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TUT! In il 77 T7 Ini L4 XV. NUMBER 67. FOUB O'CLOCK EDITION SCOTLAND HECK, CT,H&, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1922. TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE 5o PETi COPY In PflMMfWIfiyiil A' o. jca-. vu ivn ivji vu7 ix w m Fk LAND SEA IS MED BY THE FLOOD WATERS JURY LIST JUNE TERM OF COURT First Week Pi. W. M. Harper, W. L. House, iC. It. Aycock, T. W. Jenkins. W T T? (By Associated rre.i , A, , , A x mitpllM(,' j. Natchez. Miss., May 5. A j NV. Harper, E. W. Batekelor, j.-ut :i hundred miles long andjxy- Matthews, T. J. String, sixty nines wme is oe- ; j a i 1 1 1 1 ii fi I ii unn n r runmiui iviHiun Ml nr rnurTTPiiii i ri III I II lr I I II llll I I Li ur mi Li iluilll KILLED TODAY thirty to sixty miles wme is ue-;j A Phelps, dim Bradley, C. J. ,Pt i ayetteville, was killed o loriueu ii "i" i"- i iassey, xi. u. rawiey, u. ii. iviai-"iX -c utuers mjureu m an and the AA'ater .! 'r,T-w ni Yeocama, j.'i five Louisiana Parishes are al-l-dV inundated and the water still ri-ing about two (By Associated Press! r ayetteville, N. (J.. Mav Tohn Underwood, fnrmpr mavAr auto- .amy Deaths aedGEIEeHLFUl Tornado In Tex thews, J. E, Perry, G. K. Moora .'. Kesidviits ot Jonesville, the hio-iust. point in the district. the flooding ot tne ioavii, leiir Earnings erf Trolley Lines Improving V. II. Myrick, B. F. Whitley, H. M. Faison, W. H. Thorne. J. W. mC!10S lAllsbrook, R. II. Read, G. G. Al&- 1nn. T. F. Williams, J. R. Edmond isMii, W. II. Kit chin, A. J. Yoke, I Joe Moody, II. L. Clark, C. h j Marks, Clee Vaughan, S. W. fStaton, I. V. BrasAvelL Second Week A. F. Staton, Gary Whitaker, J. 11. Lock, Andrew Carter, G C. Hux, Paul Jenkins, J. S. Stans herrv, L. B. Pitt, G. E. Grey, J. !0. Applewhite, J. E. Cox, J. R. 'Edmondson, R. G. Shields, W. E. iLeAvis. J. D. Johnson, Geo. Har per, Peyton Keel, J. J. Baird, S. E. Ha mill, W. J. Moorehorn, J. mobile Moore accident County. near WTestend, PROPERTY AMOUNT MILLION LOSS .TO NEAR DOLLARS. wiLLlnnnTinm mnninr T R U UN r u unt HERE'S GDOD NEWS FOR (By - Associated Press) AUSTIN, Tex., May 5. The death list in a tornado Avhich late yesterday struck West Austin and Oak Hill Avas brought to ten today. The property loss is estima ted at $400,000. About for- ty persons are known to be" injured. PROTECTION OF FARMER ACTRESSES FORM IIBTOPROTECT L CONTROL OF PEKING (By Associated Press.) Peking, May o.-Wn Pei Fu is m control of Peking and GeneraL Chang Tsao Lin was routed yes terday in a fierce battle south of the capital and is reported to be fleeing in disorder toAA'ard Muk den. Observers believe that SJku ng 's udden collapse ended the hostilities. jidutry 34 York, May 4. The earn , electric trolley lines, an years old today, are improving steadily in cities bin the intcrurban lines of the court . ' lurV'iQt-'yet felt the upAvard yAing ..wording to a statement dent Railway i(. Manning, Ed Batchelor, A. jStrickland, Lee Cook. D. B. Bry !ant, C. M. Cotton, C. E. Hargrove, IW. T. Pullen, T. H. Vanlanding jham, Ed Allsbrook, W. H. Al lien, Ben Fiishel, G. L. Powell, (W. R. Bowers, Frank A. Cherry, !-T. P. Futrell. . Til i the American Jidectno Association. His statement is based on the revised operating returns from jHJ comiaiiies, representing more tlian T)0 percent of the total Arthur Balfour Enters House of Lords ;By Maxwell Gorman. i (Jf special interest to manv people in Johnston, Harnett. Wake and several other cuntie3 of this section is a decision -just rendered by a jury in Wake'Su- ipenor Court, declaring a victim ot a blue-sky concern not respon sible for certain notes (four 'in number) giA'en the corporation, and declaring the notes null and a old Four notes, which Avere given by S. B. Holleman, :j of Holly Snrincrs. Wakn flontitv i in exchange for "stock" of 'the I Tnc one hand the Cumberland Railway and PoAer j ment is being criticized by the (.Vmpany are held to be null nd j trade unionists and some other void and non-collectible by the political organizations on tho : union Trust Comoanv of Ralpio-n ground that the sroA'ernment is Avhich secured them under? a 'treating the farmers to paternally, trust agreement from the Harn-!n the other hand the Danish cit County Trust Corananv of Farmers Association, a strong iLillington. , organization, is hectoring the ! The four notes amount toIo.