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Condensed Record Of Happening*
Of Intereat From All Points'
Of Th* World
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oreign?
xTbp trial for tretson of former Field
?hal Ludendorff, Adolph Hitler
other participants In the ?nsuo
iful "putsh" of last November
tt# chief prosecutor left the
after declaring he was no longer
g to continue the prosecuting
g to the constant humiliating at
?iw#g
m
;^orB,al
_ _ . r,,-. -.Ax?r. - ? \i"- ?V
? ' 'tacks made br the counsel for tbe
?; defense, . ; i
Major John Jacob Aster, who vac^t
? pd his seat under the parliamentary
i. that a member shall not vote l?e
i taking 'the oath, Intends to pay
fine of 500 pounds prescribed for
le offense. 1 <
uxor' was gay with flags and hunt
'Jo the Egyptian colors and crowd
wlth Sightseers and waives and
lshed visitors here for the
reopening of the tomb of
Stnefx under, government su
Islon.
a practical effort to check the
birthrate In France, an apart
house buflder at Bordeaux naa
d a number of small partments
poor couples at two-thirds of the
lal rent for such flats, on cphtfi
they. receive regular visits from
?' ' ':rt ;
BWler Priincarea ultimatum to the
ice 'committee of t^e Vallate that
? Mnet would resign unless (thi
?toe approved his fiscal meas
caiised the cdmpolttee to an
e-.lt will again have a conference
the premier >nd Minister of
> de Lest eyne in an attempt
H an agreement 1
. - stated1 on high authority that
rernment ha> defclded not to
with the Singapore naval base
ime. The decision haa' been com
innlcated to the dominion i goverp
its and the government Is awaiting
r replies before announcing Its de
in to parliament. '
American prelates will be ele
- the cardlnalat#; at 4 secret
' to be held Marcfc 2?. They
J hop, Hayes, o?>ew York,
ih'op MundelelnT" ot Chl
rrt. of ; Germany, has
icellor Marx to dls
? me relchstag, according to ah
jcy dispatch received by way of
sterdam.
' distress, ?o provision having j
made for the eunuchs and mem
ot the harem., .
Importation to Canada of live stock 1
any state ot jhe United States!
i prohibited by tBe Canadian gov
nt recently as a further protec
salnet tbe foot and mouth dls
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John Jacob Astor voted In the
i hou^o of commons before ,tak
o^th ot office, was tlped, and au
' k' ^ V i> ' '? v
n -
n? ? ? wfe
w ~ r'- i
In the tariff rate on
_r. and wheat products will
ordered by President CooHdge, aot
? uitder authority conferred upon
by the flexible provision of tie
Iney-McCumber tasift act. . ;
The senate passed by , unanimous
.consent a bill providing for the coin
i??"> of five mllllop BO cent- pieces to
known as tb? Stone Mountain
m?rlal coins.. Th?y'"Wlll be deliver
the Memorial association In At
ita when they haVe been minted.
k mqv^enig*Jo$ grotto tf In , tie
ie to establish tHfl Identity of tbe
jtwo representatives charged, in the rfe
iport of a Chicago grand lnry with
^Jelng guilty of bribery.
Charles R Forbes, former .director
lof the veterans' bureau, pleaded not
. jgnllty before a United States commis
sioner to charges of fraud, conspiracy
^-kand bribery handed down by a Chi
icago grand Jury.
Appointment of Representative
White, Republican, Maine", as chair
man of the special house committee
?which will Investigate the shipping
was announced by Speaker Gil
T-The sensation created by the dis
closure of President Coolldge's tele
grams to 13. M. - McLean during the
' senate oil Investigation has started
.-Jfirious speculation as to the political
effect on the presidential campaign.
i President CoOlldge declined to turn'
over to tbe oil committee returns of
.r,. individuals. '^ind corporations promt
fe-i oently mentioned in the- oil lnvestlga
?i tlon.
Agreement to Veport a soldier bonus
p& bill was voted, 16 to 3, by tbe house
' wavs and means comihlttee. The com-'
&?.' mlttee begab the'drsftlng of the rncas
K tafe recently.
