AT OUTS WITH KU KLUX
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Ctty, lift 7.—The
■Ma. * Ok
«hk martial tow today by Governor
J. 0. Walton, coincident wHh • chal
Imn thrown to btai that ha
of tha Kb Klax kton to Oklshsma."
by tha nantWf to,
by Walton'* itaaira to
• national figure," K,
rrand dragon of tha
ef tha kton.
wan that ton haan whipped; Ma
Tight I* an tha kton."
Voicing hto unshsken <ie termination
tew to this state," tha governor said:
realtoa that tha conflict with tha
lawtoas iliiait and towtoaa spirit of
largo groups of Oklahoma'* citizens la
a hipirili ana; that my animias will
including tha press what* thay can
It, grand Juries and
to dafaat this
In blttor attack on tha
Jawatt etorpd "Walton entered tha
kitchen of tha kton. hot ha never gat
any farthar, and that la ona of tha
principal eauaas of his fight en tha
kton." Jawatt alleged that Walton
had haan "obligated" In tha kton at
tha capital tort addad. "that tha Ok
lahoma City organisation njwtod
Mm*
Answering allegations from tha
governor'* office that only the kton
' floggings. Jewett declared that
tha kton repudiated tha tow "weak
lings" of Ha mambarahip who had
become involved in masked violence.
In line with Governor Walton's ad
vice to clti/er- irm ail to "shoot
to kill" wteo attacked by mobs, state
police commissions ware iesoed today
to several Command* county farmers
according to Aldrich Blake, the gover
nor's counselor.
"Persons who have been threaten
ed by mob violence will be given com
mission* to protect themselves." said
Blake.
A full pardon to any person con
victed for shooting members of mob*
has been promised by Governor Wal
ton. '
Tkra* Hotels ■ Yokohama
HurWd Over a Cliff
?«klnf, Sept. T.—"Hiree hotels in the
Bhjff residence iiitrlrt of Yokohama
WW hurled over a cliff by (he first
tremendoux earthquake shock there,
and their occupant* daubed to death,
■Willi dllit to an eye-witnees of what
was perhsps the moat terrible single
incident of the quake disaster.
Only a few pitifully injured sur
vivors crawled frota the ruins, the
witnaSe, Robert 0. Mathewaoa, eor
ronpondent of the phieago Tribune
said upon arrival at Kobe. A ma
jority of the residents of the Bluff
district perished.
The Orients! palace hotel wa* al
most swallowed up by the quake* It
disappeared into a treat rent that
opened suddenly in the healing earth
until only the top utory and a half
remained visible above the (round.
That cauirht fire. Casuslties here
were terrible.
Frantic calls for help went unan
sweied as the frequent shocks and
fires drove away would be ickcuers.
The French orphanage at Yoko
hama housed Id sisters and 100 chil
dren, according to Mathewson. It went
down, • heap of ruins. These wen
no aurvlvors.
of Ma public
•rill be slaw to
and hmmmkM preatige It ImM in the
Confronted by mi unparalleled pro
party laaa and facing potential
age »«n greater in the crippling of
Industries, tha land n* the Mikado
will ba clow in making iu "coma
back." Capt. !UlhiSary >aid.
"I believs tha destruction manl
faat in Yokohama and Tokto haa
baan parallalad nowherr," ha aaM.
cemplrts laaa of bar put Ik bi ildinga, I
with tha distrWloTi of ad govern-)
mailt racorda, which can never ba ra
ptoaed. Tha balk of tha financial |
loan will be found to haVfl
r a* toned by the deetrvction of thaj
in that city and Yokohama.
Tha greater portions of both Tok
to and Yokohama ware built of lightly
conatnieted building* of bamboo, t'.r
moat hare burned like tinder, trapp
ing thousand* of tha occupant* like
"There are only three or foar main |
n.ads leading out of Tokio—nar
row, twiating troroughfarea, lined I
with blind alleya and lanaa leading
trampled to daath. It la hard to find
one'* way throught a Japanese street
•ren in normal ttmea, and theae little
alleya muat hare bean veritable death
•rape Saturday.
