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! The Concokd Daily TftratJNE ; TODAY'S NEWS TODAY ASSOCUTTD PR! DISPATCHES VOLUME XXII. . CONCORD. N.C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1923. NO 8ft f SEVERE SLEET STORM Rain of Tuesday Froze Diir-K . , ' vr. . nig i;t , aim .11 raigru ia t- Way to Sleet Which Fell for Several Hours. POWER COMPANY BIGGEST LOSER Many Wires and Poles Torn Down by Trees and Ice. Telephone Company Also Suffered Damage. Concord Tuesday night and today was In the grip of the worst sleet storm since the winter of 1917-18. Electric power wis off practically nil of the nlaht and until almost noon to- lay, and telephone and and telegraph I service wa also interrupted by the heavy, fall of sleet and rain, which froze as fnsl ax it fell. Ham which began here at an early hour Tuesday morning (hanged o sle t during the afteriionon and .was necompau ied by u noticeable drop In icmporaliir.'. A at rung wind a tan added In .he discomfort caused pedestrians by the mushy ,connitiona on the streets. The wind slackened its pace shortiy before midnight, and there as a slight ris-e at that time in the temperatiH'e. Shortly befoiv noon Tuesday the rain, which Had been falling for stime time, began to freeze on all objects which it struck except the sidewalks and paved atre'ts. Autumobiles nad the appearance of being equipped with heavy nlate glass, and soon after It he freeze began practically everything in Concord had the ap pearance of being covered with a glazed substance. About 6 o'clock Tuesday evening Ihe rain gave way to sleet, wuich feel uninterrupted unlil midnight. The sleet va:. accompanied by heavy wlmls aud a drop in tile temperature, which aggravated ib" frozen coudl tion already existing. In many places lhrou;:houl the city huge pieces o' trees were torn away, and crashed through electric ,ind telephone wiies on their way to the ground. The trees wore made heavy lly the frozen rain and sleet, aim the high winds whipped them about us though they were pieces tearing off maity br3fteh and litter- Ing streets and yards with the branch es. ' In other pieces the electric and telephone, wires gave way under the weight of the ice coating their nad aeciuiiulated during the day and early night, and both the flower and telephone service were interrupted early in the night. From Kannapolis come reports of damage, but not so heavy as that ex perienced here. C. C. Stonestrect, w)w lives at Midway, stated, that the electric current- was off there but about 10 minutes Tuesday nigm, a (I not at all this moiyiing, and L. V. Elliott, who lives in Kannapmls, slated that withy one or two excep tions, the houses there had 'he usual electric power during the night a.irt morning. There srenis to have heeu more sleet and less ra n In both Mid way and Kannapolis. and this prole ably accounts for Ihe smaller damage In those towns, as the sle?t did not stick as did the frozen ruin. The electric company here suffered the greater damage, though the dam age to equipment oi the Coneotd Telephone Company, and the Bell Company will not be small. On West Depot Street and North Union Street, especially, the electric company suf fered great damage, the trees on these streets having fallen 1n a man ner that many wires were twisted from their poles. On practically every strett In the city, however, the com pany suffered damage, and a large corpse 'of electricians was busy dur ing the night ana morning mending ithe lines. The local telephone company stated that Its connections with Salisbury and Charlotte were not broken by the storm. One of the lines to Salisbury was broken, but another is still in good shape. Connection with Char lotte Is also good, It was reported. The line to IMt. Pleasant 'was out this morning. The company also reported some local trouble but most of the 'phones here are working today The management of the Western Union Telegraph Company stated that though, its lines to Charlotte were ( i am aged to some extent, communica tion was kept open, and all lines have been renalred. Street car service was curtailed Tuesday night and this morning, wnlle the electric company was repairing Its lines. The railway company also suf fered om damage to Its line but this was