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GASTON I A, N. C. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 16, 1922. "
SINGLE COPY S CENT!
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A DA
WATSON CHARGES MELLON
WITH HOLDING POSITION
IN VIOLATION OF LAW
Secretary of Treatury Is Accus
ed by Senator Watson of Il
legality in Holding Office
Cites Section 243, Revised
Statutes, Prohibiting Treas
ury Secretary in Business.
CRy The Associated rrcss.j
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13. Secre
tary Mellon u holding tho office of seere
tary of the treasury hi violation of the
law and can bo arrested for retaining
the place if anyone aecg lit to swear out
a warrant charging liiin with the offense,
Senator Watson, Democrat, Georgia, de
clared in the senate lute today. The law
which Mr. Mellon is violating, Senator
Watson said, prohibits the secretary of
the treasury from engaging in any kind
of business or commerce.
Senator Watson tola the senate that
Mr. Mellon could be impeached "any
time we see lit" and rend to the senate
the provision of section 24IS of the re
vised BtatuteH which, he declared ex
pressly forbids Mr. Mellon to retain his
place. lie declared" that by staying in
office, the secretary va9 iolating the
law, adding that it was generally known
that Mr. Mellon was one of the wealth
iest individuals iu the country.
The assertions by the Georgia senator
were made iu connection with several
speeches of the aocomplishmcuts of the
two major political parties. He in-rni-mo,)
tln senate ill the course of his re
marks that the law, now listed as section
243, was passed in the first Congress of,
the United States and that during the
administration of President Grant, the
name of A. T. Stewart had been with
drawn as nominee as secretary or Tncn.nt
treasury when attention was called to.Umt
provisions of the act.
"Time To Act."
Senator Watson asked Senator Herlin.
Democrat, Alabama, for his opinion on
what llic peopie
our government is
-.ill think ot tne way;
icing
d but
run when a!
lis ibeviug, the I
criminal, unconvict!
penalty openly and
tint? a crime, is left
notoriously, commit-1
in charge of our na-1
tionnl funds and the refunding ot debts
off eleven billion dollars.
Senator Hcfiiu said that Senator Wat
son had shown that Secretary Mellon
was violating the law and that it was
time for senators to speak.
Mr. Watson stated that Mr. Stewart
had resigned three days after his con
firmation by the senate and after 1 rrm- (
dent Grant had learned ot tun provision.
of the law. j
"And if Mr. Stewart resigned," con !
' - - - - . ' - . ul, .Iftft, MF 1
Timica inc wnaioi, i
Mellon resign? Why Khoiild he continue i
in office in insolent violation -f the lawf I
He knows it; so docs I'resnl.nt Uannng
knuw.it, and th? Republican party is
going to have to answer for it 1his fall,
for I do not believe the people will stand
for open violation of the liw by n mem
ber of the cabinet when persons through
out the country are prosecuted for trivial
offenses. ' '
Calls Mr. Mellon Impudeat.
Asking why the President did not
"respect the stal.is" Senator Watson
said that Mr. Mellon was "impudent"
for retaining the office and ought to re
sign. "If he doesn't resign." he added,
"then the Presnh lit ought to n -k l'oi
his resignation."
The Georgia aerator referred to (he
recent passage of the allied debt funding
bill and said that never before in history
had so much m uu v been placed in the
hands of one mnn to handle, "and that
man is violating the law everv da- of his
life." He challenged "all of the law
yers in the senate " to ref.'te his state
ment relative to Mr. Mellon 's right to re
main ns secretary.
Mr. Watson referee 1 to Mr. Mellon
"a rnloswl figur .in the business
world," and di" .dared that he had no
more right to bo secretary of the treas
ury than had "J. P. Morgan or John D.
Rockefeller or a member of llie firm of
Sears, Roebuck and company, if you
please. ' '
ne also read frem James G. P.abre's
"Twenty Veais in Congress," a refer
ence to the circmi'sfniiees .surrounding
the nomination of Mr. Stewart. This
told how Mr. Grant bad asked Congress
first to amend the law to except Mr.
Stewart and then, after if was seen that
Congress was unwilling to make the
changes, the President withdrew- the re
quest and the newly named secretary re
signed. MELLON SAYS HE HAS
NOT BROKEN
LAW I
(V? Tho Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. H). Rasing
his view on legal advice, Secretary Mel
lon considers that he has not contravened
the law prohibiting the secretary of the
treasury from engaging in commerce or
business, it was declared today by high
administration cfficials in commenting
on the attack on the secretary made yes
terday by Seuator Watson. Democrat, of
Georgia .
