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WILSON, N. C, Friday, April 15, 1921
Vol 24 -No 114
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Chief Justice Clark Holds Geo.
C. Tudor of Winston Re
sponsible for the Death of
a Young Woman Who Was
Killed in Automobile Acci
dent Last Year.
(By Max Abernethy)
Raleigh, April 14. Commissioners
la more than a score of counties who
"unjointed" Revaluation last week
by reducing property values will be
called upon to tell where revenue
sufficient for running their govern
ment is to come from at the close of
the present fiscal year.
It is altogether possible that some
ot these commissioners will not be
able to answer this question, so tax
students hereabouts aver. The fact
that property valuations in some
counties have been reduced horizon'
tally from 20 to 60 percent means
that the county budgets will not be
met with taxes collected on the re
vised basis. And this situation will
have to be met in one or two ways:
First, there will be a special tax
levied or a bond issue, or
Second, the. rate of taxation must
be increased.
This is the opinion of Commiss
ioner Allen J. Maxwell of the State
Tax Commission who has given the
question considerable study since the
counties began slashing Revaluation
under an act of the 1921 General
Assembly.
Reductions in property values ap
pear mighty good, Commissioner
Maxwell admits, but he warns that
when tax paying time comes around
the folks are going to discover that
somebody has handed them a gold
brick. Whether the assessment is
high and the rate of tax low, or the
assessment low and the rate high, the
final result remains unchanged. The
commissioner is certain the taxpay
ers will understand that this is and
must of necessity be true.
The counties must raise a certain
amount of money by levying taxes to 1
finance the county government. If,
under Revaluation, the rate was low
ered and the valuations raised so as
to provide the needs of the counties
and no more than it is easily seen
what is going to happen with the
values reduced and the rate un
changed. It is useless to argue that
the county commissioners are not go
ing to have the time of their lives
making buckle and tongue meet.
Chief Justice Walter Clark, writ
ing an opinion in the Tyree vs.
George C. Tudor case of Forsyth
county reverses Judge Finley and
holds that the defendant, the father,
Is liable for the actions of his minor
son, Bynum Tudor. This was the only
case of importance handed down by
the supreme court this week.
The case in which L. P. Tyree, ad
ministrator, is seeking damages from
George C. Tudor for the death of
Ruth Tyree who was killed in June,
1918, when an automobile in which
she was riding with the younger
Tudor on the Country Club road
near Winston-Salem overturned. The
case was non-suited by Judge Finley
In superior court and it came to the
high court on appeal of the plain
tiff. Chief Justice Clark holds that
the case should have been tried be
fore the jury.
Since Bynum Tudor was a minor,
Chief Justice holds, it was the
father's duty "not to entrust the
safety of the. young lady to his son
unless he knew he was careful and
prudent in the operation of the ma
chine. To hold otherwise would be
dangerous to the safety of life and
limb." Bynum was operating the car
as the servant of his father and for
negligent injuries inflicted by him
his father was responsible, the opin
ion reads.
Evidence before the court here is
that young Tudor with a brother and
Miss Tyree had attended a dance at
the Country Club near Winston'
(Continued on Pace 8.)
COMMISSION
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INDFJIY TERMS
PARIS PAPER'S OPINION
German Indemnity Figures,
Will be Fixed Between One
Hundred and Thirty Billion
and One Hundred and Fifty
Billion Gold Marks, Depend
ing on Certain Questions.
Paris, April 14. Premier Briand
has dispatched to Washington a note held this morning between Mr. Lloyd
acknowledging receipt of the com- George the British Prime Minister
munlcation from the American state and a delegation of officials of the
department regarding a mandate or- triple alliance which called a strike
er Pacific Islands north of the equ- for Friday of railway men and trans
ator which were given to Japan. jportation workers was concluded
The note says a representative of within two hours without any prog
France will take up the question ress apparently having been made to-
when It comes before the Supreme
Allied Council with the most ardent
desire to find a solution giving satis
faction to the United States. .
PrNEHURST HOTEL OPEN
UNTIL MAY FIRST
Pinehurst, April 14. The Caro-
Una hotel at Pinehurst will remain
open until May 8, and the executive
council of the American Bankers'
association has taken advantage of
this fact to schedule its annual golf j
tournament at Pinehurst for the first
week in May.