Close friends forecast the early an
nouncement of the engagement of Miss
? Cornelia Vandferbllt to J. F. A. Cecil,
secretary in the British embassy at
^Sflweste^. 1
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Thttodo^ E. Burton, president mem
ber of the house and former senator
from Ohio, Is one .Of (hpse now boing
considered by President Coolldge for
appolntmenjt as secretary of the navy.
Standards Ipr turpentine and rosin
*nd regulations fpr tfoe enforcement of
the naval Btores act have been Adopt
ed and Issued by Secretary Wallace.
Tweuty million pounds >of steel . In
various shapes and sizes, a part of the
navy's, surplus supply, will be sold at
public auction March 19 at the .Mare
Island (Calif.) navy yard.
Strenuous' opposition greeted the
appearance In the' senate of the first'
special farm relief metasure ? the Nor
beck-Burtness bill ? proposing' the
loan of 175,000,000 to finance diversl-'
ttcatlon. ,
Another row In the tariff .commis
sion has held up delivery, to Presi
dent Coolldge of the commission's re
port on Its wheat Inquiry.
? A batch, qf bills favoring light wine
and beer? all the way from 2.75 to 4
per cent -tor beer and 10 per Cent for
win?? wer? recently presented In the
boose as part of a . concerted move
toward modification of the Volstead
act.
Domestic ?
i Montgomecy, negro, former
slave of Jefferson Davis, who estab
lished the negro town of Mound
Bayou, Miss., died there recently, at
the age of 7J.
Two hundred thousands , dollars In
damage resulted from a recent fire
In the heartVot Cape Charles, Va.
j Roe, 88, committed sui
cide, in the opinion of New Orleans
police, by taking poison. /
Three persons suffered Injuries and
many others shaken up when the sec
ond section fit a northbound Louisville
and Nashville passenger train collid
ed with a " string of boxcars shoved
out on the Mobile', Ala., main linv'by
a Southern railway switch engine dur
ing' a heavy fog.
The program for the dedication of
the monument Greeted at Janesville,
111., to the memory of the father and
step-mother of Abraham. Lincoln, has
been announced. The hitherto neg
lected ? graves of Thomas. and Sarah
Bush Lincoln are In the village ceme
tery at Janesville; ,
. After testifying , that her husband
had forced her to Idig graves, Mrs. HI
?ie M. Stotter of Slcklersvllle, N. J.,
was granted a 'total divorce.
It Is anndunced In Omaha, Nebr.,
that slaughter of cattle by electricity
will be started soon. ? (
Admiral Robert E. Coontz, in com-'
mand otaU ijrarSblps In .home waters,
1U* been summoned to Washington
to give his vkrtra.dn the oil situation.
^Gasoline Is selling In Texas kt 21
cents a -gallon, the Highest price in
several years In that state.
?The Chicagp v Motor Club says ap
proximately ten million automobile
campers hit the trail during the year
1923. ' '
Mrs. Fannie S. Beaumont, widow of
Rear .Admiral John C. Beaumont, died
at Norfolk, Va., age 74 years,
The Pacific limited of the Chicago,
Milwaukee and St. fcaul railroad was
derailed at Perslq. Iowa,- and the en
gineer kilted and a number of pas
sengers slightly Injured.
.Mrs. Augusta E. Stetson, New York
City Christian Scientist, ? announces
that, she has spent 116,000 for adver
tising space in New York newspapers
In a campaign to strike the third stan
sa from "The Star Spangled Banner."
The other day vlrtualy all of Great
er Cleveland's population depended on
distilled' wetes for their drinking and
cooking supplies, because of the strong
taste of xihenol and chlorine in the
pater pumped from. Lake Erie.
Plain, old-fashioned profanity from
the lips of a husband1 is not grounds
for divorce, according to Judge Owun
la -Los Angtles. ^alif.