The law was called to Mr. Mellon 's j
Mlanlnn ofTlcias Sa 11 . WtlCn I1C WilS
considering the invitation of President
Harding to join the Cabineiit . A nuin
Ikt of lrgal authorities were consulted,
it was declared, who gave it as their
.minion Hunt the mere ownership of stock
in rnrnorutioiis did not i
constitute
en-
com-
fruriiiir lliris-tlV or illlli ITct I.V
' in
,- Jf
inerce or busiuess.
Before accepting the treasury portfo
lio, officiuls said, Mr. Motion's only ac
tive participation in business was upon
the directorate, of a number of banks aud
from these he resigned before eutcring
Mr. Harding's Cabinet. Since In
coming treasury sisvretary, Mr. Mellon,
officials aserted, has not d-voted a mo
ment's time to private business.
The ease of A. T. Stewart, nominated
for secretary of the treasury by Presi
dent Grant, but whoso nomination later
was withdrawn, cited by Senator Wat
son, 'is regarded Hi ot an entirely differ
ent nature oSMr. Stewart was an aetivc
'merchant actually engaged in business at
the time of the nomination.
Sales Taxis Only Way To Raised l '
Money Tor Bonus Says Harding
15 YEAR OLDS MARRIED
Sixteen Hundred Boys an
12,834 Girls of That A
Married in 1920 According
U. S. Census.
(Bv The Associ.nea Press.) ,
'WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. Sixteen I
hundred boys and 12,8.14 girls, 15 years i
of age in the United States were listed j
as married in ltf20, the Census Bureau j
announced today iu a statement present-1
ing a special analysis of marital statis-1
tics. JMgnty two uoys ami wv gins 01
the same age were recorded a widowed
or divorced. I
The analysis revealed 4 distinct in-1
crease during recent y nrK or since the:
JitliJ census in the pirccntago of mar- j ident Harding by Representative Long !
j ried persons for each fear of age from worth, of Ohio, a republican momlicr of I
I J.) to .'It, especially 4111011 g the younger the House Ways and Means Committee,!
I members of this grjup. The age groupafter a call today at the White House. ,
I from .'!5 to 44, inclusive, also showed an j The Ohio Uepriscntativc did not say
. increase in the ratio of married person
iu the decade, although less pronounced,
especially among the women, while the, of the financial committees of Congress,
proportion for persons 43 years of age! Such an executive view also was re
nin! olilcr showed a d"f reasc. fleeted by Senator Frclinghuyseii, Re
1 11 1920, the figures show, ,'!,222 boys publican. New Jersey, who called at the
of 10 years, or three tenths of one) ikt j White House while the President's let
cent of the total of that age, compared ter was in course of preparation.
j w i' h
I were
one tenth or one per cent 111 ihiu.i
married, while those 17 years of
I age married
numbered 7,(ifl9, or eight
tenths of one per cent of the total of that
age compared with half that proportion
ten years previously.
The number of married girls 16 years
of age increased from 34,829 or 11. 7 per
of the total female population at
age, in aimo, 10 ii,u-u, or .- per
cent of the corresponding total in 1920. j
BIG PER CENT OF
SOUTHERN TRAINS ON TIME
(tiy The Associated PresO
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. During
the vear 1!)21 the Southern Kailway
System operated 179.8M passenger
trains, miuiv of them beintr throuch
trains operated in connex-tion with other
line and covering distances from. 1000
to 15O0 miles,
trains, 172,18;
Of this great number of
or U5.1 rer cent ran on
schedule or made up time ou the South
orn and 100,277 or 92.5 per cent reach-
.o per cent reacn-i
d final terminal on time, ice-President
Henry W. Miller in chargo of operation
unnouue-od today
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY OF
BANK OF KERNERSV1LLE.
V.-. .-I...W . . ' . . I . .... X' 1 . ,
u 1 AM 1 1. Ai,r..n. . . ., re. in.
(;,., (v ( l,,.,, J . D. (ardwcH, Roy
ilni ciiarles Huffman, were arrested in
Washington, just south of the city by
policemen and deputy heriffs about 2
o'clock this morning and committed to
jail here on the charge of attempting to
break in the Hank of Kernersville, n
state institution in a town 11 miles
southeast of Winston -Snleni .
phone oH'rator, who was in tin
located over the bank, heard
fill and looking out she saw
attempting to enter the bank,
the alarm and the men fled.
The tele-
exchange,
a window
four men
She gave
The auto-
mobile iu which they were
tracked in the snow by a
trnvoling u.ls
pose from
Kernersville to Wauglitown,
men were arrested.
where the
WARMER WEATHER IS
PROMISED FOR FRIDAY.
