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VOL. XV. . MARSHALL. MADISON COUNTY; N. C. FRIDAY JULY 25. 19 1 3 NO. 30.
; Madlasn County. . .
Established by th Legislature Se
don 1860-'51.
v Poulatlon, 20,132. ' ' ,
County Seat, MafshalL
. 1846 feet abore lea level.
New and modern Court House, coat
IS3.000.00.
New and modern jail, coat $16,000.00.
New and modern County Home, cost
110,000.00. -
, Offloer. .
Hon. C. B. Mashburn, Senator 16th
District, Marshall, N. C.
Hon. James E. Rector, Represent
' ttv. Hot Springs, N. C.
,: N. B. McDevttt, Clerk Superior
Court. Marshall. N. C.
W. M. Buekner, Sheriff, Marshall.N. C.
Zade G. Sprinkle, Register of Deeds,
Marshall, N. C.
C. F. Runlon, Treasurer, Marshall,
N. C- R, F. D, "No. 4. '
R. L. Tweed, Surreyor, White Rock,
N. a
Dr. Cha. N. 1 Sprinkle, Coroner,
Marshall. N. C.
' Mrs. Eliza Henderson, Jailor, Mar
hall. N. C. s
John Honeyeutt, Janitor, Marshall,
N. C. "
Dr. C. N. Sprinkle, County Physician,
Marshall. N. C.
James Haynie, Supt County Home,
Marshall. N. C. .
Home located about two miles south
west of Marshall -
Courts. ..
Criminal and Civil. First. Monday be
fore First Monday in March. Com
mencing Feb. 26th, 1912. -
Civil 11th, Monday after First Mon
day In March, commences May 20,
1911 -
Criminal and Clvfl, First Monday
after First Monday In Sept Com-
menees Sept. 9th, 1012.
Civil 6th Monday after First Mon
day in September. Commences Octo
ber It. 112. T
BOARDS.
County Commissioners.
W. a Sprinkle, Chairman, Marshall,
N .C.
R. A. Edwards. Member, Marshall,
N. C R. F. D. No. 2. "
Reubln.A. Tweed, Member, Big
Laurel N. C.
J. Coleman Ramsey, Atty. Marshall,
K. C. - - :
'- Board meets first Monday in every
. month. -v
. Read Commlssletiers. ,
'. A. E. Bryan, Chairman. Marshall,
. H. C R. F-Ifc N. 2. ' .;v....vv
J.. A. RamseySecretary, Mart Hill,
N. C. R. F. D. No. 2. ;
Sam Cos, Member, Mara Hill, N. C,
R. F. D. No. 2.
G. W. Wild. Big Pine, N. C.
Dudley Chlpley. Road Engineer,
, Marshall, N. C. ;
George M. Prltchard, Atty., Marsh
all, M. C. : - .
Board meets first Monday In Janu
ary, April, July and October each
year. :
v Board of Education.
Jasper Ebbs, Chairman, Spring
Creek. N. C.
Thos. J. Murray, Member, Marshall,
N. C R. F. D; No. 3.
W. R. Sams. Marshall, N. C, R. F.
D. No. 2. 1
Prof.. M. - C. Buekner, Supt of
Schools, Mars Hill, N. C R. F. D.
No. 2.
Board Meets first Monday in Janu
ary. April, July and , October each
year. " .
Colleges and High 8chools.
Mars Hill College, Prof. R. l. Moore,
' President, Mars Hill, N. C, Fall Term
begin August 17, 1911. Spring Term
begins January 2, 1912.
Spring Creek High School. - Prof
H. A. Wallln, Principal, Spring Creek,
N. C., 8 Mo. School opened August
- i, iii.
Madison Seminary High School.
Prof. J. M. Weatherly, Principal, Mar
halt N. O. R. F. D. No. 2. 7 Mo.
School began Octber 2, 191t
Bell Institute. Miss Margaret E.
Griffith, Principal, Walnut N. C, I Mo
School began September 9, 1911.
Marshall Academy. Prof. R. O.
Anders, Principal, Marshall, N. C.,"S
MO. School began Sept 4, 1911. .
, ' Notary Public. , ".
' J. C. Ramsey, Marshall, N. C, Term
expires Jan. 1, 1914. 3 ?
