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87TH mm is i MUf SESSKjjf F1RET C0NGRES8 IU 10 YEARS' i IN COMPLETE ACCORD WITH I THE PRESIDENT ELECT. MONDELi RE-ELECTED LEADER | -<?i Kitchln Becomes Dsmoceatlc Leader, ( by Virtu re of Hte Nomination f c.f the Speakership. i ? - Washington.?The 87th congress as stabled promptly aVnocmst the call , of-President Harding for its fret sps- , slon. ax pec ted now to continue until T ? s 7* i i \ f * iin, . v*- .* J- ?' > - -.t i ? i v -r ^ ? >. \ ^ I ? This congress. i? the first con rolled t by the republicans to meet under a i . republican administration hi a decade. 4 The swat* previously bad bean organ- t -iaed at its special session, which be- 4 gas last March 4, bat the house pro- ' oeeded to tip organization by Reelect- - lag Speaker Frederick H. Qiaett, of , Massachusetts, crrer Claude Kitchln, ^ of North Carolinev tbe democratic can- , didate. The .rote was on strictlyparty t Uses and Mr. OflTett was elected. * , Frank W. Moadell, Wyoming, was" < reelected republican leader while t Representative Kitchln became the c democratic leader by rirtnre of Ms nomination., tor the speaker-ship. i ( * Nearly, afl of the 435 members wjtfe J ( present fbr the opening. The crowded t h$w? galleries broke Into applause t when Mis* Alice Robertson, republi- t can, of the second Oklahoma district, i Hie only woman member of congress, 1 came an the floor. \ Senate galleries Also were crowded, 7 the-overflow extending, far outside of t thedooA. Seventy-eight senators, an swered the roll call after the presi* t dent's proclamation oallbg the extra < ssnslns had bean read. ] * ? . Bank Robber Oats Ona Year. : Chicago.?Jamee Carey, the l?-yeer old bank cashier of Ottawa, IDL whoae i theft of SM.WW laat November wna < v . , ji . _ am ...? la," av. r . _! Hare to Present 8tatua. S New Tort.?Dr. Eataban, Qilborgoa, t foreign minister of Venezuela, arrived i b?^a^^twad of a special mission J maei, w&Seh will present a statue of Simon Bolivar to the City of Now York on April 19. , - ' 'S ' WoBW'ASalUh Labor Board. 1 Washington.?A bill to abotlah the i Railroad Labor, board, now function- < ins under the transportation act, and i place ha duties under the Interstate i Commerce Commission was Introduc ed by Representative Tlncher, Kansas. . ? ' i Mb Review of Haywood Case. j Washington.?The supreme court i refused 'to.review thetoonvlction of ? William D. Haywood aid more than i 79 other members of the L W. W. en 1 ?; chanjee of tovlnf ;ridiy *d to oh-M ? ? ?',? Harding to saueed toe Into Jodge ] Jeter Pritchard, .oi > Seville They are Judge W. It Byntfin, of Greene- " bero, and James J. Brftt, of AsfcevtUe. . Nashville. Teen?This vicinity suf- j Jered a viirttat^offaost and lqe da> ( Wartingtoa to Pr?<id?aA J^e&cnsl ta i fWmS^ ? ' ? ? ? ' 1,1 ? ? rS-j Qua<tt oflXKt rert. ' HTMiA^ifl^tnf) ? % q Mkrtli/iioilF St hoft SLOfli 1W OF "USE SITUATION s ; i? "HE BUREAU OP FOREIGN AND DOME8TIC RELATIONS HA8 t ISSUED STATEMENT. v ' 1ISAPMCE OF OPTIMISM ? * s ?***'' ? Commercial Agent D.ennta Says "Hurt the Business Depression In Great Britain Has Largely Increased. V _____ Washington. ?Financially and eco tomically the situation throughout the rorld improved but little Spring the nonth of March, with few signs of letter conditions to come, according o cabled summaries for the month ?eceired by the Bureau . of Foreign ind Domestic Commerce front its rade commissioners ana commercial ittachee in foreign countries. * id Europe tight money, un employ nent and unsatisfactory industrial ihd shipping conditions were In evi ience while some decline* in prices tnd slight revival of (building activi ies were noted. In the east the jit tation was described as somewhat issiee wkile.in 96uth America condi ions Were? reported as practically un hanged from the previous month. Commercial Attache Dennis report id thai the business depression in freat Britain had increased owing to he perspective failure of an early set lement with Germany on the repara ibna question. Optimism thit pre vailed in the cotton textile Industry las been dissipated, he declared, both ty the increase in customs tariff of Jritish India and a further decline in he price of silver. American imports into France con Dtoe to' show xnaraed reductions, lootmercial Attache Huntington at ?arie informed the bnreaft. 