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secretary weeks addresses
chamber of commerce of
Pittsburgh, pa.
host esise si7.eoe.eeo.oao
Recommemis Repeal of Excess Profi.
Tax, Say.ng During Depression
it Was Not Effective.
rittshur-'i. Something Kke jK.-i
0.ti tt . .i 0 must bo !,. vi. !. il by lip
federal govo. nun nt wi'liin the next :'o
Month to meet its rtmnirc expense.'
nil ri t iti.iitiu operations. Secre'ary
Weeks of tV war iH'.-;rt::toM d-iUr
eil in an ad-lress before the 'jti.
burgh riumVr of i-otiim-n-v. This the
secretary said. ;. an infinitely '
Itrctitor ta-k than wa over under
taken tiy any n i r ii'ii in the world i
tnno of poae anil thoro is no on. I
skilled in financial operations, who
(loos not view the prospect with mote
or loss alarm. VVi:h this situation
facing ns it is the htMirht of folly to
undertake now cotnmi-.meuts it they
can be avoided.
The war secretary discussed ecen
omy in government operations, reor
ganization of federal activities in
Washington, taxation and the tari'T.
He urged repeal of the excess preiit
tax declaring that in a period of fall-,
ine; prices it was not an effective tax
as probably would be shown when
the returns for this year were pub- ,
lished.
Another Revolution in Mexico.
El Paso. Texas. Pr-ss dispatches
from Les N'otieias, a newspaper print
ed in Mexieo City, recivod in El Paso,
tell of the formation of a revolution
In Mexieo headed by Luis Cabrera,
"the man with the brains behind the
Carranza government," and his broth
er, Alfonso Cabrera and Ignacto Bon
illas, former representative of Mexieo
to the Vnited States.
To Sell Part of State.
Tallahassee, Fla. Sale to the state
of Alabama of that portion of western
Florida lying west of the Apalaehioola
river and including the nine counties
of Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Holmes.
Jackson. Okaloosa. Santa Rosa. Wal
ton and Washington, is a proposal
that will be put squarely up to the
Florida legislature when it meets
next month.
No Phonogrrph for "Tiger."
Paris What Georges Clemenceau.
former premier of France, did in his
generation, and much of what he
wrote and said, will be preserved in
the history- o' mankind, but the sound
of his voice dies with him. This is
the "Tiger's" decision when he do.
clined to allow a phonographic rec
ord to he made of his voice.
Federal Government Loses.
Washington.'-The Federal govern
ment lost an important income tax
suit when the Vnited States court of
claims held that every estate, the
net amount of which exceeds $50,(100
and which has been or will he here
after compelled to pay the federal es
tate tax, is entitled to deduct the
amount so paid from its income tax
return.
Still Clings to Hope.
Geneva. While a certain amount
of pessimism undoubtedly prevails
here regarding President Harding's
policy towards the league of nations,
the council of the league still clings
to the hope that America may yet he
Induced to join provided the covenant
Is adequately amended.
Russo-Polish Treaty Signed
London. The Russo-Polish treaty,
says a dispatch to the London Times
from Riga. 'The dispatch adds that
the treaty is to he ratified at Minsk
within thirty days.
Bologna, Italy Valuable historical
relics of Joachim Murat, king of Na
ples from 1S0S to 1815, have been
dtolen from the Renaissance museum
In this city.
Serious Drought in France
Paris. A prolonged drought in
France and western Europe is begin
ning to cause alarm among those
who judge the situation by level riv
ers, such as the Rhine and Seine,
which are unprecedently low.
Mexican Railroads Resume
Mexico City. Railroad unions
throughout Mexico have been ordered
hy telegraph to resume work Imme
diately as a result, of An agrccmcru
between leaders of striking railway
men and government officials.
Exports Showed a Decline
Washington. American exports
showed a further decline during Feb
ruary while imports for that month
increased slightly, according to
monthly trade figures made public by
the department of commerce.
