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Application for An Inter
locutory Injunction Has
Been Denied.
LAWYERS APPEAL
Stay May 1 Be Granted,
Pending the Decision
f Made by s Supreme
Court. . :
. (By Associated Press.)
GREENSBORON
The application for an inter
locutory injunction; -restraining
A; G. Watts, state commissioner-of
revenue,- front certifying
disputed ad valorem' appraisals
of the property of the five rail
roads operating in North-Caro-llna,
down to the county, muni,
cipality and school districts, was
denied by a specially constituted
federal court here today.
Attorneys for the carriers frl
r d notice of appeal to the Su
preme court. ,
-When court recessed for lunch
it was virtually agreed that a
stay .would be granted. x
The five roads .involved in the
hearing are : . Southern, Atlantic
& Yadkin, Atlantic Coast Line,
Seaboard Air Line and the Nor
folk" Southern. - They . allege the
ad valorem appraisals against
heir property are excessive and
discriminatory. ;
JOSEPH KIP IS
IN LUMBEFT
Man Accused of Murder 44 Years
Ago Has Been Lodged in Rob
eson, County Jail.
(By Associated . Press)
1 Ll'MBERTON, "N, ,C, Oet. 2. After
being a fugitive for 44 years Joseph
Tm i tnrtA- in-what he has
described . since his arrest as "God's
own country." to-face a charge of mur
der in connection 'with fhe. killing ofj
Daniel McNeill- near Red Springs in
1878. ..Kemp, who was U arrested in
. Floriad last week; arrived here last
night In custody "of Sheriff Lewis and
is now lodged in Roberson county jail.
Kempwho will be tried on a charge
of murder at . the November term of
criminal court,-admits that he killed
McNeill - but claims ,. self defense. He
declares that he shot McNeil when
the latter threatened him with an axe.
After the killing. Kemp went to, his
old home in Bladen county and after
spending some, tlipie , there 4eft tle
etate. Nothing" had I been heard from
him until he was afrested in St. Aug
ustine last 'week. ' : . -
Tobacco Continues to Come In
Farmers ctntinue to bring their to-
bacco . to the New Bern' co-operative
market in large quantities. Manager
Kennedy, ,of the local warehouse, an-'
nbunced today that" considerable to
bacco was brought in during the past
week. , He expects .. an even greater
quantity his week"
1
Plata of
If the plan 1 of Secretry Albert ,T.
Willis is carried out, the New Bern
Fair will proceed to die asisoon as
outstanding accounts
have been paid
and buiness mattersarisin
out of the
fair which has just concluded .have
been, satisfactorily settled. ,
But out of the ashes of the New
BernsFair will spring forth a genuine
Eastern North Carolina. District Fair
which will eclipse everything in size
and quality : held east of Raleigh.
Which will in factfi rival the state fair
iself in the scope of exhibits on display.-
' w:.;-'r
; ; Mr.!' Willis outlined his proposal to
a, representative of ' the Sun-Journal
tiiisinorning.lt is an excellent one from
every point' of view. He said: ' . Y
.-- "The New Bern Fair is growing too
big for the territory from which it
draws, attendance. The exhibits this
year were Unusually good and there
is no question but tuat the fair has
been worth many times more than it
cost as far. as educational value ;is
concerned. , - " ' "
"What we iwant, to do, if possible,
is to interest the adjoining counties, of
Carteret, Pamlico, Jones . and Onslow,
and any others that want to come in;
and make a real district fair next year.
I believe' that the county commission-;
fers-ef 1 eaciiof lire 1 "t'oiiiiugg .1 Miefll
HINDU ENTERS
'Til
Student From Bombay Among
, the Number at Chapel
Hill This Year
Chapel Hill, Oct. 2. A Hindu has
entered the University. His namji is
Dinker Kirfiker, he is 27 years old,
and he is from Bombay. He is a grad
uate student in the ' school of phar
macy and has at the same time been
made an assistant, ; having already
taken a degree , in pharmacy at Co
lumbia. -, : .
The climate was too severe for him
ia New York City. After he had recov
ered from' an attack of pneumonia the
doctors told him he must se"ek a
warmer latitude, and so he asked the
dean of Columbia's school of phar
macy to recommend a. place. to pur-
sue , his studies in the South.' TVie
dean recommended the Unitersiy ; of
North Carolina.- ' i
Mr. Kirkiker's grandfather was. the
? uthor, in collaboration? w th -i sur
geon in : tle ; British-Indian army, of
a four-volume work on -the medicinal
plants of India., The Carolin i stu
dent's purpose in coming to Ameri-i
ca-was to prepare, himself to teach
nharmacy - in his-, native land. He
speaks English with the accent of a
man of - education and he wears
American clothes. ': . . .
