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IMPORTANT NEWS
THE 170BLD OVEB
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DA Y8 GIVEN
THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH
What Is Taking 7 Place n The South.
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Brief Paragraphs
Foreign
The General Federation of Labor of
France has been ordered dissolved by
the courts. A ' .
Chin Mei, Yin Mei and Mei ling
Shanghai Chinese girls who are ex
pert silk workers, are 'going to Amer
ica to show how silk is reeled in
Chinese filiatnres at the international
Silk Exposition that Is to open in
New York in February, says a dis
patch from Shanghai. The ; girls are
to demonstrate how the silk is un
reeled from the cocoon and reeled into
skeins. .
The cabinet of Premier Leygues at
Paris suffered a defeat in the cham
ber of deputies. The cabinet resigned
after its defeat. The action had been
expected since Leygues' policies have
been considered as affronting England
and unsettled internal affairs.
A Tokio dispatch received said
newspaper dispaches from Vladivos
tok reported that the chief engineer
of the Albany was shot by a Japan
ese soldier while he was returning to
his .vessel and who died shortly after
ward. !
The young women who in several
Irish districts , have had .their hair
cut off by Sinn Feiners for asociating
with the police and soldiers have lodg
ed claims for compensation for mali
cious injury. The price placed on their
lost hair varies from $1,500 to $2,500.
When Geneva saw the last of the
delegates of the first assembly of the
League of Nations leave, it breathed
a sigh of relief. For no one had mur
mured a suggestion that the seat of
the league should be moved away
from here. It is taken as definitely
settled that Geneva will be the capi
tal city of the league.
, Greek forces, says a dispatch from
London Times, from Smyrna, are ad
vancing in three columns nineteen
miles of Banza.
A military alliance between Germa
ny 'and the entente to crush Bolshe
vism was urged by General Luden
dortf, former quartermaster, general
of the German army. Ludendorff de
clared that sooner or later western
Europe must face the "Soviets in arm
ed combat." A defensive policy is use
less, he delcared.
An American radical arriving in Ber
lin says that the Russian Soviet gov
ernment is worse than' the czaristlc
government. tHe states that he had
lived under both regimes, and knows
-whereof he speaks.
Washington v
Details of the United States policy
toward Soviet Russia hava been made
public. The gist of the details is that
the United States has no intention
of restoring the former boundaries of
the Russian empire, nor to impose on
anf non-Russian territories the rule
of the great Russias.
Admiral Gleaves, commander of the
Asiatic fleet, tas abandoned his in
tention of proceeding to Vladivostok
to conduct an inquiry into the killing
of a United States naval lieutenant by
a Japanese sentry, the navy depart
ment has been notified.
American passenger steamship offi
cials, appealing to the house judiciary
committee for modification of the Vol
stead act, frankly declared they would
be unable to compete with ships of
foreign registry for the trade of the
world unless permitted to handle li
quors for use by patrons beyond the
three-mile American limit j
Reduction of the American forces of
occupation in Germany from fifteen
thousand to eight thousand has been
ordered by the war department.
Five witnesses recently testified be
fore the senate immigration commit
tee that the United States was in no
-danger of a "flood" of undesirable
aliens and that no. "emergency" ex
isted to justify the suspension of the
present laws and adoption of the John
son bill prohibiting immigration for
one year.
A bill proposing federal regulation
for the coal industry and empowering
the president to fix prices and profits
in case of emergency or shortage has
been introduced in the senate. '!
Secretary Danniels, of the navy, on
..receiving word of the safe return to
Mattice of the navil balloonists, , ad
dressed to them the following mes
sage: Warmest congratulations. News
of your safety received with immense
relief. The navy, is proud of its in
trepid air force which you and your
-companions represent.
Dr. Francis X. Dexwim, the Philadel
phia neurologist, who was called into
consultation during the early stages
of the illness of the president, recently
-visited the white house for the first
time in two ' months, and spent some
time with the president's personal phy
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A plea for consideration for the ul
timate consumer was made by Sena
tor Thomas of Colorado, who is a
Democrat, before the senate finance
committee recently, j whic his holding
Stealings on the house emergenc tar
iff bill designed to protect the, farm-
A dispatch from El Paso, Texas,
says Gen. -Francisco Murguia, com
mander of the northern zone of Mex
ico, under the Carranza regime, has
taken the field in opposition to the
Obregon government of Mexico.
A Vera Cruz dispatch to the state
department says definite program for
a new revolution in Mexico to be
headed by Candido , Aguilar, son-in-law
of the late Carranza, is disclosed in
letters ' forwarded " to President Obre
gon. Indorsement by nineteen national or
ganizations of a comprehensive code
of principles for regualtion of high
way traffic has been announced in
Washington. ' !V '.' -
Chairman Benson of the shipping
board announces that the board has
recently taken the position that; all
ships will be disposed of in an order
ly and businesslike manner in accord
ance with the provisions of the new
shipping act.