"Pittun t.BOO.OM crazed paraona
fighting aa they aaaght to flea from
Icath. Japan haa had many small
laltNaake. during the laet .core of
vean, and while the damage haa never
been great, tha pyple wore always
expecting Juat such a calamity aa
overtook them Saturday. Tokio and
Yokohama are both built upon a huge
geological vault and thoae cities knew
they would be viatted by diaaator
"But with true Oriental fatalism,
the people did nothing about H—Juat
waited patiently for it to come I
have heard numerous prediction* of
<uch a diaaator."
Japan B—dtag All Eatrn to
Big Task
Tokio. Sept. 7.—The wedding of
-Prince Regent U:nhi and 1 nm»ss
Nagoko, which «u to have token
place in Novem er, <n«iv be postponed
indefinitely m i result of the eaath
quake and it* net oirpanying mi*f< r
tunes, it ha* been learned.
The projected naval maneuver* have
been cancelled. The combined Japan
ese fleet led by the flagship Nagato
arrived at Yokohama today and the
first, second and third fleet* are
speeding toward that city.
The lo**ea of Tokio hanks have been
«urpriaingly small. The hanks are
making payments of leas than 100
! yen hut reserving the right to a mora
torium of 10 day* on all demands of
more than 100 yen.
Treasury Minister Inotye has re
ported that his mansion has been!
raided and that his wife is mi**ing.
There is an unverified rumor that un
easiness is felt at the Funahashi wire
less station and tha* protect on for
the state has been asked. *
Under martial law which nwrntly
was proclaimed, nebobdy is.pctmitted
to be abroad after 9 o'clock at night
unless on official «tu»y. Nobody is
permitted to enter Tekio after sun
wet fotachmsnte of engineer*, in
fantry »nd medical cu-p* of various
army divisions are p*occ -ding to Tok
io.
* Tha cabinet has 4ec<ded on spaedy
relief m"» iare* for fare'gn resident*.
Police have collected Koreans in
one place *nd are a**. J«r -hem
Banks :i»vr ri opened und i tirmv pro
tection. The mansions of tha rich
have been opened to refugees as have
the court* and homes of royalty.
Milk is extremely scare in Tokio.
Babies, invalids and tha injmsd aie
suffering. The army is commandeer
ing milk and powdered milk from the
neighborhood aboot lUri*.
!■ Tokio til grammar school*
burned and there are no peoapaeto of
their being replaced. The authorities
say Y ok shorn* ia a city at ashea, vtr
*2* tL ST* rtkSlmlTto
estimated at to 4MM.
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CantaVirnia Far Optus Seat 25
MANY ItffWVMWTS BOW MADE—BEST RAO
IRMX M STATE—BIG MK WORKS MSPUY
Plenty Parking Space For Cars Has Been
Provided Free of Charge—Grand Stand
Seating Two Thousand—More and Better
Free Acts—Aeroplane Stunts Daily
Fair tine Hipt. 2ft to 2tth in
cluahrs. Ita almost have. Secretary
Mnvtlle mys to t» ready for the War
Event. Spac< iorh.An tNa* w# detail
the many improvemonis mat® A
beautiful Cyclone wire fence has been
built alone the front. New * mi con
venient ticket office. Commercial
building painted. Another large
Grand Stand and an addition to the
old one giving a Matin* capacity of
about two thousand. New Race track.
This waa built back against Lovill's
Creak in order to make more room.
The now track is fifty feat wide
when the old one waa thirty-two.
Building a new track called for the
moving of the old Grand Stand.
Thia making more room at the foot
of the hill. The Midway will now ha
at the foot of the hill and the aid Mid
way apace wilt he need oa which to
park cars.
PARKING CARS
Mr. Llnville ia very anxious for the
public to know that tlu fair ku nmt
charged mi admiaaion on a ear or
for parking space. Then too, thm
will bo numbcrc of am in chare* of
the parking and the can will be to
parked that you ean gat than oat
whaiiatOr waAted. Dant ba foolad
by someone on a vacant lot whea they
tell you that it eoata 78c to park your
car. It casta you nothing in the fair
groundi and we want you to park It ia
thera. The grounda have been re
wired and there will be ample light,
ing farilitiea in the fair ground, aa
you can see bow to gat your ear out
the darkest night. The Pair Grounda
will look almost like a "WHITE
WAY."
