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FIGHT BEGINS ON THE ABSENTEE LAW JUDGE REFUSES TO GRANT AN INJUNCTION BUT GRANTS A HEARING TO PETITIONER - PLAINTIFF IS A CANDIDATE The Suit for an Injunction was Based on The Allegation that The Law Is Unconstitutional - . . - Raleigh. The Republican party opened fire on the absentee voters' law when at torneys representing J. J. Jenkins, of Chatham, Republican candidate foor State treasurer, appeared before Judge John H. Kerr, " at Louisburg and asked for an injunction against the State Board of Elections and against - the ' State Auditor and the State Treasurer to stop distribution of ballotts for these voters. Judge Kerr declined to grant the in junction but upon the complaint of the plaintiff made an order directing the members of the Board of lections, State Auditor, W. P. Wood and State Treasurer R. . B. Lacy to appear be fore hi min Raleigh on Thursday, September 16, and show cause why the injunction should not be issued. Jenkins, the plaintiff, is a candidate for State Treasurer on tthe Republi can ticket and it is in his capacity as the nominee of his party that he seeks to enjoin the Board of lections from distributing absentee certificates and votes in the State. The complaint against the auditor 'and treasurer "s made in his private capacity Qf tax payer and is for the purpose of en joining the auditor from issuing war , rantts and the treasurer from payin; the warrants for the printing of the certificates, envelopes and ballots. ARE BOTH RED SOCIALIST AND BLACK ANARCHIST. Violations of Law Increase. National . prohibition has . caused an enormous ' increase in the number ol criminal cases tried In ' the United States t District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina;, according to statistics compiled by S. A. Ashe, Jr., deputy; clerk of the. court. "l There were 493 1 convitcions in the court aunng me nscaryear Degiuums FLAGS ON PRINCIPAL ; PLANTS July 1, tna enecuve aaie oi war-time prohibition' act, as compared with a total of 726 - for five preceding years. The lightest number of con victions in any: one year previous to last year was 180, in the year ending June 30, 1918; Ah even larger difference is noted In the amount or nnes imposea. uslsi year Judge Henry G. Connor, who. pre sided over the court, levied fines ag gregating $99,406, while for all of the five years preceding last year he ex acted on $78,637 in fines from the defendants in his court. The influx of liquor cases has also Increased the percentage of convic tions. The standard used by the Attorney General of the 'United States in de termining the efficiency of a sourt is CONDENSED HEWS THE OLD NORTH STATE SHOItT NOTES OF INTEREST TO . - -y-: (olinians : iCuy' tor This Department ouppiiej uy me Anient- TROOPS GUARDING THE, BANKS Working Men In All Factories Are Obliged to Give Certain Amount of Time to Military Drill. Washington. The population : ol Laurinburg, N. C., is 2,643; the 'census bureau' announced. ' - Gastonia. The 16th annual conven tion of the deacpns of Kings Moun tain Presbytery was held in the Dal las Presbyterian church. Charlotte.-Eighty-seven marriagB licenses were issued in -Mecklenburg county during the month of August, it was announced at the office of Regis ter of Deeds W. M. Moore. LOS ANGELES POST GIRL MEM RERS WHO Morganton. The McLendon meet ing is the center of interest in Mor ganton at the present, business, poli tics social and other activities being the number of peases term?na.'-ed. Un- til the past year the docket in this district nas been kept . almost entirely clean. ' For the five-year period ending June 30, 191V 1,135 cases were com menced in the court and 1,109 dis posed of. Last year 752 cases were instituted and 667 terminated, the largest number gotten off the calen dar In a previous year having been 256. . ' Paris. Travelers arriving from Italy describe the seizure of the metal works by workmen as possess ing odd features. Flagstaffs on; the principal plants bear two flags -red 1 in the background. for the socialists and black for hte anarchists. Many private houses dis Mount Airy. On Wednesday, Sep- play red flags, especially in Milan. tember 15 ,the Surry tobacco' market Government troops guard the banks "wi" Pen here witn tne strongest but do not interfere with the occuna- corps of buyers ever gathered to- tion of the works. Transport workers aether in this market allow no movement of government trooos" from one Dart of Italv to an- Charlotte. Housing 8,00 : student3 other. The ministry of war at Rome in buildings adequate for 6,000 is a recently endeavored to send some ree- problem which is causing n. r. nara .'AV. -v.v. ' " 7S . f ing, superintendent o schools, much concern these days. Albermarle. -W. E. Springs, fore man in charge of the painting crew I . 