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VOL. XLIII. NO. 55.
GASTON I A, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 6, 1922.
SINGLE COPY 6 CENTS
11A PAlilti:
WITHIN TWO DAYS WORLD
WILL KNOW DECISION OF
PRIME. MINISTER GEORGE
From a Tangle of Contradic
tory Rumor This Is the Only
. Substantial Conviction
Emerging May" Resign
or Continue As Chief of Co-,
alition Government.
(By The Associate frees.)
LONDON, .Vfareh 0. Within twenty
four or at most 4S hour, tut world will
know definitely whether Primu Minister;
Lloyd tfeorgo has decided to resign or
continue as chief of tho coalition rovci n
ment. This is the ouly substantial con
viction emerging from a tangle of con-j
tradictory rumors in the crisis which en-j
grossed political observers over Saturday j
and 8unday.
Kxperts today were riametricully op- i
posed in their opiuiua as to how the'
crisis stood as n result of week end con- j
forences, Mmc declaring that the out-
look for a continuance of the coalition
was improved and encouraged belief j
that the prime minister would not re
sign. Others declared all signs pointed;
to Ida retirement and that liberal eol-j
leagues in his ministry would go with j
liim. Some were content to refrain from
committing themselves i a any opinion!
whether the result would be a smash-up;
or a patch up. L'vcn it' the prime min-
ister stays, nobody believes that tne coal
ition can last much longer, although i:
may 1e prolonged until liish legislation
and the Genoa conference are out of tho,
way. It is generally cie litcd in icrtani
quarters that nothing will be definitely,
announced until the speech of Sir Arthuii
Balfour, on Tuesday. It is declared thai 1
,the pre-eminent interest in ir Arthur s,
utterances will be a positive dccluruiiuii
as to the prime nlinistcr 's decision.
If thia ( xnreSHioli is for resignation of
Mr, L'oyd (ieorge, Sir Arthur will nut "
in any event aisume ihe r miersiiip. ac-1 TAXING POWER OF GOVERN
cording to repeated statements ma.le- to-, JJENT IS AT STAKE IN ISSUE
day. but will he willing ! take olnYc BEFORE U. S. SUPREME COURT
undur Austen Cliainbrilaiii es prime mm-1
ister. (Mr. Chnmbejlain is govei nineiii
leader in the Hous- of Coiiimi.iis.i i
Friend of Lloyd flmrge n-sert 1
exceedingly tired and wdi :"l :' on t re
eponaihilitieM of his office. 1 f 'he hnhb
on, it will only be hecaus.' of recogiii
tion that chaos is like'y to fallow his r
lirement in tires nt peculiar eirciim
stances. Whether he goes or stays, lie!
lias decided ta take an immediate iioli.i:.y!
which he will probably enjoy at his '
country home in Cricicth, a small v a ,ei -;
lnr nlii in Wnlrs situated ill the cone- !
ty of Carnarvon on Cardigan bay
If
lie does .not rcpign this
practically fill the entire
Genoa conference
DEFENSE IN OBENCHAIN
CASE BEGINS TODAY
(By The Associated Press.)
LOS AXOF.LKS, March ti. - The
Stato wns expected to res! today and Ihe
defense to begin its efforts to prove the
innocence of Mis. Madalynne Oln iichain,
on trial for the murder of .1. Helton
Kennedy, broker, her former sweetheart.
One tnoro witness, Mrs. Mary A.
Hailiff, whose illness with inllueii.a
caused a recess in the trial last wed:,
was expected to testify for the pmsecu
tion.
FAST AUTO RAGING
: AT LOS ANGELES MEET
(Bv The Assjciafi
1 Pre
LOW ANC.KLOS, March IV
Hilton, winner of V.l n it
way championship uud r the
Automobile Association coii'i
Toiamy
onal speed
A mei'ica 11
t rules, 1o-
day was th possessor of "' points to
wards tho Ii22 title, and 1o.iiim prize
money as the result of his victory in the
"oO mile race at tho Beverly Hills speed
way yesterday.
Milton, whisking his f .st mount a
round the bowl for an av";:ge of
miles an. hour, .jumped into the lead iu
tho first lap and he'd that position
throughout with the ixeeption of a few
circuits during the middle of the no,
when lialph dc Pu'iua, Italian pilot,
crept out in front.
Tho veteran Ita'ian went out of tie
competition in the Cdst lap with a
broken piston.
Jimmy Murphy, winner of the Fu ndi
grand prir.e last year, was the second
driver to finish, his average time for the
250 miles being 10H.U' mibs an hour.
Harry Harts won third place; Frank
Elliott, fourth; Eddie Hearne. fifth. Joe
Thomas, sixth, and Eddie Miller, seventh.
Miller, the mau in the field after the
first six had crossed the finish line, was
flagged at the end of the l!',Hh lap af
ter ho had completed -Jo"..i miles.
Pictro Bordino, a reient arrival from
Italy, who had iVcn regarded as one of
the dangerous contenders for fji
lionors, went out in the loIMh lap with
engine trouble, after he had treated the
crowd of wore than .Vi.OiiU &iertatois to
what was claimed to have been the fast
est lap ever negotiated on a mile and a
quarter course by a car of !:; im-h pis
ton displacement.