GQOD TIME
The best cattle in the world can
(afeAMa4aJ j^4A1a m
Oil ly urlW iHfiP® i»l v® Vw*^ %
Um prize ftrdrn product of "he uni
v«rM car. only drrr th •• interested
in garden product; the beat hone net
in the world can only draw 'how in
tereated in • horn* race; the beat fir*
work* diaplay in the world can only
draw throw interested m a fire work*
<li!-play, bat. "a rood time" may draw
everybody. Let's ire to the fair and
hare a rood time. Let It he that
"rood time", that la a roo<^ pwral all
around time.
RACES
More stables have been prepared
for the Homes. The entriea have
seventy-seven home*. The most
homes that have ever been to Mount
Airy at one fair. They are coming
from fourteen states and the Domin
on of Canada.
FREE ACTS
Miaa Jeaae La Prance an expert
tirht-wire artist haa been enraited for
the entire fair.
P. A. Boone of the Broadway
Theatre will do rypinr and chain
roping stunts, which mcaaure up to
tha beat you could find In the old
J 01 ranch ahow.
Winifred Gflbraine Dmncinr Sex
tette, consisting of five |irb and on*
gentleman will (iv* two aeparate acta
each afternoon and night. Pancy
dancing, Old Paahtonad Polka, Ballet,
Military Drill*. Pony Trot Ballet To*
Dancing and Chineae Bag.
The 8*naation of the Century. "TV.
Lonra," The Mar. ap the Steel Pol*
Seventy-five Pe*t High. IV extreme
lenrth and alendernea* of the pole
caua*a It to away hock and forth un
til It awwi ready. v> anap in two.
Tapering two IwrSe* at the Mp—al
most whiplike in it* limbo. n«u, and
a* he p*rfo-«> far above th* heads
of th-- apart jto *s the p..> swur* and
bend* like • ta 1 aapl.rg "hHlxl ny
tha wind*." While at the top of th*
the p*t*. he doaa i»*ns*»aa faati In
acrobatic ww* and balancing
FIRE WORKS
*d
Company, who hsr» Dm nystatlM of
putting out the boot program mM.
Th#y an furnishing fireworks for
about one-half of all tha fain fa tha
■Sou thorn States this yaar. They
guarantee tha profrmai to double any
thing arar aaan at tha Carol ins-Vir
gin la Pair in tha paat. They art send
ing an export to fire the fir# works,
which hare irrlrtd.
BAND MUSIC
Victor'* Fameuo Concert Band has
been engaged. Quoting from tha
Philadelphia Public Ledger better de
ne ribee it which says: "Concert* giren
at Washington Park by Victor and Ma
Concert Band are creating a furore
among the music lovere of this city
and are breaking the record for at
tendance at that public fsaort. The
playing of thie hand is of tha high—t
Haas and it is conceded to bo the beat
and real concert organisation that
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MIDWAY
Fnnk WmU Show* have bt«n con
tracted for the fair. Thla is bayond
question the cleanest and asoat at
tractive carnival that will have aw
visited Mount Airy. There la iwtUaf
with the show to which you cannot
take your daughter or wife. They
have fire rides consisting of a Merrv
fio-Round, Ferris Wheel, Aero Plana,
Whip and Caterpillar. The latter be
ing one of the latest rides on the
market and one which has never been
seen in Mt. Airy. Twelve rood whole
some attractive shows im-lading a So
ciety Horse Circus.
AEROPLANE
An aeroplane has been engaged to
be on the grounds daily during the
fair for the purpose of exhibition and
carrying passengers.
EXHIBITS
The agricultural exhibits bid fair
to be larger and better than ever be
fore. The call* for prenqlum liata
have been numerous and a great many
people have expressed themselves a*
going to make exhibits who never
have in the past.
Barnard Allen has given his assu
rance that he will bring an excellent
cattle exhibit from across the moun
tain. He says he ia going to excel!
Jersey* which were recently shippe-ll
into Surry county.
