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Yes, bat ifeti discrimination against the pub rWaskingtoa Post. all the European diplomats the ’trough they can tom to Marshal Peek to settle the question at issue. —Ostrio Free Press. la Bosnia they go to the theatre or pay a fine. If the shews am anything those on the mad hem, the fines happy Yap eoold be with eithr totlwr dear charmer away!— News. eaeey Depew reached 87 Sator •d*^ on strong boll trading and hi ex* jp acted to go to pay. Chicago Foot v if ‘t fr-’ "> -I- 1 NO COLLECTORS TO i BE NAMES NOW REVENUE COMMISSIONER WILL DEFER OFFICIAL ACTION ij| UNTIL NEXT FALL. *r * .y , —■ 4 JAMES R. COLLIE CONFIRMED Income Tax Imposed by Legislature to Conform With National Amend* to mont Not Duo Until 1922: j Income tax collectors for the new department of revenue will not be ap pointed until next fall, according to the flrst official announcement of Col. Alston D. Watts who has assumed the office and duties of commissioner of revenue. As has been previously announced, Colonel Watts immediate ly confirmed the informal appointment of James R. Collie as deputy com missioner of revenue. He began work with Colonel Watts and will have di rect supervision of the collection of inheritance taxes. Mr. Collie wan for merly superintendent of the Btate prison, being displaced this year when E J. McCulloch was named superin tendent of the prison by Governor Mor rison. Colonel Watts said there would be no need for these collectors and other workers in the Income tax division of his office for several months. The income tax imposed by the last legis lature in conformity with the consti tutional amendment adopted in No vember, will not be due until 1922, there is ho work to be done In this department until a.few months before the new .income tax is due. New President of 8. P. U. At a meeting of the board of di rectors of the Southern Public Utili ties company E. C. Marshall was elect ed president to succeed the late Z. V. Taylor. Mr. Marshall has been treasurer of the company since organisation and in that capacity had been closest to President Taylor. The cities in which the company op erates includes Charlotte, Winston flalsss, OrcenviUh and. Anderson, wiU\ street railway, electric lights and power and also gas service in Char lotte and Greenville and the water works in Anderson. Electric lights and power are furnished in Hickory, Reidsvllle, Thomasvllle, Belmont and China Grove in this state, and Chester and (Moor, 8. C. Foreign-Born Population. Washington (Special.) — During the decade between 1910 and 1920, the number of foreign-born whites in 20 states Increased while that in 18 states decreased, said an announce ment by the census bureau. New York had the largest population of this class of any state. Alabama, 17,062, a decrease of 0.8 per cent; Florida, 43,008, increase 21.7; Georgia 18,186, increase 7.4 per cent; l^orth Carolina 7,099, increase 19.5; Sbuth Carolina 6,401, increase 8.7; Virginia 39,784, Increase 15.6. •tats Pays Low Interest Treasurer B. R. Lacy calls attention to the tact that despite all the talk about the high money market he had not found it necessary to pay more than 6 per cent for money he has bor rowed, with one exception. That was during the session of the legislature, when he had to borrow four and a quarter million dollars and pay six and a quarter per cent interest for it Prison Superintendent Dead. A F. McCulloch, aged 60 years, su perintendent of die state prison, died suddenly at Raleigh. Mr. McCulloch, who was chief clerk at the prison during the administration of Governor Biokett, was appointed superintendent by Governor Morrison two months ago. Ho was a native of Guilford county. - •now, Frost and Freezes. Snow, frost and freezing tempera tures visited the mountain counties of Wkfiiauga, Allegheny, Avery* and Ashe the latter part of the past week. To AM DlMblod Soldlors. for the benefit of the disabled ex soldiers the tederal board of toco tioaal education has Installed offices at 909-904 Lav building, Raleigh, to take charge of the work In the eastern halt of the state, with Mr. W. W. Boulineau, Jr, In charge. Approximately 9810,000 Is being spent In Wake county alone by the tederal board of vocational education during the year 1991, and a* much non will be sprat as there are die abled soldiers in this territory eligible tor vocational training. Why Should Commission Certify? -Iho sheriff of Wake county sum moned members of the state corpora tion commission to appear before Judge George W. Conner on May 19 