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ROANOKE RAPIDS HERALD, ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C.
IMPORTANT HAPPEN'NGS OF THI
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SIVEN OArS GIVEN
the news IFtke south
What I Taking. Place In Tk liuta
Ui Will St F.M a
rtef Paragr4Ba
Foreign
Comply ins; with stig,;es-Hns m.iie
Vy various metutieis ot the upre-ie
runi .l. the J-. -Slav government his
!! HtviaI instruction to a'.! th
Jn; SU officers to avoid vUu
'tj the Italians.
!he S. u:.t delegate m the ttV
lan. .ir I lament Jut dissolved tux
adore..-..! a manifesto Ki th country.
strong1 i omlt-miiing the war. which
'bus bit beli.tui it a t!irttvmti pi'e-p-tudcratu
t poft-i..i!jJ m.lii.ir-l-m
' Far from servi!:,- liber', war
U death to jil liberties." the de '..u
Advi.es r-icivid by the pea. ciia-
I'tVIHe from Koine, Hull, lull" per
S.lad-'d the members el tlie si;'eme
our.cil that 1mi rant t!i- ;.-r
nan pea. treaty by roval ! tv.- The
general (itiiu is ihe t mini. I ts th.it
k.nb a r.nilu alien will I .::.t under
the Italian i onwtitmion. as the In-aiv
tltie not involve any Italian territ
r il change.
Kionomic negotiations between
Luxembourg anil I'.olgr.im have been
Iroktn oft hy Belgium as a result if
tli" refcn tiilum in l.tive'iihourg un
ler hit b Franc became l.uxem
billing's fmaiirial ally. The Ue'gi.in
inoi.s'er la Luxembourg has beeu r
tailed.
Uer TViutchenrm. Russian IM
hevik foreign monster, in a message
out broadiast bv wireless, savw "Our
intentions regarding wie tvmam the .
same a when tin Ituilitt mission ar- '
rived We are ready to make peace j
at any moment, provided military up- j
rations are stopned immediately and
Iht blockade is hind- We have nut.
imposed and ii in it wish to impose
j ni'.iutnsm iu anybody."
Kiun iroops, 11 is reported, have
l roki-ti tlie llolshev.lt lines ai.d lap
tured several invasions. I
Tils Italian steamer Fpiro. i'h '-'""
Italian troops and seme I uited St iin
ufdcer uu beard, tiuuml fur t'atlaro. 1
is deilared to have been !mt at b
Jnt!ii-.siav rennlar treei's.
The Kreiuh iltamber of ileimties
ratitied the tierr.ian lieace treaty by ,
a vole of 37- lo iJ. 11 H" to
the senate.
The blnikaile nf llertuatiy. whuh
a threatened hy the allies in i-.in
the treoiis of lleneral von iier ie'in
were not remuved (rum the Haltii- re-j
gion, will bei;in at nine. No food
hlls will be iierinitteil to start for;
(iermany until further order are is-j
ued. Vessels now on the way to lo-r i
man iiorts, bow.-ver. will le jiern-.i-
ted to pnxeei to their destinations.
Major lieheral vlraves, loimuander
o fine A'i.erkan fun hs ir Siberia, has
demanded au apology from lieneral I
Roianoff. in l emnund of Russians .
uot lloishevists! in l'na:inir irovmi.e. I
fur the arest of (apt. 1.. J. John. of'
the lltth renunent. and Corporal Ueu
jamin SperluiK of the list, and the
flotumi! of tile latter by ms-ai ks i'"iu- ,
ntauded by lleneral Kalntlkotf. This
M one of the most serious menleuia ,
Hitue the allies landed in Siberia.
Kill)! Albert anil Queen Klizahe'li of
IielKiuin. on their way. via the 1 . S
S. lieoiKe Wasliinntuti. sent a wireless
Message, to I're-id-nt Wilson, express
ing regret over his illness.
Domestic
llaskel II. Harroil, for the pust IS
feari u trusted teller in Ihe Chaita
loogu. Tenn.. Kir-tt National batik, con
fessed to u shortage ot thirty five thou
sand dollars, but was not arrested.
Notable improvements in rural
aihoole. and other londitions of the
schools are reported all over the South.
and it is pointed out. that the final ;
school teacher is being better paid j
than ever before.
The I'nited States' trad.- with for-1
eign nations has grown enormously
tint! hue reached ten billion five him-1
tired million dollars a year.
The Uelguan royalty in the I'uited
States to voice their gratitude and
that of the lielnian people for the gen
erous aid given them by this country
in their time of direst need, spent
their first hours quietly at their hotel,
resting lifter thsir voyage across the
mean and celebrating their nineteenth
wedding anniversary.
