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VOLUME TWO; NUMBER 162
IP CO-OPS ™
mm MEETING
. AT HENDERSON
Wm Given by Department Os
Jnrikc la Coanoction With
Modification Talk
i*y ( Speclel to Neva.)
vT*HBNDBKSON. S«pt. IX— North
Chrollas Co-op* of the Old Belt made
Henderson their meeca today when
Urt drtm tobacco farmer* heard
aad United State* Sena
tor i Smith, of South Carolina,
ta tho Co-operative bouse of this city.
Thor* wer* delegate* from Franklin.
w#ek* ( arnavilU, Warren. Halifax
and Jtonum countie* and many 'VIr
|MB who came from over the line
to near the famous farm floe lender
champion of the cauaa of Co-upera
tlva marketing.
Many farmer’* wive* were present
la this audience and bankera and'
merchant* from neighboring town*
ant on tobacco truck a and pllea of
lumber, elbow to elbow with the man
whose toll produces the crop* which
the South Carolina senator earnestly
urged hla bearers to organise In mar
keting. Today's meeting was prob
ably the moat enthusiastic gathering
of Organised tobacco farmer* ever
•can In this city but those who came (
to hear sensational demlgoggy were
doomed to disappointment though
moved to repeated applause- by the
eloquence or a speaker who discours
ed with crystal clear meaning of po
litical economy the history of sci
ence and the philosophy of life In a '
manner that would have done credit
to profeaaora In our leading unlver- >
allies and yet swept his audience to |
repeated shouts of applause by drlv-.
ing boms his constantly reclcuring!
theme the ‘'heeds for co-operettve
marketing, today waa one of the great
school dayp for the tobacco farmer*]
for the Old Belt who havu envied It
for ftve years courm la cooperative
marketing. Dr. J Y Joyner, director
for tobacco growers co-operative as-1
aoclation evidently voiced the senti
ment for the nudlenoo whan he said
*%wry since the red mna reaped our j
forests It Waa South Carolina that '
■out ua help ip our matt desperate .
hour. South Carolina and North
, Carolina havt always stood shoulder
to shoulder, and we are together In
this last fight for our economic free-'
dom. the greatest bottle We have ever
fought.
Thank God, Houth Carolina ha* ,
sent ua a champion aa great as they*
sent In the day* of Buntter and Ma
rion.’* "In all the family of human ■
enterprise* does God mean those who ,
produce the food to go hungry and
, Ignorant nnd half nakedT* asked Se
nator Smith, and darlared "if we don't ,
qygsnlxe when God ha* given the
supply and the natural factory of the (
field*, which produce the world's i
food and clothes, he will continue
to lash us with poverty and Igno
rance aa be la at present until do I
organise."
Reviewing the cause for dhe com-1
plete financial supremacy . rtf tboae \
who run flatly and bluntly t«Jd hi*
hearer* today that they were a verv 1
poor financial risk so long as tfiSr
failed to organise like tho merchants. 1
manufacturers and busfnfcs* men who 1
can control t£e quantity and qualify '
of their °|>rodUe< and therefore know J
and demand Its value.
Senator Smith said that he bad 1
written Into the newt baking law the 1
provision which ... allow* all note*.'
...draft* and bill* for agricultural pur- I
pose* to have six months duration. |
‘‘Don’t applaud,” he' cried when the
farmers cheered tbi* slatemen*. "1 1
feel ashamed that 1 could make It .m
little, fOr It takes the farmer twenty!
ttffour months to turn over bl* lnvcst
4,Jnent. I challenge the American
world to show why the loan
ikto the fanners should not be f>r
J wenty four, months.'' lie gave high
praise to the federal reserve board
hut reminded the tobacco farmer* *
that when the board had deflated 1
price*. that>cotton and tobacco bad
dropped from 40 cents, 10 and 50c to
20c while big manufacturing concern*
continued to make profit ranging from
200 percent to 1400 percent.
