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TAIWORO, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPT. 1, 1022.
ALL THE LOCAL NEWS
DAILY
SOUTHERN
THREE NEGROES CHARED
WITH SHOOTING BISHOP
in
CTn urn i mini m i mimrurn aphii
dlnliU IN UUULIli LnUJU LU HOn
SCOTLAND NECK, Aug. 31. F.d
Clark, a negro youth, who had bor
rowed some22-calibre bullets from
another negro yesterday, and who
was found in bed with his clothes on
Thursday morning, was taken to the
Halifax jail by Deputy Sheriff Her
bert Johnson.
In addition to capturing the negro
boy, Ed. Clark, the authorities be
came suspicious about noon lime of
two other negro boys, namply, Sam
Webb, a trusted servant of Mr. Clee
Vaughan, and Redmond Ethingaine.
Ethengeine was-soon captured, but
Webb made good his escape.
Just about noon time the blood
hounds of "Hurricane" Branche of
Suffolk, Va., were-brought here from
Weldon and their first duly was to
get on the trail of the negro Webb,
who was last seen sweeping one of
the bedrooms in the home of Mr. Clee
Vtughan, for whom ho has worked
for about seven years. At the time
of going to press the negro had not
been captured.
Later Just before leaving for the
Halifax jail, the negro Ed Clark, who
was the first to be captured, con
fessed lo the actual shooting, accord
ing to reports on the street.
Two gentlemen here, Capt. G. S.
White and Mr. Geo. Wilson, say they
saw Webb .walking toward Eastern
Scotland Neck just before 1 o'clock.
This was the last seen of this negro.
The bloodhounds scented the traii
of Clark from the scene of the shoot
ing to his home in the negro settle
ment, and they went straight to his
bed, where he slept last night with
his clothes on.
The bloodhounds, after being put
on the trail of the negro Webb, at
home of Mr. Vatighan, followed the
scent tJ a spot in the road east of
town, where the negro apparently
took a car. The tracks of an automo
bile were seen, and it appeared that
"the car turned around in the road.
Later still At the very last min
ute before going to press, it is learn
ed that the dogs have scented an
other negro, Pete Johnson, and track
ed him to his hiding place in a bath
room in his home in the negro settle
ment. Scotland Neck Common
wealth.
EINSTEIN S
HEDRY
T
WILL GET TEST I
ECLIPSE SEPT. 21ST
CHICAGO, Sept. 1. NeW tests of
the validity of Einstein's theory of
relativity will be possible with the
total solar eclipse on September 21.
which will darken the eastern coast
of Africa, Australia and a number of
Southern Pacific islands, according to
rrof. Edwin B. Frost of the Univer
sity of Chicago and director of the
Yerkes Observatory.
The theory requires, he said, that
the rays of light from a distant star
should be bent out of tli.Mr straight
path when t$hey pass within (he field;
of attraction of a great body like the
sun. But stars whose light passes
clse to the rim of the blazing sun
cannot, be photographed except on
these rare occasions when the moon
obscuivs the sun.
The pith of the sun, in its normal
sweep aiound the sky, is dolled with
many .stars which would serve for the
test, but only those can he used that
nearly graze the sun at the moment
of eclipse, Prof. Frost said.
Accordingly, a photograph, is made
of these stars at a time of the year
when the sun is in a different part of
the sky. On such photographs, taken
at night with the same instrument
that is used at the eclipse, the, di
tances between the critical stars arc
measured to the ten-tlfousaridlh of
an inch. ;', -
LONDON. Sept. 1. A vigorous at
tack on four county buildings in Dub
lin was the scene of Rory O'Connor's
spectacular stand against Free Statu
troops, which started this morning,
according to a dispatch to the Press
Association. It is assumed here that
the republicans are attacking troops
guarding the ruins of the building.
CROP NOTES FOR
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At the moment (n' tRe eclipse the
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IDENTIFICATION CARDS
FOR COTTON GROWERS
Mr. Amnions has received from
Raleigh what is termed identification
cards for all growers of cotton who
have signed the cotton contracts. He
asks all who have ned these cards
to see him and get these cards at
once. Upon this card is the name of
the signer and the statement that he
is amember of the Cotton Growers'
Association and entitled to all the
privileges of the association, The
card is also nnmbered and should be
carefully preserved by all growers.
