North Carolina Newspapers

IEATH TOLL WILL L REAGH 100 LIVES. Memphis, Tcnn., April 17. That the dfeath toll from tornadoes and heavy rain storms which Mr ; BiA ouuuici ii Maics late f Hdav JinH ! JSaturday will reach 100 was indicated - . t- by reports from isolated sections to night while t! v loss of property and crops will run int0 millions. .The known dead tonight total 92, I f Manv of the storm are still shut off from wire communi J cation and reports of additional casu- alties are -slowly coming in from re- leif parties. The list of dead and injured, ac cording to reports available tonight 1 is as follows: j Texas 7. i Arkansas 41 dead. i Mississippi, six dead. ! Alabama, 14 dead. There are many injured some! of hom will die. ' in Arkansas where ; the greatest iavoc was wrought the Red Cross I is at work where hundreds of fami lies are homeless. Tents have been furnished by the National Gaurd and blankets and provisions arte being rushed to the sufferers. The extent of property loss cannot be determined for days. In Arkansas on many plantations 'every building was desroyed, newly planted crops washed out, orchards ruined, roads and bridges badly damaged, almost -ill telephone and telegraph vijiitesj destroyed and railroad tracks washed ' out at many places. Farm houses some distance from the diiect path of the storm were damaged. Es timates of the property loss in these ' i o rrf nnn u;tw : ! . m lexxas many farm houses andJ,! utbuildmgs were destroyed and cr0ps m some sections are said to be almost a comPlete loss. - . .. . havy property loss m Tennessee, s reported. i - In Mississjppiin addition act-f . ,v0 xwm . .wuu. x4 xx land will be inundated by the rapidly irn 1 1 lnnnnof oH Vltt iomf In " rising streams throughout the state. s , , . - . A number of railroads in that state ijf , , j i ' - ; repot tracks washed out and damage - to road beds by the unpresdented ; from Amite county says ten farm houses were destroyed by a storm late Saturday and ten persons injured, ne lataiiy. I In Alabama, property loss in Bir -J i "i mingfham is estimated at $200,000 "with ten injured. Heavy rains and- kigh winds; in Several parts of North causea neavy property ana crop iuss. In Georgia,, where a heavy wind .nd rain storm struck Rome, the prop erty loss will "exceed $200,000, it is reported. ; ' : j FARMERS ENDORSE WORK OF TRADE COMMISSION. Washington, April 19. Resolu tions expressing appreciation for the work of the Federal Trade Commis sion in "exposing unjust discrimin ation of business combinations against the agricultural interests," were adopted today by the directors of the National Board of Farm j Or-j smizations in session here. The ; res- ; lutions also opposed suggestions that th)e commission be placed under the admini3trative control of govern ment departments. . ' Other resolutions adopted included a declaration for legislation to regu late the nackinsr interests, endorse- . .: - ment of the National Union of Farm j Loan Associations, and a recommend- j ation that drastic legislation be enact-j ed to prevent "gambling in grain and ( other farm products' by boards of nd exchanges. j - j A committee from the board, accom panied by Senator Capper, Republi can, Kansas, and other members of Congress, will call on the Intersate Commission and urge a reduction in railroad ratjes. j ! The American Farm Bureau Fed eration continued , its conference- on agricultural matters and was address ed by Cenator Smoot on his proposal for a saljes tax. A committee report to the conference has recommended op position to such a tax. ! ; --Noah, The High Piont Enterpr ha discovered, was the greatest pro moter. having "floated a lot of stock. Still in justice to the old house-boat-n it must be concede that he aandled only a coaple of wild-cats. V aihialoa, Dcauf crt EDERGEUCY TARIFF PURE HYPOCRASY Congressman Kitchin's : minority t report on the emergency tariff bill one of the most thoroughgoing dis- , crlons of tne question that his been presented for many a day. Iti (Would take something like a page the News and voserver and it Al ' -" - . th eats in ; vigorous style every phase 1 f the m?tter3 evolved Mr Kitchin dwell on th fact that the rates of the bill are higher than those enacted by any congress in tWe history of . the country and' higher in fact than any tariff ever enacted by J . i- wumry m wie worw m the last 250 years. I i Eight yjears of power have caused the Republicans to be determined to I maKe ine most of the oriDortunitv ! They are putting on the tariff charges while thte going is good, j For th historv o-f tyiff mhKora (.. T .MVij nag uccu viuib a. I- --! I J it is allowed, by the people! only for short periods. They; wake up quick l3qito their mistake but unfortunately tHay quickly