Go on Record for Strike
Chicago, 111. By a vote of 21,482 to
207, union workers In Chicago pack
ing planta went on record in favor of
strike If they are ."unable to in
duce the packers to retain the eight
hour work day."
Ezeklel to Rest in Arlington
Washington. The body of Sir
Moses Eneklel, world famous sculp
tor who died In Rome, Italy, In 1917,
will be buried In Arlington National
cemetery March 30.
Planning for 44-Hour Week.
Nashville. Definite plans for the
Inauguration of the 44 hour week for
the typographical unions of the ten
southeastern states wre made at the
meeting of the Southjeastern commit
te of the International Typofraph-
icl onion nor.
A. H. SMITH
A. H. Smith is president of the New
York Central.
m as mwsm
Declaration cf Peace Would Mean the
Prompt Withdrawal of Our Troops
Frctn tne Soil of Germany.
Washington. Allie-,1 mil put ion of
additional Herman territory is under
stood to have presented to Prescient
I la riling a new problem arising from 1
a rotation of these changed i end:! ion
to previous plans for early declara
tion by congress of the ending of the
state of war between the Unite,!
Stales and lierniany.
Some congressional leaders, who.
all along, have been for a peace reso
lution, still think that solution should j
bo applied as soon as possible. Oth
er leaders, however, fear that it would
cause embarrassement to the nations
with which the Vnited States was as.
sociated in the war and should be de
ferred until the situation in Germany
had clarified itself.
President Harding is represented
as having approached his study of
the question with the view that the
Vnited States should exercise caution
in whatever steps it determines to
Lake in order that there should be no
complications of the already difficult
situation faced by the allies. In line
with this viewpoint, attention has
been called that American troops are I
in Germany as a war measure. Ter-!
ruination of the war, it is arguet),
would automatically require with
drawal. Germany Making Progress.
Washington. Germany is making
progress in a drive to revive her pre
war trade in low-priced articles with
South America, according to a report
to the Department of Commerce from
Common ial Attache McQueen, at
Santiago, Chile.
Re-Elected Managing Director.
Washington. Eugene Meyer. Jr., ot
New York, was re-elected managing
director of the War Finance Corpora
tion. Mr. Myer wis managing director
when he resigned from the oipora
tion last May.
Mother of Nine Murdered. j
New York. Mrs. Henrietta Pefeli- j
cio, mother of nine children, was
strangled to death and Mrs. Rosa
Menditto, a nurse, was gagged and
bound by hold-up men. ;
Zamora Dies of Wounds,
Mexico City. Pedro Zamora. for
the past 10 years one of the most tot
midahle bandits operating along the
western coast of Mexico, is dead as a
result of wounds received in a recent
battle with federal troops.
Wants Debs Case Reviewed.
Washington. President Harding
has asked Attorney General Daugher
ty to review the case of Eugene Debs,
socialist presidential candidate in
1920 now serving a sentence under
the espionage act in Atlanta.
Dodge Brothers Re-Open.
Detroit. Mich Dodge Brothers mo
tor car company, closed since last De
cember, has reopened with a force of
between 3.500 and 4,000 men it was
officials announced.
Discuss Grain Marketing Plan,
Chicago. Representatives of the
principal grain growing states will
meet here April 6 to consider the
American Farm Bureau Federation's
co-operative grain marketing plan.
Stole to Pay Poker Debts.
Macon, Ga. Many valuable express
shipments alleged to have been stolen
by messengers were used to pay po
ker debts contracted in games on the
trains. W. A. Hughes, former messen
ger, informed a jury.
Clara Hamon is Acquitted.
Ardmore, Okla Clara Smith Ham-
on was acquitted on a charge of hav-;
ing murdered Jake L. Hamon, Repub-1
llcan nations! committeeman from !
Oklahoma, millionaire railroad and
oil promoter.
Want Permanent Tariff First.