The state supreme court of- Michi
gan upheld the state normal school
at Ypsllantl for. expelling a girl who
smoked cigarettes. ?
i Olfard, Ala., men weje given
a hearing on; eharges of theft of su
gar and were held lihder bonds to the
Russell county grand jury. it is
estimated that nearly ten thousand
dollars Worth of sugar was stolen.
The Republicans ofc-Loulslana, ia a
state convention, ordered their' dele
gates. to throw their support to Coo
lldge.
Weather and market reports tire to
be interpreted In Chicago by farm
leaders employed by a large mercan
tile establishment,
Iowa's delegation to the Republican
national convention will go to Cleve
land With instructions to support Pres
ident Calvin Coolldge under an al
most unanimous vote of the state dele
gate convention here.
Morris and Joseph Diamond, broth
ers, and John Farina and Anthony
Pantano, bank messenger murderers,
were sentenced. recently to die in the
electric chair at Sing Sing, N. Y.
Mexican bandits numbering 150 re
cently crps?ed the Rio Grande into the
United States near Langtry, Texas,
stole a large' nun>ber of horses, caltle j
nod supplies, and fled back into Mex- |
Ico. Many Americans on ^he Mexl- j
can side are fleeing toward ttre bor- |
der ' >sr
The author of the ballad 'Known Tin '
the "Fao<? on the Barroom Floor."
Hugh A. d'Arcy. recently celebrated
his 81st birthday In New York.
Federal prohibition agents raided
a New Orleans restaurant recently and
seized $7,000 worth of liquors.
CROSSING HARM 10
" PUBUG WELFARR
THE 8UPREME COUIJT HAND8
DOWN MOST FAR REACHING
OPINION8.
RIGHTS OF ( THE PEOPLE
Tobacco Co-operative* Win Out In
8ev?ral Cases Before Highest
Tribunal.
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)i Raleigh.
"The tpll of llfp and Injury to cltl
sens using their dwn public' roads by
coUlstpn with high-powered, fast
movlng engines owned and operated
tor private gain Is a serious detriment
to the publlo welfare -and conVenlence"
Chie? Justice Walter Clark set' forth
in in opinion handed down by the su
preme court (ranting s new trial ft j
the victim of a grade crossing acCi- 1
dent.
In crossing a railroad track on the
same grade as the highway the
"rights of the public are subordinate
to the railroads, but co-ordinate with
the prior right of the public to use
their own highways, each having its
duties and each bound to observe the
^requirements," the chief Justice de
clared. '
The opinlpn took ??ote of a recent
bulletin, of the sUte highway com
mission', stating that of the 288 grade
crossings which formerly existed there
now remain only 180 over 6,063 miles
of road and that of 22 of these Will be
L eliminated by construction now under
way. The chief Justlce-deneted grati
fication at this progress, and he com
izAnted further, "In many of our
states, and almost altogether in, for
eign countries, any grade crossing of I
.the public, roads by a railroad is abso
lutely forbidden." In this SUte . the
grade crossing must some day
finally and totally eliminated in the
interest of the public."
? TJh? case with wtlch . the option I
dealt was the appeal of Mrs. Mary
C. Williams from Vance county su- l
perlor court's Judgment in favor of I
the Seaboard 'Air Line In her suit for
damages as the result of injuries bus- I
tallied In a gjrade crossing accident I
One person was killed aftd she and the
drlvir injured when an automobile
was struck by a fast moving train on
the Seaboard main lipe betweta Hell- 1
derson and Franklin.
Chief Justice Clark reversed) the
Judgment of the lower court and or
dered a new trial for Mrs. .Williams.
He foun,d error in the court's refusal
to allow Mrs. Williams' to testify as
to whether she could have heard the
engine bell and if ehe was engaged In'
anything that would have distracted
her attention. The plaintiff claimed
the whistle and b$ll were not used to
warn the approach of the train.