I. H. Hunter, Marshall, N. C, R. F
D. No. I. Term expires April 1, 191 J.
1. F. Tilson, Marshall. N. C R. F.
D. Ne. 2. Term expires April 3, 1913.
. C. J. Ebbs, Marshall, N. O. Term
' expires April 21, 1913. - .,
J. W. Nelson, Marshall, N. C Term
expires April 26, 1913. .
- Roy L. Gudger, . Marshall,- N. C
Term expires May 3, 1913.
Geo. M. Pritchard, Marshall, N. C.
. Term expires May 25, 1912.
. Dudley Chipley,' Marshal, N. C.
Term expires July 29, 1913.- i-' ' '
' W. O. Connor, Mart - Hill, N. C
Term expire Nov. 27, 1913.
J. A. Wallln, Big Laurel, N. C. Term
expires Jan. 24, 1914.
D. C Bullock, Stackhouse, N. C
Term expires Feb. 22, 1914. .
D. P. Miles, Barnard, N. C. Term
expire March 14, 1914.
- J. G. Ramsey, Marshall, N. C, R. 4
Term expire March 16, 1914.
J. E. Gregory. Joe. N. C. Term ex
plre Jan. 7. 1914. .
Jaeger Ebbs, Spring Creek, N.. C
T i - f "t 24. 1914.
. C. '. N. C. tem ex
N. C
Caors W, CiiLi;,aa Post No. 38
, a. A, R.; S. II. Earls, Commander; J
IL r-.-M-d.- AiS.'utant ,MeeU at th
Cot't i:ui f iurday before the see
3 i C niT la eah a-ooti at 11 a. m
U, S. BLUEJACKETS
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SEATTLE HEADQUARTER8 OF SO
CIALISTS AND INDUSTRIAL
' WORKERS SACKED.
A RIOT FOLLOWS SPEECH
Secretary of the Navy Daniels Had De-
: dared There Was No Place for
Red Flag In This Country.
Seattle,, Wash. A party of United
States marines and sailors from the
reserve fleet most of the sailors wear
ing the name bands of the cruisers
Colorado and California, started to
"clean up the town," as they expressed
it by attacking Socialist and Indus
trial Workers of the World headquar
ters.
A second party of men from the Pa
cific reserve fleet attacked the big In
dustrial Workers' headquarters on
Washington street in the southern
part of the city. The contents of the
buildings were dragged into the street
and a bonfire made of them.
A provost guard of fifty men from
the fleet was hurried ashore in cut
ters to arrest all the men ashore.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels was
dining on the curiser West Virginia,
the guest of Admiral Reynolds at the
time rioting began.
About a dozen sailors, all young,
were in the first wrecking party that
got under way. -They were aided by
several members of the Washington
naval militia and by a hundred civil
ians, who had made most of the noise.
Waving United States flags the storm
ing party swooped down on the cart
news stand of Mllard Price, a Socialist
orator, at the intersection of Fourth
avenue and West Lake boulevard, the
busiest night corner of the city. The
cart was broken to splinters In a mo
ment and the big stock of Socialist
papers and magaslnes were torn, toss
ed into the street and jumped upon.
Secretary Daniel of the Navy Depart
ment addressed a banquet given at the
Ranier club in his honor, and spoke
In eulogy of the American flag and
took occasion to praise the attitude
of the mayor of Boston, who stopped
a red flag parade. . - .
"The red flag has no place in this
country," he said, "anf believers in
it have no place in this country. A
mayor who does not enforce the law
against the red flag is not fit to hold
office, and people who believe in the
red flag should be driven from the
country." ;
Mr. Daniels then passed on to eu
logize President Wilson and closed his
address amid great cheering. His red
flag remarks occupied only a minute
and those who observed- him closely
Bay that he had no intention of mak
ing them apply locally. However, word
was passed about the street that the
secretary had made a long address de
voted to the two flags and had urged
that all believers In the red flag be
driven out of the, country.
HEAT WAVE STRIKES SOUTH
Reports of Deaths and of Prostrations
..Come From Many Cities.
Atlanta, Ga. The heat wave under
which the southwest has sweltered the
last few days pushed the mercury to
97 degrees In Atlanta, making a rec
ord for the year. . The minimum
through the day was 76 degrees, higher
than it has been this year.
Reports from points throughout the
south Atlantic states indicated Intense
heat from Virginia to Florida. The
highest temperatures were recorded in
Georgia towns. No deaths were re
ported. ' '
At Macon, Ga., the mercury topped
104, the highest ever recored there.