Sehator Smith left Henderson today
„ for Rocky Mount where rho !?roat
preparation* have been made for to
moreh'i meeting of the organised
tohgcco farmers of Eastern North
Carolina, whom he will address in
the association warehouse of that
town. He will complete hi* tour of
the Virginia and North Carolina to
bacco country at a mass meeting of
Duplin, Sampson and Pender conn'y
oiwAlsstlon* at Wallace next Hatur
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!»tw YORK COTTON
Nuw York, Sept. ll.—Spot cotton
closed quiet today. Middling 2X66
Future* steady <Vinb»- »" <;n rw..
ember 27.23, January, 27 ,M, Ifarcti
2t*-W. May 3U.76. \. |
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$-DAr BARGAINS JQPAY AND SATURDAY—S
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THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
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i Spanish Foreign Minister Resigns
I And Government Much Concerned
As Gen Rivera Heads Revolution
RODMAN HEADti LEGION
Rocky Mount, Sept 12—(By the
Associated' Press) —« nptuln Wiley
Ro<Vtnon of Washington, was to
night elected State commander of
the American Legion ufter *l* bal
lots. Kqdmon was supported by
Jame* Lockhart, retiring cotu
mander and his following. Ashe
ville. North Carolina, was stelecied
as the next convention city.
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MY WILL MEET
*
Will DfocusN Matter of Uniform
School Tax Rate on
Saturday
One hundred coihmlttecmen repre
senting the various school district!
of, Wayne County will gather at the
'court bouse here Saturday, Septem
ber 15, to discuss the matter of a un
iform school tax rate for the coun
:ty. County Superintendent J T Je
rome expect* that every school drs
trlct In the oouhty will be represented
I Round table discussion of the mat
ter of a uniform rate for the school'
tax of the county will be entered Into
l"There will be no net speeches,"
.states Superintendent Jerome who
twill probably preside over the meet
ing. "I think that before definite ac
tion on a metier like this Is taken
•that the desires and wishes of the
entire citizenship concerned should
be taken Into consideration. Hence
the meeting Saturday..” he declared
| Agitation for a uniform aebool lax
rate for the county has Ipecn In pro
'gresa for sometime aitlonA education
ist Interests and definite uutlrtn of the
matter may be expected to follow the
[ meeting Saturday.
I . . i s.
School Supervisor
To Wake Conference
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Mia* Leafy Speur. school supervis
or for Wayne county, will attend a
Tmnference of Wake county teacher j
In Raleigh today. At the conference t
Miss Spear expects Jo get Ideas or
new school methods which may be j
put Into effect when the first Wayne i
teacher* conference 1* held on Sep
tember 28. Teachers of the eight
months schools will be present at thlM
conference.
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Dates of Western
Conference Given
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1 Winston-Salem. N. C., Sept 13.
The Western North Carolina Metho
dist conference will be held here
jTom Octobe*- 17 to 22, according to ;
an announcement by llov.. £. K Ham/
h* rut,'pastor of the Centeirqry NlejJ(\
'odist Kplqgopal. church, whlch"WTfiT>c
host to the' Conference, bishop Cot
|llns Denny, of Richmond. will pre
side over tb« sessions of the confer
ence.
opinion on mm
j m FURNISHED
Are Making I’rtparttl ions For
Another Gathering at Rocky
Mount Today
, Washington, Sept. 13—(By the As-■
hoc la ted Prc.su) — An opinion “on tiie
Gorgas plant feature of the Muscle
Shoal* sale* proposition hs* been
furnished to Sectary Weeks “by the
Department of Justice. It whs learn
ed tonight having been sent several
woet* Ago. before Henry Ford's last
conference with officials here At
that meeting Mr. Weeks asked the
Detroit manufacturer to modify hi
bld. explaining that legal obstacle*
were In the way of Including the
Gorgas plant In the properties
Officials of the Department of Jus-1
tlce and at the War Department re-j
fused to divulge the chartiCtor of the)
opinion and declined to comment in
any way.
Secretary Weeks understood to I
havq In font red Mr Ford at their re- j
cent conference that the government
would l»e compelled with the conkrurt
with the Alabama Power Company to
sell the Gorge* plant, which Is locat
ed some distance from the other
plant*, to the p<jwer company, a!
though there was *ofne legal dispute*
laa to this.
GOLDSBORO. N. C, THURSDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 14. 1923 "T
-*.. .. *» . ’ A * TT fr A
Reported to Have Fol
lowing o f Leading
Army Officers of The
Country; Long Cabinet
Session ?*
Madrid, Sept. P 3— (By the Asso
ciated Pres*)—sSpaln I* In the travail
of a revolution. A military-coupe de
elat originating In Burceloniu » had
spread rapidly through various dis
trict* and province* of the country
and b*s aroused (he deepest concern
of the government.