-'rT11116111 , f.or not Pteetion ionn , fi x.ia u -;iv:: tlie tarmers interests and tor a j -..v, iic iuv. illicit UL1U UV GOOD NAME; I I I 1 U.S. AND GERMANY NEGO Copenhagen, May 5. Protec tion of the interests of the farm- er nas oecome as important an Ssue in the Danish Parliament as in the United States Congress. 1 (By Associated Los Angeles, Cal. Mary Piekford Avas ident of the Picture organized for the the good names or its Press) May cho r.t ' TIAT'-C SETTLEMENT OF iilPERn CLAIMS iub tion of members. goA'ern- MAJORITY OF PICTURES SR01 IN ENGLAND EU MADE AM By Associated Pre3 Wasihngton, Iay 5. Negotia tions are under Avay between the United tes and Germany look jug to the organization of a mix ed commission to pass upon the claims growing out of the seiz ure of property in both countries ami upon claims filed by Ameri can citizens as a result of tba sinking of the Lusitania- ''.'til a ! evoiu MJ.) v-r Trust Company, ld status willl be settledlb government for not ! the farmers ' interests leged failure to fulfill the goA Jernment's policy of strict eeon- j ; London, May 2. General im provement in Great Britain's I film indust,rAr is claiTned bA- mov- !.mg pieturo ! - make !omy in state affairs. . i y p i l i.'u-s ot the counrrA". ur tne nun:-, . jl . a-asjr a. ija .T'liimi r, are city and 77 inter1!."- ! Uvhose - , - .i.,xrr. .ii.-, i f .-i.-., . -tt a A.,11tl t lining oi tne upieme a,- e ftr ii was oo- -ii-rtr- jh- .. 4. f : Y -r:r,-n --.-r- i ,.ui, niiaUlfmir's .ofw-tnnPA of plication i 11 L:'c . e, .is ccr. (j 'I 'JUhlH;U WjILIJ it-, - - . . Tor Tlie entire muustry j-ii'" i" uuuoc vj. uiuo no ir. (ri n, i i i v, urn i iclJl v v f s ii!;ii'.f-il I tlie hands of a "receiver in De-'dent Political party "Tlie iniproA ement is not duo ) any groAvth in the amount of business done,?? said Mr. Todd, "because the actual A'olume of business sIioavs a slight decrease vcr 1920. Improved operating '.iMidttions, however, have helped ; Balfour of Whittingehame adds ho an already confused list of i British peers. M"1 and i larmevs ithreatening to association torm an unless takes care of IS 71 lie their interests more satisfactorA'. The emtstanding feature tlit reports is the increase injt income. In 1921 it U,J,022,722 as eomiared to 7,709- S i ..In,,,,,.,! ceraber, 1920, and its affairs government H ave since been Avound ur Avith I - 1: 7 i j There was already a Lord Bal- m return to stockholders orj 'four of Burleigh, tAVO Lords Mor- bondholders. Notes given fr j As showing need of ' greater j ley the Viscount and the Earl ' stock ,of the company by citize'as !?fionomy . in- government affairs two Lords Cobham, two Lords; of Harnett, Wake, Franklin andt is pointed out that the Danish j Ashton, a Lord (Xtrzon in both j Johnston counties which are hoav state railways and nearly all (houses, (the Commoner . having (involved in -litigation aggregate- the railways in Denmark are Ulw (.oni-tpsv titlft of VisooniitL hmnvnYimHtolv isnn ono ' wW.h "owned by the government show about $100,000 is in Wake County, j The Union T -n in j:c'U. in the taee ot ouMiiess depression, Avitti unent picyment at a maximum. this iueome figure is remarkable. or ; L,rd Mieileton and Lord Middle m jton, Lord Lindsay and Lord Lind- A aS t T n rf rrf mi rl T .nvjl ord Terrington and i the r net loss for ;uj?.4:uu,uuu Kronor last, month of (about $7,680- s, referred to m -L.nianu as cinema producers t .... i'our years ago 96 percent of jtlie films shown in the United ! Kingdom Avcre of American Man ufaeture. The figure now has Uh-ojipod to. app rox imataly ' 75. pei: cent and British j)rodueers are coidident home-made films Avil! come into their own Avith the general reA'ival of British indu i r:es. While film making in England l .... . , -l 'still is in its indutrial infancy C!mpared to America's greaf moA'ing picture industry, invest - : luents n tlie work arc, increasing. It is estimated that 5,000,000 i-inA-vested in the cinema indu- WOMEN MORE SUBJECT TO TDSERCOLOSIS THAN MEN k,AT , ry, Avith between 2,000.000 and At a !Lord Torrington. ('ommenting on Sir admission to the House the Observer said: rust Company f,.,n ' , i n .o,U0U,0Uu m production- notes and those mA'olved in ! v j 1 rogress nas been sioaa on 'about