REV. DANIEL IVERSON HAS
ARRIVED IN TARBORO
stariTwT
sun. Hence when this photograph is
measured, the distances between tin
corresponding, stars should be slight
lv greater than on the plates taken
some weeks before or after eclipse,
and which were not disturbed by the
sun's presence, according to Profes
sor Frost.
The observations by two English
parties of the eclipse of May 2!,
1!U!, i-i Brazil and in Liberia, iii this
way yielded results which have been
regarded as giving the strongest phy
sical confirmation of Einstein's the
ory, says Prof. Frost.
Several parties of astronomers arc
locating stations in the path of the
shadow and will make investigations
ilong this line. It will 01 he until
some months after the eclipse that
they shall know whether the meas
urements confirm the theory for this
eclipse. Many astronomers predicl
the eclipse of 1022 will fail to con
firm the results of that of UUO.
Wca'.her: The weather is generally
fair over the state; being good for
harvesting hay and fodder, as well
as favorable for the growth of late
crops. 1! seems to he a little too fair
in some sections of the northern part
of the state where it is reported to
be too dry fur plowing. Continued
rains are reported in the eastern pari
of the slate, especially in I he north
exst. The weather .in the piedmont is
fair w i ; h favorable, showers.
Corn is, maturing nicely during the
generally favorable weather. Some
fodder Is being pulled. Lowland corn
is poor where many stalks are blank
and will make only fodder.
The central piedmont area is gen
erally good for cotton, excepting a
few South Carolina border counties
where the boll weevil is doing con
siderable damage. The eastern coun
ties are generally too wet. Here
there is much shedding with damages
from boll weevil in the southeast.
The crop is better than expected.
but the August crop is very poor
Jfcills rot forming due to climatjr
CHICAGO, Spt. L Police
and federal operatives here arc
under orders today' to start vig
orous drive against radical ngi-tatoi-9,
believed tf be behind the
railroad wrecks and bomb plots.
Their activity has followed 24
hours of increasing disorder, be
ing the burning yid dynamiting
of railroad property throughout
the country. ;
Disclosure of an alleged plot
to kill three railroad presidents
or kidnap members of their fam
ilies were made during an inves
tigation, according to the Chi
cago Herald-Examiner today.
DUBLIN, Sept. J.- Reports that
Arthur Griffith had been poisoned,
which were circulated here at the
tijne of his death three weeks ago,
again became prevalent today.
A leading physician has informed
the correspondent, that there is talk
of exhuming the body and holding an
autopsy.
AIRMAIL
SE
RICETO
POISONED. RUMOH PUT ON NIGHS TRIP
F
RANK DUPRE TO BE
HANGED TODAY FBH
EOR SPEED! ROiiTESiDARING ROBBERY
RENO, Nev., Sept. 1 .Establish- ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 1. Frank
ment in the near future by the post I DuPre, youth of 18, was schedu'ed to
LIBERIES
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TO SPEAK SATURDAY
F
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until!; Li
RESERVE' OPINION
PARIS, Sept. l.-fThe French cab
inet today simply took "cognizance"
of the decision of the , reparations
commission on German moratorium
question, neither approving or disap
proving it. It specifically reserved,
however, "the entire liberty of ac
tion ni ease later developments mad
other action necessarv.
Tomorrow afternoon at :! o'clock
Mr. George A. llolderness will speak
to the members of the Cotton Grow
ers Association in the court house.
A large crowd is expected atthis
ineetin;;-, as it will be the final one in
.i i - .
i lie unve J or cot ton signer:..
Mr. iroblerncss has given this
office department of night flying in
the air mail service between Chicago
and Cheyenne, Wyo. which will make
a flight across the continent in less
than M'i hours possible, was assured
when J. A. McGcc of the Washington
headquarters made a recent inspec
tion trip over the proposed route.
.Major O. A. Tomlinson, in charge
of the Reno air field, said the plans
be hanged today for shooting several
people and a daylight robbery.
The crime for which Frank B. Du
Pre w:is convicted was described by
Atlanta police officials as one of the
most daring and sensational hold-ups
in the history of the city. Entering
the jewelry store of Nat Kaiser, in
the downtown section of Peachtree
street, in the heart of the business
with beacon lights which would en
able the pilots to follow the course
and would furnish suitable spots on
which to make forced landings.
