar ently were not materially injured. "Strawberries were extensively pro tected in Louisiana during the cold weather and were not *o severely damaged a* at first feared, while this crop wa* apparently injured.but little In Tennessee. Citru* wi-re blooming abundantly In Florida. wh«fn- grove* were being Irrigated. "Cotton planting advanced wall In Florida, but the germination wa* de layed: early planted was doing well with a fair to good stand, although tome wa* admaged or killed In the northwestern and part* of the north em portion*. Cotton planting waa more general In central and southern South Carolina, while replanting wa* going on in southern Oeorgia. where killing frost occurred on the morning of the 20th. Planting and replant ing made fair progress in Texas, while the soil was too cold and wet for field work in the central Mississippi valley. Early planted cotton was ch.-cked by cold weather in Arixona. "Heavy rain the preceding weak damaged early potatoe. on the ••it em shore of Virginia, where the rr planting wa* mude necessary. Much replanting of potatoes the southern coast digtrleti of South Carolina where there wa* much drv rot. In the ae«-d planted in Febru ary. Potato*, and *H t»wk em{w were dntnnged by the lng weather of the 10th t*r 20tl< iii tho southern tier of ■•late, event in the lower Kio Grand* valley in Texas and in the greater portion of Florida. Melons were bhdly damaged in south ern Georgia and some were killed in extreme northern and western Florl 4, F-r';: flmted tr.-lons were do lng well in other portion* of the Flori da peninsula, but the germination of the most recently planted wa* delay ved by dry weather. "Cold weather checked the growth of sugar cane in the lower Missisalp pl valley. The planting of tobacco and peanut* continued in Florida. Fair progre** wa* made in seeding tobncco plant bed* in Kentucky. I^ate report* indicate that the freeie of the 19th killed much sprouting tobacco aeed in Kentucky and much damage wa* done to young tobacco by the cold weather the 20th in Georgia and South Carolina, except in the north am and Immediate coaaj district* of the last named atate. "Corn planting and replanting made fair progre** in Texas where the soil waa well prepared and plant ing progressed rapidly and wa* be coming general in South Carolina and Georgia. There wa* too much rain for satisfactory field work in the central Gulf states. Planting wa* re tarded in Oklahoma and Arkanaa* because of the cold grjund, and heavy raina in the Ohio valley and Tennes see checked field work. Corn plant tog advanced well In Florida but dry weather delayed germination. Early planted com wa* doing well in thl* atate with fair to good stand." Statement of Ownership Of The Mount Airy New* publish ed st Mount Airy. N. C., for A§ril 1st, 1923. Publishers. J. E. A Son. Mt. Airy. * Editor, J. E. Johnson, Mt. Airy. _ Business Manager. W. M. Johnson, Mt. T Airy. Owners. J. E 4 W. M. Johnson, Mt. Airy. Known hsnd holders, mortgagees, or other security holders, none. Signed, W. M. Johnson, Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 20th day of Match, IMt' L. P. Wrsnn, Notary Public. DONT WANT KU KLUX SENATOR Figbl to B« Mad* on Tom* Mombor Washington, MaMi 12*. -Senator Eleet Earl B. Mayfield. of Taxaa, li1 going to give the democrats noma un happy hour*. Ha la eallad tha New harry of tha democratic party. The i republicans ara getting ready to make a big-to-do over tha Mayfield con teat. Thay expect to maka it a :iland off for Nawharry. Mayfield will ha ousted from tha ' aanata unless Influence enough to j save him can ba brouirht on membera of that body between thin tima and j tha convening of Congress in Decern bar. The Invlaiblt Empire ia organic 1 in* for a determined fight to hold Mayficld in hla seat. Rut a majority of the republican memher« and « j formidable minority of the democrat* arc determined that he shall ha oust ed. They aaaert that it ia on a foot ing with tha caw of Truman H. New berry, of Michigan, who was forced to resign by the popolar outcry1 airainat him and the knowledge that 1 he would be turned out. The line-up In the senate, accord-, ' ing to a poll of membora, ia: For Mayfield: Republlcana, 5; de-j mocrata. 