VOL. 35
PLYMOUTH, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1923.
NO. 3
EVERY CITIZEN
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE ISSUES
PROCLAMATION CALLING FOR
OBSERVANCE OF WEEK.
BEGINNING NOVEMBER 18TH
Hope of Self Government Depends
Upon Knowledge of Votera, Says
President.
-—
Washington.—President Coolidge is
sued a proclamation calling for ob
• 5ffrvapce of the week beginning No
v^tber 18 as national education week.
“Every American citizen,” the pres
ident said, “is entitled to a liberal
education. Without this, there s no
guaranty for the permanence of free
institutions, no hope of perpetuating
self government. Despotism finds its
chief support in ignorance. Knowl
edge and freedom go hand in hand.’’
Education week is held each year
under the joint auspices of the na
tional education association, the Unit
ed States bureau of education and the
AniericajjjLegion co-operating with
more than a hundred other national
organizations, the purpose being to
bring the people closer to their
schools.
i The president's proclamation fol
J lows:
J “From its earliest beginnings, Amer
ica has been devoted to the cause of
education. This country was founded
on the ideal of ministering to the in
dividual. It was realized that this
must be done by the institutions of
religion and government. In order
that there might be a properly edu
cated clergy and well trained civil
^magistrates, one of the first thoughts
of the early settlers was to provide
for a college of liberay culture, while
for’the general diffusion of knowledge,
primary schools were established.
This course was taken as the neces
sary requirement of enlightened so
ciety.
“Such a policy once adopted, has
continued to grow' in extent. With i
the adoption of the federal constitu- j
tion and the establishment of free |
governments in the states of the j
union, there was additional reason 1
for broadening the opportunity for j
education. Our country adopted the
principle of self government by a free
people. Those who were worthy of
being free, were worthy of being edu
cated. Those who had the duty and
responsibility of government must
necessarily have the education with
which to discharge the obligations of
citizenship. The sovereign had to be
educated. The sovereign had become
the people, schools and universities
■were provided by the various govern
ments and founded and fostered by
private charity, until their buildings
dotted all the land. "
“The willingness of the people to
bear the burdens of maintaining these
institutions and the patriotic devotion
— of-an army of teachers, who, in many
cases, might have earned larger in
* comes in other pursuits, have made it
possible to accomplish results with
which we may well be gratified. But
the task is not finished, it has only
been begun.
we nave oDservea me eviaenees or
a broadening vision of a whole edu
cational system. This has included a
recognition th#t education must not
end with the period of school attend
ance, but must be given every encour
agement thereafter. To this end the
night schools of the cities, the moon
light schools of the southern Appa
lachian countries, the extension work
of the colleges and universities, the
provision for teaching technical, ag
ricultural and mechanical arts, have
marked out the path to a broader and
more widely diffused national culture.
To insure the permanence and con
tinuing improvement of such an edu
cational policy, there wust be the
fullest public realization of its abso
lute necessity.
“In order that the people of the na
tion may think on these things, it is
desirable that there should be an an
nual observance of educational week.
"Now, therefore, I, Calvin Coolidge,
president of the United States, do
hereby proclaim the week bginning
on the eighteenth of November, next,
as national education week and urge
its observance throughout the country.
I recommend that the state and local
authorities cooperate with the civic
and religious bodies to secure its most
general and helpful observance, for
the purpose of more liberally support
ing and more effectively improving
the educational factilities of our
country.”
FOUR PERSONS KILLED
IN AUTO COLLISION.
Erie, Penn.—Four persons were
killed and another probably fatally
injured when an automobile was
struck by a Nickel Plate train at
the Forsythe, New York, crossing.
The dead are: Virginia Garber, 14;
Mrs. J. F. Bauman, 42, both of
Erie ;and Mr. and Mrs, W. J. Serry,
of Philadelphia. Edward Boltz,
driver of the car, is in a local hos
pital, not expected to recover.
Boltz drove the automobile in
front of a westbound passenger
train, his view being obstructed by
a string of freight cars on an ad
joining track. All the persons in
the automobile were cousins and
were on their way to this city after
spending the day in Buffalo.
FIVE MILLION BALE RESERVE
WORLD CONSUMPTION OF COT
TON INCREASES AND YIELD
IS SLUMPING.
For the Year Ending July 31, Number
ed 156,576,497 as Compared With
154,555,267 Previous Year.
Washington.—World stocks of cot
ton, Visible and in spinners hands oi
July 31 the end of the cotton year
were 5,359,000 bales as estimated bj
the International Federation of Cottoi
Spinners, the American agricultura
commissioner at London reported b]
cable. That quantity is 1,041,000 balei
less than the estimate of the Depart
ment of Commerce issued Septembe
10.