At the head of the movement is the
* Captain General of Barcelonla. Prime
Rivera, a man of strong influence and
powerful association, behind him air
the officers of the'vrtmy who have
! been chafing for many jnontb* at the
disgrace of the Moroccoean campaign
and with them are officer* of the l
rank and file who seem ready to fol
low their leaders to the end.
King Alfonso Is believed to be at
Sgn Sebastluir. there are variousro
, ports as to his probable action and he
may even now tie on his way to Mad
rid to take up consideration of (Tie
threatening situation with the pre
mier. t
Afer protracted meetings w|th the
cabinet a message was sent to Gen
eral Rivers asking him to abandon'
the moveitaem for patriotic reasons
He absolutely refused to do so. The {
foreign minister who Is befleved to I
be particularly obnoxious to the rev-,
olutlonary lement has resigned as j
well as the minister of war.
Occupy Telephone t.xctiar.ge
Barcelona. Sept. 13 —The mail. I
telephone exchange here wuV oceu-[
pied curly today by a ham) of men t
understood to he hen ted by Captain 1
General Pi lino Rlveira. It is bcliev- ,
ed that the movement will *ignallr.e
un outbreak in oth«r of the 'chief
lows* In Spain. Grave rumor* were/
circulating In Madrid last night nnd i
the governmunt held a hastily called ,
meeting. i)‘
The Imminence of Important event*
was widely discussed throughout the
night.
A document addressed to nil Span
iards uud signed by f’nptaln General;
Itivlerla was published al 2 o’clock,
ItlUs morning. It criticized the pres-j,
ent government and atlgmutlzes the (
professional politicians for selxinc |
the power and annihilating the will L
.of the King.
I Owing to this situation, the doeu-!
inent continues, the military author- j
lt|e* will take the direction and re- |
sponsfbiHty of the power to gvoer»i (
either directly or through civilians, j
At the moment of declaring « state
of siege, asserts the document, the
ntlllary authority will deprive the
present civil oJTlciuls of rhelr pojver
and assume II will
selxe all means of communication and)'
forbid' communications except for. 1
.business or perxrthal reasons ~j*
YOTKAkILS
( —1
y r .Vjfept 13 At a 1
recent meeting of the Fayetteville ej.> '
eouncll a motion for un orgllnanrr 11
designed to keep school hoys, out er
public pool rfioni* was defeated by iiij
Vote Os five tO tb/O'e
Pll’j; HMOkP.KN OK<f\M/,I
Wlustoil-Saleui, N Sept 13 - A
! ocal lodge of the National Order of
Pipe Smokers whs organized here, •
ihlst.week with Colonel Garland K
Webb as president.
Mr«. Ward Appears
At Husband's Trial
White Plain*. N Y.. Kept. 13-(By [
the Associated Press) Mrs. Walter)
H. Ward today stepped Into the time- ;
light while opposing counsel were \
wrangling over the Jury which Is to )
try her husband on a charge of mur
dering Clarenee Peters.
Mrs. Ward was absent yesterday, j
hut this morning she seated hcrHcif!
at her husband's side, chatting with
him through the dreary process of'
(•electing Jurors, of whom only seven
Iliad been tentatively .accepted when ■
court was adjourned until tomorrow.)
' During thp noon recess a subjoens <
was served on Mrs. who ereat-,
ed a stir after the first Investigations
|of slaying Os Peters, when she 4e- 1
Lelared she would clear up Iho rase,
with a few "sensational statements" ]
At that time newspapers were filled i
with, rumors concerning tb«* nature
of tiie black mall plot which Wurd
declared had led him to keep a Irysf
and other blaekmelters
and at which Ward claimed to have
Lfcbot lifters lq self defence
DECISION I MIEV 1
I USE IN TWO ® S
j Argument* Wert* Heard Before
Supreme Court on Wed
j| nesday „ A
I ■ \t..yii.' (iiuntv
jeases are expected to t»e handed I
down from the Supreme court In ltul-‘
,elgh within the next few weeks,-It Is '
. learned The most Important i*4k«c
1 Will he that of Gulley vs. Gulley. In
t valving un estate qf |3im).imk) Ar
tgurnentH In Un- case ••-Were heard
Wednesday
In this case Mrs. L. D. Gulley had
qualified as udmlblatrallv (or her hus
band Later a son. K l< Gulley, nuty
rrshfing in Georgia, produced a will
j under whirls he wmk made exeeutni
of the bstate. Upon unsatisfactory
answers to certain quenUons the
, clerk of court refused to allow Mr
Gulley to qui|||fy sft evecutot- He
ippoalcd to Judge Daniels who up
held the clerk of court in the uial> t
ter. Final. Judgment by the Huprcine
Court will come in two weeks. It Is
said ,
Argumrtits have also been heard
in a motion to discharge from hunk
ruptcy l'has. K. Lute* and George W
lstne. of the firm pf the Mt Olive
Uve Slock Company.