The taking over of the Bulolch home
at Koswell, Ga., by the Iloosevelt Me
morial Association is now an assured
proposition, dependent only on Geor
gia's doing its allotted share in the
national campaign for ten million dol
lars as evidence of the interest of the
state and its people in the perpetua
tion of Ihe memory and ideals of The
odore Iloosevelt.
The destroyer Greene, which waa
disabled by a boiler explosion, was
towed in port at Key West, Flu. James
Joseph Qutnn ot Philadelphia, fireman,
was Instantly killed, two other men se
verely scalded and several others
slightly Injured. The explosion wa
in the port boiler.
t'nlees Ihe I'nited States Supreme
court reverses the Ohio state courts,
the action of the state legislature in
ratifying the federal prohibition
amendment will go to popular refer
endum at tr.4 coming November elec
tion. fl
'T)v-t'tah legislature has ratified
the suffrage amendment to the Con
stitution of the I'nited States.
With 800 troops from Forts Omaha
and Crook, Neb., and Camp Dodge,
Iowa, on riot duty, and with G00 more
soldiers due to arrive later, Omaha,
Neb., officials were confident there
would be no further outbreak of the
race rioting which resulted In the
death of two persons, injuries to sev
eral scores of others, an attempt to
lynch Mayor E. I'.' Smith, and partial
destruction by fire of tha county
court bouse.
Fr-:'s s.
... e...J , , r .
': :..f,
will I- tie
r.i'sn. sn ,
Una.; ,f
Wii-.m. K:::
il.. .Jed t
in eonrie, u, :i
ed Stales ai'
I'uffalo up t
Krom l. t.
ir.:enif'rd .
I jrsoiial iu;a
fublic mill b
! - 1 v
t
!T.'i.te
it
-.ts-:t il t'.r-'.i. i-jru h.i
: . ' I a!! his tLjl v-'ttlfltS ;
.!! t I 'ur of the I r.it :
er th.-e to lio.-t. o and
IK t, Ut It
'-. r Ivb to the "Nt aa
lei! ei:t.p.iij:u to !--i';.'
"tt s to eiipl mii and the
e i ondai t bv the A to r
K-aa Railway Ad mniMrati. a. Th
idea an ojigrewta ot the ' no ac t
deut e'L'' ob.-erved bv the railroad
in t!: aoutheru r.on la January, and
very on ta railroad emi-loy trvtm
I'TVsidtnt to iitlae Ima will strive d.tr
in tlu period to avoid mj.av bv ac
v.detit to himself m anv way ea
J.mitei mg tne sait tv of .hi-rv
The South la buiid.ti tuaii.v (.h4
roads, lnce areas of fi I'lie land ale
Nur prejmred for i a.tiv.niou 1
draiuajte and clearing I'r. gres la
being made m the tleartus -ut if
i trover t.it.lHTlai.d an.! all . l:s if
ni taelh.sls ale I1 h i; ti.'r s: .1
The I lilted S'aVs g m'.. -at ' i
,r. f. r the last tve . os i i--r i:i
i hit i!v m ga t ii(s. 1 i- I 'i 1' it
out oi ..mmiioit at the 'i.iva: .. "I
ill e Ill-Vans V W 'i
a-.ght m ti e r -i Ir ; . ii i f n. a:.
and was ha 1 v ii.ou.ig. il in a i . i'
w t' h a M.i; l.'M I .;e s..- ovt r
lleailh blll.ois t!.to..gSoiil the ea
tile S. Hilh rvport i:.al lo a.'U e -'.idl
ti.uis are st'!"i;d. l and ttmit U-:. r.
The whole S.ai'h is b. giiiiiing to w.ska
up to Ihe fait that gsui sanitation .1
the f.rst r4ai:'.e tor ksI hea'.lU.
Wsr)im:tin
li.nl os of all .Vnerii'.in ehlier In
leired m (lennanv. Ilelgnim. Italv.
( reat r.nlain and l iixemhouig and in
tinrthem Ku-sm will be returned to
the I nited States as smm as ne-e-s.irv
tnn-porfation an be arranged
S.-. retary I laker annouB. e that be
has issue, I liifinit tl.'iis to the pnr
i hase. storage a'ul traltie division i f
th general staff to take ( (large i f
J the matt
and to hasten It as mm h
! as possible.
j dlaial inf'irinat i. in btat t'g on tie
reported disapiK .ir on e in I kra'iia if
in I kr
n. repi
pe i, e
! : r i g den Kdgar J.i.lw
ive of the Amemaa
I tu n. had not I" en revived m Wash-
ir.ttoti M l.tiT lb
' Ulef of lUiiitatv
il r
.a".
e .It ar
'.Ves' aiate
tio- Aim rii all tli
ita'.v i'a.
litT.-uglily
s.i. I'olaiid. to tie
he li'Pnlt
rrevull'l.t Wllsol
porti it ituprov o:g
Admiral Kuapp.
inei a an n.n.il fm
s i eniliti 'ti is re
w i
i otuin. tti. ling tt.a
i sin Kurepe in w a-
ti-rs. sals that Put
Alio-rii an taival f 'l'i
tnatia. prevented bloo
haps would have r"
rvenlioti by tl.a
t-s at Tia.i. hai
ilsl.ed hn !i pi r
suited in a stale
of at tu.il war betwt
ill l'a!) and Jugs
Mav ia.