World stocks in spinners’ handi
on July 31, the federation estimated
were 3,872,000 bales compared witl
4.287.000 bales a year previous, am
stocks of American cotton in spin
ners’ hands were estimated at 1,689
000 bales, compared wftjh^gO^OOO.
World consumption, the federatioi
estimated, increased 2,074,000 bale
over the previous season while th
Department of Commerce's estimat
indicated an increased cfonsumptioi
of only 903,000 balps. The federation’
estimate of world consumption is 20
585.000 bales, compared with 18,890
000 last year. The Department o
Commerce's estimate was 20,950,00
bales, compared with 20,047,000 las
year. Consumption of American col
ton for the year and estimated by th
federation was 12,286,000 bales com
pared with 11,750.000 last year.
Cotton spindles iu all countries fo
the year ending July 31, numberei
156,576,497 as compared with 154,555
267 the previous year.
Demand Extra Congress Meet.
Washington.—Request was made o
President Coolidge by a delegation o
a dozen farmers and bankers fror
the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Dis
trict that a special session of Cor
gress be called to enact legislation fo
relief of wheat growers through r«
vival of the United State Grain Coi
portion.
The delegation further asked that
reduction in freight rates on whea
and flour be made but said after thei
conference that the President ha
made no promise to them other tha
that he would consider their request
with his advisors.
Dynamite Kills Three Convicts.
Charlotte, N. C.—Three convict
were killed and eight or ten other
more or less seriously injured whe
a "dud” charge of dynamite was e>
ploded by a drill at the county cor
vict camp located four miles nortl
west of Cornelius. That the explc
sion was not more serious was du
to the fact , that the dump cart use
to haul rocks from the quarry i
which the accidental blast occurre
was out of commission and a nun
ber of the men had been set to wor
at other points.
American Finds Berlin Needs.
Washington.—The perdiction wa
made at the Treasury that German
ultimately would have to be give
outside financial help and that thi
aid would take the form of an inte:
governmeht consortium. Such ale
however, cannot be given, it was d<
dared, nntil Germany is somewha
further on the road to what was de:
cribed as political recovery.
Reference was made by a Treasur
spokesman to the method employed i
the case of Austria and the sugge:
tion offered that probably a financu
dictator would have to be selecte
and empowered to direct German go'
ernment fiscal affairs while that n;
tion is “convalescing” financially.
It was asserted that only by mean
of a financial dictatorship could Ge
many’s finances be placed upon
stable basis within a reasonable tiim
DEAD LIST FROM
STORM EIGHTEEN
_
PROPERTY DAMAGE NOW IS
ESTIMATED AT A MILLION
DOLLARS.
12 TRAPPED IN ONE HOUSE
—
Were Congregated to Mourn Death
of Woman When Cloudburst
Swept House in Creek.
1 Omaha, Nebr.—The death list from
veastern Iowa’s and eastern Nebras
ka’s tornado and cloudburst was aug
mented when 12-year-old Goldie Col
lier died in a hospital ”at Council
Bluffs from injuries she received
when struck by flying debris. Seven
teen others are known to have been
killed, and more than a score injured.
Property damage, it was said, would
total more than $1,000,000.
Twelve were killed at Louisville,
Neb., when the house in which they
were congregated to mourn the death
of Mrs. Mary McCarver, was washed
from its foundation into Mill creek,
trapping all of the victims. The bod
ies were recovered.
At Council Bluffs five presons were
killed by flying debris. Four of the
[ dead were killed when they ran out
. of their home into the front yard|
, and were struck by a falling tree.
. The fifth victim died in a hdfedtal.
. Another deluge of rain and hail
struck the city and lasted about an
, hour. Cots and blankets for the
homeless were obtained from the Red
[ Cross and a schoolhouse is being used
j as a relief center in the Iowa city.
_ Approximately three square blocks
were razed by the tronado in Council
Bluffs. The house and all other build
t ings of Mrs. G. G. Gilford, at Louis
5 ville, were swept away, leaving the
; site bare. Mrs. Gilford escaped injury*
, Seventy blocks were inundated in
[ Council Bluffs. A physician at Mar
s quette, Neb., was killed near Grand
Island, when his automobile skidded
and turned over and Otto J. Duek,
f a salesman of York, Neb., was drown
) ed when he stepped into a hole filled
t with water.
, League Assembly Adjournes,
Geneva.—After a month’s Session '
during which the period of the Greco
r Italian crisis had been passed through
1 to a final solution of the difficulty,
. the fourth assembly of the league of
nations adjourned in an atmosphere of j
satisfaction among the delegates for j
the achievements of the session and;
f firm hope in greater accomplishments j
f in the future.
