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LOUDLY CHEERED AS HE
DRIVES UP BROADWAY
Of3cial Reception is Accorded
, Distinguished Visitor at
the City Hall Later '
(By Awnotttated Press) '-..':
yTZW YORK, Nov. 18. Gcor-
ees Clemcnceau today again feet'
foot on American soil.
The war premier - of Prance, ,
- who left ibis country more than
hail a ..century ago a, a yonne ''
. . . nieflieal student returned in rTJfj
old a:c -with many years of
fiiormv. staU'sinanship huhind
tihn. to vin for bis countrymen
t!i s nj)ajly of America.
Tbe iger cum e as a private . citi-f.e-n,
but 'to no potentate could . have
been x.f:encled a more statc-ly wel
come ihan was acoordedj him -wher
he was t.i,;e - from. -the v-steamship .
Paris-- in tttc 'hnrttorna landed .vav
tbe hit-tone-.' Battery -.'Wall. ;.
The Tiprpr found: - thousands of
.persons waiting for him -on the tip
of ' Manhattan riband.- There were
cheei-M- when he stepped ashoreV and
t eii, lieaded by the police depart
ment's hand, M. Clemenceau and the
committee wliich had gone down the
Ij-iy to welcome . hint, 'started . ur
F.roaclway .for ; his olTicial, reception
at Ci:y HaU. 1 .
The a seel statesman was. carrying
a red rose-In one Jiand when he be
pan' hi3 trip tip the Great". Canon
c::rls in o.ce -huildrnsfe leaned from
window -ar-d threw kisses to . him.
The Tiger replied by waving the rose
in a-courtly manner. ; .
JJFVlVil Ffjni SUNDAY
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At TARrnTJAn.F.' TrtDRCH
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' Following two weeks of high inter
esting meetings, all of which were
well attended, the revival at the Tab
ernacle church will -come to a close
with tomorrow's services. " .
Baptismal" services will be beld in
the morning. At night the services
will - stark - t-t - ,713 " instead off" 7530
the early p&rt of thetlme being giv
en, over to a special jmusical service.
Thej public is raost' cordially . invite.?
to attendY these meetings. ' , .
TO
ASK' TOR A NEW ,
. . - JUDICIAL DISTRICT
GOLDSBOBO, : Nov. 18. A com
mittee of the Johnson county bar met
with' a committee 'of the - Goldsboro
bar here .yesterday for the purpose
of taking teps forforming .of a, new
judicial . district of Johnson and
Wayne """Qounties, which, would elimi
nate the counties of : Harnett, Iee and
Chatham, which are. at present . in
this judicial district.'' The local bat
adopted a 'resolution 'at the regular
''riieetitvg yesterday -to recommend . to
the legislature .the forming of a new
judicial district. . - v:
The Calendar in the Wayne county
-civil court is two years behind, while
- the v calendar in the Johnson county
, court is three years behind. Dugh
Dortch said yesterday that although
-he had been practicing law "here two
vears the docket was so far behind
that hehad never tried a case in the
civiL ter 'mof Superior court.
Those" from Johijson .county here
yesterday were J udge Brooks, of the
recorder's ' court,- Robert Wellons, J,
' A. Wellons, .and Mr.-Johnson. ' '
' LAYMEJTS FEDERATION
' Laymett-with' cars nad those who
have no cars will please meet in front
of the First hJaptist; cnurcn at z v
m. to be ready, to go' to the follow
ing,, places.
Galilee 'Church, in Truitt section
Grantham's Chapel on
Riverdale
road.
Jasper Sunday . School. .' -.
One other church in Truitt section.
A Jgreat many cars are . needed as
on last Sunday . some were left m
town that would have liked to'have
attended one of the services. The
cars that'1' did -go out were overload-
ed. . . : , , .v
ESCEi IS
!EBE flCflll TO:
m II F HlftlT
,,. y.b.AHbll
:Are
Vexed 0
OVERHEARD
(Expressions ficard locally from
i various ' persons on various
- topics.)
