North Carolina Newspapers

Hliii ! The Concord Daily Tribune 2 t TED TODAVS NEWS TODAY. PR DISPATCHER f VOLUME XXII CONCORD. N. C, TUESDAY. JANUARY 2, 1923. -. f, ft m I GENERAL ASSEMBLY Both Parties Will Hold Cau cus Tonight and Decide Who is to Get the Various Positions Offered. MISS ROSA MUND IN HARD FIGHT Concord Woman is Seeking Job of Engrossing Clerk in House Other Hard Fights Are Expected. ( Ik AHMltM Preaa.) Rulelgh, J 11 11 2 With nil thi prtn clpal leader of tin- two panics In Itiilelgh. can. uses h-heduleil for to night will mmatnaa raadtdate tor elective pliui'K. ill the llenenil Assem bly, nuil leave lint the fm-maliiles of ratification when the Itiw makers con vene in hi-ennial wwlmi tomorrow nl niMin. Tin- Democrat, who have complete control of Mth assembly branchi1. lire cxMVted to noinltiiite Jtdm (1. Dawson, of Klnston. us sieukcr of the House, nnd V. Lunsford I .out. of Halifax n President priKenire of the Senate. The nine republicans of the llous will put up Chns. H. Cowles, of Wilkis, iik minority lender, white party members in the Semite will select tfure Huy tuore for the mate duties in that lirnnch, according to pmlictlons made I Or lenders todny. Ifhliip ('. t'lK-ke. of Axhevllle. and Ceell h, KiouKhlon. of Troy, are the two contt'xtiiiK camlldatex for rnmiitiK clerk of the Senate, both claUnlntt elei'tion. One of the uiowt excltintt raeon is that between Miss llosa Mngd, of Concord, and litis P. Shell, of Dur ham, for the onjfrosstnK clerkship of the I!, m sr. Col. l'eter McWilllatus of Wake, and General tireene. of (lotlfatd are oppos ing each other for Ihe jmisI of Ser Keant at Anns in the House. VP. 1). t:aster, of ("ninhorlnntl, is askiuK foy the Sergeant at Anus psoitlon In Ihe Senate. Frank II. Ilackett, of North Wllkeslsiro, and Aleck Uissiter are nn opposeil for the principal clerkship of ihe Senate nnd House reseetivel.v. ) . North llenilersoii Men Organize. rwKR!d.wi- who are "determined to tniti over new leaf, and make our community a more law abiding place in which to live," will be completed tomorrow night at a meeting to be held in n lo cal church. "We, the undersigned men of North Henderson." the announcement reads, "have organised n dub for the up building of onr community, and would be glad to have all men interested whose names , do not appear here to join us at 0W ''' meeting Tuesday night, at North Henderson Methodist Kplscopnl church, seven o'clock, Jan uary 2. 1023. All the names below to firmly stand for the right." The officials and mem Iters of the or ganisation are T. K. Hooker, presi dent; I. T. Clayton, vice-president; W. I. Baker, secretary.; S. B. lingers, treasurer; I'. Lowery, Justice of "peace, B. f. Murphy, deputy sheriff; E. 0. Ueants, deputy sheriff; J. W. Knight, I. C. Hight, M. G. I'roffltt. C. G. Iester, S. E. Butrie, T. H. Strange. I). G. Williams, B. E. Huffman, G. I.. Booker, B. U Jenkins, Jessie Hale, K. H. Baker, Martin Fletcher, W. I). Avsue, W. A. Bartholomew, G. A. I'ioffitt, O. H. I'liirish, C S. Strange, Bev. G. t. Whltehiust. John S. Boys ter, sheriff ; H. B. Ellis, deputy sheriff. Reception at McLean Home in Lunv berton a Large Affair. Ltimberton, Jan. 1 .Approximately WK) people, representing all parts of the county called at the home of Mr. and Mrs - A. W. Mcl-ejan here this af ternoon between the. hours of 3 and (I o'clock to meet Governor Morrison. The New Year rat-eptlon given by Mr. and Mrs. Mclean in honor of the gov ernor and hip' daughter. Miss Angella, was an informal ifffair, but one. of the most elaborate ever given in l.nm- lieilon. The McLean home was ar tistically decorated and refreshments were served the. many visitors. Out- of-town callers werev heard to remark that Lumberton should feel honored by having "lioth the present governor and the next governor of North Carolina" in town for New Year day. The gov ernor and his-daughter left Ciiiubertoii at 7 p. m. in an automobile for Balelgh after lielng guests in tnc Mctean nomc since Saturday evening. find killed