Washington. Republican member
of the house ways and means commit
tee stood pat on the proposition that
a permanent tariff hill should top the
legislative program of the new ses
sion of congress.
Policy on Tax Division.
Washington. Formulation of a
treasury policy on tax revision has
been started and probably will be
ready for submission to congress
when It convenes April 11, In extra
session.
Had Nine-Foot Beard.
Chicago.. Conrad Beck, he of the
nine-foot beard, is dead. He was 76.
He had never touched his beard with
shears or razor since he was 25. It
measured nine feet four inches in
length.
Approved by French Chamber.
Paris. The decision of the London
reparations conference, occupation of
Cuesseldorf and other German cities
and application of allied economic
penalties on Germany were approved
by the chamber of depuUna.
HARCING APPROVES A COURSE
OF ACTION THAT PROMISES
MUCH FOR AMERICA.
DUTY F13SI. MM NEXT
As President, he Crnrict Permit Any
thing to Happen to Which Crc;.t
Bnta.n Might Take Umbrace.
Washington. -- Piv. ident H.tril'n
has h:nl tr.s first l.i-'e of the lri-ti
problem and has i:ct the issue
euarely by d i lining to permit the
I'nt'eil States pnernmetit to bp
drawn in'n ,,ny ;, tien Cut mithl be
i .; !-!l as a re, "i ::u n of the Iri.-h
Mr lltr.lin-- received a telegram
i "tii l ed in te: .r.s so d'.' pb a- ,.n !
-o c.i'tstn- t!:.tt he did ! .inswer it
;n person but dtrectcil his secretary
to si'-n the reply The me; satte was!
sent iv Jolin F. tlirru-; ti. suite presi
dent ,.f the Va-.-,u hu-ctts C.nr.ieil of.
the American a.H-;uion for the Uec
oi:r;t:on of the Irish Kenublic.
The seti!.ng of the Harris.'. n mes
sage to President Harding was the
j-ubjeet of a long conference after
whiih President Harding decided that
it was time to make clear the position
of his administration on the Irish
question. He himself feels the warm
est sympathy with the aspirations of
the Irish people and were he an in
dividual without official responsibilty
for the conduct of foreign relations he
would gladly speak his views or even
partlcpate as he pleased in any dem
onstrations in behalf of the Irish
ca use.
Hut as president of the Vnited
States, in charge of foreim relations
and obliged daily to deal with the
government of Great Britain with
which the Vnited States is at peace
he cannot permit anything to happen
which the British might make a sub
ject of official complaint.
Washington. Action of army and
navy officers in refusing to permit
American troops to participate in an
evacuation day parade at Boston of
which Irish fre,ilom advocates are in
charge was formally approved by
President Hurtling after a conference
with Secretary Hughes, of the state
department, and Secretary Weeks, of
the war department.
Russo-Turkish Peace Pact.
London By virtue of the new trea
ty between Russia and Turkey which
defines the boundaries of Turkey, both
parties undertake to recognize no in
ternational act relating to one party
which is not recognized by the other,
says a wireless dispatch from Mos
cow. The old treaties between Rus
sia and Turkey. Turkey's debts lo
Russia and the system of capitula
tions are all abolished under the re
ported terms of the treaty.
Batum is ceded to Georgia with n
system of local autonomy, but Turkey
has the right to free transit through
the port. The districts of Artvin,
Ardahan and Kars are recognized as
Turkish territory.
Policy on Beer in Doubt.
Predictions are made by several 1
prohibition members that the future;
policy of congress will depend upon ;
department regulations of a beer try
out. They see no likelihood of any
early change in the law by which a
physician may prescribe not more j
than a pint of whiskey in any ten day i
period. But going bark to prohibi-1
tion days, dry leaders recalled that
the sick man's beer supply was rather
liberal, certainly, as compared with i
modern possibilities. It used to be :
prescribed by the case.
Norfolk Lowers Rate.
