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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY TOWN AND BOUNTY OFFER BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITIES ALL HOME PRINT. VOL. XXXVI u-riNi. C. TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1921 NO. 35 vrSG THAT SHOULD NOT BE TOLERATED TJ-it !: Of the Oxford Fost- 'i ii? !'i'iee ve Dcpnvea ui xhcii- juu t?v Executive uruer. .Mens: about the time Postmaster; ' 'Ttt".., r.V tho rpih of offi( pi funeral nu.No l--- e-ecutive order was received nere f f io rud lock th doors of the ' - ffice at nine o'clock at night, "execution of which excluded pat vops from their lock boxes. It wps stated at the time the order unS issued that it was done with a view of cutting down the running expenses and to shut out the tramya nnd vagrants who frequented the !v.irm lobby at all hours of the night 1 There can be no objection- to the intent of the order, but so far as Oxford is concerned it is entirely out of' place and uncalled for. You could not find in a day's tra vel a more generous and accomodat ir" force than those who handle the mail at the Oxford postoffice,, and hv 1his we include Postmaster ' B- K. Lassiter ana an me iorce uown ihe ine TO Jess, me jaimui- aii vs. lhe?C pilOllC seiiuiis uie fciau iu cuii- fo'r a favor on the patrons of the of fice at any and all times, but when the hour of 9 o'clock arrives they mu?f obey the executive order, from on high and lock the. front door of the office and turn out the.Jights in i ho lobby. It frequently happens that the bea-j hv-vl evening mail is late- In that event the doors are ciosea ana me lidits extinguished before the mail is distributed in the lock boxes. It is generally believed that Will Hays is the best Postmaster General we'have had in a long time. He has already inaugurated many improve ments in the service, and it is just like Mr. Hays to lift the executive eiosing order here as soon as he learns that we are not bothered with tramps and vagabonds, and that the patrons are barred from their lock boxes on account of a thing that does not exist- ' Congressman Stedman will call on I Postmaster General Hays in a few j days and explain the situation to him and request him to lift the executive order so that the patrons of Oxford postoffice will have access to their lock boxes at all hours of the night, and here is what we immagine the the Postmaster General will say to North Carolinian Congressman: "Major, I am very glad you called I have a very high regard for the people of Oxford and I shall write Postmaster Lassiter and tell him to let the front door of the office stand' open all night- By tne way, Major, how is Brother Ben getting along? He has been a very efficient post master and I aipe to retain him in the service." SIGGESTIONS TO THE BOARD OF TOWN COMMISSIONERS rr. F. P. Hobgood Recognizes the Superior Qualities Of! the Women. In view of the work done by the good women of the town in beautify ing it and making it the admiration of all visitors, and in view of their successful efforts in improving the health conditions, an! in view of their interest in the proper govern ment of the town, as evidenced by their large attendance at the mass meeting last Friday evening, it seems to me obligutory on the board of commissioners to make some recog nition of their claims. This the Board can safely do by placing two or more on the Board of Trustees of the Graded School. This kind of work is eminently within their do main. Now 1 do not know how many, if any, of the present board will decline reelection. But the terms of two expire in a short time- These can do the gracious even the gallant thing by declining the reelection which will doubtless be offered to them, in favor of the women. Surely there can be found two who will meet the requirements of the po sition. F. P. HOBGOOD. THE NEW CITY WELL ON HANCOCK STREET Sow At a Deptli Of Four Hundred Feet. ! The city supply well on Hancock ! street is nearing completion. When tftey began to sink the well last fall tncy struck rock at the depth of sev en feet and have been drilling in jock ever since. Several drills have en broken and the work greatly hindered. The contractors informs the Public T-edger that they have reached a ("th of about 400 feet So far Hioy have struck two streams of wa f;r affording 20 gallons per minute jey will continue drilling until '-Y get 100 or more gallons per '-iinute, which they hope to obtain ithm the next three weeks. Asked if they hoped to drill fjirough the rock, the contractor said that the geologists had informed him that Oxford sits on a solid rock four hundred miles