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SUFFRAGEOPENSHEADQUARTERS
FOR A SPECIAL SESSION FIGHT
LEADERS .VERY OFTOMISTIC
THAT NORTH CAROLINA WILL
' - RATIFY AMENDMENT AND BE
. 36TR STATE REJECTION LEA
CUE IS FIGHTING; HARD fA
GAINST IT. ,
-(By Llewxam)
. ( Raleigh, N. C, July 24. The' Nor
' th Carolina State Equal Suffrage As
r sociation today opened state head
quarters in Raleigh,, within a block
of the'capjtol, where is representa
tives fexpect to "se" service" during
.. the war already staged for the ap
proaching special session- of the' as
sembly,
. .- Miss Gertrude Weill, of Goldsboro
is in charge, and tbe president, Mrs
Jerman and secretary," Miss Eliza.
beth Hill, of the state association
will have their offices there.
These ladies ar verv . ontomistic
' as to prospects of ratification of the
Susan B. Anthony, or 19th., amend
. ment to the constitution 6f the Unit
... -. - ed States, 1 but - to outsiders action
by the special session appears to be
very doubtful. ;
An association formed ty many
. prominent women, and known as the
.'Rejection League, is 'ajso in exist
.' ence here and is fighting the amend
ment with much activity. ;
,-i . .. .
i- On the , whole the politicians of
' more than local prominence are hand
ling tfoe subject very gingerly, when
forced to take hold, and many con-
i v.
. tinue to dodge it. But the men who
oppose woman's suffrage on a - com
m6n ground, with no frills or thrills
attached appear to. be very largely
in the majority about these parts,
and speakers who have canvastsed
the state declare the white women of
North Carolina, and espectaUy those
in the country and villages, are a.
, gainst the amendment very largely.
"SWEDEN'S PREMIER
, " FOR SOCIALIZATION
Stockholm,' July 24. The new
t - .... j
. socialist government has appointed
.a committee to investigate the poa
sibilitiesyof socializngcertan lines of
. industry and whether, if possible,
.-such a step would prove advanta-
treous for consumers and societv, sen
.... m fit
erally. -Premier BrareUng, Sweden
first Socialist premier, emphasized
"the necessity that" socialization in
no manner must result in decreased
. production." V; - - .
Premier Branting pointed out that
me L-uniiiiiLiee win not aeai wlui ine
(question of systematic socialization
of production, this being far from
the aim of the present cabinet.- -
XI. . '. i-i : 1 1 . v. . i in 1 1 .
COAL PRODUCTION
HALF OF NORMAL
Paris, July 24. Gradual improve
ment in France's coal production,
shown 'n figures in ought -cu; in the
Chamber of Deputies, is giving com.
fort to economists but is not count
ed upon to relieve the chilliness of
homes or markedly affect factories
for some, time. The mines damaged
by the German invasion are slowly
being put in shape and it is expected
that they will produce 250,000 tons
monthly by the end of the year. This
wuuld be half of pre-war production.
It wa4 admitted the normal rate
would not be. reached for some years
Difficulties in pumping out flood
ed mines and repairing dynamited
shafts have proved the chief obsta
cles. ' Orders for machinery are ac
cepted only for delivery in from four
months to four' years. :
Belgian -firms finally have been
engaged to aid in the, reconstruction
work after negotiations with Ger
mans failed.
E
SHOOTS BELL BOY
Detroit, July 24. Patrock Reany,
a reputed wealthy Dallas, Texas, bus
iness man, was arrested after shoot
ing a hotel bell boy ill bfs room.
The boy is probably1 fatally wound
j Mrs.' Lula Overton, who has. been
ill atthe Tarboro House, Was remov
ed to the Edgecombe .General Hos
pital this morning with fever at 102.
If THY
ARMER
ASSOCIATED PRESS
(MUCH CAMPAIGN
BE
E
New Yorki July 24 A nation -wide
united evangelistic cnni'oalgn
of the Protestant churches ban been
decided upon -for the coming year
by the lealcr of 18 of the larger de
nominations, the Federal- Ccur.cil of
the' Churches of - Christ f . A merica,
ar.'C'Uncea-nere'xoaay. .
