ROANOKE RAPIDS HERALD. ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C.
DUEL HAS A "f
DEATH OVERTAKES
SEVEN SOUTHERN PORTS OPEN
SHARP DECLINES
HOPE TO BELIEVE MUM
PLANNING STORAGE
FOR 1920 COTTOi!
FLEEING GARRANZA
Seven Loaded Csrs Moving North to
One Being Sent South Which Adds
to Jam North of Ohio River j
FEATURE MARKET
Slowing Down of Industrial ETorts
Snon by Decreased Production Is
Most Unsatisfactory Element.
PECULIAR MISHAP
MAN WHO KEPT UNITED STATES
AND MEXICO IN CONSISTANT
FEUD MEETS HIS END
CAUSE CF DEATH UNCERTJUM
One of Many Reports is That He Was
Treacherously Slam by Former Fol
lowers After His Surrender
Washington. Venusnno Canaiua
has joined the long line of Latin
Araeciean dictators who have denied
their stormy careers in Right aim
death.
A fugittive in t'u' mountains of
Kuobla. the old man ho kept, the
United Slates and Mexico in a broil
for the lust live years was killed by
some of the troops which hart protect
ed him as a loyal bodyguard in bis
flight from the Mexican capital.
Wheiher he fell ttgh'ing, or a victim
Of the telchraied' "ley flie.ua." which
made dead men of Madero and Snare?.,
or actually was murdered in a coup
d'elat, is obscured in such fragmen
tary information as has come out of
the tropical fastness of Tlaxoaitonga.
Early dispatches from Meioo City
said the former president had been
killed" in an attack led tiy General Her
rcia, who had gone with Carranza in'
flight, hut laU'.r deserted to the revo-,
lutionlsts. The announcement, made
at headquarters of Oiencul Obregon.
head of the revolutionary movement,
gave the impression that Carranta
had died ia battle.
But later advices received in El
Paso charged that Carranza had been
made a prisoner and assassinated in
"a cowardly manner " '
The full story may not be lmme-i
diately known, and even then may be;
the subject of dispute. In any event. '
it adds one more drop to the river of
blood which has flowed over Mexico
since Porfirio Diaz signed his abdica
tion in tears. I
Arbitration of Armenian Boundary 1
is Undertaken by United States
Paris. Ambassador Wallace In
formed the council of ambassadors
that President Wilson had announced
that the United States would accept
the role of arbitrator in fixing the
boundaries of Armenia.
Despite Present Unsettled Condition
Japs Not to Withdraw Gold From Us
Tokio. Inquiry among leading fi
nanciers here elicited the declaration
that despite present unsettled eco
nomic conditions in this country Ja
pan would not be oHtged to withdraw
fold held in America. This gold is
largely invested in American bonds
and Is earning interest, and more
over, Japan has more gold at home
than she needs.
Payment of Federal Taxes With
Liberty Bonds is Frowned Upon
Washington. The treasury's opposi
tion to any plan by which Liberty
bonds would be accepted in payment
of federal tar.es was expressed in a
letter from Assistant Sacretary Lef
fingwell to a correspondent. Mr.
Leffingwell declared that such a pro
gram would force the treasury to re
place by fresh borrowings money
which it would have received in taxes.
Wilson Warns Coal Operators and
Miners There Must Be no Strike
Washington. Anthracite operators
and miners were warned by President
Wilson that, there must be no strike
in the anthracite coai fields during
this critical period in the readjust
jnetit of the country.
Writing to the members cf the joint
scale committee which has been con
ducting negotiations for two months,
the president said that if they should
be unable to reach an agreement he
w oiid insist that the tuostinns in dis
pute be submitted to the determina
tion of a commission to be appointed
by him ,and that work be contTnued in
the mines pending the decision.
Colby Decides That Cemmlttee Can ,
Act on Pending Irish Resolution'
Washington. Secretary Colby wrote
Chairman Porter, of the houss foreifn
affairs committee, that there "were
no facts" in connection with foreign
relations which should deter the com
mittee from action on pending resolu
tions dealing with Irish freedom
"which is dictated by good Judgment."
and the committee felt "conscien
tiously impelled to take."