m-T> —rr-- ~ "■ J “‘ 11 " ’ ""
Community Service
Directors Meet The
District Chief
Meeting In tha Armory building
last night, the directors of the Wayne
'county Community service were In
troduced to Dr. Parker, new director
Tor the urollna'a district, nnd prepar
ed for organisation of the service for
ianother year Dr Parker explainer I
'that Goldsboro waa now In s district <
which Included only the two Carolina* ,
I where formerly It had been in a ills- i
)trlct with several other Stales Thlr |
i-was declared a* “meaning that the i
Service would be In position to belter
.accomplish ItS service.
Thomas O'Bafry, president of the |
Hoard and chairman of th« executive i
cointnlttee tendered hla reglgustlon to |
take effect when hi* successor Is i
elected. A nominating committee
was appointed and s new chairman
will probably be named in the next
.vcn days. The work of Miss Cather
!tne Park as community organiser was
Indorsed by the directors.
COUNTY-WIDE ,
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| Gartoniu. N. C„ Hepl. 13. —A conn- (
ty-wlde evangeilstlv campaign. In ,
I which every church In the county Is |
expected to participate, will he j
launched In Gaston Sunday. Heptera- e
her 16 Preparations for the cum- J
paign have been In course for several f
months. Assisting the pastor* of the v
churches In conducting the evange- ~
listtc campagln, will he over a acoiy /
of special evangelist*. e
— , a , s
Sentenced To Hartß
V l !' '
Atlanta. Repl. 13 <Hy *V "Asso
ciated Press) J. II HuttertleYd » was I
found guilty of first degree, murder I
liv a Jury here early tonight and *»■ n
sentenced to hang Novembr r 3. He »
was charged with the murd«7 *rt f
l.t Hart, a brotbarlulsw who wmt shot t
to death two years ago. rtj
was recently arrested In (allfoynla, |i
after a nationwide search. ;V,
FIFTEEN «RE IDDEO L
to mm
• • a
Will Altempl to Secure Mem- *
berxhipN Amonif (Jrocery ,
o Firms h
.■ lr
The addition of fifteen new mem- r
hers was reported at a meeting of the "
Merchant's Assoe tstlon at hendqear-i F
Ter* of the organisation yi'sterduv as- f
ternoon. The rerw»rt on the commit- r
tee on memlwrshtp and final prepir-! J
atfons for Dollar Day today and Sat "
unlay occupied the utlentlon of the| r
; organization
The addition of fifteen new mem «
bers brings the total number of
Goldsboro business houses In the ns
' socUlinn to 4. r i The drive for mem
bers will continue for the next few
ilavs, according to Miss Grace War
, rick, secretary. She explains that
'attention Just now Is being given to
! Interentmg grocery firm* In the or ,
! gunixatlon Wholesale firm member'!
i are directing the effort A IrtO per j
itent membership tn the < |iy (* the end (
j to which the organization Is striving
Preparation* for Dollar Day t<slay
i and tomorrow have met with hearty
| response, according to Miss Warrick
Abe reported that • vl*P to the v.i
--■ rlons store* In the city yesterday
found exceptional values'- arranged
for (be next two days, Merchants
! are anticipating a record breaking
two-day's salim. j
THE DOPE FAVORS DEMPSEY
WM DECISEVELY FROM
FIRPO IN BOUT TONIGHT
j ».!L% V v'Nlf ' u «». ■
Fans, Take Notice
The New* wa* not Hied by
The Axuociuled I're** lu*t
nixht that the hour for the
Fifpo • Dempsey . tight had
i>een moved up to Ht.'lO by our
time and (hat returns from
the rintpiide would Ktart
about thaj time. «■ Fans who
expect to attend th/ matinee
to be Riven bv The News will
please take notice.
