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CONVICTION OF CHARGING AN j EXCESS PROFIT ON SUGAR SET ASIDE BY COURT. m LOANS CQMHONAL i CMtf Justioe Whit* Said that Lever ( Food Control Act la as Broad as Human Imagination. Washington.?Section* of the Lever food control get under which the De> s partment of-Justice has brought many i actions for alleged profiteering in ne> i < I cessities were declared unconstitu tiona1 by the supreme court. Chief Jus- k< tice White read the court's decision, i Conviction of,the L. Cohen Grocery i company of St Louis, in having charg- ] ed an unreasonable profit oh sales of | sugar, was set aside $y the court . Justices ^rtuMtets and Pitney con-* , c erred in4 the" opinion, but (basso ted . from 'the reasoning by which it was ] ranched.". , w The conviction of the .firm of j Weeds, Inc., Bingham ton, N. Y-, also "* whs set aside. Chief Justice White j said the statute was "as broad as hu- 1 man imagination. , i ? In. the case brought by merchants ' of Jackson. Miss., the court reversed 1 dp decree of lower courts refuting to issue ah Injunction restraining "the at- ' tgrney general from prosecuting un der the Lever aflL,,; gjj VV ' 1 ?? ' 1 WsshiaggMii The Federal Farm < Lou set IMS held constitutional by the supreme court This Is the. act under which land banks were estab lfcAed to extend loans to fkrmera. 3 : . Lienor Conviction Set Aside. Washington.?Conviction of Law rence Asms in Sonth CareBaa on charges at removing distilled spirits I on wUcfc*1hb taxes ted not been paid warehouse .**<1 ? snch erithovt a search warrant IV? ypir *j..vr >?;: -? * 1 . May Libel Merchant Vessels. Washington. ? Merchant r easels, eikk are the property of a friendly state or In its own service, can be li beled in American courts the supreme I ? oonrt ruled. -The opinion of the eoaxt was siren J?' the cases of the Italian ships Jen' to and Carlo Poma, which had been libeled by shippers for damages re ?flung from losses to cargoes. De crees of the district court at New "York dUsnMging the libel attachments were overruled. * VflfrMses Deed end Missing. man is dead. It are missing and two are injured as the rseattbC a coHfttan Steel Inventor of tto Pm3L const of Panama, v ^.,is fej' .5 v." <? I Us j? The Woolsey was cut in two at the ddter tank by the collision. ?' iiv v, , v iruTMi** v i ^ *-? ?' #? ?' j V- . ? f '"V . V / -V* . - _ .. 2-J'" | Ot ti'thfuwn ifl tbnitttss in Petrogxad have been or*m' |dswls^^ Mmcow> . ? * 1 WUmr flkidMkut ! ID MM PARK OF HISTORIC GROUKD ? * * - K TWO-YEAR OPTION SECURED ON LAND ON WHICH SECOND MANASSAS WAS POUGHT. ? ? ? i?. 1 BE SOUTHERN ENTERPRISE hn Association to be Formed to Hold Title, Each Southern State and As sociation to be" Rep resented. , < Richmond, Vs.?Acquisition, of the listoric battlefield at Manassas, Va., ihd its formation into a memorial park will be undertaken through an association at "Washington Maith 5, to jrhich governors of the states of the South, and representatives of the United Confederate Veterans, Sons 01 Confederate Veterans and United Daughters of th? Confederacy have seen invfted. A two-year option on the Henry farm on which was fought and da which the second battle closed has been obtained at the price of $36,000 by Major E. W. R. Ewing, past histo rian in chief, U. C. V., and Westwood Hutchinson, commander of the Ma nassas camp, U. C. V. It if planned to form an association to hold title and each southern state and organi sation would be represented on the board. v_ ifl - , ' The Hardingt Leave Florida. v St Angus tine, Flac?After a, live weeks Visit to 'Florida. President elect and Mrs. Harding left St Ah-! gustine for Marlon, Ohio. .. ?- y- ' ri Ask For Return of Rifle*. Washington.?Immediate return or several thousand rifles, seised in 1916, by the American authorities in the Panama canal sons, Is asked by the government of Panama, which desires to aha them in repelling the reported invasion of Panama by Costa Rtcans. ' '' f! ^ # ?-Vv ' ^ Victim. Foil to A?to% '*>1 Waahiiig^frr?ftccideatt Deaths from automobile aecidents showed a total of 7.M9. William Dalton Captured/ Decatur, HI.?WlRlanv Dalton, who robbed a Chicago bank of 1772,000 in liberty bonds, was captured at Hey worth, 28 miles north of here, ac cording to Jack Draper, constable. He had all but $500 worth of bonds ? A - * V' *'*? I Huns* Would Pay <a,2?0,000,000. Berlin.?Germany's total reparations offer will be, roughly, 83,000,000,000 gold marks ($8^50,000,000) It was learnpd from the highest authority, rhls isani win include costs/of the' umy of occupation, 'deliveries of coal tad other materials. ? "-v*. V;< VV' " V*v . ? ?