Norfolk, Va. Basing its action on
a new assessment of real estate, the
Norfolk city council has reduced the
total city real estate tax rate from
$2.50 to $2 per hundred, placing Nor
folk among the very few cities in Vir
ginia with such a low rate. Despite
the lower rate, however, Norfolk's
gross revenues from real-estate taxes
in 1921 will be more than half a mil
lion dollars greater than for last year.
Commodities Go Lower.
Washington. Wholesale prices of
commodities continued to decrease in
February with a drop of 5 3-4 per cent
for the month or a total decrease of
38.5 por cent.
concessions Repudiated.
Washington. The Costa Rlcan con
gress has repudiated large oil and
other concessions granted in June,
1918, to Amory A Sons, through an
agreement entered into between the
Costa Rlcan minister of foreign al
falrs and the British minister.
Kronstadt Re-Captured.
Riga, The Russian mission here
asserted that the bolshevik! have suc
ceeded in capturing Kronstadt from
the revolutionists.
Ban on Whiskey Removed.
Washington. The ban prohibiting
withdrawals of whiskey from ware
houses in so far as it affects retail
druggists, will be lifted April 1, under
an order Issued hy Prohibition Com
missioner Kramer. Modification of the
order stopping withdrawals was not
extended to wholesale liquor dealers.
Andrew Bonar Law Resigns.
London. Andrew Bonor Law, lord
president of the privy seal, resigned
from the cabinet. Ill health was giv
en as the reason for resignation.
Submarines on the Rocks.
Westerly, R. I. The submarine N-2
a coastal type boat, struck Watch Hill
reef while maneuvering off here and
ran up on the rocks high and dry.
Coast guards who wsnt out to her re
nnifed that Lieutenant Claude Farm
er and his crew of 15 moo would re
main aboari.
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Rear Admiral Thomas J. Cowie cf
the naval supply corps in Washington
has been piaced on the reti-ed list.
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American Business Men Are to Ee
Mobilized Through Their Respec
tive Trades and Industries.
j Washington. President Harding
has approved a course of action that
may mean more to the prosperity of
America its business revival and
! permanent development than any
j thing else that has happened since
the close of the European war.
! American business men are to be
mobilized through their respective
I trades :,nd industries.
' The Vnited States government is
'again to render a measure of co-operation
with private business which
made possible during the war the
building up of a huge export trade
but which since then has been al
i lowed to lapse.
Thorough discussion by President
I Harding and his cabinet of plans
! which will lie largely in the hands of
! Herbert Hoover, secretary of com
merce, has led to the conviction that
America must have foreign markets
i as the way out of her industrial and
J agricultural depression and that the
'American government must adopt
' somewhat the same attitude of help
' fulness toward private business as
European governments are adopting.
I Big Road Money for States.
Washington. Approximately $622,
iflOO.nud is available for road and
bridge construction and maintename
j this year, the bureau of public roads
of the department of agriculture an
i nounced on the basis of Information
! compiled from reports from the vari
ious state highway departments.
I The approximate amounts given as
! available to each of the states from
, local, state and federal sources in-
elude:
I Alabama, $9,000,000; Florida. $7.
'725,000; Georgia, $10,000,000; North
Carolina $6,500,000; South Carolina,
.$6,000,000; Virginia, $10,000,000.
Long Trip For Hun Deportee.
I New Y'ork. Frederick tie Chaine,
ja German, deported as an unde
sirable alien, ia on the high seas
bound for Calcutta, India, on what
; immigration officials said is a record
I deportation voyage.
Governor Spry to be Named.
Washington. Former Governor
William S. Spry, of Utah, Is under
stood to have been virtually decided
upon by President Harding for ap
pointment as commissioner of the gen
eral land office.
Harvey's Appointment Approved.
London. The British government
gave formal approval to the appoint
ment oV Col. George B. M. Harvey as
Vnited States ambassador to Great
Britain.