1 mn T n n 4 6rimeS, Secretary of State of North clearing the factories, but that a far J.ZT TT, been the instant result of the shock Suffrage Amendment1 Certified. Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby has certified to Colonel J. Bryan Iments to northern Italy but the train men refused to move them. The Italian government has inform ed the manufacturers' association that it does not wish to employ troops in I Carolina, the ratification of the nin-e teenth amendment by the required three-fourths of the States of the Unionand has s declared that the amendment "has become valid, to all better course is for the employers to negotiate a compromise with the workmen's committee. The employ ers have agreed for the present not to go near their own works so as not received. Asheville. The merchants associa- - iSt. 4 i urNrnNl fJ"-"" .J.J. t 7 ni.. MI,W WUP I wU f w & . -6 AXY 1 d 1 IV. 1 ill t .V'jtitu:, -I ' ' i 1 I "" '"1 ' ' T4 1 ' ' - 't&ffi ' V - " V.'.-.' 1 School Levies Unrestricted County tax levies to -provide funds tor the operation of the public school j of the State for the constitutional term of six months cannot be restrict ed by" legislative enactment under the 10 per cent promise, and the commis sioners of any county are empowered to levy whatever additional rates th it ore deemed necessary declares an opinion rendered by Attorney General James S. Manning, in response to a query from the State Tax Commis sion. Five counties in the State had ap pealed to State Superintendent Brooks after they had found that the year's school budget "could not be covered by the amount of last year's income plus the legislative allowance of 10 per cent increase. Dr. Brooks has held throughout that the General As- , sembly could not limit the necessary income of schools whtn the constitu tion requires that they shall be op erated for six months. Furtfler Census Report!. Washington. The census bureau announced the population of the fol lowing places in North Carolina: Asiheboro, 2,559; Ramseur, 1,014; Randleman, 1,967; Franklinsville, 631; Liberty, 636. Scotland county: 1920, 15.600; 1910. 15,363; 19200, 12,553.. Laurel Hill township: 1920, 3,182'; 1910, 2,571; 1900, 2,441 Spring Hill Wagram town: 1920, 2,617; 1910 2,300; 1900, 1,318. Stewartsville township, , including Constitution of the-TJn?eed States The proclamation foiiows in part: To all whom these presents shall come, Greeting: ' "Know ye, that the congress of the United States at the flrsf session, Sixty-sixth Congress begun at Wash ington on the nineteenth day of May, in the year one thousand nine hun dred and nineteen, passed a resolu tion as follows, to-wit: Joint Resolu tion, proposing an amendment to the Constitution extending the right of suffrage to women. , "And, further, that the States whose legislatures have so ratified the said proposed amendment, constitute three-fourths of the whole number of States in the United States. - "Now, therefore,- be it known that I, Bainbridge r Colby, Secretary of State of the United States, by virtue and in pursuance ' of Section 205 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, do hereby certify that the amendment aforesaid nas become valid to all intents and purposes as u part of the Constitution of the United States. pulsion Working men in all factories are obliged to . give a certain amount of time to military drill. test against the city's importing and selling meats and other foodstuffs, and .a 'special committee was appoint ed to draft a letter and submit it to the city commissioners at an early dak. . Washington. Capt. Thomas' Hearn, formerly infantry - officer at ninn marl hlnh rnr In nHmn.thin am u ... 8 J ' w Mviwu'ii nc frw f tion in the post's recent membership drive which brought in 1 200 Z oers. Tney, nad tneir station beside a sign board in front of the n Cuban Candidate Talks Havana, !uba Personal passions cannot" be allowed to force Cuba "down to the level of countries where icamo Grant. Illnois. has been assign- the administration can be defeated to Davidson college. This an only by a revolution," declared Jose n0uncement was made from Senator Miguel Gomez, liberal candidate for Simmons' office. president of Cuba, in a statement. "There will be no more revolutions Salisbury. Miss Agatna Surratt. in Cuba,' he said, "because there will bookkeeper In the office of a local in be no more usurpations of power.- surance company's office, is the first The coming elections will have a Rowan woman to be appointed no decisive influence on the future of the tary public, she having received har republic, in the opinion of Senor Go- commission from Governor Blckett. mez, and a liberal triumph, his state ment says, would mean the restora- ' Henderson. The business men of tion of democracy and law, reorgan!