i
IMPROVEMENT IN
COTTON CONTINUES
FORECAST SHOWS
Government Forecasts
Cotton Crop at 12,
I 83.000 Bales
Condition August 25
Sixty-Seven Per Cent
0' Crop N»r,1> Caroltnr
/» Per Cent of Normal Aug. a
Report Show* Increa.e In Pro.prc
• Yield ol Quarter Millioa ol
Hales; Boll Wssvij Damage.
Washington. Sept. 1.—Continues
improvement In the cot«on croi
th.nuffh Aupiiet, amountirg to on In
creuee of more than a quarter of i
million buK-j in lh«* month, was an
nouno.-d today by the Department ol
Ulk to<**y *n it* forecast
l.,«S3.U00 ha lift, baaed on Augual
condition of 67.6 per ccnL
Krmarkablo growth took place dur
jnx Aum»H official* Raid, but the crop
Is from two to three week* late am*
a lal«* lull is ncci.f.'iiy f«ii fuvorablt
termination «f the ciop. Boll weovi
damn?.' wtil be greater than usual
Miry *4)mI.
I reduction wu forccaM, las'
month ul I2.;,l&,000 halts and the
*'011 lit ton of the crop July 74 | pc
cent, whilr the foR’caat made in Julv
wh < I 1.4 50.000 haU*» based on a con
dition or 70.7 on Jum. 2.V |.Mvt yeai*
production wa* 11.2S9.756 bale* ant’
the condition of the crop on Auyui
26 a year ago wan 01.4. The trn-yaai
» a*«*ragc condition t»n August 25 I
GR.2.
Vwoodition Uy SUUi
The condition uf the crop thii yc*i
on August 2fi by States »a>
V.rginia. 81; North Carolina, 79
South Caiolina. 71; Georgia, 58 •
Florida. 67; Alabama, 58; Mississippi
60; Louisian*. Go; Texas. 67; Arkan
sas, 76; Tennessee, 75; Missouri; 83 ;i
Oklahoma. 84; California. 80; Ariao 1
na, 86; all other States, 90.
Statement na Conditions
In a Statement commenting on coU
ton condition* the department said:
"The cotton plant ha*-grown won.
derfully dnnng August over Um on
tiro belt as a result of almost coa
•tani raine, but this growth during
the past two or threw weeks has bean
largely at the expense of fruit and
^piank, although large and vigyroua. as
py The crop in the normally dry
i of Texas and Oklahoma, whert
■wgle rainfall wns henefteial. and
hw northern portion of the
shown absolute nr relative
hiov.-mont fm August Generally
-— Praking, the early eel of bolls wi
Satisfactory »nd while the bolls are
liot now present in proportion to lie
vise of the plant there is a fairly sat
isfactory set of bolls.
'Thr cloudy, wet weather and cool
nights with large growth has prevent
ed thr plont from overcoming its ini
tial lateness and it from two to three
week* late over most of the belt
Boll W«sv9 Active
"The moist August conditions have
been vr.y favorable for the boll wee.
vll. which h> very active In all Infest
ed regions, from centvill Texas to
central Sruth Carolina. The loss of a
large part of the squares not setting
and a considerable proportion of the
umall bolls and many large ones as a
result of thi we- vil damage is report
ed throughout this area. Boll worms
alto active to a damaging extent in
the same teiritoiy. For a favorabl*
termination of the saason a late fall
i* nect-jtaiy. Early frost* would do
great damage. The harm resulting
from bnll weevils will be in greater
proportion than ordinary, because the
damp weather tenon to rotting of the
mtire injured boll instead of the lock
affected only. Much rolling is report
ed in the ventral areas.
‘“I So abandonment nf planted fleHi
sinei the .late uf tin- bureau's acie
ngc i-dim ate of dune 2$ has been
slight and probably lea thnn average.
1-sbov Conditions i
"I .u, .......1 ii ...._*_ _■
rlous J. tc whin the reins permit
pickin';, especial1? If dry, hot weath
er should fo.ee quick maturity, hut
no acute -hortepc exists at present
although labor la gonorally higher and
inyrts on shorter hoar* than former
ly.
"More fertiliser has been used than
Ian rear and still more than two
years ago, although the quality is still
inferior from lose of sufficient potash
and much of the benefit hi.: been lost
f'.im Ir-Iirhi itr or from growing into
plan! growth rather than fruit,"
Draper Buys Interest In
E. J. Hudson
Business
jj. T. Drap'v, until September t an
officer of the Slate Bank and Trust
l.'ompnny. h«- pan-hated half Interest
in the olrrlriial business heretofore
t'omjjeird by E. J. Hudson. Hence
foilh the fitm will be known si the
IInd~o.vl'/»i)*r Electrical Company,
t'l .li it- p.incipal offices at 107 East
IJncsfl streot.
