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' Tb Western Sentinel is published every Tuesday and Friday morning, at one dollar the year the same price as once-a-week papers.- The best and cheapest way to reach Eight Thousand Families in the adja cent rural sections is to place an adver tisement in The Western Sentinel SIXTY FIRST YEAR nHrprnm--- NFfiRO BROOKS f VllT AWARD PRIZES BRITISH DRIVEN rilLUIULNI REFUSES SUPPORT Not in Favor of Woman's Suf- frage Amendment to Con stitution. New ,York, Jan. 27-President Wil- BOIl refused today to support the movement for an amendment to the constitution providing for woman's suffrage. 'He spoke briefly to 200 members of the Congressional Union for Woman's Suffrage, and told them that he feli that the suffrage question should be dealt with by each individ ual State The president arrived here this morning to face a program calling for a reception by clergymen and the de livery of addresses before , two busi ness organizations. The main purpose of the president's visit is to deliver . . . i before tne Kan way uusiness Associa,- tlon tonieht a stieech which is to open bis campaign for preparedness. After addressing the railway men, the president has arranged to speak at a banquet of the Motion Picture Board of America. Mr. Wilson ex pects to leave New York for Wash' ington at midnight tonight and to leave the capital tomorrow night for 'his western tour. iOND IS REDUCED FROM $3,000 TO $500 Raleigh, Jan. 27. The bond of Jo seph Upchurch, of Raleigh, who late yesterday with an . automobile, ran jdown and "fatally Injured Miss (Jlara May Wishart,, Of Charlotte, was re duced from f 3,000 to $500. Miss Wls liart waa riding a bicycle when struck y the automobile and was thrown kgalnst the curb of the street. She hied at a hospital shortly afterwards. Upchurch is under bond -pending nvestigation by the authorities. Offi cials said today that so far as they have been able to learn, the accident apparently was unavoidable. DR. J. H. MOCK, A PROMINENT THOMASVILLE DOCTOR, DEAD. Thomasvllle, Jan. 27. Dr. J. H. lock, a prominent physician of this ity, died last night at 9 o'clock af sr an illness of three days. Dr. Mock as 41 years old, and had been prac clng medicine in Thomasvllle for 17 ears. Surviving him are his mother, Ira ltf MnTtiHrA hla wifn wha WAH brnierly Miss Mary Guion, of New ferner one daughter. Miss Catherine Jock, and one sister, Mrs. Z.V .Crutch eld. The funeral will be held Friday jfternoon. 50UBLE ELECTROCUTION I OF NEGROES ON FRIDAY ! Raleigh, Jn. 27. Unless the gov nor interferes, the first double elec icutlon in North Carolina will take 'ace here' tomorrow morning when iff Dorsett and Ed Walker, negroes, 111 pay the penalty for the murder John Swaim in Guilford county in inuary, 1915. Attorneys for the ne foes recently failed to obtain a new ial on appeal to the supreme court Swalm was waylaid and shot during 1 attempted robbery. He was fatal i wounded and died several days la r. TO NOTE OF U. S. feat Britain's Formal .Answer Will Defend Action As to Mails. : tondon, Jan. 26. The foreign of I handed to the American embassy lay an ad interim reply to the lerican protest against detention of lis. The note, states that a formal iwer to the contentions of the Uni V States will be made as 'soon as i French government haseignlfled approval of the attitude of Great tain. I is understood the formal reply 1 defend the action of the British horlties . by citing evidence that mans have been abusing the priv es of first-class mails.. The Brit government will rely or. the pos convention adopted at The Hague justification of its measures. he United States protested to at Britain last month aa'nst In rence with the mails between this itry and Sweden. . Large quantl of mall mattes, particularly par post packages, have been taken i a number of steamships which ' detained in British ports on voy to the continent IFORMAL REPLY IN FORSYTH JAIL Man Wfio Shot Policeman White heart Sunday Captured in Box Mountain Section. Sam Brooks, colored, who Is charged with seriously wounding Patrolman 11. C. Whlteheart On Sunday afternoon, was arrested Wednesday In the Box Mountain section, near Dennis, and that afternoon was safely landed In the. Forsyth county Jail to await the result of Mr. Whiteheart's injuries. The officers have been following trail after trail since the shooting but he was not definitely located un til Tuesday night. Next morning aibout 8 o clock Chief