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WCTTOTSENtlNfeU TTO5T0N-SALEM, N. C. JULY 20, 1920 ROOSEVELT WILL DE ATCONFERENCE Vice Presidential. Nominee Is Eager To Get On the Stump - In the Northwest Section , Washington, July 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant secretary of tha navy and Democratic vlc-presi-4entlal nominee, arrived to Wash ington today from his home In New York. He went direct from his home to the navy department and imme , 3 lately set to work to clear his desk of the mass of letters ana aetans : - that had accumulated during his ab- senea at the San Francisco conven- - tion. Admiral Coontx. chief of naval , operations, has been acting- secre , tary during the absence of Secretary Daniels and Mr, Roosevelt. No wel- - coming ceremonies had been ar . ranged at the navy department but " U employes there planned an im promptn celebration at :0 this aft : ernoon -at which they hoped Mr. Roosevelt would make an address. . The four starred white flag of the - assistant aecertary of the navy was displayed at the department in Mr. , Roosevelt's honor. Mr. Roosevelt will attend the con ference Bunday between President Wilson and Governor Cox at the White House and will return to Day-: , ton with the governor Sunday to meet with the Democratic national t committee Monday. The vice presfc denUal candidate said his plans wogld be mad for the speaking , tours of the Democratic candidates . within the next few days. "la the northwest about TC per cent ox tee newspapers are riepuDii " can-owned and controlled," said Mr. . Roosevelt. "I feel that the best way wo can overcome this handicap is to - tet out into these states. I also feel i that the people are entitled to see the men they ars asked to vote for.'-' "Will Governor Cox and yourself divide he country between you one going east and the other westf Mr. Koosevelt was asked, j- "That has not been decided; but I should think it would be a good plan," the nominee replied. v , Mr. Roosevelt said he would start : a speaking tour immediately after the notification ceremony. The date for this event has not been set, but Mr. Roosevelt believes it probably will take place at his home at Hyde Park, N. T., either August 7 or Au- gust f. JEWISH PEOPLE CANNOT SELL PALESTINE LAND . ! They' Can Only Leave It To Their Children; This Is Pun To Nationalise The Land ( " New York, July 15. While the Jewish people will be permitted to develop and reas the harvest from land purchased ro Palestine by the , Jewish National Fund and also be . privileged to leave it to their chil dren, they can never sell it. This ' la in accordance with the plan of : the fund to nationalise the land In , Palestine and eliminate land spec- - ulation as announced here by Dr. . Baer Epstein, the - fund's special commissioner, who has just arrived . from England. ' The fund, he said, will spend f l,- . 150,009 during the next year for the purchase of barren land which must : be reclaimed and fit for settlement by J Jewish Tenters. More than 7,000,000 French " francs, Dr. Epstein added, have al ready been spent in buying and cultivating 0,000 acres of what now Is fertile Palestine land and in de veloping six agricultural . colonies and a dozen individual farms. "The fund not only has purchased .land tor farming," he said, "but : tt has made extensive purchases in Jerusalem, Tiberias, . Haifa, Jaffa, . Sated and the other principal cities of Palestine. - This city land is used exclusively for public buildings.' GILMER'S BIG SALE IS- ATTRACTING BIG CROWDS i .v . . - ' A distribution of thousands and : thousands of dollars worth of sea sonable merchandise . sacrificed by the largest mills and manufacturers - of America started today in the big Gilmer store in this city, and next ? . week wilt be launched in all the .twelve stores of the giant chain. Crowds flocked to the store this ' morning .following the appearance - of the double page spread in yester day's Sentinel and the results of the sale up to noon today were beyond all expectation. tt la a well known fact that man v Vfaeturers and Jobbers everywhere are unloading their summer mer ' chandler without regard to profits and the buyers of the Gilmer chain who are constantly on the market ' have spent the past few weeks gath ering together the choicest offerings for this big sale now opened to the people of Winston-Salem. Each day during the sale new spe cials will be added to the already : ' strong list and th advertising col umns of the Sentinel will