Wilh -hi- addition of Mf. Draper
lo.ihs firm >t will materially enltrga
it* activiilar. B, rides selling and In
stalling the I telco electric lighting
system in farm homes tbs concern
will do gcnerul electrical contracting
in town and will carry a complete
line of ai-reaeorle* for electric lights
ami eiactileal appliances.
Mr. Hudson has been In the elee
trical bmlnea* her,: for several years.
His business ami his work are well
known Mr. Draper rime U> Dunn
m vrral months ago and has made
many friend* during hi* connection
with the bank. Doth ere young men
of energy and ability and are expect
ed te build up one of the largest bali
n' "« of It* kind in Kuitern CuraUui
John Hodge* Building
New Furniture
Factory
John W. Hodges will - begin thi
erection of a new furniture factor
on the banka of Black River, a ahor
dlstanci went of town on ihr Duki
roAu, within a dtiy*, ucrurdini
to an announcement made by hin
yesterday. Hr will specialise in om
design of porch and living room suit
of furniture, he aoid.
Mi Hodges probably will continui
to occupy his presort .hop near tin
municipal water tower, bat he wil
discontinue the general repair buai
ness hi- >.aa engaged in for tbe las
•• venal month..
Furniture menu lectured in Uu
new plant will be known aa the "Cat
iiah brand. Tha name was choaer
through tentirarnL Several year* agi
when the promoter laft the employ
of Newberry Brulhara and Cowell
furniture manufacturer, hia total rap
da) wa. no small that hll venture war
taken as a joke by Will Newberry
But he put up a little aawmilling
plant near the site of hi. new factory
and prospered. Occasionally hr would
come over to see hia former associa
tes and invite them to visit him.
Whenever John would extend the
invitation he would tell the fellow,
that if he eoold And nothing tlae for
them to cat, he was right co the
bank, of the Black and could catch
plenty of catfish for them. From
lhal John's plant became known as
the Catfish Lumber company. ^s
was proud of the name and is golngto
perpetuate it with his new furniture.
u-ox will visit Uunn It
He Comes to
State
Governor Jimn Middleton Co*.
Democratic nominee for President of
'he United Stain, will surely speak
al the Pann Fair Tuesday. Octobei
12. if be ran com* to North Carolina
at that time. This Information waa
communicated to T. L. Riddle, sec
retary of Chamber of Commerce, yea
terday by Ellis Goldstein, who la in
New York.
Mr. Goldjte.n stated that kc had
just visited Democratic national head
quarters and bad been assured the!
ev*;y effort would be made to aHow
the nomirgre to viait Dunn during the
Fair. The data waa so far /way, bow
-ver. that It could net be definitely
atated that he would some.
Governor Co* will-end his ipeaking
tour of the west on October 3 at St
Louie. Then he will begin a swing
through the South. That will give him
gin* days to -'cover at* Booth am
tatea east of the Mimlxlppi before
reacting North Carwliaa. . . .
Chairman Warren, af the Rut* ex
ecutive committee. Has boen assured
that Governor Cox will viait North
Catulma in October. Altogether it ap
ptan that the chancel are axevllenl
to have him here.
Southbound Train On
Coast Line Is Wrecked
Ten Persona Receive Minor lojneioa
When Cara Laae* The
Trash
Wilson, Sept. t.—This afternoon
No. HP, southbound passenger train
->n the Atlantic Coast l.im* railroad
while going at a high rate of speed
left the tracks just after crossing To.
isnot swornp on the outside of thi
roiporalr limits of Wilton. The canar
of the accident waa spreading ralL.
said to have been caused by rotten
cross-ties. The engine and tender, ex
press and mail cars passed over safr
ly but five passenger couches and one
Pullman left the- track and wore more
or lets damaged.
Harvey H Parker, of Tarboro, lost
hi* bond and Jumped through an open
window. He tolled down a twelve
foot embankment and wa* brujmd
about thr head and body. Ten othns
received minor broiwa. All of the day
coiu-hra wire crowded and the only
thing that raved from perhaps horri
bit deaths the number of pamengert
aboard was the bolding together of
Cotton in IN. v^.. Makes
Excellent Progress
Generally UautilfulMy Prrfrni
Reported From Other State*,
However
Washington, Sept I.—Cation con
tinued to make unsatisfactory pro
grew* during 1ha past wm-k, dor to
the lack of sufficient rainfall and dry
sunshiny woather, according to the
national waathcr and crop bulletin
issued today by the Weather Bur-wu
Progress was hindered in Oklaho
ma by Insect peftt; in Texas by
heavy rains, causing short fruiting;
in Arkansas by lack of sunshine nn,i
continued showery weather; In Ml*
sippi, outside the delta couatias, and
Iioulalans by unfavorable moisture
and insect ravages, and iu South Car
olina, outside the Piedmont district,
threugh rot, sheddiog and rust
Report* of some improvement were
received fiom Georgia, but the condi
tion is Mill poor and the plants are
not fruiting well, the bulletin said,
'(he crop made excellent progrese la
North Carolina, except in tbo South
west, which experienced heavy rains,
Picking Is progressing in Georgia and
Southern Alabama, the report said
and has started in South Carolina.