Thomas, Deputy Sher iff R. T. Holder, Capt. T. A. Early and Patrolman Dalton left the city for Dennis where the trail was left by oVicers Tuesday and in a short time after arriving there they found they were close on the heels of their man. He was traced to the home pf an old colored woman, Dicy Cofer. who is an ex-slave and before the Civil War be longed to the family of Sergeant J. Cofer, of this city. .When ques tioned about Brooks, Dicy told the officers that he was there and they found him in the attic of the house asleep on the floor. The officers state that the prisoner offered no resistance, and that he was unarmed. He returned with them to the city without giving the least trou ble. Assault On Sunday. The assault which was committed on Sunday afternoon about 3 o'clock caused great excitement tnruout mis section. Patrolman Whlteheart was in the northeastern part of the city looking for a colored man for whom he had a warrant. Seeing Brooks who 'slightly resembled the man for whom the search was being made Mr. White heart called to him and laying his hand on the negro's shoulder told him that he had a warrant for him. With out warning there was the crack of a pistol, and Mr. Whiteheart stagger ed, shot in the side, the ball penetrat ing the right kidney. Patrolman Hen dricks, who was with Mr. Whiteheart, gave chase, but returned to his injur ed comrade when he realized that he was. seriously wounded. Officers on the Trail. Since the shooting the officers have scoured every hiding place in this section. On Sunday night Captain Early was at Dennis and found that. Brooks had been seen in that section and on last night Captain Early, Pa trolman Wall and Deputy Sheriff Han ner took up the trail. Following the information that the fugitive had Spent Sunday and Monday nights at the- home of Will Anthony, near Den nis they wereu nable to find a clue. Anthony denied having seen the man. At the home of Will Brooks, an uncle of Sam Brooks, about seven miles east of Walkertown they learned that the man they were trailing had been there, but that shelter had been re fused and the prisoner had imme diately left. Home of Dicy Cofer. Wednesday morning officers again took up the search and traced the negro to the home of - Dicy Cofer, where the arreBt was made. Here they found that BrooKe had arrived about two o'clock that morning. He stayed by the Are until about day break when he went up to the attic j and went to sleep, expecting 'tlnue his journey tonight to con- Claims Shooting Was Accident. Brooks claims lhat the shooting was an accident. He said that Sun day afternoon he was hailed by the officers, and that be bad his hand in his pocket; that when the officer caught hold of his arm bis hand was jerked out of his pockets and the pis tol accidentally fired. When asked about his weapon Brooks stated that he dropped it in jumping across a ditch, just outside of the city Sunday afternoon, and that he did not go back to get It. Dicy Cofer Btated to the officers when they arrived, however, that she saw Brooks with a pistol when h earrived early this morningv but It could not be found by the officers. Brooks told the officers . that he walked to Dennis Sun day night and had been in that sec tion ever since. He lived with the Cofer woman for aibout two years al ter the death of his parents when he was a boy. Since the escape of Brooks many re ports have come to the officers giving, the supposed whereabouts of the man, and also reports that be was heavily armed and that he was pre pared to defend himself to a finish. He is also credited with having made the statement that he could not be taken without the sacrifice of one or two men. The officers were prepar ed for any emergency, but were gra tified to find their prisoner In an easy frame of mind and willing to return to the city without making trouble. AGREE UPON SUNDAY SCHOOL LITERATURE Philadelphia, Jan. 26. Representa tives of more than a million Luther ans, using the English language and covering the United States and Can ada, in Joint committee here, have agreed on a basis for common grad ed Sunday school literature for the Lutheran church. It is proposed to take as a start ing point from which to develop the perfect Lutheran system the grad ed system of the general council be gun twenty years ago. This is one of a number of move menu looking towards closer union and greater unity in the Lutheran church, which is making elaborate preparations for a general celebration of the 400 anniversary of the begin ning of the reformation of Martin Luther.- , WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 28 1916 AT THE COUNTY County Superintendent W. B. Spcas is today compiling the bulletin, which contains Information regarding the county commencement of' rural schools, to be held In this city on Fri day, March 31. The program for the event is much more elaborate than the last, tho the first one held last year was most Instructive, interesting and entertaining., A liberal list of prizes is being arranged by the spe cial prize committee appointed by the Forsyth Teachers' Association, wnue all the prUes have not been arranged, a list of the contests and competitive events will be interesting. , Educational Parade. A feature of the commencement will be an educational parado, and a valu able prize will ' be awarded to the school having the most worthy float in the parade. Prizes To Be Awarded. Books valued at $5 will be given by Barber's Book Store to the one-teach er school having .the best general ex hibit of work done by the children. A picture valued at $5 will- be given by Watkins' Book Store to the two or three teacher school having the best general exhibit. o work- by the PUPUS. ," V :'' ' Another prize of books, valued at $5, will be awarded the school of more than three teachers having the best general exhibit of work. Domestic Science Contest. .. ' A Hoosier Kitchen Cabinet, given by the Huntley-Hlll-Stockton Com pany, will be the first prize for the best domestic science display. The contest rules provide for 17 prepared articles of food in addition to the best' table laid for a breakfast for six per sons, best drawings showing the var ious cuts of meats, and the best menu for a rural family with an Income of $1.60 per day. The second prize in this contest will be a four burner oil range, by the Rominger Furniture Company. A tireless cooker will be given by Brown-Rogers Company for the best exhibit In the sewing contest in which six articles are specified for the ex hibit. :-; - The medal for the winner in the boys' declaimers contest will bo given by Mr, H. Clay Morris, and the medal for the girls" readers contest by The Gift Bhop. For the high schools of the county a separate contest will be held in which the medal for the boys will be given by w. T. Vogler & Son. The winner of the girls' contest will also receive a meual of the same character. Prizes are also arranged for spelling contest and contest in, composition, which will be participated in by both boys and girls. Individual Prizes. Prizes or ribbons will bo given for the best composition on "The Model Country Home;" for the best indus trial map of the United States, and the best letter applying for a position by the seventh grade pupils. , 1 .For the best free hand drawing by pupils of the 4th, 5th and 6th grades. For the best industrial map of North .Carolina by pupils of the sixth grade. or the best outline (map of Europe (9x12) by fifth grade pupils. For the best illustrated story on the Language Lesson by pupils of the fourth grade, For the best paper cutting or 'the story of the Three Bears, by pupils of the second and third grades. For the best colored drawing by pupils of the: second and third grades. For the best specimen of writing bv children 61 the first grade. For the best illustrated booklet on history or geography. . " A lingerie dress will be awarded to tho girl of any grade exhibiting the best made suit of underwear: and to the pupil of the, Clemmons Farm Life School exhibiting the best hand-made suit of underwear a silk dress pattern will be awarded. These are given by Rosuiibacher & Bro. Athletic Contests. Field sports will form an interesting feature of the commencement this year, and prizes in thfas section of the program have been arranged as fol lows: To the winning basket ball team, a count championship pennant. To the winning baseball team, a county thampionehlp pennant. To Uie boy making the most points in jumping contest,, a hat, given by Mock-Pagby-Stockton Company. ' To ile boy winning In 220 yards run, pair cf shoes, given by W. C. Wrtelif &. Co. To the boy winning In 100 yards run, prize by Frank A. Stith Co. Club Prizes. To tbo Boys' Corn Club making the"' best appearance in parade, prize or rib bon, to be announced. To the Girls' Canning Club making the best display in parade, prize or rib bon, to be announced. CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY OF