- Henderson have become thoroughly f ation of the public administration aroused over the action of the Vir- ind peace with forget'ulness of aui- ginia Corporation Commission and mosities, due to past happenings, and I the cities in that state in their peti- TO WAR AGAINST SWINDLERS National Organization Takes Steps to Swing Full Force to Stamp Out Practice. the impossibility their repetition. Coast to Coast Air Mall Chicago. An extensive daily coast to coast air mail service was begun of consenting to ion to the Interstate Commerce Com mission to give a rehearing in the matter of adjustment of the freight rates as between the two states. More Population FigureC Washington. Census . of : Anson county, 28,334; increase, 2,869 or 11.3 when planes left five citie; for points per cent. Incorporated places: Liles-1 across the continent. ville, 440; McFarlan, 219; Morven, 631 ; Peachland, 196 ; Polkton, 575 ; South Wadesboro, 293; Wadesboro, 2,648. ' Bladen county, 19,761; increase, 1,755, or 9.7 per cent. . Incorporated One plane will leave each morning from New York with mail for San New York, and from Chyenne, Wyo., New York, and from Cheyenne, Wwo., to San Francisco, one from Salt Lake City to San Francisco, one from Chi- places: Abbottsburg, 78; Bladensboro, cago to San Francisco every day, ex- 549; Clarkton, 368; Council, 92; Dub- cept Sunday, and one from Chicago lin, 99; Elizabethtown, 335. Governor will Open Fair. Gov. Thoa. W. Bickett has accepted township, Including an InvitatIn to open the Craven tuuuij iajr on oepuemDer con gressman S. M. Brinson will Introduce Governor Bickett to the thousands to New York every day except Monday. Mecklenburg Farmers Firm Charlotte. Evidence that the Meck lenburg county branch of the Ameri- Durham. With many prominent state officials and citizens attending, the funeral services of Victor Silas Bryant, prominent attorney, were con. ducted at the home on Morehead Heights. Burlington. The local company of the National Guard has about complet ed arrangements for the encampment. Captain Copeland, company comman der, is' very much gratified with the interest and enthusiasm the members have shown in the work. Asheville. F. W. Monnish, aged 60, was shot and killed at Ridgecrest by J. F. Harris, 52. Monnish, a promi- can Cotton Association is the most nent business man of Tuscaloosa, Ala., , . . " who will hp thPTA fnr thA hlr full t L sw.cuwu cii M vo.i.jiife ajuu6 mc mam sireei East Laurinburg and Launnburg . w"1 oe tnere ior me Dig tau ex- formed in Mecklenburg county was when Harris poured three shots into 4,884. Former Secretary of the Treasmy Wm. G. McAdoo., who will make an address on September I5th, is expect ed to draw thousands to the fair on Movement of Guard Units Movement of North Oarnlina Ma tional. Guard units to Camp Glenn for the day' following. the first encamoment since. thA m-i. biliation of trooos there in lftlf? fnr Notaries Public Appointed. service on the Mexican border began The ollowinS notaries public were and three companies wnt into ramn commissioned by the governor: ttere. , Annie James Love, Durham; Edna The units which will compose the 1 Almond, Gastonia; Nellie Andrews, camp, September 7-21, iclusive, are nap6i mu ertruae jr. Hams, Hen Co. A. 1st N. C. infantrv. Winston- Person; J. P. Powell, Thomasville; Salem: Co. B. 1st N. C. infantrv. Wins. Eva Thorpe, Greensboro; Alise Ross ton-Salem; Troop A. N. C. cavalry, BaIes. Windsor; E. Vivian Gates, Llncolnton: TrooD C. N. C. cavalrv J armvme I May Oettinger,- Kinston; Hickory; Machine .Gun Company, 1st Susan G- Wooten, Tarboro; James M. furnished by the fact that a courthouse full of farmers assembled at 10 o'clock morning and spent until 1 o'clock talking over phases of the cot- N. C. infantry, Durham. Stevens, Wilmington. him from a shotgun. ' Rutherf ordton. George Flack, one -of the oldest and best known" citizens- ton situation. Unanimausly they do- of Rutherford countv. died at his cided not to sell cotton for a cent less home near Gilkey. He was 85 years than 40 cents .a pound up to Novem- old and wau a Confederate veteran, ber 1 and for an additional cent on having served four years in the Con the 40-cent price each month there- federate army. after. Wilmington.Selecting Henderson- ill XI ' ' a" a a France Pavlna Loan vlue 1110 nexi meeimg place ana New York. Another installment of electinS Cyrus D. Hogue, WUmlngton, $4,000,000 in gold from Franc arrived as commander over WaUer Clark, Jr., on La Torraine. making a total of up- by a small majority, and Miss Alice proximately $20,000,000 in . gold ship- Gray of Winston-Salem, as vice com- ped here by France to be applied to lmander, the North, Carolina depart- her half share of the $500,000,000 -An- ment of the American Legion