10 CASES TRIED IN
RECORDER’S COURT
Six Charged With Violating the
Prohibition Laws—Several
Fines Imposed
Tuesday was a busy day in Record
er's court several cases of interest
coming up before Judge A. M. Noble.
Ten cases were disposed of, six of
which were for violating the prohi
bition laws. Below are the cases tried:
State vs. John Jones, charged with
violating the prohibition laws. He
was found guilty and sentenced to
six months on the roads, also requir- ,
ed to pay the costs. He appealed to
Superior court under $500 bond.
State vs. Joe Means, violating the
prohibition laws. Not guilty.
State vs. Hyman Dodd, charged
with forcible trespass. Guilty;fined
$10.00 and costs. He was required
to pay the prosecuting witness $20
for damages.
State vs. Jep Beasley, violating pro
hibition laws. Defendant plead guilty
on both counts.
State vs. Preston Benson, violating !
prohibition laws The charge wTas j
changed to violating auto laws. He
was found guilty, and fined $25 and
costs.
State vs. John Joyner, violating j
prohibition laws. The defendant was '
found guilty and given ten months on
the roads, also required to pay costs.
State vs. Rufe Norris, charged
with violating prohibition laws; found
guilty and fined $25 and costs.
State vs. Charlie Blalock and An
nie McKoy, fornification and adultry.
Nol pros.
State vs. Jesse Maynard, larceny.
Probable cause found. The defend
ant was bound over to the Superior
court.
State vs. J. E. Rooks, false pre
tense. He was found guilty of larceny
and fined $25 and costs.
BIGGEST DAY FOR
THE COTTON ASSOCIATION
Monday was the biggest day in the
history of the North Carolina Cotton
Growers Cooperative Association
with total recdipits bf 4750 bales
of cotton. Reports from every sec
tion of the cotton counties indicate
renewed confidence in the Associa
tion and determination on the part
of the membership to deliver their
cotton.
The clerical force of the account
ing department is busily engaged in
making of checks for the members
for the final distribution on account
of short staple cotton of the 1922
crop and while it will take several
days to complete this work, the
checks are going out as rapidly as
possible, naturally, the members of
the association will understand, that
every check must be written, ex
amined, recorded and signed—this
takes a bit of time.
In view of the fact that this is
practically the beginning of the sec
ond year of the North Carolina Cot
ton Growers Cooperative Association,
some comparative statements are of
interest to the membership, now to
taling almost 33.000 North Carolina
farmers. At the beginning of last
year an almost entirely untrained of
fice force was working, sweltering
in the rear of an old garage building, 1
and was forced to move twice before
permanent headquarters were secured
This year the office force is comfort
ably housed in well ventilate quarters
jn the Wright buildimr, corner of
Martin and Salisbury streets. Last
year the force was entirely “green”
as concerned cooperative marketing
this year the seventy five percent of
the employees have a years experi
ence and this counts in efficiency.
Last season the classing depart
ment was compelled to work in a
poorly lighted Yand ill-fitted room
for classing cotton, situated over a
steam laundry. This year the de
partment has the third floor of the
Wright building, with properly con
structed skylights, giving the asso
ciation probably the best classing and
grading rooms in the South. In ad
dition, Classing department a , lo
cated at the corner of College and
Fourth streets in Charlotte aids in
promptly classing and grading cotton
Last season the classing department
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BOY SCOUTS BEING
ORGANIZED HERE
Kiwanis Club Will Sponsor the
First Troop—Others Will
Be Formed Soon
At a meeting of the directors of
the Kiwanis Club which was held in
Mr. N. B. Grantham's store Wednes
day morning, it was announced that
the Kiwanis club would sponsor the
Boy Scout Troop which is to be or
ganized here at an early date. A
troop committee composed of Mr. T.
C. Young, chairman, Messrs. W. H.
Austin and J. H Abell was appoint
ed, and this committee will immedi
ately begin the work of organzing
a Boy Scout Troop. They also hope
wthin a few weeks to have one or
two other troops organized here.