GERMAN EMPEROR Be'rlin, By wireless to Sayvllle, Jan. 27. Flags were out everywhere in Berlin today in celebration of the fifty seventh, birthday of Emperor William. The only formal observance consisted in religious services. New School Building. The Shady Mount school house, which was burned a few weeks ago, has been replaced by a new building and Prof. Cllnard and bis pupils are now comfortably quartered In the new building. The house, which has splendid accommoda tions for all the classes, waa completed early in January, and waa occupied Immediately after the holidays. MI NGEMENT FROM TERRITORY N ONE SECTION Berlin - Dispatch Indicates Body of 20,000 Troops Is "Cooped Up" in Aden. AUSTRIANS ARE PUSHING FORWARD INTO ALBANIA Are Moving Deliberately, How' ever, Not Encountering . Much Resistance. The British position in the territory protecting the Suez Canal route at its southern end is Imperiled by attacks of large bodies of Arabs and Turks on the British forces in southwestern Arabia, according to advices from Ger. man sources. ; The British have been driven from all the territory they held in that section of the country and have suffered extremely heavy losses in the fighting, the report declares. . The implication from the Berlin dis patch carrying these reports la that the British army of 20,000 men is now completely cooped up In Aden, near the entrance to the Red Sea, which unust oe held if the southerly approach to the Suez Canal is to be protected. A situation quite similar to this was reported thru Gorman agencies several weeks ago, but London then announced officially that no apprehensions were entertained of the outcome of the op erations which bad been meroly in the nature of skirmishes. ' The Austrians, having secured pos session of virtually all of Montenegro, whose, remaining, defenders, according to Vienna, are fast lying down their arms, are pushing forward Into Alba nia, but apparently are moving delib erately and without encountering much resistance. Advices from Albania indicate that their progress Is likely to be slow, owing to the condition of the roads. At last accountf the Bulgarian forc es cooperating with t.hw Aus,trtans had encountered tho Albanian troops, and according - to -unofficial advices, had met with a defeat at the latter's hands.'' : t JAKE NEWELL GETS SHARP CALL-DOWN ; Charlotte, Jan, 27.The features of the Mecklenburg County Republican Convention held here yesterday was a discussion of paragraphs contained In a resolution , introduced by Jake F. Newell, wherein he denounced the foreign policy of the Democratic ad ministration and suggested that Presi dent Wllsonh rhad better resign and take a school. course in a correspondence Ex-Congressman John M. Morehead took immediate exception to what he characterized "as cheap wit," said it was not the time to indulge in that kind of "wit" at the President's ex pense, for whom he said he personally had the very highest regard. He said the country owed President Wilson a great deal for keeping the nation out of war. ' E. M. Bell moved that the resolu tion be tabled, arguing that the criti cism of the President . was ill timed and out of place. The objectionable paragraph V was omitted, after which the balance of the : resolution . was adopted. .: ' SAYS 800,000 FRENCH HAVE BEEN KILLED Bristol, Eng., Jan. 27. A French deputy, who addressed the labor con ference today, on being questioned re garding the French losses, said that 800,000 soldiers had been killed, that 1,-100,000 had been wounded and that 300,00 had been taken prisoners. DRAINAGE REPORT MADE; NOTICE OF Middle Fork, South Fork and Mud dy Creek drainage district No. 1, thru a committee, appeared before Clerk of the Court C. M. McKaughan in court room -at courthouse Thursday morning with reference to the matter of draining that district The plaint iffs are W. B. Stafford et al and the defendants, Allison Enochs et al. The board of viewers, composed of Messrs. C. A. Reynolds, A. E. Hire and Will D. Alexander, appointed by Mr. McKaughan at a meeting a month or two ago, to look into the matter and determine whether the district should be drained, made Its report, which stated that in their opinion the district needed draining. Their report was confirmed and the defendant gave notice of appeal to the Supreme court. The appeal has not as yet been filed and may not be taken. , A large number of the citizens of the section in question want the dis trict drained. ; . ' Largs Porkers L. M. Smith, of Ad vance, R. F. D. 1, killed some fine porners recently,' the weights being 512,120, SSO pounds, a total or 1,12 pounds. , APPEAL GIVEN ESS RETURNS Y . Danbury, Conn., Jan. 27.