Street thermometers at Augusta, where
there were five prostrations, registered
107 1-2. The government thermometer
said 99.'.; :. wcy :.v """ .': ' '
.Charlotte reported 101 degrees, the
hottest in twenty-flve years. The max
imum at Jacksonville was 95.-It was
93 in Savannah. v At Columbia the
temperature was 99. ; ;; : J,
In Knoxville there were six heat
prostrations. In Indiana there were
six deaths and numerous prostrations;
in St. Louis three deaths were report
ed and as many 'prostrations; Louis
ville had five deaths and three pros
trations,' and from many other cities
Wilson's List Has Many Republican.
Washington.- large - number of
nominations of consular officers will
be transmitted to the senate , soon.
Th. - H.i will InolnilR manv of the
names contained In the slate which
failed of confirmation at the close of
the Taft administration. It Is said this
list will be the first demonstration of
the purpose of President Wilson to
nnntinua the aoollcation of civil serv
ice principles in the consular service,
as many of the officers named lor pro
motion are either Republicans or of
unknown political affiliations. -
Chinese RevoHer Defeated.
Pakin. Four thousand southern
rnhela from Nan King, province of Ki-
ang-Su, who had crossed the Yang-
Tuc-Kiang, to attack the northerners,
mpt 6' at at the hands of 2,000 loyal
t---" i..-r f:n r.i, H the north-
IS' t-ef ! I ' "5 a
... t i .,!,r aci-i- ci. a bor
der of Ahhwei proviiue. Doctor aa
Tat Sen, former provisional president
of the republic finally has taken sides
In th revolt by openly proceeding to
Nanking, where the southerners are
much disheartened by their defeat.
ATTACK SOGlA
ens
PENCE E. QUIN
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W
PenoevE. Quln, the new congress
man from the Seventh district of
Mississippi, Is a self-mad man and a
lawyer, and says he I an ultimata
fr trade Democrat
ARMISTICE BACKED UPON
GREAT 8TRIKE THREATENED ON
EASTERN LINE8 IS NOW
AVERTED.
Questions at Issue to Be Arbitrated
Under the Amended Erdman
. Act.
Washington. Representatives of
the 80,000 conductors and trainmen
of Eastern railways who have voted
to strike for higher wages and man
aging officers of the railroads agreed
at the whit' house to submit their dif
ferences to arbitration under the pro
visions of the Newlands-Clayton act
which President. Wilson and congres
sional leaders promised to -make law,
In the meantime no strike will be de
clared, officials of the employees' bro
therhoods agreeing to an armistice.
This victory for arbitration over the
strike was the result of a two-hour
conference at the white house between
President Wilson and congressional
leaders, both Republicans and Demo
crats, the presidents and- managers
of the railroads and representatives of
the Brotherhoods of Trainmen and
Conductors. . '
. The agreement not only averted,
temporarily at leaBt, the strike which
threatened to tie up railroad traffic
generally in the East, but smoothed
out differences of opinion th'at bad
arisen In both houses as to the com
position of the board of mediation and
provided a permanent commission to
deal with railroad disputes.
WILL INSPECT BOLL WEEVIL
Party to Be Sent Out by Government
From Athens, Georgia, v. ;
Athens, Ga. The first scouting par
ty sent out from Georgia by the Unit
ed States government department to
meet and study the dreaded approach
ing cotton boll weevil, make a study
of him so that he can be Identified, and
learn how the people of Mississippi
and Louisiana are handling the situa
tion this insect enemy to cotton is
creating will he, projected from Ath
ens. By direction of Bradford Knapp,
heading the farm demonstration work
ers of the South, and himself a Btu
dent at first hand of the weevil, has
arranged that all the farm demonstra
tors of the Southwest tier of counties
in the state which will be reached
first by - the weevill, ? shall j make
a trip to the infested, devastated re
gions of Mississippi and Louisiana and
Alabama this month,'
J. Phil Campbell of this city is the
head of the organization of demonstra
tors, "special agent" In charge under
the co-ordinated work of the govern
ment and the state college,. He will
go with the demonstrators. ,
U. 8. Powder 8ecret Refused Franc.
Washington. Secretary Garrison has
declined a request of the French gov
ernment for permission to have some
of Its ordnance officers inspect the
processes of American powder manu
facture. The original request covers
not only the government factories, but
the great private corporations winch
make the larger part of the smoke
less powder consumed by the govern
ment .The secretary's declination as
to the government factories was based
upon the lack of reciprocity on the
part of the French government
Only Exhaustion Will End War.