quickly repaired, as the damage was small. Though the streets Tuesday night and -this morning were a. most a solid sheet of Ice, automobile traltlc con tinued. A number of cars (were re ported dnmnged as a result, of sk!ddlng, but-no serious .damage was reported. The court house yard this morning resembled a wood yard. Several of the largest treots in the yard were :badly damaged, and pieces of them were scattered all over the premisot,. One of the largest tree In the Y. M. C. A. yard waa also badly split, and from every quarter of the city come rsDorts of treea stripped of their' limbs and branches by the wind So far as can be ascertained now, there were no serious injuries here as 4TORMX TAKPi THJ ON 1HK .OK1ll tTt.lNTH MibiIii i uu. 77.1. u I I'laied Haiur IfariMg Hartr Iv.. Mac f vUlOh r S Yard. Jxa. 24 1 B) iter 'i.l.,f oil I'm I TS hurricanes. wbu! gales. Mil galea ami at onus which ""Pei''u Atlantic for rMirlv two months, hare spent their rorrp. the weather bureau i.Msirts. Inn in tholr wake they Bare left stranded i'T I broken l.it. nimrivpil ami uiys terbais tragedies uf the sen. nnd a e rh oT 'delayed runs" fur trniisntlnn tic lin-r nhlrb Iuih not l ..-n ..i. t sliic.- war days. Now come i ho worst month of Die jrettr. January brings more vi. i . i. pounding galea r Atlantic shli llinnj,v any oilier. Hit, the w.nthcr bur. an joins with uuiritu evierts. thli .tear. In i!e lietief cm it cannot ,..i:!y ei mil the late ,i ojilxt o Juuunv 11 unuil. That seven wc is-ihsl which egtV to its in I Jiii.uar.v 7 left u rec ord hard lor any like poiiod to ;ie 'aMrk. The Atlantic claim. si 12 ali)s: M tiKik 2N men in their deaths: II mane 23 giant liners luore Hun 11' hours late most of ihenj were from two to :i day Im'IiIiiiI schedule anil it l-ft lh- IttiaolraWe mystery of what happened to eight oilier shins. In aililitinii I here were accidents or near incidents on I he Sea of Maroon. I In- Pucillc, the limit Lakes, the Hal lie aen bill I he hurricanes whieh crossed Ihe Atlantic were the worst. Secretary I Indus brought the first ! groat hurricane with him when he re- I urinil from Snnth America In Novetn- 1st. It swept out from behind Hei mtnn with a force of more than UK) miles an hour. It tore ncroas the At lantic, hit the French coast ami tore right Imek again. And on Novenils-r 1H there began to lie reports of trim-' hie at sea. Five Canadian fishing schooners fail ed to report that day. "Anxiety is felt for .thein," said the dispatches, latter four got in: tbo llftb is in the list of missing ships. On the same day a laiotlegger went to piives on Long Island, anil resi dents of the vicinity got most of the cargo, according 10 the prohibition agents. Towards night a bottle was washed up on Long Island with the story of. six men who bad fought dentil two weeks ill an open boat. Two days later the Italian liner Freaideute Wilson crept into tjitar nntine here, and with hor came the lirsf reports nf what actually was liaiHning out on the Atlantic. "Storms?" saiil her officers, "storms? Wo have Sever Pxiterleucod anything like It, The gale at times was M tulles an hour." For seven weeks since then incom- m. UUISBLWiVe, tol.l the- ti'tne- story. So often it has lieon retold that it hnd to be a particularly desperate light to get into the news. But from then until January 7 hard ly a ship entered New York harbor that did not show the scars of its fight. And dally there were reports of S. O. S. received of foundering ships, of boats driven on unprotected shores, of liners with passengers bat tened in to keep them safe from waves which crashed over the amove? stacks in abort, of everything terrible the sea can do, . . Such gieat ocean travelers as the Caronia, the Herengarla, the Olympic, the .Majestic the Zeelanil, Saniland and many others, came in. till days late. They told of terrific battles with the waves. Iji Savoio of Hie French line reported KM) mile gales and 1)0 foot waves. Ships put into Halifax to get- out of trouble. On December 28 four small boats ciashtd to the beaches near New- York harbor. They were all ill-fated bootleggers. The Helnrieh Kayser, a freighter. joined the mystery ships on December A wireless from her said her rud der chains were broken. She was drifting. There