-Tho spec tre of disaster, which has hovered for years over tho homes of the hat work ers of Danbury, threatening the mod est savings of years and the confisca tion of their homes, has gone forever. Today, while a million American worklngmen are giving the wages or one hour's labor to the fund which will pay tho score of the law, the Dan bury' hatters are happy again. It I a real tlianksRtvlns; that turn. No labor case In tho history of the country has the human Interest or the Danbury case. During the dozen years that the Uulted States courts considered Its many features. ih. small fortunes of 240 hat workers hmia in uie uumnee. .iiany oi tne men who were Biiea by thulr employer wen- aged, and more than a few have diod utiring tne long contest. 1-if teen years ago, the hat-makers of Danbury went on strike. The man went out orderly and there was nn violence. A boycott was declared against the product of the factory of D. E. Loewe & Co. This weapon had long been used In labor struggles, but In the case of the hatters there were mportont consequences Involving the right of . boycott and the inter pretation of the Sherman law. In 1903 Loewe brought suit against 240 mem bers .of the hatters union, claiming damages of $250,000, Up and down thru the federal courts this suit has gone, culminating In a decision last, year by the United States supreme court, confirming the liability of the hat workers. The amount which the workers must pay to D. E. Loewe & Co. is $252,000, and labor loaders predict that much more than this amount will he contributed by union men today. Bank accounts of tho hut. workers to the amount of nearly $100,000, now un der attachment, will be released, and the homes -of the workers, valued at $80,000, will also bo relieved of , the attachments placed on them by the United States marshals. No one in Danbury is more happy today over tne spirit displayed by American workmen toward the Dan bury hatters than Mr. Loew himself, Many of the men he sued In the heat of the strike battle had been his friends. They had worked at tht, bench with him, - and were glad to work in his factory when he organiz ed it. These llle-friendshlps have nev er been broken, even tho savings and homes were in danger. The hatters have , no bitter feelings against the man who in name only beat them in the "courts. The hatters realize that their boycott and the suit resulting were issues that were taken up as test cases of national importance. Tho court fight resolved Itself Into a bat tie between the AntMloycott Associa' tlon, composed of manufacturers, and the American Federation of Labor. And the result of the fight fell In name only on the hatters who began the boycott .many years ago in Dan bury. Yet the law's decree knew no mercy, and the homes and savings bank accounts were promptly attach ed for the satisfaction of the obliga tion. FIREMEN SAVE SAMPLE STORE OF GILMER BROS. Prompt action on the part of fire companies Nos 2 and 4 prevented a serious conflagration at Gilmer Bros.' Sample Store Thursduy morning at six o'clock. Fire was discovered in the basement of the store, which Is lo cated in the Sinltlideal building, with entrances on FlfUi and Trado streets, The origin of the Are is unknown, the flame having started in a trash, barrel at the foot of the stairs leading to the basement. Either rats and matches or spontaneous combustion of greasy rugs could have caused ignition of toe trash which filled the store with smoke. The fire was uiscovored when the adjoining storo of Bennett & Tesli was opened and 'found full of smoke. . The firemen" traced the fire to the Smlthdeal building and extinguished it with chemicals alone. The lire dam age was trilling, but the damage from smoke has not yet been determined. The Block in the. store whiali was at risk on account of the fire was valued at between $15,000 and $20,000. PH1MITIVK BA1TINT IHI HCH AT WALNl'T COVK UfeiOICATKH Walnut Cove, Jan. 27. The ITImltlvo BaptiHt church, recently built on Hum mlt avenue, was dedicated last Hun day and excellent sermons were de livered by able eldnm. One new mem ber was added to the .