seventv-i ive smt nftndin Rtre in liritisn scenario Avritmg, Arthur's of Lord's in Harnett Oountv. wpro turned i iUplcl ".dsts tl,ui'1i mi m 'according to tne Jiead ot ot over to the FLn-nett Hnnntv Trvt K'i'eased passenger tares and tb.e same time. hoAvever. ik on the lines fell. Tn 192d it Avas 7.600,190,270 and in 192J, 'M-;,:;:2.920. a decrease of 'Sir Arthur portent. The onerntino- rati-. ? himself doomed to the House of I j Company or one of the other twe ) banks of AA-hich N. T. Carpenter, freight rates' 'management and state are blamed official here as 4 ' HaA'ing jpory slope who committed suicide some entered on the slip-(months afte rthe failure of the of accepting titles, !power company, was president. Balfour nOW finds j Tt ic mlpo-pdlw tha mulrPW! nf he notes that Carpenter Avas a I I . . . : A 1 is, i ne operating expenses mvhted by operating reA.enue, C io)).m1 from 78.4 percent in 1920 i is a pity we cannot find a Avay of to 75.2 percent in 1921 the source j dis tinguishing between x those, "t the 2ood showino and its! who are made peers because of the chief reasons for this costly I result of alloAving the state to joAvn and operate the railways. Lords, the destiny equally of sue- oks and failure in politics. It MlLiiil nroniise lor tlio fntnivi their i'lmt is helped by the reduction who -a oop and matreials cost. WEATHER REPORT eminent services and those have been made peers be cause their services Ave re not em- j rpppivpd in an automobile accident during I ally 1 1-. i , xxi t ii k: ixcl una i cii t aoiiunit: For North fair Carolina : Gener- "Tin inc-reas I08,:jl .000,000 net operating revenue I from $93,916,654 to or 15.5 percent. A increase giAres a .7:J2 jnent. Is there any other insti tution iii the Empire thus cur iously recruited from the top and from' the bottom?" p-eaiiy increased purchasing I power ?uid the results should -soon j "e seen hr equipment and better red it which has been almost, at PREMIER BARTHQU HAS u.S Vrars. i l est oint in the last five in term-ban lines, Avhile actual lines signs. (toy inive not shoAvn the n-irprovoinent of the citv pi-od '.icing hopeful v have a decreased operating use and, with a .return to nor;)ial business to Avhich liiiist look for both freight passenger increases, their "k is briirhtened. are , Us- 'lit BEEN INSTROCTEO TO NEGOTIATE CLAIMS :s interesting to note that slight ' "'"'-Uurth of all passenirers m the 180 lines under Adoration used transfers, a in'-ivase over 1920." !'.e rirst OAerhead trolley li'"'- run by electricity Avas per i cited jn Richmond, Va.. on May LslS. It was a. double-track- It. One Avith 30 (Ey Associated Presal i Paris, May 5. Vice-Premier Barthou has returned 'to Genoa icstructed by Premier Poincare co-conspirator AArith H. L. Jones,' of Norfolk, Va., president of the j poAver company, avIio Avas killed j tonight and Saturday. selling stock, but some of the jers on the coast this afternoon notes are held by banks AA-hien or' tonight. Slightly warmer them as collateral for Saturday. Moderate to fresh other paper. isoutlrwest and Avest Avinds. In the Holleman suit. the j North Carolina "blue sky" law j Avas set up as a bar to the colle-; tion of the notes and the maker ! also alleged lack of consideration! to himself and to the subsequent holders of the notes. j Judge DeA'in, hoAveArer, elimi- j nated the question of the "blue-' s!vy iaAAr m ins cnarge to in.ft jury, and the issue submitted in- j vol Aed solely the question of fraud i on the art of the poAver company i and the good faith of the Hav-: nett County Trust Company Failure involved v asiimgton, -Hay 4. Tubercu losis kills almost twice as manj' men as AVomenin 'New York City, Gordia J; Droiet told members oi! the National Tuberculosis As sociation i ntheir meeting hero tod-iA jMi. Droiet is statistician oi' iJ)e Ncav York Tuberculosis Association. lie said that i nthe 12 years sine;; 1910 tuberculosis had talc- jen jn isew orv male vc- Itims as against 41,097 females. iThe death rates of the two sex-.s in 1921 were respect iTAr el Ar 12 jand 83 per 100,000. The reason (for this difference in tuborsulo !sis mortality Avas found, said Mr. ' i Droiet, in the conditions under !Hi..