lapse into a state of un c incern. ; . -Ij ' , " A - ! Mr. Kitchin makes it plain that the enactment of the measure will not heln th farm IT. TllTlflF llllla novo. hive Welped the farmer. They have only served to enrich thos4 :ItAt, vAth more mon than f, wW. frt An xmA -ti,av-mj . " rate walth when what is rteHAH id tA liiAminat0 irootti. p . lrito the schenmes of those who know bbw to manipulate them to their own aitvantap-e I I Mr. Kitchin shows how thte trick . - 1 -s Her is what he savs on the scrr . . . . - ,4 every farmers' household: I i ' irnniien nf 0 TKe"ronsmntinn o"f snrrti I- in th United. StatVs in 1920 was in round Un, hmon pOUndi As very vhteinnt man -Wows tne "SurtTO ny:prssing neceswa t - . I 1. , .t r , . situation and that over one half of fJo ,wu ;, the sugar we consume is imported I. ... A. . i-. . , . price J ail SUgar c6nsumed the United States both domestic pro duction and imported. This j bill will lcrease th)a duty 100 per cent over ip: TMs-Hnt' ln;w? that. "is. knives to - , " " 7 -1 O . the Sugar Trust the right toj exact I Aar . a nnii n r nflifirtrml .: ftrm fh J, consumer at least a cent and a half ik added.) This bill gives the Sugar It gives e Sugar Trust the right and privil- ge to exact from the American" con- umers an additional $125,000,000. o one, it seems except the Republi- an leaders in Congress knew that he Sugar Trust was confronted with n emergency and was in such finan- eaders should hasten to its rescue eaders should hasten to tis recue ivith this bill. : I Mr. Kitchin shows that whatever he professed purposes of the tariff emergency measure its actual effect will -Da to play into the hands of the sugar refiners, the packers and the Woolen trusts. He makes a ten-striKe too wh.en he cites the fact that lead- ng Republican statesmen after a bareful investigation have, racnea the same conclusion that he, Senator Simmons and others who have made a study of the tariff question, have come to. "In 1910 the Republican rarty," Mr. Kitchin says,: f 'through special Senate committee of tne Republican party,'"' throughther handbook, was forced to admit tne fraud and deception they had been practkhig upon the farmer since thi; Civil War by putting a tariff on agriculture, in order to make him be lieve he had afinger in the tariff pie and thereby; induce him toj vote for protection for the big manufacturers and trusts of the East. Both the re port of this special committer, and this campaign textbook expressly: de clared that the tariff, on 03 farmers' product such as wheat, corn, rye, barley, cattle and other live stock did not and could not in any way affect the prices of thee products. . i -j I Republican leaders now are plann ing to rush emergency tariff legislat ion through on the Pretext that they are doing so to help the farmer when they know and have addmitted that high import rates are n0 renedy for the ills which affect the farmer. It is pure hypocrisy. The bill has al ready passed - the Houre ; and may- be expected to fee shot throughthe Sen ate with . equal haste.--Mews end Observer. . ! " - tl t, R. WARD GIVE m G0L1L1ERGIAL on chief mahu BEFORE COM IS. if Washington, April 18. Itepre sentative Hallett S. Ward, new mem ber of congress from the 1st district has definate' view concerning raat- I t T -m- - . . : 'it. .- I ers wnicn nave to ao wiwi -auturs before the extra session of Congress as I found when I talked with him to day. ; As a result of some oxHHe things he said, asked to. allow me to quote him, and he gave me th "go to it sign! t Here are some of "the things which, he had to say: VvrV- "It is very plain to me," said i Mr. Ward thn t a Wnmrvr th A time: Jf - vaWW W WVV ww 7.' v this confess with nolitica would- be "fiddle while Rome burns." A wbrdo 1 1 'fiddle while Rome burns.' A wirk n,ew m au ine nisiory oi uus sww I a- vi, i whbwuw ingr a new system .of direct taxation ,n tlme of peace. Nothing jnore uim- I cuit ana important nas ucen cone - . . I M Y 111 A since th Constitution was construct- Dives is on the. watchtower with his army of lobbists and his forces of propaganda, trying t see that he escapes as far as possible and dupps the load on Lazarus. I have read is anxiousiy f seexmg - iign . inai 1 :ye felt myself yielding to Jtf I want the right thing, done. I want the wealth of the world to bear its i. ...' i . . lull equixaoie snare aau -uww Ounce more, i won t say yev I tho scales tax. but it must exempt tn thins Essential to life and health, sucn as meaicmes anu cunuuuu u hold necessaries, before I can Vote for it. , Wants More Highway. The spirit of the times caDs ,f or federal aid i to highway construction louder than! ever before. It is U fortunate that at this , particular fortunate juncture we hear so much aboxjt