WHAT ELSE IS GOING TO
HAPPEN IN LOS ANGELES?
LOS ANGELES, March 4. W.
T. Taylor, at a public dance hall
early today requested the pleasure of
escorting two comely girls home, and
they consented. Several blocks away,
at a dark corner, one of the girls
oftly said: "Stick 'em up boney,
and hold 'em high," punctuating her
remarks with s pistoL The ether
girl caressingly removed $35 from
Taylor's pockets and they bid him a
fond goodnight.
Meanwhile. P. A. Dowser, not far
from the dance baU. met a Titian
haired woman who relieved him of
(19 in cash, $250 in postal savings
certificates and U2 in checks while
menacing him with a revolver.
Kahn Wants Committee To Visit
Muscle Shoals And See For
Themselves What Property Is
'(.By The Associated Tress-.)
WASHINGTON. March 6. Chair
man Kahn, of the House. Military Com
mittee, announced today, after a con
ference with Speaker (iillett, that he
would introduce , a resolution asking
authority for the committee to visit
Muscle Shoals, Ala., and inspect the vast
government projects there
with offers for which the
investigating.
in counecuoa i
committee is'
i
Frederick K. Kngstruni, of Wilming
ton. N. I.'., made a idea today before the
committee that the government complete j J.
the Muscle Shoals, Ala., projects as a who
"good business nnposition. " He pnr-;call
ticularly urged completion of the twOHioii
nitrate iihiHts ami said thev could be I sai l
made ready to manufacture nitrates and
fertilizers bv an additional expense to
the
government of about 17,(100,000. I
"One of the nitrate plants," he said, j
'already has cost the government 13,
000,000 i.mI the other $70,000,000. 1
submit they could be completed for $7,-1
0(10.000 and it would be a good business ,
proposition to do it." i
"Obviously it is economy and good,
business to finish this dam in order to ;
harness Ibis great power now going to,
waste and make it putt, these two plant'
and produce the nitrates and the fertili
zers for whieh there is a crying need thatj
is nation-wide," he slid. "It i admit
ted that these things should be lone. ami;
that their nreomn'ishment will greatly
promote the general welfare. Indeed,
such an accomplishment will do more;
than any one thing to promote the sue- j
cess of agriculture, contribute to gencv-j
al prosperity and absolutely provide for;
the national defense.
"I submit that my proposal provides!
Future Trading Act Presents
Most Vital Constitutional
One of
Questions
Years.
' Coutt Has Faced in Recent
' WASHINGTON, March (. The eon
stitution.il extent of the taxing power of
the government is at issue in the Su
preme Court in an attack brought by
eight memoers ot tne mien go rtoani or
Trade UIM" 1,u' ",ure Trailing Act.
The ease, with three others involving the
t'hlid Labor Law, pro-cuts, from the
viewpoint of the government, one of Hie
most vital constifutional ipiesfions
to
vacation will reach the court in recent years,
period until the -p,,. jroveriinieut won tiir Kiiture Trad
: ini: ease in the I'nited Stall's Histriet
Court at Chicago iM'fore Judge Landis, .
but lost in the Child Labor cases in the!
low.r federal courts in North Carolina.
The two ac's bring before the court, on
somewhat different facts, substantially.
similar contentions. Opponents chal
lenged the right of the federal govern- :
mont, in the exercise of its taxing pow- ;
r, to accomplish by what they term
'subterfuge'' regulatory control of
matters within the police jurisdiction of I
tho States. The government contended
that the Future Trading act imposed an
excise tax' which Congress, und
the
constitution, is authorized to lay and
'collect not only "to pay the debts and
provide for the common defense," but
aim for the "general welfare of the
f cited States. "
Contracts tor the future" delivery
of j.rniii amounts iu some years, the gov-
I .'rnmeut in the arguments before the Su-
' pronie Court asserted, to more than
01.11,11(1(1,11011 bushels, or three times the
quantity of grain produced in all coun
tries although the amount of grain act
ually changing hands in Chicago, where
five sixths of the "future" trading is
' done, being a small fraction of one per
cent of Ihe total. "future" transac-
tions in Chicago in 1!1! amount it was
stated to ol times the amount of wheat
; produced in the fnited States.
The future Trading Act imposes a
mong other provisions a tax of twenty
,"iiti a bushel upon all transactions
known as "puts" and "calls" wherev
er made, li l'je-t being to prohibit
Mich trading, and a scmilar tax upon all
contracts for "future" deliveries ev
cept those made upon a "contract" mar
ket or by the owner or grower of grain.
( eitaia admiiiistra'.iv" provisions for
the keeping of records and the making
ot reports
vision are
Designated
' ' ' cont tact '
condit ions,
selitalives
and for governim-n:::
also embodied in th
irrain centers. 1o
I Mijicr
f law.
become
markets, must, among other
admit to membership reprc
of agriciiltuial o cl'rative
associations.
