North Carolina Newspapers

b m - THE WEATHER ' FAIR-' TONIGHT AND FRI ' DAY. SUGHTIjT WARM ".i rw TTTT! COAST .-. - t FOUNDED 1876. z mrm A nTsFT YAflffi WP1 fllPP ih ''' - '." , , 4T . x ' -' - r -- ' J , . . . . - . ;, -w m m m m m ' .' ' .:.- v. 1 r ' iim-s-in:n 1M1 j ! 'fill " fl FT I Q i JVU U-O' iU- - , -. - 1 FB i u i - Vi.' La U Lai J. G. Thomas Is Suing Hcpcr Lumber Com 7;:ny As Result of A I.IAIJY WITNESSES C; - d IIr. Been In Pros-re--, For the Past 3 Dzrln th2 ? Superior Court Here, - . Superior court continued today to 'hear e-iclenee in tUe land suit of J. G. Thomas vs. Roper Ijiib ber Company, an important case -InVoWvmg apiroxlmatcJy SoO aci-es. It is doubtful whether the . t-ase will be completed by this : evening. There were still a -nam- . ber of witnesses to be heard at tWs afternoon's session. , The suit has , been standing some ' time. The original action was brought . by H. C. Butler and wife agains Thomas and the Roper Company Butler, however, took -non-suit. As a result of that action, Thomas pro ceeded to sue the 'Roper people. He purchased the land from J. B. Price and the lumber company took out an fnjunction against him to prevent him from cutting down any . of th. standing timber on the property. ' 'The case, centers , over a dispute of boundary linear ; It was begun on Tuesday and has occupied the entire attention of court ever since. Much detailed evidence has been introducr ed and a large number of witnesses ire been placed on the ' strfhd by " both sides. The case has aroused much interest In this section and the ver dict is eagerly awaited. " 1 . , . ; . , ... '.- " ONE IS IN HOSPITAL; ' ;" 1 ' ANOTHER IS IN JAIL Winston-Salem, Nov.. 2 3. As a re sult of an' 'automobile , and street car collision this morning, .Charles Hanes is in a local ' hospital " unconscious, while C. P. Shelton, a barber, is in jail . charged with -wreckless . driving of the tja. Shelton, . with his sister, and ! Hanes Were -looming up Salem hill on Main street and in attempting to pass a motor '.'truck-', thfe street car and automobile collided. .Hanes .was thrown out wife': considerable, force atod sustained 'injuries which' it. is feared will prove fatal. , Shelton and his sister escaped ; injury,, though the car was badly, damaged. . TOO MANY POLE , KITTIES; COLLEGE GIRLS ' STAY I N AuburnV N.' 'Y., Nov. 2 3.-No more star-gazing walks for .Aurora College maids these "Indian Summer, nights. . The ubiquitous mephitis . mephib- ica holds the answer. . ' 1 Yes, 'ma'am, that means skunks. , "Sor thick Is the skunk population in' navnea- rnunfv thlrt fall that it's dan gerous to stroll abroad in the moon-.'el light. Old! Hickory, to Greenville f Greenville, S-. : Nov. 23. Head quarters of the Old Hickory Veteran's association, - composed. ;ot veterans ot thef 30th. division . Will , be moved1 to Greenville 'vat' ' once ' from Knoxville, Tenn , it' was announced 'recently by Major Gt Heyward. Mahon, president of the . association. -Herman B. Mo-Man-way, assistant secretary of the Greenville chamber of commerce) has . been named .secretary of the asso ciation. : .-'( : r ' Meet ' to Discuss Reforms ' GREENSBORO, Nov. 23. Promin ent men and women from over the state and, from other sections Of the v country -will, gather here tomorrow for the conference of the Committee ' of One hundred, whi has for its pur. pose legislation looking toward prison - reform. i . of County Hpflie'lsWunld or College NrrK Ik T7ET71 M IOUERIIEARD (Expressions heard locally from various persons on various - -;-V- " topics.) : .. . -. , .