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ii: "'"t;. , -2. IJ-S...(C VOLUME XXXIV JAILER JOHN LOWRY SENTENCED TO JAIL (jets Thirty Days For Contempt In Holding Up The Grand Jury Points Out Two 3Ien He Said He Feared As Having Been In Mob Seeking Negi-o Both Men Deny It Judge Connor Remarked That the Situation Is Serious In Vance. (Henderson Daily Dispatch.) Jailer John Lowry, cited by Judge George W. Connor in superior court to show cause why he should not be attached for contempt of court, was sentenced to thirty days imprison ment "in the common jail of Vance county" by Judge Connor after thej evidence in the case had been heard Friday morning. Lowry, through his attorney, T. M. Pittman, made answer to the charges, and sought to explain his conduct, and in doing so rung in the names of two of the grand jurors as having been recog nized as members of a crowd that he said came there several years ago Piter a prisoner for the purpose- of lynching him. When given an op portunity to answer, both men de nied the allegation. Lowry was allowed his liberty under a $100 bond for a few days in order to move his family and house! hold goods away from the house on the jail property occupied by the jailer. In his answer, Lowry said that he had no purpose to show any dis respect to the court or defiance of its authority, nor "any purpose to ob struct or impede the due adminis tration of the law" by the grand jury Lowry maintained that when the jury came to the jail and demanded admission as the grand jury, he in auired for the foreman, who was not there. He then asked for the acting foreman, "and a gentleman who was a little distance off was indicated." The defendant declared "that "I al so noticed in the group two or three persons whom I recognized as having some time previously constituted part of a mob who came to the jail one night demanding a prisoner for the purpose of lynching him." Judge Connor asked for an elabor ation of the statement with regard tc recognizing men oivthe grand jury who had been in a mob. He asked the grand jury for .statements if such men were among its members. There were no responses, and Lowry was asked to point out men to whom he had reference. He called the names of W. L. Scoggins and Tom R. Kelly. Both denied the allega tion, and Scoggins stated that he had not been to the jail for years prior to Wednesday afternoon. .Kelly ad mitted that he did go to the jail on the night Austin Green was being held there after he had shot Miss Jessie Roth, but said that he was in no way implicated with a mob seek ing the negro to lynch him, and de clared that h had not encouraged anv one so inclined. Lowry offered "sincere apologies to Your Honor and- the grand iury for my rudeness and seeming disre spect. I pray that the same and this statement may be accepted as satis factory." Continuing, the answer, which was read by Lowry's counsel, said: "Un der these circumstances I feel that I ought not longer to hold the positon as jailor. The sheriff is absent from the city, so that I cannot offer my resignation direct to that officer. I submit it to Your Honor that such steps may be taken as seem proper for supplying my place." Judge Connor released the grand Jury to return to its delibaretions, and announced his readiness to give his decision. He found that Lowry had been disorderly, had interfered v"Uh the grand jury, was intoxicated that he came into the register of 'eeds office and flourished a pistol, 'leclaring that it was with that wea pon he had held up the jury. Judge Connor remarked that the situation in Vance county was a pretty serious one. He expressed publicly and openly his personal and r acial appreciation of the commend able manner in which Deputy Sheriff T. C. Champion had acted- during the week, declaring that he realiz ed he had been in an embarrassing tosition, but that he had conducted his office in a most admirable man ner. The grand jury desired-it to be known that an error had been made the statement that they "held up their hands" when Jailer Lowry Pulled his pistol on them. It was stated that they did not "throw up their hands." FIRT PUBLIC SALE OF CANNED GOODS Ko Offer Will Be Received For Less Than Carload Lots. Washington, June 23. The -first Public sale of canned foodstuffs will b held June 30 when sealed bids be opened for great quantities of corn, peas, baked beans and stringless beans at the zone supply office in Boston, New York, Phila delphia, Baltimore, Newport News, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans, Fort Sam Houston, El Paso, naaha, and San