27; total, 32, Against—Re nuhlicnna, 47; democrats, IB, and In I dependent, 1; total, 63. One senate aeat ia vacant. Southern democrats are active in | j behalf of Mayfield. Northern and western democrat* are general!) op posed to him. Texas ia all wrought up over the Mayfield case. Many prominent de-! mocratic leaders in the state de- i ; mnnd hia expulsion. They boldly | ' assert that he waa unlawfully elect- 1 : ed to the senate. Charges on which the opponents! nf Mayfield base their contention j that he should be ousted are: That hia name as the democratic nominee was "unlawfully printed on1 | all ballots uaed in tha more then 1IS0 of tha mora populous eonnttea," and! "unlawfully rtamped, written or past ; ed by election officers on the ballots used in oth^r countiea, and more than SOO.OOO such illcgsl ballots were cast' for turn." "The placing of Mayfield'* name j on these ballets r.-as unlawful," the ! formal lum ilaint Ituw riled with the •enste «sy«, "twanse. -it is alleged Mayficld and his representative* i !ind his alleged conspirators (includ-l ing the Ku Klux Klar.> violated all material provisions of the To*as cor rupt practices act' in that they er I pended for campa'gn purpose* mort 1 than $150,000 in the primary eleCtior | : i ampaigns (the unlawful maximum l>eing $10,000.)" I It ii also charged that "several, ! thousand votes actually cast for I fieorge E. B. Peddy, who is contest | ing Mayfield'a election, were counted I for Mayfield. I A a I - -1 1 I I Mayfield's personal qualification! are challenged upon these ground*:; "Alle— 1 violations of the corrupt practices art, and of alleged false swearing In connection with such vio lations; alleged false testimony given by him in connection with the Coral cana injunction case, which involved alleged violations of the corrupt prac tices act; alleged misuse and abuse of his official position and powers as railroad commissioner to compel fin ancial and political support and con- i tributions by individuals, corpora tions, having business with the railroad commission of Texas; and his alleged membership in and ap proval of the Ku Klux Klan and its activities." The petitioners, urging Mayfield's banishment from the senate, connects the "Ku K!ux Klan" with each and every illegal and fraudulent act charged In connection with the pri mary and general elections—K be ing averred that the 'Klan' thus sought to secure the nomination and< election of Mayfleld to further the accomplishment of its real purposes. Republican leaders here are going to the hat good and hard on the May j field petition. They will endeavor to 1 show that It Is as bad as the New berry case. Newberry violated pro-; visions of the Michigan Corrupti Practices act, and Mayfleld the Teas 'law.* Excellent Remedy far Constipation. Tt would be hard to find a bettor re medy for constipation than Chamber lala's Tablets. They are May to taka and bIU and gentle in effect. Give them • trial wfean you Wave Bead SAYS SUGAR PRICES DUE TO TARIFF North Carolina Senator Cim Out Statement on High Price*. Washington, March 211.—Outstand ing devt^pptnents her* today Hi th* sugar situation wcr* th* announce ment by the tariff rnmmluknn, that In compllanc* with instructions from President Harding It* Inquiry Into th* effect of th* new import dutle* on price* would he mora far-reaching than originally waa intended and the prediction by Secretary Hoover that pre*ent price* would rvault in de creased consumption and Increaaed production. When the tariff commiiaion met today it had h 'we it the President'* telegram, sent Tuesday night from St. Augustine, Florida, directing that It establish whether the new tariff waa keeping the retail price of sugar at high level*. The commission which already had Initiated an in vestigation, at the request of Cuban producers to determine whether a reduction in the sugnr dnties was ad visable under flexible provisions of the tariff law, derided at once to in crease the stfipe of It* inquiry. Member* of the commission pre dicted it probably would be si* month* before a comprehensive study of pro duction costs in Cfka, Porto Rica and Hawaii, as well a* the United States, and of local storks and world supplies in variou* dates could be completed and recommendations sub mitted to the President who has au thority to alter the tariff fate*. Mr. Hoover'* prediction was made In a letter to Representative Dalllng er, republican, Massachusetts, who hns asked for information as to the present situation. "Sugar consumption and produc tion." said th* commerce secretary, respond very quickly to price. "It wr.uld be