.ROANOKE RAPIDS HERALD. ROANOKE RAPIDS. N. C.
DETERIORATION 111 7 COMING
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GATHERING
H WORKMEN
POTATOES EOSFED W WBt
EASTERN TOBAGGO
MARKETS CLOSED
WILDCAT DIVISION
FULL CONTROL
Consignment for Cuba, i& Taken on it
Norfolk, Rotting on New Bern
Dock Valued at $23.CO0
: :? italia
UOTTDN IS SHOWH W-. !
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A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION
MADE BY EXPERTS SHOWS
PRESENT CONDITION.
VERY OiSCCllBS REPORT
Ten Per Cent Loss Shown Snce 25th
Making Condition of the Crop on j
September 10th 57 Per Cent.
Columbia. S C-The Atiiera an Cot
ton Association announced from it-;
headquarters in this city :hat a pre.
liinin.iry inves: ig.ition liv its xivi'! i.
n the condition of the eott'u crop up
40 September in. shows that there h.n
boon a deteriorat.ou of lit h r con:
iuoe A.igust -.'i. making thi- condition
of the crop on Sii'ti'inli. i' lo as ,"7 per
rent. Tli.s del ,-roi a! am. t.ie report
says, is dm' t t i" adv. rse weather
'omniums aint to Hn' m.i-t serous in
sect damage which lias over befallen
tile outl.iu crop. The report furth r
declares that this will result l:i an
mormons reduc tion in the indicated
yield as shown August 2." and adds to
the seriousness of the situation con
fronting the cotton belt.
Announcement was also made bv
the association that a conference
could be held in Washington between
the entire fede.-al reserve board and
special commifee from the American
Cotton a.-socia'ion, composed of til) of
the leading farmers, merchants, bank
ers, business and professional men
representing the entire agricultural
and commercial life of the 14 cotton
growing states.
"The conference will he held," says
statement issued by the association
"for the purpose of arranging the
expansion of financial credits through
the federal reserve sys'em to its
member banks so as to enable the
producers to warehouse their cotton
until there is a legitimate demand
from the manufacturer at a price bas
in! upon tlie law of supply and de
mand. Bryan Wants Dry Congress.
Mr. Iiryan's paper. The Commoi.er,
ja making
detoiiiined tight for he
election of a "dry" Congress. It is
questioning all lhe candidates of v.ir-
ions parties on tite liquor problem
iBiid publishing their replies. T le
question submitted is whether or n it
they will stand by the present enforce
ment law and oppose, any increase in
The ahoholic content and any weak
ening of any other provision of th
law.
Mr. Bryan argues that ltoth presi
dential candidates being 'wet." tht
safety of prohibition lies in a dry
Congress which
first, refuse to
pass any wet bills; second, will pass
nny necessary dry bils. including ap-
propriations for enforcement over the
veto of a wet President.
Poles Extend Their Lines.
Warsaw. The Poles have extended
their lines southeast of Bntst-Litovsk '
along the Kovel railroad and have oc
cupied Wielkoryta. ilaiyorvpa and
Mielniki after some fighting.
tu
ibolsheviki in attacking the Polea tn
Ihis sector used nine
which were captured.
armored cars,
Carrier Pigeon Service.
Dublin. Dublin Castle has had so
jittich official mail for Loudon inter,
cepted by Sinn Feiners that officials
ire reported to be inaugurating a
.carrier nie-enn service i lnre crm.
signment of army pigeons has arrived
1n Dublin and more are expected. The
more are expected The-1'111
.flight to London is roughly 500 miles.
Anti-Red General Killed.
Sebastopol. General Piev, com
niandi'.ig the first cavalry division o
General Wrangel's army, was killed
.before Kahovia while leading a de
tachment in a storming atiack on the
city.
Victim of Motor Truck.
Macon, Ga Judge Dupont Guerry,
72, one of the best known lawyers in
Georgia, and judge of the city court
of Macon, was run over and killed by
a motor truck.
Bids for Airplane Service.