was a full gale. With i crew of 42 aboard she is still miss ing. ller owners at last are ready to admit, her a probable loss. The Yalacia. a freighter came in on January 8 with a story of two deail and nineteen hurt because a cabli drum was torn loose by a huge wave and sent crashing among the crew The- weather Kureau says it cannot estimate the average force of the gillie for those seven terrific weeks. Well, in miles is not too low, says the bureau. "It Is probably nearer id Hut be conservative, for 7."i mile gales blowing almost constantly for seven weeks is pretty close to a record for the Atlantic. ' a result of the storm-. A number of persons received hard falls on the streets this morning and during the night, but with one exception ihey escaped" -without Injury. Available in formation does not carry the story of any one hurt by the falling tree nmbs and branches, either, though in several streets tbe side walks are lit tered with the fallen wood. The stopn wras general over North Carolina ami the upper part of South Carolina, according to reports in the morning papers. In that part of the State west of Hickory some snow fell during the day, giving way to sleet during the night,. Winston-Salem reported a 20 degree drop in temperature, accompanied by sleet and rain. Asheville is under a blanket of sleet, while Durham re ported a slight fail of aleet. From the upper section of South Carolina reports Indicate that a sleet Btorm of unusual severity took place durtng'thi day and night. Ris k Hill experienced what was described is the worst sloet storm in several years, while Chester also passed through a similar expcnl enee. A fine mist fell here during the early morning, but the rise in temperature ed the rain to melt and not stick to the -abundant supply of ice carried over from the storm. COAL MAGNATES ARE ONLY TO BE FID This Was Indicated When They Called for Trial After Refusing to Obey Orders From the French. Mayenco. .Inn. 21. i Ry the tc.1 Press i Frits Wujaaaj and his nr.- follow Or man Industrialists apparent rB,s n", li '' "" French ce-nri mutual trying llieia lure lialav tor their rcsislnintMo Hie French demaials f'ir Kuhr valley mil The prosecutor at the cbe-e of the forenoon session -aig gc- fed that he was ) i I to hMlicncv Imcuiinc of the patriotic motives of Ihe Hermans. The iirosccnlnr referred Ihe court lo the iirovisiiHi in the regulations of lien, lie lioitlte for the iiiiislrion of a line in cas of refusals by Ihe Her mans lo dimply with orders. Miners Hark to Work. Rcrilu. .Inn. t-'l I Hy the Associated I'ress ).- - After a Jl-bour protest the strike of Ibc workers in the Thyssen and Mima's mines in the Kuhr resum ed work lodny "In order to continue the product Um of coal for unoccupied deruisny," it was annouiui'd. Fines Imposed. Mayence, .Ian. Jl - Fritz Thyssen and the live Industrialist charged by the French with refusing to co-operate with the Flench plan for deliv ery of reparations coal from the Kuhr e all found guiity by court martial here today. Fines were inflicted. W0LLD GIVE PART OF CAMP SITE TO CITY Bill Authorizes Army to (Jive Colum bia Fart nf Camp .lark. on. (115 the Aaaoelatcd I'lHa. Washington. .Ian. 24. A bill au thorising Hie Secretary of War to transfer 1,1(18 acres of land within the Camp Jackson, S. C. military reser vation to trustees of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce, was inlroiluc- I by Senator Smith, democrat, of ii! b Carolina. The land was a part of that donated by Ihe city, for the reservation, and ii skuiiM be usiil lor agricultural, industrial, charitable or educational purposes." THE STOCK MARKET Resumption of Yesterday's Late Ituy ing Have Market l inn Tone, aiv the Aanoetai New York. Jan. 2-!. Resumption of vi. iiia.. 'i.-;wTe?).ig of railroad shares imparted a firm tone to prices' at today's stock market. St. I'aul pre ferred. Oreat Northern preferred, At chison & Frisco preferred, were among the first shares to move to higher ground. FINDS TRAIL TO "EMBASSY LIQUORS" Police Officers Promise to Make Important Disclw sure at Early Date. Washington, Jan. (By the Asso ciated Press).