North Carolina Newspapers

KOANOKF. RAPIDS HIRAM), ROANOKE RAPIDS. N. C 10 RE DISTRIBUTE IHE SURPLUS GOLD SUCH STEP TO THE INTEREST OF UNITED STATES, ACCORDING TO STATEMENT. DISCUSS EICHffiE SITU Should Be Utilized Through Invest ment In Foreign Channels. Say Recommendation. Washington. The I'niteil State feels it ti be to its own interest th.it the surplus stocks of geld iu the couu try should lie redistributed and utilized through investment iu forei.cn chan nels, according to a statement on the effect of exchanges ou inter-American commerce madti public by the United States section of the Inter-Anu-ricau high commission. The statement expressed the viewi of the American section, of wliuh Socretary Hoover is chainn.in. on the international exchange situation for the information of the Latin American sections of the commission, the inter change of views having been arranged after a meeting of all the national sec tions in their various apitals la.-t month. In its statement the American sec tion discussed the exchange situation from the European standpoint as well as from the inter-American and United States angle. In this country, the statement de clared, the situation was unfortunate because the high premium on Ameri can exchange has attracted the gold ; flow of the world, resulting in over '. stocking beyend currency needs and a surplus earning no interest and serv In gno useful purpose. "The I'nited State." the statement said, "feels it to he to its own interest that this gold should he utilized in , foreign channels, and also that it be redistributed. From an economic point of view, the method of utiliza tion if by the investment of capital, abroad, the method of redistribution should be through loans lor repro ductive enterprise and by specific gold loans to ountries which are in a position to undertake the re-organization of their currencies on a gold basis. The I'nited Stales scciiou re gard it as mutually desirable and profitable that capital investments should be made in the other Ameri can republics where national credit rests squarely on stability in the so cial order. - Responsibility for the disordered world exchange situation was attrib uted by the statement to dislocations still existing in the whole internal economic structure ami the derange ments of the internal price structure. The exchange situation, the American section asserted, would improve as the world's economic recovery, especially 1 in Kurope, cues on. and particularly as price distortions disappear. I Two More Resolutions Adopted. Washington. Two more American j resolutions base don tile -principle of' open diplomacy and an open door of j commercial opportunity ,n China were adopted hy the far eastern committee ' of tile Washington confer' tv e. The proposal for a showdown of j all international agreements affecting China's interests presented Thursday ! by Secretary Hughes, was given com mitt -e approval only after it had been freighted with upwards of a score of amendments, hut American spokes men insisted that its meaning had not been materially changed, ! Under a supplemental declaration 1 proposed by Kliliu Root and accepted j with little debate, tile powers agree j not to support in the future any en-gagement-i entered into by their na- ! tions designed to ereat" special spheres of influence of exclusive op portunities within Chinese territory. John Kendrick Bangs Dead. j Atlantic City, NT, J John Kendrick i TVmgs, r-n. noted humorist and author, ' died in a hospital here following sev eral week'"-' illness. His condition be- i came critical after an operation fori Intestinal troubles. i Navy to Sell Sub Chasers. Washington The navy department will place four subchasers on sale Feb ruary 1. it was announced. One of the boats is at the Mare Island. Cali fornia, navy yard and the others are at the navy yard at Bremerton Island. IMiEPt Sound The vessels have a displacement of 77 tons, are 110 feet in lent'th, have a speed of IS knots and a cruising ra dius of l.L'oO miles. They can he con verted into pleasure yachts, tow boats, tenders or patrol boats, the depart ment stated. Veterans Approve Action of House. Washington. The action of the house appropriations committee in prohibiting the Veterans' bureau from starting any more vocational univer sities such as the one at Chllllcothe, Ohio, Is thoroughly satisfactory to dis abled veterans. B. R. Stewart, of the National Legislative Committee of Disabled American