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PLYMOUTH, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 27,1923.
NO. 37
DEW FARM RANKS
TO OPEN IN MAH
Twelve credit institutions
WILL SOON BE READY FOR
BUSINESS.
HULL STUB! WITH MILLION
Treasury Department Turns Over
Money to Each Branch; Board
Optimistic.
Washington,-The federal farm loan
board announced that May 1 ha
fixed aV the date for the formal open
Ing of/the 12 new intermediate farm
credit hanks, all of which have been
chartered and will be prepared to con
sider applications for loans as prov d
ed under the new agricultural credits
law. A uniform discount rate of 5
per cent has been fixed by all of the
banks, guaranteeing to farmers credit
ai not exceeding 7 per cent with the
possibility of slightly lower interest
t'fasrgr©8.
With the announcement that the
government’s part of the program for
extending new loaning facilities to the
farmer is ready the problem now ap
pears to be one of organization among
those who will seek government mon
ey. Certain provisions of the law re
quire that the producers individually
shall not obtain funds direct from the
loait banks hut must first group them
selves into one of several kinds of or
ganization through which the produc
ers’ organizations may be rediscount
ed and passed on to the credit banks
Among those organizations are co
operative marketing associations, live
stock loan companies and agricultural
credik corporations, each with certain
limitations and restructions upon its
powers to handle paper Tor the farmers.
The farm loan board' is optimistic,
although Commissioner Lobdell said
the developments necfggafiiy would he
slow during what he termed the expert
mental stage. The commisssioner pre
dicted the new facilities would be read
ily grasped and the opportunities pre
sented quickly accepted by those for
whom they were designed.
Proper warehousing appears to the
farm loan board as the chief problem
confronting the cooperative marketing
associations. This, however, does not
seem to be of any insurmountable
character.
Farm loan board members have in
structed- the credit bank officers and
the system personnel generally to give
every sort of advice and render any
assistance within their power in start
ing the loaning machinery in operation.
Jt is declared to be impossible to in
augurate the system without some dis
appointments resulting for the early
applicants for loans but the belief was
that through acquaintance with the
law’s provisions and the possibilities
opened up by it soon would be acquired
by the agricultural industry and the
benefits to be derived will follow in
natural course.
For starting the banks, the treasury
A* turned over $1,000,000 to each of
'Wife 12 institutions although the law
alolws each a maximum of $5,000,llfTT).
Members of the loan board expect that
nothing like the maximum capital per
mitted will be required for many
months. '
Will Be Given Money.
» Washington.—Allotments from the
$56,000,000 rivers and harbors appro
* priation, carried in the last army sup
ply act, will be made immediately in
the case of those projects being carried
out under continuing contracts, Secre
tary Weeks announced after a confer
ence with President Harding.
The secretary of war explained that
In the case of a number of projects
work can be conducted most expedi
tiously beginning early in June and for
those projects for which continuing
contracts are held it was decided to
make the money available as soon as
possible. • ,
The question of whether the entire
appropriation would be expended was
not discyssed at the conference, Mr.
Weeks said, but he added that all
worthy projects will be taken care of.
The appropriation of $56,000,00 for
river and harbor work was opposed by
the President on the ground that the
public treasury would not permit such
a large expenditure, and there has
£jeen some doubt expressed as' to
Whether the entire sum would be used.
Congressional leaders favoring the
large appropriations, however, have
held that it was not within the province
of administratives to limit the u$e of
the money except to work for such
economies as might be made under the
act.
TRAIN STRIKES CAR
KILLING FOUR MEN.
Cincinnati.—Four men were kill
ed when a passenger train on the
Big Four railroad, Cleveland to
Cincinnati, struck an automobile at
a crossing at Elmwood, near here.
The accident happened five minutes
after the crossing watchman quit
work.
Th dead: Harry Frank, driver of
the automobile; Donald Tenny,
George Biefold, Elwood Jones. All
are residents of Cincinnati and
ranged in age from 21 to 25 years.
According to a lone witness, a
negro, the victims apparently paid
no attention to the whistle of the
train, which was running at a high
rate of speed. The* automobile was
struck squarely in the center and
the occupants thrown to opposite
sides of the tracks.
The viev^ of the right of way at
this section is aeobstructed.
TO MEET IN SEVILLE, SPAIN
WILL REPRESENT THE UNITED
STATES AND BANKHEAD
ASSOCIATION.
Women’s Organizations Planting
Trees in Memoriam to War Men
and Women.