The tobacco co-operative came out
vlotor in three suits on appeal before
the supreme court which were decided
In one of the snlts, 2. H. Plttman, a
prominent merchant and farmer of
Pitt county, sought to invalidate hia I
contract with the "coops." claiming he
had been Induced to sign it 'by false <
and fraudulent representations. The
court sustained the lower court, .hold
ing that plaintiff had not signed as
the result of fraudulent representa
tions. in th* other two suits against
J .L. Bland, of Craven county, and
Pete Sptkfes ,of Craven, the court con
tinued restraining orders prohibiting
them from disposing of their 1923 to
bacco crops, whicJwthey had contrast
ed to deliver^ to the co-operative.
The Ust^qf opinions follows:
Capoon vs. Bverton, Tyrell, new
trial.
Harvey vs. Brown, et al, Pasquo
tank, affirmed.
Cobb, admrn vs. Fountain, admr.,
Edgeqombe, affirmed. ' ,
Cherry vs. Hodges, Washington, no
error. ? '
Williams ??. 8. A. L. Railway, new
trial.
Adams vs. Angler Bank and Trust
company, Harnett, affirmed.
Erl^ and Daniels vs! Flour mills,
Bertie, -no error. I
Perfect Record For Seven Towna.
Seven town*, all of them small muni
cipalities, were Included on the hohor
roll of the State Insurance Depart
ment for no flres and no fire damage
during each. of the twelve months ot
1923, according to a list made public
by Commissioner Stacejr W. Wade.
There la a goodly number of towns
on each of the lists? ranging from one
to twelve months on thq honor Toll,
with the list for one month being by
far the largest. Greensboro and High
Point were included one month, while
none of the other largest cities in the
State U ptcluded at all.
New Corporation*. _
> The Woman's Club of Waynesvllle.
Inc.. Waynesvllle. non-stock; Incor
porators Mrs. Mollie Toncray Shool- >
bred, Mrs. Hassle Brown Klll'an. Mrs. i
Pearl Marshall Howell. Mrs. Narion j
Wilton Af.len, Miss Josephine Macon '
Thomas, Missee Bessie and Daisy i
Boyd and Miss Georgia Miller. and
others, all of Waynesvllle.
Carolina Drug and Chemical C-ni
pany. Charlotte, with authorized rap!
tal $250,000 with $300 to hcpin busi
ness: subscribed by p C WhitWk
H C. Dockery and Oate Brit".
Fire Loss Shows Rpduotlon.
Although reports to Stytcy W. Wade,
Insurance Commissioner, Indicate the
largest number o f fires in January ever
reported (or one wontb, the Iobb was
}200t000 under that of January, 1923,
according to statistics made public by
the commissioner. The loss for* the
pation as was stated. Increased by
$7,000,000 In a comparison of the
same months. >|
There wer 276 fires In January, 1924,
against i 03 tor. January, 1923. The
valine of m-operty at risk wife $3,378,
830; insurance involved, $2,720,98u. In
Januaiy, 1923, the value at risk was
$3,878,875 and the Insurance $2,382,356.
There were 26 fires In which the loss
was $5,900 and more per fire. The
aggregate ot these is $553,350, leaving ,
as the total o( the entire other 150
fires, $115,203.
The dwelling fires reached 166, with
loss of $271,224, value $970,550 with in
surance at risk of $556,450; The dwel
ling totals are abnormal owing to the
burning of a single residence in course
9f construction at Belmont, where the
loss was $135,000.
i Carelessness with stores, unusual
'fires, and frozen pipes during the short
cold snap in January, account . for
many dwelling fires. The list of prin
cipal causes for the month shows:
Shingla roofs and detective flues, 86;
unknown, 66; oil stoves, 15;. overhot
stove or furnace, 14; thawing pipes,
14; carelessness, 10; and five each
from burning trash, child and match,
adjoining building.
The principal classes of property
damaged or destroyed are given as
dwellings, 166; stores, 18; Warehouses,
l^t factories, 8 ;- business, 8; garbges,
7; railroad buildings and cars, 6;
churches, 5; schools, 5; barns, E;
hotels, 3.