- . . ... ;v.rhich they Avork which break down resistance and cause the auuiences as do good American films. The happiest sign that the Mr. Droiet described a move British producer notes is thad jinent inxew to extend tu vhere the merits of American and! bcreulosis dispensary work into '-u.-u ...... i i..:f i industry. This has been under- DtiUMl J. lllilo ilZ VTUllclL Uli; "UI - i ish public prefers British films, f British films are making slow but steadv progress in dominions and colonies but pro ducers here believe there is a Iwell organized boycott of British 'films in the United States. Films I which British producers conside r ;to be of outstanding merit have repeatedly failed to impress English producing firm and good 'British films now attracts as large SIMMONS CHARACTER IZES TARIFF BILL DANGEROUS (By Associated Press) 5. Charac tariff pro- i iunerican buyers. f British educational authorities generally stand aloof from t!u? j;0ie film. Zealous advocates jof he film as an educaional med jium find it extremely difficult t) obtain necessary financial sup spor;. England's climate from NoA-em-ber to February, hoAveA'er. 'e- mains the greatest obstacle to ex- tenor picture Avorlt. btudio Avork often is affected by fog. Washington, May terizing the flexible of the power company (visions ot the pending bill as un ithe Harnett Countv S constitutional and dangerous, li nn PvPTir iSentaor Simmons declared the tha tit Avas threatened with msoi- .minoritj AArould make a deter m- to make an effort to reach an agreement Avith the allies on a , memorandum to Russia that lAvould satisfy Belgium and not 'sacrifice the. principle that pri- Wate propertAr of foreigners in , vonev. Owners . of certificates t of deposit originally given in ex change for the notes, surrender- in ed fight against their approval. ers Bank and Trust Co., National ed them to the bank, which turn-: Surety. Co., Ben Paul Snyder and ed over the notes to the Union IE. F. Young, receiver. ,. Trust Company at Raleigh for ; In addition to the notes liela if S. B. Holleman, the makers j .taken by the Gouverneur -Tuber-,culosis Clinic of the Bellevue and !' IT 1 TT" Ij. 1 . J. l! British rtJi:ea iiosj)iiais ai me sugges tion ot tlie JNew lorlc Tuoercu 1 )sis Association. An industrial !h(!alth survey of workers employ jed in the district covered by that 'institution is being made. Beginning in February, 1922, 1922, Mr. Droiet said, an indus-trla- nurse made a preliminary Uurvey to ascertain the possibi lity of going into local factories for the actual examination of jAvorkers. Several managers j welcomed the idea and agreed to lutilize the health service offer led Avhich consisted of educational talks. to the employes and an an ijiiial examination of all persons jten percent underweight or who complained of suspicious symp toms. Until work proves too Iheavv. however, all. who wish ;;re being examined. FOREIGN MINISTERS CALL feHM thev cannot pay tor treatment. ON NAVY TO INTER- COTTON MARKET KIN CHINESE i Russia must be respected. ears in operation rrank J. Sprague still .that Todav of 'tracks persons i Foreign office France has officials , say entered into no - vosnient o'c New York. mere are 44,000 miles r,Hf,;i Iy 15,000,000,000 ye;i:v collection. s The notes are held in trust for the folkrwing former OAvners of 'tlie certificates of deposit issued oat the Harnett Count y Trust (By- Associated Press") Shanghi. May 5. Peking dJs- "Walter iiv-itehos to the Chinese NeAvsna- o:' the other notes are: J Stewart, J. J. -White, J. T. "Wilson, jper Shun Poa, say that Ameri A. H. Shearn, R. V. Murray, W. jean, British and Jaanese minis F. Mirehener, T. T. Matthews and t ers have instructed the naval agreement concerning ti.ie recog- C cmpany : c. r. w nitiey. ier- n. oonuou. ;.ur. -iouusmi commanuens ojl men- wuiiujto ViTtoi rmf t.liP Soviet and is free chants National Bank. ' Dillon paper, which amounts to $13,000 to prevent attacks by Avarcraft to deal with the question accord- Supply Co., E. S. Pool, Bank oiU in the form of certificates of ; supporting Wu Pei Fu upon :m to its own views. . Warsaw, Bank of Duplin, Plant-'deposit! on a South Carolina bank, j Peking-Mukden railroad. TODAY '3 MARKET . 19.51 18.79 is.o December . 18.94 Januarv - 13.31 TESTE R DAY S MARKET May Ocfohe: May July October . . -- December r - January . 19.50 1S.7D IS. 91 18.96 18.77
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