1M©
Idd Robert B. Lee sftth a large ■*
of ■— hsrs and imril vis
•fUr being
fey Mmh« Robert H. Woods, of the
local offiee of the Southern Public
tJMWtiee Company, spoke first hi a
*rj entertaining way of the varfcrty
«T uaea of stoctrlcity, remarking that
tl electro-chemistry and other relet
the possibilities of electricity
been touched. He
«f tta application to general
referring to the X-Ray and the radio.
Mr. Lucas aald the extent of the
I no. Sevan and a
half billion dollars are Invested and
tor* million individuals own stock
-securities. There srs
UjMO.OOO customers. Slaty par
*f the people In this country live to
electrically lighted homes. Tha an
me of the Industry is
■ l.slf bin ion dollars, ths lowest
of income to investment in any
Industry.
| HJM
is
Hi number of alec tries) custom
en has Increased five and • half mil
Iha hi the pant three years, (wjr
day 0,000 new (Wtrlfiil customers are ;
■Med. The hirh productivity of the
Aaierlraa work In* man wa* attribut
ed In part to the use of electricity.
Seventy-two per cent of the indus
triea in thii country uae electric pow
er. Comment wai -made on the fact
that the wage scale in the United
States was double that in England,
which surpasses all other countries in
that respect with the exception of
Aaerica.
Mr. Lucas spoke of the Idol's pow
er plant, on the Yadkin river, as one
ef the first three in the world In
wteieh the power was to he used at a
considerable distance from the point
. e(- feneration. He referred to the
^ - detent of the business ef the South
era Power Company, which has
TOO miles of line covering the Pied.,
atont section of the Carolines. He re
ferred to the Southern Power Ceai
pany engineers as the pioneers In the
Muee transmission of electricity
aad at high voltage.
The generating capacity of the hy-;
dre electric plants of the Southern
Pewei system at the present time is
Mi,000 horsepower, while one addi
tional plant with a generating cape-1
ettjr af 00,000 horse-power Is under
i—sti action In addition to the hy
: tm ■loctrlr plants there are five
«H»ai-eleetrfc plants with a total gen
erator capacity of 140,000 herse
Ifnr. Work has Just been started
■■d is being pushed on an additional
steam-electric plant with the oape
etty af 100,000 horsepower, this plsnt
Mag located just outside of Sella
In 110ft It cotton mOU «Hk i to
tal of 150,800 spindle* w»i» driven
wsry «WiH>nl| mt tW of IW
late Imii E Mh with reference to
the alactfic power biduetry to this
sectkm, both in Its economic and ■*
rial aaperta. Ho read M attract from
Mr. Duke's atateaieat to creatine the
Duko Foundation to which ha a sprees
ad the daaba that tha money toM
from tha Seather* Powar Cuipaay
enterpriser ha deroted to tha work of
davalopmaat to tha Carolinaa a loaf
educational and aactol Itoaa. Ta t'.iat
and tha profits derived froai tha
Southern Powar roaipany antarpHaaa
ara being divartad to tha naaa of tha
Doha Endowment. In apeahtog of
thie phaaa of tha awtter Mr. Lam
quoted tha followtnff froai Mr. Dufce's
statement:
"My ambition la that tha rerenuaa
of such developments ■hall minister
to tha aortal waifara, as tha operation
of such davalnpannta la ministering
to tha econoak waifara, of tha com
munities in which thay serve."
Mr. I-ucaa' praaantation of tha vit
ally Important subject assigned him
at tha Keating today waa greatly ap
preciated by mambani of tha club and
viaitora, who auuilfaatad daap interest
in hia discussion of tha various phaaaa
o' tha electrical industry.
KANSANS KEPT BUSY .