The lliissui!) iinih:is.nlor has mfonn
ed the state ilepartinetit that that the
s iperior liussi.m iMiuutunder m Sibe
ria has appol'igized to the i oiuuiandi-r
of the AnnTUati fortes in Siberia for
the Incident at Itnall. Siberia, involv
ing the arrest by mssuiks of an Ainer
hail officer and enlisted men and Ihe
flogging of the ladt r
Investigation has been started by
the bureau of internal revenue of fit
I complaints made by Jewelry men that
artules taxable tinder the luxury
ilaiwe of the revenue act are being
sold m t.ihaiio and stationery boxea
0 hout collection ofthe tax.
Anient an aid f"T Armenia soon w ill
he uniiet e-s.ir , sa s James V. tierard.
i ft.rmer I tilled Si. lies ambassador to
Germany. He sas tin re will he no
. Armenian prohh tn he. ju-r all the Ar
menians will hive starved to death
in a month.
j I'.reaknirf a thr
I senate and liouto
Weeks' llt.lilli'lk,
"Uferees hale at
mi nt iui the pt'S
I last rear bed an ;itre.
lilhltlOU piil'oii emeiit
prov.il of the confer'
lull
Qiiu k ait-
report is ex-
peeled.
i At last reaihing the stage of act inn
j in its consiileiatii'ti of the peace treii
! ty the senate li.ts swept aside lb', out
of the ta amendments which had been
written into the douintent by the for
: eign relations committee,
j In the ubsetue of a definite agree
I nient, senate leaders think that the
' debate on the remaining amendments
to the peace treaty w ill run on for sev
eral days before another roll tall vote
is taken.
John V. Iletinett of Waycross has
been nominated by the president to
be I'nited States attorney for the
southern district of Georgia.
A dispatch from Ki Paso, Texas, says
American aviator flying iut-i Mex
ico will be fired upon by Mexican
troops. The dispatch states that Ig
nacie Bonillas, .Mexican ambassador
at Washington, had been Instructed to
convey this information to the state
department.
Ten thousand emergency officers are
to be relieved of their commissions
between now and the first of No
vember, and warning is given that
men retained in the service, both reg
ulars and emergency officers, will un
doubtedly sufer reduction In rank in
numerous rases.
Ilrand Whitlock of Ohio, now min
ister to Pelgium, has been nominat
ed by President Wilson to be ambas
sador to that country.
Southern states business interests
nro to have Immediate government
ah! in fostering larger purtii ipatiou m
foreign trade and in the development
of their ports. Trade Commissioner
Garrard Harris of the department of
commerce left A'ashington for l!ir
niiiigham and later will go to Mobile
and New Orleans to inaugurate the
work. Temporary headquarters will
be established first at Mobile.
Secretary Lansing returned to Wash
ington after a vacation of several
weeks at Henderson Harbor, N. V.
Shipping in American ports, so fur
as it concerns shipping hoard vessels
with cargoes consigned to ports of the
United Kingdom, was at a standstill
because of the strike of ISritish rail
way workers. Suspension of the sail
ings of all vessels under its control
to ports of England. Scotland, Ireland
and Wales has been announced by the
shipping board through the making
public of an order issued when the
railroad strike became a known certainty.
HERALDS REVIEW of NORTH CAROLINA
A Record Of Important Events At The Capitol And
Throughout The State, Reported For Herald Readers
CAROLINIANS SE
OH FOREIGN SALES
111
STRIKING EXAMPLE $H0ilN OF
DIECRIVINATION AGAINST
TAR HEEL COTTON.
dOTKJ THEN RESELL TO OS
Otor.4 t Buvfri Pa ; Ctsts tufiii
o C.'ttjn from N irti Carji ma a.id
Tien Rfture It At a Pi-ot.
Hale gh
T'-e f . t that North far ' ma ,
has been un.'us! ly d s. i -.m
aga rist in fav- of the i.eoig .i
d i, i h is to v-r Leeti lei:er :!!::,'
:!.'n
. ib d
(r.t-
-I'ed
ta..n tils ve.ir, savs O J M, I'n'i; ell.
t ir-m r c .;t,m gra l.-r for in, tae.
ami w.irelioi.s suji.-i itit. nib tit. wuo is
now m the intton bus.nes ;a Kay.
e;t, v.lle.
'The cotton crop .n tleorg-a th:
veaf i unusu illy s'to'-t." scl Mr M,-.
