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VOL. 26.- No. 7.
FIRST EDITION
KINSTON, N. C, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1923
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Germany Ready to Reach
Agreement, Says Head of
Government: E-Je's Bitter
By CARL D. GROAT
(Copyrighted by the United Press)
Berlin, April 13. "At any moment we are ready for a so
lution which guarantees unity in the land of our fathers and
freedom of German labor, under a just peace reached by an
honest, free understanding from nation to nation.
"Unfettered German workers are willing to bear all the
burdens compatible with their capacity and honestly assume
their due share in the so bitterly needed reconstruction of the
world's sick economy. But under the threatening mouths of
loaded murder weapons, unfettered Germany cannot now and
never will develop." .-- V ' V
. President Fredench Ebert man ex
clusive interview granted th.3 United
Press, one of the extremely few he
has .'Wen' touching on,actual political
questions, thus today repeated Ger
man's expressed willingness for
He coupled with it, however, bitter
denunciation -of .French procedure, in
the Ruhr, where he declared Black
Africans with loaded carbines -and
drawn sabers bad driven several hun
dred workers and officials with their
wives and children from dearly be
loved homes, sometimes destroying
their gods in the manner of vandals,
imply because "thsse people showed
fidelity to their fatherland,"
Crand Jury Says There is
Need for Improvements at
Court-House 32 True Bills
The grand juhy in its report ta Su
perior Court Thursday stated that
institutions generally .were in good
eonditi'on, including i;he offices of the
clerk of the court, register of dee !,
shriff, etc. Thirty-two true bills
wer eprasent.ed, together with two
r,t true. Witnesses were not. avail'
tftle in three matters. , The jury urg,
ed, a had many others,' that .the
Coutt-'hous9 be.'flmiMwad and facili
ties for the publkrbe irfstalled, . A
number of witness were examined in
the matter of liquor law enforce
nvnt, and th-3 jury found that the
county anil local -authorities are. tm
chargir.3; their duty faithfully.
46 HOURS
Cleveland RirT Thinks She Can Dance
10 More and Break ltecord. .
(By'h United Prs.)
Cleveland, April I.Z. Mif; Helene
Meyers, 21, today became the new:
"' holder of the record for continuous
dancing. She passed the old mark
:' of 50 hours and two minutes held :
by Alma Cnmmings at New York.
: ' Cleveland, April 12.Miafl ' llolen
Meyers completed her 4Cth hour of
continuous dancing today. She de
clared after a second olive oil nias-..-
ge that she was 100 per cent,
stronger and felt like ' dancing 10
mora, hours.: The dancing record of
50 hoWs and two minutes Set by Miss
Alma Cummings at .New York ap
peared to be in jeopardy. .
Fines Were "Rent."
Bradford1, ng., April 12.- "When a
local flower girl was fined four
pounds for breach of a municipal by
law prohibiting .hawkers in certain
thoroughfares, it was stated' that shs
had already paid 200 pounds in fines
for similar offences, but found the
forbidden route so profitable that she
was able to regard fines as (rent.
Wage Increase.-'
Boston, April 12. The Walworth
Company, tool makers, announced , a
10 per cent, wage increase for 1,'JOO
Oltra-Moderii Outfit
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. u Th ertnj i.ua,-h
thU costume consisting of turban of brightly colored Paisley pattern,
worn with dress of flat-crepe embroidered m band, of gold, rea,
8r.cn and ,lllc thread. A Rrcy fox scarf lends a touch, of soltne.s
to the oiitf.t.. Worn by Virrinia VaSli, Universal btar.... . ,
HOUSE OF COMMONS
SPENDS 21 HOURS
ON MILITARY BILL
Government Wins Out In
Session, All Night and
Morning Bonar Law
Supporters Are . Breath
ing Easier Now'
London, April 13. The House f
Commons debated throughout' the
night and morning and until after
noon today. . -,.,.
Labor members sprawled asleep on
benches, government supporters nod
ded and dozed, as one speaking sfier
another droned on.
Occasional test votes interrupted
the peace of the slumborers. Finally,
whan it seemed' that the session,
which had lasted 21 hours, might go
on indefinitely, the bill before thi
House was voted on and passed its
third reading. The wear members
dragged themselves home to bed.