, It was made entirely clear by the j
. speaker at the final session that the
. hope of the future was pinned .large-1
P ly on collaboration by the r*Bnited
. States, whenever it could be obtained, [
. with the constructive plans,-’.of ‘ the S
league, even if the day never should!
i come when America will be actually
t found among the members.
j Cotton Barely Holds Its Own.
! New York.—A detailed analysis of
3 cotton crop returns received under an
average date of September 25 shpws
that able weather during the greater
part of the month^ftjptton in many
3 parts of the belt vfs -barely holding
3 is own, although there has been very
! little more 'than the normal amount
_ of deterioration for this time of the
. year. Over" 1,600 special corre^pbnd
. ents of The Journal of Comnup^Miow
. j place their average estimate •o'f'per
3 eentage condition at 49.5, a loss of
j 7.3 per cent. This comparies with
j 5.6.8 per cent last month. 70.4 per
i c^‘,fftr1'in July’and a 10-year average of
. 60.6 per cent.
i The percentage condition on Oc
tober 1. last year was 52.5 a decline
of 7.5 per cent, while in September,
1921, there had been a drop of 10.4
3 to 44.7. The present condition figure,
Ir however, is th# lowest, with the ex
i ception of 1921, for September of any
3 year since 1901. It is, in fact, 24.2
■- per cent under the high record year
, 1914, and would seem to put an end
!- to all expectations of raising anything
t like a large crop.
British Want Jack; Look at the Purse.
y London.—The Central News learns
3 that arrangements have been mads
i- in London to offer a purse of 65,000
1 pounds sterling for a match in London
1 about ^the end of January between
. Jack Dempsey and the winner of the
Carpentier-Beckett fight.
The promoter of the scheme, it is
s declared, offers to deposit 10,000
•- pounds sterling in a New York bank
a as a gauartee, and also offers to pay
the transportation of Dempsey.
HOUSE OF DAVID AGAIN
SEARCHED FOR KING.
Benton Harbor, Mich.—State po
lice, aidlsd by Berrien county depu
ties, inyaded the House of David
colony, here, in a fruitless search
for Benjamin Purnell, missing head
of the cult, wanted on a warrant
charging him with a statutory
crime.
The raiding party consisted of
more than 50 state police, deputy
sheriffs and newspaper men.
They reached the colony before
daybreak, after throwing a cordon
about the place and posting guards
on all highways leading to it.
They trooped through the halls
and corridors of Shiloh house, the
temple home of Purnell. They
poked into basement and attic,
seeking subterranean tunnels, seal
ed rooms and secret passanges
through which Purnell's accusers
charge he fitted when officers of
the law sought him. No trace of
ihysterious passages or trap doors
was discovered. There was little
of the bizarre luxury reputed to
exist in Shiloh house, and there
was no sign of “King” Benjamin.
IS IKE FIRST DIRECT AJTACK
DECLARES LEASE TO.ATLANTIC
COAST LINE WOULD BE PUB
LIC CALAMITY.
Seaboard's First Vice President Testi
fies Such Control Would Stifle
Competition By Areas.
Washington.—Lease of the Carolina,
Clinchfield and Ohio railroad to the
Louisville and Nashjgfl$e apd the At
lantic^Qoast Line railroads, pow be
ing'1’'Considered, would be a “public,
calamity of the first magnitude,” C. R.
Capps, first vice president of the Sea
board Air Line, testified before the in
terstate commerce commssion. Such
a^ontrol of the Clinchfield, he assert
ed, would withdraw all effective com
petition in transportation from import
ant areas in Atlantic Coast Line and
Southern railway territory.
Mr. Capps’ argument was the first
direct attack brought on the leasing
proposal during the commission’s
hearings. Seaboard Air Line counsel
aiao called J. J. Campion, traffic man
ager of the Clinchfield, _ who was
questioned in an endeavor to show
that his railroad was modern in line
anS}. equipment, and fitted to handle
heiivy traffic under its present inde
pendent management.
“We take the position that there Is
no justification whatever for this lease
from the standpoint of the public in
terest in transportation,’’ Mr. Capps
declared, “or for tke^protection of the
owners of the Clinchrfi^i road, or to
further any reasonable"or legitimate
interest of either of She proposed
lessees. t
“We consider that every objective
desired "by the Louisville & Nashville
railroad with reference’ to the con
nections proposed with its Kentucky
territory can be adequately secured
by such connection either without a
lease or by a lease to the Louisville
& Nashville, and other carriers in
the southeast connecting with the
Clinchfield, and competing^ with the
Atlantic Coast Line.”
