North Carolina Newspapers

ROANOKE RAPIDS HEI.ALD, ROANOKE RAFIDS, N. C. IMPORTANT HEWS THE WORLD OVER IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS AND OTHER MATIONS FOR SEVEN DAYS GIVEN THE NEWS 0F THE SOUTH What It Taking Place In The South, land Will Be Found In Brief Paragraph Foreign The decisions of the London repa rations conference, tlie occupation of Dusseldorf and other German cities and the application of the allied eco nomic penalties on Germany were ap proved by the French chamber o( dep uties by a vote of 491 to 6i. Lord Lee, first lord of the British admiralty, declared recently that his reference to the United States in his discussion of naval matters at a meet ing of naval architects in London had been grossly misquoted. He opines that the difference between Knghind's formula and America's is too slight for controversy. Andrew Ronar Law has resigned from the British cabinet, giving ill liealth as the reason. St. Patrick's Day this year was the saddest ever observed in Irelaud. It was inaugurated in Dublin with three -attacks on military lorries. British factories are humming turn ing out Russian orders as a result of the trade agreement recently entered into between England dand Russia. Talaat I'ashan former grand vizier and minister of finance of Turkey, was recently asassinated 111 Charlotten bury, a western suburb of Berlin. He was shot to death. Poland and Russia concluded their peace conference at Riga .March 15. The treaty was signed March IS. The law providing that if no protest is filed against homestead laud within two years after proofs of entry are filed the homesteaders shall receive an un disputed titlte to the land has been upheld In a recent decision of the Su preme court. The German relchstag has given the government a vote of confidence in its rejection of the allied repara tions demands. According to dispatches to French newspapers from Petrograd the Bol sheviki have put down the rebellion at Kronstadt and Petrograd. It Is stated that 2,500 deserters were sum marily shot. Partial elections will be held in Cuba March 15, regardless of the ac tion of the Liberal party's executive committee in calling upon its repre sentatives of election boards to refuse to carry out their duties of office, the president of the central electoral board states. , Seven Sinn B'elnera were recently killed near Mohill, Ireland, in a run ning fight wllh British soldiers. Washington- England, through her trade agree ments signed with Russia, will he come the middleman for American goods sent to Russia and get most of the profits, says Senator France of Maryland, leader of those Repub licans favoring resumption of United States trade with Russia. President Harding has asked Attor ney General Daugherty to review the case of Eugene V. Debs, in the fed eral prison at Atlanta for violation of espionage act. Edward C. Finney of Kansas has been given a recess appointment as first assistant secretary of the interior, j William S. Spry, former governor of Utah, has been given a recess ap- j pointment as commissioner of the gen-1 eral land office. ! D. H. Crissingor has taken the oath of office as comptroller of the cur rency and automatically becomes a member of the federal reserve board. He is from Marlon, Ohio. Charles S. Barrett, president of the National Farmers Educationul and Co operative Union, dropped a rhetorical bombshell on the ears of the Wash ington public recently when ho charg ed the existence of "a new and pow erful assistant government" in Wash ington, made up of the representa tives of varied interests, and stated that theso bureaus were knawlng at the vitals of American "democracy." He admitted the ability of the men and women employed in these bureaus, stating that they were more capable than congressmen find senators, be cause they had been specially trained end equipped for their "work," and said they knew every street, lane and alley of official Washington, as well as be ing In touch with every statu legisla ture in the country. Recognition of the Greek govern ment of King Constantino by tho United States la expected to result Hhorlly from active negotiations which have been instituted by the Greek gov ernment with the Btate department through the Greek legation In Wash ington. Approximately five thousand army promotion nominations, including the rank of captain, submitted by Presi dent Wilson before the change in ad ministration, have been confirmed by the senata. The commissioner general of immi gration will probably be William Wal ter Husband of Johushury, Vt., he having been nominated by the presi dent. The nomination of Dr. C. E. Saw yer of Marion, Ohio, President Hard ing's personal physician, to be a brig, nda-r general in the medical reserve cotps of the army, hag been confirm ed by the senate. In a short talk before the National Press club on "hobby night," Presl 4et Harding said it he had any hob. u wa to "help Ills fellows." ! Formulation of a iva.ur (;. revision has li.M-i! f:art ri.isi y on ami nil! re !