; The Commons adjourned wifh t ae
supporters of Bonar Law breathing
easier. It was a big teal of strew.' th
o the Bonar Law government. The
aimy and air force annual bill, on
which the test of strength was made,
was passed. .
Tiamiami Trail Blazers at
Miami; Make Good Progress
in Trip Through Morasses
(By , the United Press)
Miami, April 12. Three -members-of
-.the .Tiamiami trail blazers'
party which left Fort Myers last
Wednesday to make the trip to Miami
over tho Tiamiami trail through the
Everglades, reached here this jiiorn
ing. The remainder of the ; party,
they reported are safe in this Ever
glades 60 miles west of Miami, The
first of the party Teached here sooner
than expected. According to word
from Indian runners received at Fort
Myers late Tuesday, the party was
travelling at a rate of only a. mile a
day and was still 30 miles from Mi
ami. The motorists are being forced
to ibuild their own bridges and push
ahead a repair lorce. . A section 01
the trail has been washed out by th?
spring rains. - '-.
: Bis Banks Merge.
New Bern, April 13. The People's
and National banks here announced
their . consolidation late yesterday.
The single bank will have resources
of three million dollars.
PnrvntiArt mode is exprcs
r - '9: MH
seu in
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CATHOLIC PRIEST A
PRISONER
WITH DEATH FELLOW
If;-.
Faiher Billion Cohfesscs to
Shooting Father O'Neill.
Driven to Fury Deceas
ed Given to Insanity, is
Claimed '
(By the United Tressl
Kalamazoo, Mich., April v13. Jtev.
Father Charles Dillon, assistant pas
tor or bt. Augustine Roman Catho
lic Church, is being held at police
headouarters for the shootine to
death of Rev. Father Henry O'Neill,
rector or tna cnurcn. -,
The shooting took place at the din
ner tablo la3 tnight. Four shots were
fired, a'l of which took effect.
According to a confession Father
Dillon made to the chief of police, ha
had -been driven to fury iby alleged
ill treatment at the hinds of the ;
tor. Priests who knew Father Dil
lon said he suffered spells of insani-
MOUNT OLIVE
Gets Next, Meeting of Bankers This
Part of State. -
The next annual meeting of group
3 of the State Bankers' Association
will be held at Mount Olive in the
.spring of it wan announced to
day following the 1S23 session of tna
group here' Thursday. A. G, Small,
of Calypso, cashier of a branch of
the Citizens' Bank of Mount Olive,
wa- e'ected chairman of the croiln.
with Herbert 'II. Taylor, president of
tha Nations'l Hank of hinstan, as
secretary. The group voted to-reeom-mend
U. E. Swann, retiring chair
man, for group metnvber of the North
Carolina asaotiiatron.
MANY MEETINGS
Held in This Town; Cowpcr Would
. i Have Fewer of Them. ':
iPewer meetings and more coopera
tion between the numerous civic or
ganizations hrra will be the first con
sideration of G. Vernon Oowpcr, new
president of the Chamber of Com
merce of Kinston. "(Meeting" has
beconvs "a Ifcafoit for ' hunrire()i and
an excusa tor thoiManda m recent
years,1 an-4 if all the resolutions pass
ed at the jrathennirs ihaf to be filed
and kipt, a year'a volume of the
Congressional Record would not hold
them. Coiwrx-r believes.' fewer sos
sions of organizations, and a smaller
vwiume of resolutions will enable the
clubfl and iboardu and associations to
accomplish bigger ircsulta. There
will not be o marly things needling
attention at one time.
L SESSION OF
PRESBYTERIAN BODY
Reports From Committees
on (Home Missions and
Sunday ; " School Work
Show Splendid increases.
Next Session at Falkland
At the evening session of Alb?r
marle Presbytery Wednesday at the
First Presbyterian- Church encouraging-
Teports from the Committee on
Home Missions disclosed1 an extensive
growth' of interest -in mission work.