Washington. iiids wrre opened at
the postoffice department for airplane
service between New York and At-
lanta via Washington, Raleigh, N. C,
and Columbia S C
First Woman Contractor. j
Boston. In addition to being the
flrst woman In Massachusetts to run
for a state office, Mrs. Alice C. Cram,
ftf Mntnn eholce ot the HftV State
democrats for state auditor, has the
distinction of having been the first
woman general contractor. ;
Oldest College for Women. (
New Orleans The Ursuline OoNi
lege of New Orleans, which recently Pittsburg, aground In the Baltic sea stead act to permit the sale of light i
observed its 192nd commencement, isjtnree miles " he Courland port of! wines and beers would ultimately de-1
th oldest institution in AmoHo. fnr'Li',BU' is in. no "immediate danger" ,stroy the entire prohibition amend-;
the education of women.
Nothing Known" of Bonds.
Atlanta. Ga. Postoffice inspectors
iere said they had no reports as to
amount of bonds, reported to have
from $W 000 to $300 000 taken
Pi,i i, L ' oth :
a itgisiereu poucn on a soma--
boen
roci a registered pouch
ern railway train September 9.
One Hundred Villages Destroyed.
Florence. Italy. More than 100
iu.,im .uu viuaB we.e uesiroyea or
tadly damaged in the district north ot
this city.
Paying Income Taxes,
Washington. More than 5,600,000
trmt and individuals are paying in
come taxes this year, according to fig-
ores made public by the bureau of In- ,f the Italian earthquake a sinking ot
ternal revenue. These figures also re- 'the earth along the mountains border
veal that practically 3,000,000 taxpay-'.ing the Gulf of Genoa. Experts there
ers aireaay nave pam their income
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MRS. CCX AND HER BABY.
A rev, and charming picture of Mrs.
James M. Cox, wife of the Democratic
presidential candidte, with her baby
daughter Anne.
President Annreciatei Fffort Th.
Committees to Persuade the Men
"On Vacation" to Return to Work
Washington President Wilson, in
a telegram to reprosenta'ives of the
anthracite mine workers in Pennsyl-
vania refused to grant their request
to re-convene the joint scale commit
tee of operators and miners for the
rurpose of considering a new award.
award
ino president declared that when
a body of men collective refrained
rrom worning by mutual understand
iiig, liowever. arrived at, it was a
strike no matter what name was giv
ou it. A majority of thu anthracite
miners had refrained from work under
the guise of taking a vacation, the
president said, and he told the com
mittee that while he appreciated the
arni-Ptness c f it
s enons to get trie
work and commend-
men to return to
fd its stand 'n support of contract ob
ligations, declared his unwillingnes
to re-open the wage question,
Keep Cars Out too Long
Washington. Manufacturers and
shippers in general were urged to as
sist American railroads in making
fullest use of their rolling stock in an
appeal ''ssued by the Railroad Com
mittee of the t'nited States Chamber
of Commerce. Ry co-operation in
loading freight cars nearer to maxi
mum capacity and cutting down de-
lays in loading and unloading at ter-
minals. the committee said, shipper?
'm accomplish the same effect that
would be secured if a.ia.OOO cars could
be added Immediately
equipment.
to
railroad
a Blow
nomination of
Something of
New York. The
i Thomas E. Watson to succeed Hoke
Smith as United States senator from
(ieorgia represents "somethinir. of a
n!ow to the democratic party." George
White, chairman of the democrat
national conimiitee, stated here while
discussing the southern primary re
sults. Pittsburg. Ta. r Consideration of
President Wilson's refusal to reopen
the conference of i'he joint scale com-
mittee of operators and njiners to re-
00l,silipr ,he anthracite wage award ;
lie tlle Principal subject at u
meeting of the legislative board of
districts No. 1, 7. and 9. to he held
"as soon as possible." according to a
statement by Phliip Murry, interna-
tional vice-president of the United
.Mine Workers of America. '
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Su't for Breech of Promise
Lincoln Neb. Rose Gelfand is su-:
ing William Epstein for $20,000 he-:
cause under pretense of ('hanging it
he took the engagement ring he had
given her and then told her he did not
intend to marry her. Both are of the
Jewish faith and held a public en-
gagement ceremony August 8 at Lin-j
coin. ,
Unfilled Steel Orders
New York. Unfilled orders held bv
tne l'nite'l States Steel Corporation :
moum riming ugusi n, iuiai-
ei1 lfl-805-038 tons as against 11.118,-
: 4fiS in the month ending July 31.