4 j, ' i- . - . J . . . r. ^Teeth Behind Eye. Paris.*One of the most remarkable Will ever reported has been dlseov iredkere tu the case of a woman pea \jytfj ,]M?' alaKf ffyflhflll TJia. W/I1T1HH 4 V Asherille, N. C-?Federal Judge Je er Coatoy Prltcbard, of the United States circuit eourt for the fourth dis rlct, died here following an" illness of tereral months. Death of the famous urist was due directly to pneumonia. ? - - Caruso Plays Safe. New York.?Denial of reports4 that Sarlco Caruso had given his votje/a rial to 'fnd whether it had been af ected by his recent Illness was nade by Bruno Zfrato, his secretary. 3aruso will not%ak.any strain on his roeal chords for some time, Zlrito tdded. v ' vN ^ ?H Express Bobbers Convicted. - Macon, Ga.?Thirty-six of the 45 nea tried during the last- four weeks a Federal court here on charges of xmapiraey to rob the American Bail say company of goods rained at more than $1,000,000 were found guilty and other nine were acquitted. ______________> Burlington to Bell Cotton, Austin, Teams.?Albert B. Burleson, lortner postmaster general, will leave won for Europe to sail unsold Texas sotton, 1*. A. Wroe, president of the Mhttoaal Buk of Austia. sold. A 1 1 ? ? To Be, No Obstruction. Washington ? National Chairman leorge White pledged the deycratie purty to refrain from "obstructing and lamating* the Harding 'admlnistra itnOs I CfMoity of (Banal, k t*Mt Ship* SM; Francisco.?U iKier nonail coa ? ? ? 4"?f*? J. ?[? I iky D?PiJl*S^,'*P# K,U#<' ^^BWQgyi BDx^nv iit Rffv^ tcxn? *Z raary ? ? ? This photograph was made at the first cabinet meeting of-the Harding administration. Ftfom left to right, bade row: President Harding, Secretary of the, Treasury Andrew W. Mellon, Attorney General Harry M. Daugfaerty, Secretary of the Navy Hdwin Denby, Secretary of Agriculture Henry C. Wallace, and' Secretary of Labor James J. Davis. Vice President CooHdge is seated at the far end the. table. Front row, left to right: Secretary of State Charles B. Hughes, Secretary o* War John W. Weeks, Postmaster General Will iH. Hays, Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall, and Secretary of Commerce Herbert <?. Hoove*. The attendance of the vice president is an inno vation. ?'? t-/'- ' '? ? ? -Em''' ?? 1 ??. ... , - Pluck aad Good j ; Sense Win Again; ~ -n' Farmer and Businessman Shaw. Faith in^Cpuntry Burin# Pe riod Cff Readjustment. - ? ?' ' . ?r ? ' HAD THEIR FUN, NOW PAYING Forget the Experiences ,of Left Few Yeers and Get to Work I# Her. I moay With flew.' Order * j > '!Thingip Slogan Now. ? ed by. the finest people under the son. ; Once in a. while, when the tide of business becomes rliPed and tpxee are, as we think, a little high, we may harbor some thoughts about du* coun try, thoughts whlob a moment later ' we are ashamed of. Just lately some ; few of us had an Idea that every thing is going' to tbe bow-wows. JBut don't you believe it * In this readjustment- we have all takep some pretty hard wallops,-and at ttQpe-have felt tough luck was coming te as in bigger chunks than to our neighbor. We 'have perhaps been a little bit resentful and inclined, perhaps, to retaliation. Because we are Americans, living In n"sweet land of liberty," this idea, ot, and has mot persisted. BV .etfybody knows better. ? ? . Ull in gum UV.W <31 Everybody has been bit and Mf > bard. But what of It We are ail In the samp boat Xh*: merchant has A suffered no more than the manufac turer, nor the farmer mofe than the merchant Alt lines of business were affected in this readjustment,' and we aU expected It - No one bettered for a moment that ; things could go mi indefinitely as the* j