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ROANOKE RAPIDS HERALD. ROANOKE RAPIDS. N. C. V 1 GERMAN OFFICERS ASSUME CONTROL A FLOOD OF GOLD I COLLEGE BUILDING AT ST. GENEVIEVE'S ADDRESS ETIICTGBEUBOOCI E imu lit ! 1 . AMERICA NOW HAS TO UNITED STATES REPRESENTATION Annu.il Convention of North Carolina Merchants' Association to Convene In Greensboro June 21-23. r,T-.w -Vs.. . ipvo, j r GUARDS THROWN AROUND TOWN OF KREU2BL RG TO GUARD j AGAINST ATTACK. j PEOPLE EXCITED AND ANGRY If German Police in Hands of Poles Are Shot. Germany Will Retaliate by Shooting Polish Prisoners. Kreuzhurg. Upper Sib reichswohr oi'f.tvrs haw- . trol of the Kiculmii; d army rides l.;iio In cu guards thrown about t In- :a - di'i in. in s-utaed con strict, L'.'MH! issued and town In d - fond it ;,i.:iinI a t!i by Poies i ho arc t a: Kosftlbeli; The Pol tiuiaii (I at "..i w nil Ml n d attack i d in trout (il i ur'iij i s . i oral m i) t o of Ul.ii !) lie guiiv The inter allied oi'in ials arc help less, the Ft'j-lh h troops having hern withdrawn two .lays .no for service at Ryhnik. The entente's representa tives are seven Krem !i tiwli.tns, a J'.ritish major and an Italian civilian. Their position is not a pleasant one; the townspeople are highly exiited) and are. angry with the French fori Jtavins withdrawn their troops at a critical time. The Polish attitude incensed the German leaders, who noticed the inter-allied commission that the Germans would hold no conversations with the rebels and would not agree to an exchange of prisoners, but if the Poles carried their threats to shoot German police the Germans ."would be forced to resprisals against Polish prisoners. Would Amend Emergency Tariff. Washington Further consideration of the emergency tariff bill by the senate was marked by the introduc tion of two additional amendments. Senator Ashurst, democrat, Arizona, roposed that the duty of seven cents pound on long staple cotton be in eased to 20 cents, while Senator nes, democrat, New Mexico, moved r a tariff of 15 per cent ad valorem a all imported hides. Short Thousand Officers. Washington. Due to legislation by congress, the navy, by December 31, will be short more than a thousand officers, said Secretary Denby. who mad i this statement in connection with an announcement that he had rescinded his order graduating the 1922 class at the Naval Academy in advance. Wasn't Draft Dodger. vvasnmgton. Announcement was made by the war department that the name of Stanley Harrison French, of Brooklyn, had been removed from the draft dodger dist just issued for that district. French reached the rank of lieutenant commander in the U. 9. navy.. High Cost of Transportation. Washington. The high cost of! transportation constitutes "the most pressing question in the I'nited States at this moment and the great est obstacle in the way of a return to normal conditions and the restora tion of business," Senator Capper, re plican, Kansas, declared. While the Cat's Away. New Y'ork. There was a police pa rade in New York. As the blue coats marched sturdily along, only a block away thieves took a $7,000 auto truck containing $33,000 worth of woolens from the front of 401 Fourth avenue. Baptized at Age of 101 Years. London. Mrs. Ann Sissons, lul, of Mansfield. Nottinghamshire, has just $5,000 Worth of Liquor Stolen, been baptized and confirmed by the Louisville, Ky. One hundred -rases Bishop of Sheffield. Last summer of whiskey, valued at $5,ooo, were he made three airplano flights. -stolen from the Dowling distillery at ! Tyrone, Anderson county, according German Cabinet Has Resigned. ; to reports received here. London. A telephone message re- ceived from Paris gives a Berlin dis- i Submarine Chasers Made Ready, patch saying that in view of the sit- Baltimore. Three submarine chas uation that arose in consequence of , ers attached to the Naval Academy the reply of Secretary of State Hughes to Germany's counter-proposals on reparations, the German government . unanimously decided to resign. Dr. Simon Baruch III. New York. Dr. Simon Baruch, S2. father of Bernard M. Baruch, former head of the War Industries board, was critically ill at his home here. He vas stricken a week ago with s se rere heart attack. Railroads Are Making Upgrade. Washington. The railroads are! Cherbourg, France. As a result of alowly making the upgrade. ; orders received from American mill- Reports, which wHl be filed with the tary authorities at Antwerp, the Amet InterBtate Commerce coiiiiiuBMufi next ! lean funeral base here has hern aban week, will