* -A ; .? ?? , Woman Suffrage for Uruguay. Montevideo, Uruguay/? Presldenf Baltasar Brum believes that Uruguay ig well in the forefront Of'advanced legislation in fnaiwrrespects anlkwiat It will soon take stepe which will lead eventually to full snffragt for wo Scran ton, democratic representative was unseated by the house on charg es of vialaehtg the com* practices act and because of election frauds. ' ' : ? ." N --|j,I ? '-:r Declaration of War Signed. Jg Panama.?It was learned, officially that President Belixario Porras has Hgnad a proclamation declaring war against Costa Btea, but is holding it temporarily in abeyancn/. Hi. - i ??k5B5?.? eater tee Unift*! Steteean* being to ^pa^n: Prince. of Wales unveiling memorial *t Brighton to &ui$i|Hfe who died in the wai. 2?View of White hall, ind.. near which has been located the present center ^Mfcition trf the United- States. fi-President Obregon reading his first message before the Mexican' congress. ' - ~ % '? ' " *. \ Organized Labor Defies ^United , States Government, in Mat ter of Injunctions. is hour for no fight * .1 i I ?+. .*>?? 4 . "BUI of Ri?hif aot Legislative DO. mands Issued?Harding Complete* Hi* Cabinet America Pro. tests Japanese Rule Over Yap Wear East Con. -v ference in London. . : I ft* EDWARD W. PICKARD.1 Organised I^Wr of America has I thrown-down before^ Its "enemies" the gauntlet at'"challenge , to afifl^bt to M flnlsh. |tte; United States govern-; iuvmv 4K ayytticuujr / ^uiuucu.. ; thAEftt ? 4ft KihWIfrv Hfiflnrt l ? *+}. XTdcBbI^-1 the-; <joi Samuel Qompers the representatives of- the national and Internationat. unions Af filiated with the American Federation I at Labor met last week In .Washing ton and formulated their "bill of rights" and their demands on the gov ernment and the people. In theee' there la much besides the Injunction matter, but. that is perhaps the most Important A statement prepared by Mr. Gompers was issued in which the1 injunction as now used is denounced as aacoostitational and a pore usur pation of power and authority. The only remedy in the bands of the workers, continues the statement "lies in a flat refusal on the part ef labor to recognize or abide by the terms of Injunctions which seek to prohibit the I doing of acts which this workers i have a lawful and guaranteed tight to do'l Six wflch seek to compel workers to I do those things which they have a lawfuf and guaranteed right to refuse 1 to da I TMs ft the only Immediate course I I through which labor can find relief, and this course It purposes to pursua Labor realizes fully the consequences aC.aoch a course, but Ip the defense I adopt this course, be the consequences I artatt tin mn~ ?? I Of course If this threat la carried1 out the result rt* be the arrest of great numbers of working men for not jrleld 't^^h*t 'brings Alto action all Its resources, -komethimjl little ;yhorf' of a state of! rebellion will follow. Union labor thinks that Its very existence as such la threatened by . present tendencies and conditions. Other citizens must that Involves: Nor will the Infdrmedr only the Federation of Labor Is sav I chief m AtoScaTbnttownTs^no real dan^thelr gaining wotrol hers' j. ^ ^ ^ I J prOlcvUUli vrJ. 1 I 69t8. | I ? I Innctloas Id Industrial tiative and referendum 1^^ political tlonal laws enacted by oofeiess. "Electlbn of Jud^s. ^ activities of socalled private detec t^qj^aatn the flqlil of Industrial President-elect Harding'* announce ment of "his completed cabinet may not have aroused any loud cheers of enthusiasm, but it was received with quiet satisfaction and confidence by |%:Jarge part of the public. Though the ,11st of ten names does not Include those of many' -men [of towering emi nence, it Is felt by most Bepubjlcans. at ledst, that all the members of the I'MW cabinet are men with ideas and opinions and that they will be actually the advisers of the chief executive. I^e only real surprise among the ap pointments was that ?f Kdwln Denby of Michigan to' be' Twcreiary of the navy. Not that he Is not well equipped to fill the position, but be was barely mentioned in, advance, t The, selec tlon *Z Mr. Hoover for the portfblio