London. That the Balkan struggle
will end by a process of mutual ex
haustion seems the only hope Sir
Edward Grey, the British foreign sec
retary, is able to hold out. In a state-
ti p t in tlie h "" of emmons, he said
I,. it i -re 3 v. i.-re Dot 1:';p't to
E.'':'ct the situation, and it wouij fce
n.ost dlfflcult for the Tarr ,ln pow
ers to resort to force to in. -i peace.
Neither Servla nor Greece has paid
any attention to Russia's proposal that
they cease hostilities. They will nego
tiate peace With Bulgaria only.
STATES
TO
AMERICAN REPLY TO LAST TWO
JAPANESE NOTES ON CALL
FORNIAN CONTROVERSY.
NOTE DELIVERED TO CHINDA
Believed This Country Has Said Last
. Word Regarding California
Land Law. , '
-. Washington. The American reply
to the last two ' Japanese notes on
th California alion land law was de
livered by Secretary Bryan to Am
bassador Chinda, who at once cabled
it to Toklo. At in the case of the
preceding notes, contents of the lat
est One were withheld from publica
tion. There is some expectation in offi
cial circles that the delivery of this
last note will conclude the negotia
tions on this subject between the two
countries, for the present at least If
not altogether.
It is declared that the American
reply to the various points of objec
tion to the California legislation has
been made so complete as to remove
most of them from the field Of dis
cussion. Even in cases where the
Japanese contentions have not been
manifestly completely negatived the
expert diplomatists are said to have
so framed their responses as to re
duce the points to clear issues which
probably can be adjusted only on the
basis of judicial decisions.
The result has been reached through
the exchange of five notes, the nego
tiations beginning , May 8 last with
the original protest by Japan against
the projected alien land-owning act
by the California legislature. This
elicited a reply from Secretary Bryan
on May 19, or as soon as he had been
advised of the actual signature of
the Vveub act by Governor Johnson.
On June 4 the Japanese government
filed Its rejoinder and on July 8 this
was supplemented by an elaborate ex
pansion of the arguments.
Unless the Japanese foreign office
concludes that there is something in
the American npteT delivered requir
ing immediate attention and reply.
probably thttr will be hO further dip
lomatic exchange for at least another
month. At the expiration of that time
the Webb alien land-owning act will
become effective and the way will be
opened for a judicial test of It consti
tutionality. The state department Is looking to
the Japanese government to at least
take the initiative in securing a judi
cial determination of the question as
to whether this act is In conflict with
existing treaties or whether It violat
ed privileges to which the Japanese
are entitled under the broad princi
ples of international law.
TURKS INVADE BULGARIA
Turkey Intends to Occupy Lot of Bul
gar Terirtory.
London, England. Both Turkey
and Roumania are rapidly pushing the
occupation of as much Bulgarian terri
tory as possible, not ostensibly with a
view to permanent occupation, but in
order to procure for themselves a
weightier voice in the final settle
ment , . ' ;: "'
King Charles of Roumania has gone
to Join' his army headquarters, ..the
Turks have occupied Luleburgas, Bu
nar Hlssar and Visa and are march
ing toward Kirk Kilisseh. The Greek
army has occupied Nevrokop.
The Servian and Greek premiers
have held a meeting at Uskub and
are agreed as to the terms to be
imposed on Bulgaria.
Horrifying details of alleged Bul
garian massacres and atrocities con
tinue to pour in from Saionikl and the
powers have appointed consular com
missions to investigate these reports.
Sofia. Turkish- troops crossed the
new frontier line between Bulgaria
and' Turkey, running from Enos, on
the Aegean sea, to Mldla, on . the
Black sea. They already have pene
trated nearly twenty miles into the
Bunar Hissar. region, the Bulgarian
troops offering no opposition.
The Christians In the district are
alleged to be fleeing before the Turk
ish troops, owing to their excesses.
Arm of Law Found Man at Last.
Louisville, Ky. Richard Allen, aged
58, said to be a prosperous farmer of
NeWMadrid, Mo., is m jail here, and
will resume his journey to the state
penitentiary at Frankfort to serve a
two-year sentence pronounced upon
hlra twntv-ilx years a;o for killing
Deputy Suenff Chanes Tucker at
Liberty, Ky. After his conviction
twenty-six years ago, Allen escaped
from the. jail at Liberty and had not
been heard from until recognised re
cently in Missouri by relatives of
Tucker. ' . .
