/ taa " ? " w<% 2 /_ ?_. ? ..if Tttf i* a n?jiTft 11 innicr ? ! ' B B* Jm fwral"' ?/' ?" W ' 1'?;- ! BJ PB'; Jm"' 'Jp-m ' J I * I V ^ - ?-. - Hi" : , ' ? ? ' -^|L..---..-.-^ ^. . . V ,, ^ ^ ' ., ... . , ^. , \ ~ ' " ' niunnrirrr DTUVT rAITTUfV XTAfiTU r 4 DAT ijSTffBTn AY PRlftAY TAN1IARY*21 19*^7 ' ' ' "" - T^n oo FARMVItLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROL ; : ' >A? __ ? 5 ~ ._. . . . ? ^C?Hoiecof Rep % Mk JAB. 18.-Rak^Vbaq|| AvJfcrglar raided the hall of the \ A of representatives over the I \Ji end and -stole the Poole anti-ev y'ohi'Hon hill out of the unlocked desk of the gentleman from goo&old Hoke, ed to the scene and followed a hot; A squad of detectives was summon " trail to PuHea park, where they found the mutilated rexwant of the bill, in front of the mon*?y cage. Th? monkey denied- any knowledge laaf the crime.. "Believe it or not, we were just waiting, for the^street car," they said. . Anyhow, the measure designed jo prevent ^ teaching of evcfotk) , I I vjjgfee state Supported schools of North^ Carolina was not-fired into the hop-"" v per of the house Monday night by-El der Poole. But there's another day and there are ways and means of du plicating lost bak. y "It will not be ^e.aame resolution ^as that introduced two years, ago," he %aid. "It wffl~bev?rected at the in clusion into school books of references to religion that tend to" bring it into ' disrepute, suHfi?for instance, as the the using of Hie phrase "Methodist I v preacher" as a "term of reproach. . . ^ Mr. Poole's bjH died in committee, jn 1925.session. He was born in Montgomery county in." 1858, is a printer and Newspaper publisher; was mayor of Baeford, his home, in ?1911 12; is rafingi?eldnr of the Presbyterian church,"Sunday school superihtfipdent and '' representative in Presbytery twenty years, twice in the synod. The hou^fe also had the EveretJt bill to permit ^^Confederate veterans $30 - a month pension and their widows $?0 a month, ofa total of $972,000 a year : to the i'ftOiyetenms and $1,272,000 -a year to thdj^^d?ws> for con\ '? The electaoft^conmujtee^ of Jaath ft" W\ I : FillriOtll(in' 1 ?jsjBr _? ? * * J m? - [Syrians in Ea&ern N* C?. Safjfr I ' "T.. *?" tv* - i? .. \ ' ? '"V Washington, Jan. 15.?Senator F. M. Simmons and Ilepresentsiive: - Chaxies L. Abemethy have been asked; to protect the . Syrians of Eastern^ North Carolina from Eirnr Chekip Arslan, a Syrian revolutionists now visiting in the United States. ?" 'v^SSesen Syrians of Eastern North Carolina wired Mr. -Abemethy as fol I 7^ ' / . tows: ? - I * "A certain Emir Chekip AjEslan..of Syrian revolutionary delegatiofi|?W fiabroad, is nowr hf the Unite^p. tajes g attending Svnan revolutionary; .pin-* gress in Detroit. Object to hi#p**-. ence and arteries." was right- haAd I . man fcPBjemal Pasha," murderer "of Syrians daring war. Deliberately caused" death hundred sixty-five thou sand Christians in Lebanon pursuant Turkish policy- of extermination. JtHt pursues nefaffcns activities and car ries sinister purpose to us, causing strife'and danger of bloodshed ajnong Syrians. His presence strongly ob . thisenenj? And allwfcl ???? v"jjj, ???'*???**z?\ i I Home. Her Career j MT-13 notnecessiry to-go oafiudj the "home for a career, s?.ys ? Charles Q. Dawes, wifo of Vl? Pres., ofsU. S., "The Socorkl La'dj?;.... ? of the Lsjid,'1 .cares little for out side interests or sports, she is ardent lpvet of her home and cen . ters her life upon it. .> _ ? ' ' "p; ? " Geo, Ji. Saunders Was Convid- I ed on Two Charges of Thefts I of Mission Board Funds - #? ' Richmond, Va., Jan. 18.?George N. Sanders, former-treasurer of the for mission board of the - Sowii^ H baptist convention, was .sentenced to twenty years in the state penitentiary -here by Judge W. Kirk Matthews m Hustings court today following ^ a short but dramatic trial on two in dictments charging him with theft of ? '.the herd's funds. The specific indictments, to which Gordon B. Ambler, 5f defense coun aeV said: "We baVe absolutely no tense, whatever to make." ^charged ^ahders^th the theft mission funds on Opotber. 20, 132&, [Only 'two "'witnesses .-were presented by the state, A. M. Pullen, head of the^ ? firm of accountants whl? audited San I dersH?>oks,-arfd Dr. T. B. Ray of the I foreign.-^ mjRsion hoard. Common Attorney Dave Setterfield Statements as to the'nature-of the .wrong and the fact that the good pf [society was at stake, t No evidence was Introduced by the | defense, Sanders' attorney confining I Suit for $15,000 is Against "Physician I"- '.