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VoTi FARMVILLK, PITT C0DHT5', NORTH OABQJJNA^ FEBRUARY 17,1921 >0.40.
HUMS JUDGE
MSjPEMO
JUDGE' ANO 3UPREME ARBITER
IN WORLD OF BASEBALL
JU8TIFIES CRIMINAL. ^
THE J0D6E REPEATS REMARKS
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The House of Representatives Will be
Requested to Take Action Looking ??
to Impeachment Proceedings.
Washington. ? Senator Dial, of
South Carolina, announced in the sen
ate that he would bring impeachment
proceedings against Federal Judge
Landis, of Chicago, if he obtained
confirmation of statements credited
in the press to Judge Land is in the
ease of Francis J. Corey, a bank clerk
charged with embezzlement.
Corey,. who pleaded guilty to em
bezzling $94,000 from the National
City Bans of Ottawa, Illinois, was re
leased on his own recognizance by'
Judge I a idle who was quoted as say
ing the bank directors really were
responsible for the theft because they
paid Corey only $90 a month.
. ? "Any man who utters that kind of
Statements," said Senator Dial, "is
not worthy of public confidence and
Ihould be impeached."
Senator Dial said he had written
to Chicago to obtain confirmation of
the statements credited to Judge Rgn
dfa. If confirmation is had, he de
dared, he would "bring the matter to
the attention of the house where im
peachment proceedings are required
# originate.. and ask his impeach
ment"
Dea Moines, Iowa^?Federal Judge
K. M. Landis, of Chicago, in a speech
before the Iowa American Legion
here, admitted making statements
similar to those Senator Dial, of Soeth
? Carolina, charged him with, and as
serted: . "I repeat that and send It
J^Setmtor Dial with my compli
Coottdge, Mrs. Coolidge and Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Stearns, their friends, who
have been spending their vacation at
Grove Park Inn, plan to leave for their
homes in Northampton, Mass.
For Co-operative Marketing.
Cleveland.?Definite steps looking
to the perfecting of a system of co
operative marketing of farm products
were taken at the closing session of
the All-American Farmer-Labor Co
operative Congress.
To Coerce United States.
Paris.?Great Britain's move tor a
mntoal cancelation of war debts was
made after foil consultation with her
allies and is the first step In a con
certed allied plan to compel the
United States to see that the payment
<f war debts la dependent upon Ger
man reparations.
One Cent Verdict for 8tap.
Wheeling, W. Va.?A 56,000 damage
suit arising from a slap in the face
has finally been settled here by a jury
verdict of one cent after the case
had dragged through the courts tor
nearly two years.
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Great Cut in Payrolls.
have bdee cut six biSfea dollars dur
ing the period of the last six months
Such is labor's, quick and gigantic
contribution to the poet-war defla
tion of values.
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Wants Shars of Cable*. ?*
WasWagtna.?The United States
"will tdt tbr an eQdtauiie distribution
of fonur German cables, which are
$o be the subject of international par
^ A^butance FUady.
I London.?The- Boyal Air Force will
?hortiy hare in conur-ssion a flying
Held ambulance, the fret of which hMt
Inst been competed.
I pined t MS pnrtifiBK * bonus of flS !
not axceediari $3 OML
MISS BETTY C. WEFtNER.
Miss Betty Cecilia Werner Is one
of the attractive debutantes in Wash
ington's official set this season..
RI6HT QUESTIONED BT WELTY
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Any Objection Would be Based on In
| Competency, and Would be Con
sidered on That. Ground Alone.
Washington.?Federal Judge Land
is, of Chicago, .was within the law
when he accepted the office of su
preme baseball arbitrator while still
serving-oj\ the bench, Attorney Gen
eral Palmer declared in a letter to
Representative Welty, democrat, 0.,=
who had Questioned the judge's right
to hold both positions.
On the strength of this opinion, Mr.
Welty Introduced a bill making it un
lawful for any judge to receive com
pensation for exercising the duties of
aa arbitrator, commissioner or offi
cer of any corporation. Mr. Welty an
nounced that, if he could not per
suade the house rules committee to
five the hill a privileged status fee
arbitrator wouM take so much of his
time as to interfere substantially
with the performance of his official
duties, this, of course, would be a
matter to be disposed of when such
interference has actually occurred
and would probably be an objection
on the ground of incompetency, and
considered upon that ground alone."
Suit Pllsd Aaainst Houston.
Washington.?Salt for an injunc
tion restraining Secretary Houston of
-the. Treasury Department, from mak
ing any further loans to foreign gov
ernments was filed in the Dfatrlct su
preme court by William Randolph
Hearst, in hit capacity as a citizen.
