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(.mv A ' Nftrwdiu). President
Tho, H. Norwood, Cashier I
VOL. LXXV
"Tills Argus o'or ths people's right!
Doth an sternal ylgll keep, '
No soothing strains of Mai's son.
Can lull its hundred tyee to slse.
COLDSBORO, N. C, ' FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 16, 1922
NO. 61,
RaUnfen Prepare To Hand
A,
Strike Notice to Labor Board
Officers of The Unions Involved Declare They Will Abide by
The Vote of The Maintenance Men; Sending of Notice
Hefd up by Board's Action on Other Proposed Slashes
Cincinnati. O., June 16. Rail union
chiefs were considering today serv
ing formal notice of the Railroad La
bor Board that an overwhelming ma
jority of (he 1,225,000 shop craft and
maintenance of way employes were
voting in favor of the strike on June 1.
and that the officer of the union
would 'abide by the decision of (he
workers.
The notice, Ic effect, would for
mally communicate to the lioard the
public statement Issued here last
night by the .action heads which as
eprtfyi that the hoard in ordering wage
reductions, "had so reduc id living
standards that the strike hei-omes an
act of- oc lf-preaervatton." The state
ment ajvi blamed the at Itude of
THE BLAIR-DOVER
CONTROVERSY
(By Associated Press)
Washington, June 16. The Blalr
Dover controversy in the treasury
department broke out anew today
when It became known that a peti
tion had been circulated umng
members of congress asking the
president to uphold the Interesvs of
Mr. Dover.
The petition, it was learned, had
MEET .III; WILSON
the signatures of 150 members and
railroad managers as provocative ofiwas ,0 be Panted within th next
noiiTs at tne white House.
With 'the petition was a document
giving the naimes of almost liiO of
fice 'holders under the department
a strike.
Decision as to the dispatch of a for
mal notice to the board was held up
ly the t'BjIon leaders pending receipt,
of the board's action on further re.
ductions a ffecthtu?' 350,000 station em
ployes, tCci'Si,:. express, signal men
stationary firemen anil oilers arx
train, dispatchers.
The unionj heads have been in con
ference most of this week considering
questions redated to the canvass of
the strike vote.' 1
With the more than 500,000 coal
miners already on strike, a walkout
by rallworkers . would affect a sec-
i, nod of the country's, basic industries.
I No claims ave yet )een made ns to
th probable extent, of a transporta
tion ,tle'-up,bnraa soon as tho Amer-
; iraq .Federation -of Labor convention
. closes' .the' full tinlo.n, xecut,ives, will
teq'yV, loirCbtesro'to beginn uife ti;
a cnvpss fif the strike voter which Is'
f vpe'rtAd to !
. bt i'i' Ci i...' -
. flnh- nniiDi'.l i - whotur niitmhprt
f sre nag( otretly lfl moyln.'i'trains.l -
Before, thj clost. or the .convention
the rail executives may ask the Fed
eration's Indorsement of a strike by
i be shop craft and maintenance of
way workers, similar to the Indorse
ments given by the Federation yes
terday to the miners' strike.
who were charged with being demo
crats who were disloyal to tlie ad
ministration in that their lack of
cooperation was holding up the ef
ficient working of the department.
When he learned of the existence
of the petition today Secretary Mel
lon said that the charges it is said
to contain were "so false, futile and
redioulous as ordinarily not to de
serve notice."
He said that while it might have
i number of names enrolled they
were probably composed of "selfish
ly ambitious employees and of some
former employees who were simply
seeking to make trouble for, the ad
ministration." . " , .
(By Acsoclated Press)
Wilson, N. C, June lfl. More
lhan 200 RXarlans from Kastern
North Carolina towns. Including h!s
Raleigh and Durham, are gueors
here today of t,lie local Rotarv eluh
in semJ-anitual get-together district
meeting, wtth Raleigh having the
largest delation present.
After hrnrlng welcome adilreiset
and responnee .it noon on the court
house lawn the visitors were con
ducted' to Contentnea Country Club,
where the business session will be
held, and the social feature and
special "stunt provided by the
post club will follow.
