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NEW BERN. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 21, 1922. PRICE FIVE CENTS r? IMS) I F?1 UJ n I! u - ft;'-'-, 11 Vi' . . . . . FOUNDED 1876 WW it IP ft nn I u " MIL J Mmfnons Urges New Line of Credit .ur-yU.01 Simmons And Norbeck Advocate Production Credits For , Farmers. AID IS NEEDED NOW North , Carolina Senator j Calls Attention To Exis tin - Conditions. .. ... (By Associated Press) VAtu.uiv.r Dec, zi. Aa- available to farmers -while mak- f tr "their crops under federal dl- ..' rectlon independent, of the pres- ; ent Pederar Reserve System and the Faitn Loan Bureau,, Senators r Norbeck, rrpublican, South Da - kota, and Stmmonsaemocrat. -- Nortfi ..CiiroTuiaappeared today- , r ..tee. They, explained features ' - cf the:. bTIs which they had in troduced to" provide snch credits,. and emphatically stated their op -' opisition to having loans on the; growing crops - administered by existing federal agencies. Senator Sim 91 ons declared farmers generally felt the Federal -.'Reserve System 'was inadequate to meet their needs and was having directed to meet demands other than those aris ing.from agriculture.. l. Estimating that .7 5 per cent of the- cotton grown in the South is produced by email farmers, Senator Simmons said the tenant farmers' poverty was so great' that he had to borrow money to plant his crop of cotton and could not accumulate e hough reserve capital to go into di versified : farming. The agricultural prosperity of the;South, he contend ed, is dependent upon the farmers getting .away. ; from . the one-crop method. ' . . r II I PRESCQH Word Received Kere Joday of Death of Former ' New Bern Citizen at Portsmouth. Word was received here today by J., K. Willis from . an undertaker in Portsmouth, Ya of the death of W. M. Prescott, formerly a citizen of New Bern. The cause of his death is not VrtAwn . . Jkfr.. PrescOtt's body will be sent to .-New- Bern , and funeral services will be held here; He was at one time employed 'by the , New Bern Lumber Company, and fas known to many local citizens. ".-.. . s SUDDENLY Graven County Club Boys And Girls Awarded Prizes i - , . . Christmas greetings in the form of $1 bank accounts to Craven County jClub boys and girls are being -sent out by Miss A. - M. Carter, home demon stration agent; J. G. Lawton, county agent, and C C. Kirkpatrick. execu , tive secretary. ' , The. details of the plan are ex , plained on the Christmas cards which are being cent to those members wl.o have -completed their work. -lThe cards read as follows: ; "Due to the'fact that our time at the Annual Meeting held in New Bern on November 18th . was taken up with other matters, we , did not have time - to ' arrange for the prizes that - were offered to all Club members who com pleted the year's work and submitted their reports. ,. .,. ; .V:v.' '- - The banks of iNew Bern have , all agreed to give- each, boy or irl who U.S. T B Y G Endeavoring ' To Get America To Uie ' Influence In Bring ing About Change WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. German -overtures . throuh informal channels for ; American intervention to obtain a revision of German reparations, re ported in London dispatches of the Associated Press, throws the first'def inite light on the memod by- which American influence ia being drawn in to .a new attempt at final adjustment of. the vexing reparations problem. . The next step to be looked for, ob viously,: is an indication of the French attitude on the German proposal that an American Economic Commis sion review Germany's present situa-t tion and' estimate her capacity to pay as a basis for a new reparations trea ty. . There . is reason to believe that previous government reports from Berlin are of a character to justify hope that if Franqe eh olald prove agreeable to the proposed plan for reparations . revision, no insurmount able obstacles would remain in the way. of an agreement as to the speci fic amount Germany could and would pay. ' ' A sumbMng block to such an agree ment,, up. to .this -time,' officials ,here and in Berlin are understood to have felt, has been- the lack of - a channel : tr informal preliminary exchange of views .between Berlin and Paris. Brit ish' agencies hardly could offer their services . as Great Britain is- too fully committeed ort reparations views in opposition to the French position to be effective in negotiations