WILL PREy ENX LIQUOR
FROM BEING IMPORTED
By Associated Press).
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. New cus-
J toms regulations, making -effective the
provisions of the tariff act of 1922,
prohibiting the importantion of in
toxicating liquors without a permit,
were promulgated today by tho treas
ury.' '- J , - - v " - ...
The regulations pr:-vide . for the
seizrue of liquor, the seisurc of th-;
vehicle in which imror'a'.io.i is at
tempted r.nd for the imposiuca or a
liability equal to the va'uo of the -liq
uor upon the' person ;i tha'-ge of the
vehicle seized,
SUNDAY FUNERALS
MAY BE ABANDONED
. . (By Associated Press)
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, Oct. 2.
This city may . dispense with Sunday
funerals.The tminisieriail association,
Jm session this morning, went on rec
.ord as favoring the proposition. A
i committee was named to confer with
the omcialboards of the various
churches and if sentiment is shown
to favor the movement, definite action
will be taken by the association. Loc
al undertakers have expressed them
selves as favoring . the, plan.
MIT!
Alert Willis
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would'majfe jin ;j.piBoj?sati'Jii.. at? f lr
U0 ror Ttlisjjswccss ot ine tin ?. i.
"If 'thlf pii. isfcarried out4. itiV-riuld
mean tht iijlifr county agei'ta ui e.ich
of the ccUfl'ties would be iu chaigo of
the exhibitafV fcija this particuif-,r tuun
ty St the "present! : tim3. lli.ere! is.:ni.
way for the commissioners to litck
up on the work- which the agents a:-e
doing. But they certainly could do so
at the county and communir.v.exliioits
at the district fair.
"The initial approrpiation . wou'.d b.e
all that woukl 'be necessao'-Aftervthat
I am confident . that the gate receipts
would cover all : expenses. ' However,
we haveta enlarge-the buildings and
make other changes at the grounds in
order to accomodate the exhibits. It is
because of this that we would have to
ask for appropriations at the start.
"l.hiwe talked the. matter over with
quite a number of local businessmen,
as well as farmers from some of; the
adjoinirigftjpunties; and . everyone to
whom ,.r,!have talked, appears to be
greatly Interested. I believe we ;can
put the ' tlinjj across. and that, it will
help. us to!iget up. a. fair -which f will
mak,th0 tentire state sit up and ''take
notice. ( '
"The directors of hte F"air Associa
tion will meet tomorrftf night and the
matter will be brought up at that time
to? action." 1 " '-.
JOSEPH MILL
2:1 a P. I
Aged Citizen Passes Away Af
, ter Short Illness--Funeral
ProbablyTcmorow.
Mr. Joseph fc. Gaskill died today at
2:15 p. m. at the home of Mr. Riley
Wood on" Burn street in the 78th year
of his age. He had been ill about a
month. ; '
Mr, Gaskill - is one of New Bern'?
most striking characters, .having bgen
in public life most of his days in thi?
city. . ,Hei was born ' at Portsmouth-
N. C., and was an officer on the loca
police force,-for a gret number oi
years. " v- : V .
'-: He leaves' a brother' Mr. Thoma:
Gaskill, of th's city. He is also sur
vived by a son, Mr. Lowren Gaskill, of
Washington, . C.who will arrive here
tomorrow for, "the funeral.. Th etime
for,, the funeral has not been fixed at
the hour of 'going to press, but it will
likely -occllt tomorrow afternoon.
MR. AND MRS. W. J. BRYAN
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY
- (By Associated Press.)
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 2. Mr. and
Mrs.; William J. Bryan celebrated the
6 8th anniversary of their wedding
yesterday at the home of their daugh
ter, Mrs. Richard , L. Hargrave here.
They received about one hundred
guests, including William G. McAdoo
and Richmond Pearson Hobson.
Over 7500 Delegates Are in At
tendance at Big Meeting be
ing Held in New Yok.
(By Associated Press. 1 '
NEW YORK, Oct. 2. The 48than
nual convention of the American
Bankers' Association get underway
today with most of the 7500 delegates
in attendance. A program of business
and entertainment will take up 5 days.
Strikes, the future of labor unions,
agriculture, thrift promotion and econ
omic relations with Europe are among
the topics to be discussed.