thick. An automobile, the property of Jv,ev?' A" Sikes associate editor of tne North Carolina Cristian Advo ?e was stolen from in front of the r8t. Market ' Street Methodist cnurch Greensboro, while Mr. Sikes as attending service. The car was recovered in Winston-Salem and two steal' W6r-e arrested barged with ahJ UttolT honld, hw water Lv?LeIT7 two week. Stop at Wil rd Berrict Station. !THE FUMES OF tobacco Bi, :OT WARD 'OFF THE -GERM OF INFLUENZA i Ir pj Strange That Not h:o Of the Six Hundred Negroes Who Work ed Day and Night At the Imperial Tobacco Plant During ihe Epidem ic Did NotContract the Disease When the epidemic of influenza was raging here two or three years ago and the people were dying by the score, the health officer closed up the churches, places of amuse ment and the tobacco warehouses as a precautionary measure. About the only place left open to do business where any considerable number of people gathered, was the Imperial Tobacco Company's big plant, where 600 colored people worked day and night, and strange to relate that not! one of them contracted the disease. It was generally believed that those who handled or used tobacco were immune from the disease, and as a consequence many men smoked and chewed incessantly who had pre viously used the weed in moderation. Many people in this community will always believe that tobacco had something to do in warding off in fluenza, but the following item in the Scientific American seems to. preclude any such idea: , "Strong tobacco smoke blown in to glass cases containing small nieces of thin naDer soaked in p-prm-mi. tm-es sucn as bacili 0f cholera fluenza, diptheria, typhoid fever' in and j meningitis proved that tobacco smoke can effect only the weakest germs and then only after long ex posure, the experiment showing no effect on the typhoid and diptheria germs." EAST CAROLINA FARMERS Raise More Will Plant Less and Tobacco. The Kinston Free Press says the infant tobacco belt in the lower new belt, is in splendid shape where transplanting has been done. "Close observers here say that with eight or ten weeks of favorable weather the finest crop in history will be made within a radius of one hundred miles ot Kinston. The quality will far surpass anything dreamed of in the early days of the weed's culture in this section, and will as a result of its texture and color bring bood prices in spite of the hang-over from the 1 9 1 8 , 1 9 1 9 and 1 9 2 0 harvests still choking the warehouses and fac tories, it is predicted. The crop will be one of the smallest grorwn in the last ten years, however, owing to the many million pounds of leaf still a waiting consumption. Farmers are giving the new plants more attention than in any previous year with the hope of breaking the record for qual ity." WOMAN'S PLEA FOR TEXAS WINS 1922 CONVENTION If Texas Hogs Were One Big Hog, "c v V,U1U ig line i-anama Canal In Three Roots. San Antonio, Texas, will have the next convention of the Methodist Wo men's Missionary council because of the witty and fervid appeal of one of the Texan delegates. Following are some of her pleas in behalf of her home town and state: "Texas occupies all of Nortn America except a small part for the United States and Canada- . "Texas is so big that Brownsville people call citizens of Dallas Yankees- "Chief occupation of Texans is to keep from making all money in the world. "TJ. S. with Texas off would look like a three-legged Boston terrier- "Texas alfalfa, if baled and piled into stairway, would reach to pearly gates. "If Texas hogs were one big hog, he could dig the Panama canal in three roots. "If Texas steers were one big steer he would stand with one foot in Hudson Bay, another in Arctic ocean and his tail would brush misis from aurora borealis. "Some state, I'll say." RALEIGH DISTRICT QUOTAS FIXED FOR CHURCH SCHOOLS Gram ille County Quota Is $22,025. The Education Commission of the North Carolina Methodist uonier ence, meeting in Raleigh this week with Rev. H. M. North, educational secretary, apportioned to the nine districts of the conference their quo ta of the $1,322,700 to be raised by the conference for the unnsuan auu cation Movement of the Southern Methodist Church. The quota of Raleigh District is as follows: Edenton Street, Raleigh, $25,000; Central, Raleigh, $9,250; Eprth Raleigh, $1,265; Jenkins Memorial. Raleigh $1,960; Princeton, $2,000; Creedmore, $6,000; Milbrook, $4,- 440; Garner, ?5,U8u; ar mvei, $4,550; Youngsville, $3,500; Selma $5,550; Granville, $2,500; Benson, $5,160; Cary $6,000; Zebulon, $6, 660; Four Oaks, $6,000; Kenly, $5,000; Louisburg, $10,000; Clayton $7,770; Oxford, $12,000; : uxrora