I'oiine:;. "and the tboig a buyers are
c oiling into North t'.nol.na. imrchas
ir.g the cot: n fr.-m T.ir Heel farmers, j
s'i PI' r it . tie rgia, having it I
con. press, -i a'nl reslrppinK t h ' tame j
lo'toi, t North I'.iri.u.i in iniifa, tur j
ers .oi,! ;i Mi; ,t (,,r mi,rt, (i14a tlle i
i
o " ' i t it o.o.i farmer ean possibly
" '! his i oton r.,r Tlrs is due to the
t i. t v .it the lieorgi.i cotton has a bet
'er iepi.tt mi ,1'uor.r luiyers ih.in
i tr.lni iot!.,n The lleorgia pro
i!m t is suppo.e.1 to have a little bet
ter s'.,;.e
"T'rs Ihe.uv ; eiploiled. however "
Mi- Mii'A-n.;i s.ivs, -by the expo
'"ii" of I'm voir, when the North
t'arolma grown i.i'b'n ha been sub
st. tnte.l f,,r the (j,.orgia cotton and
the l"iver an l co'ton experts h'tve
t.ot r1. ',.,oH, ,i freni'e and are
willing to pav a little h gher price for
cott ui shipped from Nor-h Carolina
to lieorci.t and b.o k again. The door
!! I,,. V.,.- ..u i
....... )n iu u i ' o 1 1 1 iiure-
quartets of a cent a pound fre,ght i
both w ivs. an. I a half a i tit for ooin
pressing Kv.i w ith this additional I
rost they are able to sell the cotton to
North Carolina nulla at a nroft.
Aibtvlll Secures Next Reunion.
A most refreshing chapter in the
peace history of the immortal Thir
tieth division has been the first re
union Just closed at Greenville S. C .
and. written in sin h a manner, the
assu'iatioii promises to live on and
on. adding new laurels tn Its name for
srvi e to mankind. The action of
the association paves the way to an
other chapter equally as illtereting
at Asheville. X. C, next yeHr. this
r ty having been selected as the place
of the in xt reunion
State Gtti Asphalt Plant
As part of the surplus war material
which is being distributed by the War
Iiepir'mcnt to Ihe d flerent states,
the Slate Highway Commission has
Jusf r iv t il a huee asphalt pl int,
valued at approximately $2fi.n0. The
plant is capable of laying 1,000 yards
of i etnent per day
Distinguished Service Corps.
n. II. House, collector of war rec
ords for the North Carolina llistorn'il
commission, has jn-t completed the
compilation of North Carolina men in
the world war who have been award
ed the Distinguished Service Cross.
There are Iil4 of them.
Promote Health of Women.
Washington - On n mountain top
overlooking Asheville. X. C. the Vnit
ed Stales training corps for the pro
motion of the health of women Is
planning to open a big camp next
spring to which women of all South
ern stales would he permitted en
tranre. Increase In Car Fare.
Th North Carolina Corporation
Commission has filed an order per
mitting Ihe Asheville Power and
I,lght Company to Increase Its charge
for street railway passenger service
from five to sit cents except for
school children who will pay two and
one half rents.
Appeal for Co-Operitlon.
A special committee from a confer
ence in which Governor Hickett, State
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Urooks, and representatives of the
leading educational thought of the
negro race In this state, participated,
agreed on a bnis of ro-operation de
sired to he rounlry wirte and design
ed to keep down the baneful race
feelings and misunderstandings that
give rise to race riots. This commit
tee will issue an appeal to the people,
white and colored.
Wholesale Grocers to Meet
The North Carolina Wholesale
Grocers Association will hold Its 1919
convention In Raleigh Thursday, Oc
tober 8, according to announcement
by the chamber of commerce.
The association has a membership
of about "50 grocers and the conven
tion there will be one of the most Im
portant In several years because of
the present high cost of living. The
subject of high prices and their bear
ing on the business of the wholesal
ers will form a most interesting part
ot tha discussions.
A, dug South Carotin1"'.
I The rei or. Is , f tke N TtS Caribna
'll.- t Tiul i',. n ,,re I .tti i all
ed iiiio f n . ' t siv.ie to enmide
v'otii, .! r ie vo' -aiis f 'mi rly of
V ni t ar li' a. B w r s denta of
Soulh Carol :,t t -e. ii-e JteUMons
ii-oiu the l.itier s-ite r-cent v. t of
he S u:h i'.,r '1 in V- re l.K-ral
.s the fo-.f.-.b rate hli-.-'ll law of
. iial star- t ...t .i'o t .if. . I t He
vettt .u res 1, "it if S ..i'1 t'.o r Hi,
I no putter wh.,t pe et.l. 't d from.