BEFEtt tCIIOIt M '
MING OFFICER
Flection of Welfare Officer Will
t ome on September The
Twenty-Seventh
Ih* county board of commission
«*r» and th« county board of educa
tion In extra session yesterday again
deferred action on electing a welfare
officer for Wayne county Definite
action on the matter will be taken at
u meeting called for September 17,
It wan decided
A. H Edgerton. chairman
board t)f education, and U A Riney.
chairman of the board of comntla
alOßOr* were appointed aa a commit
tee to receive application. Three ap
plication* have been filed to date. It
i« learned
The hoard of education In It* meet
big I '' took up Houiecmaitdra effecting
tchnol*. Twelve permit* were keoiii
cd children living outside the city
limit* of the city
Ncboola.. <r
Tobacco Co-Ops
Win At Tarboro
ISpeclul to the New*) ” v '
Raleigh. Kept 13 - Kaatern Caro-,
llna co-op* woif In court attain tocluy i
at Tarboro when Judge George W :
t'onnor of the Huperlor t'ourt unfav
elad it remarkable double barreled!
Injunction cat** where eighteen In
junction* again*t the Ttfbacco Grow
er* Co-operative Agaociatlon brought
by g* many of It* Insurgent member*
fronj Martin county necking lo pro- j
vent It* Interfering with the deliv
ery of their tobacco outside of lha
AHMOciatlnn were dleaolved and
eleven nljtinclons brought by “the A*-
k octal lon to prrvebt Martlh county
utembera from nelltng their tobacco
outside of the Association were eon
iinutt(, •'
Today 1 * decision of Judgi Connor
ibat the Martili county.., member* of|
the Association could not CNjdin their j
°*n organf/.at|nn from hrlrtfctiyg ault,
'gainst (hem add* to the many thou- ‘
>and* of pound* of "lobacrO which
Uie Association by means of the Iron l
bound contract which ha* been re
le atedly upheld by‘ the court*
l ojonei vt -;r Joyner of Raleigh.
«bo fot latlon in
1 d*Ufc§rt»ObiS?Fat i nrfcorol
f*C**tl)T tii 1 1 iwr.y.iTuti
who started mi,it again*! the AsxoCl*- ‘
tton In the summer of |!i23 wa* no-'
iter an Injunction of the churl .and
III' I 111 l ttl I 11.110 e I.C thi 111 lUWIII’II .
against tJie Vfartin « minty grower*
who, like those of pm county soujrht j
to evade holr contract wilt the A«*o- j
ciaWofi by legal proo i ilinr * greatly!
strengthen* the poxlllon of Ihe Aa«o- *
elution which ha* now placed locul
Counsel (o protect H* loyal members 1
against contract breaker* in every
important tobacco growing county,
market* are at present re
celving tobacco, according to Colonel
Joyner Injunctions against seven
of the .Martin county menifTer* who*e
caw s cum. up before Judge i onnof
today are In the Wake county court 1
at Ilaleigb
IMS! mi l. IIISI 1.1 M
National league
Pittsburg 4-«: Itrooklyn 7-1.
Chicago 3; Cincinnati f,
\ iih rleariA* ague •
New York ’•. ( iTieago ft
Ho; ton ; (*lcvelun I f|
I'hiUdrlphla 3; Kt Imu I* :•
Washington 7:., Detroit 3
Noiilh Atlantic
(Post season erle )
Mognc I: Charlotte 12 ■
Sna'llcrti league
l ittle Rock 1; Atlanta 13
Memphis 1; Htrmlngham I.
I‘iednionl l eague
Rtileglh 0; Greensboro 1.
