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Price, Five Cent the Copy
No. 2
TODAY PROMISES TO BE BIGGEST
DAY OE CALDWELL COUNTY FAIR
,
Hundreds Saw the Big Parade and Heard the Opening Ad
dress of Cameron Morrison Rain Yesterday Failed to Put
the Damper On Few Excel lent Exhibits Entertainment
Is Good, but the Airplane Is a Failure.
The weather yesterday failed to
put much of a damper on the Cald
well county fair and the crowds of
county folks attending the fair.
Tuesday and Wednesday were big
days, and today, the last day of the
fair, promises to be the biggest of all.
Tuesday was patriotic day, with
the big parade of veterans of three
wars the civil war, the Spanish
American war and the great world
war. Soldiers, sailors and marines
were in this parade. Almost every
division of the American armies
were represented, and there were
quite a number of Confederate vet
erans, who rode in cars and headed
the parade.
Following the parade, which form
ed uptown and marched to the fair
grounds, was the opening address, de
livered by Cameron Morrison of
Charlotte.
Mr. Morrison's address was direct
ed mainly to the soldiers of the three
wars, whose deeds of valor and ser
vice to their country were lauded by
the speaker. A portion of the ad
dress, however, was devoted to a re
view of the great progress of the
State of North Carolina which has
been made in the last two decades
and a vision for the future of the
State.
Mr. Morrison in the course, of his
address pictured the low estate of
North Carolina twenty years ago,
saying that among other things the
percentage of illiteracy among white
people was greater than that of any
ohter State in the union; that the
value of its agricultural crops was
one of the lowest in the entire re
public, and, per acre cultivated, the
very lowest.
He said that our death rate was
not only high, but much above the
average of our sister States, there
being no program of- health protec
tion worthy of the rmme. Our dirt
roads were as poor as any in the
United States. Our schools were in
adequate and inferior, while illiterate
negroes dominated the politics in 35
counties of our State. In every im
portant aspect of life, continued Mr.
Morrison, we were in a low stae of
progress.
He then told of how, about twenty
years ago, through processes and
leaderships he would not now men
tion, the State aroused itself from its
long sleep and good people almost
universally decided to put their
shoulders to the wheel and to lift
the Old North State from the shackles
of ignorance and old fogeyism which
had so long chained it, and to start
forward on a march upward and on--ward.
The speaker described the great
progress made in the past twenty
years, telling how rowdyism had
largely ceased, how the dark stigma
of illiteracy had been practically
wiped from our 'scutcheon, giving as
a concrete example, of the latter the
fact that we reduced illiteracy last
year by a greater percentage than
any other State in the union.
From this he passed on to the
progress made by the farmers, stating
that they were now on the very top
most pinnacle, and that our own Tar
Heel farmers made more according
to th eacreage planted than those of
any other State. In spite of any ad
verse criticism, he further asserted,
the North Carolina farmer had few
equals and absolutely no superiors in
the republic.
Here Mr. Morrison paused to paint
a picture of the North Carolina of
today, its miles and miles of good
roads, its large and ever increasing
number of manufactories; its efficient
"health department that had reduced
sickness and disease until we now
had one of the lowest death rates; of
the wonderful development of our
inland water courses with their more
than 500,000 horse power; the great
work being done to make navigable
our large rivers, and the wonderful
results of both, and, summing up the
a great things accomplished by the
State from the standpoint of its min
ing, manufacturing, commerc';'!,
farming and fishing interests.
In conclusion, Mr. Morrison told
of the vision he saw of North Caro
lina's future greatness, stressing the
mighty spirit of co-operation that
had existed and must continue to ex
ist in the hearts of her people, and
showing how in the past two decades
she had made more progress in every
line of importance and human en
deavor than any other set of people
on earth.
It was a passionate plea that the
speaker made for the continued pros
perity of our people, 'asking that all
men everywhere should cease to think
as shelfish merchants, manufacturers,
farmers or, laborers, or from the
standpoint of any class that they
might represent, but to think and act
as constructive statesmen and chari
table Christians, putting forth every
effort to do their share in the build
ing of the greatest democracy on
earth, laying aside all class hatred
and strife, which always tends to
canker and drive from the great
lieart of the State that splendid spirit
of Christian and patriotic brother-
AIMS OF NATION-WIDE EPISCO
PAL CHURCH CAMPAIGN
The nation-wire campaign is the
summoning-up of the Episcopal
Church's power for her fully under
stood and fully accepted spiritual
war. It is the calling into expression
through the 'church, for the sake of
the Kingdom of God, of the same in
telligence, the same skift efficiency,
the same high consecration, which the
j spirit of man and woman in America
i rose to at the challenge of the na
; tion's war.