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- We expect t,o ship sevetal carloads,
of holly from Craven county to North
ern points during the next few weeks.
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There is a Dig aemanu iui uuuy i"
season and there, seems to be some-
what of a scarcity, or supply .r a. Lr. i
Lawton. .T. . . . ... .. . . I
One of onr greatest needs, is to
get rid of some of Uu? breedinfr
placa for mosquitoes around New
Bern, particularly the two large
marshes on the outskirts off the
town. I don't know of any im- j
tcr purpose for 'which our money j
ctiJA be expended. c . .J. Me-
imrtuy. . s. . ... -. .; .
People from' the 'North are invad-j
ing Florida unusually early this sea-i
son. I've just come frorrf there and '
hotel people say that the number cf
winter tourists this year - premise to
break all records. Ail of the -hotels
in Jacksonville are- crowded to' c.p
acity limit. Gary CV Pridgtiri.
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The
b way New Bern has been re-1 ( i
ling 'to various "drives" during)
spondi
the past few weefts is further 'proof i
of the fact that we have' as-liberal
a people as can be found in any; town
in the country. Dr. W. L. . Hand.
There is apparently another up-
ward trend in the prices of men's
wearing ' apparel.-. Indications are
- that clothing and furnishings will
be hfgher next; springr1 than: they
.were - during sthe past " season .
'J. O. Dunn. - v ,
Practically ninety per cent ,of the
independent cotton in Craven county
that which has not been put with
the) Co-ops haa. already been sold.
There is very little, cotton left, oat
.n the "country. John Haywood
Jones. .
MOTT IS ABOUT KEABY TO
DROP OUT OP MURDER CASE
NEW BRUNSWIjCK, N. J., NoV. 18
Without minimizing the quality. Of
evidence 'he expects to present to the
Somerset county grand V jury .- next
week in the Hall-Millsy murder case.
Deputy Attorney General Mott ha3
issued a statement to the efiect that.
o ,tiTv.onf to tho fit thnt
,. wiTi h. onH vhon h iAvt
all available evidence- -before the
grand : jury. He said he resented
statements that Jie. was attempting to
force an indictment in the case. Mr.
Mott had--been quoted several times
as saying he would Obtain the indict-,
mefct of a woman and two' men. '
No decision has been announced
on the. request of "Mrs. Frances Stev
ens Hall, widow : of the slain rector,
that she be allowed to appear be
fore the grand jury. 1
Gives Good Advice On
; The Raising of Gotton
: GOLDSBORO. Nov. 18. "Calcium
arsenate mixed with molasses and
applied o cotton ; will kill boll wee-
Viis-but get out or aeDi ana stay
out of debt!" was the "statement of
David R. Coker; of Hartsville, S. C,
in an. address to 300. Wayne county
farmers and business ' men yesterday
at noon at the fair grounds. The
plant and seed expert ; who employs
a corps of entomologists m experi
menting with the growing of cotton
under boll weevil : conditions , for the
past two years said : '
"Don't think you can grow cotton
under boll weevil conditions as you
have been ; groVrtng : it. Tou haven't
any business planting any more cot-
ton Liian me laoor on your lanii
take care of," and pick- when it ma-,
tures. 'As a matter of fact you never
Jiave had any business growing any
more cotton than that. ,And don't
make heavy -' obligations," he went
on. "Farmers down in , my country
thought they were rolling in: wealth
three years ago, the; boll weevil came
along, and most ', of those who didn't
follow instructions are just about on
the county. '- . -
"Of course I don't expect you to
be hit as we "were. Down at my home
we were confronted by warm winters
and wet summers, which is the worst
' i possible condition ; under which to
combat the boll weevil. One winter
it was cold and the next summer it
was dry. That year those who didn't
follow the instructions of the agri-
culture department and the entomo-
gist in hghtmg the boll , weevil were
just about as successful as those who
1 did, and so they had the horse laugh
NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA,
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MiMED HAS
ED RIGHT
TLir TUDflR!