I's e i .bd to a piii-.oti if he cm
' pr-i" ! s rv .. fr -i " .al rc
rt.'s. or bv the aM d iv t- . f at !e ist
i w e'li.-r Co:.: derate s ''. I rs
r tt.. pur; .se. a 1 ' ' ri-r of
i'" , b rs'e vtoer.in-i wl o .titert tl the
irmv f-on N,o'h l it I n i. 1 at are
m i t t i.s i f t' e TV": tv -t it- a-e
i i l 'ic mt t.'ei 'ii.rii Co' w ir rvc
t-.ls ,t: pis.,,s..Ti ,.f tiie North far
1 in 11 st, i , al l o'iirti s, on.
Speakfr for Cotton Drive.
Vohiuteer veakert, liii'bnlitis Home
of the had:rg men in North Carolina,
w .11 i impavn for the North Carolina
brant h of the Attieric.in Cotton Asaie
ti.it. on accord. re to announcement
from Mr. T H Parker, chairman of
the Speakers' Hureaii. who is assifn
inc the upeakepi to Tariotn nieetinit
place in the utate Amoti! the head
liners will be filbert X. P.ne. tlncif.
landulnta for governor; V O Sunn
ter Kluaheth City, land d.ite for
Congress; State H ghwar Commis
smner J K Cameron. K riston; ei
Senator Kr.ink Rone!!, l.nmberton; j
Sen it.-r V H C.voper. V Imirrfoii I
caiid.d.ite for lieutenant governor.
Honor Dead at Gettysburg.
Washington (Special). Senator
S nimons has taken up with the chair (
man of the (ietfvsbuig Uattleftebl 1
. ommliou. Getty shut g Pa, the mat !
ter of securing permission for the
erection at that pl;o e by the North!
Carol. n.t society of the daughters of
the revolution of s monument or j
marker at the particular r'ai e when- i
our North Carolinians made po.:b
our slogan. "Further at Gettysburg "
Mrs Marshall W.lln.ms. of F.uson.
North Carolina, regent of the North
Carolina iety, P A R , states in a
letter to Senator Simmons that as di
re, tor of the Gettysburg Monument
fund, she now has in hand approxi
mately "iiifl for tiis purpose, Mrs.
Williams also stales that some Vir
ginians question our history facts hut
that, "We know Virth Carolina oVad
were found furthest in the enemy's
line and we want to designate the
spots "
Uramg Rsct Harmony.
While leading white men In Xnrth
Carolina are devoting time and energy
toward cementing friendlier relations
between the races In the state, lead
ing negroes ate counseling members
of their own race for peace and har
mony without agitation.
C. M. Fppes, of Greenville, has Just
addressed a letler to the negroes ol
the state in which he advises his pen
pie against "thoughtless leaders In
sale and outside the state," In ,ie
connection. I'.cv. II. F. Martin, one o!
the most prominent and best known
norm preuiheis in the staff writes
Col. James II. Young here congratu
lating him upon his safe leadership.
To Invite 30th to Rale gh.
An invitation lo hold its 1"?n rem
ion in Ualeigh will be extended the
.hdh division at its meeting in Green
ville. S. C. Col. Albert I,. Cox was
requested by the directors of the
chamber of commerce to invite ths
divii.ion here next year.
Counties Plan Warehouses.
Farmers, bankers and other busi
ness men in at least eleven of thp rot
ton growing counties of Xorth Caro
Una are planning to build foopentlve
warehouses for the storage of cotton
and other produce, reports Mr. W. R
Camp, state warehouse superintend
ent and chief of the Xorth Carolina
division of markets.
Meet of Historical Associstlon.
After an interval of two years since
its last session, the North Carolina
State Literary and Historical Assoria
tion will meet this year in-Raleigh
with one of the most varied and in
teresting programs since Its organl
zation. The dntes for the session
have been fixed at November 20 21.
Government Rates Necessary.
Officials of the Southern Hell Tele
ph"ne company appeared before thr
corporation commission and gave tes
tiiimnv and argument In support o'
their petition for the commission tn
order the continuance of the Increas
ed telephone rates and charges, ex
change and long distance, that the
government put in force during fed
eral control
The urgent necessity for this was
stressed through presentation of evl
dence of further increased cost ol
operation and decreased revenue.
Virginls Sends Warning.
A threat from the secretory of ths
commonwealth to prohibit the use o!
Xorth Carolina automobile llr-ens
over the roads of Virginia if the al
leged practice of effacing or rhnng
ing factory numbers of cars l
not discontinued brought from the
Xorth Carolina secretary of state the
reply that if the officers of the law
of Virginia are a little more vigilant
It will not be "necessary to punist
thousands of law abiding North Car
olinians in the place ot a few ot y?u
culprits."
MASONIC TEMPLE
S 10 BE BUILT
W.ALEIGH MASONS GET OPTION
ON SITE CONSIDERED AS
EMINENTLY SUITABLE.