- I've been -with the News and Ob server for 40 years and have visited every town in North Carolina. Ther isn't a. : place in the state but that I haven't some friends ; on. . hajid to make me feel at -home. I wouldn't exchange-anything in the world for the friends I . have made during by services with the' Old Reliab e. Dan Hardy ' ... ' V 7 ' - It's hard "to ay what .the publi wants in-moving pictures. When you show a so-called society drama thr attendance ifT large and the critk-ism is often unfavorable. It's mighty hard to please everybody. T. . B. Kehoe We've made some remarkable , progress in developing our agri- , : : cultural resources lut ve've only?, " scratched the surface thn far. A world of things remain to-be, done bat I believe that they are going to be accomplished. All we - need is the proper? co-operation,,; from, our people. C, C. Kirk- . ;'patrlckv -vS-'iSl s -v', i-JV '' '-r- 1- r'f 'fe ' f $ Ct We'll neer get lower freight, 'rate, .:. in 'North Carolina unless we develop our waterway transportation. As Ions is conditions remain as they are at present, I don't believe the railroads will ever reduce their rates. So. far J all-efforts to get them to do so have been unsuccessful. E. . W. Couch.-1 The spirit of Service is the greats est asset of a community in its cit izenship. When ths spirit is in evi dence all things are - possible in the way of growth and development ana a betterment ot local ondtions. I am glad to see that the men of New Bern" are to such a large exten unselfish in their labors fro -the comjnunity's good. Frank Teuton- in address de livered last night. . ' - - GIRLS ' NEED AT LEAST ' ' ; "-' , $18 WEEKLY PAY, VIEW New York.,.., Nov. 23. Eighteen dollars a week is the minimum salary upon which a girl can live comfort ably and -decently in New York City Cornelia- B. Marshall, president of the Association to Promote Propel Housing 'for Girls, declared at the re cent two day conference of the or ganization. , ELKS OF STATE TO ' , GREET OFFICERS " (By Associated Press) ' GREENSBORO, Nov. 23. Greens boro Lodge, No. 602, B. P. O. 13. will, entertain the highest officers o the . order,' : including the Grand Ex alted -Ruler, J. Edgar Masters, .; oi Charleroi, tomorrow. While' -.here,- the visitors will' be tendered a reception at which Elks from, this and surrounding cities will be present. Friday morning they will go to High Point to attend a lunch eon prepared by the Elks of that city, and while there will inspect jthe Southern v Furniture Exposition. BUTLER NOMINATED ON SUPREME COURT WASHINGTON NovJ 23. Pierce Butler of St. Paul, Minn., "was nomi nated today by President Harding as Associate Justice of the , Supreme Court to take the place made vacant by Judge Day. -- Mr. Butler is a 'democrat, he has been a practicing attorney in Minne-1 sota since 1888 and has . been coun for .."the government in a number of important cases. He is a native of Dakota county, Minn., and is 56 years old. , INVITE CLEMENCEAU TO VISIT CHARLOTTE CHARLOTTE, N. C, Nov. 23. Georges Clemenceau, "Tiger of France," has been invited through "Senator Slmjmons, of North. Caro Una, to attend the nhveiling here of "the American daughboy" statue, which will he dedicated to the memory of Mecklenburg countq boys who lost their lives in the World War. The bronV statue will be placed either on the postofflce grounds or in front of the court house ' . and the time of the ceremonies awaits a reply from M. Clemen ceau, it was stated today. , NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA, .TThTn EI Great Frenchman Pays To Our. Great ! 1 " II - -f $'r j? his : ""smriiniiBiiii mm g. "Nw'J r- . - . ' Georges -j Clemenceau, with Mrs. House, at' the : grave of. The'bdore RooseveU . at Oyster Bay, Long Island,' .on November 19th. " The secre tary to "Mi Clemenceau is placing a wreath upon the enclosure. (Insert) Close-up view of the "Tiger of France." County Agent -Reports Oh Work of Past Year That "the life of an active county, lgent -'is no, bed of ease is illustrated I jy the xevM which is being prepared I by vJ; . G'. Lawton, . county agent in i craven county land which will oe ;ompleted.within the next few days. Mr. La.wton. has been very : active n his .. work-, among the farmers as ome of the dtails of his report show. Some; of .these are published below. Letters written, 1511. Circulars prepared, 18. . Copies circulated, 14,343. . Addresses . made 24. Bulletins state, 1604. Bulletins government, 90. ' Demonstration farms visited, (pro jects) 370. . , . Other farms, 419. Office consultations, 1235. Schools visited, 13 5. MileS travelled (auto) 9536. Miles