show an Improvement in j doned. The personnel has been or- the condition of the railroad's. j Mayer May Form Cabinet. Berlin. President Ebert, the Van-1 Roanoke, Va. Sweeping reductions aische Zeitung says, has asked Dr. j in wages for more than 25.000 Nor Wllhelm Mayer, Cferman ambassador folk & Western employes, inclu-ling to France, to form a new cabinet. Dr. members of all railway organizations, Maver asked that he be given time ; both skilled and unskilled labor, were to consider the offer. Una Movies Instead of Books. New York. Substitution of motion irw i oi iv. ...uhd. .,,... pictures for books in tne nation s ei- iconoi were iouna ninuen in a canoati mentary schools would in twenty 'of potatoes from Canada and consign years bring about an advancement of jed to the "Quebec Products Company ten centuries in civilization, Thomas of Salem," which was seized by United A Edison sala. Highways Are Consolidated. Topeka, Kan. Formal consolidation of the National Midland Trail and the Roosevelt National Highway to be known as the Rooaevelt-Mldland Trail was announced here by Dr. R, M. Saw- 111, of Glasgow, Kan. Mrs. Harding la President. Washington Mrs. Warren G. Hard ing, wife of the President, has accept ed the honorary presidency of the ,Girl Scouts at a rally of the scouts In the hall nera of the Daughters of the marig&n Revolution. - . J ni MRS. ALBERT EINSTEIM. Mrs. Albert Einstein, w.fe of the famous scientist. slues mum is cause Believed That Scci.il Democratic Party Has Rejected an Invitat.on to Join in a Coalition Ministry. Rerlin. the new lies are -Prospective candidates for ahitiet and the political par reserving decision con rn- ir.g the parliamentary attitude with re tail! to the Allied ultimatum on finan cial ind'mnities has been clarified, Leaders of the majority socialist party are stubbornly opposed to par ticipate in the formation of a cabi net containing representatives of the ('termini people's party and it is be lieved that the social democratic par ty, headed by Philip Scheidemann. former chancellor, have definitely r jet-tod an invitation to join in a coal ition ministry. President Kbert hn neld conferen ces with Reichstag leaders belonging to the .present coalition and the ma jority socialist party but has nut suc ceeded in untangling the cabinet crisis percipitated by the sudden res ignation of the Kehrenbach ministry. Judge Rules Him Innocent. Montgomery. Ala. Judge Henry I) Clay. on. of the middle Alabama dis trict, United Statej, court, deiiarad in the trial of a prohibition case, that he would be compelled to order a ver dict of not guilty in the case of a I'-mn brought before him for killing an officer of the law who had entered his office without a search warrant to search for liquor. Don't Think Terms Fair. lierlin. Only a few of the Herlin newspapers comment on the entente uUlmi(,um wKich lhe nationalist press characterizes as unacceptable. The majority socialist Vorwserts expresses belief that, once the Ruhr area is occupied, the prospect of hav ing It evacuated under more favor able conditions would be slim. Fire Salute to Napoleon. Paris The guns of the Hotel des Invalides thundert d a salute to Na poleon Bonaparte exactly tu the min ute that his death occurred at St. Heiana one hundred years ago. This was the closing feature of two days of ceremonies In honor of the "Little" Corporal." 8.000. 000 Cases of Typus. New York. More than S.iniO.000 cases of typhus have been reported in Soviet Russia with a mortality as high as 50 per cent in some commu nities, said a report by Dr. Harry Plotz of this city, head of a Jewish medical unit. at Annapolis are in readiness to sail for Baltimore to meet any eventuality that might arise from ihe mine work- I ers strike at this port. I U. S. Cannot Stand Aside. i Mine Workers Wages Stand. Paris. Belief that the United i Indianapolis, Ind. Wages of organ States could not stand aside "from Ized mine workers will not be reduced, the work of world regeneration",lf the John L. Lewis, president of the Unit league of nations covenant was ed Mine Workers of America, declared drastically amended was expressed in a statement refuting reports of such by Rene Vivian!. action. Funeral Base Abandoned. dered to Belgium. Sweeping Wage Reductions. brought to light here. Alcohol Seized. Rnlpm M.iss Four bnrrptti nf nnre i - cumes cumum iiispecioiH. Candidates for Ku Klux Clan. Atlanta. Initiation of more than 1,000 candidates into the Knlght3 of the Ku Klux Klan was carried out with all the mystic ceremonials of the order at a meeting at Lakewood park in this city. World's Chamber of Paris. Arrangements don congress of the Commerce, for the Lon international chamber of commerce to begin oMn-1 been made by at a meeting day, June 27, have just the board of directors here. IN Fully One-Third of the Bullion Now in This Country Was Garnered in All Quarters of the Glebe. X. w York. A vertial !e Hood Yolk.