s in the Paris government. ; As the proposal, approved " by the Cuno government, . ii seen here,- it represents employment of American commercial and v governmental agen cies to : bring German and French views Into harmony. It is known that a-'view. takep.' in official quarters in Berlin that is sen unbiased reconsid eration of Germany's capacity to pay, would show figures ,to be not as re mote as might be expected from the lowest estimate of the French auther tiies as to what reimbursement they must receive from Germany .for dam ages inflicted during the war. i HERRI N RIOTING CASE IS STILL UNDERWAY ' Marison, 114. Dec. 2 1. The name of Hugh Willie, member of the Illi nois Mine Worker's Executive Beard, was brought int othe testimony today in the trial of , 5 men charged with murder in connection with the Her rln riots by . two state witnesses. Un der cross examination, ' however,- both witnesses said they would not be pos itive in their identification. ' V : . HOPING Tp CONFIRM - BUTLER ' AS JUSTICE WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Deter mined ' to obtain confirmation before Christmas recess of fhe , nomination of Pierce Butler, St. Paul attorney, to be 'an (Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, republican leaders moved an', executive seesion of the senate today within two ; hours af ter -that body convened. r The Turks should be allowed just about as- much territory as they want to allow the Armenians. , submitted . reports $1.00 as a reward for their work this .year. This $1.0C will be deposited in the name of the member as a savings account with the condition tha tyou add to it from time to time, during the coming yeai and that it must stay in the bank un til your balance is at least $ 5.00, and we hope you will be able to add much more to this Savings Account. This prize is awarded you for the interest you have taken in Club work, and wehope that each of you will follow, this suggestion of adding to this accunt as we want you to realize the importnce of starting early your relations with some bank. If you will -call at Bank sometime, before January 1st, 1923, and present this letter they will open thia accont with you and give you a Saving Account book so that you may add t othis from time totime. BEING IIS mWMMBM-nCMMMWmMIMWHMH MKm I Bill I i" ' .i -ii. - i it- - ., . . i i - 1 Mrs Huck Presides : -:5 .i.'.t. . . U ffi$ "III - T?1 ; V A. woman presided over the House of Representatives recently for the,; first ;Jtme in' history. Mrs. Winifred Mason Huck, Congresswoman at large from Illinois, wielded the gavel during the absence of Rep. Towner, who absented himself for a . -short time and designated Mrs. Huck as acting chairman. Mrs. Huck ia pictured here in the chairman's seat of tli e House. WILL CONTINUE WORK ON THE DOVER ROAD The county commissioners, accord ing to a statement made this morn ing by Chairman O. A. Kafer, do' not intend to sumarily halt the work on the Doir road vbut plan to give the people Of that section a good high way which will temporarily answer their needs. . ' "Or course we can't construct a boulevard of the type first planned," said 'Mr. Kafer, in discussing the sit uation, "bit we will continue the grading work and give the people of REVISA TION BE IDE BY BOA Secretary Weeks Appoints a Committee for General Examination - (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. A joint committee of -five reserve officers and five regular army officers has been appointed by Secretary Weeks to revise regulations of fhe Officers' Re serve Board in connection particu larly with questions of promotion, dual status of officers with both re serve and ; national board commis sions and also with reference to the examination of reserve officers for 3ommissIonsr as general officers. Lieutenant Colonel Harry K. Ward. Hamilton,- O., heads the reserve offi cers' committee group and represents he fifth' corps area. NAVAL BILL REPORTED TO THE, SENATE TODAY WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 The navy appropriation bill with the house provision, requesting the President to call another navy disarmament con ference to limit construct!. m of ves sels under 10,000 tons, was re c.ted today to the senate. ' Third party leaders should likewise realize that three's a crowcf when it comes to securing pie counter apportionments. Over Representatives that section a fairly good road at only a small proportion of the cost which was contemplated under the original contract. "In doing this, it is , the aim of the commissioners ,to salvage N a much as possible of the material which has been hauled and which was to have been used by the con tractors. In this manner, I believe that the county will actually lose but verv little a i-oonit f ii.