The welcoming addresses . were
made by Howard KUley, president
of the Wilson Rotary, ami V. A.
Lucas, Mayor of the city, and the re
sponse was by Rotarlan Clarence K.
Wllkins of Goldsboro.
IRISH ELECTING FLAG OF THUCETO
ARLIAMEN
T
NEWS PAPER MEN
(Dy Associated Press)
Dublin,. June 16-Tho voters of
soniheni - irehi nl veiit to the pulls
today 10 cl (i an 'Irish parliament
tie provided u 'Vileti the terms of lite
Anglo-Irish trMly
Under ;the Jecent agreement be
tween' the facilont) favoring and op
posing the,-ti'eatyt coalition panel
of candidates was presented to the
people upport;.'tilnc represejitatlon In
the parliament t tuproxlmately the
sume" raJO'. n:- hftvn In past teats
of strength I'l'-th. Dail Kireann.
A numberr'iif Independents, how
ever have jfDiered the field and esti
mates wm-ft. .lluif at leat fifteen of
Ihem would 1 fiiiceessful, with the
.v'i losing ten and the
e tests. ,
t night of ihe terms
r thfr Irleh constltu-
anti-treaty $a
pro-treatyltes
Publication '
of the draft
lion, on .whl
must pass, w
fluence the v
theinew iarlament
no expected to in-
T, r P
-liib'bijyEiJ
TRIPLE EXECUTI
PRISON AT CO:
Kit-by, Gappins and Fox Put to Death
William Brazell, Taxi Driver, Last Au
Carolina's First Triple Exec
N'lN
JMBIA
he Slaying of
VVas South
1 ' ; sv:. :
Better Storage Ware
houses' Por Cotton
Mn T, B. Prkr WIU Speak' On Thh
Subject Here it (otiri lleiise At
I P.- M. Tomorrow.
The Division of Markets of the
State Department of Agriculture is j
putting on a drive for more :ind bet-,
t.r "Storage Warehouses" for niton. J
This te something in wlii-'i the
farmer and business men of Hie coun-
ty should feel tf vital interest and!
give to tbe movement every poihle
enrotirfgement. I
1-aiit year tlie farmers o.' Wayne ;
county grew Si.O.IS hales n: cotton,
a large part of which was exposed to
the wealhpr front i"few weeks to sev
ersl monlhs. In fact there is cotton.
now worth over tOc. per pound, still
(l!y Associated Press)
Durham, N. (. June Hi High
Point was today selected ..s the
meeting place for the 1923 annual
minion (if the Slate Grand Lodge
n. P, (). Elks.
! Arthur Lyon, of that city, wa:
j elected president for the Slate or
ganization for the ensuing year, and
1 Thos. 11. Kehoe, of Xew Hern. va )
reelected secretary and treasurer,
j It was voted that the district
j Deputy CraiMi Kxal.etl Rulers of
j the State shall be v re presidents of
J tlie Stte Association.
I lie eonveniljii will come lit
close .onisht.
French Deserter Is
Arrested In Geneva
(By Associated -Press) ' )
Columbia, S. C. June 16. 8. J.
Kirby, JeS'ae Gapplna and C. O. Fog,
three young white ,mcn, were elec
trocuted, at the 3tate rpenltenl!ar
here , shortly :.afterf 6; o'clock this
syrjitng lorv! the TTtmrder; of Wm."
Pr7ell, a ColiHnbia' Htii.'i.; t :
.j.. i tu.vii, .but (luiia. '.iiiicly thd
Hiroe.oLgatUag him on Mhe road
(4 rob .and murder him ndv appro
ijiflate . his ' automobile. Thi they
did. on August 7 of last year.
They were afterwards, arrested,
tried and convipted. last September,
and sentenccMl to lie electrocuted on
October 21, but an appeal, which
was near perfected postponed the
execution, and made ii necessary for
them to be resentenced by the court,
the Judge fixing June ltilh for the
execution.
The trio went .o the death cham
ber sinsrlnR hymns and praying.