--A U'l'itable tlood 1 New Cold i: of the pre, lei tainod sweeping upon the shores United States. Alri.ldv tile s tneial in tins country has at the unprecedented amount of ..M."i, and ol the tide is ns- 1. Km. mi iers attribute this to the fact thai the I lined States is the wo ",t: one "( reditor nation" and for eiiually important reason that the other n-tiou.- of the world find it well-n:-h impos.-ilile to transact business with this country, by reason of their own depreciated currency. The precious metal is coming from all iiuaricrs of the globe. Sweden is sending gold received from Germany for war supplies, also bar gold or bullion, which many be- hove to be of KusMon origin. I . y way of the Pacific have come occasional shipments of gold from Siberia where they formed part of General Kol chak's war chest. Tiie local assay office, a new struc ture, whose modern equipment in cludes huge vaults five floors below the street .level, now holds upward of J l.OlUl.lHlll.l'IMI, fully one-third of which has come from foreign coun tries. To Publish Slacker List. Washington The war department slacker list, as issued from time to time, will he published in the Con gressional liecord. Request for such publication was made in the house by Kepresentatie Johnson, republi can. South Dakota, a former service man. Unemployment Conditions. Raleigh. X. C. "The unemployment condition in the state is far from satisfactory." declared Commissioner of Labor and Printing M. L. Shipman in a report he made to t lie national ! convention of labor officials which is ; meeting in New Orleans. i Rediscount Rates Relaxed. Washington. Action of the New ' York Federal Reserve Bunk in reduc-; ing its rediscount rate from 7 lo 6 1-2 i per cent reflects a tendency towards! relaxation in rediscount rates in other reserve districts, Secretary Mellon , "aid. j Atlanta BanK Keadjusts Kates. i Atlanta, Ga. M. B. Wellborn, gov- ernor of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Hank, announced a readjustment of rediscount rates, putting all paper handled by that institution on a flat basis of G per cent. i To Quash Indictments. Grand Rapids. Mich Judge Clar ence W. Sessions, who presided in Federal court here in the Newberry trial, upon learning of the Supreme court's decision, announced that ho would at once issue an order dismiss ing the second indictment against Senator Newberry and his associates. .... . .... Harding Accepts Invitation. Washington. President Harding has accepted the invitation of the at- lied supreme council that the Fnited States he represented at the meeting of that body as well as those of the i-mferenoe of ambassadors and the reparations commission. Tranquil Mexican Holiday. Mexico City. Observance of Mexi- io's national holiday passed off tran- quillv. according to reports received Tiy the war office, and fears aroused by rumors of revolutionary outbreaks proved to be without foundation. Break In White River Levee. Little Rock. Ark Measures werfl being taken to afford relief to resi dents of the Bayou creek region, northwest c' Helena, where a hrer.k In the White River levee resulted In the flooding of more than 100,000 acres Case Ordered Reopened. Washington. The Interstate Com merce Commission ordered that the Texas state rate case must be re opened for the purpose of consid ering the propriety of the rates on cotton linters in that state. Baerlln Defeats Cutting. London. E. T. Baerlln, the British court tennis champion, successfully de fended his title aganst C. S. Cutting, the American challenger, at the Queens Club here, defeating Cutting in three straight sets. Fine Endowment Fund. Charlottesville. Va. South Caro lina's contribution of $3,000 helped to PRECIOUS METAL ALREADY THIS COUNTRY IS WORTH $3,001,487,915. ONE BILLION IN ASSAY OFFICEi 'V swell the University of Virginia er- army, told a house Investigating com dowment'fund total of $771,643 made mlttee that he alone was responsible public by Executive Director Arml- j for the release under guard of Grover stead M. Doble. Cleveland Bergdoll. Due to High Cost of Living. Chicago. In an exciting electinj the people of Hoopestown have re- elected John A. Heaton mayor, con- tinuing his salary at 50 cents a year, The opposition had no chance for It jdemanded a salary of $10 year. i 1 1 Jx A&zA CAPT. DAVID POTTER. Capt. David Potter, new paymaster general of the navy. PBDHIlinOI AGENT RESIGNS Southern Department is Composed of Virginia, North and So. Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky. Washington.-Suit for $10.(n.O lam ages was tiled in the District if Co lumbia Supreme Court against Sena tor Swnnson of Virginia by Jaik A. Cavaleri, a waiter, who alleged he was struck a year ago by an auto mobile driven by Senator Swanson. Cavaleri claims he sustained perma nent injuries. The resignation of S. R. Hrame. su- pervising federal prohibition agent of the southern department, with head quarters at Richmond. Va., was an nounced by ;.cting Internal Revenue Commissioner West. The southern department includes the states of Virginia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee and Ken tucky. Printers' Wages Reduced. Chicago. A wage reduction of $4.35 a week for each of the four major printing crafts of Chicago was an nounced by an arbitration board. Many Bodies to be Undisturbed. Paris. More than thirty thousand bodies of American soldiers will lie forever in French soil. Four bits of French soil have been chosen as the final resting places for the bodies four bits of France that "will remain forever America." The permanent fields of honor will be Romagne, Bel- leau, Flanders Field near Bonv. and r,urt f'"( s' on lne outsorts or Pans. Advice of Hughes to Germany, Washington In urging Herman v tc make at once "directly to the Allied ' governments" attenuate nronosals on ! reparations, the American government : was believed by the allied diplomats j here to have definitely closed the rep-; nrations incident so far as the United States was concerned. To Investigate Freight Rates. Savannah, Ga, The Southern Traf fic League, in session here, adopted a report authorizing a petition to the Interstate Commerce Commission for an investigation of freight rates in the southeast. Reports Without Foundation. London. A German official ilia patch from Berlin says there is nr foundation for the report that Get- ! many made a new reparations offer i f) the m ; j Armenian Food Supplies. Constantinople. Food supplies for 1'eople of Armenia left here on tne steamer Georgia for Hatum, with a cargj of 1.300 tons of food furnish- ed by the Near Fast Relief. Mere Man Barred Out. New Orleans. -Only women arc eligible to attend the annual conven- '" here of the Association of Wo .men In Industry. All the speakers ,are women Desire Participation of U. S. London. The Allied Supreme Council decided to invite the United: States to send a representative is member of the supreme council and also to be repres-u'. i on the repara tions commission Talbot Takes Oath of Office. Dublin. Ixird Kdmund Bernard Talbot, who Is now Viscount Fitzalan, was sworn In as Lord Lieutenant and fim-.rnr Grrri! of Irrland. The ceremony, which took place in Dub lin Castle, followed precedent. Body of Drowned Woman Found. New York. The body of Mm Annette K. Rankine, wealthy widow who disappeared here on April 1, wa found floating In New York harbor, near the South Brooklyn shore a few days ago. To Check Hun Foreign Trade. Washington. Immediate congres sional action to check the Inroads of German foreign trade in the United States was urged by Secretary Hoover before the house ways and means committee. General Harris Assumes Blame. Washington. Major General Peter C. Harris, adjutant general of the German Government Protests. Geneva. The German government has protested through the Secretariat of the League of Nations against the j presence of French troops in the iSarre region and the exercise there ot French military Jurisdiction, HUGHES INSTRUCTS WALLACE AND BOYDEN T" SIT WITH COUNCIL OF ALLIES. DISCUSSING ypPES SILESIA American Ambassador's Appearance at the Foreign Orl.ce Was Cause of Warm Appreciation. Paris. Ameru an representation at Allied conference was resumed when Hugh ('. Wallace, the Amerit ail ambassador took his m at at a ses sion of the toiimil of ambassadors here. Mr. Wallace ie. eived his instruc tions from S". reiarv of Stale lluc.he tu represent the I'niled States gov ernment tit Ihe ambassadorial i oilier tilces. The American ambassador' appear ance at the fereii-n office, where the council happened to be meeting, was the occasion of warm expressions of appreciation on the part of Jules Cam lion, of France, president of the council, and other members. Ambassador Wallace was given a Beat at M. Camhon's rii'ht. The problem of I'pper Silesia was the subject of the deliberations. Roland W. Hoyden, who formerly sat with the Allied Reparations Com mission at its sessions, has received his instructions from the state de partment to resume his seat. Collector Robbed of $0,000. Detroit Twelve men, armed with sawed-off shotguns, held up a Detroit I'nlted railway conductor and es caped with $2ii.