hare been going for the last few years ?increased food fosts, mounting wages, soaring raw material and roe* chandise prices and back again to t-jrt *??a ? break; sooner or la ter^. break of ft* own weight because the idea support ing It was wropg economically and I sensible and health* people into a lot af p#ous wrecks. *e couldn't stand the pace and Just had to stop. It was jome^ spree |fij| goo?,fu^whi|e 1 f^^rf Pby?l /4 _|* ?1 f . T> * " t H nmiifmbnrhrr' "nftlr mi.liig of- ft! w ttevcrcQu Mr. jpauaenoacner, | ? slclaufl Issued a dea?h ccrtlfl- gj Everybody was in the game and j couldn't get out until their share of the music and thq fireworks had been 1 But nobody squealed. Like good 1 sports, which is just a synonym^ for f good Americans, they ^paid and went J I lost money In 1320 I find when,I av erage things up that Jthe Jast five 1 years, including 1920, have made more j money for me than sjcy othir Are - years I can remember, and I hope the A next five are just as good. Whether 1 they are or nht la up to me. I be- 1 lleve hustling is the' anifater, sC watch J mw V >-?/ ' ? < Merchant's Idea df Thln0a. J The merchant Is not outdone In tbia spirit Ofoptimism, and its reply to In quiry Is this: ""Yes, I went Into red 1 figures on my readjustment of prices January first But what of it? So did everybody else. The farmer, of j course, got It . first and I am' sorry. He has had a hard row, but If be will average the last five years the 1 same as I, he will decide that fortune - has been pretty kind to him. We are ( not saying much about our losses be- 1 cause the other felloW has his own \ troubles which ate enough without listening to. our tale of woe. The thing to do is to forget the experiences * of the last few years and get to work 1 in hannoojr with tjjh! ndwvstoder of ! things. Resentment and .harsh words won t accomplish anything, and thep 1 is no occasion, for, either. We have . had our fun ao&now;:** are paying the piper." 1 ' Manufacturer Believes In Work. } And then the manufactHrer comes n with his story: "It was some party vhlla It lasted and now we have to lel&le. What we wero fined for our Ittle dissipation was Just what We leserved and expected. It'came a Ut ile Hudden and qaught us with a lot \ k ijrkfr material and contracts for ittppties at the worse than war prices. I Ihe other fellow though was caught he same way. There is no use cry bg over spilled milk, so we went ihead and adjusted our costs t? the lew order of things, put our sales torce through some intensive training; ind sent them out^fter business. the irders are not coining as easy as they, lid once, but we are getting them and ixpect to be on full time very soon, fou can tell the World, for us that ev erything is all ilght We are not wor. j ying about the future, because we are vorkitg, and the fellow who works tnd ivweats Is going to come through v l' _ ' * , , ? jobs xu out ivcvuv vhluv suivwyt xucjf hat readjustment Is a'necessary evil, md on it everyone is due to lose, rhe pluck, nerve and good sense vhlch have always, been thp predoml lating charactejrtetlcs of'the good found American are more In evidence iow then ever, and the man or wom in, who right now is defiant In any >ne of them, is Just naturally out of nek.* That's all. The country is as found 'as a nut?Is not going to the logs. '' ?' , Useord Saving* Bank Deposits. If concrete figures are heeded to uavlnce any skeptic, your banker will :eii yon this: First, that the year 1919 was a ban- . lerfor savings bank deposits, and in \ lie history of this country the figures >f 1919 hare been beaten bat once, had that?now get this?was in the rear just past, the year everyone has >een complaining about; 1920. s i Second, that, whUs the farmer now institutes'bat one-half of the total ppnlatlon of this little old U. S., nore than half, about flO per cent of liese lavings deposits are in the Nun& of the tillers of the soil. :<0 U If yon meet any croakers, treat 'tm *ongbu Tell than 4that you know [ ibout the situation and invite them to Join with you in singing;*: ? , r & ?, v: > %.... P"' ? '? -1 '/ r Here s Villa, Retired Bandit !ij ? i' ? - 'r-J.