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VOL. XXV No. 23.
MOORESVILLE, N. C.', THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1921
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SHARP REDUCTION
OF ACREAGE URGED
CARE MUST BE. OBSERVED TO
AVOID ANOTHER GLUTTED
& MARKET NEXT FALL.
TALK AT COTTON CONFERENCE
Director Angus W. MCLean Will This
Year Reduce Production to the Ex
tent of 8 Acres to the Mule. . ■
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Raleigh.
Washington, (Special). — Address
ing the cotton conference Angus W.
McLean, the Tar Heel diroctor of the
war finance corporation, asserted a
50 per cent reduction in cotton acre
age was Imperative unless the market
Is to be glutted. Director McLean
said he had ordered such a reduction
on his North Carolina plantations.
Mr. McLean also raised the ques
tion whether Southern bankers have
been sufficiently "courageous” In as
sisting agriculture. -Some of the bank
era, Mr. McLean said, seemed to him
to be too timid in their financing of
agriculture.
That he had sustained an "operat
ing loss of $20,000” on his cotton farm
last year was declared by Mr. Me
lean, who said he discovered this
when making out his income tax. This
loss, he said, was exclusive of interest'
on investment. This year, he added,
he would reduce production to the ex
tent of eight acres to the mule, in
stead of 15 acres and $10 fertilizer per
acre, instead of 25.
Appointments by Congressmen.
Washington, (Special).—Represen
tative Homer Lyon has made his ap
pointments for the naval academy,
these going to Daniel C. Britt, of
Lumberton, and Phillip McNatt, of
Parkton. These young men are to be
given their mental examination on
April 20. There are now four va
cancies to be filled from North Caro
lina, one each for Senator Overman,
Representative Stedman, Hammer and
Bui winkle. At the military academy
at West Point there are two vacancies
from North Carolina, one each for ap
pointment by Representative Kltchin
and Representative Bulwinkle.
Reduction In Tax Valuations.
Sweeping reductions in property
valuations made by boards of commis
sioners through the state will make
little difference in the state’s new tax
ation policy, according to legislative
experts who came to Raleigh.
The present state tax commission,
composed of Chairman Tom Lee and
Commissioners Pell and Maxwell are
out of the city and the new taxation
commissioner for the state. Col Als
Watts, was reluctant in discussing
the action of the several boards of
commissioners.
Ward Is First on the Ground.
Washington, (Special).—The first
of the North Carolina Congressmen to
arrive in the city is Hon. Hallett S.
Ward, of Washington. Mr. Ward
went early in the day to the Navy De
partment and named for the vacancy
from the first North Carolina district
at Annapolis, Grice McMullen, of
Bllzabeth City.
Hefner Pardoned by Governor.
Governor Morrison pardoned Cecil
Hefner, charged with the murder of
Glenn Llppard and under sentence of
15 years for the crime.
Solicitor Huffman's letter brought
the freedom, new evidence tending to
■how Hefner's complete innocence
having been found. The prisoner was
convicted a few months ago.
—I—_
explosives Must be Removed.
Half a million pounds of high ex
plosives stored too near Raleigh for
safety will be moved In part, accord
ing to Insurance Commissioner Wade,
who Is Informed by the national In
spectors that the combination TNT,
dynamite and black powder Is not
safeguarded as It should be. All have
been located within the danger cone
and must be changed.
Governor goes to New York.
Governor Cameron Morrison and
State Treasurer B. R. Lacy will leave
later in the week for New York and
other financial centers to investigate
the feasibility of a present issue of
bonds or the sale of short term notes
to provide for road construction, and
institutional expansion authorized by
the 1931 session of the general as
sembly.
This mission was determined upon
after the Governor hid discussed with
the Council of State the general fi
nancial situation.
Visits State of Nativity.