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All That Hunt can Pay. ,
Berlin.?The ministry of finance
has reached the conclusion that the
utmost sum Germany can pay In re
paration* is 1*0,000,006,000 marks, .
this including all she has so far paid
in cash and goods.
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Reprisal* are Threatened.
Vienna.?Entente officials are re
ported to hare sent a formal note to
Dm Austrian government protesting
against movements having for their
object fusion of Austria and Qerm&ny.
Reprisals are threatened.
Carry Cargo for Hamburg.
Houston. Tex.?The steamer Hons
ton, which sailed had aboard 9,000
bales of cotton and 200 barrels of oil
for Hamburg, Germany, the first car
go ever shipped from this part to
Hamburg.
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Mfeeleslppisn Lauds Daniels.
Washington. ? Secretary Daniels
ne*nw -tn n Smh .*^1. ^ .... ,... Olwirf *" CUe
was lauded by Representative sis
son. democrat, Mississippi, as "the
beet Secretary df the Navy the Unit
ed States has ever had."
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L-. .v.; Treaty .of Peace Signed. .. .
Helsingfors, Finiand.WThe treaty
[$t peace between soviet Russia and
*pia*d wfis signed at Riga. 4t Is an
nounced in A wireless dispatch re
cijhfed here from Moscow.
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Menken and. John Fred
?er? killed near Gnantanamo^ Cuba,
by the vrecklng of their airplane.
Qouth to 1 Bond
Interstate Commerce Commission to
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Declines viylT1* Place* r
, cording to friends.
FEDERAL RESERVE
BANK RESTRAINED
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A JUDGE IN 8UPERI0R COURT
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OF NORTH CAROLINA HAS
8IGNED INJUNCTION.
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SYSTEM MUST08EY STATE LAW
Step is Hailed as First Open Action
In Fight for Privilege of Charg
ing Exchange Cashing Checks.
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Charlotte.?.Steps to restrain the
Richmond federal reserve bank from
carrying out its threat to' force them,
to clear their checks at par have been
token here by * more than 20 of the
smaller North Carolina banks not
affiliated with the federal reserve
system.
Heeding the plea of these banks
Superior Court Judge W. E. Harding
has' signed an injunction restraining
the federal .reserve bank from vio
lating or evading North Carolina's
new par clearance law.
The step was hailed here as the
first open action of the nun-fn ember
banks in their fight for the privilege
of charging exchange In the cashing
of checks. Four months the battle
has waged back and forth, the reserve
bank insisting checks should be cash
ed at par.
Blue Jackets Fired Upon.
Tokio.?Five American blue Jackets
were fired upon by unknown persons
in Vladivostok, one of them- being
wounded, says The Asahi Shlmbun's
Vladivostok correspondent
The Americans, reinforced by Rus
sian policemen, arrested three Rus
sian officers formerly under the late
General Kappel, once commander of
the western armies of the Omsk gov
ernment -j*
The impression in Vladivostok is
that the attack was arranged by Com
munists with the object of straining
relations between Japan and the
Corporation. Director McLean, said,
since the corporation was revived, 33
applicants for leans have been made
Including five from North Carolina,
Rocky Mount, Durham, Farmville,
New Bern and Wilmington, having
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*8&ea iur wiuu.
Support Sentry* Cause.
Tokio.?Formation of in associa
tion to support the cause of Toshi
goro Ogasawara, the Japanese sen
try who shot and killed Lieu
tenant Langdon of the United States
cruiser Albany at Vladivostok, late In
December has been decided upon by
a group of army reservists here.
Scarcity of Spinnable Cotton.
Washington?Investigation by the
senate agricultural-committee of the
amount of cotton and wheat now held
in this country was proposed in a res
olution by Senator Smith, democrat,
South Carolina, who said that mis
leading cotton crop, estimates had
been issued by the New Orleans and
Liverpool cotton exchanges. That
there are not more than 1,000,000
bales of American spinnable cotton
now on hand was asserted by Sena
tor >imith:
Daniels Makes no Denial.
Washington. ? Secretary of the
Navy Joaephus Daniels refuses to de
ny the reports emanating from Ral
eigh that he may be a candidate
against Senator F. M. Simmons for
the sesfrte in 1914.
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Penalty for Harboring Rata.
London.?Anybody discovered har
boring a rat or a moose in his house
is liable to a penalty of 6 pound* un
der a law recently enacted by parlia
ment. If."the offense" ip continued,
he may bi fined1'?) pounds;' : :
the democratic party is planned by
William J. Bryan and brother vCharles
Bryan, former Judge B, C. Roper ot
Nebraska, announced here.