Wcovll continued to damage the
e op in many sections o( the belt.
Chaperon Meude ef Hone*
Fort Worth, Texas, Aug. SI.—Ap
pointment of Mrs. C M. Richard, si
Lake Charles, La., as chaperon foi
the maids of honor at the confederate
veterans’ reunion In Houston In Octo
ber, was announced today by General
K. M. Van Zandt, of this city, com
mander - la . chief.
; North Carolina Gets
$2,279,053 Additional
Federal Road Mone>
i Apportionment. Available Jah
I, Reaching $100.000.0010. Lara,
eat Certified
[ Washington, Aug. SI.—During Ui<
i next two yean the 1,-de.ul govern
j moot it ready to match North Cato
line dollar f<>> duller in the construe
tioa of good roads and for that pur
poac there is available h t it the aucr
°f 62.379.0u3.80. Thai apportion
ment will round out the North Caro
lina quota under the federal cog,
road* act.
The bureau of public roads. depart,
merit of agriculture, hat prepared u
final statement of the nnn, alloted
to the various states to be exploded
be/ui* July 1, 1922. Thomas II. He
Doaald, director of the bureau, said
today that all states should earn rv.
ery effort to utilize the federal ap
propriation, or to make agiecmcDts
with the department of agriculture
for ita urn- before that date.
higurau at the federal bureau show
•d today that Nutth Carolina it en
titled to an additional allowance of
8688.763.46 under the original good
road* act of I01G and that of the
amount authorized in lulu the ztetc
u entitled to raceivc ns a final allow*
•i*ec $1,709,809.36 - making more
than two million dollars available
during the next two >eaiu. These
»nms must be m >l.i,*d with equal ap
propriations by the state
V; glnia’z ello'rirni fo* • «* next
two year* touts 8! .977 07n.8S and
that of South Carolina in $ 1,436,01 W,
04.
Tbit it the last allotment of fedor
-il appropriation■ until Couira ail
-toi tie* additional outlays from tbs
treasury. A grand total of about
1100,000,000 for tkc entire eouatiy
w to be advanced by the Washington
government during thn next two
years.
"The last apportionment of federal
foods to eld the stater In road build
Ing became available July 1 ’*■ said
Mr. McDonald today. "This is the
brxest apportionment yet ceitifiad
under the federal act, authorising
$100,000,000, throe quarter* of which
Is derived .fiom the appropriation of
IBIS and one quarter from the origi
nal law of 1918. A deduction of three
per cent ef the funds It made for ad
ministration purposes
“Under the law the Mates are re
quired to enter Into formal contracts
with the secretary of agriculture for
contraction for which this mousy it
to be used. These contracts or agree
"ust bu mads before July 1,
“Ut it is not necessary that tbe
■ntire amounts actually shall he
asnpaiWi .baic.-u that ■>—- j—■ --
the agreements have been Made and
the amount* placed to the credit of
he state at the treasury department.
“All previous apportionment* have
been taken up in the time elloted aod
it la not likely the states will fail to
absorb this final apportionment To
do this, however, it will be neersmry
that the state* survey, plan and place
agreements with the frdsral govern
msnt for approximately $200,000,000
worth of good road construction in
the next two year*."
Says Harding Throws
Chill Into The West
Fnaldl* D. R»e>ev»lt Allege* Repub
lican Candidate Hu Injured
Ml* Party
Indianapolis, Ind.. Aug. 31--Sena
tor Hoi-ding's statement* how he
would Conduct the presidency have
thvown a chill into the Republican
campaign in the west, Franklin D
Roosevelt. Democratic elce-picaid.vr
tlal nominee, declared in an address
here tonight
“Visions of the senate cabal, of an
Insidious power behind the chief m*g
■ titrate, anil not down," he osid. "The
Penrosct and Watson* and Smoot*
and lxxlgee ate at leant no more pop.
utar than In time past. The people
«aiit a leader, not s syndicated presi
dency. ”
fa itf iflie Kll rnlra •> rUeoe* am... s.
bis A-.dings in the went, the vire-pree
dintlal candidate declar'd that the
•ret is asking why the Republican
candidate* am nut going to visit iL
"There are vivid memorials of Mr.
Ilughe** disastrous rampaign to the
Pacific coast in 1916," he said, ad
ding "that failure was a failure be
came Mr. Hughes' one ureal argu
ment was that everything any Demo
crat had ever don* woe a horrible ca
tastrophe. He W|J ungvnrroun, he
wa* n knocker and not a booster.