LIVELY MAYORALTY RACE
ON AT ROCKY MOUNT
Rocky Mount, April 14. The fa
miliar adage, "the more the merrier"
has never been better illustrated than
in the present local mayoralty race
when with six hats in the ring the
political pot is literally boiling over
and the race is assuming such pro
portions that the old political heads
are beginning to take notice and
prick up their ears.
The race had been going along at
a speedy clip up until yesterday,
when there were only four candid
ates in the ring T. T. Thome, pres
ent encumbent; J. W. Keel, C. L.
Gay and Charles L. Staton. Then yes
terday morning M. V. Barnhill and
Paul R. Capelle entered and with
new blood in the fray the campaign
is beginning to gather cyclone as-
pects. It had been variously rumored i
that the entry of these two candid
ates would result in withdrawals,
but the rumors seem to have been
founded upon the sand as every
aspirant is sticking firmly to his
guns and entrenching himself for
further action prior to the decisive
battle on primary day, April 29.
Y SCHOOL
Raleigh is Host to One Thou
sand Persons Interested in
Sunday Schools.
Raleigh, April 14. One thousand
Sunday school workers attended first
meeting of the State Sunday School
association last night at which Mrs,
Maud J. Baldwin, superintendent of
the children's division of the Inter
national Sunday School association,
of Chicago; Dr. William A. Brdwn,
member of the International Sunday
School association staff, of Chicago,
and Prof. H. H. Harris, head of the
chair of religious pedagogy in Can
dler School of Theology, made the
addresses.
The subject of Mrs. Baldwin's ad
dress was "Some Rights of Child
hood," particularly religious rights,
which are denied him by the secular
school system and often not given
him by the church school, the right
of knowing the real kinship between
Deity and man.
Professor Harris talked about the
teacher's place and Dr. Brown the
secrets of Sunday school success. Gil
bert T. Stephenson president, and to
morrow he makes the presidential ad
dress. The city Is carina for the
J crowd without calling on the hotels.
SUNDA
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NO SOLUTION APPARENT
Conference Between Lloyt
George and Representative
of Triple Alliance Fails to
Reach Any Adjustment of
State of Affairs. Strike Will
Begin Tomorrow Night
London, April 14. A conference
ward a solution of the problem.
It was reported from the confer'-!
ence that the Prime Minister made a
long statement appealing strongly to
the railway men and transport work
ers who with miners make up triple
alliance asking them to exercise re-
strain and not precipitate a general
strike.
This plea however does not appear
to have had effect. J. H. Thomas gen-
eral secretary of the national union
of railway men declared after the
conference he could see no chance
for readjustment of the differences.
On the government side it was said
labor mn were unable to present new
arguments giving the government any
different view of the case while the
government did not indicate that it
was prepared to make any concess
ions. Thus the situation early this after
noon appeared extremely gloomy.
TEXAS TORNADO CAUSES
LOSS OF LIFE YESTERDAY
Melissa, Texas, April 14. Eight pe
sons are dead, five probably fatally
injured and approximately fifty more
or less seriously injured as a result
of a tornado which struck here at
2:30 yesterday afternoon.
The storm swept through the
town from the south west to north
east demolishing more than a score
of buildings including all the
churches and stores the school bulld-
ing and the postoffice.
INCREASE IN CONSUMPTION
OF RAW COTTON IN MARCH
Washington, April 14. Cotton
manufacturers utilized more raw cot
ton during March than in any month
since last September a total of 437,
933 bales having been consumed dur
ing the month according to the
census bureau's announcement, to
day.
There were fewer cotton spindles
in operation during the month than
during February. The month's total
of 32,104,946 was 353,572 less than
February with the mills of the cot
ton growing states showing 317,794
of the reduction." Cotton consumed
was 20,325 bales more than in Feb
ruary. .
DOG ATTEMPTS TO
REVENGE PAL'S DEATH
Deluth, Minn., April 14. Since
its canine pal was killed recently by
a street car a Scotch collie dog
stands guard at a certain corner
here, leaps high as cars speed by
and often manages to grasp the trol
ley pole rope with its teeth.
The animal probably will be shot
It Is said
UNSETTLED WEATHER.
For North Carolina: Unsettled
weather tonight and Friday probably
showers with not much change in
temperature and increasing south
and southwest winds.