Tin- government in defending the a.t
i took the position that the only eonstitu
: tional limitation upon the power of
Copgress to levy excise taxes is their uni
! form distribution geographically, on
' press leing free to select the subject for
taxation. Congress may use the taxing
! power, the government further contend
ed. for social, economic and moral pur
!iosos. The puriose of 1he tax levied in
: the act in Ui-stioii, as explained by tne
j government, was to corns t grain mar
Iketing evils such as manipulation by
! huge operators, promiscuous and unre
stricted sHs ulation in foodstuffs, di s
i semination of false erop information,
gambling in "puts'" and "calls." and'
! other arbitrary interference with the law ,
of sirpply and demand. It was NOT .i j
: punitive law. the Solicitor General as j
f sorted, imposing a tax to enforce n gti- i
latory measures which t'ougnss cuild
, NOT legally rontrol by fine and inipris i
onmi'iif, but was intemUsl lo terminate
j what he enlUsI "wild orgies" upon grain
exchanges.
Among the objiitions urgisil by th'
memliers of the exchange bringing tlie
case were tlmt grain traded in utwii the
t'hM-go Jwiard of Trade luid lost its in
terstate character, and then-fore was no
within the control of Federal hgisl:ition ;
that the government, through its taxing
; powers, was attempting to exercise Io
j lice jurisdiction irop'rly belonging to
the States; that membership upon the
exchange was a valuable property right,
the most ef.
possible cost,
and a'so guarantees a most liberal cash
return to the government after the in
vestment.'' Chairman Knhn announced today that
li intended to confer with tsecretary
Mellon, of the Treasury, on the financial
r.'iumioii respecting tne jiuscvie ononis
project and, if the secretary was willing, J
he might be asked to appear liefore the '
I cenunitte,
before the hearings were
liun v,.
K. Lcer!ng, of Los Angeled, Calif., .
said he was a civil engineer, was
I by. the lomiuitlee at tho eonclii-j
of Mr. K'ngstriim 's statement. lie'
none of the proposals, made by 1
I Henry Ford,
j puny or Mr.
the Alabama Power Com- j
Kngwi ruin, " ros to the;
dignity of a contract," and "were not li- I
iug more than well wonted handouts." !
Mr. Levering explained he had liecn
associated with Mr. Kngstruni when hii '
pri)M)tal was being drafted but had
"walked out" when it "was cbangi-l."
The Kngstruni proposal.' Mr. Levering
said, ' ' was foolish am
absurd but bet
Alabama Power
tcr than Kurd's or the
t 'ornpany. ' '
Mr. Levering sail (he
was nothing but a cost
lingstrum offer
pine contract, i
which would make profits of lo per
cent !
for
from the government, 10 per cent
the contractors who woti'd do the worok I
ami five per cent for Mr. Kngstruni. 1 1 '
declar. d the aim.v engineers "could do
the work as cheap a any body.'
The witness said " flood offer" prob- :
ably would be submitted to the War Ie-
pnrtment today. It would 'be made by i
Thomas Hampton, a gem ral contractor
of Washington, i. O. I
GOV. SMALL ON TRIAL
Bv The Associated Press.)
WAI KKCAN, ILLS.. March li. Im-
panelling ol the Lake eounvy graml jury
ami clearing ol tic- ilocKet or several
nuirili'r i-nui-u tier,, i lie nulv iti'liw f'nr till
attention of the court here today prior
lo the opening of the fr.nl of (lovcrnod
Len Small on a chareo of conspiracy to
defraud the state through
of interest on public funds.
embezzlement'
I
I
rr .... .. 1 .
liene iliuiieia were riin trii n di cup.
(he court during the forenoon session
and it was thought that the Small trial
would open after the noon recivs.
Judge Claire Kd wards, who will pre
; side, has returned from a vacation at
I Hot Springs, Ark., C. C. Les Forge, chief
I counsel for flovirnor Small, and Attov-
ney (leneral Htundage, for tho state, in
statements, fai l thev were ready.
A panel of fitly lalesmeu was on
hand for beginning of selection of a
1 jury.
It is the first time in Illinois' history
i that a governor is lo go on trial during
his term of office.
Cotton Market
CLOSING BIDS ON THE
NEW YORK
MARKET.
NKW YHK, March ti.
Cotton fu
tines closed strong.
March l.lo; May 17.01
Octidx-r Iti.fil ; December
1S.50.
; Julv
lo.Pi;
I
Spots
;
.
TOOAY'S COnON MARKET
Cotton seed . .
Strict to Good
...Sic
17 Vic :
Middling
NEAR EAST RELIEF
FUNDS WILL GO $12,000 '
In addition to the 11, 851 subscribed i
to Near Fast liolief in Canton, contribti-
tious continue ti me in, the following 1
sum having been received Saturday,
Kubv Mill operatives, Mr. K
Todd.
School
superintendent.
lid. Little
if.VHi, Mrs. IS. 15. Del ley's S. S. Oass, H,
P.Til's M. L. Clmrel'. South fio.no.
All runtribiitinn to this worthy can-c
will Ik' gladly received and accounted for
by Mr. A. (i. Myiis, 1ris',inr. 'iti.'us
National LVnk, Cast mia.
Stanley, N. C.
In the attendant rush of labu'ating
Near Last Relief returns and rendering
afppreeiation of tine work done in the
county hi a nicy was overlooked and the
County chairman v. ishfs t have it known
that nowhere in the county was there
anv more interest displayed and Is'tter
wi rk d -ne than by Ib v. AHx-rt Hierrill,'
of Mauley.