The committee took no action on
the resolutious before it.
Will Aid in the Reconstruction
of Devastated Region of Europe
New York. Tho Carnegie endow- j
ment for international peace has ap
propriated $500,000 to aid In recon-j
etruction of the devastated regions of .
France, Belgium, Serbia and Russia,!
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler announced j
tisre In making public the annual re-1
port of the endowment's division of
'Atercourse and education.
The bequest disclosed that $100,000
was allotted to aid in restoration of
tho University of Louivain.
Mo Changes In the Regulations
Governing Deliveries of Cotton
Washington. The Comer amend
ment to the agricultural appropriation
jnder which regulations for cotton de
liveries would have been changed,
was stricken from the measure by
senate and house conferees. The
house recently refused to accept the
amendment
, The conferees reported' continued
disagreement on the senate amend
ment to abolish the government tree
-ats distribution. .
Louisville. Ky. Headquarters in
Louisville of railroads with Southern
port connections have sent telegrams
broadcast to connecting lines frota
Pittsburg to San Francisco announc
ing free movement of freight iu the.
S nith and suggesting the use of Gulf
and South Atlantic terminals for the
movement of export business as one
means of relieving freight congestion
iu the East. Middle West and West.
The telegrams asserted that seven
Southern ports New Orleans. Mobile.'
Jacksonville, Brunswick, Savannah.
Charleston and Norfolk are open
and that export business can be ban-:
died if lines at Ohio river crossings,
St. Louis or Memphis, could be n ach
ed. "As far as I knew." said R. L. Mo
K.diar. foreign freight traffic manager.
Southern Ha.lroad. one of the leaders
in a movement centralized here to as
sist in relieving freight congestion,
"the idea of using Southern ports for
move-incut of export business has not
been advanced in the present crisis."
"Moreover." he added, "the logic of
the situation is with the South, where
two loaded cares are moving North to
one load being sent to the South. This
necessarily means an empty haul
South and lost motion and adds ma
terially to the freight jam north of
the Ohio river."
Incomplete Returns Show That the
Legion Has Gained 80.000 Members
Indianapolis. Ind Incomplete rc
turntf into national headquarters here
indicate that approximately 80.000
new members were obtained in the
first two days of the American Legion
nationwide campaign for Increased
membership.
New York Banks Apply Pressure
to Many Importers and Merchants
Nw York. 'New York banks is ap
plying pressure to importers and mer
chants dealing In luxuries and non
essentials in compliance with the re
quest of the federal reserve hoard that
they aid ia the deflation of ceidiis.
Either Craig or Osborn Selected
to Succeed Glenn on Commission.
WasliinT'on. - - Former Governor
Locke ('''Big of Asheville or former
Commissioner of Intersta'e Revenue
W. H. Osborn of Greensboro will be
appointed to membership on the in
ternal boundary coaimisSioti to .-no-ceed
former Governor Rc berf B
Glenn, who died ,n Canada
Both Imports and Exports Fell Off
Materially During March and April
Washington - Exports for April de
creased f Kt5.nofi.e00 while impr'.j fell
off $:lu.0"0 000. aa rorapare.f with the
trade figures for March, it was an
nounced by the department of com
merce. Exports for the month were valued
at $i;S4.1ff) 900. against $320,000 In
March and $715,000,000 in April last
year. I
Miners Bent en Starching Trains
for Possible 9tnke Breakers
Roanok, Va A band of 30O miners
has formed ia Matewan. West Vir
ginia, bent on searching all trains en
tering the town for Baldwin-Felts men
Chinese Cabinet Will Not Open
Direct Negotiations With Japan
i London. The Chinese cabinet has
decided to decline to enter into direct
negotiations wi'h Japan rgard;ng a
settlement cf the Shantung cjeestlon.
Women Suffragists Plan a Fight
for North Carolina Legislature
Baltimore. To pave the way for a
legislative fight agamst the woman
suffrage amendment, which comes up
in North Carolina nxt July, Mrs.
Rufus M. O-ihbs. president of the Mary
land Association Opposed to Woman 1
Suffrage; Mrs. W. P. Wyse, local
vice-president, and 'Mrs. W filter Lamar
of Georgia left for Raleigh.