: The directors of evnvj'c-lism .for
the Methodist bodies the Baptists,
Presbyterians, Lutherans, Congrega
liontats,v Disciples, the two refored
groups and : other , bodies "have met
here and" decided upon the common
program to" be carried out during
1920-21. , , '.' '
The fall .campaign will be opened
by a series of all day rallies for min
inters in a - dozen strategic centers.
A ' party composed ,of the directors
of evangelism of. the cooperating de
nominations will accompany Dr. Goo
dell of the Federal Council tc Buf
falo Cleveland, . Cincinnati, Indian
apolis, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis,
Louisville, .Pittsburgh, Harrisburgh,
Philadelphia. Washington mi :1 Balti
more. . - - - v . '
from September to, December evan
gelisfic committees are to be organ
izeti and trained in every iosa con
::.-i . . ... . .
w n-ttn cnurcn wui iMeseiH
1 jr'.ti whole church number
sl .1 a church rally to bn held
t - -
i'lflrfy in -the Fall. Parish
y in -tne r an. rarisn surveys
'i.l be undertaken to asee.tui.i def
in'Uly the persons who t-Vuld be
re.ici.ed by pach church.
Fram ' January to Easter, every
Protestant pulpit is to be ealled. on
to sound the evangelistic not.?. The
appeal of the church to pei3onaJ- con
se'.rhtioii of life service is to bjj kept
before the community, in vnrioug
ways, v juxtension or tne , imiu ax
personal prayer ancf of tffe family al
tar wlll be striven for, an X'sn use
of the Lenten daily prayer1 calendar,
encouraged. Pastor's training class.
es will .be Held for personal workers
as well as confirmation classes or
study groups for those who are to
enter the churches. v . -
The culmination of the evangelis
tic progranHs in the special services
centering about Easter Sunday,
MAKE PAVING STONE
FROM BURNT ASHES
Berlin, July 24. Out of the ash
es left in Berlin's incinerators from
the city's burnt refuse; a paving
stone, is being manufactured which
is said to be as hard and serviceable
as granite. As Germany no longer
can afford to import paving mater
ials, which Sweden used to supply,
the discovery of this cheap by-pro.
duct is greatly welcomed, i :j
ARE DISAPPEARING
Rome, July 24. One by one the
last bulwarks of conservatism in Eu
rope disappear. The Vatican .which
preserves in its life and ceremonies
so many picturesque customs and an
pient ways of doing things for a
long time sternly forbade the use of
automobiles by cardinals nd other
ecclesiastics. Funeral looking carT
riages . drawn by black horses' eon
veyed the cardinals to and from the
functions at St. Peter's or to their
visits to the Pontiff in the Vatican
palace. Now several of the cardi
nals, including English Cardinal Gas
quet, have motor cars which con
vey them everywhere. ' '
Not so long ago the atendants in
Elizabethian ruff and doublet and
iwoyd who- marshal the spectators to
their places in the great Vatican func
tions, d'd not allow the "e f opera
glasses to watch the wondrous scene.
At the canonization of Joan of 'Are
a body of photographers were permit
ted to be present, who took a film
of the whole ceremony, so that when
these picturesque biatjric processions
no more occur, this reproduction will
recall it. V ' -
ill
HID
VATICAN RULES
L
"MULLET" LEASE
Officials State The Road Was
Never In A Better Condi-
tion Than Now
PROSECUTE RAY'S SLAYER
i ' (By Llewxam) : ( i J
Raleigh, July 24. In the aleg;d
attempt to 'be made to secure the an
nulment of the lease of the old "Mul
let" road, otherwise yclept the. At
lantic and North Carolina, it is pro
per. to quote "President J.' Young
of the road 'who was in Raleigh fol
lowing a trip of inspection of the
road and 'its. property.. Her was ac
companied on the trip by general su
perintendent E. DKylej In re3ponv
to an inquiry these gentlemen stat
ed that "the road was never in bet
ter ' condition." ;
With regard to the report that is
a movement s' on "foot whence no
man knoweth .although all newspa
per men pursueth, .to have the leg
islature "cancel" the 99-year lease
(just how, is not related), Messrs
Young and Kyle had naught to say
What they know about it may be
something else
Will Prbsecute SUyr of Ry If
v . . " Dicovred - '
There is still a lot of "talk" and
considerable' feeling over the, "dis.