**? ? m I -v" . ? ?? 1% _? I Raleigh, Jan. ^.?Alleging that-Br. J. R. Ropers, of this cit^v.aade only a perfunctory examination of his ^ife when she went to h\m for-* [j6^ GarUck, of'Oxford, has filed suit for $16,000 in the*' Granville superior cdort, it Vms learned here Monday; I morning/ :::' . vv j General Greenlaw, - says that no., evqnt since the war has stirred the French like the Legion convention; The French govenynent has given its every co-operation to the project. [? Already arrangements for earing for 25,000 have been made in Paris, Major Phillips reports. The Troca* dero, the Paliwr d'Orsay and the Co# tinental hotel have been secured for headquarters-of the Legion, the Forty and Eight, and the Auxiliary, respen. p Nurse was bridging little Ella home' ~f#om a party and took her band* . ?? to 1 help her up,a high curbstone. U ' cried, j "how sticky your hands- are!" Pv"So Would yoiij^ibe," replied Ella serene!?, "if you had two meringues ami-a chocolate ecfeu* in your luff." ? ^ _vV | .H".* Mg* HM'JH .is ^ . SMQ v . ''ks*f HI vji 11. V'-m*-^* - --? I I I II 1 .ffl. I' ' J$ ."-L I ~rSr V"rT m&~. 'Jr-! ^MEagBSL ^ ^ M , .v^ 3 ^a- -/? . ^B&^?r4L ? 9* V%1 i Wk'm^M S.& I ? '. ? k I ^^ 8 bb8 |g| .? ? - r6ss agent, s^fi'-^.. . n t TOi lvS^^BraT--'>'.j.,. J o^--, 2* jl"-~"**"^ i" -'~ out .-that ? North Carolina ha*r many I various factories and industries and I the products are y^t? disposed oT to ,1 the best of advantage, because, the 9 jitate does not tell, the world what it hm and does not- sou .'through - or- 1 ganized selling'channels. .. ' 1 give'me-, a week Off to^regainmy I health; my beauty is beginning "to ? Mr. Jensen: Why do you think so? v Maiziet The man:: are beginning to H ., T . :???? y " ?? ? ??' ^ I gineers, who found that it worked '^tlrfSjCtp-rily. i? , tSIP ? ?No mention w^ macle of^the loCft ^kutorl?l ' ^ "TheVachine worked quite satis factorily under- cdnditwns tliat were^| cent of the cotton the "first time^er, rod ftom % to T>8 per cent of the cot the machine in opposite directions. . ."The picker is not at prcsen commercial production appears to have, been':ideVeloped i point where it will pick cotton satis factorily. U ' . time the operation of the machine was. ^hsepr^ t% leayes on ^ite this fact, the pick?^^did^ho? in ? ^ si)6vd; her however, 'state that it will be placed aidihe market p^xt yqar. >?'?'y-', "The machine as now manufactured, T70uld be well adapted for use on* plantations wlapre ^here is an acreage of from 150 acres of cotton upward, or it could be operated on a basis of so much per pound for picking cot ton on a number of small farms." Far some months Mr." Graham Jias been interested in the idea of develop ing a cbtton picking rha?hine that would save the farmers money. He has pointed out that neither he nor his department is in a position to finance such an"~ilhdertakihg> so he j has asked the federal government to make a survey, which itlias.aiready a begun, as shown, by .the letter ^abeye V ..?> ?*: *t - ': $&??? ?. Grandmother/ I'suppose you have to stay up'very late at college. Grandson: Yes, but really, grand Mother, it's worth it. P i ? ? ? .'?? >111 ? ? ^ ? ? ULTIMATE IN fUTILITY ; . By A. B. CHAEIK ,?'. L??~ ypd: JuafeedB John, m? Wmston who has i^tiiei _ . - . * - J* ? ; V: ; l^cifge Vdims, 17, Braves thev ISgCfufly'^atm of Chad* 'X nel to Win Big Prize|||l|; I ?' ?S-- ? ???'?. i> 1 oronto,' Out, Jan.-ir--Tbronto's ?congratula^drs were sent tWy -,to ?George Ygyftg, youthful conqft^roj-Iof ? Catalma- channel.'Mly ?or FdsttF wired "him: ' \ I ."J .congratulate you on your woolJ detful victory cnncl the lion^ .jjM^ I lidve brought, to the city by your - Plans a ro under way for ciVreja^B I ogaStfon-of the swimmer and his wid _But the greate t pleasure camd to' his widowed mother, Mrs? jane Young. Her elation was followed immediate y by concern for tlie health-of hey I son. 2*011*1 Jiope George doesn't catch nehumonifi," she exclainjed. |> Mrs. Young became 'a wkiow when George Was only a few ihonths old. ?Slio Iivgd. if Scotland/then. Through all sortp -of hardships they struggled. George started to swim when he was six years of age pat Sight hell ?came under the eye of Johnny .Wal ker, swimming instructor at " the J Granite club here. . Under the guid ance. ,-vOf Walkery George made such J ?pjogreas that at sixteen he held four! *<3fards and fifteen swimming cham-f pious hips. ;|J George had^difficulty in getting toil California. Unable to find anyone! able to finance him, he determined toil gd nevertheless.' He and a friend ?VViliam Hastings, set out in an old] motorcycle' across f?he continent! B|&lfng never for- ,a..jnoment losing ?mfce that the $26,000 prize would be Ms. When his mother hod: given him all her savings?