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1 UT.H HE THE WEATHER TODAY'S SPQT,' COTTON MARKET FAIR : WARMER v -: 2J CENTS , 111- SI DAILY Hp mm 1: VOL 40 NO. 178. arnstein held IN RflNR THFFT "ACCOMPLICES CONFESSED TO $5,000,000 CON- j v SPIRACY. I STOLEN FROM BROKERS Washington, Oct. 6-rThe District of Columbia Grand Jury ha handed down indictments against "Nickyf' Arnstein and tlx other alleged prin cipal.' in the $5,000,000 bond thefts from Wall street broken. ' They are alleged to have conspired to bring the securities to'Washington where they were hypothecated for loans aggregating many thousands of dollars. Other indictments are: Isadore Co hen, Joseph Gluck and Randolph S. Newman, all of New York, and Wilen W. Easterday, Norman S. Bowles, and David W. Sullivan, all of this city. The indictment alleges that Gluck stole 200 shares of stock from H. P. Goldenschmidt & Co., of New York, and that these securities had been pledged by Bowles and (Sullivan to the Commercial National. Bank for a loan of $20,000. Two weeks later, it is alleged, Bowles and Sullivan secured a loan of $25,000 from the Riggs National bank on securities stolen by Gluck from. J. H. Oliphant & Co., of New .Yjw. Bowles and Sullivan are charged SZuFjMfer with having borrowed $20,- P 000from the Commercial National - bank on stocks; stolen from Carlisle, r' Mellich & Co., and $20,000 from the Riggs National bank . On securities " stolen from Filer, Ballard & Cef "; ii. j -. ' , , '. . r ' MAYOR'S CONDITION IS REPORTED UNCHANGED London, Oct. 6.- The jpTison phy sicians tnnounced that the condition of - Lord ' Mayor- Mac,3wfney ""ISHn-' changed on the fifty-fifth day of 'his hunger strike. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF LIBRARY ASSOCIATION MEETS The executive committee of the Edgecombe Public Library Associa tion met in regular "session in the rest rooms of the First National Bank on Tuesday morning at eleven. The report of the librarian was most gratifying. During August, :211 and during September, 222, books were read. Eighty-nine books were added to the library during the mnth. The following periodicals, which are always accessible, whether the library cases are open or not, come to the reading room: The News and Observer, Washington Post, Har per's, American, Life, World's Workv Red Book and Woman's Home Com panion. , The book committee composed of T. H. Saunders, Mrs. Don Gilliam amd Miss RenajClark, were authorized to select and order twelve new books. Mesdames H. C. Bridgers, H. P. Fox hall and H. H. Philips were appoint ed to represent the library in an :at- tractive way in the exhibit hall at the Coastal Plain Fair. It was announced that the Busi ness Woman's Club had undertaken a winter chautauqua' in serial form, . the profits to be given to the library. The Library Association appreci ates such cooperation and wishes to assure the club that they will back them in the undertaking and that the library is theirs, to use, and to grow with. The association wishes to thank Mr. R. H. Bachman, Miss. Neta Har rell, Mrs. Riggan, and Mr. W. T. Deans for recent gifts of books. Remember the library hours from 10 to 12 a.m. and 3.30 to 5.30 p.m., in which time books may be obtained. The public is always invited to the reading room, to rest, to read, or -to meet friends. . x INCOME OF THE EX-KAISER : '. IS ESTIMATED AT $600,000 The Hague, Oct, 6. The Dutch government, after a long investiga tion of the former German Emper or's resources, has decided he must pay taxes on an income of 1,500,000 guilders (normally $600,000) a year. As his income fluctuates owing to the instability cf foreign exchange, ' however, he has been granted a delay until November 1 for a definite reas sessment. ; ' ALL THE LOCAL NEWS DISPUTE SOUTH CAROLINA IN DEBARRING attorney' general of pal metto STATE ' POINTS OUT DIFFERENCE IN STATE LAWS) NOTHING TO DO WITH SUF FRAGE, HE SAYS. (By LLEWXAM.) Raleigh, Oct. 6. Smce the attor ney general of South Carolina, a few days ago) ruled that 'Itrial juries in South Carolina would continue to be constituted exclusively of men, there arose some of the perennial Smart Alecks which we always have with us to dispute the soundness of the Pal metto state's official decision. At any rate, some of them disputed its ap plication to North Carolina and rush ed into print to say so. Assistant Attorney General Nash has just settled the matter by defin ing the position of the North Caro lina attorney ' general's o ce. Mr. Nash says: ' "Our statute does not require that a juror should be a voter, indeed, it does not make that at all the condi tion of jury service' The board ofJ county commissioners for "the several counties at their