turbance" in Alamance County and
some of it is brought back from Gra
ham by those who attended the fu
nerjil of Jim Ray Wednesday,
Ray was killed and two other -citizen"
weic wounded when th.ey start
ed jn the direction of the "jail Mon
day night to inveotigate the cause
for the lights being extinguished in
the prison. - A coroner's jury that
investigated Jh? killing rendered a
verdict that Ray came to fiis (Jeath
by a ballet fired by an unknown
member of the Durham military pom
pany,
At the coroner's Inquest major.
ity of tho' wilnesses, it is 'said, tes
tified that the soldiers fired without
provocation, declaring here were no
masked men about the jail as.alcg
ed by members of the military corn-
pan.'. I'etling is bitter against the
niilitT.irtf because of the killing.
.. Sh- Tf Story stated if the identi
t,' c tin person or persons who fir-
J ' fchotsthat killed Ray and
wouncjed phers were established h(
would have them prosecuted.
Ray left a widow and six children
He was one of the most popular men
in. Gra"ham.
MILLION INHABITANTS
IN PEKING- CITY
Peking, July 24. The population
of Peking, according to latest tab
ulation by the police authorities was
978,552, of which 645,725 were ma
les. These were "Il6,213 famiHes
FARMERS FEAR AN
- UNKNOWN INSECT
The cotton leaf louse isvery pre
valent all over the county and spme
farmers are right much exercised o
ver the appearance of another insect
which they say crimps , the cotton
leaf.- . s .
The county agent, bowever, says
in all cases that he has investigated
it is a cas of mistaken identity;
that it was the louse that put the
crimp in the leaf, and that the mis
sion of the other monster is. to put the
crimp on the louse. fl . .
The other insect complained of is
only the larvae j of the lady-jbjird,
wnicn wnen grown lives solely on
other' insects and their eggs.
MathodUt Church Announcement .
Sunday school at 9:45, W . O.
Howard, Supt.
Preaching at 11 AM. and 8 P.
M., geimons by th Pastor.- ,
Morning subject: "Jesus preach
ing In His Home-town," Text: Luke
4:18,19. -
- i .
Evening subject: "The Building of
Solomon's Temple." Text: Kings 6
7 verse.
Fans tq keep you cool; singing to
refresh your -spirit; sermons to
build you up." Kuml.
ATTEMPTTDCANGE
TARBORO, N. C, . SATURDAY, JULY
CANADIAN FARMED
Clubbed Hif Monther to Death
Over Seven Years Ago forj
Repremanding Him
FATHER HANGED FOR IT,
Toronto, July 24. Arnell Love,
of Ceylon', an Ontario farmer, is in
jail here after confessing to the mur
der of his mother, a crime for which
his "father -was hanged seven years
agp. 't,..'--
Arnell, who is twenty two was con
verted recently during an evange
listic service and determined to clear
his conscience. . -
- He confessed that he clubbed his
mother to deathfor repremanding
him for'.keeping bad company.
ROME ENTHUIASTIC
OVEH MOVING PICTURERS
Rome, July 24. -Rome's enthus,
iasm for moving pictures is enormous
Milan which is a much m6re densely
populated city patronizes the "mov
ies" much les than Rome. The great
increase in Rome Dates from the sec
ond half otlpl9 when the ''sharks"
.... r
83 they call the war profiteers hetre,
firstcame to the front. A newspap
er writer lately acuscd them of go
ing to the picture theaters with their
wives and families in -order to learn
how people m what they imagin to
be smart society, dross and move
and act,
Colored A. f)t. E. Zion Hold Picnio
The A. M. E. Zion (Colored)
Church held their annual' picnic
last night.