of commiigpEtt gratifying ,,t(i: thS, public, and. that of Mr, Davis for sec retary. Of labor pleased most of the organised labor forces of the "country, though he is no longer directly con nected with their Vv; in the cabinet* But many persons aw loping that lfc_H*r4inggtill per suade Charles Dawes of Chicago to mission he win name "to reorganise holds, will be almost if not quite a* important as a place lp the-cabinet ? - anT uStf^ council first took Hp the matterOf amendments to the covenant, and, be* cause the attitude of the incoming ad ministration in America was in doubt, the question was referred to a com mittee which will not report before define his position on the league. Then tl\e maiidates were brought up for consideration, and again the TT tS.Jft Of . - _ . tlon antU tte - Wtaeetmg .(? ? ?j?The conference In London dealt* With the problem of the K'ear Beat and the possibility of revising die Sevres treaty. Turkish delegations representing both the Constantinople and the Angora governments were present and the first part of the week was wasted in their efforts to get to gether and present a detailed state ment of their desires: They finally agreed pn demands that Thrace, Smyr na anil the Dardanelles be restored to Turtaifr, and objections to the poHt ifeab.economic and finandldt gqptrdl-1 exercised by the allies. :.1Howe?^'l Bechad Paaha^speaklng for both group?, assured the conferees that both sections woutysccept the de cision of the allies. The demand-thai tbe custody cjjfjthe Dardanelles ba rt^ I signed again to the Turks caused much surprise and unfayorab^f eom ment, among the French dele According, to advices from Constan-. tlnople, the Bolshevists In the Caa casus region have begun warfare ; against, th*- republic of 'Oetft^JW < already have occupied considerable territory. First dispatches said the ' Reds, under command of Budenny, bad captured Tiflis, tire capital, but j later It was reported they had beenI driven bach from the Aflty by the J hastily gathered Georgian troops. There Is little doubt of. the ability, of the Bolshevists to overrun .Georgia and reach Eraerum. there establishing contact with tfap forces of Mustapha | "*eroal iWpr^ ? '.'fe': gjCjjfe * | himself^^hls exploit was carried 0^! by several thousands of; Persian Cowl sachs under Kexa Bham who landed on the south shore of the Caspian sea and toarched to KaSbin and thence to:j of tire Russian Bolshevist army la w, thewast border preparing iter the big ; spring;; drive there, ? k which has never ceased to protest formation <&tlN new Jugo-Smviap state, has declared a holy-war against tI , the .Stnii Fein 110^ np^fnfit#>98aifv?nnH * nn/^ no -ni-rV' uirvvwcu n-nfcinuu, wra ne KM? rpi" roe rcpuoiiean uo^t (5 . . v r ., TTnU/^ O*- v * u t* wISed rfONQRE88 TO PA8S BILL EITHER DURING THIS SESSION OR THE NEXT. PERpEMTAGE PLAN FAVORED ] W' ? Rs&vi ?'-.??? r. ??..??? ?? J Sin^l-Committee Recommends L?fli?. Win Th* Probably Will Prov? to I Be More Drastic Than the Johneoa By EDWARD 8. CLARK. ? flood of Immtera tion is to be dammed, temporarily at least, the; damming will be accom plished, no matter: which 6lHr that of ?aSf ot: the 8^ate* ^ ? I . It is Dossibte, -of coaTOfc that the legislation may h^jet on i tf^e stat ute books as the result of action by I thavgresent congress, but it Is known ?tfbarif failure shall, meet the attempt Eft pass the measure and to have it sigded .by the President before March l i U' Will be taken up? - again and pressed for passage as soon as- the next ccQgre|i| Assembles In extraor An get ok the house of represent*/ I tives kaowd as the John Bon bill con tained a provision to stop all immi gration for 'one year. -When the bill reached*the, senate opposition to the totaij/ttdttjiage 'provision developed ; instantly; The sesafe committee on ;-tmmiyratiOD retyseo^tb sanction com i migrant bjtti/vbt? df ire to four, and ap alSS^SX It is sald?makes the measure even more drastic than ? It wiiilW be.with the Johnson provision I The aenate committee propose* to gar a B^per cent limit anjncwnteg thlTunited* r "*,r ~ ' - #* ?' ? .A"-^ ES.vv- "k" i ITjOt -8- iOQ^Lul^ SfiUfttOr | ^ ? -;'? _ _ , V ?? j ''i^lyd ' . - r 1^. aI I ~1 faiLluU- ' to. ^?okod t the iBferlcsnlz&tlJfc ? of the Incomers would be1' an -easier process, For a long time the senate has been tbtokihg on this percentage limitation, ?' ;". "? '' ? !'Vc Of course it