French Making More Wine,
Washington. French wines last
year exceeded by more than 77.000,
000 gallons that country's supply in
1919, according to a report to the de
partment of commerce.
Increase In Wood Exports.
New Y'ork Value of exports in
wood and products from Gulf ports
increased from $136,802,166 in 1919
to $186,525,752 in 1920. according to
statistics made public by the lumber
trade journal of New Orleans.
Rate Case Hearing Closed.
Washington. Arguments in the
Wisconsin rate case described by
some participating attorneys as "the
most important state rights issue be
fore the supreme court in many years"
were closed.
Want No Ku Klux Klan.
Lynchburg, Va. Business and pro
fessional men heltl a meeting to de
vise ways anil menns of combatting
the organization of a local In.iueu uf
the Ku Klux Klan in Lynchburg.
Perpetual Memorial to Wilson,
New York A movement has been
launched here to establish a perpet
ual memorial in honor of Woodrow
Wilson "the man who projected Into
the world the idea of the league of
nations."
Investigation of Mob Attack.
Washington. Governor Allen, of
Kansas, was urged in a telegram by
Senator Ladd and Representative Sin
clair, of North Dakota, to investigate
mob attacks on Non-Partisan league
organizers at Great Bend.
Senate Adjourns Sine Die.
Washington. The special session
of the senate, which convened March
4 to confirm Important appointments
of the new administration adjourned
sine die.
No Postoffice Appointments.
Washington. That there will be no
appointments In the postal service
was developed from unquestionable
sources.
Will H. Hays, postmaster general,
concluded to make haste slowly, It is
understood.
POLAND SECURED ONLY ABOUT
ONE FCLRTH OF VOTE IN
RECENT PLEBISCITE.
'.M 13 3.003 SpEKilE
Election Vill Go Down in History as
j a Momentous Event in Adjustment
j of Eurcrean Boundaries.
B-rlin Germany won an over
whelming victory in plebiscite held
in VpP'T Site.- ia to tb tenr.ine the fa
tare national status of that region, ac
cording to official re'itros received
h 're. Two di.-uiets were still missing
at ;i o'ctoi k the moripg after, but the
count showed tha: !0;.o el votes ban
been cast for Germany and :is:.eei'
for Poland.
Reports from P.roslau state that the
plebiscite was generally without un
toward im id 'ills.
Palm Sunday, the day of the votine
in upper Silesia, seems likely to go
down in history as one of the most
momentous days in the adjustment of
European boundaries growing out of
the world war. The day had been
loekoc? forward to with intense inter
est by all Germany and Poland a
well, while evidences of worldwide
a'tention upon the balloting were not
l icking in advices from abroad.
The area involved, comprising some
five thousand square miles, was the
largest section of territory to have
its fate submitted to a plebiscite un
der peace treaty, hut even more im
portant than the size of the district
was the material wealth contained in
its varied mineral resources, mainly
coal, but also including iron, zinc and
lead.
Sixth Largest Cotton Crop.
I Washington. The largest cotton
i crop since 1 J' 1 4 and the sixth largest
' in the history of the country was
crown last year. Oinninc statistics
j for the 1920-21 season, announced by
i the Census Bureau, show a total of
j liUHa.754 equivalent 500-pound bales.
comprise the 1920 crop. That is about
2.7R!U'nO equivalent eOO-pound bales
less than the record crop of 1914 and
Is slightly smaller than the 1904 crop.
Density of Pcpulation.
Washington. The average density
of population throughout the Vnited
States exclusive of outlying posses
sions was 35.5 per sons per square
mile of land area in 1920, as against
30 9 in 1010, the Census Bureau an
nonced. The density figures for Southern
states were: Alabama 45.8; Florida.
177: Georgia. 49.3; Louisania 39.6;
Mississippi 35.6; North Carolina 52.5:
South Carolina 55.2; Tennessee 56.1;
and Virginia, 57.4.
Plans Coalition Government.