Circuit, $7,525; Smithfield,. $8880; Franklinton, '$9,250.' ,., OLD JOHN ROBINSON DEAD Retired Circus Owner Victim Of Chronic Bronchitis. Miami, Fla., May 1 John F. Rob inson, .retired i. circtis fcwnerr died at his winter home last night of chronic bronchitis. He was 77 years old. MAYOR T. G. STEM AND THE OLD TOWN BOARD NOMINATED AND ELECTED Ail Democratic Women, Whether Registered Or Not, Were Permit ted to Participate in the Town Convention. Major Will Landis, Chairman of the Oxford Democratic Executive Committee, called the town conven tion to order in the court house last Friday evening for the purpose of nominating a mayor and seven comr missioners. Practically all of the seats in the court room, with a spink ling of ladies in the audience, were occupied when the gavel sounded, f The work of the convention was begun when Chairman Landis re quested General B. S. Royster to take the chair and guide the convention through its deliberations- Desir ing to recognize the ladies, Chairman Landis requested Misses Sadie Par ham and Jeannette Biggs to escort the General to the chair. Preferring to dodge the lime-light, the two young ladies gracefully declined the, honor with a smile. Messrs. B. F. Taylor and James Floyd escorted the General to the chair. J Major Stem Nominated. x When General Royster took the chair he stated, the object to the convention and cleared the way. for nominations in less than three minutes- Rev. J. ,D. Harte consumed four minutes in nominating Major Stem for Mayor; Mr. John W. Hester seconded the nomination in a three ninutes'. speech, and Major Stem ac cepted the nomination in a two min utes', speech. There being no fur ther nominations for Mayor, the vote was taken by voice, and exactly 15 minutes after General Royster took the jhair he announced that Major Stem was the unanimous choice of the convention. Two Ladies Nominated. When nominations for commis sioners were in order, Dr. I. H. Da vis arose and stated that he was a bout to do something that had nevi er before been done in Oxford, an4 he proceeded to place in nomination Mrs- T. Lanier and Mrs. J. D. Brooks. Capt. B. S. Royster, Jr., withdrew the name of Mrs- J. D. Brooks at her re quest, stating that she was not a can didate- The name of Mrs- T. Lanier; was also withdrawn at her request :.S Qld,Board Nominated. -J Doara m nomination, as follows: W : . I Z. Mitchell, W. A. McFarland, C .D. Ray, D. K. Taylor, W. T. Yancey, S. H. Prichard, John A. Williams. Others nominated were:' Dr. G. S. Watkins, J. B. Powell, F. W. Han cock,, Jr., and possibly others. Free For All. Vote. The Chair stated that according to law and good usuages only those who are qualified to vote in the mu nicipal election are entitled to vote in the convention. "What is the pleasure of the convention?" inquir ed the Chair. The Chair recogized Mr. Brummitt, who moved that all democrats pre sent, whether qualified or not to vote in the municipal election, be per mitted to participate in the nominat ing convention. This plan was used at former conventions and it expedit ed business declared Mr. Brummitt The question was put and carried. The Vote. The Chair . ruled that the seven receiving the highest number of vot es will be declared the nominees. Ballot boxes were established on the table in the bar. The courtesy of voting first was extended to the ladies. The vote stood: W- Z. Mitchell : ... ...122 W. R. McFarland 128 C D- Ray 120 D- K. Taylor 125 W. T. Yancey 180 S- H. Prichard 101 John A. Williams 180 The Executive Committee. At the close of the convention Ma jor Will Landis was again elected chairman of the Oxford Democratic Executive Committee. The other two members elected are : Capt. John B. Mays, Jr., and R. K. Taylor. Town Election Mayor Stem and the old board of commissioners having been nominat ed at the town election Friday night, there was very little interest mani fested in voting at the town election Monday. There being only one tick et in the field the nomination was equivalent to election. Only 63 votes were cast. NEW CHURCH IS ESTABLISHED OX ROUTE SEVEN Interdenominational In Its Scope Of Activities. The Interdenominational Church that is being erected on Oxford Route 7, is nearing completion and it is. hoped that services can be held there next Sunday. Mr. Emps Gris some gave the land on which the building is being erected- The officers and teachers are as follows: Mr. Chas. Lewis, of Stovall, is superintendent of the Sunday School; Mrs. J. J. Davis, Mrs. Jim Cole and Mrs. M.