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VOL. 34 PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1923. NO. 34 FREEZE DAMAGE NOT SO SEVERE FARM OPERATIONS IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST HAVE BEEN DELAYED. COTTON PLANTING CONTINUES Hsfvy Increase in Use of Fertilizer is Noted By Government Statisticians. Atlanta, Ga.—Farm operations on thp heavier lands of the belt have been considerably delayed during the last two weeks by rains and inclement weather, according to the reports of the southeastern bureau of agricultural economics, North Carolina to Alabama, Inclusive. Damage by the freeze of March 19 to 20, was not so severe as first esti mated, the report continues. Cotton planting continues with ex cellent weather for germination in Florida. A noticeable Increase in acreage, outside of the regular cotton territory, is reported in that state. Extra early cotton, the report said, was damaged by freezing weather throughout the rest of the territory, much of which has been replanted. Planting is now general on the lighter soils as far north as the south eastern counties of North Carolina. Very heavy increase in the use of fer tilizer is noted. The season is very late, the report said, in all the pied mont or heavier soil sections Corn planting is well advanced in Florida, with early planting up to a good stand. The crop is be^ijg re planted in other southeastern states, where early plantings were severely Injured by cold. Condition of small grain shows some improvement over two weeks ago. The crop is heading in central Florida and is well advanced in the coastal plain section, but somewhat in jured and late in northwest Georgia and Tennessee. Irish potatoes are making good growth in Florida. Cold caused no ticeable damage throughout the rest of the territory, where the damage was slight.j Planting has been delayed iD the upper piedmont section and in Tennessee. Sweet potato draws, the report said, are being transplanted in Florida. The tobacco crop transplanting in Florida is later than usual, continued the report. Some dame is reported to tobacco in field and in seed beds, in the remainder of the territory. General indications are for an appreciably in crease in the acreage. Whiskey Under Closer Guard. Washington. — Concentration ol whiskey in warehouses where it can be guarded and its legitimate with drawal more easily supervised by Fed eral prohibition forces is being accom plished rapidly, according to reports to Federal Prohibition Commissions Haynes. Enforcement headquarters announced that it was expected by July 1 half of the 290 private ware houses will be emptied of their stocks. Reports to Commissioner Haynes show that under the amendment to the prohibition law authorizing the Gov ernment to concentrate bonded whis key in concentration warehouses, 302 COO barrels, or about 12,000,000 gallons already have been transferred to such warehouses out of a total of 800,000 barrels. Distilling warehouses, Com missioned Haynes said, were being dis continued rapidly. Raw Materials Imports Largs. Washington.—Nearly half of the im ports of the United States during De cember consisted of ray materials for manufacture and nearly 20 per cent were partly manufactured products in tended for finishing in American fac tories. The analysis of the month's imports, which had a total value of $293,464,000, as announced today made the follow ing comparisons: Raw materials for manufacturing, $124,091,000, or 42 per cent against $93,970,000 in December 1921; raw foodstuffs $31,322,000 against $32,866, 000; foods ready for consumption $26, 539.000 against $25,472,000; partly manufactured products $57,194,000 against $32,655,000; finished manufac tures $52,655,000 against $51,331,000; miscellaneous $1,757,000 against $1, 775.000 TWO DEAD AND SIX HURT IN AUTO CRASH Raleigh.—William Naylor and Robert Chappell, both of Raleigh, are dead and six other boys are in jured as a result of a collision of two automobiles here. Naylor was killed instantly and Chappell died after being removed to a hospital. Hospital authorities stated Bud Rankin, McKeesville, a North Carolina State college stu dent, whose injuries at first had been reported slight, had been re moved to the hospital in a serious condition. Bill Bethune, State college stu dent, driver of the automobile in collision with Chappell’s car, was arrested on charges of manslaugh ter, when discharged from the hos pital later. He was released in >1,000 bond, signed by his father, L. A. Bethune, president of a Clin ton bank. Hearing was set for April 17 in city court. 25 PER GENT OF LORN RRISED GERMAN GOVERNMENT AT TEMPTS TO SECURE 50 MIL LION DOLLARS. Financial Critics Concede That Show ing Thus Far Is Anything But But Flattering Berlin.