Additions .to the church and contri
butions exceeded those of any year
in the past 10 throughout the pres
bytery. Inspirational addresses were
mad'e by Rev. H. H. Leach of Swa'nn
Quarter and Rev. Daniel Ivcrson of
Tarbo.ro. Special music was had un
der direction of iMrs. Robert Mc
Gcachy and a duot was rendered by
Misses Anna 1'harr and Aland cost.
Thursday morning Rev. NA. W.
Crawford of Greensboro, superinten
dent of home mission .Work in the
North Carolina Synod, delivered an
aldress. The Committe on Stewards-hip,
through its' chairman, Rev. F.
II. Scattergood of Elizabeth City,
made an interesting report Kev.
Hector McDiarmid, chairman of the
Committee on Sunday - School and
Young People's Work, made his .re
port, which, showed! gratifying ad.fi
tmns to the communion of the
church, ami a marked increase in the
amount of gifts to the churches of
this presbytery. . -,j
Alber.marle iPreabytery. has four
representatives in the Presbyterian 1
General -Assembly, which meets at
Montreaf this summer. Two minis-1
ters and two laymen were appointed I
as Ilolw: 'Kev. Stanley wmte 01
Roanoke -Rapids and Rev. W. B. Neill
of Rocky Mount, John B. Sparrow of
Washington and W. A. Hart of Tar-
boro. :- ' .
The next meeting of the presbytery
will be held at Falkland. The Com
mittee of Resolutions or lhanK pre
sented a report thanking the' First
PrPishvnHniiN C3iurch- of Kinston,
Pastor McDiarmid and the Christian
people of Kinston for their generous
rvii in DenniT we met:unKj
anf especially The Free Press for tna
publicity given me sessions. Ad
journment was taken shortly afier
noon, me wn'isifs writ- vt
h a hmcheon m the .M V
hut by women of the churi h.
YOUTH BEATEN TO
DEATH NOT TRIED
IN NIGHT, ASSERTS
Boy . Who Stole Ride on
Train, Went to Convict
Gang and Was Fatally
Flogged Had Fair Trial,
Declares Fla. Sheriff . .
(By the United Press 1 ;
Tallahassee, Fla., April 13. Em
phatic denial of charges that Martin
Tabert,'- North. Dakota youth, was
tried at night and "railroaded" to a
state' convict camp, was made today
by Sheriff J. R. Jones of Leon Coun
ty before-a legislative investigating
committee probing into the death of
Tabert in a prison "camp over a year
ago. , '
Jones declares that he personally
had nothing to 'do with the arrest and
conviction of Tabert. Jl,e said depu1
ties made the arrest and presented
the (testimony. ' -!
W." P. , Chavous,' representing tha
Putnam Lumber Company, in whose
camp Tabert is alleged to have ieen
flogged to death by a guard, der n
ed to offer evidence in the probe. Af
ter being told that the investigation
would serve to 'bring out facts upon
which to base legislative action to
prevent a recurrence of such a lwr
ror, he said the investigation would
not touch his company. State Sen
ator T. J. Knabb, whose prison camps
are specifically cited in the motion for
investigation of the Florida convict
leasing system, said he would wel
come investigation of his camps.
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Goldsboro, April 13. Edgar Bain,
former national guard officer and
cantain of an infantry company in the
3ith iDivisi6n, was elected mayor of
this town yesterday for third term
He was given a nominal .majority
over three opponents.
EXPERT HELPING FARMERS
IN WAR ON BOLL WEEVIL
Free Advice Availablo to Cotton
v Crowors in Any Part of NorH
Carolina.
North Carolina eo'ttou farmers
will be umeh mterpsted to hear that
Mr. J. O. u'ayior, special aguut in
boll won vil control work connected
willt the Uovmuiiont laboratory
nt 'i'tillttlah, "L.'i., lias bpcn cuployud
by tnc 1'', .S. itoystiT Cuano Com
pany to dtivofc his entire time to
givii." free"" advi'-c-. and Hlpmoustra
tions in tlio .Slates of Morth Car
olina: 011 what the Uiiitetl States
Di'pHrtniciit of Agriculture recom
mends .na llii! suc'esifiJ method of
liglitinj; tho'i ravages of . tho holl
weeyiU For several 'years Mr.