travelled, (rail) 880. Committee meetings, 24. PACKING MERGER IS NOW BEING DISCUSSED ..WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. Legal aspects .'of ' the proposed merger of the -Armour and Morris packing in terests, are under study by the De partment of Justice, it was learned today with a view of laying a com prehensive formal report before tha cabinet . at . an early meeting. Damage Done in Fire Fire did considerable damage to the (.residence-of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Thomas and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mor tont on Pollock street., early this morning. The upper- story of the building: was almost completely gut ted and'much damage was done to furniture.-. The firemen did some splendid - work in extinguishing the blaze. t PRESBYTERIAN" CHURCH TO HAVE .IiARGE BUDGET IX 192:1 - A .. i -- Atlantic City, N. J.r Nov. 23. The Presbyterian church will have a be nevolent budget of $15,000,000 for j 1923, 1 according to the decision' of the church's budget committee an- THURSDAY AFTERNOON, lb 1 MW . i Tribute American -Roosevelt Committee - meeting attendance, 738. - M."nS8' - demonstItlons' 12: Other meetings, S7; . attendance, 24,104. ; Farm visits, miscellaneous, 78.- Demonistration visits, miscellan eous 16. . - - -' Meetings ' held, miscellaneous, 15; attendance,' 3230, ' Seeds bought, 216 bushels. Orchards inspected, 5. Trees pruned, 162. Hogs vaccinated, 590. Hogs treated, 175. Visits to county by specialists, 102.. The above are the most important points in Mr. Lawton's . report. It shows conclusively that Craven coun ty is realizing ' splendid results through his work. There are few agents in North Carolina that- cau submit a better report than the one submitted above. ' f nounced today after three days of deliberation. This is an Increase of $500,000 over the last budget, but is less than 'was asked for by the va rious boards and agencies spending the money here and abroad. Df a TO AS A3 I BO V TOR A NAM-ON MY X M A3 U5T-T SCRATCH! IT OprwiTH tAY ; ANITA r I AAlll i i a.-i m NOVEMBER 23, 1922 Commissioners College Site Project At An Adjou rned Two Offers of Sites For College Have' Been Made. Dover Road Contracts Also Taken , Up At Today's Whether the present site of tle county. home shall be' donated as the location for a denominational college and whether the home ihall be moved to some other y point in the county is the ques- t;on being debated this after, at an adjourned meeting of tlie Craven County Board or , Com missioners. Other questions of int, v portancc are also up for consid eration. r , - .- ' " . . It 5s understood that two riea a-e being considered by those, interested f in" securing the college here. Senator I Simmons , has made an offer in this J I connection, stating that he would ' ive 25 or 40 - acres- of his land on ; the. Trent river as a site for the col- ' teire. nnff wnnld rinnato tpn' ari nf land to the Ghent Land Company for a park providing that Mr. McCarthy extended the street-car line to the'-col- lege, xnose wno are working to sec-f ure the college -here, however," seem j U sai dthat the- commissioners wil to.feel ithat .it should be located 'in a borrow $50,000 which will be place .more public p'ace and for. this ream one of the city banks as a guaranty son they appeared .before -the-county ' to the contractors who are1 doing thi commissioners this afternoon. - 1 road -work.- ; , f ''' ; ' - . '. - - t , Boat Line: Prbnibters Are ;; 1 Pleased With Prospects As a result of confevunc'es with aV "Of course there are always al large number of business men and ikinds of rumors floating' around con :hippers of New Bern, Leigh G. Hog-j kerning a proposition of this kind. , . . , , .. - : j i heard this morning that our project shire, and Captain-. J. S. Fulcher, of I was nnked up with the Norfolk Norfolk, who have been in the 'city I Southern railroad and .that , it : wa for the last two days, announced this j started for the purpose of checking afternoon that they had - reqeiyed j plans for a state-owned v boat 'line every encouragement and