Veterans, declared. After a long speech before the com mittee a clause was Inserted In the independent offices appropriation bill for 1923 prohibiting the establishment of any more universities. Biggest Distillery Found In Ohio. Elyria, Ohio The largest illegal distillery In Ohio was confiscated and four men, foreigners arrested when Sheriff N. D. Backus raided a farm house at Brownhelm Station. The house contained six stills, two of which were found in operation, 27 barrels of mashi of all varieties and approximately lof) gallons of the fin ished product The plant has a capac ity of from 100 to 200 gallons of hootch dally and Is believed to have been the main source of Illicit liquor supply for the foreign settlement at Lorain. ROVE MOURNS CEATH OF POPE BENEDICT XV. Rome- IV;-.- !;. - s .'-Ml", e. eurred at i o : k k S-..ri.'... uo-rn-ing The ,-n i h d tv. n e t. l for .several h.-u-s T.:e if-. n i r.i physicians Card nal i1.t;urri a; .1 other members ,.f th- pope hou.-o-hold wore present at the bed -ode The news was hii:r c.ly ,v:ii:;.ci ni, itlel from the p.c;.l hod cVini b r to the principal ante-i ;i ..ai'it r, and was announced by Monvi.ni Pui.irdo. just as the pen .b-r ens bells of St. Peter'-, ov ervki" .c Vatican court ..rd. beg.,u toll.ug the hour of six Then one t y one the bells in Koines i hurdles joined in the ii.ee Ionic -niphor.y that markd the pa-sage of the lo ad of the Roman Cat' churc! The end came after a Jong nxht of irteti.-e agony and suffering, fie pontiff now an I then lapsiui: in: deliraiai throucliout the lorn:, anx ions ti:nht Shortly l'for' !!;! nintit !i- took a little neun-V-.en: wliii h sceiii--d n. omenta : i'.y t- r vhe his p;rts. but within a-i hur afterwards he began to .-;ng tap 'dlv DEFENDS THE RESERVE BCABD SENATOR GLASS SUGGESTS THEY QUIT TALKING NONSENSE. BANKING SITUATION, Farmers Should Be Told to Organize. Not to Become the Plaything of Fanatics. Says Senators. Washington. -- Denouncing "those who would destroy the great reserve bunking system for the sake of poli tics,'' Senator Glass, democrat, of Vir ginia, declared in the senate that mui h more good would be ai'conipiisii ed for the country "if some senators and others would talk sense to the bankers instead of nonsense to the fanners." "Why not tell the farmers the truth once?" queried the speaker. "Why in sist on drawing the picture of detlation and credits as the monster which brought reduced prices, not alone on the fanners' products, but on all com modities? Why not siiow that a lot of hanks did not take advantage of the reserve system and thereby impaired and limited their own ability to aid?" Mr. Class ,!--.-ian d that, "in-t-ad of the tion-en-e ' i-pp-ad anient the fart i er about how they had been victim ized, the farmers should be told to organize.'' not to become the play things of fanatics, but for intelligent research for co-operative marketing and to investigate and meet the influ ences which may affect the prices of their products Mr. Glass declared that no single thing was the deciding factor in the break in prices. He said that, during the war, people through out the world learned to do without luxuries and asserted that there fol lowed as a natural result "by the pro cess of psychology," a general move ment to economize in other things The end of it all. he said, was a Mirt of consumers' strike against profiteer ing prices. Cotton Seed Report for Five Months. Washington. The cottonseed and cottonseed products report for the live-months' period. August 1 to De cember 111, announced by the census board, shows: , Cottonseed crushed l.Oh'i.Ill tons, compared with 2,o-h.a-ll tons for tiie same period a year ago; on hand at mills December 31st, 618.1711 tons com-: pared with ,"iioi.s44 tons. Crude oil products 611.412.655 lbs. compared with 64.'!.H"1. and on hand Inn. li7. lilfi lbs., compared with liifi. 08S.M4. Refined oil produced 461.-1SS.151 lbs., compared with 4t5.fl2ii.3nri, and on hand 2.".7,701t lbs., compared with 274, 3.502. Cake and meal products 900,454 tons compared with 8A7.7. and on hand 257.438 tons compared with 244.188. Lintters produced 262,55!! bales com pared with 244 M70 and on hand US. 6(10 bales, compared with 252.02S. Exports were: Oil 45.016.286 pounds compared with 7!). 300. 