“Today the feeling la very much
the same Thar* will be a repetition
of 1916. only on a biggor scale. In
evory state I visited the trend is vis
ible lo n chool child
"Republican mayors of ei*!ca. Re
publican delegates lo lUU cunvi n
tioni arc out in th* optn wearing C*>m
buttons. They, too. have been think
d their ranks arc growing
y remember the days of finan
cial panics snd the calling of farm
mortgages. They arc now prosperous,
taking It by and large, and they want
men and measure* to round out that
prosperity along national linos, not
lo repeal the basis for It for political
reason*”
THREE HUNDRED MINERS TO
GO OFF ON A “VACATION"
Wilke* Rarrc, Pa., Sept. 1_Three
hundred delegates representing 66 lo
cate of district No. 1, United Mina
Workers of America, In convention
here today, voted to "taka a vacation
until the coal companies acceded to
the demands for Increased wages snd
better working conditions, as framed
In the minority report of Neal J. Fry.
ry»the miners* representative on the
anthracite wag* commission.
"Are w* or are wo not going to
koey faith with the boys who died and
who strop In France?”—Governor
Cos at Wheel lug.
******** *********
* UNITED S ITES MAY ¥
¥ ASK FOR FOR MAYOR ¥
* jfi
¥ Wattling flrpl. t.—p. *
* P. Walsh, an of the- ¥
¥ American c Jon lor Ir- ¥
¥ ish Indep , after a ¥
¥ con Terence with 8cere- ¥
¥ Ury Colby, Ounced thnt ¥
¥ Mr. Colby —r promised “to ¥
¥ sndrsvor to da something and ¥
* do It qotckly*' in brhnlf of ¥
¥ Terrene# MacSwiney. lord ¥
¥ mayor of Co*. Ireland, row ¥
¥ on a hanger *trike in Brixton ¥
¥ Jail. London, i ¥
¥ Mr. Walsh said he ashed ¥
¥ the state department scere- ¥
¥ tary to in terrene eithci oft- ¥
¥ cully or peratsully with Pry- ¥
¥ mi nr Lloyd (Merge to save ¥
¥ MacBwIney, *wbo he said ¥
¥ would die within If hours. ¥
- Me made ■ similar request of ¥
¥ President -wReon in a latter ¥
* left at the White House. ¥
¥ Secretary Colby niter Mr. ¥
¥ -Walsh’s rlsit.ilB response to ¥
<• questions, sail hi bad the ¥
¥ pies which had been present ¥
¥ cd under consideration. ¥
¥ Mr. Walsh Mid be cited to ¥
¥ Secretary Colby as pi-oca- ¥
¥ dints for Aiufrican intervan- ¥
¥ tion In behail of the Cork ¥i
¥ mayor the U represi illation ¥
¥ made by the an ted States in ¥
¥ 100(1 to Che gasman govern- ¥
¥ merit against (he Jewish pio- ¥
¥ grama *
¥ 1 ¥
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| Godwin s Gmd er Coo let
Hi* Goose With
Harvey
Ucraa once saved Rome—-but prr*
ent day folk who are accustomed lr
mo.tmg the hissing descendants of
that immortal Cock have little re*,
poet for the tribe Such, however, arc
not familiar with an ancient gande
owned by Jedge Robert [_ Godwin
who has a beautiful home on Fail
Ground Road that deserves soar pc
< lie name.
Judge Godwin's pander is a price
He dove everything around the place
from shooing chickens out of tha gai
den to acting aa valet and guardiai
of tha Judge's h»rd of Jersey cows
it la at a under of tin lowing kine
that this b.rd shines best. Upon no
'em an authority than that of Harvest
Halteh McKay it ts Mated that the
pander rouiidt up the cowa each night
and assigns them ta their stalls.
Harvest la Judge Godwin's nearest
neighbor. He. too, has a gorgeous
homo on that supmfc highway that j
til yesU-rdpy Morning. Yesterday the1
gander cooked'his goose so fiv %/
IIoi vest is cotiCr .ned. Jar.e the lovely
little daugktei of Mr. and Mrs. Mc
Kay, was given a roll from Craig's
bakery just before she retired. Kid
like, she nibbled it and placed a large
remnant on the window sill beside
her bed
Before «ui>up, according to Har
vest, there sounded a loud knocking
beside Jane’s window. Daddy Harvest
arose to investigate. He arrived at
the window Just In time to see the rcll
disappear in the maw of the gande..
Little Jane aiotpa on the second
floor and Harvest i« a tiuthful man.
Zannie Tart Pardon Is
Revoked By The
Governor
] Farmer Senator J. B. Bag- I
pell, associated with Charles
Lee Guy In the defense of Zan
I nie Tart, whose conditional por- I
I don from State Prison was yes- I
I terday revoked by Governor
Birkett. returned to Dunn this 1
morning with a stay of cxern
I tion of the order. He had been I
I to Raleigh to intercede for Mr.