keep read - ers posted on the good things arrang ed tor each day during the next two weeks. . - COPS ON LOOKOUT FOR AUTOISTS NOW i . J. Bryan Grimes, secretary ot stats, in a telegram to Chief of Police J. A. Thomas, states that automobile license tags have been mailed to all applicants from Forsyth county and should reach them in a day or two. The message was received in re sponse to a telegram from Chief Thomas asking for information con eernlng prosecutions of those who do not display tags after this date. Chief Thomas states that hereaf ter all owners and drivers of ears not properly tagged, or those that do ' not have the proper lights, will be arrested and carried before the man iclpal court. CAROLINA COUNTIES SHOW LITTLE POPULATION GROWTH Washington, July 17. Director of the Census Samuel L. Rogers, Friday announced the census fig ures for a number of North Caro ! na counties, few of which showed say appreciable increases and two ;wp4 decreases . during the past 1 ) years. Davis county Just es , . 1 being put into the decrease by making gain of 114 souls sr 10 years, or 1.4 per oent. i or counties given out: Cam - 5 , :i S 2 Biraunt, (.040, a decrease ' : .. s or 4 per cent; Chowan ooun 1 i . 4 . this year as compared i 11, :, 3 19 years ago, ft decrease 4 fr 5 8 per cent; Lincoln now i 7 2 . t 17,111 10 years P , i ii ;,) or 4.1 per sent, ' n 17.170 accord- ,' m.j as against as, gain - of LOS ANGELES IS THE MAN FOR VHOM MMl WINSTON WAS NAMED ui.niu.il nunm No Serious Damage Resulted But People Were moroijr Scared For Short Time Los Angeles, July 10. A. severe earthquake at 10:10 o'clock this morning, apparently centered in Los Angeles city, caused slight damage to some of the older buildings, broke a number of Plate glass windows and frightened the citizens gen erally. Na extensive damage was re ported. In the older parts of tho city. was reported, mortar was shaken from tne wans ot one ounuu. until the sidewalks were ' nearly white with it. . Thruout the city there was a gen eral emptying of buildings, the frightened people not knowing Just where to seek safety. (' Crowds gath ered In many places searching wails of buildings with their eyes for pos sible, cracks. - Various departments - ot the su- nerior and police courts Bad' Just opened their morning session when the shock came. People ran into troata acreaminE. with here and there one remaining to pray, or fail onto the floor into ft faint. A quick survey showed no damage, but the surrey was hampered by ap parent demoralisation of the tele phone service thru frightened tele phone operators deserting their switchboards. The shock was more severe than any felt here recently, except ihnt of v. . .11. , A Tim. it wrliAn Minnlder- .ki. J - Ann t TnarlttwnTMfl and in the southwestern part of Los Angeles. rv-;".. SUFFRAGISTS ARE Fi COITO RALEIGH He Has Been Invited To Ad dress Good Roads Folks and . Suffragists See Chance WOULD HELP THE CAUSE Should He Accept Invitation He Would Be -On Hand While Lgls latare Is In Session and Snffra- . gists Ssy He Could Turn The ;,. Trick; State Capitol News Raleigh," July 10. No' informa tion has yet been received here as to whether Governor Cox, ot Ohio, Democratic , presidential nominee, will visit Raleigh next month at the citizens' convention in the. Interest of good roads to be held in. the city auditorium hers on August 10. The invitation has been made to the Ohio governor by the good roads enthusiasts of the state, a score or more of mayors, and within the past day or so, editors of the state news papers have been asked to Join by telegraph the urge that the invita tion be accepted. More than passing Interest, of course, is manifested in the expect ed visit of Governor Cox to North Carolina at this time and there are hundreds of Tar Heels who would insist that he accept if given the op portunity of petition. Particularly are the champions of the surffrage cause In North Carolina anxious that the Invitation be accepted because they believe that once the presi dential nominee sets foot on Tar Heel's sod the chances for ratifica tion of the Susan B. Anthony fed eral suffrage amendment will be bet tered. Governor Cox, an ardent be liever in equal suffrage, has, since his nomination, endeavored to im press upon the Louisiana legisla ture the Importance of ratifying a! tho little consideration was given his request He will make a sii lar request of the special session ml the North Carolina legislature whf n it meets next month. Morrison and Parker to Si The