North Carolina Newspapers

S t- G U T H :ner : OLDEST AND BEST ADVERTISING MED. ItJM , IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. - THE WEATHER (SHOWERS TONIGHT is v VOL. 40 NO. 110. INTSRSTATECOMr.HSSIONORDERS N. C. FREIGHT RATE CASE OPENED VIRGINIA CITIES AND RAILROAD ; DISSATIFIED-WITH DECISION HAVE BIG FUND , TO FIGHT CASE-NORTH CAROLINA WILL ALSO FIGHT. . Y ' (By L'lewxam) : Raleigh, July 23. There is much Interest and feeling being displayed in this city today and elsewhere in the state among shippers,; manufac-J 'turerst merchants and others inter .ested, over the fact that . the state corporation commission has been ad. vised ' by the Interstate Commerce Commission that , the old ' and long tried out suit of freight rate discrinl ination in favor of Virginia cities' o ver N. C. cities,, will be reopened North Carolina won in the last de cision a short time ago. . V -The Virginia cities and "the rail roads are dissatisfied with that de cision handed' down-' by the Inter state Commission granting North Car olina towns a readjustment 'of freight rates and have now combined their forces in asking the national com mission to reopen the case,' in an ef fort - to have the . decision . reversed. At the North Carolina Corpora tion' offices here it is learned that the commission and the North Carolina Traffic Association are ...already -pre paring to .aggressively resist the ef fort to "have the. case reopened and if the case is given another hearing the fight will be carried on hotly on the part of the North Carolina sL'e of the controversy. ' Corporation Commissioner Max well stated- that evidently the . main purpose of the roads and Virginia cities was to hava-the national com mission undo what its recent decis ion ,had ordered. -V-; ( . It is mot known here upon what grounds the petition for- a re-hearing will be based,., but it is understood that the. "Virginia ..citieeobject mos P" strongly to the-northern ad jusnent t. '" that concerns' the Wpnfef cjTf-the t freight from what is known as thai y eastern classification territory into .. Virginia and state south. . It is pre . sumed that the railroads are becom irrg party to the; suit- because of dif - "ferences with northern railroads over the division, of revenues from, ship ments originating in the north and -. Touted over, southern .. railroads to . their destination. '.'v;-; ,.. . The Norfolk and Richmond Cham bers of "Commerce, railroads radiat - ing from these two cities, and the Yir gJTiia ; Corporation Commission -are " understood to have pooled their in Merest and will make a common acu ee of the effort to undo the achieve ments of the North Carolina Corpor ation Commission and the -Traff ic Association in securing release from the generation of commercial bond age resultant from ne discrimina tion in freight rates in favor of Vir ginia cities.",'. " i No particular ( surprise is . jocc ioned among those concerned by the f ' ' action "of the Virginia cities. - It was ' tactily understood when the decision . was handed down- late in May' that - the defeated cities to the north world not be content with the removal of . the privilege upon which their com - mercial advantages have been pre. dicated. - :''-" " '.. , , ; ' : ' PARIS TO .IMPROVE " . ) . STREET CAR SERVICE Paris, July 21. Paris' slow and fa adequate surf ace transportation - is expected tou.be vastly improved be. ; "giving tiext year when the -Depart-rnent of the, Seine, ' which is - Paris - anci its suburbs, is to take over all systems, ; ' Payment is to be made in 30 an rual installments new fixed at near . ly 40,000,000 francs each but which - the authorities hope may be driven -a little lower by some more bargain ing.' ' . . ." There are 117 street cars and 44 " autobus lines operating 2,540 cars . "'- and buses. The. companies are cap -'Haliaed for 420,900,000 francs. : f r The city arid the department for- inerly operated the surface transpor tation systems but the franchises were given to corporattens that have evolved a' puzzling network of lines but few of which give transfers. The two subway companies are not in T volved in the deal. - ASSOCIATED PRESS DISAPPEARIfJG BEDS . New -York, July, 23.