Washington, (Special).—Comman
der P. W. Foote, aide to the Secre
tary of the Navy, who held the same
position with Secretary Daniels, has
returned to Washington after a visit
to North Carolina. He visited rela
tives In the state, going to Wllkes
| boro, Statesville, Winston-Salem, Ra
leigh and Wake Forest. He says that
he found Raleigh • most attractive
place. At Wake Forest he found rec
| ords of his father, James H. Foote,
who graduated from Wake Forest la
IMS and was Inter In the faculty.
GLOOMY VIEW OF
THE Mill
THE BUREAU OF FOREIGN AND
DOMESTIC RELATIONS HAS
ISSUED STATEMENT.
DISAPPEARANCE OF OPTIMISM
Commercial Agent Dennis Says'That
the Business Depression in Great
Britain Has Largely Increased.
I Washington. — Financially and eco
nomically the situation throughout the
| world improved but little during the
; month of March, with few signs of
j better conditions to come, according
to cabled summaries for the month
received by the Bureau of Foreign
| and Domestic Commerce from its
J trade commissioners and commercial
I attaches in foreign countries.
In Europe tight money, unemploy
ment and unsatisfactory industrial
| and shipping conditions were in evi
| dence while some declines in prices
and slight revival of building activi
ties were noted. In the east the sit
uation was described as somewhat
easier, while in South America condi
tions were reported as practically un
! changed from the previous month.
Commercial Attache Dennis report
ed that the business depression in
Great Britain had increased owing to
the perspective failure of an early set
tlement with Germany on the repara
tions question. Optimism that pre
vailed in the cotton textile industry
has been dissipated, he declared, both
by the increase in customs tariff of
British India and a further decline in
the price of silver.
American imports into France con
tinue to show marked reductions,
Commercial Attache Huntington at
Paris informed the bureau.
Teeth Behind Eye.
Paris.—One of the most remarkable
freaks ever reported has been discov
ered here in the case of a woman pos
sessing a complete set of • teeth be
hind her right eyeball. The woman
complained of a pain in her right eye,
and the X-ray disclosed the teeth.
Death of Judge Pritchard.
Asheville, N. C.—Federal Judge Je
ter Conley Pritchard, of the United
States circuit court for the fourth dis
trict, died here following an illness of
several months. Death of the famous
jurist was due directly to pneumonia.
Caruso Plays Safe.
New York.—Denial of reports that
Enrico Caruso had given his voice a
trial to find whether it had been af
fected by his recent illness' was
made by Bruno Zirato, his secretary.
Caruso will not risk any strain on his
vocal chords for some time, Zirito
added.
Express Robbers Convicted.
Macon, Ga.—Thirty-six of the 45
men tried during the last four weeks
in Federal court here on charges of
conspiracy to rob the American Rail
way company of goods valued at more
than $1,000,000 were found guilty and
the other nine were acquitted.
Burlington to Sell Cotton.
Austin, Texas.—Albert H. Burleson,
former postmaster general, will leave
soon for Europe to sell, unsold Texas
cotton, N. A. Wroe, president of the
National Bank of Austin, said.
To Be No Obstruction.
Washington. — National Chairman
| George White pledged the democratic
party to refrain from “obstructing and
harrasslng” the Harding administra
tion.
Capacity of Canal, Is 16,550 Ships.
San Francisco.—Under normal con
ditions the annual maximum capacity
of the Panama canal is 16,550 ships.
21 Persons Were Killed.
Rio De Janeiro.—Twenty-one per
sons were killed near here in a col
lision on the Central Brazil railway.
A score were, injured.
Heavy Snows In Virginia..
Cumberland, Md.—Five Inches ol
snow at Rowlesburg, W. Va„ with tem
perature of 28. Snow has been fly
ing all day. 'Other points In Virginia
and West Vlrgilla also report falls of
sleet and snow.
Fewer Divorces In New York.
New York.—In Chicago there were
900 divorce decrees granted in Jan
uary and 1,000 in February. New York
had only 178 in January and 207 in
February. St. Louis had 372 decrees
In January and 338 in eFbruary.
Judge Landis to Resign.
Washington.—Federl a Judge Kenne
saw M. Landis, of Chicago, will re
sign within a few weeks, it was re
liably Reported here.