Klrby was the first to go to tho
electric chair. He feigned insanity
and tried to vkc. his hands free from
the straps, which he succeeded in
Ell
TO
IIIJflL
(Jy Associated Press.)
The llafiue, June 10. Premier Van
Arnebeek, of Holland, displayed tlui
white fhig of truce to the news
paper men today when the confer
cMue met., capitulutiiiK to the more
than a half-Jiundred journalistic cor
respondents from all over the world
who yesterday were told that the
the deliberations of the conference
n the Russian questions was to be
exclusive.
The newspaper n,fn were told to-
lay that tables wre now being pre
pared for theiin in the conference
hall ami that these would be ready
by tonight, as the reeult of an over
night conference on the question of
ndmlttlng the press representatives
Thre was evident already in the
conference the usual dissatisfaction
ipiong the delegates from the small
er powers growing out of the Im
pression that they were being Ig
nored and discriminated against by
th delegations from the Big Pow
ers who it Is charged are trying
fo monopolise the conference.
Differance Between Church
Members and Christians
Evangelist Ham Went After This Class in His Message Last
Night, Feeding All From Same Spoon. Many Hit by the
Words Broadcasted Over Congregation
mmm no
SUBSIDY REJECTED
son, of J a
guilty,? ,when
if b.iher 8
W, pleaded "not
was arraigned in
court here today under grand Jury
Indictment far the murder of Clar
enc Peters, an et-sailor, who. It if
alleged ,Wrd 8bo Ip tlriub In March
rotins! s for f-Wi id ked for an
lmmedUt trial, lm was told by the
court that his Hcnts case would
have to take ft.s plice on th docket
and await Its turn the same as or
dinary criminal ea-sfs
University Professor
Defends Use of Slang
I (Hy Associated Press.)
! fieneva, June IB. A wealthy
j Frenchman. F. Bertram!, described
(ag a ileserler, has been ur:csled
i here at a moment when Ii had
practically one foot on eit.ier side
!of the Swiss and French frontier
exposed to th' weather, icing In , j "
'f Saint Jullen on the .international
, boundary. Part of he liuihling is
grade and value with each rain, which
recently have bsen qnite o;tcn.
How long wilf orir people shut their
i ves io Ihe ftilly of making a crop and
then let It go to waste thro gh ne
glect, or the force of habit?
Mr. T. It. Parker, 'of the Division
of Markets, will be in Mt. Olive Sat
urday mornlrg. at the Citiiens Bank,
snd at the Court House In Ooldsboro.
Saturday afternoon at .1 o'c'ock. for
Cleteland, June i6.The use o
slang was defended by William A.
rrnlvin nrnfa.,,,.. 1 i c .
.....j.c. imi iiliii iir null llt-uer
be iu!et and take it easy; hut when;
he a second time pu Vied his hands
free, they snapped lilm lightly, and
the death dealing current was quick
ly shot through his body. Because
of his. bad behavior Klrby was not
permitted to make any dying dec
laration. fiappins came second and Fox
followod him, and the ghastly or
deal was completed in 40 minutes.
in Switzerland and part in Franc?.
Karly in the war Bertram! set
tled in Ceneva where, h's ait-users
ater, he made a large fortune trad
ing with Germany. He bought a
villa and sevoral automobiles and I
led a life of pleasure. He sai l h-I
was more German than French, and'
took pleasure in speaking again1
at Western Reserve 1'nlverslty, here.
"Slang undoubtedly enrlc'ies the
lunguaue," Prof. Cralgle said. "The
ephemeral part disappears, but the
vivid, expressive psrt remain' In the
language and adds a plc'uresque
note."
i Referring lo the Oxford dii tiorury,
, which will lie published sih n. after
j fifty years of collective and compil
i in millions of not. Prof, rrutirie
Gapping and Fox eaoh attributed said:
their fate to the Keeping of ba i --The Oxford dictionary Is a record
company, and warned others to be f English terms from the eighth cen
guided by their fate ami keep awaytury down to the present time, omit
from bad company. Jn(f My ,h( m((M wh(h d n((,
The penitentiary ofPclals toik th i survey the eleventh certury and the
curious hy surprise hy etaging fhe ! new words whi h are -too trivial or
execution a. ho early an hour In- too technic al to he Included."