- Presidents of Manhattan island, in their eter nal fight for; space, have perked up tlieir ears at the announcements by a. New -York realty syndicate that it will '- build a . $450,000 , apartment house, whose distinguishing feature will be "disappearing beds." Offi. rials of the syndicate are silent as to what, form .the "disapearing beds" will" take during the" day time. They dismiss the. matter by saying that "disappearing beds and many other labof saving devices will be install ed."1 Architects, however, have given their opinion o nthe proposed inno. v&tion.' ' " Thebeauty of "disappearing beds the architect say, is that the bed cannot disappear while the .occupant iying in " it on his back, with his knees up and his mouth open. This was the chief drawback to the old jasmoned -ioiaing Dea.' ine arcm tects made' this statement to quiet he fears of many New York resi dents who had inquired, as to wheth er "disappearing beds" were similar to the old 'fashioned rojding Dea, or contained any of the latter's cranky and uncertain tendencies. . V;" :: - The architect say that ..a "disap pearing bed" is a bed at night and an oil painting of A.Gordon setter or something like that in theday time; that it can be slipped' under the bath room floor or tucked away behind the acquarium; or that'it may be sunk into atrap- door in the floor and an Oriental rug placed over it, so that the tell-tale cracks may not be seen : The apartment house of the "dis appearing beds," the syndicate an, n ounces, is to. be byijt jgfr Wes End Avenue, Manhattan. ,., MEN FACE DEATH V IN DREDGING SOUND New York,' July 23.-Death by drowning or dynamite these are chief among the. dangers facing the men who are dredging the East River to Long Island Sound that New York may have another deep sea passage to the Atlantic. , How this undertaking, which will require 15 to 20 years and an expen dilure of $55,000,000 to $75,000,- 000 is being carried on was told here today by officials of the dradging com pany, which is doing the work. ' Most of the work must be done during the slack water period at the change o? tides and, as there is gen erally from 500 to 1,000 pounds of dynamite aboard each drill boat the danger of being rammed by passing cieft and sent to the bottom is.com plicated ' with the possibility of, be ing blown into the air," one official said. . r . " - v "In Hell Gate we are demolishing Frying Pan Reef which is 480 feet by 360 feet. JFrom. eight to ten or fniore months will be required to com plete this task. . A drill boat is be ing warped across it in parallel path ?0 feet apart, drilling holes into it from 100 to 150 pounds of dyna mite is packed ' and 'exploded. A dipper ' dredge, ' following the drill boat, loads the blasted rock Into scows for -dumping iVito holes 75 feet deep or more in the river. This leveling of the river bottom removes the source of eddies, smothing the current. ' " 'J' " :'" ' . . ATTENTION MERCHANTS What is the matter with those mer chants who agreTl to support the men wKo contracted for ice to be shipped in to take care of their wants? The Chamber of Commerce made great efforts to get this ice and took upon itself the responsibility for its payment, as the cry of distress was very emphaic. '. - .:'Vv " From information at hand several of those who agreed to support this plan are falling down '-on the propo sition. s - f "Another car of 150 blocks will be here tonight,' said Mr. H. H.Har dy, who is handling it, "and if those men do not give greater support I shall cancel the contract FOR APARTMENTS SOVIETlLACKERut FACE EXECUTION Sltxy-two Men, Including Sev. eral of the Physicians - : Were Shot FOR EVADING SERVICE ' Berlin, July 23. The vigor and zeal, with which the Russian Soviet is-prosecuting the .war against Po land and the measures it is taking to" weed out coruption and to instil strict discipline are shown-, by the wholesale executions in Moscow dur. ing the past week for bribery and other forms of coruption in connec tion with 'slackers" trying to evade military service. . - , 'No fewer than sixty-two ment in eluding ,' numerous physicians who acted on tne central refcruiting and medical boards of the War Office Con scription , Commission, were put to death by shooting for granting, in re turn for bribes, certificates of phy sical, unfitness, acording to author, itative information which has reach ed here from Moscow, . Jt is aserted on -the best -authority that 8,000 men have been illictly ex empted from army service by corupt physicians and other members of the medican and control boards of the Consciiption Commission. Altogeth. er the grafter realized 5,000,000 rou bl'es nominally $1,500,000, by cor. rupt practices. Beirut, July 23. French troops, in view of the failure of King Fei sal of Syria .to begin the. execution of the ultimatum terms, ' began to march on' Demascus yesterday. They1 encountered no opposition and are proceeding toward .Aleppo. KANGAROO HUNT MADE NOW BY, AUTOMQBILES Melbourne, Australwia, July 23.-A kangaroo hunt by automobile is one of the entertainments planned for the Priucq' of . Wales when he visits the country districts of Australia-. The hunt will take place upon the sheep station (ranch) of Lee Falk iucr at Boora, New South Wales. Mr. Falkiner said here lately: "The kangaroo drive in which the Prince will take part will' be neither child's play nor coldblooded murder but as fine a sport as is to be had in the Commonwealth.". " THOMAS SPELLACY SLATED FOR NAVY -. Washington, July" 23.S There ;ia general talk in the city that Thomas J. Spellacy, of Hartford, Connecti cut, will be selected as asistant Sec retary of the Navy to succeed Frank lin Roosevelt when the latter resigns on August 1st to make the race as democratic vice-presidential candi date. ';; SEABOARD DENIES DISMISSING MEN ! Norfolk, Va July 23. Vice-pres ident Caples, of the Seaboard Air Line, denied the. reports, that have become widespread, of the dismiss, al of empjloyees of that railroad. ' SIX WHITE HORSES - IN PAUPER FUNERAL San Jose, California, ly 2. 