WASHINGTON. Feb. Hi. A dis
turbance of considerable intensity is
central this morning off Cape Hatteras
and .moving rapidly northeastward.
There have been snows and rains within
the last 2 hours in West Virginia, Ten
nessee and in the south Atlantic a n d
least Gulf States. Rains are heavy in
as' the Carolinas and Georgia; freezing tem-
peiatures prevail this morning as far
south as extreme northwest Florida. The
temperature will rise Friday in the east
Gulf states nnd the interior of the south
Atlantic States. Storm warnings re
main displayed on the Atlantic (.'oast at
and nortli of Cape Hatteras.
Mr. Robert C. Roger, of Philadel
phia, a traveling man, as struck and
injured this afternoon about 2::S0 o'
clock by an automobile driven by Mr.
W. K. Todd, of the Gastonia Laundry.
Mr. Roger was taken to the City Hos
pital where he was given medical atten
tion. The accident occurred on West
Main avenue near the Realty building.
TENCKES SPINNING CO.
HAD STRIKE ON HANDS
PAWTFCKET, R. I., Feb. lo. The
card and spinning departments of the
,Ienckis Spinning Company r sumed
operation today after having been dos-'
ed since Monday, because of walkouts in
connection with the strike against wage
reductions. The departments employ
500 persons. I'nion leaders said those
who went to work were not considered
strikers but were persons sent home,
when the departments were forced to
close. The Jenckes Company, which em-,
ploys 2,000 hands here, had notified all
eranloves to report for work today
It;
thev wished to retain their positions.
Mr. William Henry Patrick, who is;
ill with pneumonia at the Gaston Sanito
riuiu is reported today as getting along 1
nicelv. His condition is not serious. j
, I
Cotton Market
CLOSING Rins ON THE '
NEW YORK MARKET!
NEW YORK, Feb. 16. Cotton fu-1
turcs closed at a 'decline. j
March 17.57 May 37.30; July 16.S0; j
d.int.er ir, sr. n. .,.,.. tw..- i fi
TODAY'S COTTON MARKET
Strict to good middling
Cotton aeed ... ,
:.. 17c
.51c
UNLESS CONGRESS SEES
FIT TO ENACT TAX BONUS
SHOULD BE DEFERRED
Hardin g's Communication
Leaves Bonus Situation in!
More Complicated Fix Than j
Ever Would Defer Bonus I
Measure Temporarily Unless
Sales Tax Plan Is Adopted.
(By T10 AgsO(.iat0d PreM.)
vakii t Villi i it; v.a..t.
meat of a sales tax as the only practica- ,
bio means of raising money for a soldier
bonus was stated to be the view of J'rcs-
whether that view would lie set turtn by
the President in his letter
to members
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. The)
soldier' bonus question was tonight still j
verv much in the air. I
Congress was without any official word i " . ,, V
jwsss.itTi discuss puss for
mittees which have licen handling the;
: pr(,blt'tii continued
to mark time.
Among senators and representatives j
generally there was considerable private!
discussion and conjecture with the revivji!
I on the bouse side of talk about a smusli
i ing of annual appropriation bills as a
means of providing the necessary fin
ances for the bonus. "
Representative Moudell, of WyomingA
and some other leaders m the house wero
miilerstood to be giving this proposal
elos" study. Mr. Mondcll called at the
White House earlv in the day, but did
j not (,0 t Iio President. He said after-j
j warja that the supdIv measures would be!
examined carefully to determine wheth-
or ,nll,.i, of the sum needed for the bonus
,.nlli j not , obtained from that direc-l
,
This proposition met with considerable
response from members of the house
j where apparently there is a growing de-l
sire to put the bonus lull through, lucre
, were suggestions that Ai
V'To'iSTt' bf T7tiv"nf .
I agreement for a naval holiday as much
I ns $200,000,000 could be cut from the
i naval bill and that another large sum
i could be saved by cuttitng down the sizel
of the army. I
MAY CUE ARMY AND NAVY i
i BILLS FOR BONOS FOND!
Neither Tax Nor Bond Prooso
al Are Supported Hard
ing's Expected Message on
Financing of Bonus Has not
Come.
i Rv The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. Feb. JH. With
neither the tax nor bond proposal for
financing the soldiers' bonus receiving
general siippoit and both known to be re
garded with disfavor by President Hard
ing, although Congress continued with
out official word from the executive of
the subject, House leaders were giving
close study today to the possibility of
providing the necessary funds by slash
ing some of the annual appropriation
bills.