AFFAIRS
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FRANCE TO TAKE
PART0FU.S.A1
BRIAND SENDS NOTE
American State Department
Received Communication
From France Stating That
Country Will Take up Man
date Question With the Su
preme Allied Council.
Paris. April 14. -German indem -
nlty figures will be fixed between
one hundred and thirty billion and
one hundred and fifty billion gold
marks, according to the Echo de
Paris. The newspaper adds the ex-
act figure will depend upon the so-
lution of certain questions being
considered.
In case
the Germans resist set-
tlement, the newspaper declares, it
is accepted by the French people that
France will call two classes ot her
OftMtt
people to the colors and will oc-j It was understood that the Presi
cupy the Rhur basin. This section dent expressed deep interest in the
includes the most important mining Plan bit withheld judgment on the
district in Germany.
PROTECT MEETING OP
DEBS MINNESOTA FRIENDS
Duluth, Minn., April 14. While
50 policemen and detectives and a
detachment from a tank corps unit of
the State guard stood guard over 600
persons gathered at a local theater . ternational Harvester Company to
and cheered speakers who pleaded day announced a 10 per cent reduct
for the release of Eugene V. Debs, Ion effective next year in all machin-
Haywood and other political prison-
ers whose release is sought. '
Rumors that efforts would be made
to break up the meeting prompted
the providing of protection.
BURIAL OF FORMER
GERMAN EMPRESS DELAYED
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thorities having insisted the taking H- Bennett of Nashville, Tenn., de
of the body of the late former Ger- llvered her annual address as presi
maa Empress Augusta to Potsdam dent of the Women's Missionary Coun
for burial be delayed the remains cil of the Southern Methodist
will not leave here until Monday church at its convention here today,
morning it is stated. j
Former Emperor William frequent FKANCE'S REPLY
ly visits the room where reposes! 18 INTERPRETED
the coffin of the late ex-EmpressJ Washington, April 14.-France's
Heaps of flowers cover the casket. "P1? to Secretary Hughes' note of
The entire German staff was-admit- Aor11 4 regarding the Japanese man-
ted to the room last evening to see
the beloved former empress for the
last time.
CONSTRUCTION CHEAPER.
Asheville, April 14. Houses can.in 118 merman over seas possessions.
be erected from 25 to 40 per cent I
cheaper now than they could have
been constructed a year or so ago,
according to a member of the firm
of L. B. Jackson and company of
this city. He stated thta such a de
crease is caused by the large reduct
ion in the cost of material and labor.
This concern is erecting several
houses in this city costing in the
neighborhood of $50,000 and con
struction of the same amount is be
ing planned by the end of this year.
FARMERS ARE WISE
IN WESTERN N. C.
Hickory, April 14. Hundreds of
farmers In this section of North Caro
lina, mindful of the drop in prices of
tobacco and cotton, are to use their
lands to raise more of the food and
feed crops, judging by sales made by
local seed stores. It was estimated
by one Hickory concern that at least
10 tons of clover seed were sold here
this spring and one traveling over
the country sees much evidence of
clover crops.-Never before in the
history of this section and Hickory
1b in close touch with lower Burke,
Caldwell Alexander, Lincoln and its
own county of Catawba have so
many farmers gone in! for hog and
hominy. This means, of course, that
this grain and dairying section is to
outdo former efforts. Many farmers
here say they can buy cotton cheap
er than they can raise it, and al
though they are not expecting big
cash returns on their yields this year,
they are expecting dividends In bet
ter soil.
Ml USE DEB
OF I ALLIES TO
EXPORT
PLAN BEFORE PRESIDENT
Georgia Man Presents Presi
dent Harding With Plan to
Take Advantage of Allied
Debt to United States to Pro
vide Means for Disposing of
Southern Cotton Crops.
' Washington, April 14. A plan to
take advantage of the allied debt to
the United States in providing means
to dispose of the southern cotton
crops was suggested to President
Harding by Governor Elect Hardwick
of Georgia. He proposed the United
States as a nation to request the al-
lied governments to underwrite Ger-
man bonds which would be accepted
in payment of cotton exports from
this country and would be held as
securities for payment.
matter.
HARVESTER COMPANY
REDUCES PRICE MACHINERY
Chicago, April 14. Basing Its ac
tion upon the recent reduction in
steel prices announced by the Unit
ed States Steel Corporation the In-
ery with steel prats.