normal to anticipnte that estimated consiimrtlon would de crease as the result of the present over high price." Comrr.»nt on the susnr situation ~amc during the day from Senator >immons, democrat North Carotin*, who led the fijrbt in the r "iate agr.inst administration tariff bill. Basil M Manly, director of the Peoples* legis lative service, who a week nro urged the President to or! r i d ■ artmcnt of justico Irr.i ^tication of alleged price manipulatlot , an<* the Farmer's Nstioeal council. Senator Simmors said, in a state, fnent. that present hiirh prices were due to the preferential duty on Cuh»n sugar. Declaring that President Harding's instruction to the tariff Commission nuvgesta that "he must have considered the tariff as at least a possible cause of the present high Price." Senator Simmons made this assertion: "The preference shown in our tariff to < Cuhan sugar makes our market dependent upon the islands for Its principal suppfy. Our domestic raw beet and cane sugar is now wholly In the hands of our refiners. These re finers also notoriously control the Cu ban supar and speculators who want to corner sugar, only have to comer the Cuban supply. This is because we eannot draw'any of our sugar sup pile* from Europe, because the duty such .sugar would be required to pay keeps it out of competition with Cu han sugar." Mr. Manley said he had told the President in a telegram that his orders to the tariff commission were to be commended, "provided the de partment of justice takes prompt ac tion to stop speculating and punish the conspiracy of profiteers who rig ged the sugar market." A statement from the Farmers' National council contended that "gov ernment control of the sugar crop from producer to consumer, as would be possible under the Norris-Sinclalr marketing bill, creating a govern ment corporation, is essential to the protection of the producer and con sumer. The Pneumonia Month March it a typical pneumonia ttonth anH untidily rive* a hifh rate f ?»"Kallty for th>- di*ea«e. After a lorijr and haH winter, the ivufein ln*et much of it* re*t*t«nce and peo ple trow rareleaa. When erery cold, no matter how flight, i* sriven nn>mpt and intelligent attention . there '» much leea danger of pneumonia. It ■hoold be home in mind that pneumo nia it a (rerm disease and breed* In the throat. Chamberlain'* Couffh Remedy it an expectorant and eleana oat the g*i in ladenrd noci* and not only rare* a cold hut prevent* H re-, rattinc In pneumonia. It k pleasant to take. CMMrm take ft wflltiifty. MUST READJUST LAWYERS' FEES Gov. Morrison Say* Railroad Tax Bill of Lawyer* Must bo Adjusted. Raleigh, March 2».—Thers will h« radical adjustment In fNi to b« paid by the itata to tha attorneys who ra p re sent North Carolina In the re cant railroad tai litigation In tha federal dbtrfrt and United State* Supreme court Governor Morrtaon In timated before ha laft hare thli waak for Charlotte. Oovarnor Morrison declined to comment on tha » mount of tha hill* rendered by the attorney*, and aald to total f70,000 for their service*, but waa frank In the stete ment that adjuatments would he made. "I think I know how lawyer i ought to be paid," «aid the Governor. He may or may not have had In mind hla own fat- of 11.MX) paid him by tha Mate toward the rtoae of the Craig administration »hen he wan employ ed to represent the State in litigation instituted by Cuba to recover on re pudiated Carpet Bag hands of North Carolina. In addition, of course. Gov ernor Morrison received, in part with the late Governor Bickett, then Attor ney General, expense money In con nection with their investigations and the preparation of the case They never got to the Supreme court with the matter for the reason that the ac tion was voluntarily withdrawn. North Carolina has never paid any thing appropriating $70,000 in attor neys fee* in any litigation, and the records show that a 136,000 fee such us Judge W. P. Bvnum of Greensboro, is understood to have anked la with out a parallel while the 115,000 asked by Sidney Alderman, associated with Judge Bynum, la several timei more than tha average young lawyer drenms of pulling down annually daring the early years of his practice. The well authenticated fee of 10,000 each for Thomas D. Warren and for mer Governor Ijocke Craig, while con • idrraKy nearer a reasonable figure lire declared to be unquestionably ex orbitant. "I'm very norry thii matter