817. : Cake and meal 152,388 tons compar ed with 106.027. ! Wants Farmers' Rights Defined. Washington. The program which the American Farm Bureau Federa tion will submit to the national agri cultural conference when it convenes here next week will call for early enactment hy congress of laws "clear ly defining the rights of farmers to market their products co-operatively." In making this announcement the bureau said their economic and legis lative proposals would be based upon the plan adopted at the recent annual convention in Atlanta. Ga. Operating at 85 per cent Capacity. Berlin. Ge rman cotton nil. i vc "i-p operating at S 5 per cent capacity at the beginning of the year, wnn twice io much raw cotton on hand as at the same time last year, according to i f ficlal statistics. The outlook for this year was call ed "problematical," in view of the slump in business during the lust few weeks, which followed the pre ceded drop in the value of the mark. The mills operated at 70 per cent capacity during 1921, says the re port. Indians Recover Old Treaty. San Francisco. Eight Indians, rep resenting the scant 20.000 that remain of the race In California, are en route to Washington to seek fulfillment of promises they contend were made by the government In treaties signed 70 years ago. The Indians declare their tribe were deprived of 7,500,000 acres retained un der the treaties and $1,500,000 In goods, including needles and thimbles, promised for cession of other land to tb government, has not been paid. FARMERS ENDORSE IHE FORO OFFER REPRESENT ATI VE DECLARES THAT DELAY OF WEEKS IS LOSING MILLIONS. MEETING WiS WELL ATTENDED One Half the Agricultural States of America Were Represented at the Group Conference. Florence. Ala. Charge that the Federal Gov eminent had lost practi cally a million and half dollars in tae a-t six tm utlis by not "ai cepiuitf II nry Ford s offer to lease the dam and operate tiie nitrate plants at Mus lie Shoals. Ala.," was made here by tie meeting id the Southern Group Members of the Ameruan Kami Du re, hi Kederation by Gray Silver, their v ashitikton representative. Mr. Kord s offer. .Mr. Silver said, w.i- made to Sei rotary Weeks on duly Sth last, "and will 'ie t r.insnntted in l..te"t form, aciording to the Secre m:v. some time next week." In addi t;. n to Mr. Ford's offer, several other off.-rs f, r Muscle Shoals have been n.ade, Mr. Silver asserted, adding, 'but the Secretary has admitted that none of them compare with Mr. Ford's even can be considered se riously. Further Mr. Ford's1 offer has been published to the world tor months and yet Secretary Weeks has delayed sending the offer with his recommendations to Congress, there by encouraging other bidders to re vise their bids." "In Mr Ford's offer." Mr. Silver continued, "the farmers see the first real opportunity to secure these high grade plant foods that the scientists have repeatedly told them aiv possi ble, plant foods that on expert tes timony ate admitted to gave them at least one-half of the present cost of fertilizer." Mr. Silver declared that when Mr. Ford tells th farmers he can make at Muscle Shoals the cheap high grade fertilizer they need "the far mers are ready to take that state ment at 100 per cent." One half the agricultural SVtes of America were represented at the group conference which was attended hy delegates from the Cotton Delt and Corn and Wheat sections of the Mis sippi valley. First hand information will be se cured in connection with the physical property of the Government at Mus cle Sh vnls. and a study made (if its possible development with relation to American agriculture, according to the conference program. Farm Huron u officials expressed dis appointment that Henry Ford, who accepted an invitation to attend, had not appeared. The Farm Hureatl at its recent At lanta mooting endorsed Mr. Ford's proposal to lease and operate the ni trate plants. Co-operative marketing of major crops, community marketing of local proilui ts, "olleclive purchasing, devel opment of the livestock and dairy in dustry in the South, farm finance, transportation problems and St:feand National legislation in which the far-m-rs of the nation are interested are given places on the program. Must Reduce Expenditures. Glasgow, Scotland. The expendi tures of the I'nited Kingdom niu-t lie reduced hy 200.000.000 p. s., Austen Chamberlain told the conferem'e of Scottish Cnionists here. This reduc tion is necessary "to make both ends meet " and will not take into account any proposed reduction in taxation. Need Greater Co-ordination. Memphis, Tenn. Need for greater co-ordination in the work of the