Stead cf at noon. I "The worils of Clasaic onein are
(By Associated Press 1
Washington, June 16. Without a
record vote the Marine Committee
it the House ' today rejected the
Bankhead amendment to the ship
tubstdy bill provWIng American
ela( on which liquor wss sold 'at
iea! should have no part In the fed
ral subsidy ' fund. ' ,
..y ti-.l l- u..,,, .... . ... ... .
registry touching ; American puru
in which llqtior was sold was also
ejected, and ' the bill Was ordered
sported by a strict party vote.
til VES PARTY TO (HIIDREX
iii narnnu nf ntittine the warehouse
proposition before the people of these France, particularly in the cafe a; j
communities. All progressive farmers '.Saint Jule where, safe on Swi.j
and interested Business men should '"'tory ;n one .if ihe d: -liking j
attend these meetings snd give the , rooms, ne could i.e overheard and
This is the first white execution
since lirt, and the first time In the
history of the Sta:e that a triple
execution was enacted.
MRS. . I.. SMITH HOSTFSS
easy to study ami classify. It is the
slmiTe words Hint are hard." he con
tinued. "The ord 'Bit. fur iim.unce.
occupies fifty five columns ami is ill
vlded Into l.'.t sections."
movemect tbelr hearty support
Mr.. r. I.. Smith entertaineH v.-..
. r.ru wn iiy me rrencn police in 1 terday evening
tne rooms on the Frenuh side,
j There the French listened to his
Ka'a. thou resrsoaest well. A r
ductlon of the sry should follow the:a"no'iS alk but. unable to catch
reduction in the navy hirn "n French side, they co-im
j" arrest him. Ber.rand Imastid
Opportunity knocks at every man s that when there were no police
n.mr. but most of s ignore knockers, i about he couki enter France an l
' i return without a passport.
I. HEALTH 2. OPPORTl'MTT Ber.rand after dining well, cross-
are recessary to secure life insurance, j the r,iT r Roins from the
rummuini. 1 m frnlhh 5. TonB t " ""r :le io mat
iu. - -
I "-BIT T - " "
in
u ar . . .
rrrncn St.le lo cre-t SJ.I.e Anl R,.,l
(Xtttul)
H. M. HsMpkrey, State Xanacer,
rssrtk fleer Bert en BsUslag.
Mho line into France hr was pounced
;upan t.r two French gendarmes. Il
jput up a fight, but wit quickly sub-
,dued. handcuffci. and Carrie swfy. j EUiAbtta'
honor of her
young hou.ie gues.. Miss Mary Eli
zabeth Turnbtiil. Three tables of
bridge were enjoyed after which an
Ice COI rue was Knrvo.l t- !
-"ii." i urn-
bull received an exquisite paJr of
lingenie clasps as sucet of honor
prlft snd Mist. Elizabeth Johnson,
holder of ihe highest score, a hand
some pack of cards.
The guests were Miases Mrv Fit.
o.ubeth Turnbull. Pauline rr
Miller. Catherine VA.
gerton. Anne Turner. Mela Royall.
Msrtlia Le Borden. Eva Mae Gul
dens, Elisabeth Johnson. Mary Mfller
Pa 11. r .
uawson Slaurhter and
Vienna Government
Distributing Grain
Vienna. Jun II. With the ter
mination of goviTnnnent control of
the production of bread ami bread -stuff,
effective n the last day of
April, the povernmeat has created a
grain (IK.Tiliiiiinz corporation.
This concern is to keep at all
time lOn.iiiid ton tf cereals In
stock Of this t'l per cent is to be
Mrs. Nathan O'Berry gave a de
lightful lawn party yesterday after
noon In honor of her little grand-
laughter, Mary Magdalene M.Elwee
ind her cousin, Bllzaheth McElwee.