- jthe contract for spending $300,000 or more on this road project." flliCHIf ; Ffl 'DIES IF! LIKE Divers Are Hunting For Bodies of Two Men Who Were Kidnaped in Louisiana (By Associated Fress) ME R ROUGE, La., Dec. 21 Search of the bottom of Lake Lafourche for the bodies of Watt Daniels and Thos. Richards, missing members of a party of five Merrouge citizens who were kidnapped by masked men on the night of August 2 4 while redlin ing from a good roads, meeting at Bastrop, will begin today by divers under the protection and with the se sistancn of a detachment of Company G, Louisiana national guards, vhich arrived here yesterday from Mon roe. The authorities and detectives. sent Iiorp several months ap:o to vestigate the disappearance of r in- '::n- lels and Richards, would riot affirm or deny reports that the bod Ms cf rne T wo men had been located. hut it way reported they had intimated that they had reason to believe that the hooded band which kidnapped the men killed them and threw their bodies into the lake. Alleged Murderer Nabbed Wilson, Dec. 21. Willie Baker alias Johnnie West, cousin of the notorious desperado, Lanin West, who was elec trocuted everal yeras ago, for the murder of Sheriff George W. Num. ford, is in custody at Laurinburg. LARGE SUM OF MONEY WILL BE PAID, BY THE ASSOCIATION -TO ITS MEMBERS THIS WEEK J. G. Lawton Receives Notice of Payments from General Manager of Cotton; Growers' Cooperative Members of the Cotton Growers' Cooperative Association will receive checks for their cotton this week, according to a telegram received here today by J. G. Lawton, county agent, from U. B. Blalock, general nlanager of the association. A large number of farmers in ; Craven and adjoining counties are members of -the association. The telegram reads as follaws: . . . "Releasing more than one: million dollars in checks to our members today. A million ' more will go forward tomor row and Friday. Approximately; another million will be dis tributed next week to' holder of mortgages and assignments. Delay caused by our' inability to grade c(otton and complete wareiiouse receipts on account of continuous cloudy weather." N!1S to m t- VISIT THERE Want Him As Head of Delega tion of Business Men To View German Conditions LONDOTS". Dec. 21. The request made by a German trade commission that a committee o American busi ness men, headed by Herbert Hoover visit Germany to undertake a thor ough survey of economic conditions that would be used as the "basis of a new reparations treaty was seen liere today as perhaps the starting : point of the flock of rumors as to Ameri can intervention m the reparations problem. Great Britain, it is semi-officially learned, has informed the American State Department of its consent to such a pian. The British government's message, sent in response to an in quiry 'from the United States, it was said, is expected to be followed by the assent of France to which the American government also communi cated the German suggestion. The proposal was made by 6. gov ernment commission, headed by Chancellor Curio, to the United States Chamber fo Commerce which in turn, is undentood to have asked Sec retray Hoover to present the plan at a cabinet meeting. This was done and the matter passed into the hands of Secretary Hughes. GtlA HOOVER TIME TO PAY YOUR SUBSCRIPTION Last summer when things were dull and money was scarce, we put a notice in the paper that we were going to carry every one not then able to pay their subscription until the Fall season. That season has come and gone and a large number of them have not come in and settled up. so we are again calling their attention to their delinquency and beg of them to pay up now as we need the money. We haie to do it, but we cannot carry these' on our books after the first of January, who are as much as three months in arrears, unless they call in and make some arrangements with us about carrying them. White paper is higher now than it was six months ago and we cannot continue to send papers out and not collect for them. Come in and pay up, and let the paper continue to you through the New Year. For tEe Farmers 3 nTHTTTT 7TH Association. NEW MEDICAL SCHOOL NOW IS PLONED Trinity And University May Reach An Agreement In Cooperative Plan RALEIGH, N. C, Dec. 21. The special committee, appointed to in vestigate the proposition of Dr. Wil liam P. Few, president of Trinity Col lege that the Durham institution and North Carolina University enter into an alliance for the construction, of a medical school at Durham and to re port in January, .was in session -here today. Dr. Few again outlined his propo sal during the , morning session and other matters, relating to, the sub ject, weee discussed.