vari ous boards and committees of the F.pworth League of the Methodist Kpiseopal Church, South, was empha sized in the sessions here at the church-wide conference of the execu tive officers of the organization. j Negro Faces No Danger of Mob. ' Washington. Adequate protection will be given Matthew Bullock, negro, who is now fighting extradition from Canada, if the Canadian authorities return him to North Carolina, where he is wanted on charges of inciting to i riot. Governor Morrison, of North Carolina, declared here. i "There is absolutely no danger of ' mob violence against the negro." the governor said, "hut out of abundance of precaution every protection will be given when be Is brought back for : trial." Warns Royalty to Be Quiet. t Berne Former Emperor Charles, of Austria-Hungary, and his wife, Zita, '.v'.U be d"por'ed to an Island much more remote from Europe than Ma deira, to which they are now exiled, i If there la any further attempt at I restoration of their throne In the states forming the former empiro. Zita, who came here to be at the bedside of her son, Robert, has so been Informed by the Swiss govern ment, which transmitted to her a statement made lv the BritlBh, French and Italian ambassadors here. Georgia town Shot Up by Gang. Blackshear, Oa. A gang of men, be lieved to be members of a whiskey distilling ring, visited the city and proceeded to shoot up the business dis trict. Many guests at a local hotel had narrow escapes from bullets when the building was subjected ,to a heavy fire, Ten other buildings in the city were riddled with bullets. There were no casualties. The JioUl was owned and operated by Mrs. J. W, Robertson, widow of the former sheriff and mother of Sheriff Olln Robertson. .ED STATES BY A'htnt.i. Ca - - Iaim-c'.. at- reduc tion if ail i:.: rs.aie freight rates will be t c ouiaiemleii to the inter state common e commission by a cimmiiltee repro.-t ntifig railroad commissions of the s.sat'ieastern stali-s. il was d-n ided here at a meeting of the Association of Southern State Kailrvad Conimis .sicns The committee was named as follows Commissioners Fatterson of Alabama. Maxwell of North Carolina and Shealy of South Car alina. The association iet ided to leave to the federal body the amount of reductions but asked that the rates be mads consistent with proper revenues for the mr r.ers MI FARMER ON EQARD THE AGRICULTURAL BLOC IS l SUCCESSFUL IN THE ANCIENT FIGHT IN CONGRESS. Original Contention of the Farmer it That They Have Not Been Given Fair Treatment by the Board. Washington. President Hardini; lias assured the acrtcultural bloc that hj intends to appoint a farmer to the Federal Keserve Board. Senators ' Kellotijt of Minnesota und Kenyon of Iowa, who discussed with the Presi dent the proposals pending in con gress whereby the chief executive would he required to appoint a fanner save the impression as they left the i White House that they would persuade their colleagues in the senate to abandon the project. The basis of t'ae compromise, if in- deed the concession of the White House to the agricultural bloc can be so described, is simply that the exe cutive will do what the agricultural bloc wants but the latter will on its part give up the idea of actually specifying by statute, what the Presi dent shall do in the way of future appointments. Un the surface this has seemed to he a controversy between u powerful group in congress which appears de--eirous of usuri'.in the domain of the executive, but the meaning of the ! movement lies far deeper than that land is significant of one tendency of reconstruction whnh affects not mere ly the farmers of the west, hut the bankers and manufacturers of the i.isf. The farmers feel and their nt ititude is completely reflected in the l aggressive position taken by senators , from agricultural states that the Federal Reserve Hoard was unduly severe on the. fanner during the de flation period which began nearly two years ago. The bunks of the nation were advised not to loan money on declining markets. The farmer was icauaht in the ma-dstroni of rulings and advice by th" Federal Reserve Syttem. On its part the Federal Re serve board justifies what was done. claiming that deflation is painful at best and that the farmer had to take los medicine along with the rest. The overwhelming demand from the rural districts for the revival of the War Finance Corporation which Sec retary WiNon opposed under the Wil son administration and