1 Tart. The Governor granted I
i him an extension of fifteen
I days in which to permit 8hcrtff I
I Tjilington te investigate the
charges preferred by Chief of
Polica Page against Tart. Safin- I
tor Baggett brought his client i
to town with him. The young
I man was lodged la jail yester- |
day. Ha la now at liberty on !
! hi* own recognisance. 1
I_. _ a
• I
Berauae of complaint* chanrni
that hw had violated the eondith-i:
t>f hla pardon Zannl* Tart, who t.t-i
liberated from 8tat* Prinon aweral
month* ago, waa yeaterday taken Into
cuatody by Depety Sheriff Kyle Mat
thew* and taken to Ullington jail
preparatory to hi* return te the pent
lentiary. The deputy waa armed with
on order from Governor Blckett re
voking the conditional pardon grant
ed Tart.
Gove- nov Bicketl'a order . H
thnt the act lea wa* taken at th* In
■dance of Chief of Police O. 8 Pagf,
who complained that Tart wa* n«t
living op to the term* of kb pardo-!.
Chief Tag* alleged that Tart wa* en
gaging In the *alc of whiskey. Th*
young man waa in Recorder’* Court
under charge ef haring whiskey for
th* parpoae of ml* when he wa* ti
ken hy Deputy Matthew*.
M>. Tart ha* conducted a wnnll
■tor* on Fairground Road «inc* hr
returned home. It ia the ant ntn e
in which young Rldredg* l«* had h:n
trouble* laid winter. Chief Pag* de
clarw h* has had man^ enmplai..ta
concerning the aataMbhment In the
la*t few week*.
It w»* for the killing of Pat Lloyd,
hla brother In law, that Mr. Tmt wi.a
arnUnced to StaWia priaon. H* lu
approMmntely da year* of an aigbt
year wnteaee U *erw John Roh
Baprett. of LiUlngton, has goae l»
Raleigh to Intrread* farther for
him.
Cox Sends Moore
I To Chicago "With His
Data On Slush Fund*
Declare* F.xf.-U<« |, Su«eienl To
Convict R - publicans Bafor.
J ary
(’oicmbui. 0., V-pt. 1._t. ||
Moon-, r.f Youdytowa, Ohio, pio
ft.r.vrntlon tnsnaccr for Governor
Cox, will leave f0J Chicago tonight
as the personal tcprc-.-i laiitr of the
U mocra-.lr pies rtontlal nominee u
br i««dy to fWi»nl to the senate
ub comm it.i- ;'ive.h!gati»K campaign
expenditure/ dn;a in support of the
povenror'v iharge that the Republi
ran committer i* collecting a ram
J'aign fund of $16,000,000.
This arnnanrement wax mailt this
ci or i-g hy ho'h Mr Moore and Gov
rr*r Cox after an all-day confer,
j.ci' (MoH.iciprvrd u: hy Ihi nomir.ee.
Mr. Moore and Senator Alin Pomer
••»* Dr monistic in.-mlin of the In*
vccligating rommittee.
ll hi thi r hr Ivtsttfice before the
. amnnttrr. Mr. Moore -mil. is up to
the eommittre iLrclf He stated that
■it case tile committer dal not aov fit
to call h-m. the evidence which hr
aiwrps lo take with h m will be there
•n read.neve. He added, how-over, that
ii. nimbly will find its way before
'.n# connrillri in s'Oi istaiinn.
Comraer.t:rg upon t h e paper/
vblrlt in-' aoviinur tun.ml over to
'i m today urd -.hnn which had con'
'o h m direct, Mr. Moo.v declared
'hai "if T.casuier tlphara is telling
'.he truth, then, is an entirely separ
ite fund and we are going to Had
if
■ • wv i ii'Tixriii inm 11 inr
mi*n to be railed in the invesigalion
’deny or icfuic Ui proJ'jcc’’ evidence
h.ch he said will aublaniialv the
;-nvernor'i chv.ncva. he will pirscnt
'be e*iiionce him. elf. |!< al<o declar
ed that If thoie a iuivsev* do not pro
duce the evidence be intend* In call
th* matter to the attention of thi
department of jvelice. “I will havt
no hraittnejr Ir. calling ihc attention
tf the dcpaitraent of justice to the
situation,” he said.
‘•If the Republican pally were to
ileted I would stake my reputation
n a lawyer that the leaders would b<
. or.vietcd by n Republican jury just
• Ik- aamc at Newlstiry warn convicted
Jjf a Republ.cau Jury in Michigan,’'
‘r Mcort m-ai/slcd.
•tr. Moore stated that he expected
•v tk-ic to substantiate the (rover
•j:’ cbarjfrs to come from the “paid
iiatiict ivprrieotalives" of the na
' onaL committee in charge of col
lection of funds In thoir respective
l‘*tricts and also f<om the ‘‘aupain
.‘.ate chairmen."