Francisco. No of ter will be received for less than a carload lot, and the surplus existing :a ch zone will be offered for sale ln that zone. rubiAbilh.D SEM -OKLYTOWN AND COUNTY OFFER B RT T.TJ A .vt nPvnKTTTivTTTTPc, att ttm nnrm ,5 fc. s SWEET PEACE REIGNS ON EARTH AGAIN. Germany Accepts the Peace Treaty Uncondition ally and Will Sign Thursday PARIS, June 23. The German Government at Weimar has formally communicated its willing ness to sign the peace terms unconditionally. The day and hour for the formal signing- of the treaty is uncertain. The signing possibly will take place Thursday, but more likely on Friday. The Italian delegates at present in Paris have been authorized to sign the treaty on behalf of Italy. ' German "Honor" In declaring its intention to accept and sign the peace terms, the government of the German republic has sent the following note to M. Clemen ceau, president of the peace conference: "Yielding to superior force arid without re nouncing in the meantime its own view of the un heard of injustice of the peace conditions, the government of the German republic declares that it is ready to acceupt and sign the peace condi tions imposed. Please accept, Mr. President, assurance of my consideration. (Signed) THE GERMANS HAVE DECIDED TO SIGN THE PEACE TREATY THIS WEEK. Arrangements Are Being Made at Versailles for the Signatures oi One Hundred Delegates. (Parin Special) Germany will sign the peace treaty of the allied and associat ed powers. The National As sembly by vote of 237 to 138 de cided to sign. The assembly also voted confidence in the new government of Herr Bauer 236 to S9 on which sixty-eight mem bers abstrained .from voting. Before the vote of confidence was taken, Herr Bauer, the new premier, declared'; that the gov ernment would sign the treaty, but without acknowledging the ' responsibility of the German people for the wafand without accepting the obligations con tained in articles 227 to 230 in the treaty .relating to the trial of the former Ejnperor and the extradition of other German per sonages. TAKE HOUR AND HALF TO SIGN Fronting M. Clemenceau's presidential chair will be plac ed a small table, on which the diplomatic instruments will be laid. It will be to this table that each representative is call ed in alphabetical order to sign his name to the treaty and affix to it his government seal. As there are 100 delegates, the cer . emonv is expectedv to take at leat ninety minutes. . The ceremony is not likely to occur before Thursday of this week. TEXT OF PROCOPOL A protocol to be added to the peace treaty, explanatory of She six points raised by the Germans reads: "FIRST A commission will be named by the Allied and As- FUNERAL DIRECTORS CLGSE ANNUAL MEETING AT BEACH Mr. J. Robt. Wood, of Oxford, Elect- J ed Vice-President . (Wilmington Star.) With the election of J. P. Koney cutt, of Albemarle as president and the naming of Charlotte as tlie next annual convention place, the 30 th meeting of the North Carolina Fun eral Directors and Embelmer's As sociation came to a close at Wrights ville Beach last week. Other officers selected are: J. D. Underwood," Smithfield; J. H. Blue, Greenseboro, and . J. R.obt. Wood, Oxford, vice-presidents; W. H. Vol gler, Winston-Salem, secretary and treasurer.. SENATORS PROVIDE FOR r ARMY OF 400,000 MEN Military Subcommittee Tentatively Agrees On Appropriation Bill for That Number. Washington Special.) Provision in the army appropria tion bill for maintenance of an army of 400,000officers and men during the next fiscal year was tentatively agreed on by the senate military subcommittee. The house bill, which was before the committee, re duced the size of the temporary ar my of 509,000 officers and men re quested by the war department of 300,000. , . - ' - , . . OXFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, "VON HANIEL. 9f sociated Governments to super vise the demolition of the forti fications of Helgoland in con formity with the treaty. This commission will be empowered to decide what part of the con structions protecting the coast i'rem ercsiaai should be preserv ed and what part demolished. "SECOND The sums which Germany will have to refund to its citizens to indemnify them for interests they may be found to have in the railroads and mines, referred to in paragraph 2, Article 150, shall be placed to the credit of Germany on ac count of the sums due for repar ation." - ( The protocol ref ers to Ger man private interests in .rail roads and mines in Shantung as distinct 'from German state in terests.) ' ' "THIRD A list of the per sons