('iii in cash. Musicians In Session, St. Paul. Minn, More than 4n0 del egates are here for the annual con vention of the American Federation of Musicians. Mexican Fatally Injured. Naco. Ariz Pedro Ivysa, a Mexi can immigration officer, was probably fatally injured in a clash between Mexican and Fnited States immigra tion service line riders. Forest Fire Stdl Rages. Ocala. Fla. Fire still was raging in the Ocala National Forest Reserve, east of the Ocklawna river. The fire has been burning a week. Much game has been destroyed. Senator Newberry Resumes Seat. Washington Senator Newberry re turned to his sat in the senate fol lowing annulment by the Supreme Court of his convb-tlon in. Michigan of violation of the Federal corrupt practices act Much Suffering in Siberia. Tokio. Conditions in the interior of Siberia are pitiable, with nearlv "'1 the people there in need of cloth- ing, food and medicine, according to K. O. Lively, formerly of the American Red Cross. To Hold Army Contingents. Paris. The army contingents of 1919, called to the colors in connection with the preparation for tTie possible ; occupation of the Ruhr valley, will in no case be sent home before Jut v. Bad Report on Winter Wheat. ! Washington A w inter wheat crop I of 629.2S7.0O bushels was forecast by , the Department of Agriculture, has- j in gits estimate on the condition of 1 the crop May 1, which averaged 8S.R : per cent of a normal and the revised I area to be harvested which is about 3S.721.OO0 acres. i May Abandon Obsolete Forts. Washington. More than sixty ob solete forts and military posts of no further military value, have been rec ommended to congress by Secretary Weeks for abandonment. South Carolina: Fort Fremont, Fort Wlnya and Castle Pinckney. North Carolina: Beacon Island and Fort Macon. Jail Guard Beaten to Death. Jeffersonville, Ind. John H. Grimm, 50 years old. guard at the Indiana Vitate reformatory here, was beaten to death and two convicts were shot in a mutiny. Haitians Charge Atrocities. Washington. Charging a long se ries of atrocities by American ma rines and the native gendarmerie in Halt! and demanding the withdrawal of the Unlti-d ntitca military forces from that republic, three Haitian del egates are In Washington. "Mountain Bad Man" Lynched. Knoxville. Berry Boling, aged 30, white, alleged "mountain bad man," was lynched at Huntsville. Tenn., when 50 armed men forced their way Into the Scott county Jail, seized Bol ing and hanged him to a tree a quar ter of a mile away. Plan to Settle Insurrection. Warsaw. In the face of increasing clashes between insurgents and Ger mans, the Polish government has de cided upon a vigorous plan In an at tempt to settle the insurrection. The President Praises Elks. Washington. The principles of pa triotism Inspiring the ritual of the Elks were lauded by President Hard ing tn an address at the Washington lodge of the order. Dr. Mayer Declines to Serve. Berlin. Dr. Wilhelm Mayer, Ger man ambassador here from Paris on a summons from President EJiert, who desired the ambassador to -attempt the formation of a new cabinet, has informed the president he could not comply with the request GREENVILLE CONTRACTORS TO ERECT FOUR STORY BUILD ING BY SEPTEMBER. PLUKBERS APPROACH CRISIS All Other Building Crafts In -Ashe ville Have Made a Horizontal Cut of One Dollar Per Day. Contrai l for cotistrni tion of a new feur story college building at St. Gen ei -i s leilege was awarded the G.il i.iiiu Pudding company, of Greenville, S. C, ai approximately 411u,uuo. Thu euiiilil.t is In be roily fur ucuipalii y licxl t pit -tuber. A ci isis in the strike uf It! union plumbers, wi.ieii has been under way li-'le is expctled through leiliis of an lit 1 1 it :t t in 1 1 si rvi d upon the Journey no u by tu astir pluti I'ers, who gave the union mctulicrs u nice that uu,ess tney accept the prelcrred scale, of S ' per day, the employers will take steps ' for importing non uniou workers to lake care of construction which has ! been held up since the walkout. The. old scaie whiih wus for i'J per day cxpiicd. and the unions refusid to ac- i ci pt a $1 cut. holding out for $s..H. ' All others of the building crafts have ' mado a horizontal decrease of 1 per day. . .