?en G. Harding as president and of
dared at a joint session of the senate
^ge scales the United States
the board at a conference with news
naner men. 'i * ??
paper men.
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rantr two cents for' erery pound of j
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BERTRAND |
Representative Bertrani : H. Snell
of New York, who lntrwfoeed a bill
which outlines a nationals forest pol
icy and better fire proteanon of the
forests. |j
TOO Bie FOR COMPfinENSION
House Is Told by ChfclrmjRf ^Qood of
the Vast Sums AppropiCtad and
the Growing Appeals f{F More.
Washington.?Warning the house
that the mounting waVe w high taxa
tion would not roir back Without a
sharp and sweeping reducj|on 4n gov
ernment expenditures, Cnafliteu Good,
of the appropriations conMaittee, de
hurled over the heads of flfimbers as
Figures almost too big for compre
heslon by the average man were
hurled over the heads of jfcbmber as
Mr. Good, In dramatic fa$$k>n, told
of the vast sums exfrendel, and the
growing appeals for more. There was
a; shout of approval when hfe Insisted
that the appropriation hills w mast be
passed before the change qfadminis
tration March 4 so that the framers
of a new tariff law may snow the
amount of cloth out of which they
must patch the nation's coat. '
economy was made in presenting^ the ^
announced by the treasure r
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Armours Appssl for Relief. s; i ;
Chicago.?Appeals for relief from
high freight rates on the livestock: In
dustry in. the South, were on ille be
fore the Interstate Commerce Com
merce Commission made by represen
tatives of Armour A Co.
?Pa! I VIMU e?A?Ua
rt?n biyiik wkwnwp?r
Now York.?Mm. Marion Peters,
wife of Joseph R. Peters, vice presi
dent of the Fairbanks company, scale
manfacturers, was killed when she
jumped, or fell from an eighth story
window In. a fashionable apartment
house.
|, No. Forced Acreage Reduction.
Colombia, S. C.?By a vote of 71 to
22, the Sonth Carolina house of rep
resentatives struck oat the enacting
words of a resolution which would
have required the reduction of cotton ,
acreage to one-third of the 1920 acre-. j
age.
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TWo Trial Practice Condemned. ,
Atlanta, Go.?United States Judge j
W. B. Shepard, of the northedn die- i
trlct of Florida, took occasiot while
presiding here for Judge 2^1 H. 8ibley
to sharply ? criticise the practice of
trying defendants in the state and
federal courts for the same offense.
i Gedde* ii Fut||ii?inpoweMd?.. ? ,
London.?Sir Auckland Geddes, the
British .aniabssador % ^the United ,
States is returning to Washington
armed. with fall powers to push for
ward^ proposals for a, world confer- :i
ence on disarmaments according to
Bolshevik Execute Eleven. '
if Balaklara, Crimea.?Madalhe Rado,
chief of a band in the women's mili- 3
tary organisation in the '.primes
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er members of the band, It is an- ,
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^antlUes^of. oil, bave^been (Necover- j
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AN ANTI-TYPUS CAMPAIGN 18
IN F^OGRE88 BY MEDICAL
MEN IN NEW YORK.
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TO SAFEBUJIflD THE COUNTRY
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Ships Being Diverted to *he Boston
; $tatipn In Order to. Relieve the
Congestion at New York.
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Washington.?Federal medical au
thorities will piobably assume charge
of anti-typhus work in New York.
Ewlng Laporte ( assistant secretary of
the treasury, In charge of public
health, announced. Transfer of the
title of the quarantine station In New
York to the goventtnent, he said. Is
expected.
Additional facilities will be provid
ed for detecting typhus oases among
inoomlng passengers at the . port :of
New York, Mr. Laporte said, and the
present medical.staff will.be increas
ed by public health service officials
from Washington.
With the acquisition of the New
Tork station Mr. Laporte said public
health authorities were of the opinion
that every necessary step' to safe
guard the country against entry of
typhus Would have bean taken. The
Boston station, he explained, is fed
eral controlled and ships now are be
ing diverted to that port to relieve .
the congestion at New York.
With the health service, taking
precautions abroad and in this coun
try, Mr. Laporte said, there is no
danger of a typhus epidemic.
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Gonzales Thanks Lima People.
Lima, Pera.^-William E. Gonzales
of Colombia, S. C., United States am
bassador here, through the local news
papers thanked the people of Lima for ;
the cordial reception tendered the/of*
fleers and men of the United States
Atlantic, fleet taring their P
8 USD end s WsqC' Rflductlc.-r- \
train dispatchers as announced by the
Brie railroad were suspended by the ;
Federal Railroad Labor board pend
ing a hearing. .