whom, acording to Aritlcle 228, paragraph 2, Germany must surrender to the powers will be sent to the German gov ernment during the month fol lowing the -putting into force of the treaty. "FOURTH The commission on reparations, provided for by . Article 240 and paragraph 2, 3 and .4 of annex 4, cannot exact divulgence of secrets of manu facture or confidential informa tion. "FIFTH From theusignature of peace and in the four-months following, Germany w ill have an opportunity-of presenting for the exaniinatioivpf - the powers documents and propositions, with a view to hastening the work relating to reparations, thus shortening the investiga tions and hastening decisions. "SIXTH Prosecutions will be exercised -against those com mitting criminal acts in connec tion with the liquidation of Ger man property and the powers v4ill receive any information and proofs that the German government shaii be in a posi tion to suonly on this subject." MANY NORTH CAROLINA SOLDIERS DISCHARGED AT CAMP LEE SUNDAY Several Granville County Boys The Unit. ' (Petersburg Index-Appeal.') Judging from the , thousands In Of ' soldiers at Camp Lee who have been discharged from further service m the army during the past two weeks, this month promises to be a record breaker at the Lee cantonment in the mustering out of ' men. Fully twenty-five hundred troops who have seen oversea service and who recent-1 ly arrived at Camp Lee were dmetob ilized Saturday and Sunday. Something like eight hundred or a thousand of them are from North Carolina. GOOD BOY WANTED. The Public Ledger wants a good strong country boy to learn the printer's trade. Not under 15 years of age, with some knowledge of spelling and punc tuation. Can locate the boy hi the home of a Christian lady. TRIAL OF SPY WHO BETRAYED EDITH CAVELL Paris, June 23. Trial before a French military tribunal of Gaston Quien, charged with having betray ed Edith Cavell to the Germans will open the first week in July. -- - - uiiiiiuu-i j ll lit ir nay j. . TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1919. GERMAN BATTLESHIPS AND CRUISERS SINK WHEN CREWS OPEN SEACOCKS Act Perpetrated by German Officers and Sailors on Very Day the Min istry under Scheidemann Gives Way to New Ministry Under Bauer, for Purposes, of Meeting Allied Demands Writh Respect to . Peace Treaty. - (Associated Press.) On Saturday, the very day on which the German ministry under Premier Scheidemann was giving way at Berlin to a new ministry un- der the premiership of Herr Bauer, tor the purpose of meeting th, allied demands with respect to the peace treaty, the German officers and crew of the German warships interned at "Scapa Flow opened the seacocks of the vessels. Many of the larger ves sels battleships and cruisers were sent to the bottom. Some of the smaller craft were .beached. Only a very few remain afloat. German Highseas Fleet. When the German highseas fleet surrendered -last November and was taken to Scapa Flow, it comprised nine battleships, five battle cruisers, seven light cruisers and 50 destroys ers. Killed and Wounded. Under the terms of the" armistice, according to the British admiralty, these interned vessels were manned only by Germans. When the ships were settling deep, the Germans took to the boats, some of which, re fusing to surrender, were shelled and a number of the Germans killed or 'wounded. The New Cabinet. The new German cabinet includes Dr". Ednard David, formerly presi dent of the assembly, Mathias Erz berger, head of the armistice com 'mission, and Gustav Noske, minister of national defense. MANY WAREHOUSES TO HANDLE TOBACCO TO OPEN THIS YEAR More Charters Issued for Tobacco Warehouses Than Ever ..Before... -(Our Raleigh 'Leter) Judged by the large number of charters issued for tobacco ware houses and reports which are being brought to Raleigh by tobacco men who have been in the eastern part of the State, North , Carolina stands a fine chance of breaking previous records in the tobacco crop which is now on the. hill. The secretary of State has never before issued such a large number of charters for ware houses in the same length of time as he has issued . during ' the past spring. Will Fight For Trade. In addition . to new houses open ing in many of the bid markets there y.re an increasing large uuuiubi ui r,W rT-it SnrinH,1? ,in all over eastern North Carolina. These will 'riiake a fight for the-trade, but it is not expected that they will material ly cut down the sales at the eolder markets, for the new houses are be ing opened to' take care of the new sections of the state which are plant ing