baeto. he discussed," said the Governor. "I'm »ure that an arrangement can he made satisfactory to the attor neys and the State Of course, they rendered a very fine service. They are able lawyer*, they went up aifi«in*t able lawyer* and beat them Their fee« will be high but I tKink a reasonable adjustment can be made. Neernen Giving G. O. P. Trouble .Northern negroes are up in arms iiml threaten «o bolt the Reppblican party. Certain of their organization* have *ent saucy letter* to Senator* T^>l(re, Curti* and other *enate lead ers, charging them with ifalf-hearted support of the Dyer anti-lynching bill. "We did everything that «n possi ble under the rules in an effort to jam through the anti-lynching bill," said Senator Curti*, "and we only Rave up the fight when we saw it was useless to keep up the struggle, which was blocking the passage of important legislation of non-controversial na nature." Republicans admitted today that the negroes have not a Chinaman's chance of putting through their measure if the rules of the senate are not modi fied. Senator Overman has stoutly re sisted cloture in the senate. During the Democratic administration, when the Republicans were blocking legis lation. he was unwilling to do away with the old speak-aa-long-as-you-can rule of the senate. He said the day would come when the South would need free speech in the august body. If there had been real cloture in the senate the Dyer bill would have been n law by this time. It Is rfmed at the South and is unfair, and absurd in its present form. The bill was in troduced by Representative Dyer, of Missouri, who has a large negro con stituency, and has been opposed by negro leaders at various times. He would saddle this partisan and sec tional law on the South to help for ward his own interest* at home. The Democratic leaders from the South have served notice that no such meas ure will pass so long at they have lungs to debate it. Republican senators are sore be cause of the caustic language of the negroes and their threat to desert the party in the next election.—Wash ington Cor. Charlotte Observer. If you have relatives and friend* who live in or about Mount Airy you need The Mount Airy H«wi in your hone. Mwt Slop M«n CroMMc It It Track Raleigh, March 29.— Wholesale er ect lorj of new railway crossing signs will ba inquired of tha railroad* prior to July 1, tha data oil which tha naw "Stop, Look and L la tan" law, enacted by tha lata general aaaamly, haconai effective. Tha law diracta every mo tor vehicle to atop bafora proceeding over • grada crossing, and it diracta tha railroad* to tract signs "40 by M Inrhe*," painted rad and calling at tention to tha "North Carolina Stop law," thaaa to ba plarrd 100 feet from aach crossing. Maanwhila tha state highway com miaalon la working at top speed to sjiminste aa many gra>la crossing* aa practicable. Hundred* of ciuaalnga al ready have Keen dona away with and many mora will go a* road beda are shifted from one aide of a main line to another or a rroaaing i* ahifted to a cot where a bridge may be eon atructed or to a fill where an under pa*a may ba provided. The "Stop. Look and Listen" law wa* tha result of *evera! bill* In troduced in the general a**mhly aim ed at tha elimination of the many pos aihilitie* of fatal acident* «t rail road croa»ing*. One bill wax intro duced by Senator River* John*on af ter he had witne**ed a fatal acident nee- 'd*horn while coming to Ra leigh to attend the se**ions after a week end viait to hi* home In Duplin county. Hia bill failed to pa** but hi* championihip of the "Stop, Look and Listen" measure proved extra ordinarily effective. Hi* relation of the Coldshoro accident made the sea ate "sit up and take notice," as U were. The new law places cbligation up on both the public and the railroad*. The road* are forced to erect . te new regulation *ign* which will be so plac ed a* to catch the eye of a passing m .tori*t, Thi* requirement will call for the expenditure of thousands of dollars by the railways. The motor ist is required to stop at a distance not exceeding 50 feet from the near est rail at a grade crossing. Failure U 4e ao constitutes a misdemeanor punlsnaMe by a fine of $10 or im prisonment of 10 day« or both. The law *pecfi«* that its provisions shall not justify the allegation of con hutory nejrligence in actions for dnmages sca'nst the railroads as the results of accident t at crossing*. Morrison and Trinltle Will Spe*lc At Pin* Meeting Rocky Mount, Msreh 27.