and show oausO why the state tag should hot certify the record In the Cannon mills case tor judicial determination of the oommle sAn’e power to reduce property tM ■nttons Is Cebanjie county after the special aeaslon ratified the work of the This action became necessary when the commission teBai to act AMERICA NOW HAS REPRESENTATION ^ ._ ! ' . i HUQHE8 INSTRUCTS WALLACE! AND BOYDEN TO SIT WITH j COUNCIL OF ALLIES. DISCUSSING UPPER SILESIA American Ambassador's Appearance at the Foreign Office Was Causa of Warm Appreciation. Paris. — American representation at Allied conference was resumed when Hugh C. Wallace, the American ambassador took his seat at a ses sion of the council of ambassadors here. Mr. Wallace received his Instruc tions from Secretary of State Hughes to represent the United States gov ernment at the .ambassadorial confer ences. The American ambassador’s appear ance at the foreign office, where the council happened to be meeting, was the occasion of warm expressions of appreciation on the part of Jules Cam bon, of France, president of the council, and other members. Ambassador Wallace was given a seat at M. Cambon’s right. The problem of Upper Silesia was the subject of the deliberations. Roland W. Boyden, who formerly sat with the Allied Reparations Com mission at Its sessions, has j received his Instructions from the stfCe^de partment to resume his seat I Collector Robbed of (20,000. Detroit.—Twelve men, armed with sawed-off shotguns, held up a Detroit United railway conductor and es caped with (20,000 in cash. Musicians In 8easlon. St. Paul, Minn.—More than 400 del egates are here for the annual con vention of tlie American Federation of Musicians. Mexican Fatally Injured. Naco, Arts.—Pedro Loysa, a Mexi can immigration officer, was probably fatally injured In a clash between ' Mexican and United jMstnymyitbs tion service line riders. | Forest Fire Still Rages. Ocala, Fla.—Fire still was raging In the Ocala National Forest Reserve, east of the Ocklawna river. The lire has been burning a week. Much game ha% been destroyed. 8enator Newberry Resumes Seat. Washington.—Senator Newberry re turned to his seat in the senate fol lowing annulment by the Supreme Court of his conviction In Michigan of violation of the Federal corrupt ' practices act. Much Suffering In 8lberla. Toklo.—Conditions in Jthe Interior of Siberia are pitiable, with nearlv all the people there in need of cloth ing, food and medicine, according to E. O. Lively, formerly of the American Red Cross. v To Hold Aripy Contingents. „ Paris. — The army contingents of 1919, called to the colors In connection with the preparation for the possible occupation of the Ruhr valley, will In no case be sent home before July. I ■ - | Bad Report on Winter Wheat. Washington.—A winter wheat crop of 629,287,00 bushels was forecast by the Department of Agriculture, bas in gits estimate on the condition of | the crop May 1, which averaged 86.8 | per cent of a normal and the revised area to be harvested which la about 88,721,000 acres. May Abandon Obsolete Forts. Washington.—More than sixty ob solete forts and military posts of no further military value, have been rec ommended to congress by Secretary Weeks for abandonment. ~ South Carolina: Fort Fremont, Fort Wlnya and Castle Pinckney. North Carolina: Beacon Island and Fort Macon. Jail Guard Beaten to Death. Jeffersonville, lad.—John H. Grimm, S0 years old, guard at the Indiana htate reformatory here, was beaten to death and two convicts were shot in a mutiny. Haitians Charge Atrocities. Washington.—Charging a long ae ries of atrocities by American ma rines and the native gendarmerie la ; Haiti and demanding the withdrawal of the United States military forces tram that republic, three Haitian del egatee are in Washington. "Mountain Bad Man" Lynched. Knoxville.—Berry Boling, aged M, white, alleged “mountain bad man," was lynched at Huntsville, Tenn., when SO armed men forced their way into the Scott eouaty Jail, seised Boh tag and banged hint,to a tree » tsar ter of a mile away. Plan to Bottle insurrection. ' Warsaw.—In the taco of iaci eaMag dashes between insurgents and Oar imm, the Polish government has d» dded upon a vigorous plan in an ah tempt to setae the ingunectlaB. QUARD8 THROWN AROUNPfTOWH OF KREUZBURG TO GG^RD AGAIN8T ATTACK.f'ri; PEOPLE EXCITED AND If German Police in Hand* ef Polea Are Shat, Germany Will RejkaHate by 8hootlng Poliah Prlsorjere, Krenzbufg, Upper Silesia.