-aiv for seihuiiss wlu n it cunciH'S Aj m 11 sson. Th. pt't-tma'-vr fiiera! has b.vn ad 'i-:-.-d -tltat a n-irro agnt of H :i ry L.acoln Johnson, negro N'ati n.ii committeeman from Goo'g.a for the ; K pul In at.. is busy in Georgia c ur- ing finals for the KepuHnan cam pa sen tbficit by exacting tribute from i postmasters and rur::l carriers under penally of losing their jobs. The Tinted Slates government baa ; senat a note to Panama and Costa i Rica demanding that they settle tluir row. Ernest F. Small. Will Roper and S. Brown are reported to have been mur dered in Mexico on the loth of .March, The report conns from the United States consul at Tatnpico. The ban prohibiting withdrawals of whisky from bonded warehouses in sofar as it affects retail druggists will be lifted April 1, it is announced by the prohibition commissioner. Freight rales on cotton, cotton lin ters and brick within the state of Georgia fixed by the state authorities were ordered by the interstate com merce commission recently to be nils- j ed April 23 to levels In effect in inter- ; state truffle. j The West Virginia delegation in j congress are urging the president to j make I. T. Mann, West Virginia ciiul ! man, ambassador to Spain. The British naval estimates for lilL'l ' 22 amount to 91.1SG.S69 pounds gross and S2.479.n00 pounds net. it has beau ! announced by the first lord of the Urit- ish admiralty. a thoroughbred Jersey cow has beea i offered President Harding by W, A. j Brewerton of Jersayville, 111., but it is ! doubtful if he can accept because there Is no cow stable on the white house grounds. The senate has confirmed the re- i nomination of Mark W. Potter to a I member of the interstate commerce commission. Thorn O. Marvin of Massachusetts has been confirmed a member of the tariff commission. Army aviators have become so en thusiastic over the proposed experi ment of bombing naval vessels un der approximate wartime conditions that scores of them have suggested that the fleet be allowed to fire back at the planes with anti-aircraft guns. One of the first actions to be taken conjunctively by the navy department and the shipping board, when tho per sonnel of the latter body is determined, will be the formation of a national pol icy to insure a fuel oil supply for the United States navy and merchant ma rine. An amplifying apparatus, described as so delicate as to permit a physi cian in one city to make a stethosco pic study of the heart action of a pa tient hundreds of miles away, was re cently demontsrated to a group of army and civilian medical men at the army signal corps laboratories, Harry Hilton Billany of Maryland has been nominated to be fourth as sistant postmaster general. It is stated that George Harvey, ed itor of Harvey's Weekly, Is slated by the president to be ambassador to tho court of St. James, London. Domestic The five fire insurance companies which entered Mississippi for the transaction of business after 167 old line companies withdrew , following the filing of a billion dollar anti-trust suit against them by the Btate reve nue agent, have been made defendant in a similar action at Jackson, Miss. Wible L. Mapother, first vice presi dent of the Louisville and Nashville railroad company, a former office boy, was recently elected to succeed Mil ton H. Smith, deceased. An almost unanimous vote In favor of a national strike in the packing In dustry was cast throughout the coun try, according to Chicago union offi cials. Definite returns will be given out later. Frank GunBaulus, 65, nationally known writer, educator and lecturer, recently died In Chicago, of heart trou ble. He was head of the Armour In stitute of Technology. S. C. McFarland of the Pittsburg Rotary club employed the wireless tel ephone to address a session of Rota' Hans at Charlotte, N. C. Mrs. Gertrude Bambrick Nellan of New York, won a divorce from her husband, Marshall A. Nellan, movie producer, alleging illioft relations between him and Blanche Sweet. Three coal mines of the Woodward Coal company have resuaued work, giving employment to 900 men. Theso mines are In Alabama. It is announc ed a 25 reduction in wages will be come effective Immediately. Every night since he killed his wife and their unborn child last June, Carl Wanderer has talked with her spirit, according to testimony given by Dr. Harold D. Singer, Chicago alienist, at Wanderer's trial, who says Wander er's experiences are undoubtedly real pod that be Is perfectly Sltne. Fire and casualty insurance has In creased enormously because of tho In flation in vulms and structures erect ed during the war period. Charged with pluying honkey to vend drugs, Paul Sproika, a 15-ycur-old schoolboy, has been taken to the children's court, New York, for ar raignment. Concealed In bis books, the police found