which was re luctan'le accepted by the Harding administration, has worked out so well that the farmers are pointing to it as the best evidence of their ill treatment. Twelve Lives Lost, London. Kleven members of the crew of the German steamship Vesta, bound from Hamburg to Lisbon, as well as the wife of the chief officer, were killed by nn explosion on the ship followed by a fire. Ten survivors of t ie crew were landed at Lower storf hy a trawler. Moonshiners Would Attack Jail. Bristol, Va. -Tenn. Sheriff John M. Litton of Abingdon, announced that nn armed guard had been thrown about the jail at Abingdon as the re sult of' notification that a band of mountaineers was marching on Abing don from Moccasin Gap to effect the release of Martin Branham and Chas. Lyerly. who were arrested three days ago when officers seized Ta gallons of moonshine liquor near Abingdon. Bread Stores Op:ned by City. Tiffin, Ohio. Continuing his fight against food profiteers and the high cost of living in Tiffin, Mayor TTng.-r established three bread stores, t.,o at fire stations and one at his auto mobile supply store here. Hundreds of loaves of bread have been brought hpre from Toledo bak eries and are being retailed at fix cents a pound loaf. Tiffin breil re tails at eight cents. Mayor UnKer is buying the Toledo bread, wrapped and freight p'lal, at five (erts. Revised Proposal by Engstncm. ; Sheffield, Ala. A revised proposal of the Newport Building conipauv, of I Wilmington. N. C. for lease and ip leratlon of government properties' at ! Muscle SIiohIh will be made hhnrlly Frederick Engstrum, president of ho company, announced. Four Prisoners Escape. Detroit, Mich. Four Inmatei of tht I Detroit House of Corno'ion eRtaped by removing the iron bars frn"i cor iridor window and dodging a fusillade of bullets fired by the guards, Wedding Gown to Be of Silver. Itondon. Princess Mary's weddlnx gown Is to be of cloth of silver, of magnificent design. The material was brought by the queen from India some years ago. The dress Is being woven by Inn 1 workers at Bralntree. Essex, tn cbl Epglleh silk manufacturing center, where the art of silk weaving lus been passed down from generation to generation. So great Is the care tak en in the manufacture of this matsr:il that only a few Inches are finished each day. icii I iO . V Si SOUTHERN TOBACCO C0HE5 M COf THREE COMPANIES CHARGED WITH UNLAWFUL PRACTICE TO HOLD HIGH PRICES. SOME JOBBERS HAVE ASSISTED American Tobacco Company, Lorit lard and Liggett & Myer Attack ed in Senate Committee Report. Washington Charges that the Am erican Tobacco company. P. l.orillanl & Company, and. to a lesser e-xtent, the Liggett & Myers Tobacco coiu i puny, "have each engaged in conspira cies with numerous sectional and lo cal jobbers' as.-oi ia tions to keep up ;the price of tobacco products in the ! I'nited States through price agree ' ments and intimidations." were made 'in a report sent to the senate by the federal trade commission. The commission alleges this situa tion has existed sine e April of last year through 'during the same pe riod the relation between supply of leaf tobacco and the demand for it !has resulted in suc h low prices to the growers that tobacco farmers raising the most important types, hurley and bright southern, have formed market ing associations to sell their tobacco crops co-operatively." Asserting these three companies : were successors "of the old tobacco combination which was dissolved un der an anti-trust decree in 1P11. the commission's report continued: i "There was one important succes sor company, namely, the It. J. Rey nolds Tobacco company, which re fused to bnd any support to these conspirac ies. but actively opposed them. In spite of strong pressure exerted by jobbers and jobbers' as sociations, the Reynolds company stood staunchly against the prac tices of certain of its competitors designed to induce or force jobbers to enter and maintain price agree ments, and in this respect is deserv ing of commendation." The three companies, the commis sion declared, in giving the results of an investigation ordered under a resolution by Senator Smith, demo crat. South Carolina, were formerly parts of the "tobacco trust'' dis solved by the supreme court. The commission promised prosecution where the evidence discloses there have been violations of law. Hay Has Signed Contract. New York -Will H. Hays will be come directing head of the new Na tional Association