The organization of a Boy Scout
Council was begun sometime ago, but
this is the first effort that has been
made to organize troops. The mem
bers of the committee are quite in
terested in the work and troops will
be formed as fast as possible.
Mr. W. W. Rivers, Scout Executive,
whose headquarters are at Goldsboro,
was present at this meeting. He is
helping to promote the Boy Scout
movement in Johnston, Wayne, Le
noir, Duplin, and Greene Counties.
He has recently helped to organize
six troops in these empties, iand
others are expected to be formed la
ter.
A name for this council has not
been definitely decided upon, but
“Tuscarora Counci” has been suggest
ed.
OKLAHOMA CITY IS
SWEPT BY FLOOD
Thousands Driven From Their
Homes By Swirling Waters; Two
Are Dead
■ Oklahoma City, Okla., Oet. 16.—
Virtually isolated by the greatest
flood in its history, Oklahoma City
tonight sheltered her little army of
refugees and waited for the muddy,
turbulent expanse of the North Ca
nadian river to recede and reveal the
damage it has wrought.
Although the river has fallen ap
proximately two feet from the 35
foot crest that swept down on the
city early this morning, the swift
waters were still swirling through
the streets heertofore considered im
mune.
More than 2,000 of the 15,000 per
sons who fled before the flood still
were homeless tonight. They are
quartered in halls and churches. The
remainder of the host had returned
to their homes. The known dead list
stood at two, but city officials and
members of rescue crew declared it
probably would be greater.
The dead are: Mrs. R. H. Loose
and her daughter, Clara, 8 years old,
who were drowned when a boat in
which they attempted to gain land,
after tarrying in an effort to save
their personal effects, was caught in
the millrace at Wheeler Park, a mu
nicipal resort, and capsized. Loose
and another daughter, Bessie, 10
were rescued from the top of a large
tree, to which they had clung for
twelve hours when rescued. Loose was
taken to a hospital where his condi
tion was pronounced serious.
Rescue squads still were working
at top speed tonight. A negro fam
ily brought to land over more than
a mile of racing waters, told their
rescuers that at least 75 other
negroes were marooned on the brow
of a bill, the only unsubmerged spot
of what had been a negro settlement
They were reported without food or
water and efforts were being con
tinued to bring them to safety.
At the city reservoir, where a
break in a retaining wall precipitated
the unprecedented flood upon the
city the water still was falling to
night, with the 2,000 acre reservoir
neatly two-thirds drained. The city
water supp ' was maintained by put
ting the u .t.-ros in the rivei.
Mary stores of heroism v. ore re
counted as ibe work of r--cuing the j
marooned owt'nued.
With the r'tst of the ft .ol past:
OMahoma (uy, residents of the low
lands in Shawnee and other cities
south of here were preparting tonight
to leave their homes, if necessary.— |
Associated Press.
TENT MEETING IS
GAINING INTEREST
_
A. R. Brothers and E. C. Ruffin
Of Raleigh to Speak; Special
Service Sunday
The tent meeting which is being |
conducted here by Rev. 0. H. Mat
thews, of Raleigh, is steadily gain
ing in interest. The attendance has
doubled since the first service and it
is hoped that much good will be the
result of this meeting. Services are
held every night at 7:80 o'clock and
the public is invited to attend.
A special service will be held Sun
day afternoon at 2:30. Engineer A.
R. Brothers, of Raleigh, will have
charge of this service, and it- is hoped
that a large crowd will be present to
hear him.
On Saturday and Sunday nights
Mr. Eddie C. Ruffin, a young business
man of Raleigh, will have charge of
the services. On one of these nights
MR. EDDIE C. RUFFIN
he will speak in the ‘Second Coming.”
He will give a straightforward talk
which is calculated to be^ of benefit
to those who hear him.
The meeting will continue several
weeks, and Mr. Matthews is anxious
to have all denominations cooperate
with him in making it a blessing to
the town.