Copenhagen. Negotiat.cns looking
to the formation of a coalition govern
ment for soviet Russia have been
opened by Nikolai Lenine. bolshevik
premier, with leaders of the Menshe
viki and social revolutionaries.
New Shingle Is Hung up.
Washington. Formation of a part
nership between Joseph P. Tumulty",
who served ns secretary to former
President Wilson, and Representative
Randolph Terkins of Woodr litY Lake.
N. J.. for the general practice of law
in New Jersey was made.
Revenues Exceeded by Costs.
Washington. Governmental costs,
including interest and outlays for per
manent improvements for the 227
cities of the country with a popula
tion of 30,000 ro more, exceeded total
revenues by $S. 991,000 in the year
1919.
Let Out Many American Seaman.
Manila, P, I. Eleven hundred
American seamen were discharged
from American merchant ships here
during the year 1920, according to re
ports of acting Vnited States ship
ping commissioner, Francisco Cor
rales, just Issued.
Negro Labor Conditions.
Atlanta. Ga. Investigation of con
ditions among negro labor on farmb
in southern counties as conducted by
Federal District Attorney Alexander
Is commended in a statement issued
by Governor Dorsey.
Reichstag Favors Disarmament.
Berlin.. The reichstag passed all
three readings of the disarmament bill
which was adopted hy the reichstag
rommltteo In a form differing from
the govrrr.mcrit's orlc'tfl draft of the
bill.
Typothetae Federation Meets.
Pensacola. Fla The Southeastern
Typothetae Federation opened its an
nual session here to take up among
other questions that of the 44 hour
week.
Case of World War Veterans.
Indianapolis. A nationwide surrey
of conditions surrounding the case of
disabled world war veterans has been
started by the 800 Rotary clubB of the
country, according to a letter received
at the American Legion's national
headquarters.
Mlllionare Is In Trouble.
Tampa, Fla. Charges of conspiracy
to violate the Volstead act will be
pressed against Harry S. Black, New
York millionaire.
Less Government Management.
Washington. "More business
mothods in government and less gov
ernment management of business'
will be the general theme of discus
sion at the ninth annual meeting of
the chamber of commerce of the Unit
ed States to be held at Atlantic City
April 27 to 29.
Villi.,:;-, ton. J. Frirk Fo;ih?.
secretary and r.ianaeer of the Pea
nut Growers Exchange, of SuiToi's,
Va.. was ansud at Plymouth. N. I'.,
on a warrant sorn out by ti.e North
Carolina ln--ur.ir.ee Commissioner for
soiling slot k without a North Caro
lina license.
For the past t-vo weeks. Mr. Koa.-he
arol three t-eld au'etes. have he-en in
Martin and Washington counties so
curing su-ners to tiie growers' con
tract which has 1 eon signed, it N
claimed, by neniy four thousand
growers in Virginia and North Caro
lina. According to the terms of the
central t, the grower rays an organi
zation ft". of flu at the time of sign
ing the contract and tl.cn agrees to
pay the balance of forty d i'ars due
on on" share of common sto; k as soon
as the growers repr-sen mg more
than fifty per cent of H e pe-.ii-.iss
grown in the two states have signed
lite contract.
Aecoid ttg to Mr. Fnushr tfto or
ganization Is a nonprofit, cooperative
a- ociatioti and the one share of stock
that the grower condition. illy agrees
to take when ho signs the c. a'rtct is
merely the basis for membership l!i
the exchange. The contrail he main
tains is mi-Mod after the California
plan for co-operative associations and
is virtually the same as the contract
being presented to cotton and tobac
co growers for signature.
Durham.. Provisions In the will of
the late George Washington Watts,
noted finanoi 'i- and philanthropist,
who died here set aside more than
jrem.iiiMi for various institutions and
charities.
The hull; or the estate left by Mr.
Watts, estimated to be worth close to
Jjiiaiiii.eiia. js to be equally divided
between his wife. Mrs. Sara V. Watts
and his daughter. Mrs. Annie Louise
Hill, wife of John Spruut Hill, of this
city.