NewYorC Juy'"24-Millions "are
being spent for new playhouses to
insure New Yorkers ample amuse
ment this winter, although flat bui
ders cannot get loans for housin'
get
the masses of the metropolitan dis
trict.. r'T
This was revealed today when a
survey was made of the rush theatre
constructions, which disclosed that
$25,000,000 worth of new amuse
ment houses, were under way.
Many of thfr new playhouses are-
wiping out old flats and dwellings
urgently needed for homes, social wel
fare investigators declare and as a
result the .housing shortage is be
coming more acute. ;
The theatre builders asert that tbc
immense sums pouring into places
of ; amusement are justified as the
new construction guarantees them n
profit return on the investment.
Although there are 500 running
theaters in the greater city and C50
in the entire metropolitan district,
eight new theaters costing more than
$12,000,000 are planed in Long Acre-Times
-Square , district, three ii
Greenwich Village, four jn large hou
sekand a score of smaller theaters
in the Bronx, three in Washington
Heights and five in Brooklyn.
There are now 115 theaters op
erating in Brooklyn.
MEXICAN OIL TRADE
WILL BE ADJUSTED
Mexico City July 24. -Attorney
M. G. Villers, of the" Transcontinen
tal Company, and Rodolfo Pontes,
of the Eagle Company, a British ow
ned corporation, have been named by
the foreign oil interests as a com
mittee on publicity as a result fit the
recent flood of statements on the
Mexican petroleum ( legislation situa
ion from governmen- sources.
The oil quesion again is exciing
much attention, although' it. general'.
ly is believed here that final action
on what the foreign oil interests char
ge was CarrtnzaV confiscatory meas
ure will be left by the present de
facto government to the administra
tion which will be elected September
5. .
When President of the French
Republic died, resigns, or is unable
to perform the duties of office, hi"
successor is elected not for the unex
pired term, but for a full term of six
yean.
ADMITS
MURDER
NEW YORK SPENDS
MILLION FOB SHOWS
24, 1920.
SDV lET'S ! PHANDf mystery; of trunk victim
IS
While Acquiescing to the Arra-
' istice Armies are overrun
ning Europe
FORTY MILESOF GERMANY
Jbndon, July 24. The Soviet gov
ernment of Russia today notified Po
land that the Soviet army command
had been ordered to begin immediate
negotiations for an armistice, accord
ing to a. Moscow dispatch,
j Warsaw, July 24. Limberg news
papers assert that Bolshevik officers
in hospital there admit that tl)e pre
Bent Bolshevik offensive is a final
effort. . ' .
Berlin, July 24. Scouting, detach
ments of the Soviet. '.armies are re
ported to-day within little more than
forty, miles of n the German border,.
and it n .expected Trotzky's cavalry
will be within touch of the East
Prussian frontier in leas than 'forty
eight hours. '
. Coincidentally with this advance
the north wing al the Polish army
is being completely turned.
V With the fear of an immineut' Sot
Viet sweep across the' German bor
der spreading like wildfire, the els
mor for creating a German army of
defense is growing louder every hour
while ft the same time activity a-
mong. the radical elements in East
Prussia looking tiwnrd oo-opevation
Lwith the Bolsheviki is being intensi.
fie'..
The German people, forgetting tlie
agreement dictated at Spa, are to
day turning their eyes toward the
East to an extent not winessed since
Hindenburg's . armies crushed the
Czar'3 steam roller.
nrnmR mi
RICE
Sandy Hook, July 24.
An ciejit
een mile outhweKKwinrt was b
t'liis morning as the ' Resolut
blowing
e arid
Shamrock began making sail for the
final race for the American Cup.