High Point I; Danville 10
1 Winston Salem *; Durham 3.
HBPr
‘ . PRICK FIVE-CENTS t
Some Ex oerls Believe
That “Mighty Right”
May Again Come Thru
in Pinch; 90,000 Expeo
»ted
New York. Sept. U-(Hy the Aar.o
clnted Press) Two modern gladia
tor*--Jack Dempsey and Angelua Plr-
P° will match- *peed. courage ami
punch lu the grente*! right of lltelr
live* tomorrow night The grealent
priM< of the ring, the heavy weight
championship «f the world. If at
atakr
The American holder of the I nic
king 111 llie iMiourcd circle for the
v paal four yearn- will go into Ihe con-
I fllel with hia bronxed, grlnt yisagctl
| South American adversary an over
whelming favorlle of the follower* of
■ the lime —lo win and to wlir duet*
1 Ively
While export analy*|* —"dope"—
jail point toward the vcltory for the
champion, those who have followed
- the rise of l-'lrpo, hi* dipli from oh
'curlty to fame und fortune ami po
i alMon of foremoat challenger iMillev*
> that lh« mgihty right lhat ha*
1 thrust a*.ide all opposition bereofore
tngy upnet calculations and bring
. him triumph.
Attracting the greatest Interest of
any International encounter for ring
honor*, since* the Dempaey-Carpen-
Uer battle two year* ago, the After#
round title match at the Polo groum l
tomorrow night rivals that historic
NpecUcle in which the champion
j Vanquished hit* rival from Krenrr. 0
A throng of more than NitN will
ji«av 1.340.01*0 according to Tex Hick
i rd. The promoter declared tonight
jthut revised figures to take care or
j additional spectator* shewed 00,374
iteal*. He predicted that every or.*-
f those would, he occupied and that
j> ufficlcnt standing room would b*
i old to- swell this total by nevertl
{thousand*.
Thus the crowd may rival th* rec
ord attendance of tt.l.OOfl at the Pgr-
I tender fight at Hoyle* 30 acre* Hut J
I thegate" eyen at It* maximum Will '
not let able to eclipse the $t.3000.000 *
set by the battle of the century:
Cupid on Vacation
t'upld doe* not seem to have re
turned to Wuync from hi* August va
cation, J II t'lHik. of Hrogden
township, was granted license to wed
Annie Parker of Duplin eounty. Thl*
wa *the second license which ha*
been Issued this week .
,
PRODUCE MARK FT MFKT |
The new* I* requested to announce
that there will be a meeting of aR
| people who are Interested In the pro
j(luce market at hte,courthouse at 2
.o’clock Saturday afternoon
FIRF IN MACON
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Mueou, l}p., Kept T 3 >Nuinhcr k3v* i ;
cujine house In Noiitiy Ms. ..n I* on 1
fire and a nuu lx r tM other lioimea
.►re aflame tonight Jn with the fire: 1
t ; prt tdlng Alt'of tlmlpre llxbting ap- 1
ar.it us ha* I teen rtisltitl t•• the acep^ l
C»USeM
PROHIBITION WORK
1 V I
i Is Opinion Delivered by Attor* I
Daugherty
Today I'
Washington, Hept. 13—-fUy the As- J
• ticlated Pre«*) The navy cannot be !
used In‘enforcing prohlhltlcn. It was I
.declared today by Jhe Attorney Gen
i rsl There T* no national etnergen
i. y which calls for the necessity of.
txc of warship*, he conUntimd
Delivering the opinion nsiTe<l fori
j last spring by the late "President
Harding, the attorney general held
(that the navy could only be used by
I pedal provision from Congress or In
n emergency which necessitated
ilissty action.
Two ictTstlon* were *uhmlttei| or
fKlnally by Harding, whether the ex
,<<uttve bad power to use the naval
i tic m *n('o Inc prohibition in sit
"«i)C,tgerthy and if Ihl* was unlawful
Where itn emergency existed for thetr
use. Doth question* were answered
in the negative by Daugherty who cit
ed several opinion*
"1 am of the opinion that you have
no authority to use the navy In na
tional prohibition enforcement.” the
decision sold.
f MEMBER OP j
j ASSOCIATED PRESS I
NDRWOOD« pm
ÜBRESS KMMIMit
ni nr meow
Given CoMm F*fl*
't Viaitor Preieett Tkr
South
, Tht* Klwanlx (*lub tui4 i large it*
t«rnluD(«- uml are intrrentUig |{o*
| gram at It* meeting In tiM Woman's
, Flub rooms last night. Mr*. T. B.
lenklus, Mina
Slaughter, gave several dWtXttfut
I solos. vq)d was contpallod to raap
. t pear for an encore Mr. J. 0. If|r
j son. the retiring Community lendor.