The anti-suffragists will stay a week
atd.ng state organization leaders to
fight the mea-sure when it comes up.
Vice President Prescribes Equal
"nd Exact Justice Unto All Men.
I Indlanaolis, Ind "Equal and exact
justice to all men" as a remedy for
unrest was prescribed by Vice Presi
dent Marshall In his keynote address
, bf ore the state democratic conven-
tion. He also urged jail sentences
, for profiteers.
'1 hold that the democratic doctrine
of equal and exact justice to all men
and of special privileges to none will
meet all the angry and irreconciled
views of today," said Mr. Marshall.
; House Committee Approves Stock
Dividend Tax for Soldier Relief.
Washington. A ten per cent stock
dividend tax retroactive to last March
15 was approved by the house ways
and means committee as a part of
the taxation scheme for financing
soldier relief legislation.
Its adoption of the tax provision by
a margin of one vote precipitated
such a fight In the committee that fa
vorable report on the bill wa de
layed, with opponents of the stock
tax seeking reconsideration.
60th General Assembly of the
Southern Presbyterian Church,
Charlotte The sixtieth general as
sembly of the Southern Presbyterian
church, with from 200 to 250 minis
ters and commissioners in attendance,
began a week's session in the First
Presbyterian church with a sermon
br the retiring moderator, Rev. A. if.
Fraser of Staunton, Va., followed by
communion service.
The church auditorium and galleries
were filled, most of those present be
ing members of tke assembly.
PRICES OF PRACTICALLY ALL
PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES
BEING "MARKED DOWN"
PDRX DECLINE SI6MT
Cotton. Sugar and Corn Options Broke
Violently, as Did Cereals on New
York and Chicago Market
New York. Influenced by the na
tionwide price cutting agitation that is
steadily gaining ground, tie principal
commodity markets of the county con
tinued to "mark down" quoted values.
Cotton, sugar and corn options broke
violently here and i Chicago and re
veals an it provisions, including pork,
also suffered sharp reaction. Sigtiiti
ounce was attached to the drop in Cue
pork prices as marking the first pro
nounced" b.eak ia high priced food
stuffs.
The stock exchange showed im
provenient on a sharp recovery of
Liberty bonds and Victory bands.
A large part of liquidation in cotton
and grains was attributed to the fur
ther siaiing down of credits by bank
ing institutions here and in other re
serve centers, evidently in conformity
with the request of the federal reserve
board.
lln the local cotton r arket May
contracts broke almost 4i0 points.
Sugar Prices Soaring Sky High,
it Bringing Twenty-One and a Half
New York An increase of one cent
a pound In the price of sugar, making
the new basic price 21 1-2 cents per
pound was announced by the Ameri
can Sugar Refining Company. j
Another Old Veteran Passes and
is Resting Under the Shade
Little Rock. "-General Jonathan Kel
logg, aged 78, adjutant general of the
trans-Mississippi division of the Unit
ed Confederate Veterans, died In a lo
cal hospital here.
General Federation of Labor at
Paris Decides to End Strike
Paris -The General Federation of
Labor decided to call off tho strike it
had oriior-'d in support of the railway
men's walkout. The d-eision for the
resumption of work was reached by a
vote of SI to 11.
The
'Hoover Herald" to Have Run
During the Chicago Convention;
Chicago. The "Hoover Herald" will
be published daily during the Ropub
lical national convention in Chicago
nwxt month In the interests of ttie
presidential candidacy of Herbert
Hoover, it was announced.
Norfolk and Portsmouth Grocers
Strike Against High Cost Bread
Norfolk. Ya -The Norfolk and
Portsmouth rotaii grocfrs have united
in an agistment to refuse to handle
haker's email costing more than S
cents per loaf, ami to retail at 10
cents.