—Merman reichswehr officers have assumed con trol of the Kreuzburg district; 2,000 army rifles bare been issued and guards thrown about the tow£,Jo de fend it against a threatened/attack by Poles who are camped in front of Rosenberg. The Polish army is es timated at 5,000 with several score of machine guns. f The inter-allied officials ate. help less, the French troops having been withdrawn "two days ago for (Service at Rybnik. The entente's repmenta tives are seven French civfiians, a British major and an Italian civilian. Their position is not a pleasant one; the townspeople are highly incited and are angry with the French for having withdrawn their troops at a critical time. f? The Polish attitude Incensed the German leaders, who noticed the inter-allied commission that the Germans would hold no conversations with the rebels and would ncjt agree to an exchange of prisoners,; but if the Poles carried their thifeats to I shoot German police the Ctermans would be forced to resprisals against Polish prisoners. Would Amend Emergency Tariff. Washington—Further consideration of the emergency tariff bill by the senate was marked by the introduc tion of two additional amendments. Senator Ashurst, democrat, Arisona, proposed that the duty of seven cents a pound on long staple cotton be in creased to 20 cents, while Senator 1 Jones, democrat, New Mexico, moved for a tariff of 15 per cent ad valorem on all Imported hides., -— ---- ■£■ 8hort Thousand Office Washington —Due t<r!egflrtafcSh by congress, the navy, by December SI, will be short more than a thousand officers, said Secretary Denby, who mad > this statement in connection with an announcement that he had Rescinded his order graduating the 1922 class at the Naval Academy In advance. Wasn’t Draft Dodger. . Washington. — Announcement was made by the war department that the name of . Stanley Harrison French, of Brooklyn,'had been removed from the draft dodger dlst just issued tor that district. French reached the rank of lieutenant commander in the U. 8. navy.. High Cost of Transportation. Washington. — The high cost ot transportation constitutes "the most pressing question in the United States at this moment and the great est obstacle in the way of a return to normal conditions and the restora tion of business,” Senator Capper, re plica n, Kansas, declared. While the Cat’s Away, i New York.—There was a police pa rade in New York. As the bine coats marched sturdily along, only a block kway thieves took a $7,000 auto truck containing $33,000 worth of woolens from the front of 404 Fourth avenue. Baptised at Age of 101 Years. London.—Mrs. Ann Sissons, 101, of Mansfield. Nottinghamshire, has Just been baptised and confirmed by the Bishop of Sheffield. Last summer •he made three airplane flights. German Cabinet Has Resigned. London.—A telephone message re ceived from Paris gives a Berlin dis patch saying that In view of the sib nation that arose in consequence of the reply of Secretary of State Hughes to Germany's counter-proposals on | reparations, the German government, unanimously decided to resign. Dr. 8lmon Baruch III. New York.—Dr. Simon Barack, SI, father of Bernard M. Baruch, former head of the War Industries board, was' critically ill at hla home here. Be waa stricken a week ago with a se vere heart attack. Railroads Are Making Upgrade. Washington. — The railroads are slowly making tile upgrade. Reports, which will be died with the Interstate Commerce commission next ?reek, will show an Improvement la the condition of the railroads. Mayer May Form Cabinet Berlin.—PresIdentTEbert, the ▼as stsche Zettung says, has asked Dr. Wilhelm Mayer, German ambassador to France, to form a new cabinet. „$r. Mayer asked that he be given time to consider the offer. Use Movies Inetaad of Books. Kaw York.—Substitution of motion pictures for books la the nation's Mo mentary schools would In twenty years bring about an advancement of ten centuries in'civil laitkm, Thomas jft Mdlsoa said. 2r ■ -v 'Y'!'--'■ ■ ■■■■ A FLOOD OF GOLD TO UNITED STATES PRECIOU3 METAL ALREADY IN THI8 COUNTRY IS WORTH 83,001,487,915. ONE BILLION IN ASSAY OFFICE Fully One-Third of the Bullion Now In This Country Was Garnered In All Quarters of the Globe. New York.—A veritable flood ol New York.