Althoiight not prepared without caie-
ful study of the subject to estimate how
much of the bonus expense might bej
financ;d from this direction, it was in-1
dicated 'that the naval bill particularly
nnd also the army supply measure would
be carefully examined to determine what
savings might be diverted for this pur
pose. At the same time sales tax proponents
were pushing their campaign with re
newed vigor and were said to be hopeful
that the President would suggest this
kind of a tax as a means of financing
the bonus in his expo-ted communication
on tho subject. There Was no general
belief that he would, however, and senti
ment in both the Nmnte and House was
sail to be strong as to make it im
probable that the bonus bill could be
passed with such a provision.
FAIR TONIGHT AND !
FRIDAY. COLDER!
i Rv Tho Associated Tress.) I
WASHINGTON. Feb. Hi. Storm
warnings were continued today by the
Weather Rureaii from Cape Hatteras tot
Aastport, Me., with the information thatj
a disturbance of considerable intensity
was central off Cape Hatteras and mov-j
ing rapidly northeastward. Strong:
iralcs were forecast this afternoon and'
tonight. j arms conterence. was expecteu 10 resun
Snow has fallen during the last 24 i in definite action on the Hitchcock res
hours in the north Atlantic States, ! olution. The republican leaders also
snows
unit r-.nns in the middle Atbintie
States, West V irginia and Tennessee,
and rains in the south Atlantic and east
Gulf States.
The outlook is for fair weather to
night and Friday in the States east of
the Mississippi, but colder weather is in
prospect in the Atlantic States. -
Six Inch Snow In Virginia.
RICHMOND, VA.. Feb. 16. tnp-
pled telephone and Irollev service in
Richmond nnd vicinity, and similar con- j
ditions in mauy other parts of the State,
.were reported Here eariy xoaay. as me-
result or insr. nigius si'osiono, nuirn
resulted in six inches depth.
Fears were expressed by the local
weather bureau director that damage has
tiei-n wrought to trees iu Virginia's fruit
belt. ,
CALENDAR.
Thursday.
4:00 Board of Direcetors.
5:00 Community Service
PUy
jcenearaai.
7:30 Pythian Band.
Fiiday.
7: 4 J Membership Meeting.
BELMONT AND DMAS MEET
IN FIRST PRELIMINARY
Scheduled to Play at Belmont
Next Tuesday Bessemer
City and Kings Mountain to
Play Same Date.
CRKKNSROR, Feb. 15. Athletic
directors and coaches of .'11 Vigh schools
in western North Carolina met here to
night and fixed a schedule for the cliiii
nation games to decide the winners of
the high school basketball championship
in western N'orth Carolina. '
The schedule follows: Group No. 1 -
Concord at Charlotte, February 21 ; Hunt
ersville at Moorrsville, February "J! ;
I l'nlla at Rehiionf, February 21 ; Hesse-
i nier at Kings Mountain, rcbruary 21. '
The winners of the 'harlotte Coii -ord '
.match will play Mooresviile iiunters-j
villc winner at Davidson, February 2.'!.
The winners in the Holmont-Dnllasj
bout will meet the Kings Mountain Pes
senior City winners at Charlotte on Feb !
ruary 2.'!. The winnrrs of the above I
bouts will play at Davidson on February'
23. I
AMERICAN LEGION MARKER
,
Meeting or Those interested in
Erecting Memorial to Gaston
Cnunlv SolrliVrm Called For
Tuesday Evening, February
21.
VNext Tuesday evening. February 21.
thefe will be held an informal gathering
of all those interested in the matter of
a marker or memorial to Gaston county's
dead soldiers. The meeting has been
called for the courthouse ut 7:.K) o'clock.
It is especially important that all mem
bers of the American Lemon, the Wom-
nil's Auxiliary the War Mothers, friends
j nnd relatives of the Gaston count v sol-
j diers who died in .service, be present,
, Special in itations have been scut. All
other citizens who are interested in this
movement are also requested to ijo pi
The locil poht of The American Leg
. is planning to erect as soon as pos
Si marker in the city in memory i f
all lino ulio died in the service, and it
is desire.! Mint all who are interested in
this have a aice in the matter of design
ing and erecting it.
Dr. J. H. Henderlife, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, will preside
at this meeting called for Tuesday eve
ning. I CHARGE DAUGHERTY WITH BE
I FRIENDING MAIL ORDER HOUSES
(By The Associated Cress
CHICAGO, Feb. l(i. H. K. Hart, of
I Long Piairie, Minn., speaking before the
I Interstate Merchants' Council here to-
day, said that there seemed to bo only
one class of merchandise distributors
i that have a "a good standing with either
; the democratic or republican adminis' ra
tion and those are the mail order
, houses." lie charged that Attorney Gen
era! Daugheity is ignorant of true u
I ditions and is inspired by mail order
houses.