ad- elo-French loan maturine flntnhp.r IS. journea. National ftnd departmental officers of the. American Legion have recently broughty to light several Instances In. which unscrupulous swindlers have successfully capitalized the grief of the next of kin of Americans who lost their lives in the world war, and the organi zation's national headquarters has taken steps to swing the full force of the more than 9,600 Legion posts be hind a movement to stamp out the practlce.j The mother of a dead soldier whose grave had never been located recently was told by one 6f these parasites that he would visit Washington, If she paid his expenses, and find out at first-hand what could be done. Later, the impos tor reported success and advised the bereaved family that the body would be sent home. A brother became sus picious and by a personal call at the war department learned that no in quiry ever had been made. Another woman, whose son had not been heard from since he was reported wounded while fighting In the Ar gonne, received a letter signed with her son's name, asking her to send him money. She made a trip to Cleveland. O., only to find that the letter was a hoax. Later, she received a telegram signed with her son's name and noti fied the police in the town from which the message had been sent. The man wrho had attempted to defraud ber was arrested. x At the Instigation of the Legion, po lice of a California city are on the trail of a man said to have made a practice of corresponding with the next of kin of deceased soldiers with a view to defrauding them. He wrote a let ter purporting to give first-hand Infor mation concerning the death of one of these missing soldiers, whereas Inves tigation showed that the writer of the letter had never been outside the Uni ted States during the war. Lemuel Bolles, Legion national adju tant, has urged all posts and depart ments to assist in warning relatives of missing heroes against paying any money for information, or service of this nature, ns both the Legion and the war department are willing to provide all available authentic information at all times without charge.' IN THE "MISSING MEN" n 1 Additional Cases in Which In'J non is Being Sought by Rti tives and Friends. The search carried on in the i Call" of -Missing Mn" departae the American Legion Weekly fo solution to the mysterv attenlia death or disappearance of 2.W In France and on the seas ki these cases: 358THINF., CO. M.-WM th J wno was with Sergt. John W. 5-J when he charged a machine fjrf and was killed near Vilcey, Fran,i tember 12, 1918. write to Floras Berney, 404 Walnut street, AkiaJ Ind.? "U. S. S. OTRANTO."-Pr;vau C Mott went down with this vessdi she sank In a storm off the IristMa tils parents want information bJ death from survivors. Write hair. er-in-law, John C. DooUttle, SivcJ Ga. 59TH INF., M. G. CO.-Private L' mond M. Schmidt, reported wounded ( ber 3 or 4, 1918. died October S it Field: hospital. Cussey, France. wants ""to hear from anyone win her boy shortly before he diedudt whether "he said anything on his fcJ bed." Address Mrs. Matthew 607 Rush street, Dubuque, la. 94TH AERO SQUADR0N.-S vey, uox lib, tioiaenvuie, UKii, like to hear from some one wbo Lieut. Raymond J. Saunders, vi4 could give details relative to In France, and wher he was buni4 seen In combat with twelve eneajR about fifteen miles northwest of vt October 22, 1918. MISSING IN ACTION.-Private 'A ard Delbert Philo. Ninety-fifth Solssons drive, July 19. 1911 I" M ber, 1913, mother received notice j "Philo Uonard" had died and a R in France. She does not oeiie her boy. Comrades are reported tt 1918- Address his sister. Mrs. M Johns, 107 Glenwood avenue. Creek, Mich. State League Pennant The Piedmont basehall league sea on ended with Raleigh and Winston Seme New Enterprises The following charters were Issued by the Secretary of State : Tghman Motor Co., Wilson, witk Serious ShiDDintj Situation Asnenue. w. H. Bangs, general Toklo. Depression in the shipping manager of the Hendersonville power business in Janan has become ro siri. and light company, was seriously in- Salem tied for first place, High Point an authorized capital of $100 000 and 0U8 that the goyernment has dispatch- 'Jured at that town during. the Labor third, Greensboro fourth. Durham J46.500 naid' in hv TV P T w A1ti ea oraciais to ivooe. ana usaKs. the -umhuuuub ca wucu me car ' I MF f " t MUU "40 MEN AND EIGHT H0RSES', aVo fifth and Danville last. At a meeting M. M. TIghman, Wilson. It was agreed by the presidents of Bank of Efland, Efland, with an au- the Raleigh and Winston-Salem clubs tho.r!zed capital of $25,000 and $10,- to play a three-game series to decide ?" paid .In by J. I. Clayton, C M. which of the two teams win the sec- P.Pe and Dan Graham, Efland. ond half of the season, the winner to . The Bank of Mt. Gilead files an great shipping centers, in search of driv.en hy Grant Krainer of Hender- remedies. son vine struck him. Lecture Bureau Approved uoone. Tne school has secured Peking, China. The Peking gor- tne services of Prof. Miller of New ernment has "approved a nronosal I York state to have charge of the ag- meet Greensboro, winner of the fiirst amehdment to Its charter increasine made by the minister of education for ricultural and other kindred work in ihalf in a cost season aeries fnr thA the authorized caDital atocV fm sk . the establishment of a lecture bureau. scnooi, loosing alter the campus. pennant. 