Gardiner Paid a Ransom
Fullerton, Calif W.A. Gardiner,
American citizen kidnapped by the
bandit Zamaro in the state of Jalisco.
payment of a ransom and not by es-
cape as reported previously, accord -
ing to friends of Mrs. Gardiner.
pittsburg Not In Danger j
Washington. The armored cruiser!
; although several sections of ber dou- ment, William G. McAdoo, former Bee
tle bottom are flooded with water, retary of the treasury, declared.
4he navy department was advised.
Close Oteen Hospital
Asheville. The general army hos-2
P'tal at tpen' near here' haa neeniloan was over-scribed and subscrip-1
ornerp - 1 closed as an army hospital, j tion books were closed in an hour, J. i
. :. t i .v. n . n ...ji i
j and the patients transferred to the
tuberculosis hospital at Denver.
33 Persons Were Killed
Berlin. Twenty three persons were
n,mpA at the artillerv riennt at Marten. f
h near Wiihelmshaven, when two;
laboratories and large number of
munitions sheds were blown up.
A Sinking of The Earth -
Berlin.-The seismographlc station
at Jera suggests a the possible cause
'3ay it Indicates a massave caving on
jione In the earth's crust Jjooi
GREAT TIME IS PROMISED TO
SURVIVORS AND FRIENDS OF
FAMOUS EIGHTY-FIRST.
COHTTEES HARD B HK
j Former Members of the Divis;on in
! TwentyFive States Have Written
I That They W,ll Be Present
j Columbia. S. l- l'lans for enter
taining the several thousand veterans
of the Wildi it t S J st d:Niou, who
will hold their first reunion here
September -'.1. .ire rounding into
shape m a very giat'fying manner to
the sewr.il i oiiini'ttees w ho have
charge of the entertainment of the
city's honored quests Never have
the women of Columbia been more
thoroughly orcatiiod for a task, not
even in war tin.es. when things were
systematize:! down to the most mill
ion a. t tv. ... j),,.. ...... t .i... .......
, "" " '
they are to take in entertaining the
!l l"'a,s-
Already former members of the
division for 25 states have notified the
secretary of the association of their
intention to be present. The citizen
or lolumh-.a are determined tnat
there shall be absolutely no cost to
the visitors at any time or at any
place. Resides entertaining thes"
guests in their homes, the citizens jf
Columbia
ire expending the sum of
$25.(100 for va.ious kinds of entertain.
mmt.
13,000 Officers Taught
Washington. More than 13,00 mer
lr r m, s,a,i-
'"atf(i from lhe "hippm hoards tram-
' M UOO,s h,n,e "J"" am.Snmen
tree years ago and ,2 per cent of
he giaduates have been licensed for
service at sea records of the board s
rw'tig service show,
Esch Meets Defeat i
Milwaukee. Wis. Representative
jonn J. Ksch or La Cross, co-author
with Senator A. B. Cummins, of Iowa,
o. the recently enacted railroad bill,
was defeated for reiiomination from
the seventh district, according to re
turns compiled by The Milwaukee
Journal from statewide primary.
- ties wore shaken, partially destroyed.
Reds Leave Hrudieszow or seem tottering to a fall. Tho ducal
London.. Russian bolshevik forces ralace at Massa Carrara, which was
fighting against the Poles southwest , the summer residence of Napoleon's
of Bres Litovsk have evacuated the sister, was seriously damaged,
city of Hrudieszow, 110 miles west of Observers noted that the world-fa-the
Rug river, under pressure from motis Leaning Tower of Pisa was
Polish troops, says an offical state- very perceptibly shaken.
ment issued in Moscow. .