—Only 25 per cent of Ger many's Internal $50,000,000 loan has been cohered by popular subscription, according to returns made public, and while this result is designated as meeting official expectations under thd prevailing political and economic conditions, the financial critics frank ly concede that the showing is any thing but flattering. The extent to which the loan is written by the public through' the mediation of private bank laws, leaves the banks with a deficit of 50,000.000 gold marks, which they now are oblig ed to assume, in keeping with their promise to the government and the Reichsbank. Whether the Reichbank will succeed in disposing of all or the ! major portion of the unsubscribed balance is highly doubtful, although the hope is expressed that the loan will be listed on German bourses, and will consequently find takers. The press reproaches the repara tions commission for its alleged in timidation of prospective subscribers, j charging that repeated indirect threas that the loan will be seized or declared null and void, obviously ac- ! count for the suspicion with which it is vic-wed by small investors. Other critics believe both the government and the Reichbang are unduly san-1 guine with respect to the volume or j foreign currencies in the possession of industrialists and shipping inter ests, failing to take into consideratior that these circles are least inclined to part with gold reserves, which are primarily intended to cover foreign purchases and which therefore could not be tied up in any internal gold loan -whose ready negotiability is a mater of conjecture. Much criticism is also expressed on I the Reichbank’s failure to carry on ! an effective publicity campaign in j connection with loan. British Aviation Claims Settled. London.—The members ot the Am erican Commission which came here four months ago to settle with the j British Government certain claims j against the United States Government in behalf of British aviation interests for the use of aeronautical patients during and since the war are sailing for home on the steamship George Washington .having reached a settle ment. Lieutenant Colonel Joseph McCul len, chairman of the American Com mission, said the amount the United ! States agreed to pay was something less than $50,000, which will be dis- j tributed by the Government to forty claimants. Seizure of Vineyards By French. CAoblenz. — The seizure by the French of the Prussian state-owned vineyards along the Moselle has creat ed more stir in the occupied territon ies among the German populations, than the appropriation of the coal mines and coke ovens in the Ruhr. It was announced thta the confisction of state-owned vineyards, which cover thousands of acres, will be extended at an early date to the Rhine river, on the banks of which the Prussian state has vast tracts devoted to grape growing. The confiscation of the wine is be- j iug carried out under a decree of the inter-allied Rhineland commission here. GEMS KILLED BY FRENCH IROOPS FRENCH CLAIM MOB OF 2,000 OR 3,000 MADE ATTACK ON THEM. THIRTY REPORTED WOUNDED Two French Civilian Engineer* Ara Badly Beaten and Severely Wounded. Essen, March—Clashes between French soldiers and German workmen at the Krupp plant here resulted In the death of five or six ot the Ger mans and the wounding of about 30. According to the French version of the affair, a lieutenant and 11 soldiers who went to the Krupp works for the purpose of requisitioning automobiles were set upon by a mob, variously es timated to number between 2,000 and 3,000, which was called together by the factory siren. The mob showered stones upon the soldiers, the French say, while many of the workmen, armed with revolvers fired shots, shooting over the heads of the mob at first, but when the work men refused to disperse, finally aiming to kill. When the skirmish was at its height, an automobile bearing two French ci vilian engineers came along, and the fury of the workmen was shifted to them; they were attacked, badly beat en and severely wounded. The French also assert that the watches, wallets, passports and identification papers of the engineers were stolen. The automobiles was smashed and the chauffeur took refuge among the little group of French soldiers- hut not* before he was struck with several mis siles. The engineers were taken in side the Krupp plant and severely man handled. One of them, giving the name of Snowden and speaking Eng lish, came off much better than M. Sauvey, the other, whose name and language are entirely French. The French military command in Essen, informed of the rioting, sent armored cars and tanks to the scene, and the appearance of these machines caused the workmen to retreat behind the walls. Aviators Make Speed Records. Dayton, Ohio—American Army Avia tors broke two wrorld speed records, which had recently been set by a Frenchman, Sandi Lecointe. Lieutenant Alex Pierson flew 500 kilometers (310.5 miles) in one hour, 50 minutes, 12.7 seconds, an average speed of more than 166 miles an hour. Starting about the same time, Lieu tenant Harold H. Harris flew 1,000 kilometers in four hours, 52 minutes, 34.24 seconds. The best time the French aviator made in the 500 kilometer distance was two hours, 42 minutes, 51.3 sec onds. The record for 1,000 kilometers was six hours 39 inches, 40.3 seconds. Little Boys Victims of Fiend. San Bernardino. Calif.