Relnsch Chosen Minister to China,
Washington. Dr. Paul S. Relnsch,
professor of political economy in th
University of Wisconsin, ha been se
lected for minister to China. Doctor
Relnsch is a writer of recognized au
thority on Oriental topics and far
Eastern po'.itics. His wo?! s on those
w.bjert l;ve been trai.-4ated Into
Japanese.' Chinese, 6par.':.h and Ger
man. Doctor E'-insch v i b-.irn in
Milwaukee, in 1SU9, was educated In
E.erlin, Rome and Paris and began
his college career in th University
of Wisconsin in 1899. : . ;
UNITED
REPLIES
CARTER B. KEENE
Carter B. Keen, who has been pro
moted to be chief of th postal sav
ings system, was born In Mains In
1868 and has been In th government
Mrvlc for many year.
EUROPE PRESSES UNCLESAM
WANT8 HER TO DECLARE INTEN
TIONS IN REGARD TO MEX
ICAN CONDITIONS.
Situation I Intolerable for Foreigner
and Revolutionary Conditions
Exist,
Washington. Administration offi
cials admitted that the situation In
Mexico and diplomatic Inquiries over
Europe as to what the attitude of
this country would be toward its
neighbor on the south were engaging
their deepest attention. .
Secretary Bryan had a conference
with President Wilson and the fore
most subject before them was the
Mexican problem. Earlier it had been
discussed at length at the cabinet
meeting, v.? , r . -' ..
It is stated that European diplomats
stationed in Mexico have sent to their
respective governments identical notes
in which they declare that the position
taken by the United States with , ref
erence to Mexico is contributing to
revolutionary conditions and suggest
ing that the representatives at Wash
ington of the respective European
countrlef be instructed to request rec
ognition or that the United States as
sume responsibility for affairs here.
Mr. Bryan declined to say what the
policy of the United States govern
ment would be toward any European
representations, but intimated that a
pronouncement on the situation might
be expected in a short time.
It Is known that the administration
officials have been continuously op
posed to recognition of the Huerta
government until elections were held
and it has frequently been stated in
formally that recognition would not
be extended until the constitutional,
machinery in Mexico had been set In
motion again to elect a new presi
dent to succeed the provisional presi
dent now acting.
GEORGIA URGED TO EXHIBIT
U. 8. Commissioner Tells Legislators
Appropriation Should Be Made.
Atlanta, Ga. T. Sambola Jones of
Louisiana, commlssioner-at-large from
the United States of the Panama-Pacific
exposition to be held at San Fran
cisco, Cal in 1915, addressed the gen
eral assembly of Georgia extolling the
merits of the great exposition and of
the Panama canal and urging that a
proper showing be made by the state
of Georgia.
Mr. Jones emphasised the fact that
the South would be the main recipi
ent of any good that may and will be
derived by the completion of the Pana
ma canal and stated that every South
ern state would answer to the roll call
in 1915 by an adequate exhibition of
their products, and that Georgia by
virtue of her high rank among the
states should have an exhibition which
would be representative of her natural
resources. ' .
Inez Mllholland Married.
London. Miss Inez Mllholland, the
New York suffragist, was married in
London to Eugene Boissevaln, a weal
thy Dutchman, whose home is in Am
sterdam. Inez Mllholland is the daugh
ter of John Mllholland, a wealthy New
York lawyer, and is herself a practic
ing lawyer with offices in the financial
district New York. She has been
prominent .in woman's suffrage work
since, her graduation from Vassar. She
has appeared 'in, her professional ca
pacity in legal cases affecting the con
dition of working girls.
Lightning Bolt Kill Girl.
Adalrsville, Ga. When lightning
struck the home of John Gentry, a far.
mer living- about five miles from here,
bis granddaughter, Kate, was instant
ly killed and Mr. Gentry was knoofcpd
unconscious. He will recover, h'A I ;
1 y is turneJ fa .1 bead to foot H.a
1.. g came down the chimney and
tore its way through the side of the j
house end and dining room to the
one In which the young lady was kill I
de. A bedstead was torn to pieces, i
110 VETO POWER
FOMpiI
LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION KILL8
PROP08ED AMENDMENT TO
CONSTITUTION.