regular meeting on the first Monday of June,-year 1905, and every two years thereafter, shall cause their clerks to lay before them the tax returns of the preceding year for their county, from which they shall proceed to select the names of all such persons as have paid ajl the taxes assessed against them for the preceding year, and are of good moral character and of sufficient intelli gence, etc. It is evident then that tax-payers of good moral character and intelligence are the source from which jurors are drawn On the face of this act, it would appear that wo men tax-payers are as eligible for jury service as male tax-payers. This construction is not admissible, how ever, because the term jury at the had a known and definite significa tion, and so the statute must be in terpreted in the light of this fact. That definition' is as follows: A jury is a body of men who are sworn to declare the facts of the case after chey are proven from the evidence placed before them. "A jury then has from the very be ginning to the present day been a body of men,., but the right of suf frage has had nothing to do wit.i theii '.iabi.ity to jury service. While the 19th amendment is self-executing in regard to all exercises of the privi lege of voting it is not with refer ence to liability to jury service. The only way that women could be lia ble to .such amendment is by act of the legislature imposing that liability upon them. In the absence of such statute they are no more liable to jury service now than they would have been prior to the ratification of that amendment." U. S. TOTAL CENSUS ISSUED TOMORROW Washington, Oct. 6. The popula tion of the United States will be an nounced tomorrow. This is the first intimation that the Census Bureau was ready to announce the total pop ulation. .Tomorrow morning the population of Virginia and Florida will foe an nounced and thereafter the total United States population. The population of South Carolina is today announced as 1,683,662, an increase of 168,262, or 11.1 percent. Alabama's population is announced at 2,347,295, an increase of '209,202, or 9.8 percent. Arizona is officially announced to have 333,273 population, an increase of 128,919, or 63.1' percent. Kansas is declared at 1,769,185, an increase of 78,236, or 4.6 percent. PUSSYFOOT JOHNSON ' NARROWLY ESCAPES MOB London, Oct 6 "Pussyfoot" John son, American temperance advocate, narrowly escaped a nyb who inter rupted his meeting last night at Reading. ' The mob attacked the building and broke in the doors. f -; A Johnson meeting was also op posed in Wales recently. WOMAN JURY HRLF WIRST FLAG unirIuH protest London, Oct. '6. The royal family has had more trouble with the Irish servants. A few days after the free-for-all fight be tween the English and Scotch employes on one side and Irish on the other the royal , ensign that flies from the northern tow er of Balmoral Castle was half staffed as a sign of mourning. Over it was a White flag bearing the words, '"In memory of the rights of the king." The Irish servants were held responsible. The lost rights are the ones the king did not dare exercise in the face of the cabi net's veto of Mayor MacSwiney's release. The flagmaster speedily hauled down the white flag and hoisted the ensign to the peak of the mast. No' disciplinarytaction was taken. STRONG EVIDENCE F E Capt. Paul Jones, in quoting upon yesterday's meeting of the cotton warehouse proposition, stated that Mr. W. A. Hart made a statement in the Court House of facts and figures which (should he accepted as posi tive proof of the absolute necessity for the erection of a cotton storage warehouse when he said that each year the farmers of Edgecombe coun ty lost fifty thousand dollars worth of cotton by exposure to weather and without shelter. Mr- Hart also stated that even with thisyear's crop he has been damaged cotton ,at this season of the year, which is a thing that ought not to be even heard of. ' If no other statement of facts had been brought out. the above state- every farmer and business man that Edgecombe county should have a cot- v ton storage warehouse. Capt. Jones further stated that the building committee visited five or six locations yesterday, but were not in a position to make a definite re port, though they hoped to in the course of a few days. WITH THE SCHOOL THE COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT Although many of our citizens do not know it, Tarboro high school has a commercial department second to none in schools of similar rank. In fact, there are few public schols that offer any commercial course at all. Miss Ruby K. Lea is in charge of this department. She is a graduate of the commercial department