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ft tl ' in nl on E IWilB) M W P. A H. T H : ilia t VOL. XVII. NUMBER 44. r S sh Rebels ount IRISH REPUBLICANS DE NOUNCE GOVERNOR GEN ERAL AS LIFE LONG ENEMY. (By Associated Press) Dublin, Ireland, Dee. S.R. O'Connor and Leon Mellows, with two other Irish rebels, were executed in Mount Jov prison O'Connor and Mellows were tak en prisoners after a three days siege' of Four-Courts in -Tune, with their companions McKelvey and Barrett. They were shot as a reprisal for, the assassination yesterday of Haler, deputy offi cial, report says. London, Dec. S. -Irish Re publicans, says a Dublin dispatch to the Evening ' Standard, issued Healy, Gov.ernor General, as a ; In M long enemy of the nation andjsiio nffVvpd thp minmpn 'twpntv adds "the fight will go on as(lll(msand douars foi, the job and long as there is a man m Ireland. j,ave flie mpl10tographs of her It is War to the death.'' I hnnnrl tn tikiVp QnrP thdt tP WEATHER REPORT For North Carolina : Rain t u - night and Saturday. "Warmer 1 gave"' them photographs- of her extreme west portion; tonight. Colder Saturday. Fresh' south east shifting to north winds.. fllGE GIRS HEAGHS50,IDO. THANKSGIVING OFFERINGS POUR INTO THOMASVI FROM STATE BAPTISTS. SCOTLAND- NECK CHURCH LEADS STATE. Thomasville, Dec n O.- Thank.-- giving contributions to the 5 list urpuanage ar pourm like an avalanche from oil par's of the state, reports the. treasur er, F. B. Ilamrick, the total reach ing upwards of $50,000. The rush is unusually strong on account of the closing of the books of the state convention whose reports must be shaped for the annual session in Winston-Salem next Tuesday after noon. t 0.-;,,,.... , t-, x. , c, - Lexington lirst Baptist bunday ri ffi ii t "i schooi leads the Liberty associa- t-m- i r. ,1 , tion. tne home or the orrhann"r- 5bi nnn io,i church leads the state with nearlv $2,000. The largest personal offering reported so far is $1,000 by Mrs C. R, Merrit, of Mt. Airy. The largest gift from a country church 4s $462 from E11011 in "West Cliowan association. Pritchard Memorial of Char lotte stands in the forefront, in fact first in her contributions through the Sunday school ac cording .-to report, the amount be ing over $1,500. Lumberton First Churh sends in $1,000, Brown Memorial, Winston-Salem, $850, Greensboro First iChurch! $656, Tabernacle, in Raleigh. Carthage. Marshall, i ApexAVeldon, New Bern Mt. Airy all rank high as givers. Dr. Kesler wishes it to be un derstood that this season of Thanksgiving embraces practical ly two harvests, as one last year the convention met in November and this year it is meeting in De cember EMBLEM OF BOLSHEVISM (By Associated Press) Rome, Dec. 8.Spectators watching the huge Fascisti pa rade in Rome the end of last month were appalled to see a group of young Fascisti dragging a tlag aiter them m the dirt ot the street. The evident intention of decoration was such that at one square there were hisses, at .which the Fascisti standard drag ger picked up the emblem and waved it at the multitude. 4 Then cheering broke out. It was the Red Flag of Bolshevism. RDMAN CROWD HISSES FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION Executed ' . Joy Prison (By Associated Press) Detroit, Mich., Dee. , 8Mrs May Blenn Ford solicited the sai' vices of "'iinmen to kill her weaithv husband. M. J. Ford. right man was slain, according to a sworn statement from clc teetives whose investigation re sulted in the woman's detention on a charge of attempting to, commit murder. Denying the chaige, Mrs. Ford declared that she was a victim of a frame-up that 'reirout or other difficulties. mifiiaflrAiTiiirirnf hllNMrN M mll nuatiflflu Giitliern Federal Appointee Tolbert Under Charges (Special Correspondence) "Washing toir, D. C, .Dec.' S., Investigation of charges against Joseph 7. Tolbert, to whom Presid recess shall of it Harding has given a ppointmnt as '. S. Mar- ; r. tne western mstri,jt a v. arouna. iias been iu:- aenai:eii by a nevv' subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee.- The e-harges aga-iiist--3?ettert include one that he was convicted and fined for misusing funds of the Post Office Department when he was postmaster at Ninety-Si South Carolina, in 1894. Members of the new subcom mittee are Senators Colt of Rhode 11 and, and Brandegee of Con necticut, Republicans, and Sena- tor Overton ot North Carolina, , rV , n a ' Demorat. iney succeed Sena- n, A . 