Sandy Hook, July 24. The Rcso
lute showed the Shamrock her heels
in the fourth race of the series yes-j
terday and cut across the line three j
minutes and forty one seconds nlieadj
discarding-the handicap of si;; min-!
utos and forty, seconds entirely. ;
Sandy Hook, July 24. The fif-i
th rae.. for tho. America Cup was
today declared cf f by the regatta
committee because of heavy weath
er. The next race will be held Mon
day,. The yachts had staitod for -tho
line and were three miles from the'
beginning point,
Abroeze of fifteen ta eighteen
knots was blowing and the inference
was the skippers did not care to t ike
the chance of being dismantled or
wrecked in the heavy sens or squally
blows.
T
SAY R. R. LEADERS
Chicago," July 24. Order for a
nation wide referendum by railway
employees on the wage award of thc
Federal Labor Board, wbh completed
today, with a strong plea against a
strike, at a meeting of the' executives
of the railroad brotherhoods.
.The name "harmattan" has be
given to a dry hot wind which perio
ically blows from the interior of Af
rira towards the Atlantic during De.
cember, January and February. Of
ten within an hour after the har
mattan begins to blow, green grass
in its course is dry enough to burn.
Fifty thou?and Indians rpm all
parts cf Mexico recently completed
their week of homage to their pat
rons saint, the Virgin of Guadalupe
and thjeir pilgrfmao ts the shrine
of the Virgin, a pilgrimage which is
regarded as sacred a journey a ever
v, as made by Mohammedans to Mec
ca.
if
APPAR
WEATHER
DELATES
ii a
IN
NO STRIKE
'ALL THE LOCAL NEWS"
SHIFTS TO
BOOTLEGGING RJFE
OVER BORDER
Ottava, July 24. As long as pre
fits from bootlegging are hat they
are, and the only deterrent is a'fine
of $200 or so there will be big mon
ym tne oootlegging gamo and it
will be very difficult for the auth
o'.itiis on either side of the interna
tionul line to Btamp out the traffic.
That is tho summary of opinions
expi wss'ed by Ottawa' ojcials as to. the
situation, regarding smuggling "of (.
quor from Canada to tho United' Stat
es, Further, .bigh officials of the
Royal Canadian Mounted Police say
that while they are doing all in their
power to check infractions of the
federal laws in this respect is really
for the American authorities to see
that liquor does not reach the thirs
ty souls beyond the imaginary line
3,000 miles long.
The situation apparently is that
fivm three provinces in particular
there- is a large trade in" bootlegging
to the United States. These are On
tario, Quebec and British Colum
bia. At the same time n respect
able quantity of fiorv liauid'ia find
ing its way- across' from tho Mari
time Provinces and from Manitoba.
At Windsor and in the surround
ing district the Mounted Tolico are
carrying on a constant campaign a
gninst the illegal liquor vendors, and
nifLny have." born, hauled into court
T,d condemned to ray finos"-fam
W00 up. One parched Detroit man
j line ever, is said to have pnrted with
;"r;0() for three eases of Scotch whis
key, which .reached him vin the "un
derground route" n short time ago,
fo that the profits in the illegal trade
fnj i. nl ion from Windsor and district
iiitiuiaU'ti tthe authorities bore- ti lt
soiiui farmers in iliat vicinity have
.f'imd it more profitable o smuggle
j liquor across thc border thnn to farm
I n'ld have let tlieir farms run to weeds
hiiu they pursue the elusive dollar
Mil the bootleging route.
Qje.beet.it is stated, is the mccca
for thirsty Ihousand' of Americans
'.very votk-end, and automobiles pas
sing back and forth carry their load
of human and other freight, bound
for the Sahara across the border,
t'j f-vt thdfe foi'ffflionf, Canadian
; oiiie nil tho Mies admit that fl is
';'( litiilly iinijossible to enforce the
lrir.f:-nt liquor Jjvs nt present in
forcp.
RIRSBEIRE
Washington, July 1 , 24. Farmers
pre warned to beware of the army
worm which may damage their crops
v..
within the next few weeks.
I Much damatfc has already occur
red in South Carolina and Mississ
ippi. Tho worm is reported to be
moving northward. '
STOPS WHISTLING
'S
. Agan.i, Guam, July 24. Whist
ling is prohibited in the city of A.
gana nder penalty of a $5 fine by
order cf C.iptain Gilmer, governor of
Guam and commandant of the Unit
ed States naval station here. His
orders reads: .