-. I Greensboro - Policeman W. T. Mo Cuiston was killed here when he boarded an automobile suspected of liquor running, and later oflicc-rs searching tor his assailants killed Tom Robertson and captured Lewis Kdwards. Kddie l'axton. charged with being the third man in the car from which McCuiston was shot, has not been apprehended. Forty-eight gallons of whiskey were found in the car when It was over taken. Atheville. "Dixie highway bonds j carried almost unanimous" Is the tel egram received at the board of trade ! office from F. H. Taylor, president of ! the Kiwanis club of Newport, Tenn. ! Also T. H. Campbell wired as follows: ! "County court voted $3o(i,noo for Dixie I highway to state line, $110, Out) for ! other roads, and $50,000 for rural j school buildings." j Salisbury. President J. L. Morgan, ; of the I'nited Lutheran Synod of ; North Caorlina, announced officially j that the adjourned merger meeting of the North Carolina synod and the Tenm ssee synod would be held in Burlington Tuesday, June 7, and Im mediately following the first meeting of the Vnlted Lutheran Synod of North Carolina would be held. Raleigh. Governor Morrison grant ed a pardon to Sanders Lindsay, An son man, serving a three-year sen tence for manslaughter, and paroled W. A. Murphy, white, Granville coun ty trusty, to go homo and attend his wife's funeral, upon the recommenda tion of the solicitor Tind of Judge W. P. Stacy, who tried the case. Goldsboro Victorious veterans, he roes of Flanders field on which Prus sian pride was broken, could not have received a more wholesome welcome than was accorded the 300 delegates of North Carolina Red Men who gath ered in Goldsboro for their annual meeting. The city Is arayed in gala attiro for the occasion. Chimney Rock. Work on an elec tric light plant at Chimney Rock is now under way by J. M. Flack, to de velop 110 horsepower for use In light ing the Mountain View inn, Chimney Rock, and the road up to it, and other hotels and dwelling in that vicinity. Charlotte. Liquor making at the city Incinerator, beyond Pinewood cemetery, was broken up when three negroes were arrested. A seven-gallon still which has been operated over the Incinerator fires was confiscated by the police. Triangular Contest a Draw. Chapel Hill. The triangular debat ing contest between the University of North Carolina, Johns Hopkins univer sity and Washington and Lee, result ed in an even break all round. Carolina debaters won over Johns Honklns but lost to Washington and Lee. Hopkins won over Washington- Bnd Lee and lost to Carolina, wasn Ington and Lee won over Carolina. lo.t to IIopk!c3. The r!eba!" wr si! held on neutral terniory and were most interesting and Instructing to the several audiences. Burlington Wants National Park. Burlington In order to perpetuate in the memory of Americans the Im portance of the Battle of Alamance to the cause of American fredom, an or ganization Is to be perfected by the chamber of commerce of Burlington to mke the historic battlefield a na tional park. It is announced. The di rect aim will be the construction, through federal aid, of a hard surfaced highway leading from Burlington to the battleground, some eight miles In distance. Railroad Retains Park Site. Smlthfield Lucknow square, which the women of Dunn wanted to beauti fy and make a beauty spot for the town, will continue to be encumbered with ugly-looking bales of cotton and an antiquated platform, which the Atlantic Coast Line built years ago. When the town commissioners de creed that the woman's club should have It, the railroad demurred and got out a restraining order. Judge Lyon of the superior court here made the restraining order permanent and tha railroad will continue to use It St.i'esville An invitation to Vie .or Murdock of the Federal Trade commission to address the convention of the North Carolina Merchants asso ciation in Greensboro June 21-23 was dispatched by Secretary Paul Leonard i of btalesvule. The Invitation will be backed by Senators Simmons and Overman. Mr. Murd.nk was to havn addressed the merchants at their con vention two years ago, but was unable to attend at that time. It is hoped that he will accept the present invita tion. R. R. Clark, former editor of Thn landmark and now Statesville post master, has accepted an Invitation to r.ddivss the merchants' convention on the newspaper and its relation to Hi? merchant and business man. G urge W. Coggin of the state