of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors "imme diately after March 4." it was an nounced at a dinner at which the post master general was the guest of a group of motion picture officials. Mr. Hays' formal resignation from Presi dent Harding's cabinet will be pre sented soon, it was said. Mr. Hays announced that he hod signed a contract which makes him executive head of the organization. His salary, reported as tentatively fixed at flaO.OUO a year, was not an nounced. "The purpose of this association will be to attain and maintain the h'ghest possible standard of motion picture production and to develop to !the highest degree the moral and ed ucational value of the industry,1' Mr. Hays said. "I believe in the earnestness and intogritv of their determination to carry nut these purposes and am con vinced of thi possibilities of the large plans and successful consummation. Baptists Collect Millions. Nashville. Tenn. Collections made on subscriptions to the Baptist $75, 000. 000 campaign, taken in the drive of two years ago, amounted to $.10. ,160.843, it was reported to the mid winter meeting of the campaign con servation commission here by Dr. L. R. Scarborough, of Fort Worth. Tex., chairman. Collet-' ior.s were announced as fol lows: For Geoririu. ' O'S.fi'O; North Carrl'na. f2.37T.7Hn ; South Carolina, $2.6:i:i,S40. Liner Cuts Big Whale In Twain. New York. The story of a 7!i-foot whale, which was neatly cleaved In two by the prow of the Italian liner President Wilson, was related by the passengers when the vessel docked here. The President Wilson was sail ing In mid-Atlantic when the whale was sighted lying directly across the course of the vessel A hundred and fifty passengers lined the rails to see what would happen. Passengers along the port rail heard a crash as the bow struck, saw- the water turn pink and saw the head float astern. Negroes Aided by North Carolina. Tuskegee, Ala. - Great Improve ment In rural sc hools for negroes In j iuu ieiuia war, iiiiirti in ir.c necisra- tion of the thirty first annual Tuyke gee negro conference, which pcijided out that In North Ciircdlna nloiie more than Jl.OoO.ono will he erpendeC dur ing the year in building school houses for negroes, and In Mississippi JSO0, 000 will be used for similar purposes. In Alabama and J-ouisiana, the decla ration said, good work also was be ing done. Study Chinese Concessions. Washington. The American open door program was accepted in part by the far eastern committee of the arms conference, but approval was given only after elimination of the provision which would have specifi cally authorized an inquiry Into exist ing concessions in China. The French renewing their objection to re open ing the whole field" of concessions granted In the past, were seconded by the Japanese, and the proposal finally was thrown out entirely at the sug gestion of the British.- SUIElEOraFUa'ijCjyifiaS Executive Committee N'jets in Green ville and Discusses Some Impor tant Matte-. i Greenville --Members of the exectl 1 .he committee of the Ann man j gion in North Carolina gathered here j to discuss matters pertaining to th I future of the former service men's ' organization. A campaign to treble (the numberslnp during this year, iu j creasing it from T.IH'O to 21.0UO. was announced as oue of the principal ob jectives. The executive committee members and a large number of legionnaires were here for the sessions. The com mittee members present were: Thos. W. Bird of Asheville, state command er: J. R. Mollis of Wilmington, vice commander; Cale K. P-.trgess of Ra leigh, adjutant and finance officer; Rev. T. G. Vickers of Jlnderson. chap lain; Robert B. MacNeil of Fayette ville. historian; Dr. 0. G. Kixon. com mander of the Pitt county chapter; R- T. Allen of Kinston; Tom C. Dan iels of New Hern; Daniel W. Terry of Raleigh; Robert E. Denny of Greens boro; J. Will Pless. Jr., of Marion. The executive committee held its first session in the morning, at which matters or business wore discussed. The organization of women's auxil iaries in each city and town where local posts exist was one of the Items stressed, and such organization cam paigns are to be carried out in places where auxiliaries have not been form ed. Commander Pird made a statement of the alms of the legion and the three big objectives are: Service to disabled soldiers, promotion of pa triotic education in the schools, mem bership campaign to treble the pres. ent membership of 