- Declaring they had hit the trail lo one important source through which "embassy liquors" have found their way Into Ihe bootleg trade of the National Capital, police officers in charge of prohibition enforcemejit here intimated today that disclosures of u sensational character might soon result. ANOTHER AXE MYSTERY FOR BIRMINGHAM POLICE Man and Wife Found in Small Shop With Their Skulls Crushed i II v the Aaaociated Freas.l Birmingham, Aln.. Jan. 'J4. Ilir niingbam's long; list of axe. mnrders and assaults was added to this morn ing when Iaiigi Qitellaro and bis wife were found with their skulls crushed and in an unconscious condition in their little shop. It. was slated Mint they probably will not recover. An axe was the weapon used, according to investigating officers. The axe as sault list reached i!4 Willi these at tai'ks, the police stated. Nine of the 24 died from the effect of injuries. Asheville Is Blanketed. Asheville, Jan. 2.'. t'nder a di-op blanket of sleet which fell at inter vals beginning at s o'clock this morn ing. Asheville tonight is in the grip of one of the worst periods of the win ter. Little trouble is being experienc ed on account of the sleet and so far only one accident attributed to the Slippery roads has lieen reported. Mrs. Itobert Bartlett ts in u local hospital painfully hurt as a result of a collis slon of two automobiles near the city today. Drivers of the machines told investigating officers they were blind ed by the sleet and that the wind shields on their machines were cover ed with Ice when the accident occur red. $85,000 Fire in Augusta. I lly tbe Aaaortaird Vnmm.t Augusta, 5n.. Jan. 24. The Harri son building on the site of the one. de stroyed by lire in November, rfi'Jla was completely gulled by flames sinning in the basement of a restaurant In the j building early today. Damage wns es- linuite.d at $KTi,l00. Norbfrh BUI Favorably Reported. (Br l lit- Asaoelaled Proas.! Washington, Jan. 24 The bill of Senator Norbeek, republican, of South Dakota, proposing sn appropriation of : 2M.OO0.000 to furnish credits in En- riculturul products was reported fav orably today by the Senate Agricultural Commlttse. AMERICAN DOUGHBOYS ARE HOMEWARD BOUND Have Completed Their Watch on the Rhirii and With Simple Ccranoney Leave Their Gerntaa Camp. FLAG IS HAULED DOWN AT NOON Men Wjjl Be Tken by Train to Antwerp, and They Will Sail From Thai Port on Thursday Niht. Rbrenhreltslein, (Jeriemy. Jan. zt (Ky ihe Aasocial'd lYeaa)) The American flag was b ulled down from Rhrcnbreitsteln at no a today. Troops Lone. Khrenlirellsteln, Jan Jl I Ky the As sociated I'ress). The American troops were withdrawn from the Rhine today, ending American military pnrllciim lion in Hie K-i-Hkn t im.i I area. The withdrawal signali.ed by Ihe hauling down at i n of the Stars and Stripes from lb mslle al F.hren hrcitstcln which had lieon the Ameri can military headquarters since the beginning of the isvilpation. .Meanwhile the first Main with mem bers of the expeditionary forces were leaving Coblen. for Antwerp to board the transport St. Mihiel. which will take them hack to the Fulled States. F.hrenbreltsteln, (lennany, Jan. 24. (By Associated Press). The Ameri can forces in Germany, their lthinc watch completed, turned homeward (today, and many a C.ernian realized ithat the gay refrain "The Yanks are Coming must now lie liniencea to "Tho Yanks Have Cone and ihe French are Here!'' The dawning of tbe day that was to see the American garrison ma roll down the steen slope of Threhmreits t.'in across the Rhine into Coblen. and thence in compain with the oinor units of the 8th Infant ry, to the Ant werp train, found Ihe Stars and Stripes hoisted to its accustomed place at reveille, while doughboy Sentinels still mounted guard at Hie Sally posts. Their packs were as ready as any moment during the Great War. but today the final "fall In" mean home the place where, as many as a private put it, a dollar is L(w cents, ami not veial thousand mftrks. ,v.,. It was a day of simple ceremony. I.-,-,.,- ufn'ciantc r . -k vi from n moil E? the veterans of the 7th machin? gun battalion, srd division, wno imignt ai the last battle of the Marne, were ac corded the honor of assisting Major General Henry T. Allen In lowering the colors at the last retreat at noon. These non-commissioned officers were Sargents Dewey Kitner, Lester Kel- baugh, Charles I g. and Frank F'.h- ley. The troops wil sail for home fiom Antwerp on the transport St. Mihiel Thursday night, with the tide. AflOTtfER MOVE TO PRESENT SHIPPING! 