—Both Governor Morrison of North Carolina and Governor Trinkle, of Virginia, will appear upon the program of the annul 1 meeting of the North Carolina Pine association which is to be held in Norfolk. March 2# and 20. it wa* learned from an official of the as sociation here today. The association, which it a non profit trade organization, is made up of 150 timber operations in the six South Atlantic states where the North Carolina type of pine is produced, the holding* of these operations be ing estimated beyond the $100,000 000 mark. Approximately 260 mem her* are expected to attend the Nor folk meeting which will open on the afternoon of March 28 with prelimi nary committee and officer* reports and the discussion of various techni cal and routine business matters. Bull Runs Wild On Baltimore Street* Baltimore, Md., March 31.—Chant ing: through Saturday afternoon crowds, a bull ran wild in the heart of the shopping district, spreading terror among hundreds of women shoppers and pedestrians thia after noon. Many of the women ran screaming for shelter aa the men Joined in the chase. Several blocks away the ani mal was grabbed by the horns by a negro and thrown. This ended a long chase in which automobiles, trucks and hundreds of persona took part. One of the pursuers was George Penkowits, who ran out from a syire hatless and coatleaa, but wearing a white apron, and made a desperate effort to stop the boll Penkowits grabbed the bull by the tail and got such a good grip that he held on for four blocks as the animal charged from ski* to side up the street. At the end of four blocks the ball threw Penkowits against a curb and he loet hi* hold. But Penkowits did not give up the chase. He waa in the lead when the negro threw the aaV mal. The negro sat on the Ml neck and held hias down. 11 SEEKING TO RECOVER 9110,000 IN TAXES Kction Will !• Takm N«mt W«#k by Durham Commis sioners to lUcovtr Rebate Watts Csts Raleigh, Marrh 26.—Baaing thetr iction upon the contention that tha 1110,000 tax rebate riven the Amer can Tobacco rompany ami tha Mf [fit ami Myers Tobacco wmpsny by Revenue rommissioner A D. Watts n August, 1921, was Illegal, tha Board of County CtiMli iinin of Durham county will re-enter tha origi lal assessment against the personal property of these corporations upon the tax hooks of the county and di rect the collection of the full amount if the tax orig nally levied. Legislative approval of the valua tion* originally made cannot be un lone hy any »uh#e«vjent action of tha itate revenue commissioner or by tha ' itate revenue commission, the Dur ham officials win contend, and cHa in support of the contention the de rision of the state Supreme court in the Cnnnon case. In which it was leclared that values flxcyl and ap proved hy the General Assembly can not be altered by any other authority. Hie Cannon petition for a rebate was lenied and was later taken to the •ourta. Contemplated action by the Dur lam commissioners will be taken lext Monday, it Is understood hare. Several weeks sgo attorneys were re al ned to Investigate the matter fully, 'umpter C. Brawley. of Durham, and lames S. Griffin, of Raleirh. repra tent the county, and have prepared i hrief recommending that the origt lal value* be re-entered on the tax >ooks and that the sheriff be directed o proceed with the collection of tha 'ull amount of the tax levied ir. 1920. The two tohacco companies wfTl irohably resist the collection of the axes through the court*, which will nean the re-opening of the bittersat 'ight that was made against the a4 n in 1st ration of the state twrW sy» omtem by the reeont commissioner, D. Wstts. The circumstances In be Cannon case, which has already wen decided by the court*. and the ir^bsMe actions to be bmucrht by tha obacco companies are almost par iHel. Attorney* for the county have »»tio Honht *« to the out-v>me. 500 Cases Whisky Found By Officers Lexington, Ky„ Msrrh 27.—Fivs hundred of bonded whisky and mportod wine were fcizeH at the pa rtial home of Mr«. M M. Dowling n I.swrrm-ebur;*, Anderson county, >y Prohibition Director Sam Collin* »nd a force of agents late taut nisrht, it was announced today at prohibition headquarters here. Mr*. Dowling. who has been the > active head of the Dowling distillery interests for the past 20 years, her daughter. Miss Ida Dowling and two