ALL LOOSES FAV03 HCTiON
Artoe Cf Mm Meetieg of Ail Lodges
ta D icmi Sublet Rat fled and
CaiemitUea Empotrd la Act
Kale gh - The Masonic hod es uf
Rale n-i r..ient!y took slops looking
towatd the eventual erection of a Mi
sonic Tmple in Ralnsh. when vir
tually all the lodges rat id ed the ac
tion of a mass meeting, and appoint
ed committees with power to act m
the puii base of me Want property
at the cerrier of Mi IVtwell and ilar
gett treets. The bod.es already
have at option on th.s property.
It w.u at the mas metmg in tha
Mason. c Temple, prea.ded over by
Mr Sim Hinsdale, chairman of a
committee whuh has been invest. gat
ing tite fe.s,l;!:!y of eret t ng a teiu
p that I1.' unanimous vote was tak
r" "" ' " of pun basing th
Property Is question.
linn Point Mrs. ThoMius W.
Hikeit. wife if the g ivvrnor. J 'lit
em! an ad Ires s in St Mary 's Kpisco
p.il cluiri h .it the interest of the cm
p.. gu tiovv in. dor way hy ti e ihurch
Hukory A disitessing accident
im uiriit lust In v.tnd It anl. Iiurko
entity, w'an Noah Huffman aged IS
,.. ,j a'most instantly
killed when his motor tnuk lumed
. . 0 oa., all . uli'.tl.kmi'Ut.
Winston Salem This city
month smashed another record,
sale of revenue stamps totaling
immense sum of 7.1 74 I2H 71
This means the manufacture
this
the
the
and
shipment of several million pounds of
tobacco during the month
Asheville For the first t me. It It
believed In the history of North Car
olina, a woman has been elected
county superintendent of schools, this
honor falling to Miss Kthel Ten-ell
when the couuty hoard of education
elevated her to this position.
Andrews This town d'oubtless
hold the record for really effectual
(Ire prevention among the substantial
towns of the slate equipped with
water works, tire department, elec
tric lights mid other statidartl muni
cipal equipment, in that there' has
not been a lire In re w ithin the past
two years.
Ia xington. Another evidence of
the new life whuh Lexington is tak
ing on is the fact th it the young men
of the town formed a permanent or
ganization to be known as the Lexing
ton Athletic dull. the purM)se of
which is to promote football, tennis,
minstrels, and other activities.
Greenville Word reaches Green
ville that there Is a probability that
Chowan college. Baptist institution,
will be removed from Murfreeshoro
to a larger city Grevnville will make
s bid for this most excellent school.
Fayetteville A want ad Inserted In
a local paper not only restored It H.
Heard's automobile which had been
standing in front of a Ave and ten
cent store, but brought about the ar
rest of a former civilian guard at
Camp Brarg who is charged with hav
ing taken the car and sold It for $475.
Washington (Special) Out of the
three specialists called here to con
fer with Dr. Carey T. Grayson on
the President's condition are two na
tives of North Carolina. Dr. Sterling
Rutin and Pr. Edward K. Stitt. Dr
Tluffin, of the well known Muffin fam
lly of Xorth Carolina, is the leading
practitioner mf the District of Colum
bia. Pr Stitt is a son of the late
Capt. Ftl Stltt. of Charlotte. 11 Il
the leading diagnostician of the nivy.
Airplanes At Gretnsboro.
Greensboro 1reensboro was visit
ed hy three Cnrtlss JN 4 airplanes,
brought hy Chief Instructors II. W.
Powers. Robert Shunk, and O. M
Jenkins, of Atlantic City
They will be here several days, nnd
will make flights as often as the peo
ple of this and nearby cities have the
kale to pay for aerial trips. A land
Ing field has been located at Guilford
college, while the Daniel, Henbow,
and Cobb fields may also be used, ac
cording to Chief Instructor Powers.
New Business Mansger.
Winston-Salem Frank C. Page,
son of the late Walter Page, former
ambassador to Kngland, for years edi
tor of World's Work, succeeds X. L.
Cranford as business manager of The
Morning Journal, the change brrom
Ing effective at once.
Mr. Page, it is learned, has secured
a large block of stork In the publica
tion. Mr. Cranford, who retires to
devote bis time to a position In the
revenue service to which he was re
cently appointed, retains bis Interest
bi The Journal,
H
HAS FnARTIAL LA'A
GENERAL LEONARD WOOD WITH
1.000 REGLUR TROOPS CO
TO GARV, NEAR3V.
m mi CF mm
r"dtrai Troops Wert Set t G'ry in
Mjtur Trucks IminrJ jtciy Upe
Request of Governor Goadrtcft.