1(11. 1. Senator Jones Will Try lo Get llis russlon on Hill Brought to Close. I By tlic Assoi-inlei Press. Washington, Jan. 24. Another move by republican leaders to bring the adinistratfon shipping bill to a vote in the Senate as made totay by Senator Jones, republican, iif Wash ington In a clung" of the measure. He gave notice that tomorrow he would offer another plan to curb de bate by asking unanimous consent to bring fhc discussion gradually to a close. Colonel Boyden Head of New Charity Association. Salisbury. Jan. 28. .The Rowan County Charity Association has Is-en formed and has absorbed the present charity orgadlxUtion which was ap pointed by the governor. The new or ganization has as members the officers that have Jbeen acting and In addition has representatives from practically all fin i hurches in the city. At the first meeting ol Hie raw or ganization Col. A 11. Boyden was elected i.-esldenl : I. "Vis Millc" viie president . I r. H. 1 1. Newman. ': tnry. and Mrs. M l. I.'i ton, trei.tid r The ii -w organiz.i'lo'i nropos -s : iuvestig.t vaU culls for help and u'e to look ouf -.r needy ctses that woal.l otherwise go unatteii ted Money : I i. -no e ,!.e organlz-ti( h 5 n -ih v.!! b OM- hy the dlrf ehuf-bes I t 'i. i ..l.nisatlon and by Individuals anil cunty and (: goierlito'ils. The Kentucky Female Orphan School in Louisville,' founded twenty-five years ago, is said to be the oldest Protestant, orphan school for girls in the United States. TRIBI NE FEELS POWER SHORTAOE Owlne to the fait that the eta- K trie current .win. not on thla morn- Ing until after 11 a'doek. The Tribune today appears, with only 1- lour pages, rralically ail ol l lie -.- r matter used on four pages of The Tribune is set up diiringthe morn- Ing, and de there was no power Mv n at- i . 11 . -A 5V the linotype machines ronld not be operated. The power lines were damaged by last night's rain and sleet and this accounted for this morning. NEWWAGE AGREEMENT FOR MINERS SIGNED Coal Operators and Union Miners Reach Agreement After Harding Conference in New York City. New York. Jan 1M i By tbe Amo Hated Trcfsi - Klnininous coal oper. tors and (.Atrial of the I nitial Mm Worki-rs of Aincrlcii Iwlay sigmsl a new wage acre nn-ui riiuniiig for one year, and oiveriug the til state com prtlrlve debt of nlii". Illinois and lo dlanil. This agreillienl will lie Used iis ii standard for living wages iiml working conditions throughout n rest if the bitiiiiiiiKHis lerrlliry. The new ntwta'il, it was annon ne ed, was virtually Hie same as that which cxpiris April 1. luisisl on lb' Fuleral fuel n 1 1 in i ii i st r ol i, .ii llndings in IA20. Copies were ordered sent liunic di.llely lo President Harding. Attorney lieneral Daiigherty :i I .lobn lints Hammond, chairman of the 1'ultcd States Coal Commission. THE COTTON MARKET Showed I "oliniod Strength, With Suine Very llnj Kealiziiu;. I By i to- -.n i, Irs.i New Vork. Jan. 21. The cotton mar ket showed continued strength ibis morning. Liverpool more than re sponded to the local advances of yes terday afternoon, the opening was very steady at an advance of (i to lo points, which carried all deliveries in fo new high ground for the season. There was very heavy realizing whhh caused some little irregularity during the early trailing, but the offerings were taken within a range of to (i points. Cotton futures opened firm: Janu ary 2K.35 : March 28.83 : May fiS.04 ; ,lu Iv L's.70: October 2D.74. SOCIAL SERVICE MEETINti STARTS Annual Meeting nf Slate Body Opened This Morning in liuleigh. Illy llie AaaoelHteil Prraa:) Raleigh. Jan. 24. Conference Ibis morning of the North Carolina Associa tion of Superintendents of l'lihlic Vcl WBre, and the afternoon devoted to a group meetings of various allied social agencies of the slate, precede the for mal opening tonight of the North Car olina Conference for Social Service. Governor Cameron Morrison will wel come the conference in opening Ihe meeting, mid an atWeess wUl follow by Dr. Hastings Hart, president of Pris ons Association of New York. Thom as Mott Osborne, former warden