The Wave of Price Reduction in
Clothing Only Partly Explained
i Washington The wave of price re
duction In wearing apparel which bis
spread to every Important city is due
largely to public withdrawal from the
market and to the investigation con
ducted by the department of justice,
in the opinion of Assistant Attorney
Gtnsral Garvan,
Produce Trucker Dumps His Load
of Snap Beans into Mobile Bay
Mobile. With less pomp and less
ceremony and less of the Indian dis
guise, the Boston tea party was par
alleled here when an eastern shore
produce trucker, dumped his cargo of
snap beans into Mobile bay rather
than sail them to local produce deal
ers at 60c a bushel.
Fifteen Hundred Former Carranza I
Officere and Men Are Released j
Laredo, Tex. Fifteen hundred for
mer Carranza officers and men have
been released from military prison
and sent to their homes.
General Mandez, commander of the
prison, addressed the prisoners, asking
them to devote themselves to the pa
triotic work of helping to restore the
country to peace and prosperity. The
revolutionaries, he said, were not dis
posed to reprisals or revenge and bad
"forgotten all old rancor."
I Peace Resolution Adopted by the
House and Sent to the President!
Washington. The Republican peace
resolution has been Adopted finally by
the house. It now goes to the presi
dent. The house majority accepted the
senate substitute for the original
house resolution, Democrats vainly
opposing It. The house vote approv
ing the resolution was announced as
228 to 189, which was taken to indi
cate that a veto by the president could
not be overriden.
No Candidate for the Democratic
Nomination Hae 100 Pledged Vote
Chicago. With the Democratic con
vention a little more than a moiuh
away, a canvass of the situation shows
no one man has received as many as
100 pledged delegates while the nn
instmcted delegates thus far chosen
number 687. There are 242 delegates
yet to be elected
Under the Democratic convention
rules, a two-thirds' vote is required to
nominate, or 728 out of the 1,02 vot
which will be catt in the conventioa.
! Washington. Curtailment of long-te-m
louns covering "uoness-Mitial"
cpi rations and discouragement of un
necessary borrowings of all kinds
will be the foundation of the federal
reserve systeM's new policy designed
to deflate the national finances. Amer
ican bankers have pledged themselves
to co-operate with the reserve board
in the effort to carry out the plan.
Governor Harding, of the hoard, is
of the op.nion that l.quidatioa or sti-pe'-fluotis
loans will go far toward
rectifying the present inflation. Ex
pansion of banking credit due to W'ar
requirements, he told the hanker del
egates, amounted to $ 1 l.ihH'.OoO.oOJ
wi-'le money in circulation had in
ert ased about Sl.i'OO.uuu.O'.Hl during
tut' war period.
The "slowing down of itidiistri.il ef
fort,1"' as indicated by decreased pro
duction in important linen, represent
ed the most unsatisfactory element in
the country's tcomunicul problem.
Governor Harding said. The govern
ment's t'ffor s. he explained, would be
toward a normal and healthy liquida
tion "without curtailment of essential
industries and. so far as possible,
without disturbing legitimate commerce."
Geneva Is Selected As Permanent
Seat of the League of Nations.
Rome. The council of the league of
nations, as- a result of the Swiss ref
erendum, decided to select Geneva as
th seat of the league assembly, in
stead of Brussels, which would have
been chosen had Switzerland voted
adversely.
Expenses of All Candidates for
the Presidency Will be Audited.
Washington Favorable report was
ordered by the senate auditing com
mittee on the Borah resolution calling
for an investigation by the senate into
all expenditures made by republican
and democratic presidential candi
dates as well as into contributions re
ceived in their behalf.
League Decides Bolivian Matter
Is Purely an American Question.
Buenos Aires. Responding to a Bo
livian memorial to the council of the
league of nations a!u:ig that Bolivia
be granted a Pacific port, 'he council
has decided that it will not intervene
because it is a purolv American ques
tion, says a dispute h from R.n Janeiro.
Legion Reaffirms Its Advocacy of
Four-fold Soldier Relief Measure.
Washington. The executive com
mittee of the Atueririin Legion adopt
ed resolutions reaffirming its advo
cacy of the four-fold soldier relief plan
pending before the house wi-vs and
means committee and "insisting that
the measure become a law before con
gress takes its summer recess."