:
Mr. and Mrs. John Cowell, of Bay-
boro, who are well known locally,
were among those attending the (
evangelistic meetings
nacle yesterday.
at the taber-
BANKER S HOLD
CONVENTION
.WILSON, N Ci, Oc t. 2. Iieports
Irinri the Tobacco, Bqard of Trade
up to September. 28 showed : the
sales- fdc. the season : had reached
17.656,936 pounds, receipts, $4,C74,
722.08; average pricey $2G:47 per
hundred pounds. ThCreport cov
ered a period of 51' days.
On September 30, 1!)21, sales on
the- Wilson tobacco, market had
reached 9,761,450 pounds, with the
j recoipta $2,451,2S8.C6.. The average
price per nuiiuieu puunus was za.
11. The market ! opened last ' year
tin September 6; The figures repre
sent the sales and receipts for 24
days. :
Spleendid Sermons tAij Eteing
. Delivered by Mr. Ham at the
Big Tabernacle.
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- This week promises to be the great
est in. the progress of the -Ha,m-Ram.
say evangelistic campaign. .
Mr. Ham has asked the business
and professional -men 'of -New Bern
to close their stpres and Officgs from
10 to 11 a. m. on Tuesdays, Wednes
days and Fridays. Many already have
complied with this request and it ' Is
expected that others will do so, be
ginning tomorrow. X.
-' The tpnt-wgs packed to its capacity
limi-(; last night, over 2500 persons be
ing in attendance at the service Large
crowds are looked for at every ser
vice during the balancg of the cam
paign in this city.
N evangelist has ever come to New
Bern and made a more favorable im
pression tjan has Mr. Ham, His
preaching has been o fan unusually
a'gh order, frge from all sensational
ism and clap-trap methods. The as
sistance given" him by Mr. Ramsay,
shoir director, and Mr. Rodgers, pian
ist, has helped materially in making
the meetings the success which they
"lavg proved to 'be.
Approximately 'one hunJrei per
sons made professions of faith at thj
?ervi'ce last night. Additional score;;
came, forward with the confession
that they had not lived the lives thgy
should have lived as Christians and
pledged themselves anew to the dsc
fcrines of Christ.
Services will be he twice daiTy
during(the week, beginning- wii.h to
morrow morning. In addition, Mj.
Ham ' is planning to hold afternoon
meetings in verious parts if the .city.
Everybody is cordially 'nvitcd to
fI .
attend the tabernaclg, whether
be Jew or Gentile, Catholic or
testanf. Christian or infidel.
Pre-
EG R
IT J1ES cir
j Was Shot Late Last Night. Mar.
Who Committed the Murder
. Has Not Been Found.
Benjamin Blount, colored, was shot
and killed in James Citv last nisrht
ishortlv nfrpr 11 nVlnrk. Kmrnn T.nth-
am, in whose "aouse the shooting ot--
c jrred. was arrested and placed
jail this morning but will be releas -
oil today, according to announcement j
made by Sheriff Williams. The cor-j
oner's jury went to- James City this i
morning to make an investigation bur j
had it not turned in a report up to:
noon today.
The Latham woman was arrestee
and held as an important witness, as
it was believed she knew who killed
Blount. It appears that the latter had
hod an arument with several other
negros earlier in the evening and that
lkiuor also played a part in the tra
edy.
The bullet which killed the man
was fired from a revolver of .large cali-
j bre. It tore a hole in his side and
: passed through his body. He lived only
about half an hour and never regained
consciousness.
"Wheat prices are so low the grower
has his bushels of trouble.
Ssis
KILLED
i Commissioners Announce that
Contracts for Dover-Cove
City Road Have Been Let.
$ MANY OPPONENTS WERE
PRESENT AT MEETING
Flood cf Oratory Was Turned
Loose by Those; Opposing arid
j Favoring the Work.
In spite of the presence, of
many persons, who objeetefl to he
proposed action, the county com
missioners stated at their meeting
today that the Dover-Cove City
road project would be carried out
as adopted at the last meeting of
tlte loard, that the contract al
ready, had been let and that work
would be started ina short tmei. ;
A motion was ; 'made by Com- '
nrissionor-Kafer that the matter
he submitted to a vote of thepeo-
pic at the next general election,"
but this was ruled put of order.
There is now talk of getting out
an injunction to stop the work.
j A motion was carried to sell
bonds t othe amount of $300,000 x
to take care of the floating in
debtedness o fthe connty. This was
carried unanimously.