Mr. Sherrill worked early and late and
Micei e.ed ill th" (,un'.i for htanley b' iiig
oversni,sriixsl liy o.'i.oii, sending in a
total of J.'.Vj.iui.
Tlio work of Mr. Mierrill is highly ap
preciated bv all conne ted with the Near
Kaft work.
could not legally impaired by com
: is'Hnig the admission to iiieiulx'r.ship of
j representatives of agricultural co oiera- ;
itive .issiM-iatiiiiis, and that the exchange '
; rule prohibiting the rebating of com- '
missions should .T Is- abrogated by
permitting tin- agricultural co-operative,
association presented upon the exchange ;
i lo distribute among tiieir member prof- .
i its made iixiti cxdiange t ranssictioiis. It 1
, was a ho alleged that the keeping of
i rornrd and the furnishing of n-ports,
jwith Federal snixTvsiiou reiuirel by Hip
! law, would be unduly burdensome ami
'invalid. The Chicago Itoard jf Trade
j lias valuable real etatc Ix longing to its
meniliers, it was sss rtod, and to ronicl .
the exchange to admit representatives of
eo-operauve a'sociauons to meuioersuip i
would I the taking of p roicrty without '
due process of law.
for doing these things in
ficient mannc, at the least
KEEPS PERFECT TIME
AFTER 10 YEAR'S EXPOSURE
VANCOUVER, B. C. March 6.
After ten years exposure to the
weather, a gold watch recently found
by a member of a mountain climbing
club, has been restored to its owner,
who declares it to be keeping perfect
time.
F. W. Johnson, of this city, found
the watch. It was on a jutting rock,
at a height of 7,500 feet. From an
inscription on the back he located
the owner, the Rev. Benjamin F.
Bacon, of Vale University, who iden
tified it as his property. The watch
was given him by an Oswego, N. Y.,
church congregation in 1896. He
lost it ten years ago while on a trip
into the mountains near Glazier, B. C.
OTHER CABINET MEN MAY
FOLLOW EXAMPLE OE HAYS
All Is Not Calm in Republican
Ranks Reported That Oth
er Cabinet Officers May
Quit People Are Disgusted
With Congress.
(Ry II. V.. C.
Rrvant i
( 'ha' lotto Ob-
server. I
WASHIN'GTON, arch 5. At'
calm and s cene in the Hailing cabinet.
Will 11. Hayes was first to go, hot otmrs
a ie p'aiiuing to make a get away, So
retary Kails, of the interior department,
is not very happy in his job. and lias
been threatening 1 ouit. He ha , not
had a gsod time or his own way. lie
wanted to take over a few bureaus that
now lielong to other d: part metits. He
had s program that ha not been put:
through. Duughirty has lost mini' of his
sway lit the White House, anil Mr. Las
ker, of the shipping board, has gained
favor there in Hinders over which he and
the attorney general lurked horns.
The re are two distinct impressions of
Will H. Hays here. On,. is mat h.- made
a good and popular ) os! master gener.il,
and the other that he was a very decided
failure. Some r, publicans nbice him.
IVmorratic congressmen who had dcalit.g
with him found him very partisan and
! "jlippery.
It i Generally umh rslood that
i W ami i-augneriy oi.i nor gei on wen
I eogetner.
nrpiiDiican leaitors iiave thrown iiown
the bars and the ilciiu;crats can waik in
if l,..,.. -I'l,.,... I....1. .
' 11 I hi. 1111111 n"t. Aiieic i.s ii i.i- n il
democratic leadership in the house and
; senate. People away from here have
j been impressed with that fact. In a let
ter to a friend lurn a well known North
I Carolina democrat said:
"My interest in wiiat Congreh is
ing is at low ebb, largely for Ihe rea
' is doing nothing, and it seems lo
do
r hunch is without leadership and
u.
l iii.'apabie
1 ii. . -Minos' th"
Stactlv ; 'e'llj; ns.
era's s'ai.i. -ir s j
of real parts lik
mons sfay in flic
the iitteiaiiees of
f taking advantage
republicans are i
Whv don 't th.- dc
o:
:icf hing .' Whv do men
f lob mood and Sim
background and a'iovv
Senators I.'airi-on and
Heflin to represent
o flu eo'infrv the at
tidue of the party t
tion. ' '
Ileiiioerat. are very
holies cine from the
th,
,'i'iiniiii i! ra
hope I'll!,
mistake.
any I in ii"
but
of
(he-
opponents rather than
doing themselves.
North Carolina deno
watching John M. More
can state leader, with a
teres). Thev tako no st
rats her'
i n
tea !, I h" 1 1 pllbll
cr. at dca I of in
j'-k in the ii'K it
that lie will resign as national c immitlei -man.
for they know the job is not ax dis
tasteful to him now as i: used to be.
Those who kn-i.v M Moie'in-id assort.
that he never did care for th' o!i'ic:ll
honor thrust upon him. The declare 'hat
Gilliam firissom vv:.s ihe man I .at kip'
him going. Uiiss.m will no' le'. him g' :
out.