Greenville, S. C.—The first business
session of the Bankhead National
highway association and reports of
women’s commissioners on the work
of beautifying the highway through
out of the southern states featured a
session of the jpint convention of the
United States Good Roads association
and the Bankhead organization. MrsT
Albert E. Thornton, chairman of the
woman’s commission, told of the
plans made to make the highway a
roa,d of remembrance” for the men
and women who served in the world
war.
Benehan Cameron, of North Caro
lina, president of the Bankhead asso
ciation" Representative J. J. Mc
Swain, Mrs. Robert K. Bambo, wo
man's commissioner for Georgia, and
Mrs. Franklin Smith, woman’s com
missioner for South Carolina, also
spoke.
Mrs. Thornton in her report toid
the convention that state chairmen
had been appointed in every state
through which thh highway passes
and that thousands of memorial trees
already have been planted. Land
scape artists have freely given their
services to the organization, she said,
and in many places flowers and shrub
bery have been planted in addition to
the trees. In many places state and
county authorities are taking over the
work of planting the trees.
Mrs. Rambo reported the organiza
tion of women in twelve Georgia coum
ties. Trees planted total 825, she
said.
The joint convention appointed J.
A. Rountree, dierctor general of both
associations, delegate to the Interna
tional Road convention, which will be
held- in Seville, Spain, this year.
Albupuerque, New Mexico, won the
1924 meeting of the two associations
after a hard fight, in which invita
tions from 10 other cities were de
bated. *
Those sending invitations were
Chicago, Detroit, Columbus, O., Atlan
tic City, Providence, Charlotte, F'ort
Worth and Houston, Texas, and Tor
onton, Canada.
Five Die, Many Injured in Fire.
Lynn, Mass.—Five persons were
killed in a fire which destroyed the
Eessex Castle, a five story brick
apartment house on Ellis street in the
center of the city. Many occupants
were hurt. The dead: Frank Tozier,
George Philpot, Mrs. Antionette Han
lon, Miss Margaret J. Nutter and
Harry ^Fairchild.
Miss" Alma Gillmaa was missing
after the fire.
The blaze started on one of the
lower floors and almost immediately
the interior of the building burst into
flames. The 150 presons living in the
49 suites were quickly aroused. A
few made their way down the stairs
before these were cut off by fire and
smoke. Many jumped from windows
and others were taken down ladders
by the firemen.
There were many narrow escapes
when the roof fell in.
Irish Hunger Striker Freed.
Dublin.—Dr. Conn Murphy, who has
been on a hunger strike in Mount
Joy prison nearly four weeks, has
been released, it was announced. Dr.
Murphy, who some time ago visited
Rome to lay the Republican cause be
fore Pope Pius, was arrested March
22 and immediately began a hunger
strike.
SLACKENING OF
RECENT BUYING
MORE CAUTIOUS TONE APPAR
ENT IN FINANCIAL AND COM
MERCIAL CIRCLES.
PRODUCTION IS C0IN6 ON
Government’s Move in Sugar Investi
gation Had an Unfavorable Effect
on Market.
New York—With recent baying
movements showing further signs of
slackening, a somewhat more cau
tious tone was apparent in financial
and commercial circles during the
past week. This was attributed part
ly to the fact that consumers are now
covering for some time ahead and
partly t ojfhe passing of special de
mands occasioned by the spring sea
son. It also seem to be the news
that the numerous wage Increases
have had a sobering effect in some
quarters. In any event, the change
in sentiment was due not to apprehen
sions lest the business revival may
have reached it peak but to misgivings
lest the advance in prices and cost
is in danger of being overdone.
A specific unsettling lactor in ins
commodity markets was the attorney
general’s petition for an injunction to
restrain trading in sugar futures at
New York. In this petition the attor
ney general takes the ground that the
rise in the price of raw sugar which
has taken place since February 1, has
had no economic juctification and that
it has resulted from a combination
and conspiracy by the sugar ex
change, its officers and members and
their clients or principals. In rebut
tal the trade maintains that the rise
in prices has occurred in response to
growing indications of a smaller Cu
ban crop, and points to the fact that
Hus.-Htaely- estimate, which Is empWk
sibed in the attorney general's peti
tion, was reduced from 4,102,857 tons
to 3,750,000 tons.
Whatever the merits of the case
may be, it is clear that the petition
exercised an unfavorable effect on
sentiment in commodity markets.