WORLD’S TIMBER RESOURCES
BEING STEADILY EXHAUSTED
The United States can not depend
upon the forests of other countries
to augment its own timber supply,
according to the data presented in
“Forest Resources of the World” a
new book written by forest econo
mists of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. This compre
hensive study of world timber condi
tions show that the world’s require
ments of saw timber will double with
in the next fifty years if the rate
of, increase during the past few years
is maintained. Moreover, as the rate
j of timber growth is equal to only
j two- thirds of the amount of wood
consumed the total supply is con
tinually shrinking.
“The most pressing forest problem
from a world standpoint is the ne
cessity of providing adequate future
supplies of soft-wood timbei,” states
the book. This can be done by using
all of the forest land for the continu
ous production of timber crops. At
present only 10 to 15 per cent of the
world’s timberland is so handled, the
rest being regarded as a mine valu
able only for the timber now stand
ing on it.”
This new book which is not pub
lished by the Government, confines
the earlier statements of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, that this coun
try can not depend upon imports of
the great, all-purpose softwoods
when its own supply is gone.
TAR HEELS SCATTER
STATES WOLFPACK
Raleigh, Oct. 19.—Thirteen thou
sand peoplegathered yesterday to see
the old man's story come into truth
and witness the victory of the Univer
sity of North Carolina over the North
Carolina State College by the very re
spectful score of 14 to 0. Everybody
had a wonderful time even the sup
porters o fthe Wolfpack who had the
news, that would have been too sad if
swift, brought plainly and quickly to
them when it became apparent early
in the play that Carolina had easily
the best gridiorn machine within sev
eral miles of the packed stadium.—
News and Observer.
VISIT FAILS TO GET
DESIRED RESULTS
German Envoy Tells the French
Premier That Germany
Cannot Pay Anything
Paris, Oct. 17.—While the repara
tions commission was engaged in its
deliberations today, the German
charge d’affairs, Herr von Hoesch,
called on Premier Poincare, but the
visit, which had been announced in
advance and wrhich had aroused great
curiosity, failed to produce the
promised results.
It is learned on good authoity that
the communication to M. Poincare
was of a purely negative character
and that no progress whatever was
made toward a settlement between
the allies and Germany of the diffi
culties of reviving industrial activi
ty in the Ruhr.
Herr von Hoesch told the premer
that in the present economic situa
tion of Germany it would be impos
sible to collect the coal tax in the
liuhr and that, in view of the finan
cial crises, there was no possibility
of financing reparation deliveries.
These declarations are taken in
French official circles as merely con
firming the impression already form
ed. which was that the Germans, in
deciding officially to declare an end
to the passive resistance, wefe sim
ply submitting to imperative circum
stances and that they cancelled the
ordnances hostile to the occupation
not because they wanted to end the
resistance campaign, but because they
should no longer support the cam
paign financially.
“The Germans, having ostensibly
abandoned their passive resistance,
are holding off the reparation pay
day as long as they can in other
was,” said one high official of the
foreign office tonight.
“The steps taken by their diplo
matic representatives in Paris and
Brussels have advanced the problem
not one whit.”
The visit of von Hoesch could
hardly be said to be fruitful, but
it did serve to place in the hands of
the French government Germany's
lastest contentions with respect to the
payment of reparations. No official
statement regarding the visit veas
issued, but some details bave filtered
through the wall of secrecy which
the French officials are observing.
The memorandum received from
Berlin, which the German charge
read to M. Poincare, described ex
isting difficulties of Germany’s eco
nomic situation, but when Herr von
Hoesch wished to speak of deliveries
in kind and means for paying the
manufacturers who made them, Pre
mier Poincare pointed out that he
was unable to discuss this subject.
BLACKMAN’S GROVE TO
HAVE NEW CHURCH
Blackman’s Grove church establish
ed for itself a permanent place among
the alert and progressive country
1 churches last Sunday, October 14.