GUILFORD COUNTY CITIZi-NS
COMPLAIN AGAINST TAXES
GREENSBORO, N. C , Match 6
Guilford county "tax iroactla't '." over
a thousand strore. are exu.-tted to f.a'h-
er nere tomorrow icr a mays mci'tir to
ajsc-jss )hc tax situation with county of-
fair and endeavor t3 Folvc ihe prrbkm
nf th nteacnt taxes, whic'i avc ss.d to
be very high.
R. W. H. S'or.e, pre:dcnt of the
Notth Carolina Farmers' Un;on, a lead
er in them ovemsnt, declar:-. that cx
ttavazancc on the ?art ct ihs admmis-
trative officers of "he county :z rfponsi
ble ior the tax rate.
The county onirials arc expected to
be called before the meeting to'5how
where the county's lur.ds are fpent.
THE WEATHER
North Carolina, increasing clcudinfTS
and watmer tonight, probably followed
by rain Tuesdav.
MOUNT VESUVIUS IS
AGAIN IN ERUPTION
NAPLES. March 5. Mount Ve-
ruvius is again in eruption.
The
phenomenon began
with two mild
shocks of earthquakes which were fol
lowed by the collapse cf the eruptive
cone, 200 feet high, which stood in
side the crater.
The fall of the cor.e was accom
panied by rumblings and explosions
end the throwing out of ashes and in
candescent stones. Lava poured out
from the crater in streams and in the
24 hours since the disturbance began
is covers an area of 100,000 square
leet
The lava has formed round the
crater an incandescent bank more
than 300 feet wide. The temperature
of this molten mass is 2,000 degrees
fahrenheit. The widta of the crater
is now 1,500 feet. Professor Malla
dra, director of the observatory of
Vesuvius, 'descended into the crater at
the beginning ef the eruption. The
beat scorched his face.
Federal Government May Take
A Hand In New England Strike
5
! WASHIMITON, M il. h i!. - Indicu
tiio:s that the Pederai inn rnmeut might
; inti r ue in tip' New Kiigland textile
"ot'cirs' stiike Here given today at ihe
' l'vp: r Hunt of ( 'otumerre. niere it was
yaid il.ot that depaitmonl and the He
pm : ine'it of Labor wi re ,)ew engaged ill
le:. King .i Btudy of a propusd that an nr
Lil at. (iiir oiuliiissidii 1.' ereated.
Tin- textile wurkeis, .t v:is ,s.iid. had
sn'ei.itn'l a list oi'n anii s for urh a
run ':isinn, and Ixitli dopm iiimits have
it i.Mdei.' on iih rat ion .
J l;) II.KXCi:, I: 1 . Mel h 15.
, I! t.irees of national gu.ud ravalry
, an I eons! artiih r.v men, logether with
d' ... shcriil's cad jioliee, guardi d the
- Hop roiiipauy 's mill at Hope this inorn
' ii. g i.i Hi rxpiVtat ion that the s'rikers
would lany on; their plan- of lal Sat
1 urd.i;. .1,' la ttrmpt to pirhet lh' plants
with- Inkers t'rui.i other mil's iu ihe
I ' . . 1 1 . t :i!!ev, itj'ainst tii;' order of
Ihe out in nil ies.
A! a i' in I ii n I t e har.gevv as made in the
poller 1. 1' the Mrikers.ll owever, Mi'M the
t . s.i.i !' the exported tes o. fh.' pick
elin; i. ii!e'ii':is wes not mad'. Offi
cial! ol i In- Amalgamated Texliio Work
er '. ri .-iiaiee of I he i.a'lli.u; in the dis
tri t. wete en I. and when t ie mil! open
,'., I .ii ; tln-y. a. wei! a:( nil hti.krs from
of in r i ilhiges, wer k-pt iiway f'lom the
FIRST YEAR CF CONGRESS
Sixty-Seventh Congress Has
Bsen Butt of Jokes Few
Attempt to Defend Record
Republican Promises Have
Failed Still Fiddling With
Tariff.
i liy V:'ll.ire Ihissford. i
i.-perial Xen.s t'oi respondent, i
W MIIN(iTiN, i. C., March ti - The
The t-i M Seventh 'ongres-s is just com
phlirg the first vear of its term. It has
lut twelve more months of existence;
if its latter half leaves no belter nil
'. proMOu on the country than its first,'
then certain it is that it will go down in
his'ory as oi f the big disappoint-'
incuts, disheartening to its closest
friends and even lo its own membership.'