Currituck After being out for
barely three hours during which time
thev ate their dinner, the jury in the 1
case charging St. Clair l.ewai-k and
John If Wit ker with the murder of
Derwood Gallop returned a verdict of
not guilty. The verdict seemed to
come as a painful surprise to the
court, Judge Allen expressing his dis
approval in strongest terms. "I never
saw a plainer case for the state in my
life." he said, addressing the jurors.
"It seems to be a bad day for Curri
tuck." Wilson. ..II. If. Johnson supervisor
of sales, gives out sales on the Wilson
tobacco market for the week ending
March lit. For this period 1.018,408
pounds were sold for $155,032.17, an
average of $14.78 per hundred pounds
showing a decrease In average of $2,
20 over previous week. Total sales to
date 60.9411. 968 pounds, which brought
$13. 282. 840.6;',, an all round average of
$21.79.
Kinston. A new official map of Le
noir county ordered by the commis
sioners will show every farm in the j
county, together with all churches, j
schools, roads, streams, swamps and
forests. The map will be the most
comprehensive ever issued for an 1
Eastern Carolina county.
Lexington. Five communities in
Davidson county will vote this month
and next on the question of school
consolidation.
Lexington and a number of rural
districts adjoining the town will vote
April 26 on the question of issuing
$225,000 for the erection of a township
high school building and for a small
special maintenance tax.
Raleigh One church, two school
buildings and two unoccupied dwell
ings were reduced to ashes in New
Light township following raids made
by federal and county officers. The
consensus of opinion in that that sec
tion is that the structures were burn
ed hy hlockaiders and bootleggers as
a measure of retaliation or warning.
Spencer. The town of East Spen
cer has sold a block of $40,000 of 30
year 6 per cent munlciual bonds to
Abbott & Co., of Charlottesville, Va.
Need of Marketing System.
Greenville. The absolute necessity
fnr a definite and systematic way of
marketing farm products instead of
the old "dumping" process, which has
existed among American farmers for
years, was set forth In a comprehen
sive and forceful manner at the court
house In this city by Dr. Clarence
Poe, of Raleigh, editor of the Progres
sive Farmer. "It Is absolutely Imper
ative that Immediate action be taken
to eliminate further reckless dump
ing of tobacco and cotton ou llie mar
ket," the speaker declared.
Job Printers on 8trlke.
Ashevllle For the first time 1n 31
years union printers walked out of a
shop in Ashevllle, when the Inland
Press, biggest job printing plant in
the city Is said to have declared an
open shop and employed two non
union printers. With the arrival of
the non-union men all the union print
ers walked out. The Inland Press
plant Is still running although crip
pled In force. Old printers hc.-o say
that It Is the first trouble printers
have had here In 31 years.
Chicken for Revenuera.
Hickory. Revenue officers who
flushed four blockaders at a still near
the Burke county line were more in
terested In the chicken the men were
cooking than many other details, but
nothing was left after the revenue
finished their job, It was said. The
still, made of copper and 45 gallons
capacity, was running and ten gallons
of liquor and 2,069 gallons of beer
were poured out. A big fat hen, cut
up for a stew, waa simmering before
the furnace.
SPRINGFIELD THE CENTER OF A
VERITABLE EPIDEMIC OF
BUILDING FEVER.
iffiSOSlCHSLLCOKPliJEB
i Prosperity Is Being Forced Through.
tne Carrying out of an Extensive
Building Program.
: Pmithfleli!. The work of tearing
down the court house is about com
pleted and the last of the debris is
i being hauled off prep.in.tory to dig
' ging the foundation.
; In addition to the court house, which
, w ill be erected at a cost of 40u,00i
.otnpleled. a new high school btiild
: ing will be erected at a cost of Jlrto,-
eeo and a ne v negro school building
I of 14 rooms at a cost of $350,0110. in
i addition to these-bulhlinrs tti-rei am
quite a number of residences now un
der the course of construction, and to
a stranger driving through town, it
would appear that Smithtield has for
gutten the hard times and making
' things prosperous by the construction
I program that is now being carried
out.