—The bodies of Dean Meesham, 4, and Dickey, 5, were found in a show case in a vacant store here as police, aided by 1,000 armed citizens and 500 school children searched for abductors of the two children. The boys had been missing for six days. Police declared they had been murdered. Undertakers who ex amined the bodies said the lungs of Dean were filled with water and that he had been drowned before being locked in the show case. Authorities believe that the children had also been given a powerful drug and that Dickey was evidently in a coma when impris oned. Woman Gets Damages Against Hus band. Asheville.—Mrs. Oria Roberts was awarded $2,500 damages by a jury in Madison superior court following the trial of a damage suit instituted by Mrs. Roberts against her husband as the result of an automobile accident in which she sustained injuries. She alleges that her husband operat ed the car in a negligent manner and by reason of such she was entitled to damage. Mrs. Roberts is living happily with her husband and there are no marital troubles. A liability insurance com- I pany will have to pay the judgment, } if an appeal by. defendants to the su preme court «*ults in an affirmation of the Madison court’s verdict. FIVE KILLED WHEN AUTO CRASHES INTO TRAIN Ashland, Ky.—Five persons were killed here when the automobile in which they were riding crashed into Chesapeake and Ohio passen ger train, at a crossing on the out skirts of the city. The dead are: Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Tinsley, their eight year old daughter, Ernestine, J. R. Saunders, all of Ashland, and Miss Carrie Keever, 30, Greenup county. Mrs. Saunders, her two children and a baby of the dead couple, also were in the car at the time of the accident, escaped in jury. Witnesses of the accident claim the car suddenly lurched forward as the train was crossing the road and crashed into the side of the en gine. It la not known who was driving the car. The bodies were badly mangled. The Saunders baby was taken to a hospital here where it was learned that it was only slightly injured. ! ANOTHER OFFER BY ALLIES DISCUSS DEBT OWED UNITED STATES FOR ARMY OF OCCU PATION. America’! Recent Reply to Allied Pro posal* Submitted By Elliot Wad*. : > worth. Pari*.—The question of the reim bursement of the United States gov ernment for the cost of the mainten ance of the American army on the Rhine, was brought somewhat nearer settlement at a long conference be tween Elliott Wadsworth, the Ameri can representative and the financial representative of the allied powers. Big differences, however, are still pre venting complete agreement. One delegate described the negotia tions as “Jicrse trading.” which he said undoubtedly would result in an eventual accord, but meantime both sides were endeavording to secure the best possible terms. Mr. Wadsworth presented the Amer ican state department’s recent reply to the allied proposals. There was a long discussion of this, during which the allies offered a counter proposal, and the meeting was then adjourned; to allow the delegates further time to consult with their governments. The allied proposition gradually is becoming more definite. They are de termined that payments to America shall be made only out of the German reparations, but they still are debat- j ing the method for valuing and trans forming into cash reparations which Germany may make in merchandise,; as it has been settled that the United State will accept only money. Insistence by the United States that army payments should be a prior claim on reparations, as in the case of the allied army expenses, is being partly met. The allies proposed prior ity for the first four of the 12 annual payments, aggregating $225,000,000, should apply only to 25 per cent of, the reparations received during those; years. Another difficulty is the allies’ reluctance to pay interest on deferred, payments. Four Killed in Battle. Harlen, Ky.—Three men and one woman were killed in a battle be-j tween m imbers of a federal posses, and alleged moonshiners near Asher,; Leslie county, Kentucky. The dead are: Ike Strong, Mrs. Della Strong, his wife; George Strong and Kelley Walker, the latter being a member of the posse. The raiding squad had a warrant for Ike Strong, who was charged with illicit distilling of whiskey and who, with his brother George Strong, were considered desperate men. The Strong house was surrounded by the posse and Walker went forward to demand the surrender of the men. George Strong is said to have fired upon Walker, shooting him through the breast and head, death resulting instantly. The posse then opened a general fire on the house and after two and one half minutes there was no return fire and investigation show ed its inmates killed, or dying, George Strong surviving an hour. The posse found a still a few paces back of the house and two larger ones about 300 yards distant heavily barri caded with brush and earthen breast works. Sugar Producers Send Measajjit. New York —The association oLmidL owners and cane growers of Culflr a message to Horatio S. Rubens, its honorary president, asserted the opin ion that the rise in the price of sugar was due to # ciiMtfMflBHfcaBBBklttt to speculative Cuban sugar pti ] PERSONS KILLED AND MANY INJURED STEEL PULLMAN TRAIN IS DE RAILED WHEN IT HITS AUTO MOBILE. PASSENGERS ARE PILED UP Big Four Train Thrown From Rail* When Brakes Are Applied at Grade Crossing. Columbus, Ohio.