a supply of narcotics. An invitation has been received In New York by Ivan Navodny, the Rus sian dancing master and author, to go Immediately to Kronstadt to take charge of the antl-B'dshevist rebellion there. Using the crook of his walking cane for a rake, a negro calmly helped him self to currency from a cage in the Birmingham (Ala.) First National bank recently ju t before the closing hour and, while the banking hous ewas jam med with customers, escaped. Hardwood lumbermen and timber men and executive officials of the prin cipal lumber carrying railroads of the South met in Memphis, Tenn., recently to disccuss readjustment of freight fates on forest products which bard wood producers declare imperative, es cecially on iow grade timber. '.- .. rm a, a m. i s.i -w t, - r . 1 r.iiiou Kijuro .shldeliurii, ,la nnesc iniiliassador, and his .staff. 1! Commissioner General of Immigration W. W. Husband sihti-c's A. t 'nttilnettl. Those in the picture are (left to r!::ht, standing) : Samuel Gompers, 1r-; K. J. llennliii;, the new assistant secretary of labor; T. V. I'nwderl.v. division of information; A. Ciiminettl; (seated): Alfred Hampton, assistant commissioner general; .Ta s J. Imvis, secretary of labor; W. W. Ilus- biiml. .) lienniH Lane, sccieiary-t.caNiirer Ainalirnmated Men! Cutters mnl Butcher Workmen of America. CURRENT EVENTS Meat Strike Rests in Conference of Packers, Union Chiefs and Government Officials. RAIL BOARD HAS ITS PROBLEM Congress Plans Early Consideration of Tariff and Tax Matters Germany an Enigma Allies' Tariff Ex periment Interesting Dim Outlook of Peace in Ireland. By E. F. CLIPSON. Hois for a settlement without strike of the labor dllliculties exist ing in the ineat-packlng industry, lodge in the uieillntlon-urtiitration ef forts of the United Stutes government. Secretary of Labor Davis, although new to his position, lias been brought quickly into a realization of Its re sponsibilities. In order that he may get oil on the proper foot and show the people that lie Is the rit-'lit man In the right place, lie Is neglecting no effort to bring about 1111 adjustment of the trouble which threatens one of the most important items of the na tions good supply. Although the result of the strike bullot leaves no doubt that the em ployees are In u mood to attempt a complete tletip and gives their repre sentatives a powerful weapon In the medlution conference at Washington, there is a distinctly optimistic phase in the willingness shown by both sides to take part in that conference. It indicates n desire for a reasonable ad justment, and the fuct that the pro ceeding is occurring under such Im portant government auspices, warrants ussuiuption that it will be more readily productive of results than if left sim ply to negotiations between the puck ers and their employees. In the latter event, with both sides thoroughly stiff necked, a strike would be the logical outcome. The affair has great portent as showing how the present ad ministration proposes to deal with the larger phases of capital and labor strife, particularly as relating to the cost of living and the return to nor mal conditions. An Important development of the controversy pointing to possible meth ods of eliminating similar difficulties in the future, is the announced offer of some of the larger packers to democratize their plants. The pro posal Is to give employees a voice In labor conditions by separating the plants into general divisions covering the principal products, mutters of pro duction and mechanical departments, euch division to be subdivided Into voting precincts of about 300 em ployees. The employees are to elect delegates to a divisional council which shall In turn choose delegates to a general plnnt conference board, while the company names nn equal number of delegates to both board and councils. It is proposed that the board shall make reeninmendntlons on employ ment, wages, working conditions, snfe ty, sanitation, rewntion, transporta tion nnd other matters of mutual interest. These recommendations when concurred In by n majority of the board are to be regarded ns de cisions binding on plmits affected, In the case of n tie, the mutter limy go to arbitration. Union labor officials denounce the plan lis one Intended in deceive the employees, disrupt the unions nnd substitute a shop union controlled by the companies. The government railroad lnhr bonrd has n problem In considering the great mass of data and In adjust ing present difficulties, nnd others sure to arise In the near future, between the railroads and their employees over announced reductions In wages. Ship pers and organizations representing the public are demanding n voire In (he hearings. The big question Is similar to the one agitating the pack ing; Industry, although no Immediate GETTING WORK FOR VETERANS American Legion Successful In Its Ef forts to Connect Ex-Soldlert With Needed Jobs. New York. There were 400,000 vet erans of the World war out of work In the United States on March 1 last, according to an estimate received by the American Legion. This Is a re duction of about 100,000 from the "peak" of more than. 500,000 Jobless ex-service men In the country shortly e '. t : ' . ' l fV - ';A k i. .