promise of . Needless to' say, ihere is nothing tc support that could be desired and I that they believed the .boat; line ' ! tween Norfolk and New Bern .and . i Washington would be an actual fact within a very short time. ' ' , The two men vri)l leave tnis af ternoon -for Kinston, where they go to interview the business -; men of that city. On, Saturday they will- go to Washington for a final conference with the shippers of that point. "There is no question but that thejments for wharfage that re entirelj business men of . New Bern , are anx ious to develop waterway transporta tion facilities," said Mr. Hogshire this afternoon to a representative of the Sun-Journal. "Captain Fulcher1 and I talked' to over fifty men yes terday and today. We are not asking for any guarantee or any pledge;.; all that we . desire is to know whether the men of your city desire aj boat line and whether they will support it. Representative Keller Is Ask ed To Furnish Statement . of Charges WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. The house judiciary committee adopted a resolution today, calling on Repre sentative Keller, republican, Minn to present by December 1 a statement of facts showing the alleged act or acts for which he had asked for. the impeachment of Attorney General Daugherty. , Mr. Keller fruther was requested to name as far as possible "the persons involved in each transaction, the time and place there of and the wit ness by whom such - facts could be established. The committee directed that Mr. Keller be notified at once of its action and would meet on Decem ber 4 to take up the charges. BLAME MANAGEMENT FOR THE MINE DISASTER IN PENNA. Barnesboro, Pa., Nov. 23. The management of the Reilly Colliers company, mine numbers one, at Span gler, was held responsible for gas explosion in the underground work ings on November 6, last, when 77 nient met death, in the coroner's jury's verdict returned here early to day. In conclusion, the verdict said "we further find the mine management responsible for the aforesaid explosion." Bill: FACE CHARGES Debating, Meeting Today Session of Board. t According to facts submitted at the meeting. H. Meadows also has madje.an offer to the commissioners. He has volunteered to donate a site for the county -4 home- across the Neuse river from New Bern and adJ fifteen acres of his land, adjacent tc the county home, providing that lo- 'cation. is selected for the college?, and the county commissioners relinquish control of the County home1 property y Thfr matter was discussed by the commissioners when they met 'short ly before noon. When they adjourned for lunch, however, no decision had been reached. At three' o'cloc k - this afternoon they met again' to .act on the proposition. Among the other matters to be tak en-"up at today's meeting .is a propo sition to bind the contracts let ,fo. work on the Dover road, which mat ter was the subject of warm) debate at a . recent session of tho hoarA. t any such report. I wouldn't even take be-Ithe trouble to deny It, were it no' "for the fact that some persons, hear ing it upon the streets,. might be in fiuenced by It. Hogshire Son & Com pany, in which I am -interested, - arc entirely independent. : We are , goinj into this proposition on'-'., our- owr hook. .. 1 .... - , "I maght also state that while wc were in New Bern we made arrange satisfactory. Over in Washington fhej have municipal docks, so there wil be no trouble there. We will go t Norfolk Sunday andexpect to an nounce a decision within a week o sO as to whether the boat line wil be operated or not. If we. decide tc entr into the matter, we Wn make arrangements so as to start the line in actual operation a week or ten days after our decision is reached." BLOW AT STILLS Big Raid Is Made Against the Liquor Traffic In Western Part of the State ASHEVILLE, ,N. , C. Nov. 23. Federal officials here today declared that the session of If. ' S." district court, now drawing to a close, '"has broken the back-oe" of illicit whis key nianufacture and selling in West ern North Carolina. Following a con certed drive by prohibition