tobacco this year. 1 Prospects of High Prices. Two reasons are assigned by to- crop. One of course, is the pros I x. r-nnnn o! new records for prices last year, and 'flip tnna.roc farmer who had luck with his crop and put it on the ware - house floors in good condition came rout of the year's work with a nice profit to his credit. In addition to 'the prospects of high prices, the crop was increased this year as the nat ural rpnit of a. reduction in the frnimmt of cotton nlanted. All cot - rdoes notTo well ton land, of course with tobacco, but in certain sections of the State there are farms which produce both cotton and tobacco. In instances where the farmers have lopped off their cotton acreage as a resulut of the reduction campaign, they have turned their attention to other cropland tobacco came in for its share. Fine Crop. Tobacco men passing through Ral eigh from the eastern part of the state, and from the South Carolina tobacco sections say that the crop is in fine condition- now and barring unfavorable weather conditions be tween, now and cutting time a fine crop will be produced. The South Carolina markets; which . open the second ; week in July, will carry a large number of North Carolina buyers there for the six weeks, and "before that season is over the mar kets in eastern North Carolina, will be opened. , . f ?oo Tiniv Parsons at me- ui- . .. y-v pheum Theatre Friday night and grow fat.- ' - . NO PARTY DARES STAND AGAINST ( . THE LEAGUE PLAN So Hithcock Declares, Ratification Borah and Predicts Threatens to Quit Party Unless It Takes More l Definite Negative Stand. . ' Washington, June" 22. The ' league of nations controversy in the Senate is accepted as fore shadowing the lines into which the final ratification fight may fall. Elihu Root, secretary of state under President Roosevelt, laid before the foreign relations com mittee a program for acceptance of the league with certain reser vations. . Senator Borah, republican, of Idaho, gave notice in a senate speech Saturday that he could not remain in the republican party if it failed to take a more definite stand against the lea-' gue. Senator Hithcock, democrat, . of Nebraska, replied that no party dared stand against the league proposal and declared the covenant was assured of rat ification by. republican votes. WHERE DID THE OXFORD PEOPLE COME FROM 7 The Majority of Them Came From The Farms and They Are Proud Of It. , Did you know that there are a lot of people out in the rural districts ' of Granville county who say that the town folks are "mighty stuck up?" To be sure, there are a few here who are "stuck up" and have the "swell-head," but they should not be taken seriously, and if let alone the species will die out in a few years. It is estimated that fifty per cent of ,the persons now living, in Oxford were born on farms; 21 per cent are children of fathers and mothers born on farms; 17 per cent are grand children of farmers and the remain ing 12 per cent are great-grandchildren of farmers. If the people of Oxford have any one thing more than another, to -be thankfulfor.it. is that the rural dis tricts of. Granville county .has the y right kind of stock from which to replenish the old town. There are not more than a half dozen people in Oxford fifty years of age who were born here.x HIGHWAY ENGINEERING TO BE TAUGHT To Meet Growing Demand for High way Engineers, State College Has Created This New Course. west Raleigh, N. C, June 22. To meet the great and growing de- mand for competent highway engi- npprs in North Carolina, the State i College has created a new depart- mont of iiihwav engineering. me present demand for such a course is emphasized by the fact that all of this years' graduates in civil en gineering are going into state high way work. Captain Harry Tucker, 105th Engineers, who recently re turned from France, will head the new department, as associate professor- of highway engineering. This npna.rt.ment will be a -sub- division oi me "fe"xcc""a f - nartment. The first three years of -a a f i T 3 -W-T--W I 1- tTI 1 f T 1 II CF II ti. the course will be practically iden-j lard on July 4... Besides pe ran tical with that of civil engineering ( roads most of the lake steamship fbut in the senior vear the subjects of least importance will be omitted or abridged and the resulting time devoted to specialized courses m highway engineering. These courses are to oe such tuai. . specializes m highway engineering t ... Koiancfif! train ,in7alSng tHe lines of. general clvU twin receive " engineering at me u"o EPIDEMIC OF WHOOPING COUGH IN GRANVILLE Some People Will Probably. Be Fined For Violation Of the Law. There is too much whooping cough in Granville countr. This is due to the neglect of the doctor or house holder to report this disease, which is one of the most dangerous of the reportable and quarantinable dis eases. r . . . 