FILLING RABBIT ORDERS
Carlo** of Thorn Bob* Skip,
pod to Now York and Chica
go—Bring 40 Coals Each
Hutchinson, Km.. Jan. IS.—Car
loads of rabbit meat are bains ship
ped Ea«t from Hutchinaon and fl«e
where in thin district. Local buyer*
are shipping in the rabbits by express
lota and loading out cars by express
for the New York and Chicago mar
kets. One buyer estimated that no
lesa than 100,000 rabbits will go to
the markets from this locality this
winter.
The Relief Committee looking after
provisions for families of striking coal
miners In Pennsylvania have shipped
large numbers of rabbits from her*
to the anthracite district for naedy
families
A drive in Finney County on New
Year's Day resulted in the killing of
several thousand rabbits. More than
1,000 were killed in a roundup near
liberal, and several hundred fall in
a hunt in Stafford Comity.
One concern at Larited shipped five
ears of rabbits to N«w York, 21.000
in alt. The rabbits ring cents each
lsid down in New York City, and are
bought locally at It cents each. The
freight, however amounta to f 1,000
on each car.
Co op» May Start Suits
Against Two mt Tbair
Official*
Kaieigb, Jan. 14.—Bait* ifiinit T.
C. Watkina and K. B. Pattcraon, offl
riala of tha Tobacco G rowan Coop
erative Aaaociatkm, to racovsr tha
4100,090 made by than i| ' mas of
thair 148,000 salaries, prJf \pd
to have baen taken for Nke
tobacco of members In the \
wHl most likely rt »uK from I M
mgton conference of the co-ov
this waak.
These luita will be brought, if re
covery is thua soug-ht. on advise of
A area Sapiro, of Califaraia. Dr.
Claranee Poe, editor of the Progria
evenbig on his return from Wubiai
toa. Tha editor ei this pal farm
paper diacuaaed tha im|i>Mal ia
thia oaaa, diacloaurea mads by tin
that report that tha rjiillW and
Watklas huge ♦profits were fouad.
Apropos of their conduct, Dr. Paa
telle how he fought this i«*oe oat a
year ago and set hbaaelf everlaeting
ly against ths conduct of Maaara.
Wat kins and Pattaraon. bat ia that
attach he encmttand Oliver J. flaads
who stood back the allajiJ profiteer
ing aaoperatiaea.
LOVt AND POLITICS CAUM
FATAL DUEL
_ %
mmmmm— *
Mm mum »mii ud rtealry ta paM
tlaa are hM to to it tto bottoai of
Mm M to Mm toft totMaan Dr. C.
V. Burnett, Mart MM phyaiclaa. »d
WiIUm Bay, ili|M Mii>i<ir «f «to
Carolina Maaaflni, at Itohea Laurel
Madia ea County M which tto phfret
ctan mm »lata and Mb atoagnalat ao
toitlr wounded to Ml* mm ilnpiBil
a#.
Mountain folk ara awaitin* with to
la root tto trial of Kay, who mm taken
deaparately woimM, to a Greenville
(Tana.) koapital. around which heavy
gaarda war* piared to pravaat hia raa
M by frienda m ha alowty leuuw
hia etraagth. No data for tto trial
haa toon aet, hot K will tato rtoca Jut
M aaaa aa Kay la found ahla to under
go tto ordeal.
Reporta of tto dM< raarhini km
deacribe a aowa which rwsalla tto
daya of faudaliaai. Thai* wart two
eyewHneaaea. Thalr daacrlptioa of
tto dual pictnraa Kay m ataggarlag
to hia faat aftar having baaa at rue it
down by ttolbullata from tba phyai
cian'a revolver, and Dr. Burnett,
■landing with toad up and apparent
ly tha victor, only ta topple over tto
Mxt Inatant daad froai tto aingta bul
lat froai a revolver la tto haada of
H.v
Acrondni to X0111 wd
Moody Shelton, the wBn»sses, who
«m piiniifi in lajr'i ear, the
latter** neklM pmii up the moun
tain highway, met Dr. Burnett, went
heyood Mai, and then returned, the
Burnett car having In the meantime
■topped. Ray fc then *aid to have
walked up to Dr. Burnett and engag
ed him la conversation regarding •
quarrel between the two In a moan
tain cabin the night before.