I was present, and be also gOdod to
'tthe enjoyment of the rvetUug by a
I iteellng address of apprectaltaa of Ms
’’virile song*.
A fen tit re of the speaking woe *
short but tailing address by K|woolen
ThiHiiaa Norwood, who go re tig dot te
tin formation about the cot.too atttta
• ton In thla part of North Corollaa.
' nhowlng that (ioldkbofio bandied ln«t
yeat about |4.MH),iKM) worth of ooffton
I I snd that this city tscela all othor cot
ton shipping points for the following
reasons: Rasy railroad faejlttlaa to
1 j 7S per cent of the cottao prodoolng
and manufacturing points of the
sf«te; good banking mothods; ado
duste storage room. Hla talk pro
voked much favorable comma At.
Ailing chairman H. M. Humphrey
Introduced Dr. Parker, the MW hood
of the rommunlty Hervtoe work. Ip
the Carolines, who prefaced hla re
mark* hy saying that the world
neither resort to sky-acrwptng nor
star-gating methods of brtngfpt lha
cause which he rapreaanta before the
club, hut that he wanted to tall why
he had left hi* Northern home to cnot
in his lot with the people of tha Bon
tharn Atlantic fttates Than f»tow4
ed as atlrrtng and vivid a speech an -
has been heard for many n day. Dr,
Parker said that In the North* Booty
itn state*, one dealt with a (moot ippr*
tlrely With people whose namto ward
• petled X. Y. and t.\ that the ftoitjto
land is the only portion of Aniffel
at ill pneaesslna toe chtldroo Os H 0
original ((opulatton and with tha grig
Inal American Ideah** that th# MofOß.
ern manufacturing stataa ward HUmf
fusing the advantayaa of Mm
Unas, for making cotton pMdi. ML.
were forming thetr capital sVa.dk tMb
way. He also urged tha ~p*opto g—
j t ntploy native whits
1 growing factories instead of totpoM*
ing the people of Routhraß mu wßg
| with thetr strange names and
j nounrable lauguuges, who hggm jp
appreciation of the cantea and aylphto
of American principles and Mdult
Dr Parker has been for years g pfß»
feasor tn Columbia I'nlversHy, Nf|p
York.
The club voted funds for ’QWO'hogf
of the cost of equipping tho QnlM
boro High Reboot foot bojl tetwn w#h
uniform*. Rotary paying the Otgir
ttalf, and at«o make flnanato) iww
j v talon for sponsoring s troop fftßp
, Scouts. ] ’
. .. V
Can Cross State I_,
By Bus Lilies
Raleigh. H f , Hept 13 -Tha dc-
ivdopment of good rondo tn North
a rot Ins has bo enhanced the grjswth
of automobile hue lines In tho atnto
that s traveler can no* make bus
< u«w*(nfcTti all the way from Bay
boro. In PemlUa county on tbq const
Vt Hrevard, In Transylvnnlp coun-y
In the inountnlaa of tha wee Urn port
of the atati, according to H. K. With
erspoon. editor of the North Carolina *
Highway Hullctln
lly bus the trip from BayhOM to
Hrevard id too miles In length, ghowt
ko miles Ittnger than the ehorapt poa
aible lilgtlWay route, says Mr. With
erspoon. who haa plotted n mop
showing |tb* principal Bus raxttas in
the state, The map Indicates
i .immercUl bus lines havs iprsag up *
j. radically everywhere highways
ll.tve beep hard surfaco^.'
Wilson Demands
Five Day Notice •
Wilson. Hept 13-<By tha AoooclUd
Pres*)—Acting upon their preroga
tives the Wilson baseball club today
announced It would ask for n flve
flay notice of *a meeting op Dm Vtr
clnlu l.enKuc directors and M I N
*■ 1 11 *of thl* action no meeting ’was
held tonight at Rocky Mount to con
sider Richmond's claim to tha pen
nnnt.
. O T Kulglium .president of the
Wilson baseball club, occemnonled
by two director* went to Ro<%y Mount
| today and rouferred with President
w. h Moye Mr. Moye was aytnpa
• hetlc In his ettltude and its tod that
he would put the entire iflattst np to
Mike Sexton, president of tha Nn
jtionsl A soclat(on of Baseball for a
IjecDlon.
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