1 " - tors bhortridge of California, ana , , -. , "i-lrnst ot entucKy, itepuDUcans, and Senator Ashurst of Arizona, Democrat, to whom the charges 1 were originally referred. ' The first committee called Tol- bert to appear and defend him self against the charges being considered, but he failed to ap pear. The present committee, it is anounced, will insist on his appearance. It is expected that several witnesses who have writ ten letters describing Torbert's allegd practices in connection with Federal patronage in his state will also be summoned. Senator Dial of South Carolina, by whom the charges were laid before the Judiciary Committee, believes that the present investi gation will result in the rejee- 'tion of Tolbert s nomination. Senator Colt is a former judge, and it is expected that he will be scrupulous in protecting the courts from the reputation of be ing represent e dby unworthy at taches. The record of the Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina shows that Tolbert was indicted on nine dif ferent counts for taking money from the post office at Ninety Six during hie term as postmaster there. It was proved thaf he used the money in making pur chases of produce. After a trial before Judge Brawl ey, Tolbert was found guilty and fined $50. As an additional ground for the rejection of Tolbert 's nom ination it is alleged taht he has been peddling Federal patrdnage in South Carolina. Besides be insr Republican National Com- mitteeman, for (South Carolina, Tolbert is a a referee in the distribution of Federal appoint ments nfade by the Harding ad ministration. It is charged that Tolbert has been collecting fees of from $200 to $600 from ap plicants for Federal jobs. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. r . J Mayor Appeals F The Mayer of Scotland Necj town to assemble tonight at 7:' purpose or considering: ways ai Bern sufferers. The Mayor feels that this is ever befallen the state and call liberally as their means will; FASHION HAS AGAIN I HAIDED THE BARNYARD (By Associated Press) Paris, Dec. ever insistent 8... Fashion, in np search for noveltj, again nas invaded, tne barnyara. Rooster feathers have come bae:. They are the latest thing on smart Paris hats, and evan oil evening gowns. All colors are used, and when the rooster can't supply tne snade, tne dyer doejs. However, natural white and black are the most popular col ors. V Rooster feathers , probably are about as cheap a material as can be found, but their use on chic hats has not lowered the price oT bonnets. One little hat shop is displaying these "simple but smart" things at 750 francs, while other 600 franns. stores ask 500, and At least one witness is ed to testify before the expe commit- i. tee that Tolbert had a plan for creating competition for Federal appointments so that he could increase One Zicu 'i vhe the amount of his fees wrote in a" letter, 'now ommittee ' possession. fiiat Tolbert would promise, on payment of a given sum of mohay, to .g&se Jiis -influenea-in abtainiBpaa b ecleral appointment for one ap plicant, and then tell another candidate for the same position that he had a rival. When the latter would agree to pay $50 or I-'IOO more than applicant No. 1, Tolbert would back him for the job, it is alleged. The renewal of the fitfht against Tolbert 's confirmation is expected to disclose to what lengths President Harding is willing to go for a member of the Republican national organi zation. In the face of the charges against Tolbert and not witstanding the Senate's refusal to confirm his first nomination, President Harding has stood pat. Yvhen the Senate adjourned in September without having ap proved Tolbert 's selection, Pres ident Harding promptly made a recess appointment, which oper ates to keep Tolbert in his position until there is actual re jection of the nomination. If the Senate fails t oconfirm Tolberrrs nomination during the next reg ular session of Congress, the re cess appointment will , continue him on the payrolljtfor another period of nine months. Tolbert 's case recalls President Harding fight v'for .Newberry, Nat Goldstein, E. Mont Riley and others wdio were under fire. The President ignored the accusations against Newberry even when the i Republican Senate practically acl Federalj mitted their truth. He has stood by E. Mont. Riley, Governor 01 Porto Rico, in the face of num erous charges of unfitness for the