ARE FOR SPECIAL TAXES
Governor Craig Plead For Property
Segregation For Government Rev
enue. Clark Urges Initiative. Oth
er Work Being Done by Committee,
Raleigh. In session several days
ago the legislative commission on
constitutional amendments passed on
final reading, ready (f or favorable rec
ommendation to the legislature, pro
posal No. 2, relieving the general as
sembly of consideration of local, pri
vate and special acts; No. 9, on rev
enue and taxation, including require
ment that poll tax "shall" and not
"may" be levied; proposal No. 14, as
to judges and courts, with the bar as
sociation amendment that the legisla
ture may provide for immergency
Judges, proposal No. 17, making pos
sible establishment of one or more ap
pellate courts, and defeated proposal
No. 5, to give the governor veto
power.
This leaves 10 proposals remaining
to be passed upon on final reading.
Governor Craig, It was stated on the
floor, has asked the commission to
have its report completed for him as
soon as possible and the commission
will work to this end.
It Is understood tnat the governor
has in mind the possible early Issu
ance of call for the legislature to
meet in special session in compliance
with the act creating the amendment
commission.
The commission first took up pro
posal No. 6 as to veto power for the
governor and defeated It 9 to 7, after
a lengthy discussion. Senator Ward
favored some form of veto power, but
was 'convinced that the commission
should vote down half or- two-thirds
of 'the 1 propeal8ftn;'havh"y
far passed second reading, this more
especially because a multiplicity of
proposals submitted to the general as
sembly and the people at the polls
would tend to complicate matters and
endanger the final ratification of even
the most important such as the pro
posals fo rtax reform. . .
Cannot Be Charged With Arson.
J. C. Holly,, who has been held In
Jail since his acquittal on a charge of
murder to answer to a charge of ar
son, will not again be tried for a capi
tal offense growing out of the old
Rock Springs hotel affair. Judge Roun
tree in superior court held that arson
is the Betting fire to the dwelling of
another, while Holly was charged
with burning his Own property, con
stituting only a misdemeanor. It was
suggested that a new bill 9 drawn
charging house burning to get insur
ance, and that this be sent to the
grand jury. This was done. y
The first two weeks' of the cam
paign for the eradication of bookworm
disease in Cabarrus county produced
encouraging results. Doctor Jacocks
and his mlcroscoplst, Mr. Riddick,
have held two dispensaries at Rimer,
Kannapolls, Mount Pleasant Flowers
Store and Concord. There have been
1,166 examinations, with 150 Infec
tion. Encouragement has come to
the directors because of the enthusi
astic advertising done by patrons and
visitors.
Gain In Durham County.
In going over the lists of the taxes
made for the new year, the county
commissioners found that there has
been a net gain of $295,462 in the
county. In Durham township the tax
values for the year amounts to $19,-
891,649. There has been a decrease
In three of the outside townships and
a .gain in two of them. Cedar Fork
shows the biggest gain, there being
something like 810,000 gain in the per
sonal property of this township.
Governor Grant Pardon.
Governor Craig ' pardoned Robert
Lee, of Johnston county, who was
serving five years for attempted, crim-
nal assault Governor Craig gives
these reasons: "It Is recommended
by the Judge, solicitor and many good
citizens. It seems that the character
of the prosecutrix since the trial
'developed' to be very bad. The soli
citor states to me that in his opinion
the defendant should not be punished
by imprisonment upon 'testimony of
this woman. Defendant has served
about three years In prison."
Fix Iredell County Tax Levy. '
At a meeting of the Iredell county
board of commissioners recently the
tax levy for this year was fixed as
follows: State tax 25 cents, general
county, 20; schools,, 27; roads, 25;
all special, 5; total, Ji.f2, sn !'--
cf T !Q "':;$ Ctrvr ). t T c r. 'I ' ! i-
, , " -3 :i f -'V'-ii ' r , i !
to cent for r . 1 ; i
in the schiHil i s ) i i ; r v
by the stats lsw t -r a sit ;'
.erm. The Increase la t'.s n al t,.x j
brings It back to the'sam f .;-.re It
was up to two years ago. J
THE CONDITION OF FORESTS
In North Carolina. Co-operativ
Study to B Made by th National
Forest Bsrvlc.