An Anti-Lynching Law is Placed
On the Calendar of the House
Washington. An "anti-lynohing
law" was reported out by the housa
judiciary committee and placed on tho
calendar for early consideration. Un
der the measure any resident would
be entitled to appeal to federal courts
for protection on the ground that he
had reasonable cause to believe that
equal protection of the laws would be
denied him in stato courts. Partici
pants in mohs would be subject to
fine and imprisonment.
Direct Loss to Labor Because of
Strikes Show up as $725,000,000.
New York. An incomplete list of di
rect losses due to strikes in 1919,
plnces the cost to labor in wages at
nearly $723,000,000 and to industry at
more than one and one-quarter billion
dollars. Francis H. Sisson. vice pres
ident of the Guaranty Trust Company,
of New York, told the silver jubilee
convention of the National Associa
tion of Manufacturers here.
He urged the conservation of our
natural resources as a means of main
taining our economic position In the
world.
Most Comprehensive Statement of
Losses of France During the War
Paris. What is perhaps the first
concise and comprehensive statement
of France's war losses has Just been
made by Captain Andre Tardieu, for
mer French high commissioner In the
United States. In describing what ho
calls the "balance sheet" of Francs,
Captain TarJleu states 8,000,000 men
were mobilized , of whom 1,400,009
were killed, 800,000 maimed and 3.000,
000 wounded. France thus lost 57 p.r
cent of her men under 42 years of aga.
; American Suffragettes Are Off to
International Suffrage Meeting.
I New York. Headed by Mrs. Carrie
! Chapman Catt, 30 delegates, alternates
'and visitors, are sailing from New
York to attend the eighth congress of
the International Woman Suffrage Al
liance at Geneva, Switzerland. June
j 6-12. During their stay abroad the
w'omen propose to inaugurate a world
league for women voters.
Mrs. Josephus Daniels will be the
official representative of the United
States government.
Foch's Opinion of Efficacy of
League of Nations Appears Small,
Paris. Warning that France must,
In the midst of peace, make prepara
tions for future wars, was uttered by
Marshal Foch, who presided at the
annual meeting of the Polytechnic
School for Army Engineers.
"Who of us," he asked, "dares be
llve Germany is renouncing war on
the morrow of her ruin Germany,
which, inspired by sheer ambition,
took up arms In 1864, 1(96. 1870 and
1914 on the plea, of hlstorio necesrityT
PRESIDENT OF FRANCE WHILE
ASLEEP FELL THROUGH WIN
DOW OF MOVING TRAIN
HIS NOT 5EHI0USLT MEO
Walked a Mile and a Quarter Bare
footed and in His Fajamas Before
Meeting a Track Worker
Montargic, Prance. Paul Deschan
ol presiiLi't of the Fivnch republic.
fll from a window of bis train whoa
it was a, short distance from hero. Th.;
train wv.s nuving at the time. M. Dtn
i hncl walked a mile and a quarter in
i the darkness until tie met a track
worker.
The W: "kmun accompanied the pre
idttit to a signal .utlon nearby and
telephoned to this city for an auti
mobile. When he approached the
track worker, the injured mnn said.
"I was on the jirosidential traltj
and fell out of it while it was moving.
What 'which will surprise you more
however, is the fact I r.m Monsieur
IVschanel, president of the republic.
M. IoschMel. uixrn his arrival here,
received first medical attention some
two or three hours nfter the accidont.
Physicians found he had suffered po
injuries sufficient to enure anxiety, al
though he was hru'scd and lacerated.
In tellin." of his experiences after
his fall. President Do.chanel said he
found that h? had bo-n greatly shaken
up and was bleeding from some of his
injuries. He satisfied himself, how
ever, that :.o bones had been broken,
and then followed painfully after tho
train on foot until he met the work
man. Tho president, who had retired
sometime before the accident occur
red, was attired only In his pajamas
and was barefooted and bareheaded.
Bolshevik! Fighting Desperately
to Make Connection With Prussia
Warsav.v The bolshevik; are at
tacking in waves on the northern
f'ghtinsr front in a thrust to break j
the Pc lish lines and open communica- I
tion with Last Prussia. The fiercest i
fighting in months is raging along tho I
110-mile battlefield. Positions are I
gained and lost, and towns taken and i
retaken by opposing forces almost I
every hour. ;
Government's Gross Loss During
Control of Roads $000,478,000
Washington. The government's
gross loss In operation of the rail
roads during federal control was $900.