Few, if any, attempt to defend a Con
gress that lias become thf lull of the
jokefiuil lis on Ihe stage and in the funny
papers. Its i-fforls if th -y ran be
called Hindi - to relieve the distress of tie
colili'. re mi;;lit heroine tragic if it Were
not for the .saving stnse ot humor pos
ss'il by t';c American pe ople. livery
one laughs when Abe Martin says that
; business! in licking up --- he quotes the
pi uprietor of the five and tin cent storo
as saying he has sold more he ki r '
hoards in the last y. ar than during ail of
Wilson 's adiniiiist i at ion. And the W.-isli-i
ti U 1 " Ihcaler rins with apfl.:use wlnn
Will b'ogcrs, the coined i.i ii. tells of the
ii'o'Nt fire on tin- roof of the Treasury- -i,
(Hi it stopped vviieti it had biiriitd down
to where the nie.iny was. for the Ad
min is rat ion had beat the file t ,it.
rivery test of public opinion siiows that
t'oiiriss has made itself inlciis ly un
popular. If anvioie prophesieil tins out
loiuo w In n Harding and the bi ltepub
lii an ni'ijoi ii v in ongr. Ms mine to bat a
vear ago he would have bisui laughed at,
Im' the piih'ir has been treated to a hiic
ccSMon of delays and party -plits on im
I'Ortant matteis, witli im leasing bewild
enie ii' and helplessness, fivery Kepubli
i.iii in ( ongi'ss s ( ins to be a party un
to l.ims.-'f. with the exception of a few
c'i ar ii"ade ! fu n like .Jim Mann who
might bring .some order out of llii chaos
had his ungrateful parly ;;ivcn him the
el.uv I.,
I', d won. the .speakership, but.
o (ne who admits hi.,, own otter
and that of hW party,
rt. im ry cloud is said to have
lining, and we can n fleet with
this- ( , ingress, ;;n only twelve
it Went t
iuabilit v :
nd ye
iis silver
joy that
mouf lis m
to Ir e.
Mill i
i oinmit t'
ill Hons,
messa l"'s
Vlflilo lo!
waits am
gin-, y'.
The M r
f.i' toi i.-s
ldlo w ith the t::rifT. tae ( wo
i m i oar . e of such legisiat inn
and N mile send acr.uiouioiis
back and forth to cadi otiier
lines, twiddles iti thumb and
I uai's. not even beinc a Ye to
'iat to d" in the ciiciims'ain es.
e .)n Ivi r-inain etifilled. tin
idle, the ships mot imi!ew. These
os. not -itisicd with quarreling
end of to. Capitol to the othir,
ally L:t'.r o iarrels amnnir them-
commi f '
fp t;; "i:
have . v
selv i s.
not ei't
Natio: a
dagg-r
point o. i
lienor;' l
as N
And
at
i" White House it is
I'lesident and the
Ada ms. I:av.' be- n at
r weeks ever the ap
re sM.r to i'ottmasti r
filling of the vacancy
i rent. Th
hai' rr i : i n
points fo
it of a mi
May, the
tarv of to.
National ( 'oininittei'.
and patronage in rally.
So. ..king of llav. recalls what Mann
o...f linn in the House the other dav.
remarks make one wonder what sort
11
of iiaig.ii" the Movie Ti list got w hen it
i'ir- I t.i pny ll.ivs i I o". in hi per year a
a ..! i t r'ii 1.1 Marsha!. Mann sai l in
the i corse of a debate: "Ho h:n not
been v. lo tii a five cent piece since he has!
been 1 i-'masfer licinr;:!. H d' cm nnl
know :.i -.iiiing alwput the Post Ofhce IV
p;: rt lin n! : and for ot:e. I am mighty g'ad
he is getting out of il. Hi- only object
has b. ii to be extravagant in bis owh
peraiii .i nhitioiis with the iov eriiment .
Loie' .t i nice tolepiiiiniug is his main
long j.';i'. ' '
To Open New Store. ;
Mr. M. lfluesteiu, proprielor of the(
Hosti.ii Sample Shoo htore on Kast Main'
Avenue, has leased through R. O. Ornw-j
ford I Company the third store in the
bloi k being erected by lr. C. K. Adam
on Kast Main Avenue opiiosito the oil!
mill, where he will oK-n with an np-to-,
date lino of shes. dry go tils, clothing,'
etc., ss soon as the building is t-omp1etel,;
which will be withiu the next few days if,
Ihe weather pemiiU of work going for-!
ward. ' 1
; vicinity of the mill. Jt was auiiduneid
'that Thomas K. Harrop, chairman of
ne gineia1 s-trike commit toe, would have
i a ( onfei eiiccvv ith tiovernor San Snm i
lali r in the dav regarding the picketing
! rules.
1 PA WTl'f K KT, It. I .. March (i.
ltlai ksinne alley mills clo. ed for seven
i weeks were picketed bym any persons to
j day due to rumor; or' an attempt to le
' sum.- work, but ill every case except at
the Tamarack No. 1 mill lure, condi
lions weren n hanged . The Tamarack
null,.' ontroiicd by the Jelickcs Spinning
'Company, hash ecu practically closed
, Thism oniiug additimial workers u p n t
ed and the manageiiieii! announced that
most ot the 'iepartmeuts were in opi r.i
i tion .
i A group ol' Pi men, aid to be illtelel
I'd to repine sliikers, entered th" Huu-
mil brunch of the failed Slates finish
ing t'oiiiiany's plant. I'icketen had
' met them and hiirrouinled a garrage
; when- the men stayed for an hour until
a po'ice escort appearel. No disturb
, ance ileveiopcii . Th" strikers claim to
have induced additionalw oikers at tais
j plant to join their ranks.
In I.ioi.-.d:ile.Aslilon. and Ih-rk !'.
where the strike sta'tcl, Ihe mills were
: In :i ilv picketed but no attempt was
made to re nine business.