! "What would it be Worth t mail or
j dor interests to have the public educated
by the attorney generals and the radical
! newspapers to believe that every lime
t they made a purchase at a retail ptole
I they were being held up and robbed? It
would mean millions ot extra tiaoe tor
the mail order concerns." Mr. Hart said.
' "If you are going to bs -ucessf til in
P'22 you niii-t meet this vicious propa
iganda. yon ni'ist answer the qinlion in
i your advertising to your own community.
I You stand convicted without a trial by
i one of our national officials."
PACIFIC TREATY COMES
INTO LIMELIGHT AGAIN
'Hy fho Associated x'ress.)
WASHINGTON. Feb. lti. The four
power Pacific treaty, which was negotia
ted at the Washington conference, again
assumed today a prominent place in ben
ate affairs, both on the Senate floor and
befoie the Foreigu Relations Committee.
Pending before the benate was the res
olution of Senator Hitchcock, of Ne
braska, ranking committee democrat, to
ask President Harding to transmit to
the Senate additional information and
documents relating to the treaty's nego- j
tiation. Before the Senate convened to
day the Foreign Rclatims Committee
was called to resume consideration of
the treaty, which liegan last Saturday.
The return from Massachusetts today
of Senator Lodge, committee chairman,
ami one of the AinyricMii delegates to the
wire planning to pre.- commit te,. action
on the lour
treaties.
power and other conference
FIVE CHILDREN DEAD
FROM DOSE OF SALTS
fRv The Associated Press.)
CEXTRALIA, WASH.. Feb. 16.
The package of epsoni salts from which
Mrs. Edward Rhodes, of Klatier, Wash..
administered doses to her five children
last Saturday, after which all five died,
contained about ten per cent of an ai
kaloidal ponioit, according to Herman
Allen, prosecuting attorney of Iewis)
county, following an analysis of the re
mainder of the package by the State
chemist. An analynis of the stomach of
one of the children ha not ho-n com
pleted. Mr. Allen said that an
irtibaHy would be heioV
inpitsO
'
V L ARMF1ELD IS N0W
I IN JAIL AT LEXINGTON
iimtii nnwn ic niiorn
UilllL UU11U Id l.UOLU
Former Thomasviile Banker
Who Once Dealt in Thous
ands Borrows an Overcoat to
Wear from Lawyer's Office
to Jail White Haired Fath-
Both Maen Cryl. They Me"t.
I.F.NINGTON, Feb. 15. Failing up
to an early hour tonight to provide bond
in 1 hi -nm gf $175,Otm( Jesse L. Arm
fit Id f, inner president of the Hank of
Thoniasvillo, which failed August 22,
bn nght back here today from Mexico
City by Chief of Police George H. Wim
berly o'' Thoniusv ille to face charges of
ciobcz'eineiit, abstraction anl misappli
eatioii of I lie bank's funds, went to jail
at .1: 0 ihi, iif leriioon, after .siending
the :i l'i 1 in mil in an attorney's olliee in
cu-'o .y of W11 riff Fred C. Milk.
Haiie,'i-I 1 or;, lis proceedings will be
liT'iiight be fore Mime .judge a early as
possible in .-in cffoi'l to have the bond re
duced, it wiis slated by conns 1 at the
tune Mi. A millet, I was eondiii'ted to jail.
On hiN wav to iu,-ar, eratichi for the night
lie signed the habeas corpus application
befoie a notaiy public. '
It had b, n cxpoitc.1 all afternoon that!
numbers of ids family would arrive here
and sin the bond, it being stated thati
the bend would be temporarily given as
required by the sheriff and then steps;
taken in court to have il reduced. How-1
ever, no on
h:
at nightfall, a!
tllnli'l a mcs.iae;
said to have been
re ived earlier in the afternoon from a
wealthy loo!!, cr of the accused, that he
1'
Would c lu re. The brother is said,
however, to have staled this morning
over the telephone to the sheriff that he
flouhl iii.I sign a bond of such propor-
I tlons as r, 'ines-ted. The amount Ls per-
Daps the largest ever asked in Davidson
' ouely and attorneys for the accused man
staled I la y believed it without parallel
in this section.