The children, under ihe leader-
:h'p of Mies Mary DeVane, played
til kinds of fuscinuluig games on
he beautiful shady lawn. Kach
,-hild was presented with a harp
tnil mtrslc. anil all were played
A-lth the greatest enthusiasm and
igor.
Refreshments, Ice cream, cakes
mil mints were .horoughly enjoyed
by the guests. Mrs. Allle Kdgertun,
,lrs. Colin Moore, .Mrs. James Harris
nd MUs Rachel Borden ai sated in
erving the children.
Those present were: Mimes
Rachel 'Edgcrton. Susan Ruwing.
Catherine Best. Eleanor Bizzell.
Honora Bland, Martha Holt Bobbltt.
Mary Borden, Francis Urinkley,
Xnnle 1a-v Ilvnuin. Miriam Creech,
Eleanor Cutlirell. Bertha l.utsler,
Elizabeth Hood. Sadie Ipock. Mar-
ha Ivcy, Helen EMenwood. Francis
King. Lucy leroy. Eunice I'arker,
Elizabeth Pierce. Margaret Well.
Miriam Weil. Helen Marie Wei'..
Sarah Hall Yehertoii. Hel-n Zealy.
bailie Ruth I'arker. Florence Simi-
merlln. Musters Ben Mclierlngton.
Albert Starr. Frank Iiamels. Wiley
I'aiker. Emnieli Spiier. .1 itin Ian
els. Jitntl ic- Creech Hi ! ) Hr II.
Paul Best .Nathan )lter llarri-.
Watt Exum nnM Chas Knt: ru.n
(By RobU L. Denmark)
One of the songs tbe choir and tent
enjoy singing, and or.e that Mr. Ram
sey as well as the audience likes ;o
hear sung, is "O What Will It Be To
Be There."
Miss MlUdred Sryder, who hss been
taking the obligate part of thU par
ticular song, wna not present lust
night. A request was made that It
be sung, and Mr. Ramsey was nt a
loss as to who wouCd take the im
portant part, but Just then he noticed
Miss Fannie Edward and asked her to
take It. At first MIbs Edwards hes
itated but finally consented and well,
the part was taken, by Miss Edwards
with as much ease as If she were do
ing her regular work In the office
where she Is employed. Several com.
pletnentary remarks were heard when
Miss Edwards had finished as is it is
known that this little lady does every
thing In fine style that she attempts.
- After hearing Mr. Ham's straight
from the shoulder talk last night, the
question arises: ''are we christians,
or Just church members'?" Mr.' Ham
says there is a vast difference, be
tween Christiana and, church mem
bers, but It woull seem that the ma
jority are satisfied f to have their
names on the church book making no
other effort to live np to the religious
obligations.-;- ,-;, .;f . -);.
Speaking -on this church member
christian subject last night the speak-;
er bad the' following to tell his au
dlence. , . "-,.
"If you do't get Interested In the
saving of souls you have no IniHlress
I'm . ' .r. 'l ' I
Gives Life To
Rescue Woman
11ii nuestion urfae wliat is ..n
chrislian? The Bile is lh0 only place
to find an answer, and I dare say tHat
should you select a number of your
choice friends they could not give yuo
a suitable answer.
The word Christian was npt coined
bjr the Jews nor the Oreckn, but orig
inateil from the Romans, 'It was given
to the early Christians - because- of
tholr religious activlUes, but they
were not of the type who wbei aked
if they are a christian reply that they
are trying to 1 e ,; ' V
The snying that "actlqrs speak
louder than' words" could be applied
to the point Mr. Hum desired to bring
out In his incsjago last night, as the '
best way to tell If s person Is a christ
ian Is by ttylife they 'ftro living.f ' '
Contlnutpg, Mr.iilstn said : "These
poofCe In the tlrnf Sfi, Paul would
not, tell you how loyjjbey were, but,,
their HvfS and speech, were that of
Jcmu and;' tba, dea to please Him.,
They were CaWed ,tp)J,litlans because
their conduct purchased the name for
them the Bamo being ppplltble to
duy: It a person lsa 1'hrlctian It can
be seen by their actions. I would feel
tnsultod if I were Inthe compfny ot a
person and had to be asked If I, were
a Christian. You don't htve to try to'
be a ChHstlan, but BhJMild be Bble;to
answej; in atangllik vre yand It, you
are saved, yon should be grate lul, and
If you are grateful you bafo been sav.
ed. 'yi v' i -
"Wlit'it'' Ibe r " ' ' ' fts bom
Danville Insurance Agent Saves
Her From Drowning Bui In ''
Torn Loses Own Life.