The meeting was one of fhe most
exciting that the commissioners have
held in years. Over one hundred aisd
fifty persons,, from all sections .;f the
be heard in the matter. . - ; ; I
The project
ture of apprpxi
the construction
paralleling the Cen tra 1-' Hikh wxy and
involves th eexpendi--igh -commissjoiie and 'miljir.rt'j at-
mately, $300,000 for ; 'acnes n, exiya-jc.im iry n'lavsi.i -
of a sjiell-rock road.. i I i j ' vu if ;'
running f rom : Dover ' iy Cove Ciiy.'J.!mme'aiat.e;-i ij .agwjijin?i;;f tv f-.ttjJ
Those opposing the. expenditure ofi thst" 'pena',t4aH inovempnts cfi trodps wa'st
money claimed that it is uncalled for expected Jiere , today to- 'hevHiJ first
and that n6t a sufficient number of come, of the MadAiiia arm'.stLcecc.n
people would. be benefitted to warrant ; f erence, -which s o meet tomorrow,
the construction of th road. Among The conference wid discuss the cc
those who spoke against the plan as . cupation?: of Eastern . Thric-j by de
voted .upon favorably by the commis- tachments .df inter-ulliel troojis Uui
sioners at their last meeting were'-B. rin G-reefe- army's -Wiiiidrawal..
B. Wooten, of ,.Foiit ' Barnwell; J. L. j The . expectation here is that the
Bland, of Varrceboro; J. W. Biddle, Creek evacuation win bes;:ii immc-d-and
others." ' .. , lately after the conference permitting
- The matter was no twithout its sup-ithe esetblishment of Turki.-sh adminis
porters, however. Dover and Cove , trative control.
Citv had.laree delegations on hfl.nd! General Harrington; the -British
and these brought forth numerous
reasons why the. money should be ex-
rQT.ii v, ,-
wpro -D.nn Riii nr, f nr.r. . tv.ty-
I Powell, of Dover, and Mr. Wood, of
Cove City, all of whom outlined their
reasons why the road .should be built.
The proposition was firs tbrought up
at this morning'e session, but it oon
was evident that a long wrangle would
ensue before any action could be tak
en. Finally the board adjourned for
lunch.
j Preparatory to the afternoon ses
sion, the delegations from the coun
I try assembled in the corritors again
and proceeded to start arguing all over
! again. Whenever ' a can could get
three or four persons to listen to him
i he proceeded to explain why "he work
! should or should not be done. The
j scene was an animated one.
sion shortly before three o'clock:," the
crowd wedged into the room where
the commissioners were in sesbion
and the debate was resumed.
Was Shot Late Last Night. Man
propriation for Sending Mem
bers to State Fair . '
Tho county commissioners, at their
in 'session this morning, appropriated
j $250 to cover the expense of sending
2 u members of the Craven county pip
clubs and also 20 of their best pigs to
the St.-ite Fair.
C. C. Kirkpatrick. secretary of the
Craven County Agricultral Commit-
!tee, appeared before the comniission-
: ers and made an urgent plea that the
money be approrpiated. He told of the
benefits which the boys would derive
j espec ially from an eiiuc -ational stand
point. The commissioners made the
'appropriation would delay
i
I'irc Karly This Morning
The tire department was called out
early this morning to answer an
alarm which was sent in from Queen
street. A house, occupied by colored
residents, was partially destroyed. A
woman, living in the house, has a
"narrow escape' from being burned
alive. She managed to get out of the
building juat in time.
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Tension Has Been Relieved for the Time Being,
though Danger of Actual Warfare is Not ,
Yet Averted. . ;
HARRINGTON IS
Britain Believes that Action on the Part of Military
Leaders Has Prevented Hostilities
Thus
LONDON, Oct. .-Therejvas a relaxation today of tension
over the Near Eastern situation. .The despondency wfiich hasf
marked the press comment for the last few days gave way tahope
today, although not to the absolute confidence that war had been
averted. ' , - " - '
The bulk of the press opmion is that General' Harrington haS
saved Great Britain from war thus far, the hope being added, that
he will be left a free hand to deal with the situation until it is sen-
tled. v r : '' - ' . ' ". 1 J
CONSTANT! .VOTM-:;. Oct."' 2 11:57
a. m.-
The iiliied policy at the MudJ
";ania conference, U vas learned this
i forenoon, will be .lec'ded upon at a
nootibf 'the' alliod generai3..,admiral.s
commander-in-chief; .will leave for
anfcon the dreadnaught. Iron ,
uune,; eariy tomorrow. ine Italian
iw i? rencn generals wno are to at-
lena .also wlu !IlaKO ln.lrlu uaL
i "esn-.ps oi tneir respective navies. ,
ATOf?COW Oct ' Thp Soviet-Ru- '
s'an government has sent a note- to
England, France and Italy, protect-
against the blockade of the Dar-
danelles and insisting unon the re-1
moval of all objections to the frea )
passage of trading ships through the
straits. , ' . ' -. - j
The note savs the manner in which
England is "endeavoring to control
foreign seas and territory'' shows in-
. . - .