Postal Employees Armed.
Washlngotn. —. Postal employee*
will hereafter be armed and rewards
given for apprehension of mall rob
bers. Postmaster General Hays sent
oat .an order posting a standing r»
ward c? 35,000 for "any postal em
ployee or other person who brings in
• mall robber."'
CglUmQyjj
Mrs. Herbert Hoover.
Here Is the latest photograph o1
Mrs. Herbert C. Hoover, wife of the
secretary of commerce,
A COUNCIL OF BUSINESS MEN
Members of Nat. Automobile Cham
ber Commerce and American Dyes
institute Met With Hoover.
Washington. — Proposed Increases
of twenty cents a ton in 'the joint
rates on coal from mines on the Cum
berland railroad to points on the
Louisville & Nashville and connec
tions in Tennessee, Virginia, the Caro
linas, Georgia, Florida and Alabama
were found by the Interstate Com
merce Commission to be not justified.
The proposed schedules now under
suspension were ordered cancelled.
Secretary Hoover continued the se
ries of conferences with representa
tives of leading industries looking to
ward the formation of an ^advisory
council to the Department of Com
merce, composed of business men.
Members of the National^ Automo
bile Chamber of Commerce and later
r presentatives from the American
Dyers Institute met with the secretary
and discussed the personnel of com
mittees to represent their industries
on the council.
Complete Re-Organization.
Columbus, Ohio.—Complete re-or
ganization of the state government in
Ohio will become effective July 1 as a
result of I,ho enactment by the state
senate of the administration code.
Price of Flour Reduced.
Minneapolis, Minn.—Flour prices in
Minneapolis have dropped f>0 cents a
barrel the last week, bringing the
price of standard patents at the mills
down to $8.15 to $8.40 a barrel.
Another Old Confederate Dead.
Chicago.—Colonel Ephraim Lillard,
former warden of the state prison of
Kentucky and a veteran of the Con
federate forces in the Civil war, died
at the home here of his daughter.
Prices of Bricks Reduced.
Chicago.—A 25 per cent reduction
In the price of bricks was announced
by the Illinois Brick company. Bricks
that formerly cost $16 a thousand
will be reduced to $12 a .thousand.
Jobless are Put Upon Honor.
Muskegon, Mich,—Muskegon has in
augurated the "honor system” and
is making unsecured loans to its job
less citizens. More than $10,000 has
already been loaned to those tempor
arily out of employment and in need.
To Build New Mexican Reilway.
Mexico City.—A new railway line
between La Quenade, in the territory
of Teplc, and San Marcos, state of
Sinalea, Is to be constructed, accord
ing to an announcement.
Ritter Gets Post.
Washington.—Appointmen* of Wil
liam D. Ritter of Salt Lake City as as
sistant attorney general was announc
ed at the White House.
Consider Currency Reform. '
Managua, Nicaragua.—Nl- uraguan,
Costa Rican and United States gov
ernment officials are exchanging
▼lews relative to currency reform in
Central America. The Costa Rican
national assembly has also begun con
sidering of the subject.
Want Coal Shipments Stopped.
Montreal.—The American Federa
tion of Labor is asked to urge the
United Mine Workers of America to
refuse to mine coal for export to Qreal
Britain, or for English ships.
Many Wounded Greeks Arrive.
Athens.—Wounded Greek soldiers
are arriving In such numbers from the
Smyrna and Brusa fronts that sani
tary authorities in this country are
nnable to care for them properly and
are asking for aid
Sun Yat Sen Named.
Honolulu.—The. Chinese parliament
sitting at Canton has unanimously
elected Dr. Sun Yat Sen, first pro
visional president of China at the
time a republican form of government
waa substituted for the empire.
TAKE NOTICE OF
NEW WAYAND DAY
ATTORNEY GENERAL SOUNDS A
' WARNING THAT EMBRACES
BUSINESS IN GENERAL.