I Letvia Gives Guarantees
Greeks Land at Ismid
Constantinople. Five transports of
Greek troops have landed at Ismid,
:on the Gulf of Ismid. 55 miles south-
east of Constantinople, and are re-
placing the British forces, according
to advices received.
Mail Plane Wrecked
Elkhart. Ind. The Chicago-New
Jork I n.ted States mail plane driven
by L.eut. Riddelsbargcr was wrecked
in landing in a corn field near here.
The pilot was not injured.
Giolitti in Dilemma
Rome Relief exists in political cir
cles that an agreement which will end
the conflict between Italian metal
workers and their employers, w hi.-Gi
resit. tea in tne occupation of more
than 400 plants by the men during the -
last week, is imminent. It is pointed
out that Premier Giolitti must leave
for Aix les Bains, where he will meet
Premier Millerand of France.
May Escape Influenza
Washington. T here have been no
indications of a return of last year's
influenza epidemic this winter, the
"Public Health Service announced
Each year, it was said, between No-,
vember and May a number of cases
are reported, but experts of the ser-
vice do not expect the disease to be as
widespread or as virulent this year as
in 1919.
Tom Watson is Nominated.
Atlanta. Ga. Thomas E. Watson
received the democratic nomination I
.i' i i nueu .-uaies senate irom
Georgia on the face of unofficial and :
incomplete returns from 143 of the
i loo counties in the state.
Will Go To Paris.
Asheville, N. C Dr. Charles L.
Minor experts to leave here the latter
gate to the National Tuberculosis
, congress, the association meeting in
'the French capital. October 7. ,
McAdoo on Volstead Act
New York. Modification of the Vol-
French Loan Over-subscribed
New York. The new $100,000,000 i
-year 8 per cent French government I
P. Morgan & Co., syndicate managers,
announced.
Dizziness of MacSwiney
London. Lord Mayoro MacSyiney,
Cork, who Is Incarcerated in Rri.
ton prison and has been on a hunger
strike since Aiigut si 2, passed a very
'bad night and complained again of
dizziness, according to a bulletin.
Troops Escorting Johnson.
Mexico City Bertie C. Johnson, a
British subject, who was kldnnapediby physicians at the municipal bos
by Pedro Zamero at Autlan on Au-iui here. On nine pretlous occa
gust 10. escaped from the bandits Is
his way to Guadalajara under et
- f of jovernmont troops.
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MRS. H. W. MOWERY.
Mrs. Harold W. Mowery, daughter
cf Belie Boyd of Martinsburg, W. Va.,
the famous Confederate spy, has filed
suit for separation from her third hus-
band in the New York supreme court
.
T MANY HUNDREDS WERE KILLED
There Are Yet Many Bodies Under the
Ruins as Well as Wounded Who
Have Not Been Rescued.
j Rome. Italy is again sufleriiig from
an earthquake disaster, the extent of
: which has not yet been measured. It
is known, however, that hundreds of
people have been killed and thousands
,..,,, M... amill, ,,na ,,
lages have been wrecked, and although
assit,tam.e is upinR hurried from
parts of Ulp ,.p,lnt tQ t ,
,. ,i, : ,
....... nn-iTT ja iiiuv-ii iiueiiug lui nam
of food, medicines and shelter for the
people.
it is not yet possible to calculate
how nianv hundreds are dead the list
showing close to 400 alreadv reported
There are many bodies .under the
ruins who have not yet betm reported
by the rescuers.
"It seemed like the end of .he
world," terrified peasants say.
The great towers of medieval cas-
j Warsaw. Letvia has given the ne
cessary guarantees lo the Russian
Soviet government and as a result a
bolshevik peace delegation will go to
Riga to meet Polish representatives.
Prince Sapieha. Polish foreign minis
ter, was notified by George Tchitche
jin, Russian bolshevik minister ol
foreign affairs.