post he holds. When the Senate refused to confirm the ap pointment of Nat Goldstein as' Collector of Internal Revenue at St. Louis, the President wrote him a leter expressing admiration for his good qualities. Goldstein bad previously been shown to have accepted $2500 from Gover nor Lowden's presidential cam paign fund before becoming a delegate to the Republican nat ional convention in 1920. Tolbert is more powerful polit ically than either Riley or Gold stein. He is the oldest member of the Republican National Com mittee, and for years has been a big influence in Republican na tional conventions because of his control of negro delegates from the South. FREDA Y, DECEMBER 8, 1922. New Bern Relief calls upcn all citizens of at the Mayor's Office for the the moans for the of the New the greatest tragedy which ha upon all citizens to contribute permit. By Associated Press) Los Angeles. Cal., Dee. S. Oiiicials are ouoted as C. villi J. L. L. iJ. -f that tley hardly know m what direction to look for Clara Phil lips; hammer murderer, who found way to freedom from tne county jail Tuesday. So far, scores of tips have proven worth less. LOSS ESTIMATED AT TEEN MILLIONS. FIF- (By Associated Press) Portland, Ore., Dee. S.Fire is raging at Astoria md has troved sixteen blocks of the b usi ripe ness district and threatens to out the town. 1 The Portland Fire Department responded to the call The damage is already ?1 -between ten and million dollars. foi .1- 'estimated 1! xiicKory tamp, io 505 W. election O. of Yvr. held their annual officers at their regular meeting iasr nignr ami tne toilowmg ot-, fieers wero plop.twl fnr tlio n.-vri twesve months: J. W. Far . , j . Consul Commander; J. B. Jones, j Adviser Lieutenant; J. II. Apple white, Banker; Bernard Alls brook, Clerk ; W. A. Keel, Escort ; Jones Hyman, Watchman; L. G. Rogister, Sentry. The ol doffieers hold over un til the first of January. DONATES 10,0 TRINITY COLLEGE 8. C. V ANN SAYS MANY METHODISTS WOULD GIVE IF THEY KNEW OF THE GREAT WORK. Durham Dec. bj-Dr. J P- Few, president of Trinity College iS?feceive? .? Check . )ri ru.uuu, rue conirioution 01 iur. S. S. V ann of Franklinton, to the Trinity Gentiral Alumni, Tund. I his donation was announced just after the Trinity alumni meeting held in Raleigh during the North Carolina . Methodist conference. In making his contribution to this fund, the campaign for which is getting under way in North j Carolina and other states, Mr. Vann writes: "I believe there are a great many Methodists in North Carolina who do not give Trinity for the same reason that I have deferred this so long, and that is, they really do not know what a fine college they have an dthe great interest in this in stitutions the Dukes -have taken There is no doubt about their beingt great benefactors to5 the State of North Carolina and es pecially to the Methodist Church. They must be good men, else they would not do what they have done and are doing. I, for one Metho dist, an under lasting obligations i 00 TO FOND TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE esklent Delivers Address To Congress In Person By Associated Press) St. Joseph Mo., Dec. S.Three unmasked men armed with pis tols and a shot gun held up two mail clerks at the Union Station and escaped in a waiting automo bile with a package of register ed and five packages of first class mail. There is no estimate of the value of the loot. UHSE FDR epunni e U1SUULU (By Maxwell Gorman) Raleigh, N. C. Dee. 8.r North Carolina Physical Educa tion Association, in its meeting here, was asked by the State De part men t of Public Welfare to appoint a committee to outline a course of study in physical educa tion fpr the elementary shools of the State. The association met m its tmrd annual session witn Iiss Mary Coleman, of tlie North Carolina College for Women, presiding, p-'-r sidciiit. in the absence of the Si iea Kers included .u r v (I'm), supervisor ot phvsi ,1 ' . - it ml education in TTavnctt OoiniTv STUD! GO I PRISM INITV uummum 1 1 u fifteenjAj, Blackburn, supervisor of 1 physical education in Wilsor County: Mrs. Wellon, of Samar eand Manor. nnnn i isnrn irumnHuun ima THE ADVENTUROUS North Sydney, N. S. Dec. S. North S;rdney prospectors, lured by tales of rich river silt in the streams of Labrador, are prepar ing" for a gold rush into the bar- I rcn llort h as soon as the spring Ml I "I . opens, ine area 111 wiu.cn tiie leged discoverv of