COMBINATION CHURCH
AND APARTMENT HOUSE
NEW YORK, March 6. A com
bination church and 17 story modern
hotel is to be New York's latest
novelty in buildings. The structure,
providing Sunday schools space in
the basement, a church on the first
three floors and a missionary school
on the roof, will be erected on the
site of the Metropolitan Tabernacle,
Broadway and 14th street.
A strict censorship will bj exercis
ed over hotel guests,. and card play
lng and dancing will be prohibited.
Th: estimated cost is $1,500,000.
SH0PCRAFT UNIONS ARE
FIRST ON THE PROGRAM;
ClirCAUO, March d. fho six rail-,
road hIii)mt:i ft unions, representing ollii, '
"l employee, were the first group of j
railroad worker n the program today:
at the opening of the fight over tho pros-j
( lit scale of wages between railroad labor i
an
the nation's largest transportation !
lines before
the I'liitod Htatesj Jtailroad
Labor Hon id.
Pet il ions asking for a ten per rent
wage jediict ion have been placed before
the board by 111 roads, while the shop
men! have asked increases of thirteen
(cuts an hour over the n resent scalo on
Ho of these roads. Increases on more
than the S" loads were not asked, it was
sai l, because nf failure to get the em
ployes' petitions in on time.
More than 17o roads have placed peti
tions for reductions before, the board
, while many groups of employes have a
(lopted a imthnd similur to that of the
shopmen by making counter proposals
for wage advances.
it was said tliat li. M . Jewell, presi-j
dent ut the railwav employes depart
' iii'-nt, American l-'ederntioii of Labor,
' representing the shopmen, would be pre
pared to ask postponement of Ihe hear
ing on technical grounds and iittempts
to block the hearings were regarded as
likely in railroad circles.
ANOTHER CONFESSION COMES 1
FROM CONNECTICUT TOWN
LUh ANliKLLh. CALIF.. Man h li. -Further
checking on the latest "ronfeN
.sion" to the murder of William I)e
nioiul Tayloi. film director a ten Jiage
dm uni oil mailed from a small Connect!-''
cut city was planned for today by of
tieis assigned to the cane.
According to the ''confession" as de-,
"ci il. it by th" police, the " confessor " i
was a husband with whose wife Taylor
had had an affair, only to "Si-orn'' her
later. Thin the husband and wife plan '
ned and executed the murder, the docu 1
mint stated. The name nf a Hollywood,
man. lonne. ted w ith the motion picture (
industry, was signed to the
sie n," but the police stated
"confes-
I ney were
certain that the man had no guilty know
h dgc of the crime.
Thev said, however, that deopite flu
fact that a name they U'lieveil was r.i
the witrr's v.,11 signed, they felt in
clined to li lieve tho "confessor" had
'some ilefinit:' eonms t ion ' ' with the
niurdi r.
GEORGIA GRAND JURY TO
PROBE SHOOTING OF SCHOOL
MAN BY ARMY OFFICER
TAI.ltOTTON.li a..M.ir,n f.. -When
the T.iibot county grand jury convened
today it was to investigate tin- case of
Major L. II. Cnart, a form r armv of
ficer, charged with niurdi r in eoniii-tioil
villi the shooting nf A. li. M. Neic,
coiialv h-.-hool super nteiiilenl, las' Oe to
ll, r .
TV' shooting took pl:i in the i.fl'i.-.- of
tin- iio.il S'lperiiitendent at the county
courthouse. Afters ending a bullet into
the Imdy of M'-Xeicc. Major Court ieft
th" building and in remlereil his pipti.i
to
bank cashier. A few .lavs later he
was arrested. M-ei.-e huifered fi t !
several days in an Atlanta h'-pi,:il. j
Since thes hooliug, .Mr. M
Mrs. dart have U-eii s.n
Xeii :- and i
reiM-at. dlv
together. loart lias rrfuse.1 to talk ' i
iewpaMT lu-ii, but ath is prelimniarv
In aring he i lainn d Cmt McXeice In 1
"wKskcdh is home."
The solicitor general slated that in
the evtlit Court is indicted by the grand
jury he will Ik placed on trial uext
Monday.
I'li.-.siir A, Marrli t. rji-. l.cnuan
states of Haxony. lirunswi.k aad Thur-
ingia contemplate establishmeat of a
union to. nrther theirc oinmon interests
without imiw.iriug their -irate iu-le-1 His propfal has I-en forwsrded to tho
pcndeiifr. These three .dates now have saprvnie eoort ut Li ipzirf fur au luioaiu
socialist governments. 'ed poiiit ia vedca.
LANGHORNE SISTERS TO
L!? mmf,
TO NEEDY SOUTHERN WOMEN
Aiuance contemplates the
Awarding: of Scholarships to
Needy southern Girls
Two Famous Virginia Beau
ties Are Back of Movement.'
(Ity The Associated Press.)
NEW VOKK, Maul. o. Souther
women living in regimi devoid of mod
ern advantages arc to have edueation
brought fo: hem by a movement set 0U
foot by two of the famed Langhorue
si. ten, of I.'ichmoml, Va., Lady As
. tor, wh'ivv as Nancy l.anghorne, has
sent her contribution to her sister, Mrs.