3 thirty piece band will attend the funeral of Jose Castro, an aged in. mate of the county'hospital whose body was found in the park lake. Five years ago Castro deposited money in the local bank and con tracted with an . undertaken for a band and hearse with six white hor ses. - ' -. RAISE ZIONIST FUND FOR JEWISH HOME London, 'Jury 23. The Zionist Conference has decided to inaugurate a foundation fund of one hundred and twenty five million dollars for the establishment of Palestine at the Jewish national home. . Pledgee of self-taxation on the tithe principle were .made. FRENCH TROOPS OKI TO DEBUS TARBORO, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 23, PIAIAPPEALS FOR New Republic Sends Proposals Direct to" Soviet at City : '.. . Of Moscow ENG. FEARS FOR PEACE Warsaw, July 23. Poland has sent armistice proposals direct to the Soviet Government at Moscow. . London, July 23. The capture by Soviet troops of the Dubno fortress defending, the . south-eastern Polish border, was anounced today in a Mos cow wireless. Iah don Juty 23. The Polish out look appfnra increasingly menacing j tho newspapers which lay empha sis oi tJ' fl.'. i ger to the peace of Eu n.pe " ' Some see a Bolshevik determina tion to destroy Poland and-fears are expressed " that - if the Bolsheviki ., ... .... ..: , . S reach the eastern frontier of Ger many a Spartacist or monarchist up risting there is certain. SCOTLAND NECK'S . POPULATION IS 2,061 Washington, July 23. The census figures give Scotland Neck a popula tion - of 2,061, an " increase of 335 in the ten years, or an increase per centage of 19.4. Washington, July 23. Poland has asked the State Department to for mally announce to the world the mor al support " of the United States to Poland in its battle against the Rus sian Bolshevik. " h suggestion that a similar expres sion from President Wilson would be welcomed and do much tok tffen the. morale of the Polish people. SEEK FARM LIVES New York, July 23. Edward Dhooge, one of those big six-foot fellows from Belgium whom tho Ger mans could never subdue, arrived at Ellis Island with his wife and eleven bright eyed children. They passed inspection without a murmur of of ficial dissent and took a train for St. Charles, 111., "I heard you were taking a count of your population over hero in A. merica,'' said the jovial Belgian to an immigration inspector, "and I was anxious to increase the big total by adding my family of thirteen. We are looking -for a farm. I would hate to see these little ones planted in the delirium of your American cities. The wife and I could stand it, maybe, for I have been a butcher and "a farmer, but I would like to take theso boys and girls out .upon this -American soil and show them how to tudn it over and make crops grow. After all, farming is the on ly sane life. I may not have mon eyenough with me to buy an Am erican farm but if there is anybody with one on his hands that isn't be ing worked maybe I can rent one. I'll guarantee to make good on 'it, whether it's niy own or somebody else's." . ' - ;' ' .- V, He had more than $l,00Qjn Am erican money. . - ' MICHELSON TO GET . THE ALBERT MEDAL London, July 23. Albert Abra ham Michelson, professor of physics in the University of Chicago, has been awarded , the Albert Medal of the Royal Society of Arts for 1920 with the approval of the Duke of Connaught, the President for optl cat inventions which have rendered possiblethe reproduction of accur. ate metric standards and provided the means of carrying out measure ments with a minute precision hith erto unobtainable. - ' Professor Michelson's contributions to scientiic research already have been recognized by the award of the Copley Medal of the Royal Society and of the Nobel prize for Physics both in 1907. The ( Western ' Canada is the lat est league to decide on a split sea son with a view of reviving interest over the circuit. . - ARMISTICE FIFTEEN BELGIANS 1920. F IN BELFAST CITY Bitter Fighting Starts Again -. Where it Occurred Last , Night. - 1 TEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED 'Belfast, July 23. Shooting In the city was renewed this morning in the area where bitter fighting took place last night. In the clash between the Unionist and '8inn Feiners the fighting was most severe and ultimated in mill. - - tary intervention. ' It was definately stated that ten persons were killed last night and o vjr one hundred seriously wounded. PUBLIC SCHOOL TEXT (By Llewxam.) Raleigh, July 23. The school text book law and its administration has been a matter of much inquiry of late, information being sought from all over the state of State Superin tendent of Public Instruction Brooks. As those inquiries involve points and information which many others are interested in a general reply which furnishes much of the information .