and Two others Hnrt in Automobile Wreck, Salisbury, Md., Jan. 1. DouTas Mapp, 39, salesman for a tire concern on the eastern shore of Maryland an In Virginia for several years, wtA killed, and three others injured, two probably fatally, yesterday when wi automobile In which they were riding struck a telephone po.e ami turned turtle. " The Injnrcd arc: Mrs. Douglas Mupp. fractured skull and broken leg; Mrs. Alexander T. Grier. crushed Mbreaat and Internal Injuries, and Al exander Grier, alight bruises. All are reslden'a of this place. " Funeral services were conducted for Mapp today, and h's body wl'I to snip ped to this olty, his former home, tor. turlal. Mrs. W. A. Foil, Treasurer of the Chimes Fund of the War Mothers, states that so far $1,436.82 has been raised for the Chimes. The money is t interest in a local hank, Mrs. Foil ted. . ixenvxy cmmtlfi jurivirs. Clara Phillips in West (Hi Ik AMtaH rim Laa A if It. Jan. 2 Hnnml tUwrch for Mm. curt Phillip, b miner mnrrierv." mho x jprd from the Uw Aiifele rcuaty jail IhihUt i, f triad today amand a n ( found abnul 100 1 from a abta la a lonelj on Ten near lw Angele where, sheriff- deptnles .Inland lain, night, they were i-onvinced she had lild iMi for ai Warn four dura utter Ju l broking. The note. weighted down by a rnrfc. and partly mnfOiHl In hroh on n trill h-tutlng to Hip iiildn wild: Cara: 'ill iv v'i Wnlncwlay. POINCARE OFFERS REPARATIONS PLAN i French Premier Offers to Re-; duee Reparations to 50 Bil- j HOn Mlll'ks. PnrlM .Inn ' i Itv ii,,. Asso-biiiil I'nusi Premier Pidnvare, nf Franre, offereil at loilay's confeience of Hie iillieil leaders a proosal for a redac tion of Gerautn rew nit ions to IUi.IMMI, i ii hi.ihhi gold marks. The Krench plan offers a two year moiatoriuin. but II exacts productive guarantees to insure resumption of the payments Inter by Ihe Germans. L'ader the Krench plan tlie Class (' lxinils Would Ik- used to extinguish the later-allied debts. 1'aris. .Inn. '2. I By the Associated Press) -Prime Minister Bonur Law and l'rlinier Pnineare Hiseared to Is-larthei- aiarl in the opening session of the 'reparations conference today lUnn they were at the end of the Lonoon meeting in Decomlicr. Each iresentiMl the carefully considered plans or ineir respective governments, and these were bctn studied this evening In oiormpariBon with fhe (J iKiiU plan, which endeavors to reconcile the two extremes. M. I'oincare announced lo the con ference that the French government would agree to scale down Germany's repiinllons to ftfiy billion god marks. subject to aeveral lim.tatlons. WANT BENCH WARRANT FOR LINCOLN HKI'l'TA' Solicitor Hulfinan Asks Harding to Bring Baxter to Charlotte for Trial. Charlotte, Jan. 1.- A bench warrant will lie Issued by Judge W. F. Harding, at the veqnesl of Solicitor It. L. Hufl' mttii, compelling Deputy Baxter, of irn - Pn-f!if5- netting fi? which n.-1 will lie charged with the. murder of Fred Allison, young Charlotte me chanic. Solicitor Huffman announced that a bench warrant would supersede the warrant issued at his instance Satur day returnable before a Lincoln coun ty magistrate nnd will be, issued as a result of Information which Solicitor Huffman secured after reaching Char Uitle fsoni Ed Hwons and Jim Craig. Allison's eouipaions on the night of Ihe shooting. Solicitor Huffman declared that he did not expect to prosecute Owens and Craig on the charge of transporting liqnor by reason of whatever testi mony they would, make landing to throw light on exactly what happened when Ihe car in which they and Fred Allison were riding was stopped by Deputies Baxter nnd Scott Miller. The two Charlotte men have not made any authorized statements and Solici tor Huffman said that whatever they told him would be reduced to affidavit form for use in the. prosecution of Jiaxter, against whom a warrant has already been Issued. There was he-ird strong whispering reflecting upon conduct and official ac tions of Deputy Baxtory especially in his relations with rum-runners. So licitor Hucmnu admitted in his rooms at a local hotel this afternoon. Solicitor Huffman went to Lincoln- ton tonight to confer with . C. Fefnuter and make arrangements for postponing preliminary hearing Of Baxter which has heen set for 10 o'clock Tuesday morning at Hint place. Dentil and Burial of Junius Hoke Kirkard. Junius Hoke Hlekurd was born Sep- temlier 29. 