of the N. C, -College for Women; a student at Bowling Green Business Univer sity, and has had five years' teaching experience at Wingate Academy and Lenoir College, The commercial department is open to all who pay the regular book fee and the special typewriter fee of ?1. In addition to regular ihigh school pupils, there are now six special stu dents taking the course. Several of these have already secured positions to which they go in the afternoon. It is the aim of the course to make practicall shorthand writers. The diligent student can in from seven to nine months acquire speed of eighty words a minute, which is sufficient to do good office work. Certificates will be given to stu dents who can write from dictation correctly in shorthand from general new matter at the rate of eighty words a minute. , In connection with the 'shorthand, students are expected to take up the study of typewriting. In the course of twenty to thirty words a minute, which is sufficient to compete with his knowledge of shorthand. Shorthand period's per week, 5.' Typewriting periods per week, 5. Business, English, periods, 1. Office practice periods, week, 1. When possible extra periods will be given in the above subjects. 1RSIR HOUSE TARBORO, N. C, Wi oKlAV, F ES MOB TAKES KEYS FROM JAILOR AND SHOOTS THEM. THE SLAYER IS BEING SOUGHT Macclenny, Fla Oct. 6. The sit uation is quiet here today following the lynching yesterday of three ne groes and the shooting to" death of a fourth in a manner unknown, but further trouble Is feared in the event the fifth negro, now being sought as the slayer of John Harvey, a white farmer, is captured. The three negroes lynched are said to have been implicated in the kill ing of Harvey on Saturday night. All vere arrested and lodged in jail but a mob forced the jailor lo deliver the keys and the prisoners were taken but and shot, UP SERIES GAMES New York, .Oct. 6. Brooklyn nhut out Cleveland today by a score of 3 to 0, each side securing seven hits, with Brooklyn credited) with one er ror. Bagby, O'Neill and Uhle were the batteries for Cleveland, while Grimes and Miller worked for Brooklyn. The score by innings: R. II. E, Cleveland 000 000 0000 7 0 Brooklyn -101 010 OOx 3 7 1 Nkw York, Oct. 6. The weather for the second game of the world se ries baseball championship was slightly warmer than yesterday,, and sunshine prevailed. Although the Cleveland Americans are slight ' favorites, the Brooklyn fans are not discouraged by the de feat of yesterday and early began arriving at the park. Bagby for Cleveland and Grimes for Brooklyn, aces of their respective teams, are expected to be the oppos ing pitchers. REMAINS OVERNIGHT IN ORDER TO PLEASE HIS FRIENDS. AT WEDDELL WEDDING Governor Bickett arrived in Tar boro this morning, intending to go to Williamston on the eleven o'clock train to speak there at the fair, but when he found the people here anx ious for him to remain over night the Martin county engagement was can celed and- he will be the overnight guest of Mr. George Howard. '' The governor also attended the wedding of Miss Mary Weddell and Mr. Thomas Hall Battle at Calvary church at noon, afterwards attending the reception at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Archibald WcddelL Asked by The Southerner reporter whether he would speak here tonight and deliver a message on the neces sity of the women registering and voting, a subject very close to the governor's heart, he said, "It is not what we say to women that disturbs us men as it is what the women may say to us." The leading business men of Tar boro showed their pleasure in having Governor Bickett in Tarboro by the direct manner in which they sought him out to shake hands and hear from him what he thought on the outlook. A thorough democrat, such as the governor, could see but on ouiiook, an overwhelming victory for the de mocratic party. , ' : GREENVILLE, S. C, HAS BIGGEST POLICE CHIEF Greenville, S. C, Oct. $.-r-Green-ville retains its claim to having the biggest police chief in the United States as. the result of the re-election of J. D. Noe, who weighs 335 pounds and stands seven feet NEGRO SUFFER PENULT! BROOKLYN E T CANCELS MARTIN SPEECH OCT. 6, 1920 AN AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE EQUIPMENT AT PINET0PS AFRICAN NEGROES EFI London, "Oct. (i. With a big cocoa boom on untold wealth is being won by the natives of the Gold Coast, West Africa.. More than 200 of them now run their -own automobiles and another 200 are impatiently awaiting de livery of theirs. European stylo houses, costing in some instanco as much as if 50,000, have been built by the most prosperous. During the war astute negroes bought cocoa at $50 a