-. . i sought was deemed expedient. Supt, Brooks has just isued, therefore, tho following statemont covering the Various questions and points involv ed, to-wit : "In the first place the high school text book law, section 6, puts this matter in the hands of the county board of education, as follows: "That in order to facilitate the dis tribution, sale and exchange of high school text books in each county adopted under provisions of this act, each county board of e'dtfatioo..a1iaU provide for tho handling of such iru such local depositories or agencies in the county as it may deem advisable and necessary, and such local deposi tories; or agencies shall be responsi ble to the county board of education thru whom all orders to publishers for high school text books, under the provisions this act, shall be made, except as hereinafter provided; and said depositories or agencies may be allowed a commission on the sale of high school text books not to exceed 15 per cent of the wholesale price of books as-agreed upon by contract entered into by the superintendent with the publishers. "What is the wholesale price of books? This may be interpreted to mean the cost to the dealer delivered at his place of business, and county boards would be justified in making arrangement's with dealers to allow them not more than 15 per cent on cost and transportation of the books. "Since the dealer pays transporta tion on books from publishers, the publisher should pay transportation on all books received on exchange, since they are the property of the publishers. , . "All dealers and parties interested in purchase of text books under, new law should know the county board is responsible for-handling books and are responsible to publishers for pay ment. i ' ; ' "Boards ofi education, therefore, may make either of the following ar rangements; ; "Buy tho books and sell them to the pupils, or "Buy the books and rent them to the pupils, or . "Contract with some dealer to sell the books at prices specified by the board not to exceed an advance of 15 per cent on wholesale price plus transportation. All such dealers are authorized agents of the board of education. .- - - "County boards should make ar rangements "as early as possible in order that books may be received in time for the opening of school." No President of the United States has. had so short a surname as the Democratic nominee whose name con sisU of but three letters. The short est names now in the list are those of Polk and Taft, with four tetters each. RENEW I0TII BOO LAW "ALL THE LOCAL NEWS" RESOLUTE; LEADING AT 2.30: CATCffiNG EVERY WIND GUST REORCANIZE UNDER NEW BILL "I !:.. Washington, July 23. America's military establishment, is being prac ticclly revolutionized under the new tortus of the army reorganisation bill vhich became effectivo July 1. Ar my officers say the work vii'. rot be completed f!r some months f ecause of the broad scope of tha measure passed at the last sesilou of Con. gresa to piace tne iana xorjfj on a peace-basis. While the regular army will con tain only 295,000 officers men scattered over the country and the insular possessions, it will be so ar ranged in conjunction with the Na tional Guard and the Reserve that rapid epxansion of the nation's fight mg forces in time of emergency will be possible. I The National Guard will have a bout 440,000 officers and men but the strength of the reserve hasn't yet been worked out and will depend largely oa the enlistment of eligl bles. The regular army reserve as it formerly existed, composed of for mer enlisted men furloughed to the reserve to complete their enlistment period ceased to exist as such on July 1. In its place there is estab, lished the enlisted reserve corps and the officers reserve corps. ' The mem bers of the formr, except veterans of the world 'war, are required to enlist for three yers. Veterans of the worjd war may enlist for only one year. The officers reserve corps is com posed of officers who held temporary or reserve commissions during the war emergency and graduates of the student officers training school. To accomplish the reorganization of the National Guard and the ini tial organization of the reserve, the! army bill provides for a general com mittee to be composed of regular ar. my general staff officers and an V qual number of reserve or national guard officers. In addition,' 62 o ther committees, representing each state and territory will arrange the National Guard organization in each state and