-.i" ? MAKES RAPID STRIDES TOWARD 1 WESeOtZa'? i) jL RECOVERY SINCE LEAVING f. i WHITE HOUSE. 1 t' ?' V ' ' ? ! 1 ' | STILL CENTER OF INTEREST v-H-' S ? Sir i Physician* Held Out Hope That He May Again Be Able to Take Up 1 Golfr-Spende Much Time in His ] Spacious Garden. By BDWAflD B. CLARK. Washington. ? Woodrow Wilson, former President of the United States, has been living.for some little time in the residence to whlclf he moved directly from the White House on the Harding inauguration day. Bel put from the former President's'phy sicians, and'from his friends, Is ? that Kir. Wilson has ma,de more rapid progress toward recovery of his strength in the month of March than be did from the, time that he was I stricken until the aay that he dropped tbeAcares of office. , It probably la something to get one's mind free. There are no worrles,:?r presumably none, in the 'American home with its pleasant garden bricked In with walls covered wi>tb glistening English ivy. " The Wilson home today is the center of a-good deal of public interest Visitors'to the capital In. large numbers walk by the hou3c to pee after what manner a former Pres ident - is domiciled, and Washington residents themselves frequently make S street a Sunday afternoon thorough fare. t Prior to this time no ex-President ever made his home in the city-of his presidential labors. Some of them came here occasionally just a4 other visitors came to ftay for a short time and then to go back , to their homes. Mr. Taft probably hap been a mors frequent visitor to' Washington sines leaving the White House than any other man who ever held the offlCSaf Resident He always held this toqm in high affection, and he has'many strong personal Meads hers and more Mr. Wilson come time ago said that he would ?do kittle historical writing and certainly would not write an au tobiography. There are those who think that withthe physical strength which he mis achieved, and still la achieving, lie may change bis mind, and that the country will not be de nied "A President's View of It," tb* "It* in th6 case probably comprising all the great events of W admtnisfra* tion;? It to known that some of the; closer Mends of Mr. Wilson, stgnch -adv* cates of his theory of the form which* the League'of Nations should tak* are urging him to, give thejshole story of the league as he conceived It, and bring to the support of hto action Ifil ihe case an assembly of th? mental ahd heart motives which led bln^ to Ibft.thc champion of the cause .which took him to Versailles. -- I *1 One of Mr. Wilson's closest neigh IhQf? Is Herbert Hoover, who new to secretary of commerce, and who was |P? Chosen one of Mr. Wilson to act l|^"the food administrator during America'*: participation dn^tbe great war. There never has been any breach between Mr. Wilson and Hoover. ;; Hvery pleasant afternoon Mr. Wil son takes a nfctor ride, accompanied almost Invariably by Mrs. Wilson and not Infrequently by Bear Adraifttf j Grayson, who was hto physician at the White Souse. Doctor Graysop to con tinutoip -3?'ministrations as medical adviser to Mr. Wilson. .' &Ki| said that onipof the chief de?.L sties of -Hp.- Wilson to?to so. far cover bis health as to bo able once m6fe to engage In the game qt goU of whlchtvhe Is extremely fond and of ; which Mrs. Wilson to ? devotee.. In the earlier White House, yefrs the; ftfeslieht played golf with his wifh ak ? partner almost every, day. It in arid,that toe physicians have held oat somtf;. mnasihope to the former Resident that in the Course of time? he may be'able.'once ynore to tr?mf the links in plosive white ban. SWUM'. Widow ? Neighbor. street meets Massachusetts avfcnne, we^f the m<Mt fcieaotlful, asJ.Usows capital thoroughfares. S street crosses equestrian statue of Phil Sheridan, foatfTe of Winchester Mrs Sherid&ZL D6i^QDor ot uir. ?tDu j&rs. wjison. CONDENSED NEWS FROM THE OLD NORTH STATE 7 ? ? ; . .. - ^ '? SHOUT NOTES OF INTEREST TO CAROLINIANS. 