478.000, according to the final report
of Swager Sherlev, railroad adminis
tration director of finance.
After Forty-Three Years Service
Rabbi Is Made a Rabbi Emeritus
New York After 43 years as rabbi
of tho Spanish and Portuguese syna
gogue, in this city. Dr. H. Perecia
Mendes, who for 16 years, was presi
dent of the Union of Orthodox Jewish
Congregations of America, has retired
from the active minittdy and will be
come a rabbi emeritus.
Campaign of Governor Lowden So
Far Hat Cost Him $404,984,78
Washington. Governor Lowdon'j
fund for his campaign for the Repub
lican presidential nomination totals
$404,984.78. including contributions, L.
L. Emerson, the governor's campaign
manager, testified at the senate's in
vestigation Into campaign contribu
tions and expenditures.
100,000 Pesos Is Offered for
Francisco Villa, Dead or Alive
El Paso. A reward of 100.000 pesos
for the death or capture of Francisco
Villa has been offered by the govern
ment of the state of Chihuahua.
This announcement was made here
by Provisional Governor Gameroe,
whr. added that 2,000 troops left Chi
huahua City under orders to hunt
down the bandit chieftain.
Southern Presbyterian Assembly
Agrees to Form Union With North
Charlotte, N. C The plan of union
by tho joint committee on closer rela
tions of the assemblies of the South
ern and Northern Presbyterian
churches was adopted without a dis
senting voice at the sessions of the
Southern Assembly here. This issue
was presented by the moderator at the
opening of the morning session as tin
nlshed business and when he called
for the debate, none developed and the
question was passed with unanimity.
Representatives of All Interests
Were Present at Railroad Hearing
Washington. Representatives of
every Interest concerned in the op
eration of the country's railway sys
tem as well as the public were here
for the hearing by the Interstate com
merce commission on applications for
Increased freight rate. The road
owners have claimed that, in order to
meet the six per cent return on their
properties guaranteed, It will be nec
ossary to increase the eirnings ol
all the roads by $1,017,000,000.
Johnson Has Slight Lead Over Mis
Opponent Wood In Oregon Primary
Portland. Ore. -Senator Hiram
W. Johnson had a lead of 610 votes
over Major General Leonard Wood,
his nearest rival for the Republican
presidential preference In Oregon, a
cording to tabulation by the Portland
Oregonian, when count cf returns
from the state primary was returned
The vote was Johnson 49,61s; Wood
40,109. This, however, is not final iv
complete returns may entirely chan
tke result.
Recommeids Consol.detion of Several
Small Schools into Cne Central
Graded Inst.tution
Chapel 11.11 The vital facts on the
;o:!fo:.ciaiion of rural schools, which
has aitrac-ted wide-sprt-.nl interest iu
the State, are presented in the latest
publication of the bureau of extension
at the University of North Carolina
by Dr. Edgar W. Knight, professor of
rural education at the University.
Dr. Knight shows that, through ur
ban schools have improved notably in
the past ten years, rural schools have
not shown a corresponding improve
ment and that country children in
North Carolina are not obtaining the
educational advantages city children
are. As SO per cent of the State popu
lation is rural, the great proportion of
children are severely handicapped in
their schooling by having poorer paid
and poorer trained teachers, poorer
equipment, less time, cruder facilities
of every kind. "The condition of
rural schools is admittedly the most
insistent and immediately urgent taslt
before North Carolina today," says Dr.
Knight.
He sees the solution iu the consoli
dation of small set. ools int larger,
better equipped schools Willi provision
to trasport children from distant
places in truc ks. Se veral one room
schools ought to be consolidated into
a large school Willi different teachers
for different grades, he argues. The
plan has been tried with success in
Anson. Buncombe, Craven, Edge
combe, Granville, Halifax. Orange,
Pamlico, Wake, and Wilson counties.
Wilson county is using this year 20
trucks to bring children to school and
expects to have 60 trucks next year.