officers, deputy sheriffs and others during the past six months, about 500 defend ants were arrested. FINED FOR READING ALLEGED K. C. OATH BEEVILLE, Tex., A jury in the county court at George West, Liveoak county, yesterday, found W. J. Bugg, itinerant preacher, guilty of criminal libel and fined him $1000 in connection with reading an alleged bogus oath of the Knights of Columbus to his congregation last Easter Sunday. Bugg was conducting a tent re vival near George West at the time. The case was tried once be fore but the jury was unable to agree. Defense attorneys gave notice of an appeal. Officials Say That ' the List of Dead May Be In Excess of 80 Men. WORK ALL NIGHT Rescue Crews Continu ' ed Their Labors 4 In the Passages' of" , the Mine Today. ,w . hj . ( By Asscx iated. Press) ( BIK5UXGIIAM. Ala:,. Not.SS. . Eighty-iour, lives were lost and. 60 persons were injured as a re-, sn't of an accident, and explosion -yesterday An No. 3 coal mine of: ' the Woodhuid Iron Company, ac- . cording to a statement Issued to day at noon by Frank II Crook-.-. ard, president of the company.: 'Of the injured, 35 were removed ;, to their homes , and 25 were -in - - hospitals. Work, of identincation ? : 'at mai iiour nau jioi own cum-, spieled, hut it is believed- I bat., ,-here are - S8- wi.v-dead.;a-iV3" whites injured. v- V -L. V BIRMINGHAM, " A.la.,' . Nov. '23. Work of removing the Mlead -from - Dolomite Mine' '.Nov 3, of . . the Woodward Iron Company, in ' .-"-which. 475 men were: trappedti'by -, an explosion yesterday, was re- , -Ynewed w ith vigor by rescue crews . j. aided by undertakers'--assistants today after daylight. Company of- , - fitails estimated that the list of . dead might he ' increased from - ,83."-Checking of injured indicat-' :; ed' that the list of 6Q was approxi imatply- correct. Of " tlie known .. ' dead 35 men Avere -i' white , men, -while. about 80 per cent of the In- . jured are , negroes, according tor - company officials. " ' , . t ' " . : At; least fifty men, who are listed -n the casualties, were, either killeJ r injured when a train - of trip cars, tinning wild from the tipple, crash, ;d into the mine yard in the main -jntry. This accident caused, the snap ping of an electric . cable which in urn set ' off the dust Which resulted . nthe explosion. , , - ''-- . ; ' The concussion rocked the . earth -for miles around and ' occurred so .xearTy simultaneously with the ,acci-: lent' which produced it . that the y(: Xvas were not aware of ; what was lappening. . - As the first streaks of ,dawn swept the eastern sky,-' .weary . watchers about the pit appeared :to "gain new. nope . that missing loved' ones . might ie found, despite announcement that 'all the live persons'-1 had been re moved. White and black huddled, in the biting cold about the pit. Tots of .ender years stood through the long: night, watching with sad, but 1 eager . eyes every crew that emerged. I AR nil PARTY Lnuun i nin i DISSATISFIED Leader of the New Opposition ! rarty in tngiana . Aaives nis , Views on King's Message ' (By Associated Press) ,. LONDON. Nov. 23.rr-J. ' Ramsay McDonald. Laborite, assumed his new position as leader of - the-opposition in the House of Commons this : afternoon and in the , debate on the speech from the throne.i declared , that the statement in the King's ad--dress regarding unemplayment was profoundly unsatisfactory ' to Labor. -He said he' showed that the govern- ment had no real appreciation of a terrible tragedy. . . Mr. McDonald said the Labor par--ty had no interests in the ameliora-.. tive measures of the late government mentioned in the King's speech, but in the blunders- of that government which had created the condition from : which the country is suffering. . He called attention to the , fact that there are 3.300,000 unemplayed.. The Laborites. he said, propose to intro duce an amendment to the speech! j from .the throne t oshow what Labor would do to relieve the situation. He appealed to Premier Bonar Law o receive the delegation of unemplaved ' leaders who have been trying to &iia an audience for some days. .