ton, and after the armistice they were able to sell at $300. More than a hundred native shippers flour ish in such towns as Sccondce and Aeora. Even native women are bitten with the "gct-rich-quick" wave, several having set up as brokers. E Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 0. Charg-j ing extreme cruelty and violence, Mrs. Frances Swope Hyde, wife of Dr. B. Clark Hyde, who was tried three times on a charge of murder in connection with the death of Mrs. Hyde's" "mcle,Thomas H. Swope, mil lionaire phiflfhthropist, has filed suit for divorce from Dr. Hyde. In her petition, Mrs. Hyde asks for the custody of a son, six years old, and the daughter, four. The petition asserts that Dr. Hyde is not financial ly able to care for the children and is not a fit person to have charge of themi Mrs. Hyde, the petition says, is financially able to care for them. After stating that the marriage was performed June 21, 1905, andi that Mrs. Hyde and her husband lived i together until Aug. 1, 1920, the pe tition asserts: "The defendant disregarded the duties of a husband and has been guilty of repeated and constant acts of cruelty and violence toward the plaintiff and has applied opprobrious epithets to licr and to her friends in the presence of the children. He has by studied words and conduct tried to estrange her children and friends from her i nd has exhibited a sullen, morose an! cruel disposition. Mrs. Tf (!o has recently become re conciled villi her mother, Mrs. Mar garet Sw.ic, of New York, who dur ing the Irial financed the prosecution of Dr. Ilyd.'. E Houston, Oct. C. With greetings over that renewed friendship of many years ago and amidst melodies that carried them back to anti-bcllum days, or to days when they marched into battle to the same tunes, the Veterans of the Confederate Reunion assembled for business today. The chief interest is centered in the commander to succeed General Van Vandt, who will not stand for re-election. General Julian S. Carr, of Durham, is mentioned as his suc cessor. The annual parade will be' held next Friday. ITALIANS START 01 HUNGER STRIKE Acona, Italy, Oct. 5. Sixty per sons, arrested last June during the anarchist riots, have started a hunger strike as a protest against the delay in being brought to trial. - A general strike is called here in support of the prisoners claims. IK 3RTUNES NOTORIOUS VORGE VETERANS MEMORIES ASSOCIATED PRESS CAROLINA TELEPHONE CO. ES TABLISHES LATEST EX CHANG TELEPHONE SERVICE; REQUIRES NO OPERATOR AT PINETOPS OFFICE. Our neighboring town, Pinetops, can boast of the very latest in the way of telephone exchange service and equipment. The Carolina Tele phone & Telegraph Co. recently com pleted the installation of a full auto matic telephone system in Pinetops and about twonty farmer's line sta tions radiating therefrom, two lines extending to Macclesfield and one to St. Lewis. The central office equip ment, with storage batteries for the operation of the system, is located in the rear of the building occupied by Mr. C. W. Dunn. The system is so arranged that no operator or attendant is on duty and the service is available at all times. The subscriber:) make their own con nections by operating a dial on the face of each telephone, which sends out electrical impulses which in turn i operate selectors connecting the call- ing subscriber with tho line of the i party culled. This automatic system enables the subscribers to obtain ser j vice with all other subscribers con I nected with the Pinetops exchange land should connection be desired with j Tarboro or other long-distance points ! the subscriber dials a designated num ber which operates a signal on the long-distance board in the Tarboro office,' the long-distance operator an swering in the usual manner, making a ticket and procuring the party de sired, t'icn by tho operation of a dial mounted on the Tarboro toll board tho operator is enabled to call the subscriber filing the long-distance call. It is only within the last two years that the automatic system has been brought to a state of perfection, which permits of practical operation. The original automatic system was invented and patented by a man by the name of Strouger, but owing to imperfections in design and work manship, the automatic has been I more cr less a failure. In recent years an improved design has placed it on the market and there is every reason to believe that tho automatic system will eventually replace in a large measure the manually-operated systems now in use. The automatic equipment, however, is very expen sive in first cost and hc manufactur ers are so crowded with orders that they are unable to make deliveries earlier than from 12 to 20 