—A veritable flood ot gold Is sweeping upon the shores ot the United States. Already the , precious metal in this country has at > talned the unprecedented amount of 113,001,487,915, and yet the tide is rls I ing. | Financiers attribute this to the tact i that the United States, is the world’s | one “creditor nation” and for the ; equally important reason that the , other nations of the world And it well I nigh Impossible to transact business I with this country, by reason of their | own depreciated currency. | The, precious metal is coming from all quarters of the globe. I Sweden is sending gold received from Germany for war supplies, also bar gold or bullion, which many be lieve to be of RusBlon origin. By way of the Pacific have come occasional shipments ot gold from Siberia where they formed part of General Kol chak’s war chest. The local assay office, a new struc ture, whose modern equipment in cludes huge vaults five floors below the street level, now holds upward of $1,000,000,000, fully one-third of which has come from foreign coun tries. To Publish Slacker List. Washington.—The war department slacker list, as Issued from time to time, will -be published in the Con gressional Record. Request for such publication was made in the house i by Representative Johnson, republi can, South Dakota, a former service. Unemployment Conditions. Raleigh, N. C.—“The unemployment condition in the state is far from satisfactory,” declared Commissioner of Labor and Printing M. L. Shipman -in a report he made to the national convention of labor officials which is meeting in New Orleans. Rediscount Rates Relaxed. Washington. — Action of the New York Federal Reserve Bank in reduc ing its rediscount rate from 7 to 6 L2 per cent reflects a tendency towards relaxation in rediscount rates in other reserve districts. Secretary Mellon said. Atlanta Bank Readjusts Rates. Atlanta, Ga.— M. B. Wellborn, gov ernor Of the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank, announced a readjustment of rediscount rates, putting all paper handled by that Institution on a flat basis of 6 per cent. Tp Quash Indictments. Grand Rapids, Mich.—Judge Clar ence W. Sessions, who presided in Federal court here in the Newberry trial, upon learning of the Supreme court’s decision, announced that he would at once issue an order dismiss ing the second indictment against Senator Newberry and his associates. Harding Accepts Invitation. Washington. — President Harding has accepted the invitation of the al lied supreme council that the United StateB be represented at the meeting of that body as well as those of the conference of ambassadors and the reparations commission. Tranquil Mexican Holiday. Mexico City.—Observance of Mexi co’s national holiday passed off tran quilly, according to reports received by the war office, and fears aroused by rumors of revolutionary outbreaks proved to be without foundation. Mine Workers Wages Stand. Indianapolis, Ind.—Wages of organ ised mine workers will not be reduced, John L. Lewis, president of the Unit ed Mine Workers of America, declared in a statement refuting reports of such action. Break In White River Levee. Little Rock, Ark.—Measures were being taken to afford relief to resi dents of the Bayou creek region, northwest of Helena, where a break | in the White River levee resulted in' the flooding of more than 100,000 acres* Case Ordered Reopened. Washington.—The Interstate Com. merce Commission ordered that the Texas state rate case must be re opened for the purpose of consid ering the propriety of the rates on cotton linters in that state. Baerlln Defeats Cutting. London.—B. T. Baerlln. the British court tennis champion, successfully de fended his title aganst C. S. Cutting, the American challenger, at the Queens Club here, defeating Cutting k three straight nets. ■ . MRS.,ALBERT EINSTEIN. , Mr». Albert" Einstein, wife of the famous scientist ALLIES ULTIMATUM IS CAUSE Believed That Social Democratic Party Has Rejected an Invitation to I Join in a Coalition Ministry. Berlin.—Prospective candidates for the hew cabinet and the political par ties are reserving decision concern ing the parliamentary attitude with re gard to the Allied ultimatum on finan cial indemnities has been clarified. Leaders of the majority socialist party are stubbornly opposed to par ticipating in the formation of a cabi net containing representatives of the German people’s party and it is be lieved that the social democratic par ty, headed by Philip Scheidemann, former chancellor, have definitely re Jected an invitation to join in a coal ition ministry. President Ebert has neld conferen ces with Reichstag leaders belonging to the present coalition and the ma jority socialist party but has not suc ceeded in untangling the Cabinet crisis percipitated by the sudden res ignation of the Fehrenbach ministry. Judge Rules Him Innocent > Montgomery, Ala.—Judge Henry D. Clayton, of the middle Alabama gjS. 