Gastonia. June 8 is the day set for
the laying of the cornerstone of the
North Carolina Orthopaedic Hospital
in Gaston county near Gastonia. Gov
ernor T. W. Pickett and the hightest
dignitaries of the Masonic and Pythian
fraternities In the State have prom
ised to be present.
Rocky Mount. Mr. Thomas B. Mc
Adams, vice-president of the Mer
chants National Hank, of Richmond,
and vice-president of the American
Hankers' Association, has accepted an
Invitation to address the North Caro
lina bankers at the twenty-fourth an
nual convention which will meet in
this city June 7-9.
Wilson. Wilson town, beginning
July 1, will be a first class postol'tice,
that is the increase in . claries that go
with the raising of tin- rank will come
Wilson's way and the patrons of the
office are praying that the service
may be improved. Office clerks and
city carriers get an increase of $100
per annuii..
Greensboro J. S. GriTfin of Ra
leigh, chief of the North Carolina cor
poration commission's special revalua
tion staff, was here conferring with
local tax officials in regard to the ad
minstratlon of the tax revaluation act.
He expressed gratification over the
progress made in Guilford county in
the sphere of revaluation. He found
that the work would be practically
complete by June 1.
Oxford. With a total membership
of over ten thousand through five hun
dred auxiliary societies, the Woman's
Missionary Union of tho North Caro
lina Methodist conference, which is
holding Its annual meeting here, has
just passed through one of its most
successful years.
Pledges for 1920 amount to fifty
thousand dollars. It was decided to
hold the next meeting in Hay Street
Methodist church, at Fayetteville.
Asheville. Surrounded unawares
apd captured while Intently watching
members of the posse, who left for the
Anderson settlement, a few miles
from Barnardsville, to apprehend the
outlaws who captured Chief United
States Marshall Garner and County
Jailer Williams and held them for
several hours, Robert and Mede And
erson, two of the brothers comprising
the notorious "Greasy Bill Anderson"
gang, wers arrested by forces under
command of Sheriff K. M. Mitchell, be
tween 300 and 400 gallons of liquor
was destroyed, and one of tho largest
stills ever to be found in Buncombe
county was seized, all as a result of
one afternoon's work.
Arrested Alderman Resigns,
Wilmington. L. L. Shepard, mem
ber of the city council, who was twice
arrested, first on a warrant charging
non-support, and later by federal tf
firials who alleged that tbey had 'ound
a uanlty of contraband liquor In hi9
place of business, announced that he
will tender his . resignation as coun
cilman. Ho waived preliminary examination
before United States Commissioner
Morere.
The case will be heard at the No
vember term of the federal court.
Stock 8how for Rowan
Salisbury. For some time a move
ment has been oa foot looking to the
holding of a peruiaent semi annual
livestock show and sale In Salisbury
and a conference of throughbred cat
tle raisers was held here last week to
further discuss the matter.
While nothing definite has been ar
rived at there is a strong possibility
that such a show and sale may be
established In Salisbury and held
twice a year, in the fall and in the
spring.
Elks Jubilee at Salisbury
Salisbury. Local Elks are receiv
ing messages dally from lodges all
over the state telling of large delega
tions that will come to the state lodge
meeting to be held in Salisbury. May
25th and 25th.
New Bern's delegates will come in
two Pullman cars and occupy them
for sleeping quarters while in the city.
They will bring a band. Durham
will also have a large delegation and
will probably bring a band. Several
other bands are promised, which en
sure a lively time.
GREAT WAREHOUSE THAT WILL
HOLD 22.000 BALES IS TO
BE BUILT AT CHARLOTTE.
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The Plant to Offer a Service Which
Includes storing Samples Sell
ing and Shipping for Patrons.
Charlotte Charlotte is to have s
cotton warehouse capable of taking
tare of 22.500 bales of cotton gathered
from the 1920 crop, according to plans
announced by J. H. Cutter, one of the.
incorporators of the Standard Bonded
Warehouse Company. Papers asking
for authority to incorporate with A
capital of J.'uHi.OO'.l, with $150,000 paid
in. is filed in Raleigh.