Chicago - Martial law was ibali-i'd
srthm a r.dius of fi.e nubs tr 'in
Fast Chnago. Ind . hy Adjutant Cm
eral Smith, ailing under autaortv of
Governor James (',,lrah and V.J
G-n. I.esinnrd Wood, commander of
t'e cen r.il d vision of the Tinted
St itcs orniv. arrived at Gary, Beirby
wth 1 eeo overs, a regular of tlie
Fourth il.vi.ioB to pi-ent trouhl f
4 res'ilt of a terse situation m the
steel in ill cr ke rex ion
X violence m-curre.t. the only out
bieak taking place before slate troops
were se-it into the field; but a l.rje
parole of strikers, in. hiding ;uu for
tner soldiers in uniform in spite cf an
rder ar.nnst parades and meetings,
wis held, preliminary to a meeting i f
st. iker in a park at Gary
Th fe.er il troops sent lo C. rv
were difpitcaed in riotor trucks bv
Roner.il Wood inimed.atelv after he
hul received a request for aid from
Governor Goodrich. General Wood ,
snnoun.-ed that he would assume per
son il comnnml f tha troops
lb arrival i f the federal troops, 'he
state units were withdrawn from
Gary ami concentrated In Ind: m.i
Harbor and Fust Chicago.
3UEEN ELIZABETH CHARMED
WITH THE FALLS OF NI AGRA
Puffulo Th- nu-en of th Hot
thins was etitht .'I. d by the mo:'"v
v.t.ira, t of Ni ii-ar.i The -r h.i!
it'iiii m I t.irv vt i t'tit given H " l
inn rulers bv pet ilo was .bight
'ui to thorn but it was the ?vi- in
if the pieat fit's her iti.ijYstv w.'l
irtv wth lor It r.i'e t nnd of wh.h
h exi la ioeil mo t of't ti to th '. in
'lor entourage
NORTHERN LITtTRATURE GIVfN
AS CAUSE OF NEGRO RIOTS.
Washington Southern congress
men have reported to the ileparttnant
of Justice that 1 W. W. mmey and
r. present ' lives ure behind Ihe move
ni"nt to incite negro-s to riot ind
massacre.
The attorney general and the nost
master general hsve been skl to
apply the espionage net to cer'.iu
New York and Chicago piibl!.-.iiion
that started race hatred bv cartootip
Bnd editorial nlta. k nn whites
There Is apprehension in Washing
ton that bloodv rnoe rs will bn-ek
out In some of the st it. s lari'elv pop
ubitcd bv negroes. If the paper that
print inf i.mmiitory stories nro not
ftippressed or burred from the mails
TURKISH SITUATION IS
; CAUSING APPREHENSIONS
Paris - The new situation In Tur
kev whh h hi iirisen through hi
resignation of the cabinet is regarded .
in French circles a confronting thr
peiM-p conference with another grw.
ititl urgent problem. The downfall ol
. ho government ts attributed to thr
i ncc unation of Konich by n ition ilisl i
, forces under Mils tapa Kemat. who
, according to some estimates, hu .
300.010 men. !
FIVE WOUNDED IN RIOTS
AT OAKLAND TERMINAL ,
Oakland. Col - Five men. Including
Police Ceptain W. f. Woods, win i
slightly wounded in rioting rouse !
itient upon the attempt of the San j
Francisco Oakland terminal railwsy i
to resume stret car traffic st the he i
ginning of the sixth day of the strike
SENATOR M'COMBER CHARGES
DECEPTION BY OPPOSITION
Washington Denying that Ores!
Britain nnd her colonies would bavt
six votes In the league of nations tr
one for the I'nited States. Senator
McCumber. republican, of Xorth 11a
kotn. charged In the senate that sen
ators advocating the amendment by
Senntor Johnson, republican, of Call
fornia. proposing to limit the voting;
power of the Hntlsh colonies wre
funning popular prejudices with an un
founded appeal.
PADEREWSKI HAS FORGOTTEN
HO'V TO PLAY THE PIANO
Paris - Interviewed after the signa
ture of the Austrian treaty. Ignnce
Jan Pnderewskl volunteered Ihe In
formation that he had quite forgot1 en
how to play the piano. The Journal
Ist. after asking the Polish premier
numerous questions relating to the
political situation In Poland, fln-lly
queried: "And your tirt, Mr. Preai
dent have you given it up?"
"Yes." repfied the former artist "I
have forgotten 'It."
MANY BOLSHEVIKI SURRENDER
TO GEN. DENEKINE'S TROOPS
Copenhagen. General Denikine's
troops are within thirty miles of Oral,
on the road to Moscow, nnd the hoi
sheviki, who have been opposing hltn.
are surrendering In great numbers
according to a wireless dispatch from
the Cossack anti bolshevik comman
der, received here.
(Orel Is 200 miles directly south o!
Moscow. The city has a population ol
about 70.000 and is an Important rail
road and commercial center.)