call for the citizens Con ference in the interest of good ads here is made by Col. T. L. Kirp Patrick, chairman of the comAittee on arrangements. Formal noflce of the meeting has already beenfenade, it being announced that then will be on the program speak Oi of both state and national repltation and Cameron Morrison and Jnhn J. Parker, gubernatorial nomlnels of the Democratic and RepfeDUcan parties respectively. f It is learned today that the good roads advocates of the state have abandoned the. Idea of prevailing upon the solona at the special ses sion of the legislature to authorize the issuance of a $50,600,000 bond Issue at this time, but that they in tend to have a commission made up of members of the legislature ap pointed for th purpose of making a study oi tne state's road needs. With this commission named from both houses it la the plan to have a report made at the next r tarn lar session in January, If II, at which time an effort will be made to put over the bond Issue program. The convention is being called in Order to arouse enthusiasm for state-wide system of bard surface highways. . Prospective members ot the low er house ot the general assembly from Wake county, nominated at the recent Democratic primary, have received letters from H. p. Crier, of Iredell county, asking their support In his candidacy for speak er. Edgar W. Pharr, of Charlotte, and W. N. Everett, of Rockingham, are also considered candidates tor the speakership after a fashion. . Chance For Ex-Serrioe Men. For th aid ot ex-service men In obtaining an education there Is still available approximately, f 20,000 thru the war council of the T. M. C A, In North Carolina Tho fund for college scholarships Is virtually exhausted at this time but there is still a surplus for commercial and technical scholarship. The fund 1 at the disposal of all ex-servioe men who are not receiving compensation from th government. Gas Hearing- Postponed. . The state corporation commission has announced the postponement of the hearings set for this week of the gas companies ssking for an- in crease la their rates, N . -j . . EAGER OR COX TO Gen. Joseph Winston and Some Local History Relative To Origin of Forsyth County "(By MRS. W. O. SPENCER.) Feeling that s bit of history now and then even if not relished by the best of men, is certainly essential to the , mental growth and well-being of an organization whose original ob ject as set forth in section 2 of their constitution is condensed as follows: "Objects of this society are: First, To perpetuate the memory and spir it of the men and women who achieved American independence, eto." Second, "To promote as an ob ject of primary importance institu tions for ' the general diffusion of knowledge," and Third "To cherish, maintain and extend the Institutions Of American freedom, to foster true patriotism, and. love of county and to aid in securing for mankind all the blessings of liberty." So in order to carry out the pri mary fundamental purposes for which we are organized, it certain ly behooves us now and again to re fresh our memories with facts con cerning our Individual chapter. The bits of historical Interest which I shall present to you are not presented In any way as a well writ ten paper on this subject should be, but I have Just gathered together a few interesting facts that lead up to General Joseph Winston, after whom our chapter was named. Looking backward to an act pass ed by the general assembly of North Carolina in the winter of 1845. we find in the annals of history the be ginning of the county of Forsyth.for up to that time what is now Forsyth county was only an outlying part of the extensive county of Stokes. Dur ing this session of the legislature a bill was passed as follows: 'Section 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of North Carolina, and it Is hereby enacted by the au thority of the same that from and after the passing of this act, . the county ot Stokes shall be divided Into two distinct counties by a line beginning at the southwest corner of Rockingham county and runlng thence to the Surry county line, and It further is enacted that all parts of the said county lying south of the said line shall be erected into a dis tinct county by the name of Forsyth. in honor of the memory ot Col. Ben jamin , Forsyth, who fell on the northern frontier in the late war with England." After forming the new county no name was given for some time to the county seat: for some reason there was manifested some antagonism for the