-wi-i-s--. p r..s 4 , r strike Is threatened. The earn'ng sheets of the railroads shew that they n. ed more revenue. There is pro nounced opposition to obtaining It by an increase in freight rates, as much of the current business depression and low rail earnings is said to be due to high freight tariffs which discour age shipments. Hallroad officials contend that re lief should start with lower pay rolls. Naturally, the employees cannot see it. Union ollicluls cluitu that the rail roads are purposely loading up the railroad labor board with complaints and cases so that there will be a long delay In adjudicating the present. qui'Stinli, while In the meantime the roads get the benelits of the wage re ductions ordered. The whole thing is so acute nnd at the same time so in volved, that It Is very likely to be a subject of congressional action at an early date. President Harding 1ms announced that he will call the sixty-seventh con gress Into extraordinary session April 11. The tariff anil tax programs have not been definitely mapped out, al though the stutenicnt is made from au thoritative sources that the President upproves the proposal of Republican congressional leaders to pass a bill preventing the dumping of cheap for eign goods In the United States. A feature of tills legislation will be u section or a special bill placing the valuation of Imports on a domestic Instead of a foreign basis. Any tariff legislation Is almost cer tain to be of a preliminary nature us the vast number of schedules to be dealt with In a permanent bill will re quire many weeks' consideration probably Into the middle of the sum mer. One of the talked about fea tures of the preliminary bill Is an emergency tariff on agricultural prod ucts. The administration has not been authoritatively committed to this provision ulthough it lias strong sup port in Influential Republican circles. In response to the demands of busi ness, tax legislation will come up for consideration ; Immediately after. If not before, the temporary tariff bill. Secretary of Commerce Hoover has started out on the program of accom plishment, the "do-things" plun, which his friends predicted he would inaug urate. One of the first problems he has tackled Is that of broadening the possibilities of American manufactur ers In foreign countries, a necessity If Uncle Sam's ships are to be kept In employment. Mr. Hoover has been meeting with the directors of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, an nfiillntlon of chambers of commerce and boards of trade all over the country, with a view to closer co operation between his department and the various trade and commerce or ganizations. Also, It Is the Intention of the secretary to create an advisory committee for each of ten or twelve chief groups of Industries. It will be the purpose of each committee to form a direct connection between the par ticular industries nnd the foreign agents of the Department of Com merce. Peyond the fact that Bavaria has defied the allied powers In refusing to disband Its civilian military or ganizations and that the Ilerlln relchstag has tabled the order de signed to coerce llnvaria. there has been little change In the German situ ation. The action of the liavarinn leaders and the relchstag wns taken despite reports tnat France Intends to occupy Frankfort and possibly oth er Important cities If refusal to com ply with the order persists. The whole (lerninn altitude to the unfulfilled terms of the Versailles 11 en l . lie- 1. iaaalb.i.s pnvrain and the allied occupation Is that, "we are damned If wo comply and damned If ive don't." The dilllcnllics of either course nre so pronounced that the lenders nre In a uimndnry ami prob ably disposed to let the questions solve themselves along present lines of al lied action. In the Inability of the German government to map out 11 clear course, its leaders seem Inclined to accept conditions ns they are and assume an attitude of martyrdom, while they make feeble protests to the League of Nations nnd continue prop aganda In the hope of affecting other after January 1 last, and the Legion reports state there Is promise of furth er Improvement. The survey of the national situation on which these figures are based was made by the American Legion Week ly, official publication of the Legion, which states that the unemployment situation, as affecting the veterans, "appears to have tnken a turn for the better." A chain of employment agencies op erated by the Legion In every state has done much to relieve the situation, " . Ml J 1 MS : V 1 &..!.,., v.v ' . " v, countries