Danville, Va June IC Tragedy
marked the beginning of a three-duy
campaign trip at Harnett's pond near
Roxboro, N. C. this evonlng when Er.
noBt Con mil Olios wsj drowned. Re
ports from that place said that he i been In the past tho rente r of Brit
. .. . i N
; Service la i-gypt
' (By Assofllateil!TttSB.j,-,..
Cairo. Kgypt, June IC.yth' iiiu
guraMon ' of an ;"Alr 5 Mil Service"
between Cairo and llagdyi fcnd be
tween the latter city: and Karachi,
giving f,. through . JndMs-Egypt aeri
vice, is' making, Egypt tha center
of Etuland's Imperial air communi
cations Just as the Sues Canal has ,
mat I in reuclie a woman who wat in
difficulties and supported her rntll
a boat arrived and completed th9 task.
tliles then disappeared under tho
water almost immediately and doctor
who later examined the body were of
the opinion that he died from a heart
seizure in the water rather than by
drowning.
Eighteen agu-pts of the Mfe lnnnr-
nnce eompnnv of V'ririnla. nf which
rln'a sea waVs. V'
It Is understood that the noxt
step. England to Egypt, soon . will
be taken. This will give through ,
air service from England to India.
There is 'alsa a fiiinor that owing
to the widespread , dissatisfaction
prcvallint" In "lio.tt 3 'Bnghtnd and
Egypt with regard to the .Inferior
facilities now . off erSd bjr the poet
lilies, a ervic nf : flying ixats ne-
i;. :. was i nc. left here early tortay ,wern Alexandria and Brindlal will
in cars fur 1 1 1 0 i r normal frolic- The; ,r j,, ,,1Klirated. the malls being by
iu.iy is iieing 1 rouglit to li.un I lie ac- ,..ti i.wo).,i jtrlndhJ and Iarls and
ornpanied by the other figrn's. Ciles j aRfln i,y 8lr between Paris and Lon-
I aves a widow and a small child. doll. " , ' '
To Sell Czar's Wines" Cosh- bow I Hope lives In the future, disappoint.
did anything so wet escape the Soviet? ment In the past. '
II!
Traffic Decision
liv
Tti niii-stiori h.is ti.-n ask I
many of our shippers' "Will the ten
per cent reduction effective July 1st
apply to North Carolina intrastate
trallic '"
For answer e cn''
extract of the It-tt.-r t
Corporation m m i
T: atti. I lej.a rt tn.-nt . C. 1
t r c f Ctimiiierce
"Yours of Hi- 1-1'
CONFIDENCE
fallowing
.he N C.
to the
r 1 nhani-
. lutitl The
in mills or warotaae: 30 per cent carriers have appliv.i t, our Corn
In European p.rts and 0 per cent mission. hnh appl:atin hjs been
afloat between tat" United 8tates an.l approved Ij make tite .im rtjuc-
Rurnn. Anr irrafl j from ihMe lion In Virth Carolina Intrastate;
operations go to the federal tress-'rsten same as inrstjt-' rates ef
nry and. on tbe cither hand, deficits , fee live Jaly 1st"
are to be met the government.) The Traffic Department will be
The Jiala si cbassv peued - May I. glad to answer any question desired.)
For moie than two jrencration the
Wayne National Batik has enjoyed to
an unusual degree tho confidence of
the pecpb of Eastern North Carolina.
Such confidence can be traced to
one factor Sound Prgressiv Bank-
I'pon our record vc in vile your ac
count .
The Wayne National Bank
Dependable For Two Generations
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