7,000, making the 1922 goal 21.000. Another business session was held In the afternoon, which was called the "Greenville conference." A vote of confidence was given Commander Bird and Adjutant Burgess In their program of work, and felicitations were conveyed to Mr. Burgess in con nection with his wedding to Miss F.dith May I.ee, which occurred here, with all the male attendants members of the lenion. The session was on the order of a round table discussion and many matters were talked over. Invents Dyeing Process. Burlington. After years of experi menting and hard work. Lafayette Holt of this city, has perfected pro cesses used in dyeing and bleaching that may revolutionize the dye indus try in this country. He has secured several patents, the first and most suc cessful one being what is known as sodium peroxide beam bleaching. The machines patented by Mr. Holt have be -n installed in a local cotton mill and have proved very successful. Mr. Holt has sold the rights of the new machine to a manufacturing company at Pittsburgh, Pa., and will receive a royalty on all mac hines m- -- Courthouse Gives Way to Road. Mocksvillu. The old courthouse at Mocksville, which has been weather ing the storms and wintry blasts for about .Vr years, is to be torn down to make way for the now concrete high way through Mocksville. The old land mark was built in 1837 and was used as a courthouse until the year 1909 when a new courthouse was erected. For the past several years it has been used as a community building with a free library, rest room und offices on the first floor and tiie Davis theater upstairs. Sanatorium Directors Named. Greensboro. Four men and one woman have been appointed by the board of county commissioners as a board of directors for the Guilford county tuberculosis sanatorium, w-ork on which is expected to be gotten under way during the early spring. The membership is as follows: J. W. Cone, for five years; Dr. .1. T. Burrus, High Point, for fou years; Mrs. C. J. Tinsley, Greens boro, three years; Dr. J. V. Dick. Wilmington-Concrete tanker No. 2. the second of the A class of three oceangoing transports being con structed here by the Newport Ship building corporation for the United States war department, was launched Friday afternoon. New Directors Market Association. New Bern Harry M. Jacobs, presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce, and H. V. Staton of Bethel, were nom inated as directors of the New Bern district of the State Co-operative Mar keting association. There were near ly 2(H) delegates present from eight counties. C. C. Klrkpatrlck, who has accepted the leadership of the coun ty's fight on the boll weevil, spoke to the farmers on the program which will be carried out. Mr. Kirkpatrlck declared the motto for farmers would be "Feed yourself, then raise cotton.'1 Cotton Crop is a Record Breaker. Shelby Cleveland county's cotton crop Is the second largest crop ever produced. norording to figure furn ished the census bureau ( I'iib depart ment of agriculture hy special agent. Miles II. Ware of Kings Mountain. There were 26.537 hales ginned up to January 1 from the 1921 crop, as compared with 26,7(19 bales ginned to the same date a year ago. Last year's crop was nearly 32 000 bales, but that was a bumper crop. The county's averages has been about 32, 000 bales. Many Persons Bitten by Msd Dog. Raeford - W. M. Blue's pet poodle, "Frenchv," which was bitten by a mad dog last fall and whose life was spared in the hope rabies would not develop, a few days ago turned on members of Mr. Blue's family and bit Marvin and Marie Blue; then ran over to the hpme of Angus Keith and bit babyllarold. Mr. Blue's nephew. It was not suspected that the dog was mad until It was absent a day or two and had traveled seven or eight miles toward Aberdeen, biting sev eral others. Liquor agents eral coi FALSE ARREST AND UNLAWFUL SEARCH ALLEGED IN SEP ARATE COMPLAINT. OFFICERS TO FACE CHARGES Complaint Charges That Officers Cut Large Tree and Placed Across the Main Highway. Greensboro. R. C. Jennings and Amos liege, federal prohibition offi cers, operating In Foyth county last November, are defendants in a 4u.0uo damage suit filed In federal court by -Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Vuncanno.i. of Winston - Salem. False arrest, un lawful search, abusive language, dis courteous treatment and other things are charged against the representa tives of the prohibition commissioner's