URGES CENSORSHIP OF
MOVING PICTURES AS
CRIME PREVENTIVE
Richmond, Va., April 14. Urg
ing a stricter censorship of moving
pictures, asserting that an increase
in crime is traced to the showing ot
certain kinds of films, Miss Belle
date over the Pacific Island of Yap
,a interpreted in official circles here
as tantamount to an acceptance of
the principles laid down by the State
department that the United States
has surrendered none of its rights
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Charged With Attacking Five
Year Old Daughter of Nash
County Farmer.
Rocky Mount, April 14. Because
of high feeling and fearing mob viol
ence Jessie Ninze, a white farm hand
about 35 years of age, was rushed
from Spring Hope to the county jail
at Nashville last night and later re
moved to some unknown place ac
cordln to officers who late yester
day arrested Ninze near Webbs up
on the charge of having attacked the
five year old daughter of a promin
ent farmer.
ONE MILLION OUTSIDE
TRIPLE ALLIANCE STRIKE
London, April 14. The federa
tion of general workers represent
ing 1,500,000 In more than 100 In
dustries outside the triple alliance
decided to support the alliance in
the strike Friday.
.MAYOR'S COURT.
There was only one case beftfre
Mayor Hill this morning that of W.
I. High,-who' paid the costs of the
case. Mr. High - was charged
violating, the traffic laws.
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OLDEST ALUMNUS
OF
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, NINETY - SIX YEARS OLD
Dr. Hawkins Was Probably the
Oldest Active Bank Director
in the United States. He
Graduated Frorgi State Uni
versity in Year 1845. Led
an Active Life. . )
Raleigh, April 14. Dr. A. El
Hawkins, 96 years old, , the oldest
living aluminus of the University of
North Carolina and probably the
oldest active bank director in too
United States died here today after
a six weeks illness.
Or. Hawkins graduated from the
University in 1845. He had been a
member of the board of directors
of the Citizen's National bank here
for1 30 years and took active interest
in the affairs of the bank until he
wus taken ill recently.
FORMER PRISON SUPT.
DIES AT AGE OF 84
Goldsboro, April 14. John R.
Smith, 84 years of age, who was
superintendent of the State prison
under the administration of Gover
nor Russell, died here today. ,
SECURING JURY TO
TRY TOM CLAYTON
Fayetteville, April 14. It is ex
pected that the entire session of Cum
berland county criminal court today
would be taken up in a selection of &.
Jury for the trial of Tom R. Clay
ton, New York youth, charged wtttu
the murder of N. M. Blue in, Janu
ary. Blue was shot to death and Deptr
ty Sheriff W. O. Patrick was seri
ously injured when the two officers
were serving a warrant on Clayton..
In an exchange of shots Clastoru
was seriously hurt. i
NOMINATIONS OF HARVEY
AND HERRICK GO TO SENATE.
Washington, April 14. Nomina
tions of George Harvey of New
York to be ambassador to Great
Britain and Myron T. Herrick tc
France were sent to the Senate to
day by President Harding.
At the same time the President
transmitted the names of more than
30 men whom he had given temp
orary appointments. These includ
ed the name of John J. Esch of Wis
consin to be a member of the inter
state commerce commission, whose
nomination had been held up.
MARKETS
COTTON.
New York, April 14. The cotton
market here made a comparative
steady showing during today's early
trading.- Unfavorable labor news
from England was reflected in. weak
er cables from Liverpool. There was
some Wall Street selling after the
call with May easing off to 11.92
about 16 points lower.
New York, April 14. Cotton fu
tures opened steady. May 11.99, July
12.54, Oct. 13.13, Dec. 13.51, Jan.
13.68.
The market at noon was as fol
lows: Jan 13.55, May 11.95, July
12.50, Oct. 13.01, Dec. 13.40.
The market closed at 3 p. m. as
follows: Jan, 13.33, March 13.43,
May 11.76, July 12.32, Oct. 12.77
Dec. 13.20.
Spots Wilson market 10c.
STOCKS.
New York, April 14. Selling of
the general list was promptly resum
ed at the active opening of today's
stock market. Discouraging advices)
dealing with the British labor up
heaval gave impetus to a further
decline. Ralls and steels continued te
feature reaction equipments and oils
also easing. Northern Pacific, yester
day's weakest stock, opened with a
sale of 1,000 shares at a loss of 3-8
to 1-2 and other transcontinental
stocks were lower. :
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