McGeo, in his inspection trip, made
j the flight across the country with air
-jmail pilots to make a survey of the
operative system a great deal of time I region and to find desirable landing
and thought, and those who hear him! places.
will gain mu.'li useful and practical j . With the adoption of these plans,
information on the new system. planes may leave San Francisco in
the morning, reach Cheyenne by
nightfall, Chicago by daybreak and
of the department are to create land-! quarter when the streets were crowd
ing fields every twenty;five miles 'on led with Christmas shoppers on the
the route and to equip these fields afternoon f December 21, 1921, the
cbnnair youth asked to see a tray of
Mr. llolderness has .made many
speeches in the state and his services
have been greatly appreciated by the
farmers who are in the
SOLD $3,000 WORTH OF
CATTLE YESTERDAY
Dr. Daniel Iverson, the newly call
ed pastor f the Howard Memorial
Presbyterian church, has arrived and
will preach Sunday morning. 1
Dr. Iverson formerly held the pas
torate of the Tenth Avenue Presby
terian church of Charlotte.
The Southerner extends to Dr. Iv
erson and family a 'hearty welcome
into oar midst.
INCOME TAX FIGURES
FOR PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
MANILA, P. I., Sept. 1. The net
total of taxable income in the Philip
pine Islands during the year 1920,
according to data obtained from the
internal revenue hureau, was $90,
000,000, yielding to the government
a tax of approximately $2,766,000.
Of this total the aggregate individual
incomes amounted to $52,696,000,
while corporations and partnerships
Messrs. Iloldernesciandj (Shook yes
terday made a sale of Angus cattle
amounting to $3,00. These cattle
were , raised by Mr. Shook on the
Cotton Valley farm, near Tarboro.
Mr. llolderness gave this informa
tion tothe Southerner and stated this
was the way he and Mr. Shook were
doing lo get ready for the boll -weevil.
This was a fine body of cattle
and these two gentlemen are demon
strating how the, weevil may be com
batted by cattle as well as by hogs.
not been general. There will be
very small percentage of abandoned
ac reage.
Farm labor' is about the same. The
wages ;;re not sufficient lo secure ef
ficient services.
Farm activities are generally good
for August. Some fall crops are be
ing planted. Farmers are taking more
interest in cooperative marketing and
are using more improved methods of
farming.
The cooperative marketing organ
izations ai'o very active getting ready
for the harvest and marketing sea
son. ?v
GOVERNMENT COTTON REPORT
The following information is
given to the Southerner by Mr.
W. A. Hurt. Tho estimate of tho
condition of the cotton crop is
placed at 57 percent of normal.
The yield per acre is placed at
145 pounds, and the total esti-
inatToTthc
bales.
I AIR ENVELOPES TO BE
GIVEN TO BUSINESS MEN
WOULD CLOSE BREACH
IN CAPITAL AND LABOR
CHICAGO, Sept. 1. To close for
ever "the widening breach between
capital and labor" is the main pur
pose of the Society of American
Commonwealth which recently re
ceived its charter as a corporation
under the laws of Illinois for the
purpose ot formulating an organiza
tion throughout the United States.
Mr. Kd Foxhal, who has been for
several weeks at the Battle Creek
Mr. Lee Hargrove informed the
Southerner this 'morning that he. is
having five thousand envelopes prinl-
d for free distribution among our
citizens, these envelopes having on
the face an advertisement of the
Coastal Plain Fair.
The envelopes will be ready for
delivery by tomorrow and those who
want them can call to see Mr. Har
grove ami get what is needed.
The fair officials ha-A' started on
a drivc to advertise the fair, and the
cit izens of the "town should do all in
their power to assist in this drive.
This envelope scheme is jjist one
of many ways the fair will he brought
before the people.-.
FIRE MEN'S BANQUET TO
BE HELD TONIGHT AT fl
The Tarboro Fire Company will, do
Ihems.dves proud mdny ami tonight
at the banquet and entertainment to
he given the fire companies of Rocky
Mount and Wilson.
At this banquet, will be instrumen
tal music and solo,; and special music
by the male quartet.
Full delegations from Rocky Mt.
and Wilson will be here.
New York before
ond dav.
the end of the set'
TARBORO SCHOOLS
OPENT10TOOy;,s
TARBORO-ROCKY MOUNT
HIGHWAY PROGRESSING
From the looks of things the com
pletion of the hard surface road be
tween Tarboro and Rocky .Mount is
yet a long way off. Out of Rocky
Mount, coming to Tarboro, about
three and one-half miles have been
completed. All of the rights-of-way
have been made, ami from Tarboro
toward Rocky .Mount the concrete j busine
ba-o has been put down nearly to the Aio
rTyl'dtiri .7' tif 'Mrs." Nina Vowril. )lren .with -then-, -patents. have, boon
Work is being pushed, on the mail pouring in all ;he morning and the
leading into Tarboro by the fair officials of the graded schools are as
grounds, and this portion will he busy 'hi-norning as they can be.
made daily by the time the Coastal, The corridors are filled and tlv.'
diamonds.