UUNSTAXSiTl O k!L 13, .iCK-t-" 2 -Atf
difference tcr the interests or Kus.sia pna xv-enu" i Miia u.iu.- uu umwif
and the other Black Sea states. : jthe dispatch of delegates to Mudariia ,
"The Russian .government." the and later to the peace conference, ac
communication continues, "had plac- cording to a Central News, dispatch,
ed orders with European countries from Constantinople. ' ' .
Horrible Outrages Are Made
Against Christians By Turks
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct. 2. "The j dier, mistaking her for a Greek worn
cries of the Christian refugees of an, struckher heavily with the butt-
Smyrna for water and food are met
by a Turkish lash," said Dr. Esther
Lovepoy, of New York, president of
the Women's Hospital, who has just
returned- here after' a week's survey
in the stricken city. Dr. Lovejoy de
clared that the world has hot been
told the real story of fire and horror.
"There are still several hundred
thousand Christians, in Smyrna and
the interior whose lives are in peril
for the tmie limit for their fatewill
be. The crowds on the quays are so mow on a vaudeville tour, declared
great that some of them are pushed ' she received only $6500 from her for
into the sea. Women stand waist-deep mer husband Charlie Chaplin screen
in the water, holding their ' babies I comedian, afterthe lawyers had been
aloft to save them from drowning. ' paid, and she was about to go into
"Turkish soldiers are systematically
obbing the men andwrestling rings
from women's fingers.
"At night the Turkish soldiers com-
vnit excesses against women and girls, j brought about by two long illnesses
Only when searchlights from ships in j and by being out of work for many
he harbor are turned on them do they j months, said the letter,
desist. In terror of Turks the refugees! "I have bee'n hounded for many
ire packed in thousands in front of Lmonths by 'my - creditors and have
the American consulate. been paying most of my salary out to
"There are more than one hundred j them weekly," the letter read. "Be
mothers who gave birth to babies. sides this, an exproducer of mine is
Some were delivered while standing.
I attended many. Some of the infants
died within a few hours from expos
ure, butthe mothers clung pitifully to
the bodies of the little things."
Dr. Lovejoy said that a Turkish sol-
RESPONSIBLE.
Far. ... ' '
and America. - The majority of thesw
already are loaded upon ships which
are des'gned to: be) sent through . the
straits to Black Sea ports. ' Quite un
expectedly the -.Russian , government
tVr4ed 'that England,' dWedmg upo
Jier, -navy,-'' had UJorked the Parda
ieaeso ana.i moreover, ' naxi orarea
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ieri ijrarships to fire . upon vessels at
ieiiVPtiiig to disobey the blockade .or-
ders." i, '' '
i The note accuses the ententteoihfet
; The note accuses the qntfinte of in
terfering with the -efforts of the Rus
sian government to -re-establish nor--man
conlitions in Russia through their
enforcement of the blockade, despite
certain concessions already made bzy;
the soviet." . ' v.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Oct. 2. 'With
an armistice, conference definitely fix--
ed for. tomorrow at."Mudania, the per- '
il of war between .Great Britain,, and '
Turkey appeared less menacing to-i
day. ' . .. ' - - ' -.. i-;
- Great Britain's recession from the.
neutral zone contrpversy caused no
tittle surprise and disappointment
.rco e...a..j . .uu.u
that this step was the only thing
which could, nave chattered Musta-
i pha Kemal Pasha'iS hapd. It is point-ri jS'ft ( - '
ei to as .another evidence of . Eng-
land's extraordinary, earnest desire to
avoid war., ' -.r'(-,.l1tn.i
Vp . tne'tlme or tne issuance or
tsrigauier uenerai Harringtons lenv-
porazing n,'ote , Saturday night. &9j:t'l ""1
situation looked extremely critical.' ( .;.,;.?,
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i CONDOM, Oct. 2. The. Turkish ja-
: tionalist assembly at Angora has un-
ammousiy provea. tne action 01 aips-'
T ' 1 11 1. .- 1 t
end of a rifle and left a mark. This
soldier was about to strike her again
when an American officer Intervened.
MOVIE ACTRESS SAYS
FORTUNE IS DEPLETED
(By Associated Press).
LOS ANGELES, Calif.! Oct. 2. Mil
dred Harris, motion picture actress.
bankruptcy, according to a letter, re
ceived here from her, which the Los
Angeles Times printed today.
Miss Harris' financial condition was
suing me for a large amount that he
has no right to do, as he'is the onej.
who two years ago sent, me East to
buy clothes for three pictures and
then cancelled my contract on account
of my divorce
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