For Christ's sake, and in His su
, preme cause, we must conserve and
put to spiritual use the magnificent
1 energies for idealistic action which
j the last two ytars have taught us to
! expect from the American spirit
j when a great cause is at stake.
In the months of the war all of us
men and women, boys and girls
felt a new pride in being citizens of
the United States. And the reason
for that was this: We were working,
were were giving, were were sacrific
ing together, for a common cause.
We loved the country more, because
i raor than ever before we were iden
! tifying our life with the country's
life. We loved because our hearts
were on fire with service.
So can it be also kith the church.
If we want to love the church
more, first we must see in the
church's spriitual adventure some
thing that thrills our best strength
into action. It is the first business of
the "nation-wide campaign" to make
us see that. It bids us consider what
the church is here for, what the
church i doing and what the church
ought to do, to the end that each sin
gle one of us may recognize the in
spiring bigness of the. church's duty
and in the midst of it see the partic
ular chance of which we say, "Here
is the thing for me to do."
"It is to clear our vision, to survey
the situation, to develop our re
sources, to co-ordinate and mass our
efforts, to meet our responsibilities,
to enjoy our heritage as a church,
that the nation-wide campaign aims."
Bishop Brent.
SENATOR REED EGGED FROM
ARDMORE STAGE
United States Senator James A.
Reed was egged from the stag; at
Ardmore. Okla., last week as he was
being introduced by the mayor in
preparation for his speech against
the treaty and league of nations. As
Senator Reed came on the stage al!
light wires to the building were cut.
Pandemonium broke loose and cries
of derision howled him down, while
the audience surged upon the stage.
Reed attempted to hold the floor for a
few minutes but was forced to make
his exit without beginning his speech.
Ardmore citizens in mass meeting
a few days before had sent a tele
gram to Senator Reed demanding
that he cancel his speaking date .
Although several officials declared
at Ardmore that an investigation
should be made and those guilty of
participating punished, they pointed
out that as the egg-throwing took
place after the light wires had been
cut and the building was in darkness
it would be virtually impossible to
identify the persons who took part.
RAILWAY STRIKE IN ENGLAND
HAS BEEN ENDED
With dramatic suddenness in the
quiet of the London Sunday after
noon it was announced that the great
railway strike on English railways,
which appeared to have brought the
country almost to the brink of revo
lution, was settled, and that the strik
ers would resume work as quickly as
possible. The terms of the settle
ment are in the nature, of a compro
mise and are as follows:
First. Work shall be resumed im
mediately. Second. Negotiations will be re
sumed on the understanding that
they shall be completed before the
end of the year.
Third. Wages will be stabilized at
the present level until Sept. 30, 1920,
and a tany time after Aug. 1 they
may be renewed in the light of cir
cumstances then existing.
Fourth. No adult- railwaymen in
Great Britain shall receive less than
51 shillings per week while the cots
of living is 110 per cent above the
pre-war level.
Fifth. The railway union agrees
that their men will, work harmonious
ly with the men who returned to work
or who remained at work during the
strike. Nor shall there be any vic
timization of strikers.
Sixth. Arrears of wages will be
paid on rseumption of work.
hood with which it has been domi
nated for the past wenty years.
Th eexhitats at the fair cannot be
called anything great so far as num
bers go. The few exhibits displayed
are good. Some of them are excel
lent. The live stock and swine ex
hibits are better than at any former
fair. This particular department
makes a much better showing than
that of the farm crops.
OMAAHA IS SCENE v A FRENZIED
RIOT; TRIED TO HANG MAYOR
A lynching, which developed many
characteristics of a race riot, held
Omaha, Neb., terrorized for nine
hours Sunday. The rijt centered
about the new county courthouse
building, which was set on fire in the
efforts to reach William Brown, who
was charged with assaulting a young
white girl a few days before. With
the flames mounting steadily from
floor to floor, Sheriff Mike Clark and
his deputies fought a grim battle of
hours to save Brown from those who
clamored for his life, but at 11
o'clock, with the cries of the 100 or
more prisoners on the top floor the
jail floor ringing in his ears, he was
compelled to surrender the prisoner,
who was hustled to an electric light
pole and hanged.