1N97. nnd died December 24. 1922, aged 2o years, 2 months and 16 days. A little more than a year ago he went to n sanatorium nt Albu querque, New Mexico, in the hope of the recovery of his health from the fa tal disease which finally claimed him. His body was returned home to his patents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Iticknnl, China Grove, reaching there on Saturday morning, December 30, 1922, on train No. 11. (In Sunday morning following, -the funeral services were held in Lutheran ('Impel Church, of which he had been a faithful member. The services were conducted by his pastor. Uev. C A. Brown, assisted by Uev. C. P. Fisher, in the presence of an unusually large concourse of sym jiathisdng relatives and friends, after which the Ik sly was laid t rest In Greenlnwii cemetery. Hoke wns o most excellent young man and was held In high esteem by all who knew him. He leaves to mourn his death a do voted father and mother, two broth ers', Elmer and Frank, and a very large circle of friends and relatives. X. Tin Can Tourists of the World to Con vene. Tatmpa, Fla., Jan. 1. More than 3, 000 tin canners, tourists who travel in automobiles, are exipected to attend the fourth annual convention of the Tin Can Tourlsta ot the World which be gins at Desoto Park here Monday night, to he continued all the week. G. M. Trematne. of Ftedonla, N. Y., Royal Tin Can Openar, will preslda at the sessions. For God' aakr he careful." The uie-age was written in a BM rtiUne hnd, oo the m.ircln af a tv-w-rape.r. and onVtrn 9y rhey regard It a aathrailr. It wa announced foa Die sheriff otfc-c that Armour 1 re I'h'llip', aiitr. dire-.' huatand hud purchased fro leriik at a store near the cabin f"r foilr dnyi iftcr lier rcnpi-, and another man had called lot I hr-ni and prenim aldy delireTnl tlH nt the cabin. A request ionint" of Phillips wa jilaiineil. the olticcis said. DftlE FLYER DERAILED SIX MILK! FROM MACON Two Rnrsons Were Seriously Injured and Seven Others Hurt in Wreck. a. h.i v.i ftj- AZ ers hurt when the INxte Klver. norlh- IhiiuiiI. .iiicksoiiville to Chicn"o, was derailed, six miles west of Macon near Rivoll, litis .morning nt 11:13. Sev eral of the Injured were brought to a local hospital where their Injnriof were treativl. The two day coaches, one sleeper, and Ihe dining car, were disconnected from the other cars, nnd plunged down n I.Vfoot embankment. The in jured wer taken to the Oglethorpe private Innrmary. Those described ns seriously hurt are; Mrs. J. A. Kitchens. Sylvester, , Ga. Waycross. (In. and .lack Faulkner. ALFRRD K. SMITH TAKES OATH AS GOVERNOR Downpour of Rain Prevents Great Throng From Seeing Him Begin Sec ond Term. ' Albany. N. Y, Pan. L After two years of absence from public life Al fred E. Smith was today installed as govcrrtor of New York. Drenching rain and slnsh-lilled streets kept Hie greater part of the, estimated ."id.tKSi visitors indoors nnd Ihe military pa lde was disbanded by order of Ihe new governor almost ns soon as ii had started. The new executive, for the llrsl time in a aftRtury, was driven from the. executive mansion to Hie ciipitol without a military escort. In the assembly chamber l..i(Mi per sona witnessed the Inaugural cere monies. In his innugiUMl nddrefs Governor Smith said : "We have in this slate, as we should have, party government under a rep resentative democracy. , Ihe only r'n'rl "MrWWmtng the public will, anil then giving It force, and ef fect afle.rwaids. is parly government. I expect the full co-openitic n of the members of my party and also the members of the other party, a "We can better our great educa tional system throughout the