of Sing Sing prisofl. New York, will de liver two addresses to the conference. GOV. PARKER WILL PROTECT WITNESS Will Declare Martial Law in Morehouse Parish if the Threats Are Made. Bastrop, La .Ian. 21 Illy Ihe Asso ciated I'ress. i Governor Parker w ill declare martial law ill Morehouse Par ish, if 111 rents of any kind are made against any of the slate's witnesses between adjournment of the More house open hearing and the trial of persons to be Indicted lor alleged par ticipation in outrages hy hooded men in the parish, it was learned today on good authority. COTTON EXPORTS muring Last Year 6,113(813 'talcs of Ran Cotton Were Exported From Tinted States, (By i lie Associated Prrsa.) Washington, Jan. 24. American ex ports of raw col ton including liutcrs during 1922 were 6 113.813 bate valued at $673,249,613 compared Willi 6.474.105 bales bales valued at 34. 241.735 in 1921. Exports of cotton cloths for 1022 were ."i87.7lll.S3S square yards, valued at S."i.232.!ll2. In 1021 the value of cotton cloths exported as$71 573,875, but the commerce de partment records do not show- the exact quantity exported during that year since in 1922 for the first time Ihe total was kept in square yarns. POLOSH TROOFS MOBILIZE ON GERMAN FRONTIER According to Reports Received hy UM durg store, or apothecary shop, con Riissian Soviejs From Germany. ducted or managed by a licensed pbar Moscow, Jan. 24 (Ry the Associated macist. a permit to retail subject to Press). Reports from Germany in-j reasonable rules and regulations, such dicating mobilisation of Polish troops drugs, chemicals, poisons or other along the German frontier have been ; pharmaceutical preparations, or via tent received here. The government has ; 0r proprietary remedies, us the Board adopted a policy of watchful waiting 1 0f Phurmacy may reasonably desig- pending actual developments. It is understood that Rusisa is tak - Ing all measures necessary to guiirdher polish frontier against attacks. Salisbury Church Calls Rev. Eugene Alexander. Salisbury, Jan. 23. Second Presby terian church of this city, has called Rev. Kttgene Alexander, of Raeford, to ' P"tr and it is considered prole !We that he will 'accept the call. Rev.' C ll. lloner, wno nas been iiastor ot mis cuprcu, is cxpeciiug i-o go ... m..-.. .......... - ". owe churches. Concord Presbytery "ill meet here next Friday lo act on Mr. Heller's request for dismissal to W i I in 1 ii i,f i .ii tifliulli'trnrV "'" " umingion prosuytery. Thpv took n vote In a Vebrnskn town recently on who was tbe "sweetest have been no fewer than twenty fights between young men and old, friends 4and brothers of the fair contestants. Tlttr MW l.i.l 4 1 41 1 1 UM IK. Ilfl I (. Il n.;s WwaWI list (team at Urago. Flu., i.',i,ii, ii. i. ii. i it... in ariiifi rtr KalWg.li. X. C. Jan. 84. The riitjMt Itill introduced in Hw Xt-bale by Kef alor J. L IteLaney. twentieth district. I .Taer'und'm'ed'l.-l'mi1. prepa'ra'rbln.T!'. ' subjected in alteration in text, at ihel request of the North Carolina Pharma ceutical Association, to make It leas drastic, the Senator Stated tmlnr. The effei-t of the bill would he In prohibit a nutulier of iroirietary mnl Irlim from "ale in general at ores, ex cTH in it-nain "clnc4 Insinucra and in rural niss wls-re genial merch ai.is might Is- lievti-o-d to handle Ihetu, it w us sintisl The l.'.l nl the bill. Which is of slale-ni,e interesl. aMindlug to lucal IM'lilii-al obse( ,ers. is lis full((WH : "Secthaj I Thin Section Wi;T of cl.apli-r lilt of the Consolidated stal llltw of North Carolina, as aMiicndod hy siit ion i: of cbafiier (is of the public laws of lid, is amended so as lo read as follow s : "It shall lie unlaw fid for any arsn not liceiisisl as a ibarmacisf or assist ant pharmacist within the meaning of this article to conduct, or manage any Iduinnaey, ifrinj store or cheniieal store, or apothocai. shop or other pi: I' business for the retailing. iiHUMiiinliiig. or dis. using of mil drugs, chemicals, poisons, medicine, or medicinal remedies, or for Ihe com pounding of physicians' prescriptions, or to keep exposed lor sale at retail any drugs, chemicals, poisons, medi cines, or medicinal remedies, except asi nercinaticr provided, or tor any per son not licensed as a pharmacist