Me daclaud they were in pome—
tea of the facta
m I,'— SI tl HS -**-t: li veetiu»ll..e
ind its program. Moore asserted
bat chargee have been made and de
■i.ed, but that "the committee baa not'
nod the information ta conduct a
borough croea-examination of Chair
man Hays and other*.” He intimated
Hat the material which he la taking;
. > Chicago in the form of document!
<nd otherwise will furnish this infor
mMloa. Ik -aid he probably will in
ist that both Chairman Her* and
frca*u-er Upham bo rocallml for
rr ■at-cxarninaUon.
Big Demand For Seats* -
For Coming Minstrel
Koon lotarool Man.tested In Consist
Of Black and Whit.
Rovuo
Mar.ngvr Morris of the Metropoli
tan Thcatic icpurls that thu advance
.rate of scats for the coming engage
ment of Joh.i W. Vogel’* Black and
White Rkvuv i» far < Tc-rcding hia ex
pi-rtation* a;-d that all imlication.
r'nt to a sell-out. This is not U
wondvn-U at when it is considered
that the vepurts from all cities played
rcrcmUy by th* Kcvuc agree In say
ins chat it is the greatort show of it*
Vit.il and th it attendance in moat in
stance* has brer, limited only by the
*iac of th< thee ire.
John W. Voyols’ Ulaik and White
v. >'Ce :» a ni» rrp»cu* with novelty
originality and humor- a show of
m rth. melody and music, intersper
sed with spin-ialhie* that would hi
op liner* on any vaudeville bill.
Beautiful scanccy, girgeou* cortumr,
and the genaial excellence of the per
formers have won the highest praise
{■ tim the dittos. Reports from ths
cities nod towns pla ed by the revue
n: * st the fact that It is a well aaertted
success, playing to packed houses.
• he advance sal, of scats, as be
fo r mi nt oned, indicate/, that the on
i-.-.gctacnl bar* Wednesday eight will
b> a record breaker in point of at
tendance, and in oidrr to avoid disap
h-lntment It will be well to secure
tickets early.
"Of course there'll bo a parade,"
said the advance man for tbe revm
i psr.eo to n.t injury from one uf
the local Vogel "fans”—and they are
m ry. ‘Tbere I- something about a
parade, whether it U circus or rail'
strol, that appeals to everyone, and
I”, Vogel hx» always made the pa
rade one of hit attractive feature*.
'•CHECKERS" PICTURE
A SENSATIONAL HIT
“ Checkers," th* spectacular pie tors
mode by WilVnm Fo«. which opened
a» the White Way theatre Monday is
-von better e > a picture than it was
c-< a uir> p'/iy. Much of tha action
ocears outdoor* dnd Director Richard
Stanton took full adeantar* of th*
situation to make hi* exterior seem-*
ot only elaborate, hut perfect in de
fjn.
Th* stoiy 'ell* of a Southern beau
ty fallr in lovu with Checkers, the
raca tout. He grooms a hor«e owned
by th«' girl fu" a r'eh stake, and in
Celling the horse to l*« vac* truck
•ireoimter* tremendous diffleahie*.
Hi* eha«o lead* from the Roath to
Kcw York and through CMnatown.
At the last minute. Just before '.ho
race i* to start, the Jorkey is maliei
onely Winded, and lb* young (lit
r iles the horse to eictory. It to ene
of the boat and moat stirring pictures
i Coronation of King Cot
j ton To Be This
Month
i _
King Co lion j. a boa! u> ascend hi.
inrun.-, Dunn and the rntl.-e Donr
d!»tnct ir preparing Tor the corona
lion I't-ti monlaa which will begin
nlmut the fifteenth of this month.
A glorious reci ption is planned
.. r u|,‘ Smb'leman. Owners of
thr big gia* in town and in the conn
try are tuning up the machines ta
assure thr king raay prog>*** Road
boUderr an- preparing highways and
filling m> ruts so the- chariot* in his
Ita-n can got to town without bomba
Cotton Weigher Royal, Is shining up
the ration yard and gutting all rub
bish from the jiaiaee ground*
l b* King is on kia way.
When be gets to town he will find
every ran chant irady to greet him
AS th< big and little store, along
the main tiail or sprucing up to gain
his favor. Window, that have not
hud a hath ainec last spring are un
dergoing their aumi-annual ablution*.
The innards of Korea are being
riranccd. New goods are being al
liactirely displayed. MerebdaU are
getting ready.
The King ia on hi* way.
It i» ertimated that more than for
'■y thousand bole, of the fleecy stuff
*"•11 b« told on the Dunn and I hike
markets this year. Dunn will sell
h.-ce-fouith* of this. Moil of the
money paid out in both town* will
find its way into Dunn banka and
Ann stare*
Th<- King i, an hi, way. Vive 1* rol.