Selecting a gem valued by the jew
eler at $2,500, Duprc, the inexperi
enced bey, appearing much younger
than his IN years, shot his way out
ef the store, killing Irby C. Walker,
a private detective who attempted to
block .his exit.
Da-hing down the busy sidewalk
and into the corridor of a hotel a
few floors away, just as many of the
luncheon guests were leaving, he en-
!
j counteed B. Graham West, the city
comptroller of Atlanta, who unaware
of the reason for the boy's haste, at
tempted to stop the fleeing bandit.
; .Mr. West was shot in the neck and
j lingered between life and death for
After several months
windows and closed dno:
school building is again
activity.'
ars anil in huggi
and
. on c
Plain Fair. opens.
I grounds around the school.-, show sign
! of life and activity again.
This is. the Morr.ini;
ity official Du
Pre vanished, and escaped to Chat-
1 tanooga in an automobile. There' he
of drawn pawned the diamond stolen in At
, the graded, lanta for less than a third of its va
a place of; !uo, an started on a roving journey
' that carried him to Norfolk, Va., and.
hi! inter to Detroit, where he was cap
tured. ..-.
1 Hi Pre escaped capture in the .Vir
ginia city by a few minutes through
the friendly tip of a young woman at
the counter of a telegraph office.
By the time. DuPre reached De-'
t'oit the money he had obtained on
rcu-;stra-
classilic
series of-' false rumors which have
SEATS NOW SELLING FOR
"THE LITTLE SHEPHERD"
Seats for "The Little. Shepherd of
Kingdom Copic" went on sale today I been spread among the people., It ha
at. Mcnair DrtiL' Store. The novel by once more been asserted that. tli.
John Fox, Jr., is widely read. Fox is
also is the author of "The Trail of
the Lonesome Pine." The primit.ive-
SIR HERBERT SAMUEL ON
PALESTINE SITUATION
JERUSALEM, Sept 1. Sir Her
bert Samuel,- high 'commissioner foi
Palestine, in a statement submittrol j ;M have all this work completed and
at the meeting of the advisory eotiri-il,e ro;d wori. of the year will begin
cil, has mode the following .declin a
tion explaining the situation of Pal
estine: "I have returned ,o Pales' ine to
find that the confirmation of the Pal
estine mandate -by the League of Na
tions is giving rise to a remarkable i DIRECTIONS FOR FIRST
pawned diamond vas rinning
tioh nAV, writing hack to the Chattanooga
t:on nvi a d; y for the
of all p-.ipils. .pawnbroker, according to whiit.he
By Uie end of the flay, Mr. Epp; later said was a pre-arranged plan,
he asked for further advances on the
diamonl, Instead of sending money,
the pawnbroker notified, the Chatta
nooga police and furnished them a
description of DuPre.
Anned with the description of Du
I Pre. a detective from the Tennessee
i lly departed for Detroit, timing his
j arrival with the pawnbroker's reply.
Monday morning.
dust In w many r'tidonts will be en
tered today crnnot be told, but the
Southerner vill give these figures as
soon as pus-ihle.
Mr. L. H. Beck Returns.
Mr. I.. H. Beck returned yesterday
from Griffin, Ga., where he was call
ed by the 'sudden illness of his little
daughter, Emily, who was operated
on for appendicitis. The little girl is
doing as well as could be expected.
Kilbane to Fight Dundee.
LORAIN'E, Ohio, Sept. "1, Johnny
Kjlbane, featherweight champion, to
day accepted the terms .of Tex Rick
ard for a 12-round battle with John
ny Dundee, who was awarded the
featherweight title by the New York
State Soxing Commission. The battle
will be fought Spt. 29 at Boyles 30-1
' -es Jv C v. . - -:' '
ness of the people is shown in all its
picturesqucness and charm and you
will love Chad and Melissy and their
kinsfolk far more on the stage than
you did when you -wandered with
them through the pages of Mr. Fox's
delightful story. The. story as seen on
the stage deals with Chad's rise to
fortune from the time he meets Me
lissy and is taken in by her father,
big Joel Turner. It faithfully follows
him up to the point where it is found
that the supposed waif is, as a mat
ter of fact, of an excellent family.