000 to $100,000. American and other foreign educators such. He is well prepared for will be invited to lecture I his work. "Three Death Warrants .Signed Winner In Prize Contest. Death warrants for N' three Iredsll Prize winners In "My Home News county men, all under sentence for paper Contest," conducted, by the Tar 6,000 Cholera Deaths - Greensooro. The . Greensboro Min- Tokio. Fifteen thousand choleor Istrial association has lifted its voice jnurder. were signed by the Governor Heel Clubs News,' have been awarded cases tave been reported officially against Sunday sport, passing a res- after he had declined to consider fur- and the first prize for the best letter rrom Korea. Wlth six thousand, deaths, J omuon urging tne Ureensboro Coun- ther thefr pleas for commutation. written on- the home newsnaner waa ln the Present epidemic. Alexander was tried last January given to Dolletta Bost. Route 6. Al. for the murder nf Hm PovU I hemarlo Tfca nnct. a u. . I Suaar Prleea Louunr j - 7 - wj w i a i .w. iuo v,uutcai was ujlcll to tne I btaiesvme pool-room on the trlght of boys and girls who are members ol w xorK ine AruucKie Sugar December 23, and found guilty of mur- the North Carolina AmmUnmi nA Refining Company reduced their list der in the first degree. The Sinclair Home Clubs. The ludireq were ni. PrIce of fine granulated sugar from 1 pointed Councilmen N. W. Clark and negroes were tried last October for Clarence Poe, editor of the Progres- to 15 cents a Pund- All refiners E. Lyerly and City Manner R. G. therahrder of Deputy Sheriff Lloyd slve Farmer; Mr. R. W. Haywood In the market now are quoting this Henry to confer with the town au- Cloaninger at a camp meeting in Au- editor of the News and Observer- Mrs prl-ce most of the demand still is thorities of West' Hickory ' and High- Mt ot last year. w, t. Bost and Wr. Santford Martin being PPed by second hand deal- land relative to annexation with Hick- try club not to strike out a provision in its charter relating to ; Sunday games. Hickory. Major J. D. Elliott has ap- ers at 14 to 14 12 cents.1 Organization Within Organization At tracting Large Membership" From Men Who Served In France. Formed as an organization within an. organization, Le Soclete des 40 Hommes et"8 Chevaux of The Ameri can Legion Is attracting a heavy mem bership from the ranks of -those vet erans who recall the days and nights of rolling by box car over the rails of France.' Charters for local voltnres are being issued by the Chef de Chem in de Fer at Philadelphia, and a dis tinctive" chapeau with a bronze badge has been adopted. - f Much mystery enshrouds the doings of Le Societe, which possesses a ritual all its own and, demands an Initiation fe& . of . $2. Only members of the Le givn are eligible to belong to the soci ety and termination of membershlD in the Legion brings with It elimination from 40 Hommes. Almost 1,000 -members of the new society, it is expected, will be lis Cleveland during the Legion convention September 27, 28, 2&,; at wnich time they win effect a perma nent organization. LEGION'S DEBTS AREREDOC Claims Against Organizaticn r Been Lowered $30,000 Per Mo Treasurer Announces. The reduction of the indebtefc the American Legion from $343.t - lij JJ I l HI' 1 L: of approximately $30,000 a mnnw hppn nnnnnn mi hv nobert H. TP national treasurer at Indianapote statement covers the indebtecD to June 30. The hlffh mark of $343,fc Maftu1 n Tnnnorr 31. Jind there hna been a steady reducu nA.lt Tn nreviOUS t ment Mr. Tyndall declared iMit. gion's old inaeDie;u- -borrowed last summer for pre J organization work, had been P full. Hli ' The treasurer's bonks sho vj Indebtedness of ?li'"-14 fi on June 30 is offset ei-' m ' , the assets of the aih.tr- , The deficits at the en-i months of the year are following table: f - January 31. S34aCt?.j3' 29, $294,183.88; March April 30. $238 47; " 91; June 30, $197.C14-- sljown ' Greeks Honor Def, ' Naming their or?nn:za Immortal defender ot yV more than 300 Greek? ol hace- organized nsf I 253 of the Amencau 253 of the Amencau qof charter was granted witn cation that the post ings in me tw rua?e 1 membership Greeks. be not 'restr