natural answer to that question which would seem to have been Salem, which was then a thriving and Interesting village, founded by the Brotherhood of the Moravian church and situated on an adjoining hill from the new county's courthouse. However, the name did not please part . of the county and an election was called to rote on the selection of a name which resulted in no name being chosen, and finally as court had to be held In the new. county and some name had to be used in the calling of this court. Col. Henry Marshall from near Salem Chapel, introduced Into the legisla ture's bill and an act was passed giving a name to the county town of Forsyth, and for other purposes." The act was ratified January 15, 1861 and read thusly: Section I. Be it enacted by the general assembly of North Caro lina, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that here after, the county town of Forsyth county shall be known by the name of Winston" and the name appears first in the county records of March IT, 1051, when court convened for the first time in Winston. The name was chosen in honor of one of the county's (before-Ja divided) most Influential aKT celebrWed Revolu tionary heroes Geneiml Joseph Winsto: Josaf h JrTnsfn was borft In Louisa counTyVva., Jpne IT, 17. He re- cebcya falr good education and d hlmat seventeen! years of one of M band of rangers fight- hostile Jhdlans with nf eat brav- y, at oqf time being Caught in n ambuan.de, where hisfmen were completely routed and whlre he him self wan wice woundecf He how ever eaokifctLafrlFlrMhe ITerolam and love otontrof hi menwho carried , ' y. 7 " away thirst and heat with cool, spa&ling (" jjjf Eveoy bubbly one of pleiure and delight 4 , jm J him on Ris back for three days until safety was reached. . ' ' : In 1766 Winston moved from Vir ginia to North Carolina, settllnsf ln-gurry-county, where he soon became populra politically, becoming mem of the Hillsboro convention and also majorof Surry county militia. When Stokes county, was formed ef a part of Surry. Major Winston was the first senator in the legislature from Stokes county.' While a member of the legislature, he was -commissioned by Governor Caswell to represent North Carolina along with 'Wraighi stell Avery and Robert L&nlerv to treat with the Indians and in July, lTT7, the famous treaty-of Long Is land of Holston was made, the re sults of which gave North Carolina and Virginia splendid new territory. Being well fitted tor the control of the troops by his extensive experi ence as - an Indian fighter and as major ot militia and having served faithfully against the Scotch Tories and Cherokee Indians, he was amply fitted to take an active part In the Revolutionary war whose clouds now hung over the young nation, At the battle of King's Mountain, October T, : 1T80, followed by his Surry county men he led the right wing of the army and formed a, part of the circle that closed in on Ferguson and the British troops and so paved th way tor the final con clusion of that, wonderful struggle that insured us liberty, -lie took an active part in the battle of Guilford Courthouse and -in other - engage-i ments thruout this section of the state.;-- - -. . ..:..-;.. . ; ; After the vicissitudes of war, peace found Gen. Winston quietly resting at his country home near German town, and only faring forth at the call of his country to represent them ; first for several terms in the state legislature and from 1791 to 1785 and again from 1813 to 1818 he was a member of the national congress. After several years of quietude, he answered that summons that comes but once and his tired spirit, ripe and full of years, passed from earth into the great beyond on April 21, 1815. , .. - - WILSON WATCHING ... J COAL SITUATION Washington, July 14. President Wilson has been kept fully advised as to efforts by the railroad adminis tration, the Interstate commerce commission and the ' coal operators association in dealing with, the coal shortage situation, and especially -at lake- ports. ' ' A report by E. M. Eldrod, assis tant to the director of railroad ad-1 ministration, showing present move ment ot coal about B0 per cent of normal, was sent to the president to day with other documents, 5 j -Rumors of the possible appoint ment by the president of a fuel ad ministration, white house officials warned against intimation that such an official would not be "named, ex plained that:, the emergency might arise later to make the appointment necessary. , It. was said at the white