state; we can improve our hospitals and our charitable institutions: we can keep up to the standard that they should be all our great public works in the state; we can maintain efficiency in every branch of the government and have, square dealing as between fhe dleerent groups throughout the state "In order to accomplish", this here. n this place, today I ns'k the co-op-eralion of the legislature." Fifty-Seven Lynchings In Year; Texas Leads With Eighteen. Tuskegee, Ala., Jan. .1. Texas led the nation in the number of lynchlngS during IWS-. with Georgia second and Missisijigpi third, according to stntis tics compiled and motfe public here todiiy by the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. Fifty-seven persons were lynched during the year, fifty-one negroes and six white, the report said, seven less than for V.m. Thirteen of the per sons lynched were taken from jails, and seventeen from officers of the law outside of jails. The ten states in which lynchings occurred and Ihe. number in each stale -are: Texas IS; Georgia, 11 : Mi sissippi, 9; Florida, 6; Arkansas, 6; Iiouisliinn. M : Alabama, 2 : Tennessee. 2: Oklahoma, 1, and South Carolina 1. The report further slates that there were fifty-eight instances in which of ficers of the law prevented lynching. Fonrteens of these instances were in northern states, and forty-four were in southern states. i In ten instances, the report added, convictions carrying penitentiary sen tences were obtained against lynchers. With Our Advertisers . Fisher's is making exceptional re ductions on wraps, coats and furs. New ad., today gives price imrtieulars. The Citizens Bank and Trust Com pany carries a new ip. in this paper each day. The ads. are written for your iK'.neftt and will prove of interest and profit to yon if you read them carefully. Don't fail to read new ad. twlay. H. B. Wilkinson can give you Jtist what you want in dining room furni ture. The company has a large selec tion now to choose from. Ask your grocer about Butter-Nut bread. . j Good Marriage Venr In County of Rowan. , Salisbury, Jan. 1. Reports furntsh eiti by Register of Deeds Max L. bark er show that during the past year 431 sets of marriage licenses were issued to couples marry ng In Rowan county. December led In the number ib.ued with 74. , Calls for Rank Statements. is, the Aacliitr l"ii Washington, Jan. 2. The comptrol- ler of currency today issued' a call fpr the condition nf all national hanks at the close nf business on Fridnr. Dc cembor m. STATE REVENUf ACT VALID, SAYS COURT Revenue Act of 1921 of North Carolina is Upheld in De cision by United States Su preme Court. RAILROAD TOOK LAW TO COURT Rail Company Objected to Law Because it Imposed a Tax on RaHioad Property in the State B ihr AaaMjale Pma.) i -1 1 1 i I 1 1 . J n ii. .1 - - 1 lie revenue act of North CariHlln of 11CI Impos ing a tax iihiii lln pnus'i-ty of riiil roads within Ibal sinfe tisliiy was held constituliiinaD t,y the Supreme Court in cases Inonalii by the. AUantlr CoaM 1.1 ne and ban- other ruilrnail companies. The Called Stal District Court for eastern North (iollna refused lo granl an injiinctlmf lo restrain Ihe collection of the ne but stayed its collection H-nding ti npHMil to the Supreme Court. ''' " 'JeetMinable under It also found that the tax was not the Federal con stitution and that It was not nivalin under the laws of Xorih Carolina THE COTTON MARKET There Was a Flurry at the Opening Today Owing to 'Finn Cables ami Feeling of Optimism. (Br the Auoelnted Prem.) New York. Jan. 2.