to the point of exercising pressure for relief. If the German government has no other plan In the back of Its head aid as the entire mutter Is largely one of economics, It will be solved by an unusual economic method the appli cation of tariff principles to war prob lems not an entirely new method, but one which never before has been ap plied on such 1111 extensive scale. The spectacle then arises of victors mak ing a forcible but otherwise peaceful occupation of a conquered nation, ex ercising a supervision over Its trade and Industries, and collecting In the form of duties sanctions Is the dip lomatic word used to cover the rami Mentions of the transaction the repa rations demanded. It will be interesting to watch the I methods by which the allies shall pre- vent German goods escaping the tariff I embargo through the nearby neu tral nations. Already a mutinied blockade has been suggested, along with an occupation of all the land borders, extending Inward If resist ance develops, of Germany. To this end comes nn Intimation, probably most skillfully steered from Paris, that Poland Is ready to Invade Ger many at 11 moment's notice. The al lied Hhinelanil high commission hns In effect recommended to the council of the allied nutlons that tariff sched ules shall not be Imposed which will crush the industries of the Khineland territory, but shall have a punitive effect upon Germany. The plebiscite iti Upper Silesia Is expected to affect the situation. If Germany loses that rich territory she will be In position to claim still farther her Inability to meet the repa rations. If the election throws the country to Germany her economic po sition will be Improved, in either event an excuse will be presented for further negotiations. Russia's revolution seems to have been checked temporarily at least, with the evacuation of Kronstadt, restora tion of a more or less orderly condi tion In Moscow and the removal of the immediate menace to Petrograd. The operations of the revolutionaries around the latter place were doomed to failure when they failed to take the stronger defenses of the city such us fortress Knisnaya Gorka. The Hod government has been suc cessful, but Its weakened hold Is seen in the fact that the revolutlou move ment started among the soldiers and sailors, the forces which made the establishment of the government pos sible nnd heretofore have been its strongest adherents. As Indicative of the seriousness with which the government is menaced, and Its desire to placate other na tions is the ratification of pence with Poland and signing of the long dis cussed trade agreement with Great Britain. The Russians had been re ported as massing heavy forces op posite the Polish frontier and mak ing strong threats of a spring offen sive. But now they want peace. In the negotiations with Great Britain, which have been long drawn out and the subject of arbitrary appearance, at least, on the part of the soviet au thorities, they have capitulated In several respects, the most Important being an agreement to cease all prop aganda In other countries. Great Brltiiin agrees on her part not to mix In Russian Internal affairs. St. Patrick's day did not usher In the much discussed truce or even Im portant negotiations for peace In Ire land. That such negotiations are not brewing and probable, cannot be stated so positively. Undoubtedly strong agencies lire working toward the opening of negotiations. In view of the (!"fcr!:;!Ti"d u,!'ivl f h British government and the equally strong at lltude of the Sinn Ft in. some change In conditions must present itself be fore either side feels like altering Its position. I.loyd George Is reported to favor postponing action on peace un til after the elections of the new Irish parliaments, believing that they will result In a new I 'ail Kireann with which he would be willing to negotiate n truce. Meanwhile the state of af fairs In the unhappy country continues very bud with the dally toll of mur ders, executions nnd disturbances large nnd grievous. say the Legion officials. The Legion hns been Instrumental In obtaining work for veterans, In discouraging the migration of unemployed nun to ward the great Industrial centers and has encouraged a movement from cit ies to the farms. It has demanded that workers who left their positions to go to war should enjoy seniority rights on a par with those of military age who stayed at home. Nearly a year Is required for the returned veteran to get back to hla old stride, In Industry, m OF SCHOOL BYDH. BROOKS Lilt g lLA.ST LEGISLATURE PROVIDED REVENUE TO INCREASE THE ; SALARIES OF TEACHERS. MSK3 GF 0EPJ8ISEST The Sum of 5650,000 Will be Expended by the State Board Improving the Sfialler Normal Schools. Rab-igh. "The general assembly made gener ous provision for the public schools," said Dr. E. C. Brooks, superintendent of public instruction, in giving out a stimary of the legislation nffuctintr tho free schools. "It provided revenue sufficient, to increase the salaries of the teachers and provide fur all who Improve themselves in service. We will have for teachers' salaries next year around $!,iatii.ono or nearly a mil lion and a half more than the amount available this year. "The general assembly provided also for an expansion of the depart ment and appropriated about $6!iu.