A contemplated building that is
causing considerable favorable com-
1 n-.ent is the new Masonic Lodge bulld-
inc that is being planned to be erect
I ed near the banks of Neuse river. This
I will probably be a three or four story
j building, with a basement that will
I in all probability he used as a Y. M.
j C. A.; first and second floors for of
1 fites of various kinds, and the third
floor for a Masonic Lodge room.
I Shriners Club etc. This is still In em
bryo state, but the Masons are very
enthusiastic and are hoping to hava
this building ere ted during the next
year.
Interest In Road Meetings.
Greensboro. Wonderful Interest
has been aroused in the coming of
the V. S. Good Roads association, the
V. S. O.tod Roads show, and th
Bankhead national highway associa
tion, In GreenslKiro, April 18-23. These
three events promise to be the great
est gathering of good roads enthusi
asts that have ever assembled lb
America according to a statement of
Mr. J. A. Rountree, Director General
of the V. S. Good roads association,
who opened temporary headquarters
In Greensboro 30 days ago.
Wilmington. Major J. R. D. Mathe
son, district army engineer for North
Carolina, has received orders notify
ing him of his selection to attend the
army- service school for officers at
Fort Leavenworth beginning Septem
ber 5, and relieving him of his work
here some time before that date.
Winston-Salem. A miniature bar
room was unearthed in the cab of
Norfolk & Western freight No. 87
here when officers searched the cab
and foun dabout three gallons of whis
key and a large number of empty bot
tles, jars and containers.
The train was in charge of Captain
T. W. Epling, who was placed under
a $590 bond.
Ashevllle. Miss L. Exum Clement,
Buncombe county's first woman law
yer and the only woman who has been
elected to the general assembly In
this state, having served in the last
sesion, was married to E. E. Stafford,
telegraph editor of the Ashevllle Citi
zen. Lenoir. The "flu" has been raging
here for the past two weeks, and it
Is said that there have been more
cases of It this year than during the
epidemic of two years ago. However,
It is in a much milder form, and only
one death has been reported from It
so far.
Monroe, -r- Commenting upon the?
small purchases of commercial ferti
lizer by farmers, a man who Is In a
position to know declares that thero
Is about 85 per cent reduction in pur
chases. Y. M. C. A. for Fayettevllle.
Fayettevllle. Fayettevllle consult
ed itself about building a Y. M. C. A. a
few nights ago and at the end of
two-hour conference held around the
banquet table of the Lafayette hotel,
with 200 of Its leading citizens there,
and a high school boy taking the
speaking honors clean away from the
former Secretary of the Navy, decid
ed that a "Y" Is the Cape Fear metro
polls' biggest need and provided some
$50,000 to build it with.
The clansmen hnd been wnrkinr to.
ward this decision fnr weeks past.
Good Work of Agents.
Ahoskle Miss Myrtle Swindell,
the Hertford county home demonstra
tor. In her recent report to the county
commissioners has given evidence of
the great work the women and girls
of the county are doing, under her
leadership. The county is thorough
ly organized in home demonstration
work, and every rural section, hamlet
and town has Its community organiza
tion. Each such organization Is busi
ly at work; some having socials, oth
ers giving plays, and each one by
some means making money.
Peach Show at Hamlet
Hamlet. A peach show, to ethlhll
the product of the orchards of the sur
rounding sandhill country, will be put
in this summer In Hamlet hy the lo
cal chamber of commerce. This mat
ter was presented to the board of di
rectors by H. T. ProsBer, chairman of
the agricultural bureau at the last
meeting. Arrangements hare been
made with the development depart--;.
ment of the Seaboard Air Line rail
way through which the two orfaniw
tlons will work togotker.
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