The mob spirit began to manifest
itself during the afternoon, but it
was not until a gun store had been
looted that the sheriff considered the
situation serious. He swore in extra
deputies and also brought in some po
lice in uniform, determined that the
law should take its course despite the
atrocity of the crime charged against
the negro. By dark the streets in the
vicinity of the courthouse were block
ed for several squares. Chief of Po
lice Eberstein mounted a box and at
tempted to address the crowd, but
was unable to make himself heard
and only with difficulty made his own
escape. It was at this this that the
mob began breaking windows in the
courthouse and shortly afterwards
the cry of "fire" was heard.
Troops started from both Fort
Omaha and Fort Crook at 11 o'clock.
Before they could reach the city a
patrol wagon was stopped by the
mob, overturned and burned. The
mob appeared to be bent on still more
depredations.
An abortive attempt was made to
lynca Mayor Ed P. Smith when he
appeared to appeal to the mob. Al
though reports are conflicting, it is
known that a rope was thrown
around his neck. A policeman cut it
off before the mob could accomplish
its purpose. The mayor wa3 carried
out unconscious by a squad of police
and hurried to the office of a surgeon.
Later reports from Omaha say that
with 800 troops from Forts Omaha
and Crook, Neb., and Camp Dodge,
Iowa, on riot duty and 500 more sol
diers due to arrive later, the city of
ficials were confident there would be
no further outbreak of the race riot
ing, which resulted in the death of
two persons, injuries to several score
! others, an attempt to lynch Mayor
j h. P. Smith, who is still in a hospital
suffering .from injuries, and partial
destruction by fire of the county
, courthouse. The troops have machine
guns ready to put into use if neces
1 sary.
STATE SANITARY INSPECTORS
ARE SELECTED
The State board of health, bureau
of sanitary engineering and inspec
tion, announces the selection of nine
men as sanitary inspectors, for the
purpose of administering the State
sanitary law which went into effect
Oct. 1. The men appointed are as
follows: L. A. Allen, Tigh Point; H.
M. Fowlkes, Rockingham; Claud Hus
sey, High Point; H. G. Blackwell,
Wake Forest; T. G. Moseley, Raleigh;
W. J. Steele, Salisbury; A. M. Sur
ratt, Denton; L. G. Whitley, Elm
City; G. E. Hapgood, Fall River,
Mass. The State has been districted
and one of the above men will be
placed in charge of each district of
approximately ten counties. One
district yet remains to be supplied
with an inspector.
ONE-FIFTH OF POPULATION OF
SERBIA DIE DURING WAR
One-fifth of the population of Ser
bia, or about 800,000 persons, per
ished from all causes during the war.
Typhus alone claimed about 300,000
of these. No figures have yet been
furnished by the Serbian war depart
ment as to the number of deaths in
the army. It is known that the total
number of men mobilized was 700,
000. Of this number 300,000 were
combatant troops and 400,000 were
used in various auxiliary services.
About 100,000' Serbians were intern
ed in Bulgaria during the war, and of
these about one-half are believed to
have perished, according to the re
ports of the inter-allied commission.
FARMERS DECIDE TO SUE FER
TILIZER COMPANIES
At a mass meeting held in the
courthouse at Dobson, Surry county,
last week, attended by upwards of
500 farmers, definite plans were ar
rived at by which suits will be insti
tuted against some of the companies
from which fanners procured the fer
tilizer for the crops grown the past
season.
Ever since early spring numerous
complaints have arisen in regard to
the lack of growth shown by the va
rious crops, but more especially to
bacco. As the season advanced the
effect became more noticeable and
complaints more general. Finally,
farmers in the various communities
began holding meetings and local or
ganizations were perfected. Samples
of fertilizers were placed with chem
ists for analysis and the presence of
boral in some brands of fertilizer
that has been on the market gave a
basis upon which legal action was de
cided upon. At the meeting an exec
utive committee with a chairman for
the county was chosen. About 700
was subscribed,, paid in and placed
at the disposal of the finance com
mittee Attorneys have been retained
to prosecute the actions and the out
come of the trial is awaited with interest.