-There was quite a Hurry of buying (it the npenlmr, of the cotton market today owing to rela tively tit m cables, reports of a good tone in the markets for slock and for eign exchange, and 6 generally optim istic feeling as til trade prospects for tln N,ew Year. I'MrsJ prices were firm nt nu advance of lit t .'Ci points, lun the demand I a pored off after Initial orders had been eiccttted, and the market became eoinparativoly qulel vvitli the price easing off under rctilix Ing. Cotton futures opened Arm. Jan OH; March l'(i:00; May M; July i'.:ti4: (let. 24:85. END TO NEW YORK FIRE HOKiSKS. Last Animals to Fvffl Engines Way to Motor Timck. The clatter of steel-short hoofs, beat ing out an accompnniment of the shrill screams of a fire engine siren, has resounded in the streets of New York lor the last time. Fnmfbeg. Buck and Penrod, last sur vivors of the picturesque 3-horse ore teams, answered their last alarm, I'n'. ish'.Kl and sleeked for the occasion, uie horses thundered their apparatus msi week from the hous;e of r:agine com pany 105 i,n Bookln to Borough hall, where there was a huge crowd, though no Are. Fire Commissioner Drennan maun a speech and the crowd turned from ad miring Fumy beg. Buck and Pemist to inspect a shiny motorized contraption that was to replace them. The horses were sent upstate lo finish their lives on a farm. Plan For Municipal Hollrl at Besiutnrt. Beaufort. N. C Jan. 1. A move ment to build a hotel here irom funds derived from a municipal bond issue of $120,000 is underway and legislation making such a step legal will be introduced at the next general assembly if a petition now being cir culated is signed by a ' majority of Beaufort citizens. Advocates of the municipal hotel stated that if the movement is sucivs - I,, i .. ,'Atiiiniauinii will be created lo j hayp y,arge f the building, leasing land general management oi iuc I property. The hotel, it said, would be rented to some private interest and a sinking fund started to nay the bands. Ambassador Harvey is Holding Con ferences. New York. .Ian I. Colonel George Hnrvey. I'nlted Stales ambassador to Great Britain was si ill engaged hue tonight in conference with which he hnd been occupied much of the time since his arrival from abroad yester day. The ambassador who was sum moned home to report on conditions In Europe to his government will not leave for Washington until tomorrow, at the earliest, his secretary announc ed. Sir Horace Plunkeett Dimes to Study S Agriculture .Methods. ew York. Jan. 1. Sir Horace Plun kett, recently nominated to member ship In the. Irish Free Stale senate, arrived here today on the steamship Adriatic, commissioned by hi govern ment lo sttulv agriculture and methods employed by the I'nited States In main taining the congressional reference li brary. The oldest active preacher In the world Is believed to be Charles W. Rills.) of Ada. okla., who has passed his 106th birthday. CAVALRY IS ORDERED TO MOREHOUSE PARISH (By the Associated Press.) Jennings, La., Jan 2. The Jen- nlngs cavalry of the Louisiana National Guard was orderad to- day to entrain for Morehouse $ narlsh. ' Widow of Hiram Knox 111 Ik, mHM4 n l Beaumont. Texas, Jan. S. iWher ar- rent" In o'liimii ii with the tanib of llliam Knox, wealthy Inmlierman. who waa found deud la hi bed uo the morning of November Mta. a bull i hole through his head In addition lo taar ot Mr. I.llilun knot, tar widow, were expe-rd today. A mnl!.' no of nimon followed the eoraaer'a enilci culminating fasti i day In the iirrern of Mrs. Kii'ii. Sue w.-i arrest i-d as sin- returned to lier lioftie In 1 1 -.at .) , i II after Hjieiidiiig Ihe STATICS FIELD CROPS FOR Br! VERY VAI.l ABLE BaJ Experts Kind We Are Not Doing All We ( ould in Agricultural Way. Bab'igb. C Jan. '1 ( By the Asso ciated Prvasi. "North n roll nn holds her bi-li Mn4tliMi In Hie total value of Held ci'.ps for IDiEI. Willi a rank of fourth nl L'!C1.0!i4.SSI lor the value of the twenty-two most imoriuiii cros al Hie I'nlted Stales and Hfth In rniik "I all crops valued nl $'t4J. lkt70!M), North Carolina, with a culti vated area of less ihaii Iweuty-llve Others, surpasses forty-three slates in the value of crops." This oMicinl niinouiK euienl was made today by iifliciaia of the North Carolina and. I'nlted States depart ments of ngrlculture. In the crop value indicated, livestock, timber nnd Improvement of land are not Included. Forecasts that the state would main lain Its position were made several weeks ago. bill Ihe linal figures were not obtained until today. . "Such n high rank is of considera ble credit to the Tar Heel stiUe." rends the announcement, "even if most, of the credit is due to cotton nnd tobac co. It should be recalled Hint the middle western progressive fanning states had good crops anil better prices for grain than in HUM. That we also Improver Is evident from Ihe $80,000.