Bay la aald to have remarked to
the doctor, "You bad your crowd with
you laat night but we are an even
terra* today," and then began firing.
Three shots were fired at the phyei
clan before the latter could get hie re
volver Into action. Dr. Burnett'i
f i r»t ahot * truck, also hi* eecond and
his third eent Ray reeling toward hi*
automobile, into which he wa* helped,
only to stagger to hi* feet and fire
a tingle ahot, the one which took the
life of the physician.
Ju*t before firing the final *hi>t
Ray te naM to have cried, "You have
flnlahed me." and then u*ing what la
described a* almost auperhuman
strength, he raised up in his seat,
turned bis revolver toward Burnett,
«nd fired again. l>p to that time Dr.
Burnett bad been untouched. After
the shot he stood for a moment, fac
ing his antagonist, with bis lowered
revolver in his hand, and then, fell
'orward. He was dead whan asafit
tance reached him.
Ray Called Aggreaaar
Ray is said te have been the ag
greaaor throughout. Dr. Burnett is
->id te ha«t adapted a conciliatory at
titude and to have indsavond to
aasooth over the troabla. Moody
8 he Hon knocked tip the muaale of
Ray's gun aa he fired the first shot.
The bullet want wild and Ray and
one of the boys scuffled over peasss
lion of the weapon. Ray then
wrenched free and retained to his*at
titude of combat.
Dr. Burnett had by that time
his owa revolver, and the tw<
pared apart and began the sh
After the duel Ray drove to his
from where ha was taken te the
White Rock Hospital, and later to a
hospital in Greenville. Tenn., where
he has been waging another daepar
ate battle for hi* life. Ray has been
ordered held without bond on a
charge of marde*. *
Ke porta that the qutml started
•var • woman at • party at the h«n!
of "Ow" Shetton the night bafara
lha (hooting have haan verified, hot
tha mum of tha girl could not be aa
certataed. h «u • qBarrel ovet a
woatan luuaad Kay that lad to tha
<Nlk at a man mm4 Nn at tha
hail* of Burnett in ltM. according
to raporta of Madison County ritiaena
who attended the trial, when Burnett
waa acquitted, having proved it «M
•elf defewae.
Darter A Me Skat
Or. Burnett waa known Hi mown
tains aa a dangerooa as an with a gun.
Kay ia alao taswi aa a sseontaln
character of tha feudist type. Ha ai
aa ia facing a charge ia the United
Btataa Court at Ashavflla. He aarrad
•I'm to that on tte lMt and IMS «rapa
wbtW tha bibIiih af Um Ttbmi
Growar1* Ca opwillw AmmMm
wm paying «. R Fatten** |MJN
• rw aad T. C Watklaa |1MN a
1raw to took after Um ■■■tin' te
al profit* m ndijlag tha ■■■h»r»
tobacco aa follows:
1922 crop IMS crop
Watkim $1«,0S1.M HMMJI
Patteraon 16.M1 49 IS.5M.M
"Thar* la do uaa puaay footing about
• altuatlon Mm tbl« la oar opinion
■1Mb actio* will narar be •xruaad by
tba tobacco fariaor* af North Caro
lina. South Carolina and Virginia, ami
ourbt not to ha. . Bran If Um pb.n of
Mtaot. Watkte* and Patteraon had
haan proparly put bofor* tha board of
director* thay would not avan than
hava haan juatifiad to chare In* Um
aaaociaUoa $1.78 par bondrad far
work eoattng $1.06. It ia all right to
•ay that tha fadaral trad* cm— l«alur
on tha whola baa made a bla»ad aad
unfair rapart aad wa think it haa; w»
think it haa gona unjoatifiably far la
axcuaing tha big tabaaco coaipanlaa
and tha rkioui tactic* of warahouaa
intaraata. But 'it ia wall to Imth
•van <Ma aa aaaatjr.* aad ao quanti
ty of abuaa of tha lateral trad* com
miaaiea 1* going to axpiain or aseuaa
tha dlatraaaing aad dapraaalag facta
thua farratod oat about ratef>»—l>»
111—I
"It was bad enough (or the sseocia
tion to be stabbed by Ita open ene
mies; bat In this caaa it baa boas stab
bed In tba house of tta friends, ami
tba caaa of tba Edwiondnon Tobacco
company will hurt tba co-operative
marketing of tobacco a thousand
times mora than aH tha warehouse
men in Wilson or Danville could have
dona. If the friends of cooperative
marketing refuse to recognise this
"lain fact and Instead try to defend
Meaars. Walk in* and Patterson, to
make 1100,000 profits in a single year,
in addition to their combined salaries
aggregating $48,000 which they are
receiving for supposedly protecting
the farmers' interest from all sxtor
lion or unfair charges.