ARKANSAS NEGROES PLANNED
A GENERAL SLAUGHTER
That organized negroes of south
ern Phillips county, Arkansas, had
planned a eeneral slaughter of white
definitely revealed at Helena Sunday
by authorized investigators of the
disturbances of last week in that sec
tion. According to these authorities
the plot included a widespread upris
ing in the event certain demands
were not met. With Monday set as
the day for the uprising negro pris
oners are said to have confessed that
each member of the organization at
specified places was to have picked a
bale of cotton by that date, take the
cotton to certain prominent land
owners, plantation managers and
merchants and "demand a settle
ment." The confessions, as an
nounced, made it appear to the in
vestigators that without further ado
following this demand the blacks
were to shoot down all whites in
sight. A list of 21 names, admitted
to represent the men to whom the
demand would be placed, is in the
hands of the investigating commit
tee. Killing of these 21, the prison-
! ers said, was to be the signal for all
! members of the organization to at
tack the white popahutonshrdluDfU
tack the white population. An exten
sive courier system was explained in
the evidence providing for messen
gers known to be negroes as "Paul
Reveres." These couriers had been
duly appointed to ride into all parts
of the territory, according to the tes
timony, and summon members to
arms. The organization concerned
was declared to be the local lodge of
the Progressive Farmers and House
hold Union of America, confiscated
literature of which designates Wash
ington, D. C, as national headquar
ters, with state offices at Winches
ter, Ark.
"We've just begun," was the pass
word of the uprising, the negroes
told the investigators. This pass
word and the "Paul Revere" couriers
were confessed to have been employ
ed last Tuesday night and Wednes
day morning in summoning blacks to
Hoop Spur, 18 miles south of Helena,
after W. A. Adkins, special agent of
the Missouri Pacific railroad, had
been killed and Charles Pratt, depu
ty sheriff, had been wounded.
The confessions were taken to ex
plain the rapidity with which armed
blacks were assembled at Hoop Spur
.and the neighboring town of Elaine
following the incident. The state
ments added that at the time Adkins
was killed there were 150 negroes in
the church at the scene of the shoot
ing. Some of these were women, it
was said, carrying automatic revolv
ers in their stockings.
Questioned about their supply of
shotguns, rifles and ammunition, the
negroes declared that they often had
been advised by speakers always to
"keep their racks full," and "if your
rack is not full fill it now."
Fifty thousand rounds of ammuni
tion was discovered in the Branch
Normal school at Pine Bluff, accord
ing to a telephone message received
at Helena from the mayor of that
city. The institution is a negro
school maintained toy the state. This
report and evidence found locally
lead authorities to believe the con
templated uprising was of more than
a local nature.
Members of the investigating com
mittee declared there is every evi
dence that mercenary individuals
have been inciting the negroes in the
name of the Federal government.
Among other things, it was stated,
they were led to believe a part of the
government at Washington upheld
them in arming and organizing
against the whites, that a large tem
ple and armories were to be erected
at Washington for the convening of
their "congress" and for Federal
training of 3,000 soOdiers to protect
them in their uprising.
Much of the evidence is known to
be directed in an effort to establish
conclusively connection of white men
with the agitation, and there is said
to be strong indications of such a re
lation. Only two whites are in cus
tody following the week's disorders.
FRENCH UNWILLING TO TRADE,
BUT THEY NEED THE MONEY
The impending resumption of com
mercial relations with the enemy of
yesterday is causing the French pub
lic at large a good deal of misgiving.
Many would keep the Germans out
at all cost, but cooler heads realize
that France cannot afford to close the
door upon a customer of a billion
francs annually. There is, however
a fairly unanimous feeling that if
the German is to come back to
France he must come back in some
recognizable shape and not disguised
as too often before.
Incidents such as the following do
not serve to put the public mind at
ease: A woman of good social stand
ing of Lille recognized recently, in
the person of a cashier in one of the
big department stores of Paris, a for
mer German officer. She had good
reason to remember him as one of
the invaders who had been quartered
upon her home, in Lille. Challenged
as to his identity, the man stoutly de
nied his Teutonic nationality. He
i spoke French perfectly; his papers
were to all appearances in order, and
the. accuser at first found scant
I credence on the part of the manage
ment. Then she remembered that
the man had once boastfully exhibit
ed his arm on which the portrait of
the former German emperor was tat
tooed. The cashier-officer was dis
missed and the newspapers are now
1 demanding that employers shall be
: held responsible for the civil status
j of their employes.
I CLOCKS WILL BE TURNED
I BACK LAST SUNDAY IN
j OCTOBER
I General uncertainty as to when
the clocks of the nation may be
turned back and daylight saving
abolished seems to have resulted
from the recent action of Con
gress in repealing the daylight
saving act. In answer to numer
ous inquiries officials have point
ed out that clocks may not be
turned back until the last Sunday
in October, or October 26, at
1 a.m.