cut- ting appropriations, just as :tJ ' h essary public work, this is a day of construction not of contraction. TV. onrnTufintinna for hiffhwavs. and rivers and harbors ought to be large. I believe in large appropriations wise ly expended for the public good, and we could have them if we were per mitted to follow the rule ofletting everybody and everything pay! ac cording to their ability. "A separate peace with, Germany is simply Russian. It is dishonorable and unnecessary. An inter-racial commission as recommended by the President is a profound absurdity and would do barm. I I "To me the most significant indi cation I have had in this Congress and the most: unfortunate, was made on the floor of the Hons by Mr. Mondell of the majority Friday, just before adjournment. I understood hi to sav that the immigration bill would be reported Monday ana j T drew the clear inference that it will be rushed through as the emer gency bill has been. If this is done, I cannot use too strong language in disapproval of that course. It is not a party questpn has not a semblance of legitimate politics m it. Thave strong views on the ques tion and will have no opportunity to present them for want of time to examine thjfej bill and collect the in formation required." ' President Harding heard today form Congressman Charles M. Std man of the real reasons why he should name Judge Henry Groves Connor as judge pf the Federal cir cuit court to fill the vacancy caus ed by the death of Judge Pritchard. By appointment, Major Stedman call ed on the President at ia:30 o'clock and had a conference of some length with him. In that conference Major Stedman, by invitation of the Presi dent spoke I at length, the Preident saying tj him: " : . , I am not in a hurry, I am glad to hear you." , ' , .r Major Stedman declared to tne President that thjere was no man to be found better fitted for the posi tion, whether in or out of the State, than Judge! Connod; that the North Carolina Federal jurist is a man 6f the highest moral courage, honesty of purpose; integrity, legal attam ments and judicial tempierment. He told the President of the matter of v,v nTnintment. of: Judge Connor by President Taft and declared to him that both Republican anu ocratic lawyers of North Carolina would agre)a upon the eminent fitness of Judge Connor. And when Major Stedman had concluded the Preident .Tburiday, April 21, 1921. ! DREAM EXPLODED (By SAVOYARD 1 Mention has been made of a"Rns- sian trade" that is to make the for eign nation that gets it richer than all the wealth of either Ind." For age before the Christian era th India .-. trade v. freighted tha caravans A. .... . . . ---row V vHivu. jjamascus. Palmyra, Ninevah and other ancient cities. . Later Rome and Brushy Mountains anj covers'a con- cision would, either be. reversed b ConstantinopL enjoyed thi harvest. siderabl nart of th Hatinv Val W Mr nantrv nr VXA hv oAnr H. . w-'' . "vDy oi. iwbi, uuHuoa ix is in xnis oen tnat the Cioid Medal has been the commercial and financial Orchards are located, and it is inter capital of, the world because of her jesting to know that the managers of ...w.... vw it was for the India trade that Alex- ander of Hacedon conquered. CJr rt W Jaliar afull crop. It is of record that Ceasar made Rome the mistress of none of these orchards in this belt has the world. : And in a far later age, j Wer ben known to lose a crop of it was the India trade that England ; apples by frost or freeze. It is this fought and ultimately overthrew the i ame circumstance that has made the Corscian demi-god. j Polk county belt famous. Thje area But; now somebody, has suddely discovered that it is the Russian tradc that is . indispesnsable to : any people who would enjoy the primacy in the world of commerce and thus becom the most opulent of the nations. It may be so; but it has yet to be dem onstrated. Senator France of Marv- m land has made the miraculous discov ery that Russia has immense heaps of gold with which to 1 buy. bur goods and if we "treat with those lunitics and scoundrels, Lenine and Trotxky, j we will reap a golden harvest, j If you will read i that ovewbat rative of De Grilihoiit who wai tk guest of Charle II, yon, will fiacl a delightful account of - tbfc first ap pearance of Muscovite . diplomats in London, "the. Fair Mistress" Stuart, ancestress of . Charley. James Fox, by the way, played a star part on that occasion and the king's brother,1 the puke of ; York; subsequently. King James II,-,-delivered himself of an exhaustive and conning criticism of the-beautiei oJthe.l'e-iial ,orm. d-1 vine, v That -was about' the year 1670 and at that time Russia wa far more- barbarian than was : England of which Boadicea! was ' queen. i Later that ferocious old berbarian Peter, for