may be that the senate friends of the Johnson absolute pro hibition 'clause will be able dn open senate, to reject the 5 her cent limit provision and secure the adoption of the house proposal, but today it looks I as If. the percentage plan will he ao* I c^hted by the senate and that the I *Ruse >fll agree thereto. ,Vy ;> I There has been much bitterness over ? been charged, for, Instance, that the fcfenate did not desire absolute and Xptr I mediate, prohibition of immigration be* Canse j^ great corporations,^-of the I canqtry had declared $hat under the pro^siodf, of each, a measure they would'hot be able to get labor to carry ttvities. ; ' - .To offset this charge the senate ?p ftottenti:pf the house provision fo> cut? I ting off aft immigration temporarily declared that the 5 per cent .limitation11 f would go fhrtherto.^ing out Im- I migrants thtt the. Mhnsou provision Itself, Thia answer to criticism had SSumIK ah ^prospective immigrants, while inn zs&psss, tariM I &SiiS23S^15?S?2 uwiamulea-ef immigrants bow in jtnia m[ yfJiays A 11 r " iii?tn.\ ' ?* i.. jii j- ? ? J tbe^oMfcses'of eongresson the^aub CONDENSED NEWS FR08" aorrr akWoTiotbuwt t* ' i ? ?.<T,4F9k?Mnrj'.jibZj^vXst, - Winston-^em,?Mrt. C. L. Mein* ing, Salem's "oldest citizen and' widow of tip late Edwin A. Meinnlng, died* aged M. - ??', ,, ;; ? ? _ "? ? Reidsvllle.?Ed M. Palmer, a wetL known citizen living on Sprtokjto v street, met a horrible deathby being burned so badly that" death resulted in a few hoars. v '>? - ' i ?r? r ? . |iv "Winston-Salem.?W. C. Baffin, Ntoy-1 wealthy cotton manufacturer. who died here left an estate of $500,000v i according to his will The estate to to be equally divided between his wifw . I and four children. . r: ? ' .;T v;.| ;? Charlotta.'^Charlotto^: new hotel > *wlll be built. .'pi This decision was unanimously reached atameeting ofthedlrectorn efthe -Citizens Hotel company, at thw American Trust oompany, when all ? of the directors, except one, Werei present. " v \ i^r Statesvilla?Hearing in the Dougl^ ' l ton-Campbell contest, has been contin ued uhtiTMaioli 7. C. M. Adams, com missioner of testimony, announeef I '?O .? 'X .r?^ '? that the object is to give the plaintiff I time to collect farther evidence. ; ? . :f "I , , *#?T #5], , - ,. .. . " :" ; Salisbury.?At the annual .banquet of the Salisbury firemen held at th? . I Empire hotel an unannounced event .was the marriage of one of the fire;- /I men, Charles baa Bnrkett, tha bfida v 'ibeing Hiss Lillian Hiller, daughter o? !Mrs. W. P., Davidson. Aaheville.-J. M. DaLaney, a wsO known traveling man In Noqth-Carw lint and Tennessee, is under arrest at Murphy on "charges of White Slavery. A" y>ung woman ham told officers ha after staying in Ashesdlle for several [JreekW:&*% ? ana oM^tuxie marine3, accompanlea by Chapel H1U.?Women in Chapel Hill ?r? sguaaaly behind the proposed |20> N0Q0,000 bond Issue for ptate educa tional and other institutions. Wilmington. ? Plying from New York to Southport, N. C., 725 miles ha six hours,and 57 minutes, the Aeroma rlneboat Ponce de Leon is believe* to have set a new record. ' ?>/ I Dunn.?Durwell Hodges, 82 years old, pioneer citizen of Dunn, celebrat ed his birthday with tadre than two hundred relatives and friends gather ed to pay their respects. ,-| ?ii'fV J ' I Charlotte.?Dr. Luther Lltte, pastor ;l of First Baptist church, has been elect ed president of the Charlotte ^Oop erative Nursing association In <h? place c? Dri ; Bunyoi. HcLeod, who ta soon to leave for St Joseph; Mo. li ' ' - . ?* '"B Hendersonvllle.?Headed by Jaks . Wells," local "millionaire and movte* .1 picture magnate a party of 40 bturi- I ness man, left here on a special Pntfr v. | man tacked on to Southern train No lo for a booster trip of 10 days -fl AsheviUe.-W. A. Hildebrand was' geraldMmta^^TtwSnirsr ofttt* . Asheyille Times company, $jr the tfi ^ectott following a omettng of stock- I y<; Henderson *?Tb e remains-of Mrs. Wallace White, of this city, who die* in a -hospital In Philadelphia, w;er? I brought tb Hdnderso?^nd .i>uri?**Jr ? ??! Elfnwood ceinetery. Mrs. White dte*? from a throat infection caused byBw^J lodging of a chicken bonh'which ah? swallowed. Grior, wife of Dr. J. >Jf. Gre6r? p&stcr ot the Ftnt Presbyterian chorch. <* this city, died in the Charlotte sana torium, following a wrious operation there. ? ^
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