-oil at the Sun day InornlnB eervlce. Mr. Columbus Blackburn passed away Sunday mornltiK at the home of Mrs. Reuben Kast. two miles went of town. The deceased was In his 76tn year. The remains were laid to resi Monday mornlnK In the family sTave yard at the Kant home. Mrs. W. 8. VauKhn la rapidly recov ering from an attack of grippe and la now able to be up In her room. MeHsrs. A. K. Htrode and M. N. Wheeler vleited Winston-Salem Mon day. Mr. WyStt Vaug-hn, who holds a po sition In Wijieton-Salem, spent a few hour here flunday with home folk. The warehoum have been havlnit large break of tobacco and ,prl have beei. good ,1 and farmers highly plvaaed. . Miss Sallle- Fulton visited Winstoti Salem laat week. . Mr. and Mm. Numa Vaoithn, of Wln-uton-Salem. vlnlted Mr. VauKnn'e par ent. Mr. and Mr. W. B. Vaughn on Summit avenue lawt Hunday. - Minn Stella Kleraon visited Wlnsloi.. Salem Tuesday. Mrs. Lola Itennett and MI Minnie Orey Marshall and eevcral others from u'inatnn.KslnL rflme out Monday rnlBhl In a car and spent aeveral hour with friends. . HAPPIN TO DANBUR AMERICAN LABOR SUBSCRIPTION GIRL MEETS DEATH T( T Miss May Wishart, of Charlotte, Struck by dr Driven by Joe Upchurch. Haleigh, Jan. 27mIbs Clara May Wishart, 18-year-old daughter of Mrs. Kmmett Wishart of Charlotte, grand daughter of Mrs. James Peatross of this city, died In Ilex Hospital yester, day afternoon as a result of being struck by an auto driven by Joseph U. Upchurch, She never regained consciousness and died a few mouu tes after reaching tha hospital, where she was carried Immediately by Messrs. Frank Allen and James D. Newsom. Last night Mr. Unchurch was nlacod under urrest ponding an investigation by Coroner Charles Separk and oliee. tie was later ruleased under $3,000 bond. . Tho accident occurred about 6:30 o clock at tho Intersection of Glen wood avenue and Devereaux street wuen the girl rode a bicycle directly across the path of Upchurch'a auto. Struck by tho front of tho car, the girl was thrown about live feet Into the air and back against hard asphalt paving. An examination at the hos pital round that tho, base of her skull was fractured and aeulh probably re sulted from concussion of the brain. When picked up from the ground she was bleeding from tho mouth and nose as well as from the cut In the buck of her head. Weather In Alaska. Sewell, AlasKa, Jan, 27. Children are attending school barefooted In Sanak, southwestern Alaska, while a blizzard is swooping over northern Alaska. Advices received today by the mall steamer Dora from Sanak said no snow had fallen there and there had been no Ice up to the mlddler January. THE BOYKIN AFFAIR Young Man, Whose Absence Caused Withdrawal of Wed ding Invitatlons,Returns. Wilson, Jan. 2(t.Another chapter was written- In the story of the recall ed invitations to the Kuhrt-Boykin marriage, Monday night when Stan ley Boykin, the groom whose disap pearance from Wilson Sunday night, January 16, started the story, gave out for publication a statemeut. : Mr. Boykin has returned home. In his statement Mr. Boykin said that he left Wilson Sunday night for New York, and his Intention was to return to Wilson Friday In time to go to Atlanta for the wedding which was scheduled to occur January 27. He stated that prior to leaving Wilson ho told his father, D. S. Boykin, of his intention. Sometime, Monday, con-1 tlnues the statement, some local part ies informed the father that his son had left Wilson with the Intention of sailing for India and would never return to Wilson. The father was so Impressed with the truth of the story that ha Immediately telegraphed Miss Hattle Boykin, a sister of the young man to come home. Miss Moygia was In Atlanta, visiting the family of tho bride-to.be. Following this tele gram announcements were published recalling the Invitations. In Atlanta the assigned cause was the Illness Of Mr. Boykin. In his statement, Mr. Boykin said that as soon as he learn ed of the anxiety caused by his ab sence from home he returnea. tie says that he is unable to state wheth er the marriage to Miss Isabel Kuhrt will occur at the appointed date. The published statement simply added Interest in the peculiar affair. It is a fact that both Mr. and Mrs. D. 8. Boykin were ' prostrated the morning after the disappearance of Stanley Boykin and intimate friends of the family state positively that the prostration was because of informa tion which reached them thru a note alleged to be written by Stanley Boy kin and left on the desk in bis fath er's office. , . . I INAU ) ACCIDEN MAN SOUGHT FOR MURDER OF WIFE AND DAUGHTER MAKES A LEAP TO DEAT1 New York, Jan. 