Then comes Chad's separation from
Melissy and the final ending where,
saved from the Dillon), Chad d:jcov
ers that the girl he loves is yet wait
ing for him.
The production, here in the Opera
House, Wednesday, Sept. I, should
prove one of the quaintest of the sea
son. An exceptional cast is promised.
Childr' n entering school I'or the
Moslem possession of the Mo.-. que Al-'-U'-t time 'should asMonble in the
Aqsa and the Haram Ksh-Siiarif is frame building to ' the rear of the
threat-ned, and representatives have "lain school hull. ling at H'I'.O.
been sent to .Mecca to efend Moslem H Vl ry important that every pu-
rights.
Big Breaks at AU Warehou
All three warehouses had big break
today. The Farmers warehouse had
the largest sales they have had this
season ; the Clark also had big break,
while the Co-op had more than at any
time since the opening. ;
Mr. Sum Hoffman of Scotland Neck
It is not necessary to go to so
much trouble to repel an attack thai
no one has made or will make. The
Moslem possession of the Har.im Esh-
Sharif is absolutely guaranteed, not
Only by the declarations of the Brit
ish government, but by artl.de 1-'! of
the mandate itself.
"It is rumored also that on the
passage of the mandate, the British
flags over the govenioratos will be
replaced by Zionist flags; the gov
ernment of the country will be trans
ferred to the Zionist -organization,
and 8.0,000 Jews will immediately
enter the country to occupy it. I am
not. so r.uch surprised that mischief
makers should spread fantastic sto
ries of this character as I am that
any sane human being should believe
them, Yet, I am assured that so cred
ulous are sections of the .population
of this country that there are many
individuals who really believe events
such as these w ill happen."
GRADE SCHOOL PUPILS ind was waiting for the youth when
he went to the postoffice.
. iii1dit.gr aimlessly into the. build
ing where he expected to get a letter
which he hoped would enable him to
cross the river into Canaad, the rob
ber was taken. He made no show of
resistance. On the other hand, offi
cers said, he seemed to be glad the
pil shell1. 1 enter Hie first day of the
school, l! is requested that, each be
ginner bring a slip , of paper giving I thing w as over.
full name and date of. birth. No child
will be allowed to enter who is not
six by the first of November.
Mary II. Bridgers,
Primary Supervisor.
AMERICAN WOMAN ENTERS
THE MOSLEM FAITH
Firemen's Banquet Tonight.
Everything is in readiness for the
firemen's banquet tonight and the lo
cal fire company is looking forward
to a glorious time in entertaining the
firemen from Rocky Mount and Wil-
fon,..'ho Till be their guests. .
WOKING. England. Sept. 1. The
Woking mosque presented a gay ap
pearance recently when over 200
.Moslems from all parts of the world
assembled to celebrate the festival
of Eid-u'-Azha in commemoration of
Uie sacrifice-'of 'Abraham, the day of
the great festival at Mecca.
After players, says The Star, the
Princess Hassanri Miss Otie, of New
York), whose husband is a nephew
of tho ex-Khedive of Egypt, was re
ceived it. to the Moslem faith.
Among those present were Prince
Amid-ur-Santamat, the Persian min
ister, the Afghan minister and suite,
and I-o-.-d Hedley represented the En
glish Mosli. . iety in London.
Missjs Aldyth and Sonora Wilson
left today for Greensboro to visit-
DuPre made a complete confession
of the crime attributing his troubles
to the influence of bad associates. He
was brought here and given a speedy
trial, being convicted of murder on
January 20 and sentenced to hang
March lo, He maintained a stoic in
difference to his fate throughout the
trial.
In th.; meantime his counsel filed
a motion for a new trial which was :
heard in Macon, Ga., on March 16,
and denied. A later appeal to the su
preme court of Georgia likewise was
denied and on July 29 he was re
sentenced to be hanged Sept. 1.
A last effort was made to have his
life in an appeal to the state pardon
board. '
PENSACOLA, FLA., Aug. 1 The
Sampaio Correia No. 2 A navy sea
plane of the H-16 type identical wif.i
the gaint machine wrecked off Hrlt"
last week, will take off from F?i
sacola Bay Saturday morning at d ?
break wi,th,Lieutenant Walter Hi':
and his party aboard, barring: fu '
delay. Hinton announced tonight