SOME NEWS FROM BOONE AND
WATAUGA COUNTY
Miss Carrie Coffey has returned
from a few days' visit to friends in
Lenoir.
A Mr. Frick, from some point in
South Carolina, was in Watauga the
first of the week buying work cattle
for a big lumber concern. He bought
four yokes, paying as high as $300
per pair for them. Mr. W. L. Haynes
will drive them to Lenoir and ship
them to their destination from that
point.
M. B. Blackburn is having a liberal
slice cut from his large barn to pro
vide room for an extension of the
railway into his property. The coun
ty barn is also on the survey and
will, we suppose, be razed to make
room for the rapidly revolving wheels
of progress in this corner of the
woods.
The Boone and Blowing Rock Light
and Power Company has been char
tered with an authorized capital of
$50,000, $1,400 of which has been
paid in. The plant will be located
on Boone's Fork and will furnish
lights for Shull's Mills, Valle Crucis,
Blowing Rock and Boone.
The light crop of cabbage and po
tatoes in Watauga is being marketed
quite rapidly, and the price being re
ceived is possibly the highest ever re
ceived by our farmers. For instance,
a short while since a son of Mr.
George Hayes of Sands started to
market with a load of cabbage, went
as far as Blowing Rock, sold his load
at 2 cents per pound and returned
home the same day. In the past many
Watauga cabbage have been hauled
as far down as Hickory for the small
pittance of 40 cents per hundred.
Last Saturday night Mrs. David
Horton of Valle Crucis was returning
from a trip up Cove Creek in a bug
gy, and her son, Sam, in a Ford car,
with Mrs. Lou Parlier and Miss Edith
Bingham, was driving in the opposite
direction on their way to church.
Mrs. Horton waved a lantern when
she saw the car approaching and was
turning her horse to the side of the
road when the car crashed into the
buggy and almost demolished it,
turning turtle itself, throwing Mrs.
Parlier clear of the wreck but catch
ing Sam and Miss Bingham under it.
Miss Bingham was slightly hurt, but
the others scaped practically unin
jured. As soon as the young man
could extricate himself he rushed to
the wrecked buggy, to find his moth
er badly hurt, having been thrown
some distance when the crash came.
No bones were broken, the worst in
jury being to her back. She is still
confined to her bed, but it is hoped
that the worst is over, and that she
may soon recover.
EXPECT HICKORY TO OUTSTRIP
ALL OTHER TOWNS
A sharp rivalry is developing be
tween several towns in their efforts
to raise $300,000 for Lenoir College.
The figures have just been gone over
by the finance committee and, so far,
aside from the $100,000 given by Mr.
D. E. Rhyne, Belmon tis in the lead
with $20,000. Cherrwille stands
second with $15,000. Mt. Holly is
close upon Cherryville with $14,000,
and King's Mountain follows with
$13,000. Interesting developments
are expected soon at King's Moun
tain, however, and the race will be
come even more, lively.
At a meeting of the finance com
mittee a few nights ago most encour
aging reports were made, and final
arrangements were made for the big
drive in all of the congregations. This
drive will begin Oct. 19 and close
on the 31st.
Final plans ar ealso being made for
Hickory, and the canvass in the home
town of the college will be begun in a
very short time. Of course Hickory
is expected to outstrip all of the other
communities in the fight.
A BILL TO GIVE DISCHARGED
SOLDIERS MORE PAY
A bill is before the ways and means
committee of Congress, recently in
troduced by Representative Weaver,
providing for additional pay for dis
charged soldiers. The bill provides
for $30 additional per month for the
time of service not exceeding a total
of one year. It is estimated the av
erage service of the soldiers is about
ten months. The committee now has
the. bill under consideration and will
soon make a report. Mr. Weaver has
hopes that either his bill or one simi
lar to it will be reported.
FRENCH CALL THEM "PROFIT
EERS OF DEATH"
There is bitter feeling throughout
France owing to the exorbitant prices
demandeu by some of the inhabitants
of the war zone for the exhumation
ofg the bodies of soldiers who have
fallen of the battlefields of northern
Franceff and their transportation to
the nearest railway station. "The
groflteers of death," they are called,
esides exacting stupendous prices,
tbe self-appointed undertakers show
little consideration for the precious
burdens which they convey.