-L. Chewning are the' teachers; ,Mr. Chas. Cole acting secretary. The Union Sunday School litera ture is used, and it is hoped that a large Sunday school can be built up. The services are to be held every se cond Sunday and will be conducted by the different ministers of the county. Rev. S. R. Oglesby will hold services next Sunday afternoon. -1 ordlal welcome 'awaits Ttniand everyone will be made to feel at home. FIRST TEN MILLION DOLLARS OF HIGHWAY MONEYS GOESTO DISTRICTS Granville County Is the Fourth Dis- ' trict, .Which Is Allotted $1,120,- 400 Clifford Holder, Of Illinois I aVSlnrl8n?dTCnnf At! a teaia y Of $7,o00. ; Raleigh, N. C, May 2. Selection J of a chief and nine district engineers i Rl ai1?iTnntnnfn district Quot3 ! IiOm the $ J O.ftOl! finn fnnH fnr. construction this year featured the closing hours of the session of the State Highway Commission here last week. Chief Engineer. Clifford Holder, of Illinois, has been elected chief engineer for tne commission at a salary of $7,500 and it is thought by Commissioner Page he will accept and report for duty at ?n early date. During the past 14 years Mr. Old er has built and maintained 4,800 miles of every type of road known to the highway engineering profes sion and Mr. Page feels that the State has secured the services of the best , engineer available in the Unit ed States.' Mr., Page has known him for several years and has had oppor tunity to study his work, both in construction and maintenance. . The Commissioners. The nine district commissioners, who will receive $3,600 per annum, follow by districts: First: J. C Gardner, Raleigh, now with the commission. Second: R. E. Snowden, Kinston. Third: Will Morson, Raleigh now with the commission. Fourth: TV E. Schnaofe, Durham at present Durham county engineer. Fifth: John D. Waldrop, Greens boro. , , Sixfch : J. D Pridgen, Raleigh, now with the commission. Seventh: C E. Currie, now with the commission. Eighth: H. E. Noell, Marion. Ninth: Wythe M. Peyton, Ashe- ville- . x . .The Apportionment. In round figures, the apportion ment by districts of the ten million dollars the commission experts 10 spend within the ensuing year is as SIT81 .. .....$1,513,300 Second ..$1A57,100. Second ........ $998,200 fourth"" V.. .... ..$1,120,400 Mfth : .v.. ....$1,106,800 i $"847;700 . . t 1 1 1 . ... - - . ' Ninth .... $yo,o The Mileage. These amounts are to be expend ed in the respective districts inde pendent of the amount the state re clrves from federal aid funds and independent, also, of such money as Say be expended by the counties for Se construction of loca 1 roads The mileage apportionment fixed by the rm-n mission, totalling more than 6 000 mUes of "hard surfaced and other dependable highways is as follows: gi2 First district 627 Second district 5gl Third district 652 Fourth district . 703 Fifth district 717 Sixth district n7 Seventh district 603 Eighth district . ' ; 650 Ninth district .' ' c" " ' NlDt Wo, Will Begm Boon-: All contracts " " iasion. the chairman nf the , COmiuiaai""- wnrir will begin and proceea siuiu. " oil nine ctnp.is no taneousiy iu seeing fast as possiDie u "distributed that contractors are a &u eoually, and in so far as poss their districts will be developing work iSfiieWaTe been begin as soon as tn 6 intenance de- sis- lnrin? Deople of Ox- ford greatly enDoyedthe cital given by Dr. . Minor o of New York, in thexford The mu&iv. nrran re dist Church iaswx.ua., - SayMoirbefore and on each oc- visited Oxtora oeiui o mimhers XSl. numbers; casion was greeLu u, q who tn.oroutalynisite sounds of producing tue - Metho which the fine organ at the Met dist Church is capauie m Durfnrthee,intermission Miss Berte HutSSSa Oxford's gifted soprano, rd'several beantifecUonj assisted by Mrs. K- L. Street at the organ- . On account of the immense busi ness done by Conn & Son they have decided to continue the big, spec al sale. New goods are arriving daily and are being placed immediately on the tables. Patrons from f .Granville and four adjoining. o counties were shopping at Cohn & Son's one daj last week and they were highly pleased with!the bargains that were handed out. to them. . . . It has been demonstrated that tne best way. to get people from $1S; tance to visit Oxford is to put on a big sale like the one now being con ducted by Cohn & Son- They have the goods and the prices are right See the double , page announcement of Cohn & Son, in this paper. , ., The Road Commission' ; The GranvillevCrantr Road .Com mission and th&, road supervisors or the' eouhfy'-were in ' consultation in the road commissioner's office yesterday, FEDERAIFOFICERS KILL ' THREE NEGROES NEAR VIRGINIA STATE LINE " m " The Negroes Were On Guard At the! The atmosphere of Oxford at this1 stiU and Fired -On the Offioers. 