-x_
Herman Smith Dtamisa
ed Upon Payment of
Fine
Hetman Salih, again* whom an
juilaw proclamation was issued eev
rsl weeks ago la connection with
the shooting of Uort Hudson and wh<,
.-bteqji utl> sun vndei-ed to th* po
hero, vii liberated upon pay
ment of a fine af I2S and the cost’
in two cases in Recorder’s Court >ef
tarday.
Judge Godwin was very kindly die
posed toward the young nun and
was of tbo opinion that ha should bv
given • chance to makt a good clt:
tun of himself. He hold* a suspended
sentence over him to assure his futon
good behavior.
r Arch Truolove. who is alleged to
kt.v been with Smith at the time of
it- shooting and who it aid to have
threatened Lillie Ball, a Croaten
with a revolver, was arataaead t.
•r ve two years on the roods HI
sUorney.C. L. Cuy, appealed to the
Superior Court, l|pwfv«r, and th
^oung man was pitted nndur $400
• tm.
Smith's second case was that fo*
sitting Policeman Hunt and Deputy
Sheriff Jernigaa when they attempt,
id to arrant him.
Coal Strike Ordered
In Alabama Districts
Hoad of Coal Ml wars' (Jot*. Says Op
•Tatars Mavo Not Kept Agree
ment
Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 1.—John
L. Lewis, president Sif the United
Mina, Workeis of America, late ta
day imued an order for a geticrs'
•trike in lhr bituminous coal Acids in
Alabama. The order followed a repot c
made by the unionisation eocnmlttc<
The report dwltinl the coal op
cralors tied failed to put iato effee
the awards of President Wilson's coal
commission of last March. It said th
mi non were working for wages far
le>* than those specified by the com
miwlon and declared every attempt
to arrange a conference with the coal
iterator* of Alabama had failed
J R. Kennamer. president of die
lict 20 of the mine worke.ra, with
^ficee at Birmingham, was notified
if the strike order by telegraph. Xu
•witous mlr.es in the Alabama fiald
have been idle because of the allege.’
refusal of the operators to wcei-pt th
findings of the coal commission.
rv « v i f fVfs.i
L/oc» nauiin^ ivian witri
Liquor 'Violate Statute?
0 —■ " ■ ■
Judpt Caw* hm Question On Tc
Supreme Cuurt Far Aa
Answer
FnyeUeville, 8ept I.—With the d*
clarcd purpose of securinp a ruling
from the Supreme court on the'quo*
tlon a* to whether a men tranapoit
in* another man who ha* whisky Jr.
his possession i> guilty of transport*
np intoxicant*, Judge 0. H. Gu-on
in >hs Superior rnert here, fined C
M. Is-e one dolls. for tiansportinp
i wo soldiers in hi* automobile while
:hty had liquor In their poiecaaion
and rrqur-eted that Lee'* attorney*
take an appeal In order that the Ka.
premr cuun may rale on the point.
"1 want thU subject of transport
Inp liquor threshed out and aatUbd
oner and for all," Mid Judpe Galon,
“so that I may know how to proceed
t hare been son dink men thus trews
rd is* the rood* at other places, but
I have Just about cheeped my mind
There doe* not aeem te be a finale
etatalo that tone he* directly on tail
paint. If e men pets on a train or In
an automobile with a pint of llquoi
in hi* pocket I am not so certain that
the ranroad or the owner of tho auto
mob'lc Is guilty of traasportlnp. Now
In this ease I am sn-lnp to plve the
ftollcitoT a rprclal verdict ana let the
defendant take an appeal so that the
Supreme court may settle tho contro
versy. I rather think I we Is technW-ab
Iv imllty. So 1 am aroiac to flne him
one dollar end I want him to lake an
appeal eo that the Sapitme court ear
pive u* a rulinp on till* point.'*
list every respect setn litre In sons
lime. The all-star east headed by
Thomas J, Car ripen and Jean Ackei
#+»o an evenly balanced performance
FORMAL REPLY OF
i POLAND HANDED TO
1 SECRETARY COLBY
i ______
Officials Express Entire
Satisfaction With "Hie
Document
j Consider Strategic
Phase of Situation
| Neia Says Stretagle Ceaildarstiea
Maat Caw. HaJNag W Fellah Ar
mies la TW Paiadt al Kalahari*!
at Tha Frontier (Jaa Fla ad By Tha
Sapraata CeaaeiL
Washington, Bapt. 1—Satire mtis
faction was *xpiraeed today by Stats
C partment officials with the fermil
reply o< tha Polish govrrnmant ta
rVt Amciicaa not* rcqutrting a Pai
'•h declaration la abstain from traas
iromioa of Raarian territory.