THE LAW IS TO BE ENFORCED
The Department of Justice Will Ask
for More Aid From Outside Than
it has Received Heretofore.
Washington.—A general warning to
business that the Department of Jus
tice will countenance no violations of
the law was sounded by Attorney Gen
eral Daugherty.
The country. Mr. Daugherty said,
“should take notice of a new day and
a new way" and those who had been
guilty of illegal practices should not
“close their eyes.” His.statement, he
added, was a “modest, but emphatic
warning” to those for whom it was in
tended and could he regarded as an op
portunity for any of those who should
mend their ways to do so.
The Attorney General said the De
partment of Justice' did not intend to
harrass business in any wray, but that
It did .intend to enforce the law. He
pointed out that, while the profiteer
ing sections of the Lever act had been
declared unconstitutional, the depart
ment still could proceed under the
Sherman anti-trust law.
Mr. Daugherty was discussing speci
fically the situation in the building
materials industry, which he declared
reports to the department showed to
be “intolerable." He said the depart
ment of justice would ask for more
aid from the outside than it had re
ceived heretofore.
Recommends $680,000 Assessment
Roanoke, Va.—A recommendation
of the board of education, read by the
Rev. H. S. Sherman, Front Royal, Va.,
that $680,000 be assumed as the con
ference’s quota of the church’s $.'13,
000,000 education fund, was adopted
at the session here of the Baltimore
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church, South.
Opposed to 44-Hour Week.
Chicago.—The executive council of
the Typothetae of America in a state
ment denied that it had ever agreed
to introduction of the 44-hour week.
The statement was issued to correct
what were termed erroneous reports
that the organization had approved
the 44-hour week.
Victory for Peanut Growers.
Suffolk, Va.—The peanut growers of
Virginia and North Carolina now see
victory in sight for their organization.
Now that they have about 4,000 sign
ers they are bending all efforts to get
ting the additional thousand signers
which will be necessary to complete
their organization.
Try Prohibition Fifty Years.
Chicago.—The country should give
the prohibition amendment a trial for
about fifty years “to see whether it is
the best thing for us or not," is the
opinion of Judge K. M. Landis.
Mexican Mines Closed.
Mexico City-'— Because of the large
amount of copper on hand and inabil
ity to market it at satisfactory prices
the mines in the State of Sonora,
especially those near Cananea, con
tinue to be paralyzed.
John C .Noel Appointed.
Washington.—John C. Noel, of Pen
nington Gap, Va.. was appointed by
President Harding as Collector of In
ternal Revenue for the district of Vir
ginia, Mr. Noel is a former state sen
ator.
All-American Day Celebrated.
Philadelphia. — Philadelphia cele
brated all-American day with General
Pershing, Admirals Benson, Sims and
Coontz and Governor Sprout among
the guests-of-honor.
Ex-Kaiser’s Yacht for Sale.
London.—The yacht Meteor V.‘, for
merly the property of the ex-Kaiser,
has been offered for sale to certain
Dutch interests.
Found Guilty of Mayhem.
Atlanta, Ga.—Mrs, Nell Goodman
Rolander was found guilty by a jury
in superior court here of the charge
of mayhem, growing out of her ac
tion in throwing acid into the face of
Mrs, Gladys Presnell.
18 Per Cent Wage Reduction.
Pittsburg.—The managers’ commit
tee of the Pennsylvania Railroad pre
sented a plan for proposed wage re
ductions of approximately 18 per cent
to representatives of the telegraph
department employes.
Fatalities In Train Wreck.
Somerset, Ky.—Two persons were
killed and 30 injured, four fatally, in
a ^ wreck of the Royal Palm Limited
oil the Southern railway at New
River, Tenn. An Investigation Is In
progress. -
Compulsory Pooling of Grain.
Chicago.—Compulsory pooling of
grain became the big issue of the
meeting called for ratification of a na
tional co-operative grain marketing
plan worked out by the farmers grata
marketing committee of seventeen.
FIRST CONGRESS IN 10 YEAR
IN COMPLETE ACCORD WITH
THE PRESIDENT ELECT.