some reason caDed "tfcji Great," undertook to civilize Russia and his story is rather interesting. One of his successors, that derime Catherine, a jfuiyblooded perman, continued the I process of civilizing the barbarian hordes that populated Russia and the Russian -dominions. The Russians were apt scholars, learn ing much frpm their enemies. Charles XII, the Swedish wonder) and lunitic, taught Russia the art of War, and later Napoleon Bonaparte Com pleted their education in that branch of "culture." ; ' ' : . ' i v , For ages Russia was an autocracy and her czar as odious and as hor- said to him that was glad he came. runid he had not yet taken up the matter ofthe judgeship, or. grvVm it any consideration. Major Stedman says that there was no indication of what decision might tye reached in the matter. j v -. "I was received most pleasanty by the Prjesident," he said. "He gave me ample timeto present the matter. H)e showed - me every courtesy and I was most pleasantly impressed. j'; Major Stedman has -been very act ive in advocating Judge Connor's appointment, and purposes to bring every possible; influence to hjear to accomplish it. I Marion Butler's Views, When formter Senator Marion But ler was asked today; what he thought of North Carolina j keeping the cir cuit judgeship since1 Mr. Linney had entered the race, he said: I "It certainly had not hjelped our State's chances. We had two candi dates,"Bynum and Britt for the judge ship beforle and that was one candi date too many. I regret that the chairman did. not use his position to secure harmony arid unitjed support for one man, for then we would have had a fair chance to win, for no other Statte can offer superior .1 With three men up for the circuit court we have no more chancte to win than we did not get cabinet recognition when two names j were presented from f our State. jThis unfortunate situation is much to be deplored, be causae with a j spirit of harmony and united - action! North Carolina , would be able to secure several if fnot a half dozen important positions out sidy? of the strictly state patronage, all of which would be of high recogni tion for the State." A THE THERMAL BELT EXPLAIHEI The destructioifof frni -n western counties by .the recent freeze I Will e A-VT7iA - kmnM imIa I J. r r ux". l"tu "y.miu,Mlc uie aimost xorgotten circumstance the existance of the thermal Belt the mauntain sections of North Caro. ed a campaign on congress and a Kna. Th)e most extended and the ' attack on Great Britain here todr best known of these belts is in Polk Soundine the slotran for the drr county, but there is a thermal belt of -IaLs Ttr-n , VL. w w vvi ; cuiiBiuereDjo area m wii km a so ir io f ormed bv the nrotectini? walLs of th 1 I J " .tms orcnara nave made examination fof the trees and j report that thev It 'escaped damage and will this vt?ar i-of these belts are so protected that a visitation by frost is an unknown I occurraece, and so it happens thnt ; while the uplands and ; unportjected orchard areas throughout the west ern part of the State have suffered considerable ; losses by reason of the cold snap of .Sunday and Monday, the fruit in these belts is unharmed. Maj. H. C. London, secretary of . the Wilkes Commercial Clijb, ! in making report to the Observer pt.the safety of. the lief that the same is true of all other orchard interests thatare within the Gold Medal Orchards, - indicates be actual thermal belt cf the Brushies. The immunity of these protefcted areas in the. North Carolina moun tains from damage by cold weather will bp unqestionably ' emphasized - by tile, recent destructionwroaght else where It is a good advertisement, albiett at the : expense , of the- Jfruit growers outside thesie belts. . These thermal belts: constitutes --another North Carolina asset our'people ought to knowimore about, but. like a good niSPn?t)isthSta has they are" destined to secure first and the' larger share' of appreciation from the ' outside. Charlotte Observer. Tible a despot, bloo.dy and concience less, as any Persian tyrant of whom Herodotus tells us, or any Roman Ivan j the Terrible was a northern butcher as curel as Tameraine with out his genius for arms. But your Russian was made of sterner stuff of State a man who has hown by hit than the Indians who populated Hin- jjudicil decisions and by his profes- dostand and the Russian peasant Jsionaj con(juct that he is not in sym-. preserved his virility of spbit. The rbsult is the present Russia i . , . . . that has dethroned law and enthron- j ?m.f 13 the beginning of the merg ed i anarchy, as for justice, Russia ' ment to have important dry arawW has niever had a taste of it. The ments enacted by congress. Russian masses are densely,- ignorant The contes over the Internal HsT" and