Kinn Visits Virtima
. j,- ,ta!v..;Klng victor Emmanuel,
'with nla Hllito who (.ame to this city
immedlatelv after he received news of
thp PartIuiake in thls vicinjty. wen:
to visit districts in Tuscany,
.were affected by the shock.
which
Several Hundred Killed
Rome Several hundred persons
lost their lives in the earthquake at
" ivizzano. ana many more were in-
Jured. according to a dispatch to Tho
Tribuna from Massa.
Colby Without Authority,
Atlanta, Ga. In reply to her pro-
test that women were not permitted
to vote in the Georgia primary Sep-
tember S, Secretary of yftate Colby
has informed Mrs. Mary McLenson of
Atlanta that he has no authority to
take any steps in the matter,
Mrs. McLenson, a pioneer Georgia
suffragist, made this announcement on
receipt of a telegram to the secretary.
She had telegraphed him on the night
of the primary that had been refused
permission to vote.
No Trace of Slides
San Diega, Calif. All traces of re-
cent slides in the Panama canal lav
Deen removed ana tne cnannel or cule
bra cut is being widened and deepen.
ed, according to word brought here.
Mall Planes are Off
Mineola, N. Y. Trans-continental
air mail service to San Francisco waf
officially Inaugurated when R. O
equipped o carry 400 pounds of mall
started bis westward flight at 6:30
o'clock.
Cox is In Montana
Havre, Montana. Governor Cox,
democratic presidential candidate, got
his first glimpse of Montana when he
entered this state on his western tour
He left Minot, N. D.. early and will
speak at Havre and Great Falls.
Harding on Hot Trail
St. Paul, Minn. Followlnr close on
the heels of Governor Cox. his demo-
cratlc opponent. Senator Harding, re
publican candidate for president, hirtl
... .. .. . .
a busy dav before him on his arrival
in St. Paul from Chicago.
Ambassadoor to Peru
Berlin. Privy Councillor Von Hum
bolt has been appointed German am
bassador to Peru, according to an
nouncement here.
The Real Nine-Liver
Houston. Texas. For the tenth
time within the last year, M. L. Gran
berry was officially pronounced dead
stons the man "came to life" after
physicians said he bad expired anii
several times was all but burled.
ON PRINCIPAL PLANTS
BOTH RED SOCIALIST
BLACK ANARCHIST.
Working Men in All Factories Are
Obliged to Give Certain Amount
of Time to Military Drill.
Paris. Travelers arriving from
Italy describe the seizure of the
metal works by workmen as possess
ing odd features. Flagstaffs on the
principal plants bear two flags red
far the socialists and bl.u k for hte
Rtiiin hists. Many private houses dis
play red flags, especially in Milan.
(iovcrnment troops guard the banks
but do not interfere wi:h the occupa
tion (f Die works. Transport workers
allow no movement of government
troops from one part of Italy to an
other. The ministry of war at Rome
recently endeavored to semi some reg
iments to northern Italy but the train
men refused to move them.
The Italian government has inform
ed the manufacturers' association that
it does not wish to employ troops in
learing the factories, but that a far
better course is for the employers to
negotiate a compromise with the
workmen's committee. The employ
ers have agreed for the present not
to go near their own works so as not
to expose themselves to forcible ex
pulsion. Working men In all factories are
obliged to give a certain amount of
ime to military drill.
Cuban Candidate Talks
Havana. Cuba Personal passions
cannot be allowed to force Cuba
"down to th level of countries where
the administration can be defeated
only by a revolution," declared Joso
Miguel Gomez, liberal candidate for
president of Cuba, in a statement.
"There will be no more revolutions
in Cuba,' he said, "because there will
be no more usurpations of power."
The coming elections will have a
decisive influence on the future of the
republic, in the opinion of Senor Go
mez, and a liberal triumph his st.i la
ment says, would mean the restora
tion ot democracy and law. reorgani
zation of the public Administration
and peace with fiirgetfuluss of ani
mosities, due to past happenings, and
tho impossibility of consenting lo
their repetition.