No fires during January were re
ported from Kinston, Tryon, 'Elkln,
Apex/ Spring Hope, Mooresville,
Carthage, Pilot Mountain, Benson, Elm
City, Stanley, iCocklngham, Brevard,
Kannapolls, Cherryville, Anaonvljle,
Forest City, Littleton, Hunters villa
Marlon, BakersvlUe land counties ot
Randolph and Ashe.
Kilgora Makes Annual ftaport.
The program of the North. Carolina
Agricultural Extension Service has
been worked out on a ' co-operative
basis 'between the farmer and the
agent in 811 communities, according
to the ninth annual report for the year
ended June 30, 1923, and which also
covers tha period up to December,
1923, which has been prepared by Dr.
B. W. Kilgora, dire<Stor ot the exten
sion service ot State College and of
the 8tate Department of Agrlc 'ture.
. "The home demonstration agents,"
'the report states, "have secured these
results in 936 communities. There
were' ,71 counties In which farm agents
were employed last year and 54 coun
ties in which there were employed
women, agents. Seven other counties
are ready for farm agents to be sup
plied as soon as funds are available,'
and three counties are awaiting the
appointment qf home agents," the re
port states.
The report also shows that the farm,
agents have made 69,486 visits to 28,
437 tarmes -and that they have' visited
in the homes of more than 14,000
farmers and that nearly 100:000 calls,
vhave been made at the offices of the
'extension service. It was pointed out
that 6,531 communities have partici
pated In the work this year while 3,-'
925 meetings have been held at de
monstrations at which more than 120,
000 persons attended.
The results of the "Llve-At-Home"
campaign started last spring show
much Improvement on the farms in a
material and social way. Women of
the farms, are beginning to , lighten
their burdens to some extent by the
use of many modern household con
veniences. Conditions among the ne
groes was also reported to be greatly
Improved and the service reaffirmed
Us Intention of continual service to
the negro farmer. The service feels,
says the report, that in a large meas
ure. the conservative program urged
by It and the curb markets establish
have . had a great, deal to do with the
Ruccea? of the farmer ancj^the brlght
ening of rural life. - i ,
Sjyne of the features of the exten- t
sijjflf-work are given as the devolpment
of'new money crops in the mountain
regions; growing of cotton under the
boll weevil conditions; demonstra
tion of soil improvements; tfee use ct
lime; and special 'work with the to
bacco farmers.
The canning industry and the cloth
ing question have received the atten
tion of tho Ben-ice during the -past
year. In 45 counties with 3,852 women
and 5,175 girls complete programs
have been worked out. The report
also states that the work on the
movement fdr the farm beautiful In
house and grounds is making prog
ress.
|
New Corporation*.
Simpson-Peacock Co., Salisbury, '
?
wholesale grocery business with auth- j
orized capital $100,000 and subscribed j
$30,000 by T. T. Simpson. S. C. and '
P. X. Peacock, all of Salisbury.
Gilley Motor Co., Maiden, with au
thorized capita) $50,000 and subscrib
ed $10,000 by J H and Era H Gilley.
and S D Manney. all of Maiden.
Wright's Cafe. Inc., Raleigh, with
authorized capital stock $25,000 and
J.'.OOil subscribed by C. B.. Martha V. '
sn.i Carson D Barbour, all of Raleigh.
Is Your Back
Giving Out?
ARE you miserable with tn aching back? Do you get up
lame and stiff ?'lag through the day, tired, weak and
worn out? Do you wonder why you are so Tun down? Many
times this condition is due to weak kidneys. Winter's colds
and chills a fe hard on the kidneys. The Sidneys arc apt to
slow up in their work of filtering body?poisons from the blood.
These poisons accumulate. Then comes backache, with rheu
matic pains, headaches, dizziness aad kidney irregularities.
, Don't risk serious kidney trouble! Use Doarfs Pills ? ? a
stimulant diuretic to thq kidneys. Doatia have helped thou
sands. They are recommended by- many grateful people.