MIL 111
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CSicials Claim That' His JFlight
To Christian Territory Is
Sarre as Abdication.
NATIONALISTS DISLIKE
' BRITISH INTERFERENCE
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Kercahit Governor Issues A
Statement Relative To At
titude Taken by British -
-. . . (By; Associated Press) : .
C-OXKTAXTI XOPI12. Xov.' 1 8.
- Tlic, Sultan's wives and ladies
of the harem are overwlielmcd
with grief and dismay over - the.
flight of the Sultan. They did not
know ho was going. '' ....:
' The Sultan's youngest wife,
wliom he married tinl ynine weeks
ago and who is the -. 22-year-old
daughter pf his gardener, became
hysterical when hc . facts of the
Sultan's ! flight : were confirmeil.
Other attaches and the ladies of
the-" paSnctv; 'numbering .300,
wept, Jbilterljv -
' Constant inopie, Xiv.- 18. The
: Turkish ' Nationalists consider
that Sultan Mohammed VI, by his .
, flight) has surrendered the- Cali
phate,, according to Rafet Pasha, ,
, Kemallst - governor of Constanti
nople. , . ' '. -,'; "-. ",-: . . .
-"According to the Moslem
he told the Associated Press" "when
the Siltan leaves Turkish soil and
A enters' Christian territory, he places
himself under Christian ' nrotectioiMl
and 'thereby loses; -the Caliphate,'
ceasing to . retain any authority over,
the Moslems." -. . . "'
Mohammed's ' departure ' on the
British -dread naught Mallays, In the
face of - threatened trial for, treason
by the' Angora government,: was- com
pared, by flafet Pasha to the flight of
Damad Ferid Pasha and the, other
"members of the opposition, who
I by their acts were compromised in
the eyes of the whole Turkish
na
tion." - ' '. ...
"Great Britain's conivance; in the
escape," he added,, "is flagrant inter
ference In .Turkey's internal axairs."'
- Rafet was much agitated. He spent
several hours after, the escape fran
tically telephoning Angora for in
structions' and' taking precautions a
giinst the. flight of the members of
the Sultan's- cabinet and other high
officials, it-was stated.
on1 those who had worked so hard
putting out 1 poison and working at
night. Next year there was . a warm
winter and a wet summer, and only
those who had the vision and fore
sight to keep up the fight made any
thing at all."
In applying the calcium or arsenic
mixed with 'molasses he advised put-
Jting it on in the heat of the day, "the
hotter . the better." "If an applica
tion is made at 10 a. m. said Mr.
Coker, "most of the weevils will be
dead by 4 o' clock. ..OUr experience is
that ' frequent applications, are the
thing." ; -'ry ' . - ,
He'-- advised : applying the' liquid
f wSth an . ordinary mop formed, by
winding a rag on a stick, or with an
ordinary orchard sprafy. Another
kind o .fspray;. instrument with five
nozzles mounted On the rear end of
a "wagon which he said any farmer
with mechanical baility tould nviTie
and which he said would be des
cribed in a bulletin to be issued soon.
Mr ,Cokef got the idea from the
expermtnt conducted sometime ago
with an airplane. The cost of each
application, including the cost ot la
bor and materials would be about .r--J !
cents, and from five to eight .'.ppli
cations would be required for th'
entire crop.
Mr. Coker explained very caref-aMyi
. that all of his experts had not yet
rived at a
Knoweage
of the mini-
"mum amount (of caf-cium arsenic,
necessary to do the work effectively,
but that they were working every
day on. He advised the farmers to
go ahead and do some experimenting
L on tehir own accord. Government
TO
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SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 18, 1922.