(100 Increase in crop value ov er Inst year gain of about ."i per cent. IPl'l crops showed a decrease of SIMMiOIUIoll from the lillll value. The 11119 census Valuation was .$."io:',. 221MHKI. when we ranked eleventh in total value. "The rank of fourth in Ihe value of onr Iweuty-lwn important crops is, of course, very creditable, but with the advance of the boll weevil damages we will lose an advantage. Then too. our yields per acre of the food and feed crops ure distressingly low. If we eliminate the Increased usage of 'ommoyclnf rtatiliKrrx. mrr yields wm perhaps not l' more than they were ten or twenty years ago. -The farming practices in North Carolina offer op portunity for. vast improvement. "If we were lo give more consider ation to the basic practices of 'feeding Ibe soil.' growing our feed and food, making much more of the livestock products and then make the cash crops net, we would soon ho bettor off economically and would hold a higher rank in farm prosperity. "In traveling through Pennsylvania on December 20lh, the statistician no- ticeil quite a contrast in the pleasin) imsture hinds, the livestock and gen eral indications of neatness and elli lency. With onr longer seasons, greater diversity of crops available. freedom from continued winter con- j dltlons. the convenience of all year i automobile and road travel, there is President Harding was said to r uo reasonable excuse for the present gret that Secietary Fall found it net backward conditions in North Caroli- i essary to retire, ami to Intro tendered n,i. him i place op the Supreme"Corl. Jle "We cannot possibly hold our 1922 1 l-eDTed that his' decision to leave rank if we do not become agricultur-! public life was unchangeable. ' -nllv more ellieient by working morel effectively and safe. "Co-operative methods of farm pro duction nnd distribution must he in corporated. We have unlimited ad vantages, but we are unmercifully abusing these privileges. We neither think nor apply thoughts and hands effectively enough. Is it just inzi- ucss. ignorance, or simply beeuuse we don'l have loV Anto Driver is Held for Ihe Death of Four People. Baltimore, Mtk, Jan. I. John, K. Mnurer, said by police to have been the driver of an automobile which crashed Into n telephone pole here early yesterday resulting In the deulh of four men, was nrrested to dny charged with manslaughter. Maurer was slightly injured as a re sulf of the accident, and will be dis charged from the hospital In time to be given a preliminary hearing on the charge tomorrow. The manslaughter charge wns pre ferred against Maurer by Dr. Otto M. Rclnhardt, coroner of Ihe southern district and Captain John A. Cooney, of the police department. Editor Hurley Host at Oyster Roast to Force. Salisbury, Jnn. 1. An oyster roast something unusual for this section was enjoyed at the home of Editor 11.1H..V of the Hvanln Post, ibe guests numbering all the members of Americanism commission of the leg the paper's force of workmen. The i ton." Wid the adjutant. "It has been ovsters were roaatnd in the large open i determined thai the only labor short-H.-minle.. of tlie hiisenient nnd were 1 age Is among Ihe unskilled. The offer ealen with all the. accessories Ihut with a genuine oyster roast. , Digs Way to Freedom. Logans-port, Ind., Jan. 1. Using two pewter spoons and a pkn knife ior tools, Vern Perry, 27-year.