IKONDELL RE-ELECTED LEADE
Kitchin Becomes Democratic Leadei
by Virture of His Nomination for
the Speakership.
Washington.—The 07th congress as
sembled promptly at noon at the cal
of President Harding for its first ses
sion, expected now to continue i.nti
fall.
This congress is the first controller
by the republican: to meet , under i
republican administration in a decade
The senate previously had been organ
ized at its special session, which be
gan last March 4, but the house pro
ceeded to its organization hy re-elect
ins Speaker Frederick H. Gillett, o'
Massachusetts, over Claude Kitchin
of North Carolina, the democratic can
didate. The vote was on strictly purtj
lines and Mr. Oillett was elected.
Prank W. Mondell. Wyoming, was
re-elected republican leader whip
Representative Kitchin became the
democratic leader by virture of his
nomination for the speakership.
Nearly all of the 435 members were
present for the opening. The crowded
house galleries broke into applause
when Miss Alice Robertson, republi
can, of the second Oklahoma district,
the only woman member of congress,
came on the floor.
Senate galleries also were crowded,
the overflow extending far outside of
the doors. Seventy-eight senators an
swered the roll call after the presi
dent's proclamation calling the extra
session had been read.
Bank Robber Gets One Year.
Chicago.—James Carey, the 19-year
old bank cashier of Ottawa. 111., whose
theft of $96,000 last November was
followed by criticism of Judge Landis
when the latter permitted the youth
ful culprit to return home pending
sentence, was sentenced by Judge
Landis to serve one year in the Na
tional Training School for Boys at
Washington, D. C.
Here to Present Statue.
New York —Dr. Estaban, Oilborges,
foreign minister of Venezuela, arrived
here at the head of a special mission
representing the Venezuelan govern
ment, which will present a statue of
Simon Bolivar to the City of New
York on April 19.
Would Abolish Labor Board.
Washington.—A bill to abolish the
Railroad Labor board, now function
ing under the transportation act. and
Place its duties under the Interstate
Commerce Commission was introduc
ed by Representative Tincher, Kansas
No Review of Haywood Case.
'‘Washington.—The supreme court
refused to review the conviction of
William D. Haywood and more than
79 other members of the I. W. W. on
charges of having conspired to ob
struct the war activities of the gov
ernment.
To Succeed Judge Pritchard.
Washington.—Two North Carolin
ians will be considered by President
Harding to succeed the late Judge
Jeter Pritchard, of Asheville. They
are Judge W. P. Bynum, of Greens
boro, and James' J. Britt, of Asheville.
Suffered From Cold.
Nashville, Tenn.—This vicinity suf
fered a visitation of frost and ice dur
ing the night, the former being heavy
and the damage widespread. The ice
formed on shallow water,
German Ex-Empress Is Dead.
Doom, Holland,—Former Empress
Augustta Victoria, of Germany, died
here. By a strange concidence, the
end came just one year after she suf
fered her first serious attack of heart
disease, ,
Phone Connection With Cuba.
New York—The first submarine
telephone cable to link the United
States with Cuba was formally opened
when President Harding talked from
Washington to President Menccal in
Hahana.
Earthquake Shocks Felt.
Washington,—An earthquake last*
Ing an hour and estimated at about 1,
800 miles from Washington, probably
in Central South America, was record
ed on the seismographs at Qeorgo
town university.
Damaging Change of Weather.
Atlanta, Ga.—Fire, made necessary
by the sudden return to wintry tem
peratures, resulted in the destruction
of two churches in Georgia and dam
aged another, causing fatal Injuries
to ’two young women.
Severe Fighting .Continues.
Constantinople.—Fighting has been
renewed by the Turks and Greeks on
the Brusa front in Asia Minor. Turk
ish c.i”?.iry is attempting to break
through the Greek line running from
Kestellek to Aksu east of Brusa.
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Mooresville, N. C.
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Attorney-At-Law
Office over Miller Drug Company
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