Taylor has Lccu working on farms
ia the holl weevil infested sections
of the ;.' South, poisoning"., weevils
with ealeiiim ar.;eiiate, under the
treatment known as the Ctjjd meth
od, which was worked out. by Pro
fessor. Ooad, the Chief Bacteriolo
gist in the Government Laboratory
at Tallulah; La. '
'lit. Taylor, will work in North
Carolina the entire, year of 1923,
and there will bo absolutely no
charges or fees in Connection with
1he ngsisUmee that he is to render
the farmers of tho state. He will
in a!l instances work in conjunc
tion Avith tho county agents and
the extension forces, and all re
qnesfs for his service should' be
made through the local county
neut. Between now and the grow
ing season,; Mr. Taylor is going to
r'jipud his time lecturing on the
ii!pjVet 0 boll weevil poisoning
wherever request is made for his
service.: Ho 'will go anywhere in
the.Kkihr that the farmers ask for
Lin!, at v.(t expense Aviiatc'ver to the
farmers. Mr. Taylor is "going to
releetfcst fields hi twelve or fifteen
ecmilios- of Norlh- Carolina, which
aro , jnfer,(ed wilh the. boll weevil,
and will give a. 'deinonstration of
thn resullst of poisoning: and the
i.;)oper. iijcthoda of treatment. ;
: ller.iaikabla rennlfs in sueeessfiil
eoltoii Krowlng in boll weevil cits
Irictn l.ave been obtained by poison
ing according to the Coad method
whk h lias bepn developed arid spon-
Eored by the United States Depart
ment of Agt:icultnre. IJo question
of the hour is 'more Rerious to North
Carolina farmers than tho proper
method; of attacking this .enemy.
Tlie personal aili'iee and attention
of Mr. Taylor, is free to any; farmer
n .iNortli varctina wno wtsnes to
poison his cotton this season.; Mr.
Taylor is a practical farmer who
has had years of Government train
ing in. fighting tho boll weevil, and
his work is expected to mean much
to the farmers of the etate 'during
this fvwon. i - .
Al requests for information;
'about :,fr. Taylor's-work or appli-
eatimis for Ins presmec
meefing, should be sent 1.) V
F.-rv!e Tlcpirlmnt f f I;
T. ;'. ... ) CV. .
V;
nt any
FISIIERISIEff CAN USE
IT NEUSE RIVER
TILL FIRS! OF HAY
Lommissioner iNcison m
: Kinston Friday Says Law
Will Not tie Enforced Un
less Nets Block Channel.
Special Ruling Made v
State Fish Commissioner J. -'A.
Nelson of Morehc.(d City and In
spertor J. II. Stone were in Kins
ton Friday conferring with 11 large
number of person inKeresled in
fishing In JJeuse Klyr by differ
ent method. Many of the pcile
interested had been unaware of the
law regulating fishing in the Neuse
and, under the circumstance, the
fihh commiHsioner derided that he
. would recommend to his department
that no enforcement nf the lawi
ro reeuliitinfr the fishing ' above
New Item be made until Mny 1,
1923, provided that stationary nets
of every description should be lim
ited to extending from the hanks
ut not' more than one-third of the
distance across the river.'-
After May 1, 1923 fisWnar in Neu3e
River will be limited to hooks and
lines only. - , ' , ;
The commissfoner recommended to
those interest!' in fkhinff in Le
noir County that they go before the
Fish Commission on the Second Tues
day in July, at its regular annual
mestinjr to be held at Morehead City,
and niaifo It nown J3uir wishea, to the
end that the commission under its
lepral power might hejrulate the
fis'hing above New Bea-n In Neuse
River "in some fair ami jut man
ner," If the commission does not
adopt : laws regulating such f ishinij
at this meeting, the Jaws - for Ihe
next season Will be rigWly enforeed1,
h said. ' 1
Georgian Remains in Bed, a
Victim "of Friday the 13th
in Past and Afraid Go Out
Macon, (la., April 13. J. A. Far
ham isn't ill xtc sleepy. He's super
istilious. So he is remaining in bed
in the hope that today, Friday, tl.e
13th will pass by without miwhrtji.