-old of Charleston, W. Va., who was being held on a charge of highway robbery, dug his freedom from the county jail here cary today. Other prisoners in the Jail sang continuously to cover the no1 ae, made by Perry while digging nla way but. , It has been estimated that there are about 12,000 small towns In the Unit- ed States, half of them with popula tions of 600 or less: holblays la Beaaaaoavt. Preliminary heariag for Mrs. Kanx will he held at Hemphill tnaaormw ornlac before Jnatice V II. Pratt. Mr. Knox was one of ibe wealthiest men in Teins. He inheriteil au ewtala woi-th n'urly tio.uou.ixri and was not ed for his l.beralltv Mrs. Kunx likewin- i generon. Her In i -nuns i iioe giving and donations have be.ni minus! events In H,-in.inil nnl the ueurliy sonmill town of Es-t Maynehl. FOUR MORE REBELS HAVE BEEN KILLED Executions Were Ordered by Free State, Say Iondon Reports. London. .Inn. - i By the Associated Preaat. A dispatch from the Dublin rxirreapondcnl "f the Evening Stand ard says Ihe four relsds recently ar rested in Hie Trelee district were exe cuted by Ihe Free State today. Their iniiiics are given as Matthew Moloney, Thomas Devniic. Cornelius Casey, and Di-rnioi it'Couner. i 400 WITNESSES WILL TESTIFY FOR FIVE HERRIN MINERS Stole Testimony Tends to Show That Helpless Men Were Billed by tfie Strikers. Mailon. III.. Jan. 1. Willi nearly PHI defense witnesses waiting to be called, attorneys for Ihe rive defend ants charged with murder in connec tion with Herrln riots of June 22, spent New Year day preparing for the resumption of the trial tomorrow. When court adjuoruo.it December 2;i, the prosecution hail rested its case after Introducing "! witnesses ami 11 defense witnesses bail testified. The 11 farmers and one union miner composing Ibe jury spent Ibe Christ mas holidays in a dormitory on the top Moor of ibe tall, where four of the defendants, l'eter Hiller. Joe Car naghi. iiCs Clark and licit Grace we.v confined. The fifth, I.evn Mann, wa allowed his liberty because of illness in his family. Indictments against 72 Individuals were returned by the grand jury which investigated the riots nt the. Lester "strip" mine. Forty-eight indict meats charged murder, and the oilier (nouses runging from assault to con-rJplraryv- ' --'--- SECRETARY FALL WILL RESIGN FROM CABINET Secelary of the Interior Department Will Take lp Pnvnlc Business on March 4th. (By Ihe AMsooInf oil PreNN.) Washington. Jan. 2. SceBar;r "'ill of the Interior Department wiM his ollice on March 4, it was anno today at the white house. It wns said Mr. Fall's retir' was due to the pressure ol p business Interests which he felt si I he hss been a menilier of the on .it "ntmn thru has been pins'ble he hr.s lircii a -lebers of Hi caMnei The question of a Buccossor to sutl retary Fal'i Is ex;-cted to be left ope fcr some time. Farmers Assemble January 3 to Flan Wur on Boll Weevil. ' y Salisbury Por,t January 1st. Farmers of Rowan and adjoiStnl counties will assemble at the jcounty courthouse at 11 o'clock Wednesday, January .'!. for the purpose of mohi- Hzing to tight the inroads being nade Dv ,), hod weevil, according to a' an announcement made today by iocs', farm officials. The meet ng wil be In Ihe lature of an educational assembly, primarily for Ihe purpose of studying ln,w the farmers can combat ami eliminate, the boll weevil. County Agent Yenger, who will be in charge of the meeting, is coopera ting with the state agricultural ex tension department. A number of fa:ks w li be made and a first-hand know ledge of the proper methods to com bat the pest will be divulged, it is stated Will Help Veterans to Find Jobs. Greensboro. V ('.. Jnn. 12. II. C Caldwell, first viee-prosidefct of the North Carolina State Federation of Labor, has offered to assist in the finding of employment for veterans of the World War. according to an an nouncement tonight by It. E. Denny, department adjutant. "Through answer to a tptestlimnaire circuiateii inrougn me mine oy axe gp'Of the federation of labia, to co-ojierate '.with, us in relieving tbe unemployment siiuniion win aoip in reuuci- uns shortage" r Now that aluminums has lsscome available in any desirid quantity. Its - use in electrical lnspilntlons, espe-J daily for long-distnnna conductors of electric power, is