- No details .of the meeting were given put at the j noon recess. . . .-. f -.i .-.! A committee was appointed bv. the j Board of Trustees of the University, eeveral months ago to report on the advisability of establishing a medico school. At a meeting here yesterday Dr. Few offered a fund of $8,000,000, given by the Duke interests and John D. Rockefeller for the establish ment of a medical school at Durham with additional state support. No agreement was reached, owin. to contention that Trinity was a de nominational institution and the plan of operation with the state and its university was not practical and a committee appointed to further con sider the. proposition. Hedgecock Is Found Found Guilty of En tering False Account on the Books. TAKES AN APPEAL vvui joe rernuueu: io ". Remain!'? At Liberty Under A: Bbnd v of , -. ' v (By Associated Press . . i- GREENSBORO. N. C Dec.' fct. Three years In the state prison was the. sentence - Imposed by . Judge W. F. Harding upon BmsH Hedgecock, of nigh Poiut, 'ton- ' victed in Guilford county su-pe A rior court this morning of making ' V. -- fa'se entry In the account of ' M. J. Wreen, a depositor of . tlm , .. '- Home Banking Company of High .... Point when Hedgecock wns"TO.-b- - - icr of that institution.. . .. Notice of appeal; to the . Supreme, court was given, no additional .bond being, required since.-the .prisoner- a!-;r ready is under a $25,000 bond whicV was given . at the time he 'was Jirtt. charged with, having made the laleo.. entry last April. 1 - Tjhere are several counts charging", false entry but it was statedin court today that these would not be press- . ed. : One, charging Heugedoti. av:4 5 Will -Switzer with s conspiracy Uo av fraud-1 the bank will be heard -at the k January term of 'EUftetrior . couTt,, it .is?: t said. . . ' ,-' " ' ? In returning t its ''verdict thia mori- I ing the--jufy recorrfrfcerrded imercyjf J the court, i y I - UU.- i X , GREENSBORO, N. C, Dec. 21.: Basil -H. Hedgecock, . former-, cashjes of the Home Banking Company, - of ' High Point, was found guilty . - tbia morning of making a false entry n the accounts of II. J. Wrenn; one of . the dspositors cf the bank, the: jury . .. returning its verdifct shortly before noon after being out on the-case since late yesterday. '-' v- Sentence will be pronounced this f . afternoon, it is expected.. . ' The case against the banker grew ont of. an alleged shortage of funds,. riisfovprpfl in th TTis-h Point instftu-- tion when' the -bank's accounts wre . audited last April Uy examiners tint ' -der the direction of the State Bank ing Department. Charges were Tiled, against Hedgecock,--who was releas- ' ed under bond. N An alleged shortage of approxi-i.-mately $123,000 ' Is . Shown by the audit but the specific, count on which -,: the former- cashier-; was tried invelv . -i ed the false , entry in the Wrenn ac count of $10,000, which reduced the J savings, account of the depositor from $24,jr4.60- td $14,214,150.- ' The case began Monday at -e!vn ; o'clock, the taking of testimony being completed at 4 . o'clock Tuesday iid " arguments of the attprneys and the i judges charge followed, the Jury ie.. ceiving the case yesterday at livs o'clock. . . i MEXICAN PETROLEUM k SCORES BIG ADVANCE NEW YORK, Dec. 21. One of the; most sensational movements of the New Tork Stock Exchange Jn recent months took place today in the etoclt of the Mexican Petroleum, Company which advanced nearly 60 points in' less than three hours. l ' ' Arson Case ContlnaedT - Winston-Salem, Dec 21. Trial ot C .M.. Sawyer, charged with being an ;" accessory in the burning -last Octob er of the Montakue building on North Main street, was continued , until the January term of Forsyth '. Superior" court. . -
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