$185?as he started| on Ids long journey," sfie also gave him} motto: "Don't fail... Whatever you | sjfiafc ? > t. fl ?|^eo;gys friends were particularly I interested In the story of- how fcgjj young ' horieymooners from Quintd: 11 Mas. lit.tM Mrs. Jimmy Posrir,' gave the swimmer and his pal Hast inggj' a -lift/in their flivver frdW'3? tUpfcuck, Ark., to, Gan Pedro. The boys were desperate for their mo&r^|| cycle had simply refused to go fur-[ ther,/their funds were low and things looked dark. ' Notwithstanding this, the.'honeymooners reported the boys! ' Federal agents marveled afe 1 iv^v^j--" i ?"""B wv | (j 1 I | ?. IS I I ? ? I ? ? I r { mm ? ? ? ? ? ? aPV^IP^ ?Tw Disregard ofihe G rade Cross in* Signs and on Highways Cause Death Increase . ..', ' -' .?'' '"'jJ* Raleigh, Jan. 19.?Dedth, riding in automobiles over North Carolina's great' highway system, struck 453 times during the pest year, continu-;^ fpg Its steady increase over the toll of407 for 1.925 and 344 for 1924. The figures are obtained from the . com bined December and annual report of , J the bureau of vital statistics of the state board of health. ~~~ Oblivious to the state's grade cross ing stop law whic# has not halted, the steady increase of deaths from the .?? cause, 40 motorists died when trains crashed into their cars. This is a gain of 15 over the 1925 total of 1 and an increase of 80 over the'16 to-x ^ 1 tal for 1924. Fifty-seven of the 407 violent deaths from automobiles came in De- , cember. Three of these were at grade crossings. With- 35 people having burned to death during the past month, the-to- "? tal lives lost by fire in this state was increased to 280. The 1925 figure was >1 259/while the total for 1924.was 805. There were 213 homicides and 144 suicides in the state during the past ypar/ 19 of the homicides and 20 of the suicides having been committed during the past month. TheJ924 and 1925 totals for homicides were .284 and 260, respectively, while the 1924 suicide total was 111 and the 1925 total-was 128. The'figures" show that while the "number of murders tit North Carolina .are gradually decreas- . . 1 ing, that the number of suicides stead- , ilv rises.' ? With the December total of 18, the number of North Caroliirians who died from accidental gunshot wounds rose to 8 as compared to 115 in 1925 and y. 198/. in 1924. " . A doubtful commentary on the ef ficiency, of the state's officers of the law was the fact that there were 90 One hundred and ten people died from accidental drowning/five of the number in December. The 1925 total wjis 105, and the 1924 total 117. Seventeen people were killed by lightning during the past year. Majority Report Will Not Urge Immediate Adoption. , Hi* _ Raleigh, Jan. 18.?Dr. J. Y. Jqyner, ^ executive secretary of the^education commission, announced Monday that the full report of the commission would be placed in the hands of the govern*#- on Tuesday. While the commission has not giv en out any official statement about the contents of the report or the rec ommendations, it is understood on au thority that the commission will pre sent a', divided report, one set of rec ommendations being signed by seven - members of the commission and , the other set by. the, remaining five mteh bexs, >1 The main point of difference is the method for financing the eight months term. Both set tf recommendations will carry the endorsement of the need of pig eight' months term. Hie major ity report, however, will not favor in>^ mediate addition of two months to the^ minimum term. ? Tile minority report will express the belief that the ad ditional terra is the most iminediate and pressing need of the schools and should be provided as early as the A machinery ftr it efil'Hpbt up.. All 12 members of the commission have expressed belief that the equal izing fund should be increased to four ^million dollars, an*j|Ahis is recom mended to the 1< igislature. Thi*fci*C increase of a million and a half over the amount recommended by the gov cntiiniidii) J. iv> noriiQcv) u* x? joy ; > ivttvllall \J gbWUUjP Tf 141 i Q p * i j? - i n'j ?