I Habeas Corpus Main Hope,
j In the event that the relutives. whom j
lit ua thought might have been delay I
ed by flic roads, should reach here Inter I
'in the evening, it was stated that tho
! bond would hardly be signed, the ae.!
jciised banker, instead, to rely on t lie j
habeas corpus proceedings iu the hope
I of bet ter terms.
i At o'clock this eyen'ng, counsel were
in consultation ami stated tuat the time1
and place for the habeas corpus procee
; ings would perhaps not be decided upon
until afbr the arrival of a train reach-1
ing here a !' o'clock tonight. I
Frank Armfnld, well known lawyer of.
Concord, a brother in law of prisoner,
: reached here at 5: lit and went into con
ciliation with the (inn of Walser, Wal-j
' srr ,t Wnl r. w ho represent Armfield. ;
While :i!tnrneys for Armfield protest-'
ed strongly against the size of the bond.)
Sheriff Sink was unyieldng. He talked
i with Chief Hank Inspector Latham over
I he deplume this morning and the lat-l
ter is (pioted as having mid that the;
bond asked is not excessive under the1
circumstances. !
Chief Wimberly arrived with Armfield
at I2:2n today and delivered him into;
i ustodv of Sheriff Sink. The Thomas
ville i, Hi -or, vv bo sa id hi
since leaving, Laredo,
had slept none
IVxas, Sunday
then went im
Thomasviile to
night with his prisoner,
mediately to his home at
rest.
"Been Through i
It was from the lips
bunk president himself 1 1
description of the arrest
from Mexico was given.
ilell."
of the former
ml a dramatic :
and return j
' ' I have been
through hell," the former 'banker told)
the siieiilV, and he burst into tears scv-:
cral times while describing his cxper-:
leiices In fore and alter his arrest by'
Mexican detectives. Armfield declared
that the Mexicans who arrested him read
no warrant to him and did not tell him
u lt- tluv wiiite.? liini fli wis l,e!,l in. I
comiiiuiiicudo, he declared, the last night
I,,
he was in Mexico City being confined
in a room that he declared was ptact h-al-ly
a dungeon, his males being drunken 1
"greasers."
it w:is not until le ivn delivered in
to ciislody of the sheriff of Webb eoun-'
ty, Ti xas. that a warrant was read to
Inn. li- said. That official had been
provided with i i-op. r extradition papers
and turned Aniiliehl over to Wimberly,
who soon -.tinted the long (tip. !
Friends Missing.
When ho arrived here n d iree or two
Tlioinasvil!" men were about the court-
house, bat friends of the Greensboro,
man epp, ;i ri I scarce. Of his relatives1
and the friends ol his days of affluence,!
only tin- w h itr. liaired father in law, ex-1
Sheriff C. M. Griftith, of Thomasviile,
was there to greet hjm. Doth men cried
wli'-n thty met. I'p to nightfall no tela- j
fives bad reached here except a brother-'
in law. Prank Armliehl, of Concord. :
Mrs. J. L. Amfieli is r.t her home at
Greensboro, it was reported here, and
Armfield inqnin d about the welfare of
her and children through Mr. Griffith.
The man who dealt in thousands of dol
lars for years was without an overcoat;
and borrowed one for the ride from hisi
attorney's office to the jail. He told the!
sheriff that lie had expected to go into!
tho oil business in Mexico and make'
enough money to pay off his obligations
in this State. Prior to his arrcbt he
had lsen selling accident insurance
two or three months.
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TREASURY OFFICIALS
LOOK FOR ONLY GRADUAL
BETTERMENT IN BUSINESS
(tiv ThA Asaomate.1 Press.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 .
P.usincss conditions throughout the
country are better than they were a
year ago. in the view of Treasury
officials who declared, however, that'
the improvement has been gradual
and there was no immediate pros
just of a suihlen pick up in business
activities. Some seasonable activ
ity might be looked for in the
spring, thev asserted, but in general
onlv gradual betterment was to be
' luoked f'jr.
AT
BRITISH EVACUATION OF
SOUTH IRELAND EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE WITHOUT STOP
Michael Collins Is Evidently Satisfied With Con
ference With Government Officials Houia
of Commons Ready
State Bill.
COMMUNITY CHORUS
PRACTICE FRIDAY NIGHT
The Community Chorus will held a
practice meeting Friday night of this
week at 8 o'clock in the auditorium
of the central school instead of at
the Chamber of Commerce on account
of the fact that the latter place will
be in use for the address by Dr. Eat
on. Mr. Hoffmeister is particularly
anxious that every member of the
chorus be present Friday night.
WANT RECEIVERSHIP FOR
ATHENS DAILY NEWS
New Daily Newspaper
ens Has Hard Time -pany
Is Hooelessly
ed.