TAXES REDUCED IF PI
BEFORE DECEMBER FIRST
During the Month of December tke
Amount Is Net and One Per
Cent Is Added for Each
Month Thereafter
Taxpayers who pay their taxes be
fore Dec. 1 will save 1 per cent of
the total amount, according to the
new revaluation act. For instance,
if you pay before Dec. 1 the sheriff
is required to deduct 1 per cent from
the amount of your taxes, or if you
wait until December to pay the full
amount will be required of you, and
for every month you wait after Jan.
1 one per cent will be added to the
amount of your taxes.
The section of the law relating to -the
above subject is printed below:
"Section 88. All taxes shall be due
on the first Monday in October in
each year, and on all taxes paid in
the months of October and November
a discount shall be given to the tax
payer of one per cent. All taxes
paid in the month of December shall
be paid at the net amount charged,
and from and after the first day of
January a penalty of one per cent per
month shall be charged and collected
by the sheriff or tax collector; that
is to say, that on all taxes paid in the
month of January, after the first day
of January, a penalty of one per cent
shall be added on the taxes paid, and
in the month of February a penalty
of two per cent shall be added, and
an additional penalty of one per cent
for each additional month of delay
in settlement of same. Upon all taxes
paid into the State treasury and
upon all county taxes paid into the
county treasury by any sheriff or tax
collector on or before the fifth day
of December the State auditor and
county treasurer shall credit against
the total amount of taxes charged
against any such sheriff or tax col
lector a discount of one per cent,
and upon all payments into the State
treasury and upon all county taxes
paid into the county treasury by the
sheriff or tax collector between the
fifth day of December and the fifth
day of January payments shall be
credited at the net amount of such
payments. Upon all taxes charged
against any such sheriff or tax sol
lector and remaining unpaid on the
fifth day of January a penalty of one
per cent shall be added, and an addi
tional penalty of one per cent shall
be added to so much of said taxes as
remain charged against suc 'heriff
or tax collector and unpaid on the
fifth day of each succeeding month
thereafter until paid. Any provisions
in any local act prescribing a differ
ent schedule of discounts and penal
ties than that provided here, is here
by repealed. The sheriff or tax col
lector shall note on the tax duplicate
against he name of the party the
date of payment and the. amount
paid. He shall also give receipt to
the parties, stating the amount of
the State and county tax separately,
and the date of the payment; and
for failure to give such receipt, stat
ing the State and county tax sepa
rately, he shall be guilty of a mis
demeanor and on conviction shall be
fined at the discretion of the court;
provided, the sheriff or tax collector
shall not collect the taxes for any
one year until he shall have settled
in full with the State and county for
the taxes due the previous years (if
he was sheriff or tax collector) and
given the bonds required by law; and
if upon examination the commission
ers are not satisfied with the solvency
of the surety to said bonds they may
require pew bonds to be given. The
sheriff or tax collecting officer shaH
produce receipts for the. State and
county taxes for the previous year,
if he was sheriff or tax collector, be
fore receiving the tax duplicate from
the board of commissioners and in
the event the sheriff fails to produce
the aforesaid receipts or give the
required bond the board of commis
sioners shall appoint a tax collector
who shall give bond as required of
the sheriff to faithfully collect any
pay over the taxes according to law.
When the sheriff shall collect by his
deputies they shall, before the clerk
of the board of commissioners, or be
fore a justice of the peace of the
county, take and subscribe on oath
faithfully and honestly to account
for the same. Said oath shall be
filed with the register of deeds and
kept in the office of the board of
commissioners', and forf failure of
any deputy sheriff to pay over such
taxes as he may collect he shall be
guiltly of a misdemeanor."
BELGIAN KING HERE TO VOICE
HIS GRATITUDE
The king and queen of the Bel
gians, with Prince Leopold, heir ap
parent to the throne, reached New
York Thursday night of . last week.
They have come, as his majesty ex
pressed it, to voice their gratitude
and that of their people for the gen
erous aid given them by this country
in years of direst need when their na
tion was threatened with extermina
tion. The Belgian rpyalty were
given the official ireedom of the
United States by Vice-President
Marshall when they stepped ashore
from the transport George Washing
ton, i
Because of the illness of President
Wilson King Albert has decided to
cancel all of his engagements In con
nection with his tour of the United
States after those in Boston and Buf
falo and up to Oct. 14. Frmo Buf
falo the royal visitor will go to some
point in California. .