radly Increasing. For equal conductivity only half tbe, weight of aluminum is required that I would la- required if (Tipper were used. ' ' . I Edmontxn, Alberta, owns Its uti'ities 1 and a paving plant. It la now plan-! nine to obtain leases of tar sands de - posits nt tMtftfurm and prepare Its own rosd materials. ninnn 'luirv -....iii ilLi L U. S. Oflici Did Not Pre- sent Plan France lie- cause The Knew France Accept It. Would N OFFCIALS SE TOT FURTHER Make Statement and Then Will Not Talk. Wanted U. S. to. Be Ouardian in the Mat HIT ! tvrtair4 Washington! Jan. 2. The State le-liartmi-ui iinBouiiii-d today thai Ihe Ceriiinu propJ,snl for an agreement un der which I'rfaiHc. limit Britain, Italy nnd tiermnui should "solemnly agree among I bemlcl ves and promise llie government If the Cuitisl States" not lo resort I" war for the Mriod of one generation ..i,.i.i..i itbollt the authority of a id not Ihsmi transmitted lo the From government formally by See rets ry Iugbes as an Informal In- qniry. broU lit out Hie fact Hint It waa not nci-eii Mle to France. The Di ii-tment issued this stnte- ment : The (ici'tunn nmbassailor on lie- half of Wis government recently sul inittod tj the Secretary of State a proiHisal to the effect that the lowers Interested In the Rhino, to-wit : France, Jureat Britain. Italy and Oer maiiy slouid -solemnly agree among theniselles nnd promise the govern ment of the Cnlteil States that they would iiot resort to wur against each other flu- n period of one generation without being authorised to do so by n plebiscite of their own peoples.' "It was deemed inadvisable to trans mit Hie proposal lo the governments nnmeil unless it appeared that it would he favorably considered by the French government. On making informal in (Ulry of the French government, the secretarv of state was informed that that government could ni view the proposal with favor, os such an ar rangement could not be made under the provisions of the French constitu tion," The announcement wns the first noi-d the State Department officials have permitted to escape them in any " in i.t.avd !" th", tuiruiiin.jir.onuar. , nl. They "would add notning by way of, comment tmlny to Ihe statement of fajct contained In tin nnnouncement. Disclosure by the Department of tike fact that the German , proposal uld have made the government of United States the guardian or truss of the peace pact is the first inti- uition ol nn official churaefer that he plan thus sought to bring llie velgbl of American influence to bear on the European problem. There was nothing to indicate whether the Washington administra tion would have refused to accept such responsibility had the French government found it desirable to on er into the pact. In some quarters there was a dis position to believe, however, that the action of Secretary Hughes sounding out French opinion Informally was an evidence that the Washington govern ment was nt least deeply interested in the proposals. The full text of the German propos al wns not given out here, and officials would not say to what extent the Washington government would have been committed had it lieen uccepted in Paris. Chancellor Cuno in his Hamburg speech which first disclosed the peace pact plan, however, indicat ed that the power acting as trustee would he no more than the depository of the promises of the signatories, and presumably would not be required to take any steps for enforcement of the agreement. The reticence of American olllcials on the plan up to this time presumably hnd been due to the pivulmr situation In which (he government found itself in dealing with ; proposal which re quired even passive participation by this government in the tangled af fairs of Europe. Miss Jessie Pardoe, recently acUnit ed to the Oklahoma bar. lias Sftrvfd. for 22 years as deputy clerk of the supreme court of the State. Funds to pay for War Savings Stamps will not be available until January 5th, 1923. JNO. L. MILLER, Postmaster. i ' jHnuo n i4 m o A 1 BEFV ILK 1 I 4 VI I