only a while ago the Russian aa rrwi-o;r, k : .n r. ,,tr'i ,enue Commissioner's job is still or peasant was a serf; Hearst's "Yal- I s . . J ler" and Senator France tell us that no end m sight. The only new- centuries of heartless and domestic feature today was' the report that oppression have made the Russian an "Henry P. Swope one time secretary-. admirable creature altogether love ly, j Be that as it may, the Russian nihilist now rule Russia and a heap of neonle in our crlorious Union ! are demanding that we establish di- plomactic relations with them.,,, j Woodrow Wilson was not .so in- ; He had read history and got Vlii'iVMa w ; -J . more ; wisdom from a study of the past than , any other American ever acquiied. He recalled the French Revolution whose "Tettor" was so vastly increased by reason of the fact that foreigners undertook to AAi -nrifV, i It kfl fact that if et alone the French - RelffKn wouid have exhausted itself by 1794 and the government of France would have been reformed if Russia,' Aus tria and England had not stepped lUCUUl lfW . Russia by everybody and had his ad- vice been accepted Russia and alt Europe would be in a heap better : fix than they arfc. . . . i-n a wi sun auriacn uauug vu. 1 a that Rnasian trade it is like n Ai that is aU leeitimate trade; it will be conquered by cheapo ! order. The speechles, while cir" ness which is the absolute .boss- of -ate in tone, were insistent on th trade all legitimate trade. r When f early accomplishment of union witli Russia becomes sane and substitutes Germany as the only salvation o.' law and jutice for the present policy Austria. Specific denunciation of tils-J-nw 9ni hmtalitv that nrec-' Dolicv of Franc, toward Austria met VI. oua wu J - t ious Russian trade, if such a thing therebe, will be thrown open to the world and old King Cheapness will caDture it and hitch it to its train. Cheapness and a' "protective traiff, however, never yolce togetner, ana for that reason England will snatch that Russian trade after sanity dis places the lunacy at present reigns in Russia. Washington, April 4th. ;' .V i R. DRYAH LEADS FIGHT ON LEAl' Washington Aptfl 19. Proll?. i tlon leaders, with William Jerini oil n , . . - . in 'f Bryan as their star Performer, launch, . w . , . . . forced, Mr. Bryan said former A Mrne7 general raimer s Deer . - - O 1 a - " V J vm M. , 1 and that foreign countries should h& made to feel that the United State enacts and enforces her own laws - Mr. Bryan spoke before a lares- audience at the Mount Pleasant C gregational church, and his spv; : - .x. A . was , ven out by the Anti-Sa ; ague- It was explained that Bryan's address was in the nature of a ""civic sermon." Mr. Bryan ' elaborated upon " thrcr propositions : First, that loyalty tz- Government requires obedience to s law, whether one believes in the lair or not. "Second, the enforcement -Pf tfaa prohibition law rests upon the sams common sense rules that apply to tha enforcement of other laws. "Why should the enforcement of prohibition be intrusted to any man: who is opposed to prohibition?. How can a man who himself drinks be ex pected tQ interfere with jthe drinking of others, or with a ::bueines3? tEir must continue if he himself wants drink? V "The third matter to conside connection : with enforcement is other nations should respect our ri f 'to make our laWs as we please, anl enforce them as made. At present the-: - '0811 itOrydjbining us c the north and the British islands necrr to our, eastern coasts and Cuba anI lleixco. our near neighbors on th south, are being used-as the base for conspiracies against our laws. The contest over the Internal Rev an international matter, and rer I t are fortunate in having as Secretary to Senator Penrose, is being sonsid V e'red for Prohibition Kramer's jolr AUSTRIAN FUSIONISTS IGNORE ALLIED ORDER; Venna, April 17. Nowithstandins: At m : 1 1 !'- . m a i ) e iormai aisapprovai oi tne governs ment, demonstrations in favor of fc.. lgion Germany were yld throtr- : iout the country today. A heavx snowstorm failed to chill the enthtc- siasm of the meetings, which came as a climax to the" agitation, of thje last , three days following the ultima tunx of the entnte against the plebiscite government. In Vienna enormous crowds gatJ ered; and .listened for hours to speeches. Afterward the ck paraded through the bouljevardr me German songs. There was entire absence c - with such approval that the police immediately placed a cordon about .the'French Embassy ' " Af ter a meeting of party leaders f::' j Tyrol Province today notification sentto the Vienna government tha the Hyrolese authorities would ETO ceed with the plebiscite. InnsBrucH disoatches sav the nonulace consider I th- threat of the Entente a directs ' challenge.