THE UVE AT HOME EXHIBIT =s |
attracting much attention. Numbers |
have notified Mr. Linville to prepare j
a table for them on which to make
their exhibit.
Bill Beamer ia talking poultry and
says that he is going to have more
good chickens this year than ever be
fore.
The Bench ahow is drawing much
attention, The lover of the canine
will have an opportunity to ahow what
kind of a dog he has been boasting
about. Martin Bennett has charge of
the Bench Show and he is talking docs
and he knows them from the time he
owned his car pap.
COMMERCIAL EXHIBITS
D. E. Nelson is making great pre
parations for a mamouth machinery
exhibit. There will net bo a fair in
the State that will snrpaaa the ma
chinery exhibit. Htere will net be a
chinery exhibit.
Among those who expect to have
commercial booths advertising their
boainese ate: W. E. Merritt Co., Mel
ton Grocery Co., darter-Walker Eur.
Co., Holeomb A Midkiff, J. D. Thomp
son, Cheek-Neal Oeffee Co., and oth
er*. 1
A Mr it an event It weald be a
waste «T space to enwnerete Ha bene
ficial proportions; anyone that knows
anything at si at sat fairs fcnewi to
what extent they go ia bringing to
gether and interning tSnir people.
In brief, the fair, ia the yearly ex
hibit of thr cemitij! rnssaihli.
«w of the Prialdiat. rnkflillb
-atate of f 100.000 hi »ii iiwiw>
b»nfc Mm Mat half of the hulldtag
by the Marion Mar, tho
•II parmaal prBj-*riy coa
laM there, with Um reqaaat that
Mm. Harding gi»e to each of the
tkfM um of Dr. Ooorgo T. Hardii
Jr.. brother of tho Preeldent, a finger
Dr. Oaorge T. Harding, fathor of
tho FraoMont, wa. loft a ltfa
of MM«> hi gannwawt bomb
tho Imw whora ha bow imUm. At
Dr. HaHhig'a death tha hnan la to i»
rart la Dr. Harding'* aan and
Tha Preetdent
that "no part of
tiptwM for a
a aha pie marker at
Tha will, a ahort
covering two and ona half
mall parchment, waa riaratad
Waahmgton. J ana 90. IMS, aad waa
witmaaad by George B. Chi iattaa, Jr.,
n u — *>- - , , -a a —i — V
IrCalOwnv I vDIhM 16a
Hard, an oM friaad of tha Proa Want
and a former employe at tha WMto
Homo tinder Mr. Harding, |nd At
torney General Deagherty.
Dougherty jnat before Mr. Harding
left for hia Alaakan trip.
No vahie of the eatata can be eatl
matad until tha will la admitted to
oiobato and appraiaera named.
Much of Mr. Harding** wraith la
underatood to ha In atoeka and honda.
tha ralae of wfcteh la awiniawu antfl
the appraiaer* make their nport
The Preaident alao loft Mra. Hard
ing "dhridenda that aeerae from and
*ie paid on my entire atock-holdinga
in the Harding pohtiahlng company "
Mr. Harding directed that it be left
to Mra. Harding'a judgment "the ha.
utowal of rift*, aorenira. meaientoe*
and all other artictee of value to any
•ociety, organization or peraon ahe
may aee fit."
The two grandchildren of lira.
(larding by a fomtr Mrrlift, Jean
de Wolf# and G«orf» de Wolfe. are
left tZ.OM each under the will.
To Ilia throe nephew* and one niece,
children of the late Prt*ident'» broth
er, Dr. George T. Harding, Jr.. the
President left 910.000 each.
Three old employe* of the Marlon
Star, the new* pa per formerly owned
by Mr. Harding are left a *mall gift
"a* a mark of appreciation of the
faithful service rendered." George H.
Van fleet, managing editor wa* given
12,000; Henry C. Schaffner, treaaurer,
$1,000, and Jame* C. Wood*, circu
lation marager, $1,000.
The Trirlty Baptist church, of
which Mr. Harding wa* a truatee, was
left $2.QP0, and St. Paul'* Episcopal
church, whi h stand* next door to
'he Star office, waa given $1,000.