Coast to Coast Air Mail
Chicago. An exttnsive daily coast
to coast air mail service wa begun
when planes left five cities for points
across the continent.
One plane will leave each morning
from New York with mail for San
New York, and from C'hyenne, Wyo
New York, and from Cheyenne, Wwo
to San Francisco, one from Salt Lake
City to San Francisco, one from Chi
cago to San Francisco every day ex
cept Sunday, and one from Chicago
to New York every day except Mon
day.
Mecklenburg Farmers Firm
Charlotte Evidence that the Meck
lenburg county branch of the Ameri
can Cotton Association is the most
vigorous farmers' organization ever
formed in Mecklenburg county was
furnished by the fact that a courthouse
full of farmers assembled at 10
o'clock morning and spent until 1
o'clock talking over phases of the cot
ton situation. Unanimausly they do
cided not to soil cotton for a cent less
than 40 cents a pound up to Novem
ber 1 and for an additional cent on
the 40-cent price each month there
after. France Paying Loan
New York Another installment of
$4,000,000 in gold from France arrived
on La Torraine, making a total of np
proximately $20,000,000 in gold ship
ped here by France to be applied to
her half share of the $500,000,000 Anglo-French
loan maturing October 13.
Serious Shipping Situation
Tnkio. Depression in the shipping
business In Japan has become so seri
ous that the government has dispatch
ed officials to Kobe and Osaks, the
great shipping centers, In search of
remedies.
Lecture Bureau Approved '
Peking, China. The Peking goT
ernment has approved a proposal
made fcy the ajinlrter of HuesMnn for
the establishment of a lecture bureau.
American and other foreign educators
will be Invited to lecture.
6,000 Cholera Deaths
Tokio. Fifteen thousand rholeor
cases have been reported officially
from Korea, with six thousand deaths,
in the present epidemic.
Sugar Prices Lower.
New York The Arburkle Sugar
Refining Company reduced their list
price of fine granulated sugar from
17.1 to 16 cenls a pound. All refiners
In the market now are quoting this
price, but most of the demand still Is
being supplied by second hand deal
ers at 14 to 14 1 2 cents.
Famous Tree Has Fallen
London. A famous old mullherry
tree In North London, under which
144 eas ago It is said the American
Declaration of Independence was
first read in this country, has fallen
under the weight of its age.
Short Crop of Tourists
Paris. France Is distinctly disap
pointed because of the number of
American tourists who visited the
battlefields this Summer was far be
low expectations. She had been led
to expect more than 1,000,000 visitors.
New Rem --Twenty three tlv isand
ioilars worth of Irish potatoes are rot
ling down at the foot of Craven strc
and are to b etaken down Xeuso rive
and t.irown overnourd. At the same
time local desidents are paying all
the way from five to eight dollars
barrel for potatoes of this variety
ice potatoes are loade! on two
barges of a fleet of three w hich came
into port a week ago. The cargo was
taken en board at Norfolk and con
signed to Havana. Cuba, where they
were to be sold fit a price of $31 per
barrel. Off Beaufort the oats were
ordered by wireless to seek port and
went mtj that harbor, later comin
on to New Bern.
Burlington The opening of the Bur
lington tobacco market will occur on
Tuesday, Sept. 21, according to an ai
nouncement made public here. The
Burlington market will be holier pre
pared this year to handle the weed
than H was last year. N w price
houses have been built during the
summer.
Lexington. Five new precincts
have been decreed by the Davidson
county board of elections on account
of the large number of voters expect
ed after the women have registered.
Three of the new precincts created
are in Lexington townships, while
two are in Thomasville township.
Hamlet. Hamlet is experiencing
the joys of back tme checks which are
being paid to the employees of the
Seaboard. The back time paid out by
the Seaboard paymaster at Hamlet
the pUst few days amount to a litte
over one hundred thousand dollars
All employees of the Seaboard are
sharing in the payment.
Sanford Under .the direction gf
Miss Getrude Little, Home Demonstra
tion Agent of Lee County, four com
munity fair associations have recent
ly been organized in the county,
which will hold their fairs as follows:
Broadway, October 26; Harnett Hill,
October 27; Tramway, Octoer 2S
Morris Chaple. October 29.