Sugar futures reacted sharply and
then steadied, the spot commodity
meanwhile easing slightly and then
recovering to the previous high price,
thus reflecting the opinion held by
refiners that lower prices are not. like
ly to prevail. Cotton meanwhile
turned distinctively heavy, the May
delivery losing about 1 3-4 cents and
closing the week only slightly above
27 cents. Wheat prices also reacted
after recent strength. While both of
these commodities moved partly’* in
relation to factors peculiar to them
selves, such as weather conditions it
was believed in most quarters that
the government’s theory in the sugar
matter had unsettled sentiment. It
was also felt, however that this par
ticular action was not to be accepted
as setting up a principle to be fol
lowed in the case of the other ex
changes.
Kaiser is Victim of Brain Storms,
London.-r-Former Kaiser Wilhelm,
one time war lord and ruler of a
powerful nation is suffering from
"brain storms,” in his refuge of exile
in Holland, said a Doom dispatch to
The Daily Mail.
Reports were recently printed in
European and American newspapers
that both the Former Emperor and
the former German Crown Prince
were failing mentally.
“Ex-Kaiser Wilhelm is not mad,
but he is morbid,” said the Dooran
j dispatch to The Daily Mail.
“An old abscess in the inner part
of his ear is causing deafness and
brain storms. The attending physi
cians are worried.
“Wilhelm underwent a rejuvenat
ing course of treatment, but the ef
fect is wearing off. He has ntbrbid
intervals and spends much time por
ing over the Bible. His health is fail
ing rapidly.
“The Crown Prince is mentally all
right, but is bored to distraction In
his lonely home on Wieringen Island.”
Youth Run Over and Killed.
Winston-Salem.—The five year old
son ot “Razz” Letght, fanner of the
Walkertown section, near here, was
instantly killed when run over by an
automobile. A coupe with two men,
dashed by, swerved to the side of the
road where the child was playing,
crushing him fatally. The car did
not stop, and as yet the police have
not ascertained the name of the
driver.
FOUR MEN KILLED
IN AIR ACCIDENT
Dayton, Ohio.—Four men were
almost instantly killed and an
other probably fatally Injured
when a Martin air service bombing
plane nose-dived into the Great
Miamo River here.
The dead are:
Captain W. R. Lawson, pilot,
Langley Field, Va.
Technical Sergeant Bidwell,
Langley Field, Va.
Sergeant Wesley H. Howland,
Selfridge Field, Mich.
Civilian U. M. Smith, Bureau of
Standards, Washington.
The injured:
Technical Sergeant F. B. Shaw,
Selfridge Field, Mich.
Smith died after the accident at
the Miami Valley Hospital. All
five men suffered fractured skulls.
'
AIR REGOROS MADE AT DAYTON
LIEUTENANTS MACREADY AND
KELLY SET NEW WORLD’S
RECORD.
Harris and Irvine Also Come to Front
With Remarkable Flying Perfor
mances.
Dayton, Ohio.—Climaxing a day of
superior flying, Lieuts. John A. Mac
Ready and Oakley Kelly /landed the
Fokker monoplane T-2, establishing a
new world's record for sustaned flying
They were in the air 36 hours 5 min
utes and 20 seconds. In addition,
eight other records were made.
Traveling over a 50 kilomter triang
ular course, the pilots had covered
2,541.2 miles when they landed at Wil
bur Wright field, exhausted from the
long grind. Official observers immed
iately began checking records of the
flight and it will be certaified to the
Federation Aeronautique International
as new world figures.
"’Earlipr in the evening, .Lieut. Har
old R. Harris, McCook field, landed
his dellaviland 4-B biplane after a 10
hour and 53 minute flight in which he
maintained an average speed of 114
mlies an hour and beat the former
French record for 1,500 and 2,000 kilo
meters by an average of 39 miles an
hour.
His time for 1,500 kilometers was
eight hours and nine minutes.
Shortly after Harris landed Lieut.
Rutledge Irvine, naval air service,
landed his naval torpedo plane, after
establishing a world record for alti
tude, carrying a dead weight load of
2,422 pounds to an altitude of 11,300
feet. This flight was made in two
hours and a half.
MacReady and Kelly veered off
their course when they passed the
Pylon at Wilbur Wright field, after
completing the 81st lap and after cir
cling about the field several minutes
to get their bearings, made a perfect
landing.
Army Camps Will Draw Thousands.
Washington.—More than 300,000
men will be "under arms” this sum
mer in various army camps, undergo
ing intensive military instruction, ac
cording to estimates compiled by the
War Department from commanding
officers of the nine corps areas. They
have volunteered largely from civil
life and many will “fall in” for the
first time as a “rookie" in khaki, sub
ject for the time being to the rules
and regulations of the military estab
lishment.