gold has been made falls under the jurisdiction of yie Newfoundland Govern ment, and already over TOO claims have been filed with the I mines department, at St. John's N. F. Stag Bay in Stag Harbor x is the ob.jetcive of the goidseekevs, a remote district far north of Battle Harbor, Labrador. and three days' steaming from this port. The passage is perilous to ships, Stag bay itself being shallow the vessels are compell ed to anchor ten miles offsJiore. Passengers and freight are land ed in small boats. Few but wan dering Eskimos ever visit the place. According to prospectors the oicrinvai'iT Tfoc TviorTa in o mrrTl I rivcre emptying into Stag Bar. . t,' " " , Pmin.- river. Big Brook and Black Duck j Creek, all wide, shallow streams with graveljly bottom. Big Brook has been staked for a lis tance of 32. miles. The first discovery was made a year ago by a party that had gone into the north in quest of timber claims. The members oi the expedition on their return to i civilization quietly recoraea meir claims at St. John's. But the news of gold spread, and soon afterwards two other parties went to Stag Bay and staked claims. Under the mining laws of Newfoundland each claim may include 320 acres. During the past few weeks, the gold strike has become generally known, and now hundreds of adventurers are awaiting the spring months to journey north. to these men for their generosity and long after the few people in North Carolina who .are disposed to criticise them are gone and for gotten they will live on and on for centuries." nni n bULU 5 CENTS PES C0P7 1 li i-J SALT W W in Thit A SC02-& OF SUBJECTS listiOa THEM BE ING P&OHIBITIOK, FARM CREDITS, TSAN3PGRTA TIG IT AND CHILD LABO PR0FQSE3 TWO CONSTITtf, TIOITAIt AME1T DiMSNTS ONE DEALING WITH CHILD LABOR AND THE OTHER TO T tT C? T' T rt m THE JSSUA2TCB TIES. (By Associated Press) Washington, Dee. 8. -President Harding, in hi annual 'message to Congress, whih he delivered hi person, dealt with nea a .seor? of subjects, chief among being prohibition, farm . t r a n s po r t at i e. n, p r o blje.n ., labor and immigration. them credits, child' He announced it as Ids purpose to call the governors of the state.- to an early conference with Federal authorities with a viev? of obtaining definite policies oil national and state cooperation in administering prohibition. He proposed that the Railroad Labor Board be abolished with the substitution of a Labor Di vision of the Interstate Commerce Commission with ample power to re (pure its rulings fo be accept, ed by poth parties .in dispute, and urged the coordination of all transportation big not onlv faeifii ij s ijm-lud- inland waterways but motor truck as well. More extended credit for the fai ners was urged by the Execai ! tiA-e, who declared Hint the very proof of helpfulness already giv en is the strongest personal ar gument for the permanent estab lishment of the wide need of credit. Two constitutional amendments were proposed; on? giving con gress the authoriiv over child over labor, i -sues and the of tax- other to restrict exempt securities. COTTON MARKET. TODAY'S MARKET December 2-1.75 January 24. IS March 24.05 3ay ,21.87 July . 2I.55 YESTERDAY'S MARKET December 24.G3 January' IM.GG March 24.80 May 24.70 July 24.42 mum out of mm 9 BATTLE D F WITS (By Associated PressJ Dresden, Dec. 8. Fresr in stances of ingenuity are brought to light, daily in the battle of border against officials are waging smugglers. On the Bohemian line the au tho'rjfies .-operated for a tima en the principle that every Ger man coat has, or should have, a German linJng.They previously had lost much time in arguing with travellers as to whether oJr. not the clothing in their posses sion at departure had rieen brought in with them, or was of material newly acquired in Ger many. These discussions were obviated finally by stamping the. linings of all articles of cloth-. ing at the time of entry the coun. try. Smugglers were not t ovitiate this means of identification. They had double linings put into their old wearing apparel. After the top one had been stamped, it was used for any new article of clothing later purchased In Germany. When the officials detected this circumvention of their scheme, the stamping was abandoned. Instead, expert German tailors are now engaged on the ustoms staffs to examine all clothing, and establish 1U pUce of origin . .
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