We note that the environment of
our country churches, socially ar.d
commercially, is one of unsurpassing
; progress. And yet, these churches
in respect to growth and develop
ment stand where they were fifty and
a hundred years ago. With this situ
ation in mind, our church is prompt
ed to lead out in the conversion of
1 one-room, barn-fashion building into
a modern up-to-date house of wor
ship. The plan calls for nine Sunday
school rooms with a beautiful and
adequate auditorium.
With less than half of the mem
bers present, $1,006.50 in money was
subscribed to be paid before Christ- i
mas. The church within itself will
contribute f large portion of “the
building material.
“The God of heaven, He will pros
per us, therefore we His children will
arise and build.” Neh. 2:20.
J. A. I.
Revival At Rurnell Baptist Church
Burnell Baptist church will have its
second protracted meeting of the
summer beginning Sunday, October
21. Rev. L R. Tate will do the ;
preaching. Brother Tate is a noted
preacher with consecrated gifts. You ,
will enjoy his sermons.
The church extends a cordial in
vitation to the community at large
to attend these services.
CHILD RUN OVER
BY AUTOMOBILE
Small Child of Mr. E. F. Oliver
Of Pine Level Injured by
Ford from Four Oaks
An accident which narrowly es
caped being a tragedy occurred here
Wednesday morning about 11:30
o’clock when the small son of Mr. E.
F. Oliver, who lives near Pine Level
was knocked down and run over by i
a Ford car driven by Mrs. Barefoot, |
of Four Oaks. The accident took
place in front of the Jones-Cotter
Company store, and was said by wit
nesses to the scene to be unavoidable.
Mr. Oilver telling the child to stay
in his car, had left while he was at
tending to some business, but the
child left the car and started across
the street. Coming from his father’s
car, he was right in front of the Ford
before be was seen. Mrs. Barefoot,
seeing the danger, became excited and i
failed to stop her car which knocked
the little boy down and ran over him,
crushing his right foot.
Mr. R. L. Edgcrton, who saw the
accident, took the child to the of
fice of Dr. A. H. Rose, and from there
he was carried to the hospital where
it was found that the injuries were
not serious. The right side of his
face and temple were bruised and
scratched where the radiator of the
car struck him. and his right foot
was badly bruised and several bones
dislocated.
After the foot was bandaged the 1
child was able to be taken home. He
is about five years old.
WILL ALLEN DEAD
AFTER HARD FIGHT
Pominent Victim Of Automobile
Crash Succumbs; Funeral
Wednesday
Raleigh, Oct. 17.—Will G. Allen,
prominent Raleigh real estate opera
tor, died at Rex yesterday morning
at 11:15 o'clock from injuries receiv
ed in an automobile collision last
Thursday afternoon. The game fight
for recovery was watched with solici
tude seldom equalled in Raleigh and
thirty minutes after the death the
fact had become generally known Mr.
Allen was the son of W. G. Allen,
whose wife was Miss Florence Ray
before her marriage.
Funeral services will be held from
the residence in Hayes-Barton this
afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. Burial will
be in Oakwood cemetery.
The accident in which Mr. Allen
; eceived the injuries from which he
d'od, occurred late Thursday after
noon, October 11, when Colonel D. A.
Bodenhamer, real estate auctioneer,
was killed outright, and W. E. Man
sum, deputy sheriff, William Mur
chison, real estate man, and C. A.
Payne, automobile dealer, were sent
to the hospital.
Mr. Allen with Col. Bodenhamer,
and Mr. Murchison, were return
ing to Raleigh in an automobile from
Smithfiold, where they had conducted
a land sale. Deputy Sheriff Mangum
in a car with Mr. Fayne was chasing
a supposed rum-running-car out of
Raleigh. The whiskey car, traveling
at a high speed, threw up such a
cloud of dust on a recently worked
roLd that it obscured the vision of
both Mr. Allen and the deputy sheriff
A head on collision w*as the result.