"Wc want to see the cooperative
marketing of tobacco In North Caro
lina, South Carolina, and Virginia
made a great success. We want to
see a renewal sign-up which will
reach the 05 per cent which growers
in various belts desire. And it is be
cause we wish to see this result that
we repeat that right now definite pro
vision should be made m the new mar
keting contracts which will perma
nently enforce and insure the new
policy wisely adopted by the Tobacco
Growers' Co-operative Marketing As
sociation directors last year—namely,
that no director or official shall here
after redry tobacco for the associa
tion. Wa are eqaaily confident that
the continued employment of officials
who have lost the confidence of the
membership will seriously retard if
not fatally endanger a sign-up which
needs to be made ks easy as It Is
humanly possible to make it rather
than overloaded with further diffi
caMaa.
»IUH| WW WW WMT. 1 fir
ph of cooperative market -
—sero to only • question of
That cooperative marketing is
the soundest system for seDhf farm
crops to now admitted by practically
all authorities. Its vractiee-bilttjr is
no longer a matter of question. The
are
Russian Jewels Dazslinf Thou
sands in $250,000^)00 Display
rmmUimmrnwrn.
T— —- Vi
of tMRW by th* gorfct
which ku plac«d it m MAMni at
the Soviet Trad* Union ho«M. in
; furnily th* Club of th*
Th* r*gal collection UpmwiU th*
ktsiM treasure of ton different
Russian r^ral families, ud Include*
cmnu, aceptr**, coronet*, emblem*,
tiara*, diadem*. necklace*, bracelets,
ring* and (MM of away otiaor kind*.
Th* public 1* charged an *dml**V»a
foo of 91. but momhor* of th* Trail
Unions and CoawwM organisation*
pay only 15 rant*.
Th* collection ha* proved a strong
ilrawing card to th* worker* and p*a«
ants, who manifest th* (t*«pa*t woa
d*r and admiration aa they stand
•pvdbnund before the malid giaaa
Extraordinary precaution* art tak
en against theft. Arased soldiers arc
stationed throughout the building.
TW objact of grsataet cmrioslty
among tha gem* la tha hug* Imperial
Crown of All tha Rusalas, a mifnlfl
cent dome-like patriarchal mitre, con
taining mora than 4,000 carat* of dia
mond* of tha flrat water and carrying
»n it* *uremit a croe* of diamond* and
rubies of esquisite beauty, tha whole
valued at W2.000.0iK).
Next In In threat comes tha coronet1
worn by tha murdered Empress Alex
andra, perhaps tha moat beautiful j
ma** of diamond* ever brought' to
ther Hi a single ornament.
nother object of great attention I*
the famou* Imperial Sceptre of Pow-'<
rr uaed by the laat Tear, which in sur
mounted by the world-famed Orloff
diamond, a* l*rgr aa a bisected egg
*nd containing 189 carat*. Tht* slen
der, graceful emblem is valued by the
Bolshevist# at *90.000,000
The "Emblem of the Imperial
Realm," a "lobular object of gold
surmounted by a croaa of diamonds,
sapphires and rubies and valued at!