SifS COSIIil
IS HUGH IMPROVED
DIFFICULTY EXPERIENCED IN
PERSUADING THE PATIENT
TO REMAIN IN BED.
mmm m mm
Tnat Mr. Wilson Was Able to Eat antf
Sleep wit Wore Regularity Was
Considered Very Prwm.sma.
Wsshn.;f"Ti- The favorable trend
f Prea'd nt W dsoa's i n.liti.n con
'.'reel an! there were indications
lh.it th.ise stt-ndl.g th President
thought he might be dcfi-i.toiy ua th
rvwid lo covey
After th l- t n rht's steep he ha
ho! 'n.e be was liken ill the I'res
.don! w.is in such r,Nul sp r ts that
Hear Ailtimn! i'a-y T t;i'av.i-i. his
iT otial phisnian had d.fli.uity in
IH-rsu.i,! ng h ft to remain in bed,
Th it V- Wilson whs ah!., t v eat an.t
le.p woth more regularity was con
sidered p. rtiiularly promising s:nce
thesis are the two most import mt
rettiis'tes for cure . f the complies
tier, which followed his stuck ot
ner on ixhausi on His digest, ve or
g. ns have been sensitive for yoars
:id hi respiratory system, wiiken
ej hy an attack of influe-irt list
soritig. is si-id In hsve interfereil
biring hi jrcrrnt illness with his
ability t sbcp soiindly
BRITISM RAILWAY STRIKE
ENDS THROUGH COMPROMI'E.
London With d-am.itic sudden-tie-.
it was announced to a knot of
P - ple waiting ir lownirg street, thlt
the greit railw.iy ttrke. which r.p
p iTod to hsve brought the country
aluc'st to the brink if revolution, was
el. I'd. and that the striker would
r" utne work r.i qiih klv as possible.
The terms of the settlement sr: In
the nii'ure of a rniini- 'tnlse. The Na
tional Cuion cf Itiilwaymen agrees
to cull off the strike, anil the govern
ment conser.'s to a renewal of the
t. .'initiations, the continii.ince of the
exi ting wat.. scale for another year,
iiotead of i t mouths ns previously
off 'rod, ntnl the establishment of a
min'mum wire of 51 shillings, while
the cost of livir.s Is 110 p"r rnt abova
ihe pro war level
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS
SUGGEST A NEW REMEDY.
Xcw York The present Industrial
unrest is due to the system permit
ting "the acquisition of wealth tor
which no adequate tervire has been
rendered," according to nine "indii
trial engineers" who express their
views In a letter mad public hen
addressed to the. labor conference in
Washington.
TO ENTRUST THE STATES
WITH WORLD WAR EMBLEMS
Washington. While the I'nited
Slates government will retain title
to the colors, standards and guidons
curried by North Carolina, South Car
olina nnd other national guard trivopj
during the world war. they will be in
trusted to the several states or donors
for safe keeping ,
ONE MILLION DOLLARS LEFT
TO GREAT BAPTIST CAMPAIGN
NashvTile. Tenn -Ttir-ucti the will
of J Thomas, wealthy layman of Iial
l is. T. x . who died recently, the llap
list J75.nno.OOD campaign receives
11.000.000 from the Thomas estate.
GENERAL LEONARD WOOD
SOON TO LEAVE OMAHA
Chlrngo Within a few davs Cen.
erHl Leonard Wood will relinquish
military control of Omaha where
mob rioted, lvnched a negro, attempt
ed to hang Mayor Smith and burned
the court house.
LODGE'S CONSTITUENTS
WANT TREATY RATIFIED
Tloston, Mass. Prompt ratification
of the treaty of peace without amend
ment but with "unequivocal and effec
tive reservations" was favored In the
platform offered at the Republican
state convention
The resolutions as prrjented en
dorsed the efforts of Senntor Lodge
"to bring about prompt action on the
treaty" and also voiced appreciation
nf the services of Speaker Gillett of
he house
SEEK TO EXPEDITE N. C.
CHILD LABOR LAW APPEAL
Washington The supreme r-otirt
In a Joint motion filed hy hoth shies,
was asked to exnedlte consideration nf
appends from Xorth Carolina Involv
ing the constitutionality of the pro
vision of the war revenue act of 1919,
Imposing an excise tax upon the pro
ducts of child labor, so that an early
decision run be secured. 'Although
the government is not a party to the
proceeding Solicitor General King
Joined In the motion.
STATE TROOPS ORDERED
TO GARY BY GO"ERNOR
Indiannpolis. Ind Governor Good
rich has ordered 11 ronininies, of
slate militia to Ehst Chicago and
Gary, where rioting broke out as a
result of the strike of steel workers In
that district.
The governor's action followed an
appeal by Sheriff Parnes, of I.akt
county, and Mayor Hodges, of . Gary.
The sheriff reported that agitator!
were Inciting the striking steel
workers.
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