It was estimated by the War De
partment that 223,000 men will attend
the National Guard, Organized Re
serves, Reserve Officers’ Training
Corps and the Citizens’ Military
Training Camps.
The remaining troops of the regu
lar forces have been provided with
a program of their own to be followed
during the summer at the scattered
posts of the country and in Panama,
Alaska and other territorial stations.
The training period will begin in
June and extend to October. The
national guardsmen will begin taking
the field in June and continue through
September with each unit allowed two
weeks. Their attendance is expected
to be about 176,000 officers and men.
The majority of the reserve offi
cers' training corps units will be in
training from June 14 to July 25.
Each unit of this organization will
be given six weeks instruction. Their
total attendance is estimated at 9,000.
The citizens military training camps
will be held from June 25 to Septem
ber 1, each unit being encamped one
month. Provisions have been made to
accommodate 30,000 men in this way.
Memorial given
EXTENDS HIS BEST WISHES FOR
SUCCESS OF STONE MOUNTAIN
PROJECT.
IN LETTER TO ASSOCIATION
“Will Be One of World’s Finest Testi
monies; One of History’s Most
Complete Avowels.”
Atlanta. — President Harding's en
dorsement of the proposed memorial
on Stone Mountain to the heroes of
the Confederacy was made public here
at a baunquet given by the Stone
Mountain Memorial association. The
President promised his aid and ex
tended his best wishes for the suc
cess of the undertaking in a letter
to Hollins N. Randolph, chairman of
the executive committee, which was
read by Hoi. C. O. Sherrill, the Presi
dent's representative.
Govef.ors of various southern states
also endorsed the project. Governor
Peay, of Tennessee, and Brandon, of
Alabama, were present at the banquet
and bajTced up the movement, as did
representatives of the governors of
South Carolina, Florida, Virginia and
Missouri.
“It will be on'e of the world's finest
testimonials,’’ President Harding said
in his letter, “one of history's most
complete avowels, that unity and un
derstanding may be brought even into
the scene where faction, hatred and
hostility have once reigned supreme.”
“I have the greatest pleasure in
wishing to the people of the south
not only complete success lin this
great work but the co-operation they
will so well deserve from Americans
everywhere.”
Lester P. Barlowe, of Cleveland, de
clared that the people of the north
would dike to assist in financing the
undertaking and would like to partici
pate, he said, “in a movement so es
sentially southern yet which rightfully
belongs to the nation as a whole.”
Rum Fleet Topic of Talk.
Washington—Federal action against
the rum running fleet operating off the
New York-New Jersey coast was prom
ised at the White House, where it was
stated that this question was the main
topic at cabinet meeting.
Details of the government’s plana
were withheld to avoid, officials said,
a premature announcement. It was
stated on high authority, however,
that the government did not intend
to remain inactive against the liquor
smuggling fleet if there were any
means to prevent it. Confidence wa3
expressed that some method of effec
tively dealing with the situation could
be found.
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes
has advocated the use ot light naval
vesels against the rum runners hut
! this plan so far has met with op
position from Secretary Denby of the
I navy department on the ground that
the prevention of liquor smuggling
was not a proper naval duty.
Kolker is Given $55,000 Vedrict.
Philadelphia.—Louis Kolger, a Phil
adelphia silk salesman whose back
was broken in a wreck on the Reading
itailway at Winslow Junction, New
Jersey, was awarded $55,000 damages
by a Federal jury. Kolker’s wife, who
was less seriously injured, was award
ed $1,000.
The Kolkers, who had been marked
only four hours, were bound for at
lantic City on their honeymoon when
the Reading flyer leaped the tracks
last July, killing seven persons and
injuring fifty-six. They sued the rail
road company for a total of $650,000.
Kolker was carried into court on a
cot. Physicians testified his injury
was permanent.
Alabama Phohl Agents Suspended.
Washington. — Suspension of four
Alabama prohibiting agents, including
William B. Ford, assistant state direc
tor, under charges of improper official
conduct, was announced by Federal
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes.
The other agents suspended were
Leila Huey, Walter B. Seale and John
A. Wilson^
The suspensions were recommnded
by Government agents of the Treasury
intelligence unit. The charges were
understood to have been initiated by
Bibb Mills, superintendent of the Ala
bama Anti-Saloon League.
Failure to make full reports of liquor
seized in raids was said to be charged
in the stspensions. The woman em
ploye suspended was the stenographer
la the vOfflce ot the assistant director.
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