27. Police today identified the body ot a man who died In a hospital shortly after jumping from the third floor of an uptown hotel, as that ot Nathan Pullman, a retired Chicago Insurance agent, who was being sought on the charge of Saving murdered his wife and daugh ter in a Bronx apartment yesterday. The man died without regaining consciousness, but the police say they found a number of papers, notes and letters in his clothing which proved his Identity, and later relatives made the identification positive. Three ot the letters contained the phrase. "The wages' of sin Is death." Pullman registered at the hotel late last evening as "Mr. Jones and wife," telling the clerk that "Mrs. Jones would join him about eight o'clock." No one went to the man's room, how ever, and he was not seen again until his body was found on the sidewalk. Pullman waa seen leaving the Bronx PRICE, ONE DOLLAR A YLAR PISIDEfJT ONJIFF Thinks Commission to Study Matter Should Be Created by Congress: Washington. Jan. 27. Representa tive Kitchln, North Carolina, chairman of the House ways and means com mittee, had before him today a let ter from President Wilson, setting forth the considerations which -had most weight In causing him to with draw his opposition to the creation of a tariff commission by Congress and now to urge such a body. The president, in his communica tion, admitted that he had changed his mind because the circumstances of the world had changed. He de clared that he had "no thought what ever ot changing any attitude towards the so-called protective question." The proposed commission, the ; president said, would have nothing to do with theories of policy, but would . be charged only with the duty ot seeking facts to guide Congress in legislation. The letter was supplemental to ona the president sent Mr. Kitchln Mon day In which he gave his ldeaa of what a tariff commission should he and urged that the committee con sider the matter Immediately. H fa vored a non partisan expert body, DIVISION OF CROPS , IN NORTH CAROLINA It North Carolina were taken as one large farm, and a study made of the crops grown over the State, It would be seen that the different crops bav the following acreage as shown by tha last census; ' , ... ' Acres Corn.. .. .. ...... . . ., . 2,459,000 Oats ., .. , , , . 22H.000 ' Wheat.. .. .. .. .. .. ., 601,000 Rye.. .. .. .... ... .. .. .. 43,000 Cowpeas.. ,. .. .. .. l&I.OOO Hay .. 875,000 Irish potatoes. ." , ....... . . 31,990 Sweet potatoes. . ., (4,740 All other vegetables. ....... 85,980 Total.. .. .. .. .. 3,992,710 The above crops are those which are generally and rightly called the sup ply or subsistence .crops. ..The follow ing are not for the purpose ot feeding farm animals and the human popula tion. . , .-, . The money, crops would show tha following acreage: .,.'''. Acres Cotton.. '.. ...,1,274,404 Tobacco.. .. i 221,890 Peanuts.. 195,134 ; Total .. .. .. ..1.691.428 It can be seen that the total number of acres devoted to the money crops is 1,(501.428, while tho total of the sup ply crops reaches the number ot S, 992,710 N. 4 W. Ry. Magazine. County Courts The February term of Forsyth County Court will convene on Monday. , The following . Jurors have been summoned to serve during the week: Messrs W. 11 Craver, George B. Crews, Robert -W. Dugglns, Robert W. Tise. O. F, Teague, David Brlnkley. T. W. . Munday, N. M. Franklin A. F. Brady W. H. Manuel. J. II. Sapp, ft. D. Dugglns, O. C. Yar brough, If. C. Wlshen and J, A. Sprtn. kle. -,.! 1 apartment about four hours before the bodies of his wife and daughter were found. The skulls ot both wo men had been crushed with a small' hatchet which was found under tha bed. Friends said that Pullman bad come here from Chicago for a reunion with his family and was believed to have carried 45,000 tn currency when he left the apartment. The police ax press the opinion, after investigation, that the man had murdered the two women after going suddenly Insane. ' One letter found In Pullman's clothes, addressed to the "Newspapers and Everybody," said "Goodbye, ta, ta, everybody. I guess I'll make good. I am going away on a long 'Journey, ta, ta. and ta, ta, one mora." - In a rambling, disjointed manner the writer advised the people not to worry over these two as they were now better off and "there Is no good In making a fuss over something that can't be helped." There were no sig natures to tha notes. r ,
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