1 ( . . ;. . ? I . ? r, ? ? ?? : ? ? : / I- 7 ? . Shelby.?-Nine divorces were grant ad at the spring term of superior qpurt and eight men wer giVen road sen tences. i Lumberton.?Provision for a com plete revaluation of real estate in Robeson^ county for taxation was made by the boera of county commis sioners at their regular monthly meet ing here. y Charlotte. ? Mecklenburg county property values were reduced 25 pet cent as the result of a meeting of the board of appraisers ard review and the Mecklenburg county commis sioners. Wadesboro.?Mrs. James Coppedge, the oldest resident of this city, and one of the finest Christian women in Anson county/(s critically 111 at her home here. She is 95 years of age. Morgantton.-*A. C. Avery was elect ed mayor of Morganton by a majority of 255 over his* opponent, John M. Pearson, the vote being ?16 to 261. Norwood.?Rev. J. W. Patton, D.1X, of Greensboro, deputy grand lecturer of the grand lodge A. F. and A. M., of North Carolina, is spending two weeks here drilling Pee Dee lodge No, 150. ?_ 1 ; Lenoir.?J. Wttburn Suddreth died at his home about three tnilee west of1 Lenoir, being 83 years of age. Mr. Suddrat^ was an ex-soldler at the Confederacy, and was a member of the 58th N. C. regiment High Point?According to a story members of his family told High Point newspaper men Elder Samnel McMU lon, a primitiveBaptist -minister ot this city was robbed of $105 while & passenger on a Charlotte trolley car. ? ? ?' i ' Wlaston-Salem.?Daniel C. Roper, pC Washington, former United States ' commlsioner of internal revenue, has acepted an invitation, tpj delftir- the commerce here at ^loon od April 23 first of the year, yet.totsQ profMsins as enjoyed six weeks ago, according to a summary of the work nnder way and< orders on hand, say mill'officials. ? '? ~ ? Burlington.?News has been receiv ed here ot the suicide of James Story, at his home near the Tillage of Glea ooey a few miles from this city. i r- ? ? . *;/- * * Jr.' 1 ^ : r t Monroe.?William ? Gerald, a me chanic at Iceman Knitting company, whs Instantly killed when a long sec tion of pipe which he was carrying came In contact with a lire wire. A Jury in Wake county superior court awarded J. W. Klmbrougfa, ot Poylan Heights, $15,000 as damages for injnr|es inflicted by a train of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad in 1919. / . Wilson.?J. C. Lasslter, 30, vies president of the R. G. Lasslter Con tracting company, of Norfolk, V*. with branches in * number of South ern cities, died from s bullet wound, believed to hare been accidently self inflicted. ' ? (Belmont?In the triangle compose* of the debating teams from the high schools of Bessemer, ML Holly, an* BelmonL'nbne of the teams were boo cessful in winning bat one debate, as* therefor^ this series of towns win nek have any representatation at Chapdl HHL ?? ? -A Eurham.?The Charlotte high school I unanimous decision over the eigh high soboolin this city in this of the annual triangular debute. urham.?Lora Ashbunx, IS years .daughter of Mrs. Mary Asbburn. lis city, was burned, perhaps fatai vhen hpr clothing became Ignited 1 .flames which burst from a star* which she -Was lighting with xeroses* oil. The Are praotically destroyed the Long home on Walnut street I 4 fji? ? I WHsou?The arrest of two couples here on the chhree of violation of the Mann white. slavery law resulted In me marriage, but the Bellamy late prevented the other proposed nuptial weBtr;.v? > Wilson^?Sheriff Howard and his force of deputies are continuing their warfare on Illicit dlstillitig in Wiljgjtev-' county., Within the past several days two large stills.one of 75-galIon capa city and the o titer a ^gallon outfltj have bean captured. Five gallons bit. "corn, lulce" were confiscated. . moonshine plnnts. j i ? ? J, | ,m _ ^ ' i*mA cornSi svl'itors ~ - - Qf?* A t68v
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