'It is alo due to the householder s failure to observe the quarantine regulations after they are instituted. Unless these cases are reported and unless they are kept' under quar antine, warrants will be issued and some people will be fined for viola tion of the law. S. H. CANNADY, M- D., Quarantine . Officer. Oxford has been " treated to more unfounded gossip during the last six weeks than in any similar period in a century. NUMBER 50 A HEARTY WELCOME TO . THE VAST THRONG. Thousands of People Are Gathered Here to Celebrate the Annual Festive of St. John. the attendance upon the annual cele bration of St. John's Day is not a3 large as on former occasions. Excursion Trams. A special train left Greensboro at 6 o'clock this morning and one train from Goldsboro left at the same Rour, making close connections at Durham where a special, train to Ox ford was in waiting. The Durmam and 'Southern, too operated a spec- mi lu ju u i ii a. in. iie oeauuiiru aiau brought in a large number from points north and south of Henderson . and from stations along the Oxford Durham road. The Speakers. Col. Albert L. Cox, of Raleigh, will deliver the principal address. He takes the place of Past Gjand Master Claude L. Priden, who is kept from the annual Masonic pil grimage to Oxford on St. John's Day by illness in Waldo, Fla. Judge William A. Devin, who will deliver the address of welcome, and Judge Francis D. Winston, chos en by the Grand Lodge committee. to. present Gen. B. S. Royster a tok- ;en of esteem of the Grand Lodge for his fine services to the Orphan- . T age, -complete a trio of speakersany one of whom will be worth coming miles to hear. CHARMING TAR HEEL. y ' y ' GIRL WITH TROOPS Miss Anne Browne," of Warren Coun- tyr Lands in Charleston. (Charleston News and Observer.) One landing at Charleston , since the troops-began debarking at this port was Miss Anne Browne, on the Martha ' Washington Wednesday. Miss Browne came oyer with three other young ladies who ahbeedET other young ladies who had been serving as Y. M. C. A. secretaries overseas with the 81st division.. Miss Browne is "from Warren county, North Carolina. -These four -Yr M. C. A.-? secretaries were the only lady passengers aboard the Martha t Washington. 'They wore the regulation- 4Y" uni form and carried insignia of the di visionthe wild cat on the shoul der. Those in the party besides Miss Browne were: Miss Mary Parmele of Pittsburg; Helen B. Woodman, of Lawrence, Mass., andMiss Bertha Howell, of Chicago. Miss Browne was especially en thusiastic in speaking of the work she and her friends were engaged in overseas. She said they acted as hut secretaries and had, all they could do to cover the wice territory to which they were assigned. They moved when the troops moved and had many- interesting stories to tell 'concerning their experience in 'France. - THE LAW SHOULD STOP PUGILISTS FROM FIGHTING Three Hundred Special Trains Going To The DempseyVillard Fight. Toledo, Ohio, June 23 No less than three hundred special trains will be run to Toledo for the heavy weight championship contest be tween Jack Dempsey and Jess Wil- companies are planning to run hp- cial boats here and anchor in Mau- mee Bay. JOHN GRAHAM WEBB SAILS FOR ROTTERDAM Martha Washington. Leaves Charles ton Wednesday Loaded VTith German Prisoners. John Graham Webb, son of Mr. John Webb, who is a member of the Martha Washington crew, reached Charleston last week with a unit of the 81st division. He wired his parents that his ship will sail Wednesday from the port of Charleston to Rotterdam loaded with interned German prisoners. LIVING COSTS TO STAY UP. Board of Trades Sees Long Period of High Prices Ahead. That there is no indication of an early recession of , the high cost of living and that business should pre pare itself for a prolonged period of high prices and adapt its plans for trade expansion accordingly, is v the forecast of the Chicago, New York and Philadelphia boards, of trades. "Data prepared by members of the various boards," says the statement, "lead to the conclusion that so wide spread has been the disturbance and the upheavel so deep-seated in the body politic, that the .readjustment period will requires generation. -41 i 111 1 1 Mi St i 1 ii i 11 if r ; "A Y
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