But. i'arham has his reasons.
They are several.; Months aso Far-;
ham lost an eye when a steel spl'n
ter fro ma .machine on. whilich he
was. working struck him in th0 eye.
The following 'month on the 13th
he broke an arm cranking a car.
'J he 13th of ' the next, month ho
slipped and broke a leg. 1 For two
months,' through, ceaseless ; vlji
- 'lance, nothing happened on the
13th., -....... .
But the following month the jinx
returned. While, watching men re
pair a car a heavy block fell and
mashed l'arham's foot. Last month,
his garage was destroyed by fire
on the 13th.
KLAN FIGHT AT
GRAY REUNION.
. New Orleans, April 12, Elec
tion - of officers for the ensuing
term was the main-work mapped
out for the 33rd annual reunion of
Confederate Veterans when that
body went Into session today.
While " considerable interest was
shown in the choice of new officers
to lead the old warriors until the
next' reunion, the Sons of Confed
erate Veterans' convention, where
the Ku Klux Klan had been inject
ed into the fight for flection of of
ficers, attracted the . greatest
amount of attention. According to
the anti-klan forces in the conven
tion, klan partisans are seeking to
reelect W. McDonald Lee as commander-in-chief.'
.
HASN'T GIVEN UP SHIP.
Washington, April , 12. Harding
still is in full fight against thotie
persons and interests he regards as
hostile to the maintenance of the
American merchant marine. Hard
ing has a surprise in store for tttim
which will show that his determi
nation that the American flag dhall
fly over ships carrying American
cargoes hasn't abated. The sur
prise may become apparent follow
ing a confeernce between Harding
and the Shipping Board Saturday,
or may be withheld for strategic
reasons until later. ,
Black Friday's News Good
for Stock - Exchange; Tone
of General List is Buoyant
(Wall Street Journal Financial
ReviewBy Wire)
New York, A pril U.BIack Friday
the 13th started inauspiciously for
the, bear element.', The weekly state
ment bv the Federal Reserve Br.nk
demonstrated that any immediate
change ' in - the rediscount rate was
out of the question and showed how
absurd it was to talk of inflation -in
the present economic situation. Not
only did the reserve ration of the
entire' svstem advance to 76.3 per
cent, from the high for the year, but
rediscounts experienced a tmrmKage
Of $72,000,000, proving conclusively
that fear of a credit strain waa far
fetched. " ; , ''' , ' ,
Stocks in general displayed a rela
tively buoyant tone at the opening.
Vv!i'rT price were: Miwobaker,
: ", , t,! one-eighth; Urjuiljiic,
I !". . f. !):,('; 'Baldwin, V.'A) 1-2;
f i ; i-i!"um, i'-'i, i'p five
; t-in-i'M-M. ; .r-. up
.t:l Cm, 'J'l o-o, up
People of Country 'I' Jill
CInow Weekly Conditionc
on W. Cs Road Systeiti
(Special Capital Correspondence)
Raleigh, April 13.- North Carolina's roads and the con
dition in which they stay will furnish a weekly feature of the
United Press, which every Thursday will tell the conditions of
travel in the State. .'.' : ' i
What the purpose of the press association's bulletins is, is
not indicated in its instructions to newspaper representatives,
but it is regarded as highly pleasing, that the road system, of
the State should form a weekly news source for an association
which extends to every part of the United States. The adver
tisement given the system by these reports will undoubtedly
help in South Carolina and Georgia, where the good roads folks
travel more tardily than they do in North Carolina.
CALVERT DID NOT
PROPOSE PROBE ANY'
OFFICER'S CONDUCT
Remarks in Court Misuh
; . derstood, Says Judge.
t Taylor Calls Attention of
Indiscrepancy 1 to The
Free Press
. "You misapprehended niy remarks
to tho grand jury in so far na Jf.ni
represented .me as Riiggesling inveii
nn of any specific officer of this
court," said Judge Thonnas H. Calv rt
in an interview with a representative
of Tha 'Free Press iFriday mwning.