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Ex-President of College Dead.
Hamiltoii, O.?Andrhw Dousa Hep- i
burn, D. D., said to have been ansa- <
thority on English literature, died at
Oxford. Ho was formerly president
of Miami University there and of <
Davidson College, North Carolina^ He 1
was PI years old.
Nebraska Must Comply.
Washington?Passenger and freight 1
rates must be raised to the level of 3
Interstate rates by March 22, under j
orders issued by the Interstate Com
merce Commission. i
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Prlvats Stock Inviolate.
JucksonTHle, Fla.?"Private stock" )
In Florida is inviolate, Recording to *
Federal Judge W. I. Grubb, who or- i
flered 300 quarts of choice liquors re- 1
turned to C. A. -Munn, of Palm Beach. J
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Death of Samuel D. Weakley. 1
Birmingham, Ala.?8amuel D. Weak
ley, former chief justice oS the Ala- 1
bama supreme court, author of Ala
bama's prohibition laws and.national
ly known prohibition, advocate, died 1
here. J
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Palmer to Resume Practice. '>
Washington.?Attorney General M ?
mer was among those soon to retire J
from public office who were admitted i
to practice before the supreme court *
of the district of Columbia. <
Turpentine Breaks Sharply.
Savannah, Ga.-*-Splrlts turpentine
broke shandy in price at the "call of
the market here. It west off 42 M
cents a gallon, Bales being at 50 cents. <
Victims ofL Sleeping Sickness. .
New York.?Five more deaths from 1
sleeping sickness have occurred here ]
sad In this vicinity. No new cases A
were reported, however. *
GHlett Mag Benefit.
["Washington.?The salary <$ Speab" J
ar Gillett of the. house would b* in- 1
ireased from *U,000 to *16,000 under. J
m amendment to the aiulual, federal J
salary .hilh :V??out& introduced fpr J
soaiideration. m1
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Martin nflcniorial Services* .
services
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Freight Service Between Wilmington
end New Bern Is To Be Resumed .
on the Original Daily Basis.
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New Bern.?It was annunced by of
ficials of the federal boat line that a
steamer is due to arrive here from
northern ports With a cargo for thiB
city and that another ship, probably
the Ulster would said for Baltimore
with freight from here. : The line is
carrying a large amount of freight
froia^here to the north and as spring
draws nearer shipments are becoming
heavier and larger in number.
The Atlantic Coast Line railroad
will place freight service between
here and Wilmington back upon the
daily schedule, doing away with the
tri-weekly curtailment, dne to the
picking up on shipments. The Dili
Kraemer-Trnitt Mills resumed opera
tions and together with Increased
shipments from- lumber mills especial
ly business is much heavier than in
recent months, and gives evidence of
an Increase, officials- of the road caid.
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Wake Forest?Wake Forest made a
perfect record at the recent supreme
court examination. Of the75 appli
cants Who took the examination to
practice law in North Carolina, 37 per
cent of them were from Wake Forest.
Of these 28 from Wake Forest all
passed the examination making 46
per. cent of those pasing the examina
tion or 28 ont of 61 from Wake Forest
Wake Forest furnished more than
any other law school in the state with
Carolina ranking second with tyenty
two applicants. During the .past five
examinations Wake Forest has led.
each time with number of men before
the court and has a larger majority
of them to receive licenses.
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Dunn.?As the result of a family
Quarrel, Joseph Jernigan la suffering
from serious knife wounds In the hack
and arm and B. H. Jernigan, his
father, Is badly cut through the left
wrist. The wounds, It . Is admitted,
were inflicted by Lonnlef Jackson,^son
in-law of B. H. Jernigan, in Jackson's
home sereral miles east of Dunn.
B. H. Jernigan Is one of the wealth
iest farmers and business men of this
section. He owns a large plantation
Chapel Ei?.?North Carolina col
lege editors from 11 Institutions, rep
resenting 16 student newspapers and
magaslnes,. meeting for the first time
at the University of North Carolina,
organised the North Carolina College
Press association, disucssed matters
of common Interest to their publica
tions and established a permanent
basis for the future by electing offi
cers and calling for a second meeting
to be held at Davidson college in April.
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Wadesboro.?James Murray, a vet
aran of the world war, who.is in jail
hers on a charge of stealing an auto- {
mobile recently decided to go on *|
hunger strike. He went to b'ed and!
fasted six days, but decided to eat on
the seventh day. /
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Trinity College, Durham. ? Fifty
books used in the schools of North
Carolina from 1820 to . the time of the
Civil war are found In a collection of
textbooks numbering more than 1,000
recently present to the Trinity libra
ry by Holland Holton on behalf of
the grandchildren of M. R. Chaffln.
who taught school In Davie and Tad
kin, counties, beginning In 1850.