Interference
COHfflCET
END ON I
Reading of Appointments of
Methodist Conference . Will
" Take Place - Monday
(By Associated Press)
RALEIGH, N. C, Nov. '18. An
nouncement that the -annual confer
ence of -the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, of North ' Carolina,
which is in session here( will come id
an end JVIonday at noon, when " ap
pointments for the new year will take
place," was made today;
Two7 gifts of- Trinity alumni were
made' public 'todayl, each, consisting
of $10,000. ;.The conference board of
education increased Its annual al
lotment to the college from fifive to
ten ' thousand dollars, which wil:
equal the amounts allowed the insti
ttftion by the western conference. Tho
gifts of the alumni and the board'n
action followed the Trinity banquet,
held "here last night.
bubmission of further reports and I
routine business ' occifpied .today';
sessions.", Bishop Collins Denny, pre- I
siding officer of the conference, will
deliver a , sermon tomorrow at 11
o'clock. He will be followed in the
evening by Bishop James , Cannon,
who will speak , on the Near East.
The late Bishop J. H. Kilgofe will be
among the . deceased ministers and
officials of ' the Church who will be
honored at . memorial services to
be held in the afternoon. i
methods he . described as too expen
sive and involved to be practical for
the average . dirt farmer without
means to buy expensive equiprhent.
despit the fact that they "might, prove
effective. .
"Don't let the boll weevil get ahead
Of you," Mr. Coker emphasized again
and again. "Begin spraying before the
squares begin to f oun along in early
May and keep it up until August."
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M'SWINNEYS THRIVE
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ON HUNGER STRIKES
(By Associated Press).. -;
' DUBLIN," Nov -17. r-Misa Annie
McSwiney has joined her sister,
Mary, in hunger striking, against
the la'tter's detention by the Free
Satte government. . I .
She. arrived at Mt. Joy prison!
where Mary is incacerated, xtt
9:30 last night, accompanied by
her intention . of staying at the
12 other women. . She announced
prison gates and taking no ood
until her . sister was given spiri
tual conso'ation or release, a
The women remained with An-
nie as guards. . . -
HEAVY SALES MADE
1 ON WILSON MARKET
By-Associated Press) v ' '
." WILSOX, N. C Nov. 18.-The
total sales for the season of the
AVilson tobact market ; have
reached 34.968,322 pounds, rep-
resenting total receipts of $10,-"
407,906.57, according to H. B.
Johnso n. secretary of th eWil
son Tobaccoj Board of Trade.
The average per hundred pounds
was $30.02. ' . ... - '
WOMAN FOR PLACE OX'
X WINSTON SCHOOL; BOARD
. Winston-Salem, Nov. 18. The city
school commission has decided to
ask the Woman's Club of Winston -
Salem to submit to the board of al
dermen a list of names of-women
whom that body might designate: as
being available for the vacancy cre
ated, on the ' commission by the re
tirement of Thomas A. MasIin, who
will soon move just outside the - city
boundary. It is the sense of - the
school commission that the merber
ship should include a woman ; -and
the Woman's club, being a repre
sentative organisation of over 500i
members, would be in excellent, po
sition to make a recommendation.
The member to be chosen will .have
to be elected by the board of alder
men. So many ministers are being' shot
there should be a law against it. .
Ham To Hold Meeting In
Fayetteville Next March
Xew Bern folks who -want to ',
hear Rev. M. F. Ham preach an- ,v
tther of his sermons won't have "
to go to Xcoslio, Mo., in order to
have their wishes gratified.
Mr. Ham has signed up to visit
Fayetteville in March, according
to a letter received here today
from liis secretary, Earl t.
Ilodgers. It is expected that
quite number of Xew Beirn
x- y
Locals Took Lead In the First larter-Fuil ly
; 1800 Persons Were Present Witner'j th
Contest Staged Here This Aftrnoon.
DISuUSSIOHP '
LEE GHAEL IDE
Virginia v Delegates Opposed
To Making Any Changes
.; ; In the Chapel ,
BIRMINGHAM," Nov. ' 17. With
action- upon a report concerning the
Lee chapel at - Washington and-,-Lee
university at Washington and Lee,
university . the principal matter
scheduled for' the session, the. United
Daughters of the Confederacy entered-
upoiv the third day of -their con
vention hee this morning.