Continuing, Judire Calvert irMnterated
the observationa that he enumerated
to the grand jury, aayinu that he hd
had occasion to walk around a little
Sunday afternoon on his arrival hera
from . kalcigh and that hs attention
had foeeu called to a number of auto
miiihiloji miirked in what was Minted
out to him as the vie dtrict, that
he had irlled that a numtier ot tite
inmates of that district were on the
docket for trial ami that he had call
ed the attention of the grand.-jury to
tho fact that they seemed t coretinue
to flanrrantlv vimlaite the hw. He
also referred to evidencea of drunk
enness that he had observed on ns
visita here and to the failure of the
offitehs to apprchentl violators or the
probibition laws-Vho were only oper.
atinf stills, deelarifl'fr that the courts
Could not try stills." In these matters,
he waa corractily quoted, but in refcr
enve to any specific charpre to investi
gate an ofNcer, his wennintr in that
rp(nird was misconstrued-.
v Sheriff A. W. Taylor railed the At
tent ion of The Free Press to tha
matter Thursday in a statement that
he had heard the c'lwrjre of Judje
Calvert but tid not recall any such
Instructions to the jury. In con e-
auenco of this an interview with
Judge Ctolvrt to sought Friday
morning In order that tne jroacieT
miirht he correctly stated for ;, the
benefit of the public.
Tiie, jury in the ca. or v. i. wu-liaimsi,--charged
with selling liquor
brought in a verdict of not guilty.
Aaron aim) Will Rouise, negroes, wire
on trial in the forenoon on a charge
of forgery. - "
Arthur Oeorge, a negro conviclsd
of wifie murder by a jury in Superior
Court, Thursday. tody awaited sen
tence from Judge Thomas Calvert
the presiding judge. , The degree 1
wav, manslnuehter. The jury recom
mended ths mercy of the court. The
killing occurred in rural seetiin
pf--Lenoir County. Oeorge was the
second nefrio to be tried for murder
bnSs week, Frank Phillips having 'bee
acquitted Thursday following trial on
a charge of causing the : death of
Pinokney Arthur, elderly originator
of a famou.l variety of 'bright leaf
tobacco bearing hia name, who vis
run diown nnd killed' by a truck driv
en by Phillips some months ago.
In Superior Court Thursday Her
bert Cole was convicted of drivinir a
ear while intoxicated, sentence m
withelild. Eugene Phillips, charged
wi-ht receiving stolen goo:l, was nc-
quitted. , Claud Jonev suDnntteu cq
a charge of secret assault.
TO SCAFFOLD
Second of Coal States Murderers Gets
r Death Sentence.
(By the United Press.)
Oarkslnircr. W. Va.. April 12.
Ienth ontence was tolay passeil on
Phil. Oommizzaro. second of the 11
alleged leaders in the West Virginia
crime .syndicate. He was -sentenced
to hnng for complicity in the murder
of Frank Naples, Prosecutor iMorris
said he would announce shortly the
third defendant to be tried in Connec
tion with more than a dozen murders
and acta of violence in Maryland,
West Virginia and Pennsylvania dur
ing the last few. years. Whan the
death sentence was passed on Com
mizzaro he became violent, but was
handcuffed and carried back to his
cell. y
ARBITRATION
Suggested by American Government
k in Angora Matter.
(By the United Pros)
"Washington, April 12. The United
States government favors arbitration
of any conflicting claims growing out
of the gTant by the Angara govern
ment of extensive concessions to the
Chester-Goethak group, it was stated
today on high authority. This gov
ernment's position is that it is not
directly involved in the controversy
because it was not a party to the ne
gntiat ions. The concessions involve
v;i!.i..b!? oil and mineral rights.
last
night, there ran t a foot of improved
roads in .North Carolina, over which
it has been impossible to travel this
week. And deluges have fallen with
in six days. I
, Both Governor Morrison and Treas
urer Lacy have now returned- from
New York, where they sjgned bonds
Si'Piitly sold to New Yorkers; .