Polar, d is understood to baa* re
plied that strategic co moderation
must govern tha haTt'ng of ha* arabaa
r>. their pursuit of tha BoUhaafld at
the fmr.tiar lisa of Poland tentative
ly 5*ad by the supreme course it Sug
rratlan had been made by tha Amatl
can govr entnant in Ida not* that Po
ll .nd sak* claar that bar lateatlans
owarda Ruts.a were act imperialistic
and that bar armies should oat ad
vance bryoud thr ethnographic line
laid down by the tapresae council.
Mlalstar DsiWsn Haply
<w__t_ sln.i:■ ■ -- —*
was delivered to the Bute Depart
if cat yesterday by the Polish m blister
Prince UbtainU. Annouceatset
hit made at the State Depart anil
late today that the American and Pal
■jb rotes weald he made pabUr at
re. bat this plan waa eaneaUsd la
:cr, tts- rcaeoa not being, given.
Th first portion of the rap»y eee
ity of an r i pis sales of grautads of
.h • roll* government at the attitude
-.-oumed by the Halted Stataa in the
' merican note to the Italiaa Ambae
jdor oa the Rneso-Polieh situation.
Thv accoed portion, which te a mem
^random adaremod to Prineo Labem
ink! and which aiaa waa dettvaced la
!h;- State Department, eereee as th*
specific reply of the Polish gaum a
-merit ta the American note.
Mast C so eider CseMeseswe
While lasiaUng that the rsild gwe
«-nment U in aatir* accord with tho
Vi.ited States in the contoattaa that
Tviuslaa territory should ho —,
the note declares that Poland la
ed ta eenefder the earl awe
cos hkety^to cawse frees th
Ibu BoUhfrikTJS? a !
-jut satisfactory guarantees. ,
Peebles >f the U. S. ___
Oflkdala of ho State .Department
h-ive deacribeo Ac position ed tho
United States toward* the Pall* ad
vance aa “midway betwvau that of
France and Great Britain, flu yett*
i t’on of Great Britain Is aadentead
to be that the Poliak armiesdbould
immediately halt upon the froabdr
line now reached, whllo France has
contended that the armies dtoald ad
vance an til a etrutegic point hayoad
ths line wea attained, ft ia bebeved
I that the United Stataa now takes the
position that the Polish armlea may
ccounac ta p»«r* their attacks apaa
I thv Bolshevlki, even if the frontier
liar -hould be crossed, so long as ao
-arencr* are forthcoming that Po
taid'e intentions toward Ramie arc
t.rt 'mncriaVLittc and that bur armies
would be withdraw* latvr to the lute
when all danger fr«* • Bolehevfcl of
fensive h»* paused.
REPUBLICAN path
nil u»u COMES OUT ro* cox
Norriatown. Pa.. A a*. 11.—Daclar
i :ng leadership In the country has ere
I V-n faith with the rank and fit* Of
thr party, with the American people
In’ a whole, and with humanity eeery
where, e».d that the Democratic pM
'(urn off** “peace, lasting oeac*.
IboiWcd on the jeatiec of tlm OaMen
I Rule which humanity i* prayto* far,"
tha Norrirtown Thnea. a BcnnMIma
newspaper aineo it* founding m 1H1,
•v.nouae*** that. In accordance with
thi dictates of conscience and la the
I belief that it la do!** a patriotic and
h- manitnrian duty, h cannot do other
than support Cm and Reoarrelt fer
President end Vkc-lhfeaMiBt
The Tlmee' denunciation ef the Bn
pnbllran platform and taetlea .ha*
.caused a aanaation in this Republican
! .ironyheld It acts forth that “fer the
j >a!cc of gratifying hate the BapablL
ran InadeiMity would pam ewer the
glory ef American heya an the Moody
stretches of France and Boiginm,
breaking faith with Umoa who rrtera
cd as well as these who died.”
Republican* am charged by The
T me* with premeditating the marder
of tire treaty, d.ahcnoring tho word
“Ameiicankm,” and krrserlng the
ser'hnent of the people ef the coun
try with their “deaWe-feeed plat
form" The League ef Nation* 1* In
dorsed. and It k contended that, with
the assistance ef the United Stata*.
lasting peace will be crystallised Mo
■n I tctoal fact.
! “Chochera," the famous raeiae
melodrama ha* boon made Me a mo
tion picture by William Fox and will
be-aeon at the Whit* Way theatre,
Monday. The picture, directed by
Richard Iranian, hi a mammoth spec
tacle with mart realistic Mena*.
Chechen la the main character In
:b» p'ay. lit Is* reformed raee
trsck teat who fall* in I eon with a
Ron them beauty and goto late lk<
wort thrilling adventaroa Mow the
hoiae Remorse wiaa the Mg staheai
how checker* risk* hie life many
Urn**, and hew he finally ere.eeme*
all obstacles, Is UM, It la said, with
an clnhentlen ef detail which makes
“Checker*" one of Urn mart absorb,
lag photoplays presented this seaaoa.