depart ment of public Instruction, who is supervisor of trade and Industrial ed ui alien, w ill be on the convention program to advise the merchants us to the opportunities afforded for schools in retail salesmanship. Agri (tiliural development and its relation to the business of the towns and cit ies will be discussed by Clement S. I'cker, of Itultiiuore. , . " . l Winston-S ilem This city has clos ed a contract with the Southern Pub lic 1'tilities company to install and operate a modern type of lights fnr streets as follows: 350 lights of j0 candle power at $22 50 each per an num; 220 lights of 21(1 candle pow,-i at $;!7.ri! each, and 250 lights oi 4t"f candle power at $50 each per annum. The contract also calls for a modern white way In the business section :f the city. , s Charlotte. Formpr President. Wofdrow Wilson, who was the guest of honor at the 1916 Twentieth of May celebration here and attracted thn biggest crowd of people that ever came to the Queen City for any event, will be Invited here again this sum mer as tlie special guest of the city and of the Wildcats Veterans Associ ation at Its second annual reunion. President Warren G. Harding also, will be Invited. Greensboro Parker R. Anders-a-., former editor o.f the Greensboro Rec ord and of the Wilmington Dispatch, has entered suit in Guilford superior court against Lieut. Gov. W. B. Coop er, of Wilmington, in which he is de manding judgment for $4,700 with in terest, alleging misrepresentation on the part of Mr. Cooper in the sale to Mr. Anderson of the controlling inter est In the Wilmington Dispatch. Fayetteville. Lieutenant Joseph E.. Virgin and Lieutenant Hardson J. Hartmnn, of the eighth aero squadron. United States army, were Instantly killed at Pope field, Camp Bragg, near here, when the engine of their piano Is thought t have died on a sharp turn, and the machine crashed Into a pine tree. Raleigh Nine federal prohibition, officers under the direction of H. G. dull, who killed three unidentified ns groes and wounded six others in a. fight at a whiskey distillery In Meck lenburg county, Virginia, 600 yards from the North Carolina line, were ab solved from blame by a coroner's jury summoned by C. B. Hendricks, of Mecklenburg county. Hickory.. Hickory's library has ceased to hang fire and the Carnegie foundation has promised to donate an additional $3,000 as soon as ina pledges for a like amount by Hickory citizens are redeemed. This will give about $20,000 to put in the biiild'nr. New Bern. The county will rebuild the county farm buildings destroyed last week by a disastrous fire, it is understood here, in the near future. The big Selden truck, costing $4,30o and only used a few weeks, was th greatest single item lost, the total damage coming to a total of $S,000. Davidson. Frederick Moore, noted: traveler and war correspondent, lec tured here before the International Relations club and the general public, assembled in Shearer hall. Druggists and Pharmacists Unite. Raleigh Charlotte was assured of another big convention when the finance committeeof the North Caro lina Pharmaceutical association com pleted plans for the bl-state meeting to be held in the Queen City June 21-28. The South Carolina druggists will meet with the Tar Heel pill rollers in Joint sessions, it was announced after the committee meeting here. Dr. Charles H. La Wall, dean of the Phila delphia college of pharmacy, will de liver the principal address. -i Liquor Raid In Charlotte. Salisbury Col. T. H. Vanderford and F. C. Talbert investigated a viola tion of prohibition laws. They went to Charlotte upon learning that Chief of Police Orr and plain clothes men had raided the cellar of 41 South Col lege Btreet, finding 85 gallons or whiskey, 16 cases of new, empty bot tles, coloring matter and other things that would indicate whiskey sales. The Charlotte officers had arrested A. D. Vanderburg and placed him under $1,000 bond for a hearing before the recorder. Convict Held In Baltimore. Klnston. William Harrington, alias Hnrtjjson, an escaped white convict, is being held by the Baltimore police for North Carolina authorities, the po lice here announced. Harrington es caped from the Lenoir county roads early In the year after serving all hut a few weeks of a sentence for viola tion of the prohibition laws. The local authorities said they will relinquish their claim to Harrington in favor ot Pitt county officials, who are under stood to seek him on larceny and a oa charges. ... JJ T. a . 1' - W - i
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