house, however,, that ample powers to meet present conditions were vest ed in the Interstate commerce com mission under the , Esch-Cummlns railroad law. : '- WILSON OPPOSED TO . DROPPING OLD MEN - - - h , - ,3'--- - Washington, July 17. President WUson is strongly opposed to the retirement under the civil service, re tirement law of civil service employ es who have reached the retire ment age of 45 years, but who are in good physical condition and desire to continue at work, w? f , Secretary Tumulty said today th President had told members of the cabinet ot his desire that they place a uniform Interpretation on the measure which' becomes ' effective July 22 and which some cabinet -of ficers have construed to provide ar bitrarily tor retirement of employes at the age of 45. -. ' . COMMISSION ORDERS CARS FOR FERTILIZERS Washington, July IT. Preferen tial assignment of cars tor the load ing of fertilizer to th extent of a minimum of 75 per cent of actual dally requirements was ordered to day by the commission on th car service. Fertilizer movement for the present season has already begun, the circular stated, the seaton hav ing been advanced by the National Fertiliser Association with' A view of helping out the car supply. , COX PROMISES HiS Wrili Do. Everything He Can To induce tne Tennessee Leg' 0,;:.bMm;6.To Ratify Clumbii July l Governor Jams M. CoV today promised a del gatlon' Of the j National . -Woman's party that he will give all his pos sible time, influence and strength toward procuring ratification of th suffrage amendment by ; Tennessee. He Also advised them to appoint a commute to Conner with hint or a plan of action. - - . Gov. Cox will arrive In Washing ton on Saturday afternoon for his conference with President Wilson, having decided to Ieave ; Columbus on a later train this evening than had been -originally planneL v . Messages commending the gover nor on his stand taken iu the matter of replying to statement issued by Senator Harding continues to arrive todayt - .j,., ; ? Hartford, Conn... July- If .-r-Benat-or Warren ,G. Harding, Republican candidate for; president, does not in tend to ask or advise Governor Hol comb to call a special sessloui of the Connecticut legislature to raXify the federal -suffrage, amendment. A query on these points sent 'to Mr. Harding by the Hartford1 Times brought this reply today: "I answer no," ; FOR SALE-MARY J. THOMPSON - LAND At the Premises near Clemmons, NC, Friday, July 23rd, 1920. at 12 M. .The Mary J. Thompson farm Consisting of 26 acres more or less., TERMS s Pne-Thiricash, months. Sale subject to the cornrfnation of the court. WACH0VIABANK&TRUSTC0. ' . Commissioner If any member of your family is inneed of TRUSSES AND CRUTCHES tve urge you to see our line before buying, i Our Expert Fitter is at your service, We have also a complete stock of , ELASTIC BANDAGES ELASTIC STOCKINGS Come to our store are here Thompso n Winston-SalemIN. C Allison James Frank HVLunn EASTERM HOUSES NOT TO SELL SCRAP This Action Taken at Meeting Of Wilson Tob. Asso Today; Market To Open Sept 1 ; Wilson, N. C, July 14 No "scrap" tobacco will be sold on the floors of warehouses in eastern. North Caro lina that are operated by members of the Eastern North Carolina 'Wars house Association, during the com ing season. It was decided at the an- inual meeting' ot the . organization here late yesterday. The changing (lof -the date of the 'opening of the warehouses from August 17 to Sep tember I and the election of offlcejrs wer among other business matters transacted at the meeting. ' Claim that th sale of scrap had a' tendency to lower the. prices of better grades of tobacco ' and the fact that the warehouse men believe that "scrap" is more valuable to the farmer as a fertilizer, . were among the reasons given by the members of the association for their deciKlo to discontinue selling this grade of tobacco. - Approximately ten to fif teen million pounds of scrap tobacoo are sold annually on the eastern North Carolina markets. . The date for the openng of the to bacoo market was changed at the re- quest of the trade on account of the present financial situation. k4l ance in six and twelve the next time you tjrng Co. Before Painting Investigate and learn what kind of Paint : would be hear, fnr -. - m requirements. Our experience is at your command and our large display of different kinds of Paints and Varnishes makes it possible for us to furnish you with the beat for every puipose. 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