"The practice of whislting is an
entirely unnecessary and irritating
not: g .. v.hith mast by discontinued."
'"It is t'lcrefore ordered and de
creed that no person shall vhistle
v ithin.the limits of fhe city of Agana
"lhe penalty f-,r a violation of
this order shsll be aftNexecutive fine
not to" exceed five ($5.00) dollars.
"W. W. Gilmer, Governor
r -
, Captain Gilmer has absolute auth
ority in making the laws of Guam,
thi3 perhaps being the only United
States possesion where one man has
this- power.
DF.THEARMY WORM
OOVERFJOR
ORDER
PRICE: 5 CENTS
DETROIT TODAY
THE TRUNK, ROPE AND ALL AR
TICLES SENT TO WEST FOR
POLICE INVESTIGATION
BRAIN CHEMICALLY ANALYZ.
ED. '." ' ; ,
New York, July 24. A chemical
analysis of the brain of the unclad
unidentified womanl, found in a
trunk at tho American Railway Ex
press Company, sent from Detroit
n June' 17 by a man . giving the
name of A. A. Tieturn to James Dou"
glas.xof New York City, Is expected
to assist in determining how the vie '
tiin met her death.
The mystery of the trunk victim
has been shifted to the Detroit au
thorities for solution, according to .
a report of the New York police. s '
The trunk, rope with which it
was tied and the articles of clothing
have been sent to Detroit for use in
clearing up the mystery. , '
. While no marks of Science were
found upon the body of the woman,
who was apparently thirty years of
age, and of prepossessing appearance
the body was jammed close into a
comparatively small trunk and, thru
the length of timp since death oc-
ciirred is badly discolored and de
composed. -
STORRS, GOVERNOR
OF JERUSALEM CITY
Jerusalem, July 24. The office of
governor of Jerusalem once occu
pied by Pontius Pilate, 1 now being
held, by Colonel Ronald Storrs, a
graduate of Cambridge University
and son of the Dean of Rochester-.
College, England.
His task is on0 to test the admin
istrative abaility of any man. Je
rusalem is a city 0f disunions, where
whatever may come of the-future;
fo rthe moment Zionists and Arabs
-are jassionatoly divided and to steer
a just path between them and 'in.'-'
duce them to join him on that path
is thankless work. - - (
It is to that task, however, that
he chicftly devotes himself. Twice
a week he has meetings of his fav-
orite proJerusalem society, where
French, ; Italian, British, Americans,
Rabbis, Zionists, lenders, commercial
men of standing and others who are.
in any way prominent in the life of
tho city are brought together and In '
the course of debate, led to see that
they have in common a single cit
izenship. His motto "as governor is
"unify and be friends."
Colonel Stom was one of the
prime movers Vin the establishment
of an independent Arab kingdom. He
is .18 years old.
E
Louisville, Ju y 24 Beckham
Bates, of Whitcsburg County Ken
tucky, was nrrested and taken to
Whitcsburg fr trail charged for com
plicity in the murder of Elijah Ser
geant, for which his brother, Uriah
Bates,' is, serving a sentence of life,
imprisonment.
Beckhnm enlisted in the army and
boasted at Camp Taylor to the kill
ing of Sergeant, thereby leading to
his arrest. .
I'r the blackboard now univers
thou.sand dollars in tips every day.
ally used jn schools the world is in
debted to a certain ScoTtish school
nMU'r' named : Pillans. It was he
whj, in 1823, first hit upon the sim
ple idea . of drawing upon a black
board with a bit of chalk to teach his
scholars.
IN BELFAST CITY
Belfast, July 24. Beyond a few
cases of isolated fighting the city
was quiet this forenoon, although it
is generally regarded as merely a
lull in the storm.
Military reinforcements are ex
l ccted today.
SR SE ITER
BROTHER
LULL BEFORE STORM
N
J