—Seven person* are dead and 15 lie injured in hospitals as [the result ot the wrecking of Big Four train No. 11, which crashed into an [automobile at a grade crossing north of here, "buckled” from the impact and the sudden application of the air brakes, and catapulated from the rails. The train, composed entirely of steel Pullman cars, struck the auto mobile and instantly killed its three occupants, a woman and two small children, and hurtled along the wooden crossties for a distance of more than 100 yards before the en gine and four of the coaches turned over on their sides. An hour behind schedule, the train, one of the most luxurious operated by the railroad, was entering the last lap of its long journey from Boston to Cincinnati, when the accident occurr ed. Its engineer, Andrew Green, of Cleveland, said that he was speeding at the rate of 70 miles an hour, when ithe automobile crept on to the track a short 20 feet ahead. He applied the brakes immediately, he said. The driver of the car was unable to see the train because of a building at the corner and the crossing is un guarded by a watchman. Eye-witnesses of the crash said that jthe engine and baggage car left the tracks as soon as thw locomotive | struck the automobile. The train con tinued, they said, in a cloud of dust and spinters from the wooden cross ties, and finally leaped from the right of way, one of the cars turtling com pletely over the locomotive, i Scene of confusion greeted the first to reach the mass of twisted steel. Many of the passengers were still in their berths and others preparing to arise Many were assisted from the windows and apertures and cut in the cars, and others, more seriously injur ed, carried out by rescue parties has tily formed. Ambulances and private automo- ! biles removed the dead and serious- ! ly injured while others received first aid on the scene and continued on a relief train made up in Columbus. Mrs. F. S. Hemmingway, wife of a local attorney, who, with jher two small children, met death in the au tomobile, had started on an errand in the country. She had planned to meet her husband at his office later and he was awaiting her when he received a request to identify the | bodies of his family at a morgue. Besides the three occupants of the automobile, the dead were two mem bers of the train crew, one passenger ; and a negro who was riding “blind baggage" on the train. Two Meet Death in New York Fire. New York.—Two firemen were kill ed and 10 injured while fighting a spec acular fire that swept two factories and four tenements in the East Side, for a time threatening Bellevue Hos pital with its 2.000 patients. The dead firemen and most of the injured were buried beneath a brick wall which was toppled into the street by a gas explosion. Others were burn ed while rescuing occupants of the blazing tenements. The fire was fought by one of the greatest arrays of apparatus ever es sembled in the city. It was conquer-; ed after a battle of nearly five hours. The dead firemen were Julius V. Spaniar and William Aiello. Spaniar was instantly killed by the falling wall. Aiello, buried beneath the de bris, was uncovered alive but died in Bellevue Hospital without regaining consciousness. The blaze started in a four-story brick factory occupied by a laundry and several paper box concerns and spread to the five-story building oc- j cupied by the Triangle Sheet & Metai ; Company. Twelve families in adjoining tene j ments fled to the street in their night clothes. Four Die, Five Frozen in Gale. f Elizabeth City.—Four men lost theii j lives and five others had to be brought to a hospital here for treatment as t result of the capsizing of the Rich mond Cedar Works tug, Julian J ! Fleetwood at North river bart ,l>if,ini a gale. rz Professional Cards W. J. JACKSON & SON (Established 1195) Plymouth, N. C. , ' UNDERTAKERS ') AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS ? tfll! Arrange far Embalming Upep Request Meter Hears# Sarvlea D. B. MIZELLB DENTAL SURGEON In Plymouth every Tuaeday and Wednesday pro pared te da all kind* of MODERN DENTAL WORK. MUSIC SHOP MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS PIANOS Baldwin, Hamilton, Howard SHEET MUSIC Duality Lina Throughout DR. W. L. 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