The State's paper oontinuea to
bring the flattering premiums that
have marked all highway bou ts since
the war bonds got off the' '.selling
market. The return of the governor
to his office has ben met iby an un
wontedly large number of t: vteitors
having business before him. ''The ex
ecutive is an incredibly; busy man,
and because of his preoccupation, hia
plans for the future have hot been
outlined by. him. ,: , , ; '
fetate. Highway Chairman Frank
Page is back in his offiiee after an
-absence of four days and ready to
go into court to answer; the chairgo
of speeding -which traffic ropa have
brought against him.
The state highway chairman .could
probably go into a magisterial court
and establish his right to run a trifle
fast over state road, because these
need the chairman ' often. But the
issue 'has not been, pressed-. '
The office here announce! th ap
pointment of H. V. JosMni as purchas
ing agent' to succeed W.. 'S.IFaHis,
who recently has been transferred.
In mraking this ehnnge the depart
ment nrakes no comnieiit on the
changng of Mr. Pallis, who recently
mixed it a trifle with Mecklenburg
ptwple. ' ;, .
Neat's Predicament.
Represeatative Will W. Neal of
'rlMwell, who' is here jtoday with
the logiisloitive conwnssion which is
working out some form of legislation
designed to promote far mandl homo
ownling through farm loim, fcacked
by the State, tringa the newa that
Hugh Chatham of Fonsyth will not
run for liouteaian't-goveiriHir.
Mr. Nell is mucJi lwa definite about
his own ambitions than he is about
Mr. Chatham's lack of them. The
Mclowsll member, who is atlll an
irreeonciliable " on- suffrage, ia never
theless unafraid to off'T in a prima
ry in which women with ekphiantfne
menvorice will participate, lie in
clines to icredit the rumor that he will
not .run. But he' will not believe
that Mr, Chatham will. ,Vj
Tho" farm loan commnsston which
Senator D, F. Ciles heads, and which
ho accepted as a Substitute for his
bill provkling $2,500,000 for the pur
pose, la getting material ready for a'
report to the next ession of ,', tha
General Assombly, which bath Mc
Dowell men expect to be called early
In the fall of lttUfl. OUher nvjwbera
of the commission are Rpre3enta
tive R. 1M. Cox of iFwuyth, Senator
Charles U. illarrisi of Wake, ami Rep
resentative W. H. Burgwyn of North
ampton '. . . . '
uailey b peaks. ,
-. J. W. Bailey, Raleigh lawyer, spoke
last night in Southarn Pines to. tha
New EiiElantf Society of the Sand
hill. , ;; ' ,
The local barrister, who gets cred
it for the wise u&a of advertising
ind for 'halving an optic to the main
chance, does not, however, count big
on help from Ntrw England Republi
cans. The crowi in the nature of
things was limited, but the Raleigh .
blackstonian went down and gave the
Harvard Vhighbrow colony something
to think about. ; ' " '
The Raleigh man 1s literally swamp
ed with school invitationa and he ia
accepting all that ho can. The Ra
leigh newspapermen are talking him
seriously enough now t foll,v him
and report hia epeecheS. iR. E. Pow
ell, city editor of the 'livening Times,
went down, last night and wrote up
the address, which did not 8em to
have a remote referent to his politi
cal ambitions, i ,
Inr iden tally; It is learned that tha
Raleigh orator gets calls from Scotch,
territory, , .
Harding Just Will Net Da
Induced Talk Pc!'.cs ca
Trip; Harmless 7 ce hvzi
.Washington, April 12. Booster
from "Main Street" were hustling to
the White House today with the keys
to their city in one hand and urgent
invitations to Harding to visit thenv
on his. Western tour in the other. So
many invitations to stop and maka
speeches have already poured into the
White House that if Harding were to
accept them he would he away from
Washington until late in next sum
mer. The President is reported as be
ing deeply touched by the apparent
eaireme-ss to see him and hear hint
and plased by the assurances that ac
company the .invitations that politics
will be adjourned for the duration of
bis visit. That's just what he wants.
He told a Washington correspondent
today th.nt be would abandon the trip
rather than have it construed as a
political campaign.
Col ton Mill Pioneer lead.
C.riffin, lu., April 12. '(-apt.
J. Kincnid, '-', pioneer in the cotton
mill !ni:;iiies in tbo South, U:e.J today
after a pri.loi!;-,.'.! j.;::e .i, I
So far as could b learned