- Oiin to be expanded by the State board of education in improving the smaller normal schools, providing more money for high schools, and provid ing more liberally foi teacher train ing and supervision of the public school system. "The state board of examiner has laid the foundation for teacher train ing and the certificate of teachers and therefore it has become necessary to broaden the work of the board. In order to do that it was necessary to take the place of the state board of examiners and the institute conduc tors. These two departments are the division of teacher training and the division of the certification of teachers. Partial Losses by Farmers. Farmers in North Carolina lost a total of $16t,0(i0.000 by reason of price shrinkage in cotton and tobacco crops of 1!)20 alone as compared with the 1!)19 crops and prices. The 1919 cotton crop of 8P.2.000 hales brought approximately $154,000, 000 at the current price of 36 cents while the 1920 crop of 840,000 bales at 15 cents brought only approximately $58,000,000. The 1919 tobacco crop, on the other hand, with the average price ranging around 50 rents, brought a total of $163,000,000 for the 320,000,000 pounds while the 1920 crop, with prices drop ped to 21 1-2 cents give a return of only $90,515,000 for its increased acre age and its production of 421,000,000 pounds. Child Entitled to Protection. "Every child born in North Caro lina is entitled to the legal protection of having its berth registered, and ev pry effort will he made to see that the law in this respect is enforced," was the statement made at the office of the state board of health in connec tion with the announcement of the eonvtction of a physician in three cases. Dr. V. W. Leggett, of Hob good, is the latest one to have his at tention forcefully called to the re quirements of the law. Blue Sky Stock Sales Reduced. This generation will not again see blue-sky stock sold in such large quantities as it was sold last year, In the opinion of Insurance Commis sioner Stacey W. Wade, whose de partment has charge of the enforce ment of this law. The commissioner says that none of the companies whose licenses were cancelled at the beginning of this year have applied for reinstatement under the new law. Total February Fire Loss. The total fire loss in North Caro lina during February, exclusive of torest fires, was $432,000, according to estimates made from reports to the state department of insurance. This is a decided reduction from January with a total loss of $617,000. Adopt Suggestions of Governor. Members of the newly appointed state prison board, meeting for the first time, took the oath of office, or ganized, elected E. F. McCulloch, for mer chief clerk of the state prison, superintendent; George R. Pou, Smithfield. chief clerk; S. J. Bushbee, warden; and Dr. J ,H. Norman, pri son physician Mr. Bushbee hns been warden of Ihn prison since the death of the late Warden Sales and his ehoce Is hy way of reelection ns was that of tho Vd..il. Ian, Dr. :.orman. Complimentary to Appointee. Senator R. A. Dewar, of Andrews. Cherokee tounty, was appointed by Governor Cameron Morrison its min ority leader of the state budget com mission. The appintment of a mlnor itv me- llvr on thi- c-'irir.tss:on is authorized by an act of the 1921 gen eral assembly. "In making this appointment, said Governor morrisen 1n a letter to the Cherokee snnntnr, 'I feel I have made a. wise selection. rnoslng trust in your ability to per'orm the duties In cident to the office. Superintendents to Meet. Dr. E. C. Brooks, superintendent of public instruction, Issued a call for a meeting of all the county and city su perintendents of schools in the state to be held in Greensboro on March 23. The meeting is called to study the new social law and become acquaint ed with Its provisions. Pointing to the school legislation as the most far reaching tn hisory. Dr. Brooks asks particular attention to the larger pro visions for summer schools, half the cost of which 1n the future will b paid by the state. Thanks to Murphy and Gallert. Ti. i.i.-mle-rs t.f the United DausH-ter- of tiia Conf ! racy d-sire to mSi it 1 ar th it t !: d:ide their r ratin.de e,,:i..'!y lv.tw,n n r.epres tatue W.iit.-.r ""'!. j hy and Senator : I G.iii-.t f r tlKir activity in the Z; fc: in tie r.-c. nt i-.-i.-l iture for iu i r. . ,! pen'1- n for (jnfednuie vierari. return thanks in e.raal "e:'-uro to the i ad-rs in h-Mii houses. Mr. Henry I.on l. n, chairman of the lei.