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Com-Involv-
ATHENS, (i,, , Feb.
lti.
A petition
lor n it ivor tor The Allien. t);i,.
News, a new daily newspaper published
in Athens, was privciited to Judge W.
L. Hodges, in superior court, of 1he
hurt hem circuit, at Atlanta, today.
Judge Ulanfoii Foster, 0f the western
circuit, with headipiarters in Athens, be
ing disqualified. Judge Hodges order
ed the officers of The Athens Daily
News to show- cause before him at Hart
well on March 4lh why the company
should not be permanently placed in the
hands of a receiver.
Tin- petition was filed by T. .1. Sim
mons, former editor and general manager
of The Athens Daily News for the past
four months, who has had charge of the
I i paper trom its first issue, .September 27
io .in unary i.. i tie petition was pre
i seated to Judge Hodges by Hon. Laiiiar
I Hacker, of Athens, as attorney for Mr.
S i ill II I MIS .
Tin petition nlli-gcw that the company
' is hopelessly insolvent, stating that the
I total liabilities of the company are $5u,
OOu. It ;iUo alleges that .Simmons' con
'tract with the company has been violat'd
without cause and without notice to him.
BANK OF ENGLAND REDUCES
ITS DISCOUNT RATE
LONDON, Feb. lti. The Hank of
Lngland today reduced its rate of dis
count to four and one half per cent.
' The discount rate of the Rank of Fng
: land has been live per cent since Novem
1 ber .", last, when it was reduced from
the five and one half per cent rate estab
lished on the preceding July 21. To
day's action was forecast in it Loudon
I dispatch last night, ill which it was
i pointed out that the treasury had
' ocmled temporarily its issue of
BUS-
per
cent treasurv bonds.
The highest rate was reached in
August, 1014, afier the outbreak of the
world war, when it was set at ten per
cent which had only been equalled on
tow pri vious occasions, those of the
panics of 1 s";7 and 1 Sfiri. Since then
the rate has fluctuated, but the figures
today is. the lowc-t since the outbreak of
the wai.
; PART OF TAYLOR'S PROPERTY
15 Ktr-UKlJiD MlbblNG
LOS ANGKLL'S, Fob. Ifi. Oil stock
and money, believed to have constituted'
part of the estate of William Desmond'
Taylor, murdered film director, are miss
ing. accoruing to Charles A. Jones, in
vestigator tor the district attorney.
Jones made thbr statement after checking
up Taylor's personal papers and belong-,
ings, a in I then conferring with Mrs. K,
M. Reiver, an income tax expert, with
whom Taylor is said to have discussed
his 1021 income tax report a short time
liefnrc lie was killed. ;
From this it was learned, according to
Jones, that Taylor was prepared to pay
a tax on securities and money which have
not been located.
Further investigation into the murder
was planned for today. Thomas Li e
Woolwine, oistrict attorney, stated wit
nesses would not, howaver, be summoned
to his office, but would be questioned at
their homes by his agents. It was be
lieved the publicity attending their!
visits to his ofliec frightened persons in
keeping to themselves what might prove
valuable clues.
SAY TWO SOLDIERS TOOK
PART IN LYNCHING.
F.LLA VILLE. Ga.. Feb. 16. That
two Cniteil States soldiers were with the
mob that tvjok Will Jones, a negro, from
a hiding place near here last Sunday
night and shot him so badly
t within a few hours, is the
(that Sheriff P.attle claims
that he died
information
he lias in
: hand.
Two John Doe warrants are held by
Sheriff Rattle for the arrest of the en
Misted men, and it is expected that their I
identification will be completed during
the day The men same to Elbmlte
. S. V. r,.,-u,,ys oclo.u ,ur n..... IV. ! )
I ruin g a Koern,e..i .noiurryc.. 1
j IIUIIIIHT vi muu'U cvn"v cuuiiijr uurtis
J say they have ia their posse&Mioa.
j
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THE WEATHER
Fair tonight and Friday; colder
; least and central portions tonight;" alow
Jly rising tempuature Friday, ".
to Take Up Irish Free
' fliy The
LONDON', 1
lins' return to
At
Hiciated Press.)
b. lii. -Michael Col
Dnbliu after only twelve
hours in Loudon
nd his admission that
he w
of i,:
( la Is
f!ri;i
i not ilissj.ti.sfi, d with the results
conference with government offi
are taken to mean that the
-Il
ai nation of South Ireland will
d forthwith, and continue un-
dly.
be reslllll
int rrupti
This will re'teve the situation of one
of its most serious features. No official
explanation of the as-siirances given Mr.