Mr. Capps declared that his com
pany’s chief objection was to the ex
clusive participation in transportation
to the southeast over the Clinchfield
which the Atlantic Coast Line would
gain under the lease. He cited ex
isting arrangement in transportation,
by which two or niore companies
werg put on equal footing in the con
trol of such a “bridge line” as he de
clared the Clinchfield to lie, and advo
cated some such plan for adoption in
the case before the commission.
S. Davies Warfield, president of the
Seaboard, put a memorandum into
the record before the commission
which declared that a close connec
tion between the Clinchfield system
and the Seaboard had existed during
the early history of the Clinchfield.
He had always felt it necessary, he
said in detailing events in connection
with the re-organization of the Sea
board in 1911, that “these relations
should be kept and extended.”
Underwood Speaks at Lexington.
Lexington.—-The south has stood
long at the door of opportunity, but
has failed to push open that door
and enter, declared Senator Oscar
Underwood in an address at the Dav
idson county fair.
Until the south forgets the cry of
political expediency and asserts itself
in political matters, it can have no
reason to complain that it is not
fairly represented in the government,
said the sneaker.
ESTIMATE FORTY
DEAD IN KK
ALL THE CARS BUT ONE PULL
MAN FELL INTO SWOLLEN
STREAM.
TRAIN ON BURLINGTON LINE
All Have Been Accounted Fop Bu1
About 40; Rescue Workers Help
less in Storm.
Casper, Wyo.—Between 40 and 5(
persons perished in the wreck of Bur
Ungton passenger train No. 30, it wa>
estimated on reports received front
private and official sources. Out o
32 Pullman passengers, 28 are knowi
to be safe.
A conservative estimate of the deat
is believed to be 40, some person:
maintaining that many others los
their lives, while railroad author!
ties say fewer were lost.
The train, composed of a locomo
tive, baggage, mail and express cars
two day coaches and two Pullmans
plunged through a bridge across Coa
creek shortly after leaving here a'
8:35 o’clock. The train was made ui
in Casper. All of the train excepl
the rear Pullman dropped into th«
creek, which was over its banks be
cause of recent rains.
Rescue workers, rendered helpless
by rain and snow that fell intermit
tently throughout the day and the ir
resistible torrent that was surging
through the normally dry creek, stood
by unable to do anything.
As the day wore on, newspaper met
noticed that the cars were slowly set
tling beneath the water. The knowr
dead' consisted of iNicholas Schmetz
of Douglas, Wyo., B.'E.f Casker, a bag
gage utan. and an unidentified hobo
OuttcCRthe 80 person s.believed to hav<
beeS'.on' the traiti, about\40-tiJiv.e beei
accounted for. ( The estimate' of tht
loss of life is based on statment:
rng.de by pasengers who passer
through the day coaches prior to tht
wrecl?. Thjse coaches are undei
water and the death figure probablj
will not be known for some time.
Although the body of several vie
tims are visible, an attempt to read
them was out of the question as tht
creek is 75 feet wide and extremel;
swift. Everything possible was be
ing done, railroad officials said, bu
little could be done toward recover
ing the bodies until the waters re
ced£. t
Railroad men declared their belie'
that the accident could not have beer
prevented. An hour before the train
swinging around a slight curve oi
schedule time, crashed through tht
bridge spanning the small stream, i
track wralker reported that he had In
spected the structure and found ii
safe.
I
Twelve Persons Killed By Cloudburst
Louisville, Neb. — Eight persons
were killed and thousands ot dolan
worth of damage done when a cloud
burst struct this city. The eight deat
are members of the family of Mac!
Carvern, in whose house they wen
congregated when the dloudburs
struck the city.
Council Bluffs. Ia.—Four person!
are known to have been killed, and i
fifth is reported to have been killet
in the tornado which struck this city
uprooting trees, blowing down house!
and sheds. Four of the dead wen
killed when their home collapsed
They are a woman and three children
The rear of the Strand theater, or
the bank of Indian creek, collapsed
but no one, it was said, was injured
Ward Acquitted of Murder.
White Plains, N. Y.—Walter S
Ward was acpitted of the charge o
murdering Clarence Peters.
As the jury foreman announced th<
verdict a cheering throng of specta
tors, mostly women, climbed ovei
rows of benches and chairs to gras]
the hand and kiss the face of thi
wealthy banker's son.
Ward, blushing, smiling and chew
ing gum. tried in vain to fight hi:
way through the milling crowd tha
packed the courtroom and reach thi
side of his wife who had fallen inti
the arms of his brother, Ralph, whet
she heard the jury’s verdict. Mrs
Ward was in an ante room. Raipi
burst in with the glad tidings am
with a murmur she sank into his arms
it was not merely a polite demor
stration that greeted the verdict o
I “not guilty.” It was an outburst o
emotion. For 10 days the courtroor
| has been packed and most of th
I spectators each dav have been wom'«
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