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CONCORD. N. C, TUESDAY. JANUARY 2, 1923.
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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
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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.
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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.
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'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.
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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.
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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.
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U. S. Oflici
Did Not Pre-
sent Plan
France lie-
cause The
Knew France
Accept It.
Would N
OFFCIALS
SE
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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
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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.
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