Farmville. The construction of
the big $250,000 school building in this
city, which was suspended some
weeks ago, will soon be resumed. The
suspension was caused by the money
shortage at that time, which nide it
difficult to seel the nonds.
Raleigh. Preparations for the big
Sir Walter Raleigh community page
ant to be given during fair wepk un
der the auspices of the Raleigh Wom
an's Club, together with the other
civic organizations, began in earnest
with the arrival in Raleigh of Miss
Elizabeth B, Grimball of New York
City, under whose direction the page
angt is to be produced.
Charlotte. A woodpile with a flrce
looking bull clog sitting on top was
no barrier to two gallons of liquor
which police officers were searching
for at the home of Lizzie Richradson.
In addition to corraling the two gal
lons from underneath the woodpile
with its bull dog guardian, officers re
port finding two more gallons in the
woman's house.
Greensboro. Resignations of Rev.
L. S. Massey, and Rev. Hugh M. Blair,
editor and business manager, respec
tively, of the North Carolina Chris
tian Advocate, which were recently
tendered to the Methodist Board of
Publication, Inc., were unanimously
accepted, according to Thomas C.
Hoyle, secretary of the board.- They
are leaving the newspaper work of
the church in order to go back to the
active ministry.
Castonia. With her jugular vein
severed on the broken glass of the
windshield of the automobile in which
she was ridding, Miss Carrie Hornady,
of Burlington, died here a few minutes
hftcr a car driven by J. B. Robertson,
of Concord, with whom she was rid
ing, and one driven by Fd. Coffey, of
Gastonia, were in collision. A dead
car standing in the middle of the road
was the cause of the accident, prevent
ing the drivers of the two approach
ing cars from seeing each other.
Polities Warming Up
Greensboro. Republican party
leaders of North Carolina have de
cided to "start something," accord
4ng to a statement of Gillllam Gris
eom, secretary of the fetate republican
organization's executive committee.
The absentee voters law Is what they
expect to start with. Suit has been
Instituted to have it declared uncon
stitutional Thev want cash contribu
tions, for the expense of litlgilion lo
Lave the law declared a violation of
the constitution will be expensive.
First Woman Magistrate
Monroe. Union county claims the
distinction of having the flrst woman
magistrate in North Carolina, Mrs.
Julian Griffin having been commis
sioned by Clerk of Court R. W. Lem
mond. Mrs. Griffin has already quali
fied and has equal jurisdiction with
lhe other magistrates of Monroe town
ship. Mrs. Griffin was for several years
deputy sheriff.looking after the offloe
Iwork of the sheriff's office. Following
this she served for several years as
Heptity clerk of court.
Did as Parents Did
Mount Airy. Following the exam
ple of his parents who 30 years age
were married under the giant oak
trees near Crooked Oak church. Frank
Colson of Round Peak brought Miss
Bobbltt of Galax, Va., to the same
pot, so that he might be married un
Ser the shade of the same oaks that
Sheltered bis parents during their nup
tial troth.
The groom is a well known farmer
of Round Peak, who served his coun
try with honor during the world war.
PRICES FOR WEEO NOT AT
ALL SATISFACTORY TO THE
. GROWERS IN STATE .
N3 BETTER THE TO STARVE
Farmers Declare that They will Burn
Their Tobacco before Taking tha
Prices Now Offered by Buyer
New Bern. The closing of the to
bacco warehouses on the opening day
of the season, in particularly of the
eastern North Carolina markets, has
put a crimp in the prospects at New
Bern. It had been anticipated that
the season was going to be one of the
most prosperous in the history of the
market. Tho market at Greenville
was closed, the farmers refusing t-
accept the prices offered. Telegrams
were sent to other markels advising
tho farmers to hold their weed until
satisfactory prices could be obtained.