'trict, tJWtM Stages' cottrt, declared tw the trial of a prohibition case, that he would be compelled to order a ver dict of not guilty in the case of a man brought before him for killing an officer of the law who had entered his office without a search warrant to search for liquor. Don’t Think Terms Fair, Berlin. — Only a few of the Berlin newspapers comment on the entente ultimatum which the nationalist press characterizes as unacceptable. The majority socialist Vorwaerts expresses belief that, once the Ruhr area is occupied, the prospect of hav ing it evacuated under more favor able conditions would be slim. Fire Salute to Napoleon. Paris.—The guns of the Hotel des Invalides thundered a salute to Na poleon Bonararte exactly to the min ute that his death occurred at St. Helana one hundred years ago. This was the closing feature of two days of ceremonies in honor of the “Little” Corporal.” 8,000,000 Cases of Typus. New York. — More than 8,000,000 cases of typhus have been reported in Soviet Russia with a mortality as high as 50 per cent in some commu nitios, said a report' by Dr. Harry Plotz of this city, head of a Jewish medical unit. $5,000 Worth of Liquor Stolen. Louisville, Ky.—One hundred cases of whiskey, valued at $5,000, were stolen from the Dowling distillery at Tyrone, Anderson county, according to reports received here. Submarine Chasers Made Ready. Baltimore.—Three submarine chas ers attached to the Naval Academy at Annapolis are in readiness to sail for Baltimore to meet any eventuality that might arise from the mine work ers* strike at this port. U. 8. Cannot Stand Aside. Paris. — Belief that the • United States could not stand aside “from the work of world regeneration” if the league of nations covenant was drastically amended was expressed by Rene Vlvianl. Funeral Base Abandoned. Cherbourg, France.—As a result of orders received from American mili tary authorities at Antwerp, the Amer ican funeral base here has been aban doned. The personnel has boen on dered to Belgium. «. Sweeping Wage Reductions. Roanoke, Va.—Sweeping reductions in wages for more than 25,000 Nor folk A Western employes, including members of all railway organizations, both skilled and unskilled labor, were brought to light here. Alcohol 8elzed. : Salem, Mass.—Four barrels of pure alcohol were found hidden In a carload of potatoes from Canada and consign ed to the “Quebec Products Company of Salem,” which was seised by United I States custom inspectors. . ..v—,. 'tiMiJkirda&i PROFESSIONAL CARDS PROFESSIONAL CARDS DR. L. PARKS TRIVETTE Dentist. Office: Up Stairs over Abernethf^t Jewelry Store, Mooresville, N. C. ZEB. V. TURLINGTON Attorney and Counselor At-Law Mooresville, N. C. DR. S. FRONTIS Dentist Office over Miller Drug Co. Mooresville, - . . N. C. ALBERT L. STARR, Attorney At Law Collections and Loans. Office in tbe M. & F. Bank Building Mooresville, N. C. DR. C. U. VOILS , Dentist Merchants and Farmers Bank Building Phone 206. Mooresville, N. C. R. c. McPherson Optometrist and Optician Telephone No. 184. Office: Next door to People's Home Furnishing Company Mooresville, N. C. GEORGE A. MORROW V Attorney-At-Law Office over Miller Drug Company Mooresville, - - _ N. G, DR. JOHN W. MacCONNELL Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat ^ Office: N. Main Street, Davidson. Hgurs; 8:30 to 1:30. Afternoon tf -. . Appointment 6nly - ‘*4"sl J. F. GAMBLE Land Surveying Bell Phone 3111, Davidson, N. 6. FOR LIVE DYEING AND CLEAN CLEANING CALL SAY! If clothes don’t make any de ference in a man, try going down the street without any. H. B. MAYHEW Phone, 240. HUB STUDIO Photographs of Quality NORRIS & REYNOLDS Proprietors. R .L. McKEE Chiropractor Office over W. M. Neel £ Go. Phone 39 Hours: 9 to 12 a. m., 2 to 5 p. m. 7 to 8 p. m. JIT. ECZEMA! Money beck without question If HUNT*8 Solve foils in the treatment of ITCH, BCZBIfA, , RINGWORM, TETTER or/ Itchlnr «kin disease*.' Try a 79 cent box.at our risk. MILLER DRUG CO. ANSCO CAMERAS CSPEEDEX FILM Memory’s Faithful Ally, An ANSCO camera will preserve the scenes of everyday life and flood the memory with pleasant recollections ef the year's events. ANSCO cameras are made la nu merous styles with various lens and shutter equipments to suit all tastes. Many refinements, not to be found la other mates, ore possessed by. them. *Ve have just the model for you. Drop in end let us show it to you. ATc carry, also, ANSCO SPEEDEX FILM, CVKO PAPER and ANSCO Chemicals. • Mooresvtlle Drug Company Mooresville, N. C.
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