months. Pinetops should bo congratulated I upon having obtained such an up-to- date telephone system, and it is hoped that this may add impetus to the growth of our neighboring town. COMPANIES FREED Washington, Oct. 6. The Federal Trade Commission announced today dismissal of its complaints against the Remington, Royal, L. C. Smith & Brothers, Underwood, Woodstock, Corona, and Noiseless Typewriter companies charging that the practice of allowing rebates to purchasers on their machines was 4n violation of Ili- Trade Commission act. The commission hold that a suffi cient showing of public interest to warrant proceedings had not been disclosed. , I i TOBACCO PRICES TODAY Dozier and Newsom, 41c. C. T. Maeki, 40c. Dalbeir? anil Etheridf e, of , Martin county, 41c. v Bryant and Essex, Martin county, 42c. . Mayo and Frank, 49c. Hill and Page, 41c. Warren and Andrews, 40c, J. B. Bailey, 40c. Pitt and Bosaman, 41c. Ruffin and Johnson, 41c. ! Two thousand women students are included In the present attendance at the famous university of Prague. TfPElTER PRICE: 5 CENTS EQUAL SUFFRAGE MEETS MORROW W)LL CHANGE NAME TO NORTH CAROLINA LEAGUE OF 'Tf. WOMEN VOTERS. MISS r l .1 , S. STATON PRESENT '(By LLEWXAM.) .Raleigh, Oct. 6. Tomorrow at Greensboro a state meeting of the North Carolina Equal Suffrage As sociation will be held, after which there will be no such cognomen atr tached to the state organization of women voters. In its stead will blos som forth the North Carolina League of Women Voters, with pretty much the same personnel as the outgoing organization. At this meeting, Mrs. Maud Wood Park will be' the chief speaker. She is chairman of the National League of Women Voters. The organization of the new dispensation will follow. A letter just sent out by Miss Ger trude -Will, present state president, contains particulars and is as fol lows: "For the purpose of fostering edu cation in citizenship and supporting improved legislation in state and na tion, it has been proposed to organ ize a state league of women viters. All who believe in democracy in gov ernment and an intelligent electorate, all who are interested in the welfare of society and the improvement of conditions through government will find this organization of vital import ance. "Tho organization meeting will be held in Greensboro on Thursday, Oc tober 7. The following is the program (subject to change) : 10 a.m. Business meeting (open to all). Reports of officers and chairmen of committees. Appointment of ci mittees. Discussion of objects i.vd plan of League of Women . A -Educational plans; B- I tive plans. "1 p.m. Luncheon. "2.30 p.m. Businear meeting (open to all). Discussion of the individual league, basis of membership, financ ing, local programs, etc. Adoption of constitution. Election of officers. Mis cellaneous business. "8 p.m. Public meeting. Address by Mrs. Maud Wood Park, chairman !' National League of Women Voters. "Mrs. Parks is a speaker of unus ual charm and eloquence, a political idealist, and a practical expert in leg islative affairs. She alone would make the meeting worth attending. If you possibly can, make your plans to come, and urge your friends and neighbors to come with you." Miss Sallie Staton is in attendance at the meeting, representing Edge combe county. DUTCH IMMIGRANTS COMING TO AMERICA New York, Oct. 6. Assurance has been given to S. L. Veenstra, secre tary of the Netherlands Immigration Lcaguo by Immigration Commission er Wall is on Ellis Island, that tho United States authorities will aid in placing many immigrants from, Hol land who are planning to come to America. Mr. Veenstra said that many thousands of Dutch were ap plying for passports to the United States end that he had established a branch of the Emigration League in this city. "There are three principal caused for our people wanting to come -here. First there is naturally an accumula tion of emigrants because of years Of war. Seco'ndly, Holland is being overcrowded by thousands of war re fugees f rbm other countries, and, thirdly, 'many of our people are sim ply sick of Europe and all things European. But, let it be understood that they are not leaving Holland because they cannot make a living there. They are a most prosperous people and most of them will buy homes in the United States. They prefer farming: and for that reason I am sure they will be welcome here." HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE PEKIN RELIEF Washington, 'Oct, o. The Ameri can Red Cross today appropriated a half million dollars for relief work in the Pekin distrkt of China, where thousands are reported dying from famine and pestilence. -. it:
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