Collins, however, has yet lieeu made.
No troops have I,,.,.,, m,,V., from the
South since Monday, except 40(1 caval
i r.vmcn who embarked at Dublin for Liv
erpool last night. 'file other troops
.which a i rived in Dublin on Monday are
still there.
The snspii ions a roused ill Ireland by
tin' s,i pension of the troop movement
are reported to have been provoked by
l he con! ad'ctory statement, in Parlia-.
incut v . s;e, .lay by Lord Chancellor Rick
enheail, and Secretary of Colonies
Churchill. '1 he former, speaking in tlm
House of Lords, in: 'mated flint tho halt
ing of the evacuation was due to disor
ders in the smith, while Mr. Churchill
told the lloi.se of Commons (hat it was
in consequence of troubles in the north
and detention of the Mouaghuu football
players by l ister authorities.
Mr. Churchill al o announced that im
partial commissions, each of which will
include several ibitisii representatives
and officers of opposing sides, are to in
vestigate the fa-ts of the border dispute..
Notwithstanding declarations that sev
oral kidnapped unionists were released
yesterday, only three have reached their
homes, according to latest despntches
from Ibdfnst, where there is no relief in .
tension pending arrival of the others.
It is not. clear here whether the nn
mninci'inour in Dublin of release of 11
captives is identical with Collins' state
ment before he left London that "elev
en more" had been located and that
probably would be released immediately.
Tin- House of Commons was again to
take up today the bill establishing the
Irish Fi"- State, Mr. Churchill moving
bvond reiding. The debate is expect
ed to occupy at least two days.
Strength of conservative opposition to
the measure, which is stated to be grow,
ing apace owing to recent happenings in
Ireland, especially kidnapping, cannot
ye! lie satisfactorily gauged, and will
probably depend upon duvelopments be
tween now and the vote, as well ns upon
the statements of the government minis
ters. Rest informed opinion at the mo
ment is, however, that the dissidents will
not ptove powerful enough to prevent
passage of the bill. Strife in Belfast,
which yesterday went from bad to worst',
is causing greatest concern to the local
authorities, u Im. o efforts to stop the dis
orders have faihd. The outbreaks arc
confined to certain areas, and authori
ties i:t tribute the bad feeling to religious
prejudiys.
Tumps are' co-operating with police
efforts to root oul nests of snipers.
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116 N. Y. SOLDIERS
COMMITTED SUICIDE
ALRANY, N. Y, Feb. 16. Ono
hiimlrc I and sixteen New York State
soldiers took their own lives overseas dur
ing the world war, says a statement is
sued today by Adjutant General J. Les
lie Kin. aiil. One hundred were enlisted
men and sixteen were officers.
White it is impossible at this lata
hit,- t assign a proper cause leading to
eai h individual suicide," said the State
ment, "the ufticers particularly wer
oveviome wiMi the feeling that winning
the war v.nj ,m impossible task and that
the world's culture was to 1)0 swept by
the triumph of German arms. Impulses
of a more pi rsonal character were evi-
d id in tin: suicides of the enlisted
pi r-ioinel.
During the civil war there were S6
State suicide. The New York Stato had
.:75.noo me,, in the civil war and 426,133
iu the world war.
LESLIE HARRINGTON THOUGHT
TO BE IN PALM BEACH
CHICAGO, Feb. 16. The police
were awaiting word from Palm Beach,
Fla.. today, in their search for Leslie
Harrington, missing head of one of three
concerns here said to have defrauded
foreign born citizens of many million
dollars. A woman said by the police to
be Harrington's wife, was located in
Palm Reach and is being kept under sur
veillance. Federal authorities think
Harrintoti is euroute to join her there.
Harrirgton fled Chicago Soturday f.
ter the arrest of Raymond J. Rischoff
for operation in which he is said by the
police to have lost 4,500,00O invested
with him by six thousand foreign born
stockyards workers
Harrington has debts amounting to at
least that figure, according to Federal
investigators. - . '
judge REVERSES RY '
VERDICT IN NEGRO'S TRIAL
AX1,ERSOX s. lvb. j6. Aftor
Calhoun Ware, negro railroad, fireman
fnim Abbeville
county, had beeu. found
guilty of murder of A. Macy, white
foreman of a road construction gang,
yesterday afternoon, Judge W. H.
Town-send reversed the jury 'a verdict and
granted a new trial to -the defendant.
Judge Townsend held that tho Stata had
not proven malice on tha part of the de
fendant nnd that there ws no eviUcn J
to support a verdict of arjrJvr.