(libsoii, who was Irene I.anghorue, and
I tin- original "(;bsoll (iirl." Mrs. Gib
son today sent out an appeal to women
of the South now living in the .North,
j asking for their support of tho project.
M . .. I'll : . ..: i .. 'm At .
oiis. niif.uii i.i ice ciiiiiriiiun ui mi.
New York riiy brunch of the Southern
Women's Kducat ional.V lliance.
Tin' Alliance officials say their or.
gaoiz.it ion i outeiupl.ites Die awarding of
mole ihan loo scliola rsiiips for techni
cal! si hoo's, colleges mid "prep"
sehoii's; a i i alignments for loans fo r
no. dv -i out hern girl-, and also the cou
di.iting ofv ocational courses for girls
ill t he:r ' t ceils ' ' .
"AM of us realize that women are
, needing e duration now us never before,'
said Mrs. diliHon, ill her appeal, "niid
thoughtful southern women who live out
side the south realize more thnu any
oti'eisc ould how meagre the outlook and
chances o;s em l outhern girls arc as
coinpai ed vuth those of girls of other--
seitions of the country,"
MANY CAROLINA FARMERS
SHORT ON FOOD SUPPLIES
Less Than Half of Farm Fami
lies Keep a Milk Cow
Thou sands do Not Keep
J 'L :!- IJ I.L
UI IIVJ9 f Willi
Paul Lucas Collects Fsti
mates.
HAI KKill, March S. More than
one half of the 4U0.OUO farm families in
North Carolina, representing a popula
tion of approximately 1,OOU,000 souls,
wilfully neglect to raise at homo the
food spplies which are necessary for
the maintenance of physical strcnghth
'""I health and for the proper .develop
mi nt of the (hildrmi in thoao fsnillics.
Tiiiis estimate has just been made by
John l'aul Lucas who was "drafted" by
tiovernor Morrison for tho "Live at
Home" campaign and who has been de.
voting the first week of his stay in Ra
leigh largely to a study and surrey or.
the situation the remedying of which he
has been called upon to direct.
According tr Mr. Lucas less than
half nf the farm families in North Caro
lina keep a milk cow. Probably ns large
a percentage neglect to tend s garden,
e. ept in 11111' instances u collard or
cabbage patch. Thousands of these f ami
ne oo hoi even Keep ciucsens or raise;
tiieir own hog meat. An even ' larger .
i number do not raise sweet potatoes or ;
Irish potatoes for home uno. ...',
im ... ....t ....P..;;r... " in.i... -i.
l I.I lll't !U. . is, Hf...J( ll'llllllll-
ed Mr. Lucas, "in the face of this situ
ation to find that we are sending out
of North Carolina to other states the
staggering sum ef 100,000,000 each
year for food and feedstuff's.
" It would be bad enough if this trem
endous economic drain year after year
.on 'titulc-il the worst feature of tho
situation. Hut it docs not. The tragedy
of it all is that these tens of thousands
of our farm families, aggregating &"
population of marly 1 ,000,000 people
oo not mciuiid m meir diet neaim-giving,
milk, vegetables and other home-growi
pioducis which would give to their diet;
the variety and balance which is neces-
K i v ior ini1 ueveiui'iuviii. liil lnumic'
nance of strong, vigorous manhood and
womanhood.
"One ran readily understand, that
witit pr;n tii ally half our farming popu
lation poony and inadequately nourish-
ed. not from a lack of food but from a "
i.h k oi proper looej, wiucn cmnil vest
an ! most cheaply be supplied front the
home farm, tho physical efliticney of a
larg. part of our citizenship is material
ly lessened and their health affected.
I'leiuestionab'y this part of our popula
tion suffers most from the ravages of
dhs. a so because it has not the stamina
and vitality to .esiat.
" The ' Live-at-Homc campaign is
trenu 'iidoi.!!y important from the view
point of economic independence. In
i":ii t. it is absolutely essential from this
staii.!K:nt of the cottorj farmers of the
ijfatc are to be saved from absolute
bankruptcy and ruin. But, it is equally
important from the stanitioint of healthy
physical efficient y and general welfare.
And it is important not only to the sev
eral hundred thousand who are to be di
rectly U ni fitte. but also to every citizen
of the Jsftit.. bet a use even-one is direct
ly or indirectly affoeted." -
Th? campaign, which is getting -well
ujder way. baa the raratst and ertthusi- -asjti.-
ba-king not only of the Governor
but also of the Iepartuient of Agrieul-
Inri- tl... Sni f'ullecn ih 1 1nm, -
,,f V, In, -.tion !.. Stnt.. Il,e.r nf TTuolih
Hoard of Welfare and other govern-
mental agencies whone forces- throughout
the Mate are Ifting organized iu au in
tensive effort
DR.
WOLFGANG KAPP
OFFERS TO SURRENDER.
(By The Asaoetate.! Tress.)
HKK'LIX, March . Ir. Wolfgang
Kapp, who led thrt rrvolulion in Mairh,
19-'". which refulkvl in the 'temporary
overthrow cf .th" lit-rt tii.verunient, lias
offered, to surrendiT fort ial with tho
undotan.lin; that lie hi' given safe eon-
duet and not" be plaeed nailer srreot.