The *um of $25,000 was left to the
Marion park cm»mi**ion, "to be ap
plied In the creation of —>me perma
nent improvement to be determined
by the commiaaion and to be erected
in any one of the three park* In
•arte*."
AlMhe residue of the estate is left
o Mr. Harding's three listen, Mr*.
Carolyn Votaw. of Waahington; Mrs.
Charity M. Remsberg, of St. Anne,
Calif., and Mias Abigail Harding, of
Marion, and to his brother, Dr George
T. Harding, Jr., of Colombo*, "abate
and aha re alike," and "in the event
that my aistors or brother should not
Mirvlr* me, bat ihoald lean children,
ueh child or ehildns their parents'
share."
lt ia understood that Mrs. Harding
experts to return to Washington
within the nest few day* and not re
main Asm until the wfll ia admitted
•g probate and the appraisers iaok*
Wilson TikiM Arsrai* ia
msr
Wilson, Sept. 7.—The following an
the offteal figures of tohaser. aaloa
on (no Wilson mi.-k«-t for the week
ending geptaoaher tth. furnished by
H. B. Jihmnn, soperrisor of salea:
2,024,0M poonds. soU for 9MM14JT.
and avenge of itt* per IwwftM.
VW the two weeks sines the market
epooad M»U« peoMs sold far
iAFvm aSS^HSkh ull
penalty Tha Aa
ported to hare
Muff to tk»
open the «arth and exhuming tha M>
iaa of many of thoaa interred 1
TV atortea of tha
narrated by aya
wene* riralllng in 1
rapraaantatkmii of tha '
Buatoeae man war* about to
their offtcea te Yokohama at tha <
of Saturday morning** work,
without warning and with a
riooa roar, tha i
or flaa feat and than
again. Houaea on tha bhrff \
Fipated haadlong into tha city. Tha
Cround rocked. brand and
lika tha waeea of tha aaa.
fleeing from tha falling
found thair way blaahad by haga gap
ping bolaa, aome of thorn large i
to admit a "
Pari] waa addad by tha i
fn m tha \
r* "rywhara; thia, with ftra bloched
all tha ax Ha from tha city. Htmdrada
•ought te aaaapa from a fiery death
by niahing toward tha moto macki
'anal, while soma, who mdrtrond to
taken by blading oil, which
from the exploded tanka, and mat tor
rible death. Still other*, panic atr-ck
im. flung themaelvea into tte water
and met an equally dreadful fate. Tha
anal wa« noon chocked With flnatiag
bodice.
Peoplr leaped In n the aea in thair
frrnty te escape tht iWo«» of rad
hot cinder* from the nlaxinc ruina.
Farmers Lom 12 Cmmta mm
Wheat Cytm«»1.23 Par
Washington. Sept. 7.—Report* roa
piled bjr the dtpirtmtnt of l(rM
turr from 4000 fanners in all part*
of the country show an arani* pro
duction cost in 1922 for whsat of
$1.23 a bushel; far corn, M cants, sad
for oats, 53 cents. Against these fig
ires the average sale price realised
n the crop was $1.11 a hushel #er ,
wheat, 71 rents for corn and 4S cents
'or oats.
"The cost figures." the dt> laiUasat
said. "include charges for the Isboe
the oparator and his family and fsr
use of •h > Urd."
Killed in a Shot-Gun Trap
While Robbing a Store
Gastonia, Sept. 5.—Herman Falls,
of Kings Mountain, died in the hospi
tal today ss the result of a robbery
of S. L. Riser's piwnl store in the
Sunnyside section of Chetryrille
township, 10 miles from here, last
night, when the man in mnortat
goods from the store, walked into a
shotgun trap and received a land of
shot in Ma skis.
Three men with a Ford touring
car, one of them being Falls, staged
the robbery at the Kiaer store tills *
morning about S o'clock. Palls was
removing shoes from the shrives. Af
ter he had taken IS pain he nln
ad Jgr another armfal ria an epan
wMhnr. As he leathsd far the other
Owe* en the store ihstsw ha waM
into • string tM across the teeatot. -
The stiingi was )mM and the Mf
eer of the shotgun pulled discharging*
the land.
At the aound of the gun. (he Ml
rar left, Fslla, taring Mood rapldU