with in the meaning of this article to com pound, ilipcnse, or sell at retail any bugs, chemical, poison, medicine or medicinal remedy upon Hie prescrip tions except as an aid to and under the immediate supervision of a person licensed as a pharmacist or assistant pharmacist under this article. Pro vided tlit during the temporary ab sence ot tbe licensed pharmacist in charge of any plifirmacy, drug or chem ical store, a licensed assistant phar macist may conduct or have charge of such store. And it shall be unlawful for any owner or manager of a phar macy or drug store or otber place ol business to cause or permit any other than a person licensed as a pharma cist or assistant pharmacist to com pound, dispense, or sell al retail any drug, chemical, poison, medicine, or medicinal remedy, except as all aid to and under the immediate supervision of a person licensed as a pharmacist or assistant pharmacist. "Nothing in this seVtion shall he construed to interfere with any li censed practitioner of medicine in the colnponhdihg of his own prescriptions, nor with the exclusively wholesale bus iness of any dealer vrho shall be li censed as a pharmacist or who shall keep in his employ at least one person what is licensed as a pharmacist, nor Willi Hie selling at retail of the fol lowing non-poisonous domestic reme dies: alum, borax, hicahhonate of so da, copperas, cream of tartar, opsoin salts, gum camphor, gum assafoelida, sulphate of quinine, sulphur, castor oil, spirits of turpentine, sweet oil, pis troleuni jelly, plain vaseline and such other household remedies as the Hoard of I'h.nnincy may from lime to time de Jgnato. nor with the sal" of poison ous Mil.slM'ccs which are sold exclus ively for "m- in the sir's '' for use as Insect brides when sum substances nil' sold in 'in'ilokeii pacfc'ges bearing a l,r el hi vii g plniiitly pi i i "1 upon i1 tbe name cl Ihe conic its, tin- won' p0i:sen.: -ii" vignette of Ihe skull and cross 'sines-, and" the miiv,-' of at ieasl two readily obtainable antidotes. "In an.v village of not more than ,"i(ll) inhabitants the Board of Pharma cv may grant any licensed practicinj physician a permit to conduct a drug store or pharmacy in such village, which permit shall not he valid in any other village than the one for which it was granted, and shall cease and terminate when the population of tin village for which such permit was granted shall become greater than ."inti: provided thai the Hoard of Phar macy may. alter due investigation, grant to any licensed practicing physi cian in a town or village of more than "(K), and not exceeding (1(H) inhab itants, a permit to conduct drug store pharmacy in such town or village, sub ject to provisions of this article. "Provided further, that the Hoard of Pharmacy shall, upon annual appli cation and the annual payment of a registration fee of $1.00, grant to any reputable merchant whose established place of business is outside ihe cor porate limits of any city, town or vil !lage, in which there is a lain rinacy. imte. 1 "Section That section Wit of chapter 110 of the consolidated stat utes of North Carolina and section ti of chapter (i.H of the public laws of 1021 are repealed. "Section 3. That this act shall lie in 'force and effect from and after its I ratification." U1 Improve Krencn ifroaa l Klver. w i "-. vtasnmgion. .am .i.-uiuul oi ..o, ... ...... i'i - an.e and improvement work on the French Broad River, rennessee. was announced today hy the army engineer . i I il'l IS A Nevada voung woman who had been forbidden by a jealous suitor to jealous -swam arretted and lodged in a cell, nnd then went to the dance with the other fellow. WORK OF THE STATE Ill" "1 Bill tO Provide $15,OW,000 for Additional Road Work Passed the Second Reading in the House. THIRD READING . COMES TOMORROW Senator Radget Presents His I'nmasking Bill, and Pres entation Caused Much Ar gument in the Senate. Raleigh. .Ian 21 t By the Associated Press i . A 1 :. MX a i gissl rood, bill i-arrying provision for a three cent gas oline tax passed its second rending in Hie House today In a vote of S" to 14, and was put on the calendar lor ils third reading tomorrow Itepreaeutatire Moore, nf Martin Comity, oiamed debute with recom mendation of the bill