'season of the year is fast becoming ' Three unidentified negroes were i !1cented wit the dejightful odor of killed outrignt and six others wound j flowers, and the flower garden of ed when a party of nine prohibition f Mrs- Margaret Lassiter ' which is in of ficers. headed hv R. a Gniw nf ifu11 view f High Street, Lis -greatly Sleigh, raided a monster distillery, ! i , , , , six nunarea yaras Deyona tne vir-! ,. " r---0 "r v"- "" ginia line from. Warren county Fri-! folks'. sla?ken our pace so-as to long day morning at 5 o'clock: None of ' f en3?y. beauty, but the, northern the officers , were wounded. The i touristf whP . P358 4eligMf ul plant, with three stills of an aggre-js5ot' f0 car become enthus gate capacity of 475 gallons, 22,000 j ed a.nd as those who chancer to be croii nf wr. navr I passing all manner of questions. u,a of 7 tenn i valued at $7,&uu were Notorious Negroes. The plant was manned by seven teen negroes, most of them believed to be residents of the southern sec tion of Wake bounty, with Hayes and Joe Baldwin, Apex negroes, fugitives from justice of the- Wake county court in charge of ! the pperations Both the' Baldwins escaped in a high powered automobile, carrying sever al of the,,, wounded negioes with them. Altogether it is ' the largest distillery ever destroyed byt North Carolina prohibition forces. . Negroes Fired First .Shot The negroes who were killed were ; ' W,-v c ?11 onA fi ran nn U1I gUU.ru a. I tllC em. auu i"vu ux the party of eight revenue officers when they approached the plant. The officers returned : the fire, and after a battle lasting several, min utes, three of the negroes fell mor tally wounded. During the shoot ing, twelve other men at the distil lery succeeding in making their es cape. , XJCJW3 111 l-M Ul aii'vu OUR LAST ISSUE France will proceed alont to the occupation of the Ruhr region in the event of failure to receive the sup port of her allies- The total damage wrought by the hail and rain storm at Salisbury Wednesday is estimated at close to $100,000. The Buick automobile taken a way from the son of Mr. D. O- Cowm an, some weeks ago on the road near Winston-Salem, has been located at a town in Illinois- A young white man registered int- a Charlotte -fcoteL the last two weeKS is arresteu uu cuhikc bery or passengers on; sleeping cars Cut oi uanuuc- Annie Wiggins, said to have been more than a hundred years old and had lived all her life in Ply mouth, died in that place a few days ago. She has a son living who is over 80 years old- Rev. Tom P. Jimpson, pastor of the Grace M. E. church, at Winston Salem, has announced that he would be a candidate for mayor of Twin City. Mr. Jimpson is a live wire and there will be something doing with his hat in the ring. The Jefferson Standard Life In surance company has been awarded a clear title to the old courthouse property in Greensboro and plans now call for the erection of a 15 story office building. The robbers who secured $113, 000 in gold currency and securities from the bank at Auburn, Ky., Tues day, were caught near Brower, Ky., Saturday morning and stolen securi ties amounting to $103,000 recovered- Mrs. W. J. Macon, who had a son killed overseas during the world war, died suddenly of heart disease while attending a play put on by the American Legion in the opera house at Louisburg Thursday night. Mrs. Macon was 60 years old and highly thought of by all who knew her. President Harding, addressing the officers of the Atlantic fleet gathered about him on the flagship Pennsylvania, after he reviewed the powerful armada in Hampton Roads, declares America wants only that which is righteoudsly her own, "and by the eternals we mean to have that." i T Thirteen penitentiary sentences imposed and fines of from $300 i to $3,000 were assessed by Judge Beverlv D. Evans in the United Stat- tes Court at Macon, Ga, Saturday morning on thirty-six of the defen dants convicted and five pleading guilty in an alleged conspiracy to rob the American Railway Express Com pany of goods valued at more than $1,000,000 while the company was under Government control. Deputy Sheriff R. L. Flynt,' of Kernersville," was shot through the body and perhaps mortally wounded and Deputy Sheriff J, T. . Scott, brother-in-law of Sheriff George Flynt, was shot in the leg Saturday afternoon during a raid on a block ade whiskey, plant near Rural Hall. Lieuts. Joseph E. Virgin' and Hardson J. Hartman, of the eighth aero squadron, U. S. A., were killed Friday afternoon at Pope Field, Camp Bragg, in an accident to their airplane while descending from an altitude of 500 feet- The plane was dashed against a high pine