-ative commi'ie, U. D. C. and Mrs. T. W. Wilson, state president, say In a letter sent out to the slata papers: "A letter was written some days ag.) to the Uutherfordton Sun in be half of the U. n. C, of North Carolina expressing our unbounded thanks and prat;lude to Hoi. Solomon Gallon, for his splendid work for Confederate pendens. ' He Introduced in the Senate at dif ferent times three bills for increased pensions, and he worked untiringly to this end from the very first of tho session. "Finally his bill for $1,000,000 pas sed the senate and the house and be came a law. The veterans, u.s well as the llauth'ers of the Confederacy and every woman In North Carolina owe Senator Gallon a debt of gratitude." No Time for Ex-Soldiers. The legislature that has Just ad journed did not waste any time con sidering measures of importance to ex-soldiers. The Kanipe bill, provid ing for free tuition and help obtaining an education at the University of North Carolina or at the N. C. State College, Raleigh, did not get going be fore it was smothered. The measure introduced by Repre sentative Gosney of Wake, to appro priate $5,000 to assist in the produc tion of a history of the Thirtieth Di vision was championed before the joint finance committees of the house nnd senate by Col Albert L. Cox, pres ident of the Old Hickory association and by Col. J. Van Metts, adjutant general of the state and was turned down cold. State Leads In Tobacco. Willi a total of 395.000. 0O0 pounds of the farmers' sales of tobacco re ported to March 1st and enough in evidence to make 420.000,000 pounds as having been produced in North Carolina last year, averaging 21'4 cents per pound, the Tar Heel state does the impostble. Last April, a prospectus of the Intended acreage was published to forewarn the fann ers; also a forecast of 415.000,000 pounds was estimated. Kentucky said: "Impossible," but tho evidence is now available. To Adjust Insurance Matter. Following a conference between In surance Commissioner Stacey W. Wade and J. Frank Foosche, secretary of the peanut growers' exchange, who was arrested at the Insurance of the North Carolina insurance department for selling stock without a license, it was announced that the hearing of the case, would he continued. It is now believed that a satisfactory ad justment will be made. Commissioner Young is Appreciated. The general assembly along with its many other forward-looking enact ments evidenced appreciation of the work of ex-Commissioner Young and the recommendations of Insurance Commissioner Vade by adopting in nearly every instance their recom mendations for amendments to old laws, and for most of the additional appropriations needed to keep the ever-growing work of the State In surance Department up to standard. Manning Endorses Recent Act. Attorney General James S. Manning said that there is no doubt about the effectiveness of the bill passed on the last day of the session, wiping out the state building commission, the state architect, and placing the work in the hands of several heads of the state institutions. State Is One of Forty-three. North Carolina is one of the forty three states joining in the appeal to the Supreme Court. Attorney General James S. Manning filed a brief In the case, but is not attending the hearing in Washington. An order was recent ly Issued deirocting that railroad rates in this state be raised to the In terstate rate basis. Druggist Need Not Apply. "Druggists are no longer required to secure a permit from the clerk of (he superior court to obtain alcohol for medical purposes," says Frederick O. Bowman, attorney for the North Carolina Pharmn cent leal association. "The law requiring this unnecessary nnd expensive procedure," the state ment continues, "wns repealed at the late session of the legislature, nnd bo came effective upon ratification, March 9th. To secure nlochol, drug gists now deal direct with the federal prohibition director, Fertilizer Buyers are Warned. Five merchantile establishments at Wake Forest hnve received warnings to send fertilizer purchased by them back to the manufacturers or "take the consequences." Notices were posted on their buildings a few days ago, signed by "The Farmers' Friends," and have so far been Ignor ed. Two customers who purchased fertilizer from one firm received sim ilar warnings on the night following? the purchases and returned the ferti lizer to the dealer. Pension Fund Disbursement, Auditor Baxter Durham and h!s force are preparing for the distribu tion of the $1,000,000 pension fund for the Confederate veterans, autho rized by the 1921 session of the gen eral assembly. This will be the larg est amount of money ever distributed to the old soldiers In North Carolina, and will, In the opinion of the Daugh ters of the Confederacy and other actlTely interested in the welfare of the old soldiers, go a long way to wards relieving the needs of thq old men, and widows of veterans.