Ask pour neighbor/
*<
Use Doans" Say These Good Folks:
L. B. Price, 611 S. La
fayette St., Shelby, N. C., fays:
"I had kidney trouble so badly.
I could hardly keep going and
my bask ached and pained dread
fully and I couldn't even rest at
night. When I did my washing
it felt w if iny back -were broken.
My . kidneys acted irregularly. I
used . DoanV till* and thay gave
me relief from the backache and
put my kidneys in good order."
J. Queen/ grocer, 8. Mor
gan . St:, Shelby, N. 0., says:
"There was a constant, dull ache
across my back; that didn't lot
up day or night. My kidneys
acted too often, as many as three
or four times during the night.
I used Doan'S Pills. They helped
me right away by strengthening
my back and relieving the aches
and pains; ? My kidneys ifrero
regulated.
At all deaUta,
Stimulant Diuretic to the Kidneys
60c a W Foafex-ffilbumo Cow Mfg. CLemlrta, Bt?fialo,'N. Y.
v Who Wom Caliban ?
In Shakespeare's "Tempest" Caliban
Is a savage, deformed slave ? half
beast, half man ? In the service .of
Prospero, the magician. ' Ha was 'the
offspring of Sycorax. a fool hag ban
lshed'from Argler (or Algiers) to the i
enchanted islonjd, afterwards Inhab
ited by Prospero. . The word Caliban
Is sometimes used to denote anything
new or strange. The allusion Is, of
course, to CAllban, in the Tempest, a
character- in -which Shakespeare,, has
blended qualities both hideous and' re
pulsive.
Only Best Ingredients. ?
5 re used in Brandreth Pills. For con
stipation they have no equal. 1 Take
one or two at bed time.? Adv. :M,.
Much Depend * on Huaband
; ;It' all depends on what kind of a
husband a girl gets, whether he wants
her to perform on the, piano or the
cook stove. ' -
Laughing at ridiculous propositions
at first would save fighting over them
later. ?. r
When -we have known better times,
we are all "reoctl6nnry." J
Paitor Often Pnxe* - -
/When it comet to church advertising, ?
as advocated by modern religions lead- (s
ers, the country parish la Hot to. be out- ' ;f.
done b? Its big city brother, judging
from an announcement by Rev. J. W.
Carnle, pastor of the Methodist Kpla
'copal church In Nev, a village of 800
persons, on the northern edge of -De- it
flance'jcoxmty, Ohio.
A priie will be glyen every Sunday
night to the lrfrgest family In attend
ance, the minister 'has announced.
During the revival services about to
start ra sflze will be awarded to tije 1
young persons writing the best essay '?
oil any sermon of the pastor's series , i
the writer may, select.
A committee of judges will examine
the essays, and the winner, In addition
to the prize, will he privileged to read
his essay from the pulpit on the con
cluding night lot- the revival,? Oleve- .
land Plain Dealer, ' :;r ?
For Konomr'1 sake, why not bar ? ver- '
rolfuxe, which expels Worms or ..Tapetvo ra ??
with a staple dose? Dr. Peery's "Dead , ?
Shot" does It. til Pearl St.; N. T. Adv. ?
? x i'1,
Let ' Company Manners' Reign
It may be odd to let "company &an
n?rs" reign- for two or ythree hours af
ter the company is gone.
Child
ren
Castoria
V ,v L.
r
MOTHER:? Fletcher's
Castoria is a pleasant, harm
less Substitute for Castor
Oil, Paregoric, Teething
Drops and Sootkjng Syrups,
prepared for Infants in arm^
and Children all agea. ?
To avoid imitations, always looJc for the signature of
Proven directions on each package. Physicians everywhere recommend it.
Two pleasant ways
to relieve a cough,
Take your choice and juit
your taste. S-B ? or Menthol
flavor. A aure relief for coughs,
colds and hoarseness. Put one
in your mouth at bedtime.
T*AO* A/ways keep a box on hand.
SMITH BROTHERS
Sja COUCH DROPS
Famous sine* 1847
MENTHOL
(orangt colcrtd baxj