tree and went into a nose dive. . Anna Edson Taylor, the only woman who ever navigated Niagara Falls in a barrel arid survived, died in the Niagari county: Infirmary Sat urday. ' She made ' the , trip over tbjp falls October, 24; 1 9.01 in a crudely constructed wooderi t8$rrel as cast at a fortune, but illfortune pursued her from the time xsiner adventure to the time of her death. She was 58 years old. PHILADELPHIA TOURISTS . ADMIRE MRS. LASSITER'S 'FLOWER GARDEN eniyed hY the Passing;thwmg. Tn nnssinp- that wav w tho hnmo One afternoon last week, Mr. and . Mrs. A.. H. Bassil, a handsome mid dle aged lady and gentleman, pass ing through from their winter home in Florida to their home at Bryn Mawr, in the fashionable suberbs of Philadelphia where jnany wealthy young ladies are educated, chanced to see Mrs. Lassiter's flower garden and were perfectly enthused. They enquired if it was a municipal gar den, and . being assured that it was a private estate,, they asked the name of the lady. '"I wonder," said the lady, "if Mrs. Lassiter would care if I made a pic-' friends?" line vi ine saraen to snow mv Being assured that Mrs- Lassiter could have no objection, the lady was assisted out of the car and she took three views of the pretty spot and requested her husband to write Mrs. Lassiter's name in his note book. MELLON OUTLINES TAX PRO GRAM CONGRESS TO PASS Secretary OH the Treasury Recom mends Repeal Of Federal Excess Profits Tax. (Washington Special) Four specific. proposals for revision of the Federal taxes are made to Congress by Secretary Mellon with a recommendation for early action so the new taxes can be applied for this calendar year. They are: 1- Repeal of the excess profits tax and the existing $2,000 income exemption of corporations, the loss of revenue to be made good by a modified tax on corporate profits or a flat additional income tax on cor porations to yield an aggregate of between- $400,000,000- -and - $500,- 000,000. 2:R-eadjustment of income tax rates so that no income will pay more than 40 per cent this year and , 35 per cent thereafter, with a view to prorducing aggregate revenue substantially equivalent to the esti mated receipts from the income tax under the existing law. 3. Repeal of the so-called luxury taxes together with the "Nuisance" taxes such as those on soda foun tain drinks, but retention of the transportation and miscellaneous specific sales taxes. 4. Imposition of sufficient new ! and additional taxes of "wide appli cation," such as increased stamp taxes or license taxes on the use or automobiles to bring the total reve nues from internal taxs after making the changes above suggested to about $4,000,000,000 in the fiscal year 1922 and .1923. THE SCHOOLS MUST BE KEPT OPEN SLX MONTHS State Equalizing Fund Will Not Be . Sufficient To Pay Difference Un der 30 Cent Rate. Raleigh, May 1. Public schools in North Carolina must and are go ing to be of six months duration; the state equalizing school fund of about $600,000 is not going to be sufficient to meet deficits in many counties since the reduction in pro perty valuation, and in all probabil ity a tax rate of 45 cents will be ne cessary to provide what a 30 cent rate would produce under revaluar tion. , Thus writes Dr. E. C. Brooks, state superintendent of public instruction to city and county superintendents in North Carolina regarding the nec essity of board of education and county commissioners providing j enough revenue for six months school terms stipulated in the con stitution. The letter points out the situation the counties are going to face in the event horizontal reduc tions of the revaluation figures al ready made are allowed to stand by the state tax commission? which a lone has the power of review. KNOX PEACE RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED BY SENATE Three Democrats Vote For the Re solution and No Republicans A gainst It. . Washington, May l.-r-The admin istration's first step toward placing the United States on ,a technical le eal basis of peace was taken last j night by the senate in adopting the Knox neace resolution. The vote for adoption of the reso lution was 49 to 23. Three democrats voted for the re solution and, although no republic ans voted .against it, Senator Nelson, of . Minnesota, was paired against it The democrats voting for it were Senators Myers, "Montana; Shields. Tennessee, and ; Watson, Georgia. Two other democrats, Reed, Missouri and Walsh, Massachusetts, were an nounced as favoring the resolution. The resolution now goes to1 the house with prospects of prompt ac tion there. ......
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