territory. Some of these committees have not been appointed by the governors and consequently this work has not yet been put a- under way. Pretty Gardens in Prise Coatett In the Hart Cotton Mill section, theer are over 110 resident families; with about 105 family gardens, not counting those of the girls and boys The management has endeavored to improve the living conditions for these families, first by offering e yery encouragement to those resi dents to each have a garden, to sup ply frsh vegetables in aeason,- and, seoend, giving them the services of Miss Elizabeth McCargo o ass(is(t them in all that pertains to a succes ful garden, including the canning of any surplus. Mr. W. A. Hart, this year, in ad ditions to all else, has offered sub stantial cash prizes for the best, and second best of these gardens. It jwas my pleasure recently, to visit these gardens - with Miss Mc Cargo, to score them acording to the contest. And, although it was high lyencouraging to see such results, it was no small task to decide as o the beet. They all showed unmistaka ble evidence of intelligent, and in terested care; and all bad an abun dance of the more staple vegetables for the season and climate. . Numbers of these gardens "show ed twenty or more varieties of veg etables, in well proportioned quanti ties. I am inclined to think that a peep at these gardens might cause some of Edgecombe big farmers to blush. Interest in a good garden is a sort of domestic patriotism. Zeno Moore, County Agent The Mennonites derive their name from Menno Simons, formerly a Cath olic priest, who became a teacher and leader of the Anabaptists about 1537, and published hie "True Chris tion Belief" in 1556. PRICE t 5 CENTS DESPITE THE NEW TOPMAST AND SAIL THE SHAMROCK SEEM TO WEND OFF AT EV ERY GUST RACE APPARENT. LY SAFE. Sandy Hook, July 23.-Shamrock had a two to one lead over the Reso lute to win. America's cup when the yachts prepared for today 'b race. Shamrock needs to take but one more contest while the Resolute must get the next two in order to retain the cup on this side of the ocean. ' A eight knots south .westerly breeze was blowing at eight o'clock and the prospects for a race are good. Sajidy Hook, July 23. Fog de layed the start today and the regatta committee ordered fifteen minutes postponements. . : Sandy Hook, July 23. Since the last race was run the Shamrock has had a new topmast and sail in place of the one she then carried, which showed signs of weakness. - This will have an. effect upon the handicap given the defender, the exact time allowance definately de clared until the official had measur ed the sails. In the meantime the committee has fixed the race today on the basis of , time allowance of six minutes and forty seconds, sub ject to any change that may result from measuremets of the Shamrock topsail. Sandy Hook, July 23. The con tending yachts crosed ' the starting line a little after one o'clock, the Resolute- leading the Shamrock over " by twenty three seconds. At 2.36 the Resolute turned the first mark well in the lead. Captain Adams, of the Resolute, held the defender high in the wind and seemed to catch every puff, while ' the Shamrock seemed to wend off at every gust. NEGRO EXECUTED ;- -!"-"-' FOR ASSAULTING GIRL Wilmington, Del., July 23. Af ter an unsuccessful attempt to comrajt suicide in his ' cell, Isiah Fountain negro, was hanged at Easton, Mary land. '. Fountain was twice charged ancP convicted of criminally attacking a fourteen year old white girl. - LABOORERS STRIKE 20,000 ;MEN IDLE Belleville, IV., July 23. Coal min - through southern Illinois face the possibility of being forced to shut down on "account of the unauthoriz ed strike of day laborers. . . The strikers say there are 20,000 men Idle. The cause of the strike, they say, is refusal to give the wag increase demarrded. NUDE WOMAN FOUND "IN BAAGE TRUNK New York, July 23. The body of ft' nude woman, jammed in a trunk, was found by employees of the A mrrirun Railway Express Company among unclaimed baggage. The trunk was received on June 17 from Detroit. "" No marks of violence was on the body, but the police have charge of the matter and are making rigid in vestigations, i The woman was apparently about thirty years of . age weighed Jone -hundred and thirty pounds. The trunk was shipped by a man - giving the name of A. A. Tieturn, according to the baggage record and was addressed to James Dotifeias, New York City. The police requested the Detroit authorities to locate the- man men tioned in the record as the sender of the trunk; ' To be in the dumps means out of spirits. The phrase is said to be de rived from Dumops, King of Egypt who built a pyramid and died of mel ancholy. . Probably In no country in the en tire world are fish more largely con sumed than in Burma. Fish, either Cresh or fried, or in the form of a fish paste, is a concomitant of e vcry Burmese meaL