Rushed to the hospital uncon
scious, little hope was entertained of
the recovery of Mr. Allen from the
first. In spite of a crushed leg and
chest he fought vigorously every hour
adding to his chances for recovery.
Monday afternoon, however, his con
dition took a change for the worse.
—IWws and Observer.
PART OP’ ALASKA RAILWAY
OUT OF USE FROM STORM
Washington, Oct. 16.—One hundred
miles of the Alaska railroad have
been put out of commission, accord
ing to a telegraphic report received
by Secretary Work today from An
chorage, by an unusually severe
rainstorm combined with high tides.
No estimate of the damage was
furnished by the report which said
the entire section between Seward
and Potter had suffered from wash
cuts and destroyed bridges.
CONFERENCE IS
NOW IN SESSION
Bishop Denny Opens 34th Annu
al Session Western N. C. Con
ference at Twin City
Winston-Salem, Oct 17.—Led by
Bishop Collins Denny, of Richmond,
Vh., *he Western North Carolina
Conference of t!'c Methodist Episco
pal church, South, convened in its
Urn, v-fourth annual session in Cen
tenary church, this city, at 9 o’clock
■ t is morning .The Bisiu>|> assisted by
Revs. C. M. Campbell, C. S. Kirk
patrick, M. T. Smathers and Z. E
Bernhardt, administered the sacra
ment of the Lord’s supper to several
hundred t resellers an i h yn en who
had crowded into thi church for the
opening session of the conference.
The outstanding features of the
opening session were addresses by
Rev. H. II. Sherman, T). D., of the
General Board of Education, who
brought to the conference interest
ing statistics concerning the special
movement which was inaugurated two
years ago to strengthen the educa
tional institutions under the care of
the Southern Methodist church.
He said that when the campaign
was on for this purpose $18,000,000
was subscribed, and since then
conference that the general board had
to the fund. These pledges were to
be paid in five annual installments,
two of them being due at the present
time. The third will be due on the
first of November of this year. Four
millions have been paid leaving a
deficit in the past due amounts of
$2,000,000, and on the first of next
month there will be due $6,000,000
of the whole amount pledged. The
Western North Carolina subscribed
$759,000 and has paid up to date
$186,432.54.
The general board has set apart
the months of September, October
and November as special pay up
months for this cause and emphasis
is being laid upon this matter dur
ing those months throughout the
Southern church.
Dr. T. D. Ellis, secretary of the
parent board of church extension,
which board has direct oversight of
the handling of $2,500,000 of the
church’s money which is to be ap
plied entirely on the erection of
churches and parsonages in places
w'here they are most, needed and are
unable to build themselves, told the
conferenc that th general board had
put back into this conference about
$74,000 more than it had sent to the
board.
He stated that the board was as
sisting in church enterprises and
parsonages to the number of one
for every working day in the year.
An item that he brought to the at
tention of the body was the fact
that during the war there was ap
propriated from the Centenary fund
about $5,000,000 to be used in the
war work of the church.
After peace had been declared it
was found that there was something
more than $1,000,000 of this special
fund left over. It was decided to
use this amount to assist in the erec
tion of churches at centers, where
there are tax supported educational
institutions. The board has already
appropriated $50,000 of this fund
to the Chapel Hill church, which is
building a new house of worship.
Another item of more than passing
interest at the opening session was
the calling of question 21: “Are all
the preachers blameless in their lives
and official administration?” Un
der^ this question the names of the
superannuate preache, i of the con
ference were called; their characters
passed and referred to the committee
on conference relation for the same
relation, and the names of several
of the presiding elders were called
and they made their reports.—T. A.
Sikes in News and Observer.
STANDARD REDUCES GAS
TWO CENTS IN FIVE STATES
Louisville, Ky., Oct. 16.—A reduc
tion of 2 cents a gallon in the retail
price of gasoline in the five states
in its territory, Kentucky, Alabama,
Georgia, and Florida, effective Wed
nesday, was announced tonight by
officials of the Standard Oil Com
pany of Kentucky.