office in the lcngL'iy complaint. The case was originally started in Forsyth county superior court, hut owing to the fact that the officers niade affidavit that at the time of the alleged happenings they were in the service of the I'nited States, was transferred to the I'nited States court for the western district of North Carolina, where it will be tried. The complaint charges that lie of ficers cut a large tree and placed it across the main highway leading into Winston Salem on the afternoon of November 16, 1921. thus effectually stopping all traffic over that highway at the pleasure tt the officers. It is further alleged and charged that every car passing along the high way was halted by the officers, who then searched it. The complaint declare that fr. and Mrs. Vuncannon were proceeding along the highway at a moderate rate -t 6peed when they came upon the tree thrown acoss the highway, that perforce the car was brought to a stop, at which time the officers, armed to the teeth, raced to it and immediately began a thorough search in spite of the protests of the occupants. Both occupants in their respective hills of complaint declare that they were subject to many indignities at the time of the search, and that filial ly, finding no contraband booze, the car was allowed to procieed on its WST. Mr. and Mrs. Vuncannon filed sep arate suits, each alleging damages and asking for the sum of $20,000. Board to Hold Chautauqua. Burlington Plans are being made hy the board of agriculture of Ala fiance county for the holding of a ehautauqua for the rural communities lif the county. The plans as mapped out by the board of agriculture at a recent meeting provide for securing several farm extension specialists who will discuss nehrly every phase of rural life in the home and on the farm. These specialists will be se cured through the state and federal departments of agriculture, and some of the subjects to be discussed are poultry production, home convenien ces, rural sanitation, swine manage ment, dairy management and commu nity singing. The date of the c hau tauqua has not been decided upon, but It Is understood that It will be held within a few weeks. A local organization for the pro motion of the Wilson foundation has been started here. ,1. II. Jones, secre tary of the Burl'ngton Merchants as sociation. Is acting chairman of tV organization. Announcement has al ready been made that donations for the fund will be received through Mr. Jones. Hearing of Negro Delayed. Hamilton, Ont. (Special). Immigra tion officials stated that a week would elapse before a hearing could he granted iu the extradition case of Mat thew Bullock, a negro sought by the authorities of Norlina, N. C, on a charge of inciting riot. The department has served a war rant on the governor of the jail, re quiring that Bullock be kept in Can ada until a board of inquiry renders a decision. Woman's Body Found. Wilson. Following instructions re ceived in an unsigned letter, a deputy sheriff found the body of Mrs. Miles Pearsall in the backyard of her home five miles east of this city. The wom an was shot through the heart about nine days ago, according to the coro ner. Miles Pearsall, husband of the dead woman, and another man and woman, who had lived' with the Pearsalls, ara missing- A horse and a mule, shut up In a barn and a cow tied outside, were nearly dead of starvation. Lutherans Select Home. Salisbury. At a meeting of the ex ecutive committee of the Unite 1 Luth eran Synod of North Carolina, held In baiinbur. It was decided tn loenfo (ho home of the president of the synod in Salisbury provided a satisfactory doul ran be made for the property required. The president of the synod is elected for a term of five years and devotes ' his entire time to the general over sight of the entire synod. The present officer Is Dr. J. L. Morgan and he has been living in Salisbury since his eleo Mon a year and a half ago. Social Workers Meet In March. Greensboro. The North Carolina conference for soclf.l service to meet In this city for three days beginning March 28, will bring together for pur poses of consultation and deliberation, all of the social service workers of the state and those Interested In the prob- , lems of social welfare, It waB announ- , ced by Prof E. C. Llndeman of tho ' North Carolina College for Women,, chairman of the committee on ar rangements. A large attendance 1 XDCCtid. 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