Raleigh.?Deputy Sheriff J. P. Stall
rod Deputy Marshall N. E. Ranes cap
tured ons of-the largest eppper stills
Bver seen In this section. Mr. Stall
sstimated that the still was of at least
160 gallons capacity, and Is a vortt
iblo giant compared with the smaller
receptacles in the sheriff's museum in
the basement of the court house. -J,
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?It The Asheville Times has passed I
(rem the hands of Charles, J. Harris,
>f Dlllaboro, to a group of citizons
leaded by W. A. HiHebrand, who Wk J
iomes president and general manager.
Sanford.?"On to Charlotte!" 1b
iow the slogan among the Baptist
young people of the si^ate, who meet
n thelf eleventh annual convtndln in
he Qupen City, June 14-16.
Ford Smashes Into 8tump.
Rocky Mount?If a rat wants to
dde in a Ford car, it's well enough to
et the rodent have its W?j?.' R. Clar
Mce Brake started to Sharpsburg in
US Tin Lizzie. Traveling leisurely,
Jong, fcp-discovered a rat had eraft- (|
)d from its hiding place to the foot of
he car. He attempted to MR the var-l
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COMING MEETIIi
GOOD ROADS ASS'N.
ACTIVE WORK ARRANGING /FOR
A GREAT EVENT IN STATE
, AT GREENSBORO BEGUN.
EVERY 60VEBN0IIWRIHEN TS
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Executives,of . Every; State in. Union
Are Expected to Appoint Not Less
:. Than 100 Delegates.
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; Greensboro.?Active work arrang
ing for the coming meeting of the
United States. Good Roads Assocla
I tion, the Bankhead Highway Associa
I tion and the United States Good
I Roads Shew has commenced at the
headquarters of these organizations
I in the grill room of the O. Henry Ho
I tel. Director General J. A. Rountree
arrived in the city Wednesday an#
was a guest of honor at a luncheon
given by the Chamber of Commerce
| where he outlined the plans of the
I convention which was enthusiastfcal*
| ly received hy over 100 business men
and assurance of hearty co-operation
given him.
Governor Charles H. Brough, Presi
dent of the United States Good Roads
Association has written every gover
nor in the United States asking the '
chief executive-not only to attend the ti
coming convention but to name 106
delegates from their respective
states. He has requested them to
ferward lists of delegates to Director
General Ronntree at' headquarters
who will Immediately write them a
| personal letter urging them to attend
j the convention. Governor Brough is
quite enthusiastic over the coming
convention. He expects 30 days bo
fore the convention meets to make a
tear of the states of Arkansas, Miss,
j Tenn., South Carolina, Ky, Md., an#
I North Carolina urging the people to
I attend the convention. He expects
this to be the greatest meeting' tits# ?
hhs ever been held in America.1
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on the business of the town as a sort
of side line to hhfmaln business, tk*
next mayor who will be eUcted will
be expected to devote his eiltlre time ...
to his official duties, for which he "
vjni be paid a living salary. And to- -
stead of having eight city fathers,
two frpm each ward, henceforth this
city will have only half that number.
Asheville. ?- Arrangements have
been practically completed by repre
sentatives of the Federal board of vo
cational education of the United
States government for opening a com
prehensive school at Waynesrille for
rehabilitation of former service men.
Leases covering a period of five years
have been taken upon the White Sul
phur Springs property, which Is to
house the school, to addition leases
have been, taken on adjoining form
land, to be used in teaching of practi
cal agriculture and truck gardening.
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Raleigh.?Governor Morrison auth
orized newspapermen to modify hia
recent statement about the Ku Klux
Klan now organising all "over the
( state, for the reason, he said, that he
confused the organisation operating
now with one started some time ago
j by Texas Ritchie.
The klansmen will continue to en
list recruits without gubernatorial or./
legislative Interference, It appears.
Kins ton.?The cause of better roads
and streets win get a ^
I spring with the decision of the mnnf
I clpal authorities here and at Waab
I tsfton to hard-surface a number of
I miles of additional streets and oo?
I tejnplatlon by county authorities si
Salisbury?The new program for
I Salisbury's schools will mean a bond
? issue pf ?800,WCm> maximum and
? a tax for schools,of not exceeding 50
I cents, according to A statement
I To Build $40,000 Schoolhouse.
I. Salisbury.?Mrs. Mary Raney, axed
? 65, wife Of R. % Raney, wellkpown
I citizen of Faith, this county,, jfcd
I from pneumonia after an illness of
school building. As a result of a ^ ;
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