Virginia delegates were expected
to lead the fight against making any
changes in the chapel, their1 conten
tion being that the building should
be left just as 'it was erected by the
southern general. Trustees of the in
stitution have asWed the organiza
tion to aid remodeling the struc
ture at a cost of more than 1,500,
000. ' ,
Delegates began yesterday the dis
cussion of., probable nominees for
nationa offices. Ms. Livingston Rowe
Schuyler,, president-general, will "con
tinue -in office another year,, accord
ing to custom, it was stated. Several
states are understood for .er offices.
TRAFFIC VIOLATORS j
TO SEE THE MORGUE
DEROIT, Mich., Nov. 17. Week
ly visits to tlje morgue were added to
the t'butine of the automobile divi
sion of recorder'3 court 'today by
Judge Charles L. Bartlett. '
" Judge Bartlett announced tha'
hereafter, once each week, men an
women convicted oftraffic violation
hd given jH-j sentences, will be con
ducted through the morgue "to viev
the results of auto drivers' careless
ness."
A- Judge Bartlett yesterday begat
what he announced would be dailj
trips to receiving hospital, when ht
Conducted 28 persons . convicted o
traffic law violations through a warf.
in .which were seyeVal "vjictirns of
automobile accidents.
: Mrs. Victor " Buhr, of New Tork,
who had been visiting Mrs. S. B, Bell
for a week, left last night returning
to her home.
people will go o Fayetteville to
hear him. '
Mr. Rodgers states in his let
ter an excellent start has been
made in Xeosho and that the re
vival is receiving the co-operation
of the citizenship of Xeoshoe as a
whole. The large tabernacle,
which has been built especially
for tbe meeting, is well filled at
all of hte services.
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' New Bern this aft er
. noon climbed another
v rjng in the ladder , lead
ing to the football eh am- ..
pionship of " high schools, -in
- North Carolina when
she defeated Wilmington
at Ghent Park.' ' fc . ' N
The game wa wit-
nessed by approximately .
1800 persons," of ' which
number . about -300 camei, '
Up from Wilmington on a .
special .'. train. Cheering -was
almost continuous as
the game progressed. - . -
: New Bern scored in the v
opening quarter on a - se-.
ries of line plunges, Sim'p
son carrying the ball a-
cross, for . a touchdown J
and Dill kicking goal.
Score, New Bern, 1 Wil- ;
mil ton, 0. Wilmington -made
only one first touch- .
down in the opening pe
riod. New Bern , i made
two. . '
In the second quarter
Simpson made a long for
ward pass to Phillips, who
scored the second touch- k
down for New Bern.- Dill
failed to kick goal. Score:
New Bern, 13; .Wilming
ton, 0. , N
During the. period, be
tween the halves, . New.
Bern and Wilmington .
girls staged snake ances.
The two bands rendered
opposing concerts. '
Both the third' and
fourth 'quarters were'
scoreless. .,
FARMER COMMITS SUICIDE,
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WINSTON-SALEM, Nov. 17.-
h
Dickens, 47, a-prominent farmer and
-itizen of Surry county, committed .
suicide yesterday at his home near . -Low;
- Gap, according to a --message , ;
received here today. . He firedJ a bul- '
let through his brain ioon after bis
wife had left the room where they f
had been in conversation. His health
had not been good for some time and :
this is the . only cause assigned. Mr. !
Dickens is survived by his - widow '
and several children.
TEAMED 1,500 MILES
TO UNSEEN FIAXCEFJ
GREENVILLE, S. C, Nov. 17. K '
unique romaflce' was culminated
when George Albert Juber, sixty-year
old farmer, of Clinton, la., married!
Mrs. Aliee Crawford - Benson,. -aged
fifty-four, widow of J. W. Benson, aC
her home here, after making almost
the entire trip - to Greenville 1,500
miles in a covered wagon' in forty
six days. Up to the. time Juber ar
rived he had not seen his bride. Th0
decision to wed came after a year's
correspondence, during which photo
graphs were exchanged. V