Raleigh. A special from Washing
ton states that a cooperative study
of forest conditions In the Eastern
Piedmont region of North Carolina
is to be made as the result of an
agreement just reached by the Stat
and Secretary Houston. The National
Forest Service and the State Geologi
cal and Economic Survey will do th
work, each paying half the cost
The study will determine the distri
bution and proportion of forest land
and the relative value of lands for
timber and for agriculture. It will
take into aocount the present status
of lumbering, the causes and effect
of forest fires, and will recommend
a system of fire protection and 9t
forest planting.
The study Just arranged suppler
menta two already completed In the
more mountainous regions of th
state. The first, a study of forest
conditions in the Appalachians, baa
been published as a state report. A
study of the forests of the western
Piedmont region was completed re
cently and the results are being pre
pared for publication. When th
study of the eastern Piedmont re
glon Is finished it is planned to pro
ceed to a similar study of the coastal
plain region, so that eventually the
entire state will be covered by a for-.
est survey.
North Carolina new Enterprises. '
New. firms chartered to do business ''
by the secretary of state were the
following: The Reedy Fork Roller
Mills Company, of Brown Summit
Guilford countyt to operate a flour
and griBt mill, with a capital stock
of 850,000, with 8600 subscribed. The
subscribers are: J. L. Haynes, C. A.
Bray and J. P. Sanders, of Greensboro.
The First National Taxi-Typewriter ,
Company amended its charter so as -
to change its principal office from
Greensboro to WlImlngton.,The Model
Mill Company, of Altapass, Mitchell .
county, amends its charter so as ' 16 .
provide for issuance of 850,000 pre
ferred stock In addition to the 850,000 , .
capital stock. The board of director .
of the Charlotte Medical Journal Com
pany, of Charlotte, changes its char
ter so as to nrovlde tor- t-
cation of the principal S1( .
Virginia-Carolina Lumber Company
is transferred from Elizabethtown, in
Bladen county, to Greensboro.
Will Move Case To Another County.
Out of a special venire of 75 men
not a single one could qualify as a Ju
ror in the case of the State vs. Nancy
Kurley, charged with the murder of
her grandchild, Roberta Putnam, last
February and in consequence Judge ' j
Garland S. Ferguson, who is presid
ing over this term of Haywood sup- '
rlor court, ordered the case moved to ''
Swain County where it will be tried
at the first term. The Kurley woman" -left
the home with the child, presum- "
ably to take it to the county home,
It is alleged that she placed it in a
hole in a cliff and left it to die from 4
starvation and exposure.
Just Freight Rate Association. -
. ai a meeting oi citizens neia u :
Commercial Club rooms, Statesvllle, '
the Iredell Just Freight Rate Associa
tion was organized. The organization
followed addresses by Hubert Ram
seur of the North Carolina Just
Freight Rate Association, Mr. E. Mor- -ri
son and others. The local associa- ;
tion Is a branch of the state associa
tion. Mr. E. Morrison was elected
president Mr. W. B. Gibson vlce-pres- ?
ident; Mr.W. L. Gilbert secretary and J.
treasurer, Messrs G. E. French an 1
R. L. Poston, members of th execu. r
Uve committee. ,
Many Candidates For Mebane. '
Representative Stedman has receiv
ed application and endorsements from
nine candidates for the oiflce of post
master at Mebane. There may be
others. Those so far entered are P. v
M. Cheek, H. E. Wilkinson, W.'s. Da
vis, E. Y. Ferrell, James T. Isley, Wll- '
11am Satterfield, George E. Holt J- 6.
Vincent and James T. Dick. J. A.
Spence, of Asheboro called on Repre
sentatlve Page in the Interest of E, !
L. Auman, candidate for postmaster.
Fogleman Released on Bond.
John E. Fogleman, the young whit '
man who was convicted at the last
term of court of second degree mur
der and was sentenced to 80-years Im
prisonment by Judge R. B. Peeples,
was 1 released from Jail. He
was convicted of the murder of W.
H. Tucker. His bond of 85,000 in the
murder .case was' made by D. E.
Thomas and W. S. Shaffer and C. B.
Wllkerson stood security for a bond
of 82,500 required for his appearance
for trial on a number of retailing
cases. v
A Troublesome Question Decided. :
A rather troublesome question of
patronage was decided when Erne-,t
li Auman was recommended, by Rep
resentative Page as postmaster at
Asheboro. Although the oTce Is a
third cY.cs one, It now r-ys $l,f )
' S an j'Yiwance for cltui hire a-1
n- t a f v ( f Mr. Page's constitur
1- 1 ? on the Job.' The cor,' t
r .' wed down to Vr. '
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