Representative Bennett, of Anson, led tbe opiosition and asked a report of what was done with the last appropriation before the House appropriated any further amount . Efforts of Senator Raggett to get his unmasking bill again before the Senate, despite unfavorable committee report provoked a discussion of his parliamentary rights lo reach the cal endar with his measure. Senator R. i). Johnson, of Duplin, read from the rules, contending that tbe failure of the friends of the hill to file a minor ity reKirt at tbe lime the committee acted placed the measure where a two- birds vote was necessary to remove it from the calendar. This construction if the rules was challenged, and the ha i mill n ruled that the bill was eli fible for Ihe calendar. Senator Everett introduced a -jill which would amend the law under which stockholders and banks vote by proxy providing thai proxys niigh' ho used in election of directors but fur- bidding txcrc.se of such proxy's ny officers or employees oi the bam, the jury tax lull lathered by Repre sentatives Dillaril. and .Martin, which was kil.ed by representative Oraltuat, of Orange in yesterday's session, came to life in a new form today. Mr. Dil lad put in the same hill with its ag plication directed to Cherokee and Catawba counties. At the same -tin's. r&presentstive-Benielt.r -of Ansant -n-, notinced an amendment to add Ansim County. Mr. Martin added Washing Jon. By motion of Mr. Dillard the bill went on the calendar. The bill would exempt criminals who plead guilty from the .$."i jury tax now required. OFFICIALS HOPE BUDGET MAY BE BALANCED SOON Excess of Expenditures Over Receipts Reduced to About $250,(HK),OOO. Washington, Jan. 2.'!. Renewed hope was expressed today by high treasury officials that ihe government budget or this fiscal year would practically lie balanced by June .".II, when Hie next, 12-monlhs period w ill begin. The ex cess of anticipated expenditures over estimated receipts for the year has now been reduced lo approximately $230. 000,000, and the belief prevails among treasury officials that that deficit will virtually he wiped out by the adminis tration's economic program. The optimism of the treasury, how ever, is not fully shared by budget of fice!), who. While saying that the de ficit will be much reduced, regard the chances of its being balanced by the end of the year as improbable. The budget bureaeu feels that great prog ress bad been made in cutting the de- II. I, (',-,,,,, .vlt'lS OOO Ollll I.ICtt litlv 1 lit the present figure, hut said today they' bud failed to see where further reduc tions of consequence were probable be fore June 30. Attention was called by treasury of ficials lo Ihe collection of back taxes for which a drive is being made, ex plaining, (hat. whereas they had esti linted receipts of $3(H).()(KI.IKK) for the 12-inonths from Ibis source, they are now confident that the receipts may reach nearly 400,000,000. Collections from June 30 to September 30, last, were about $78,000,000 and for tbe last quarter of the year back taxes were paid into the amount of $K7.000.000. Commissioner Blair had estimated an average monthly collection of $2T0.O0O, 000. but the first six months of the fiscal year showed, it was Said, the col lections for the. year would exceed the average materially, Unofficial figures, although regarded as practically complete, show that the back tax collections for the first two weeks of January amounted to $31,000,- 00.0 or $0,000,000 more than had ben estimated as the receipts for the entire 31 days period This figure,' with a study of back tax collections previous to June 3d last year, was said to war rant the statement that further In creases may be expected and that th.i totit'l for 12 months will carry nearlv to $400,000,000, Imoortniil Witnesses to Tpstifv , BlistruI) h Jail. 24. (By the ab- socmted IreM)lj,n j, jonci,, o7 pvtoseie, iMlsrlssippi, regarded us Hie ..mj-g.lerlmis witness" was en route here fof,ay to teB,lfy at the ,,.. ncar,ngll. Jone , flnUJ t(l De tnc in. i .i a . a owner of the broken d iwu automo'i ciught netir Lake LaFourche on the nlirht nf Ainrnst 24 II (a sM ha a black hooded band having arrive at the lake. The bodies Daniels and Richard were found Lake Le Fourche December 2.