Contract for the erection of the
warehouse; on a tract of eight acres of
land, near the Buckeye Cotton Oil
Mill, Is to be let within tho next ten
days. Bids already received range!
from $300,000 to $,150,000. While tho
plant w ill he built to take care of 22.
500 bales at first, it is expected to
make additions at an early date to pro
vide for storage for 35.000 bales.
Incorporators are T. J. Davis. Leroy
Springs, A. J. Draper, L. C. Withers.
J. K. Livingston, Savannah, Ga., and
J. II. Cutter.
The ilant is to be for the benefit of
cotton mills, merchants and manufac
turers, offering a service including;
storing, sampling, selling and shipping
for customers. Plans for the plant
have been suiervlsed by J. E. Sirrine.
engineers and architect of Greenville,
S. C. They call for complete fire equip
ment, including the sprinkler system,
and modern devices for handling the
cotton. The eight acres of land se
lected for the site were bought som:
time ago direct for $31,000.
Asheville. An average of 33 stills,
per month and an average of 25 ar
rests of owners per month, since the
first of the year, is the r 'cord of th.
prohibition agents working out of the
Asheville district under J. H. Heed.
This record shows n total of IS1
stills captured and desci'oed.
Wilson. When it comes to rending
asunder what God lias joined to
gether. Reno. Nevada, has nothing on
Wilson town, which has been dubbed.
"Reno, No. 2." Before Judge Lyons,
during the sitting of one jury they
greed to break the nuptinl knots of
twelve couples who have boon trying
out marriage "on tho European plan."
Asheville J. E. Duckworth, aged
?2, one of the oldest men In western
North Carolina and the father of 2
children, has just professed faith in
Jesus Christ and has been baptised at
Cathey's creek, in Transylvania coun
ty, by Rev. W. N. Bradshaw. of Hick
ory. He is believed to bo the oldest
man, who has ever been baptised la
Transylvania and the immersion was
witnessed by a large number of people.
Born in the heart of the mountain,
this man has grown to almost the cen
tury inarlt without having ever been
connected with any church or ihowii
any Inclination to do so, until a few
days ago. Not only has he 20 children,
all living, but be has scores of grand
children and great grand children.
Gastonia Grand Master C. O Mc
Mlrhael called the Grand lodge of
North Carolina, Independent Or1"r r.r
Odd Fclows, to order and the bmicess
of the 77th session was handle l with
despatch.
The committee's report on the state,
of the order showed m increase In
membership, as well as satisfactory
financial condition.
Since January over 700 member
have been addel to the order'3 mem
bership in the state.
Considerable rivalry developed as
to the next place Of meeting, Greens
boro, Raleigh and Durham, pushing
their claims for the honor, but Salis
bury was selected by a large vote
over the others.
Hospital Monument Indorsed
Charlotte. Hearty endorsement of
the movement to bring to Charlotte
the hospital tq be erected by the Bap
tists of the state was given at the
meeting of the Mecklenburg County
Medical society.
Dr. C. M. Strong, president was au
thorized to appoint a committee to
work in conjunction with the centra)
committee.
The doctors also nude provision for
assisting the local nurses In enter
taining convention of the North Caro
lina Nurses' association.
No More Carnivals In Raleigh
Ualeiph. No more carnivals In Ra
leigh after June 1. The county com
missioners first put the ban on the
form of public amusement, and the
City Commissioners took similar ac
tion by adopting an ordiance forbid
ding the City Clerk to issue license
for carnivals or shows of a similar na
ture. The action of the city and county
authorities In this matter is in llnei
with steps of a similar nature taken
by a number of cities and towns of
the State.
Another Bank for Charlotte
Charlotte. Chr.rlotto is to have an
other bank, the Bank of North Char
lotte, which will be opened as soon as
suitable home can be obtained with
an authorized capital of $100,000.
Word H. Wood, was elected presi
dent and Julian H. Little, vice-president
of the New Citizen's Hotel Com
pany, at a meting of the stockholders
today. The directors are: Robert
Lasslter, A. J. Draper, Julian H. Little
Mr. Harry. J. H. Cutter, W. H. Wood,
I. A. Houston, David Owens, C. C. Cod
dington, 2. V. Taylor and R, A, Mayer:.