Farmers declare they will burn their
tobacco before they will sell it at th
prices offered. They declare that if
they have to starve there is no better
time to do it than now. The situation
appears to be precarious. Wilson, the
largest bright tobacco market in the
world, is apparently the only one that,
is pretending to he al.3 to do busi
ness under the circumstances. The
dissatisfaction has extended as far afe
Reidsville. Meetings of farmers have
been called to be held to take action
in the emergency. It is probable that
concerted action on all the markets
will result in the closing down of tha
warehouses until satisfactory prices
Spencer. With every nook and cor
ner of the school building occupied
and with hundreds unable to get into,
the chapel the Spencer schools open
ed with an attendance of 650, the
largest In the history of the town.
AshevHle. W. H. Bangs, superin
tendent of the Hendursonville Light
ind Power Company, was seriously
ind perhaps fatally Injured when
struck by one of the racing cars, par
ticipating in the automobile races at
Hendersonville under the sanction of
the American Automobile Association
T.nmherton. The Mexican boll we
evil has at last reached the cotton
fields of Robeson county. Well grown
weevils the kind that are capable of
producing as many as 12 and a half
million other weevils during a cotton
growing season are numerous in
some sections of the rounty.
Kinston. It cost the Kinston boy's
band $2,000 to make their trip up the
oast, to Wilmington and Philadelphia.
and back. Thev earned It and the out
ing, which lasted a month and four
days, was worth It. They had many
interesting experiences, found hospi
tality everywhere and developed aa
musicians by a lot of hard practice.
Winston-Salem. Jeff Jackson, 36-
hanged himself in his cell here at po
lice headquarters, acording to the po
lice. Karlier in the day Jackson had
been arested charged with an assault
on two ten-year-old girls of this city.
He was married and has a family of
three young children. In a note ad
dressed to his wife found in his cell.
lie denied the assault, charge.
Washington, (Special!. The war de.
artmunt announces the following ap-
pointments as commissioned officer
In the regular army, as a result of
the recent examination held in ac-
oordance with the congressional act
of June 4. 1920:
Major Baxter Ross Hunter, of
Charlotie, medical corps; ('apt. John
Aiibry Whreler, Greenville, S. C, den
ial corps.
Salisbury. J. T). Norwood, county
democratic ohairman announces "that
Congressman R. L. Donghtnn and his
republican opponent. Dr. Campbell of
'Norwood, will have three joint de
bates In Rowan county. They will b
tit Cleveland October 11th at 3 o'clock
and In Salisbury at 8 that night. Abo
ut China Grove the following after
noon at 3 o'clock.
Low Tax Rate Fixed
Greensboro. The Guilford countv
commissioners, have fixed the follow
ing tax rates: State schools, 13 cents,
general county, 5 cents, roads and
bridges. 17, cents, courthouse bonds,
3 cents, county schools, 15 cents, coun
ty school expense and building fund,
2 cents, total 57 cents. The tax rate
flast year was reduced from $2 to
II f6 This Is a reduction In tho lr
levy of nearly two thirds. GullforJ
court has been busy with divorca
cases.
Tar Heels Hurt In Wreck
Denver, Col., (Special). Ten per
sons were killed and 70 Injured when
two. interurban cars collided head-on
a curve just outside of Globevllle, x
subnrb of Denver. The cars plowed
Into each other 15 feet.
All of the dead lived In or near
Denver.
Among the injured were: George
Cheek, Sparta, N. C, possible Internal
injuries; Mrs. George Cheok, Sparta.
N. C, cut and bruised about fttce and
reck; Margaret Check, 16 months,
Sparta. N. C, bruised head.
Charlotte's Mayor Resigns
Charlotte.Mayor Frank R. Mc
Nihch has definitely decided to resign;
as chief executive of the city and will
lender his resignation, effective on g
or about October 1, according to a
announcement from his offic.
Mayor McNInch will maintain an
office in Charlotte and will hava
charge of the cummunity service in
Bouth Carolina, North Carolina and
Virginia. It is probable that Georgls
and Florida will.be added to tha
states In which Charlotte's mayor wl'I
work.
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