S24.800.000, comes nest in interest.'
Among the single unmounted gems,
the so-called "Shah" diamond, of ^
righty-nine . *rata and appraised by
the Soviet authorities at 114,500,000,'
ia probably the moat striking.
It is a unique memorial of the re
spect entertained for Imperial Rua
sia by her Mohammedan neighbor*
in the day* before the Bolshevists i
took power, the great stone being a"j
gift to the Emperor of Russia by the |
Shah of Persia.
The regal costume* which clothed J
the central figure of the magnificent
imperial court of the laat of the Ro
manoffs are being uaed in the produc
tion of motion pictures under the di
rection of the Boviet State.
Hie imperial robes of Nicholdk II
and many other rich articles of Ma
wardrobe form a part of the "prop
erties" uaed in "The Ninth of Janu
ary," an anti-moaarchlet film which
takes Its name from the date hi IBM
on which the revolution of that year
DfMVMNl.
later* !• not quite ctaw, tot (Mr rat
her h»« had * aethack to thffSO *WB
Ing* 4 1-4 pniM per pound hm. TMs
to thro* pence down oa the week aad
< »nll y. The mMy rmrd la *h*ri
quotation* on the *tock wctwn torn .
been constat «»y downward.
Export* attribute the wi*kii»** la
the *on*Klviaiaa of the market to
hoar nelling oa the Americana' evi
dent determinatioa to protect thai
Helve* with nfirt to future reqairs
ment* and tho publication ia tho
United State* of statictic* for Dmm
her. which Uffetfeer with the larger
•tucks at London, caused a drop ia
the quotations. Because of this, op
erator* sold other aocarMioo to find
Increased margins for tho loos on rah
her, which tho hank* ware demanding.
In their annual review tho Flgga
Company, produce merchanU, export
a production of plantation rubber hi
I9M of around «4«.000 teas and esti
mate arrivals her* at MMM teas,
which they say. Is inquired for tho
consumption If It continues oa tfca
•mm mla a* In IMS, hot they point
out It mast not he fttgattea that re
claimed rubber wffl ho Increasingly
uaod aad that America has erected
plants for an tncreaaed output.
TWO NEW BTLLS ON FARM
RELIEF
SMMto Mmiui^ WmU Craato
CoTtrnmcnt Agricultural
Marketing Board.
Washington, Jan. 16.—Farm relief
legislation continued to claim conaid
(i*W» attention todAf ttr«»ngreea. .
Direct government control of grail
and other product* was pripo**d hi
a bill introduced in ^h* senate by Sea
ator Franiier, republican, North Da
kota, and one presented in the hoa*a
by Representative Little, democrat,
Kansas. Though diaaimilar, the mm*
area both are intended to relieve the
the fanner of violent price fluctua
tion* and to insure sale of rarptu*
crop*.
Market lag Board
Senator Frailer'* Mil would appro
priate QNjON«M to create a federal
agricultural marketing board to Waa- a
die corn, wheat and cotton, tmprwa
entatlv* Little'* propnsal mat to
a*t aside 1190.000,000 far a levuUlag
fond to ha uaad by the gmsni—wit to
establiah bonded atovatora, *tof*
wheat is them, and *ell K» at hmm
and abroad, at prices calculated to
bring the glower* fair rot ma*.
The house agriculture cnwimlttea
continued hearing*. John P. Wallace
aad Harvey Ingham, pahllihw* rf
Da* Mnlaw. endoraed the Dicktnoosi
bill, which would farm a federal ax
pert board and Wry an aqaalinttN
tax for dispoakkm of *arpha crop*
They daclarsd the food lapply of At
natioa am* being msnscsd by agiicat
tural ihprnaliin.