Anbandonment of the plans for the
inaugural ball is reflected by the big
drop in the price of ball and party
gowns in the leading stores of Wash
ington. Further delay in reaching a vote in
the senate on the bill for federal op
eration of the nitrate plant has been
offset, and the bill will be passed
at this session undoubtedly. y
A former president of the Chicago
board of trado told the house agricul
tural committee recently that if the
United States wanted to do business
like Russia, his country could get
along without exchanges.
Ex-service men and women will be
permitted to compete in all civil ser
vice examinations from now on.
For the first time in the history
of the country the majority of -the
population is in the cities. It is
shown that 51.4 per cent of the coun
try's population is now in the cities.
Guy F. Allen of Somerset, McL, has
been nominated by the 'president to
be treasurer of the United States.
Lieutenant Farrell and Lieutenant
H in ton of the lost balloon, after, their
arrival at Mattice, Ontario, seemed
inseparable until Farrell ,waS shown
copies of a news dispatch, which he
interpreted to reflect on his stamina.
Hinton, it seems, , had sent the dis
patch to his wife, and in' some man
ner the letter found its way into the
newspapers. The scrap resulted, and
they are returning to the United
States in an ugly frame of mind te
ward each other.
Domestic-
Surgeons despair of saving the life
of John Orlander, latest victim, with
his wife and two children, of a fiend
who, the authorities believe, is the
same that seven years ago claimed
forty-five persons as his victims in
a trail of terror that reached from La
fayette, La., to Houston, Texas.
The Southern Swine Growers As
sociation met In Columbia, S. C, dis
cussed important matters and elected
officers for the ensuing year. The
next place of meeting will be decided
by the new executive committee.
Joseph Grichvich, five years old,
committed suicide In Detroit, Mich
by shooting himself in the head. The
boy had been punished for coming
home with wet feet and sent into the
kitchen to dry them. A moment later
the family was startled by a pistol
shot and found the boy dying on the
kitchen floor.
There is such a thing as being too
impetuous in the choice of a mate,
but to court a girl for twenty years
and then marry some one else is car
rying precaution much too far for Miss
Lillian Boyle, daughter of a contrac
tor at Hammonton, N. j. 'She is su
ing James E. Baker for $40,000, not
so much for the money, but to teach
him a much-needed lesson.
A repetition of the nation-wide stage
strike of, .the actors may ensue as
a result of the breach of relations
between the Actors' Euity Association
and the Producing Managers' Associ
ation. Merriment along the gay white way
of New York City received a severe
jolt recently when police made the
rounds of all cabarets and dance halls
with orders to rigidly enforce the
state excise law forbidding them to
remain open after one o'clock.
The planters' warehouse at Crow
ley, La., containing 25,000 bags of
rice was recently destroyed by fire,
the loss being $250,000, covered par
tially by insurance.
Charles Evans Hughes of New York,
some time candidate for the presiden
cy, is in the limelight as being the
probable choice for secretary of state
in the Harding administration.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt, - Jr., re
cently called on President-elect Hard
ing seeking the appointment of Gen
eral Wood as .secretary of war.
Mary Garden) celebrated actress, has
been elected head of the Chicago Op
era Association. She is the first
woman in the history of the world
to head such a large institution.
William Beard, a miner held in con
nection with the killing of James Mor
ris, a guardsman at Jasper, Ala., was
recently taken from the Walker coun
ty jail and lynched. ; '
The convention of the American
Bar Association will be held in Cin
cinnati August 30-September 1 and , 2.
John Wagner, a moulder of the West
Milwaukee (Wis.) s shops, said he cer
tainly would refuse a fortune of five
hundred thousand dollars willed to
him by Otto Burlingame of Buffalo,
N. Y whora he was reported, to have
saved from drowning 30 years ago!
Resolutions adopted at a meeting
in New Orleans of Louisiana bankers,
merchants, cotton fanners and own
ers of cotton growing land favored de
nial of credit to planters who refused
to curtail 1921 cotton acreage 50
PROCEEDINGS OF
THE LEGIS
JILL INTRODUCED IN SENATE
DESIGNED, TO LESSEN THE
CRIME OF LYNpHING.
EXPENSES OF INAUGURATION
Salaries of Treasurer, Auditor:
Secretary of State Are Fixed at
$4,500;
Attorney Gen. $4,000.
Raleigh.
Senator McCoin, of Vance, rose to
a point of personal privilege and de-
nied newspaper reports published lo
cally that he was leading an Insurrec
tion to have the old-time custom of
the lieutenant governor making, com
mittee appointments changed so that
the senate itself might organize and
parcel out ! its committees. "
This statement, together with the
introduction of a bill by Senator Tay
lor "to promote t uue administration
of justice and -to lessen the crime of
lynching," consumed the major portion
of the time of the upper house, prior
to Governor Bickett's swan song.
The House. ,
The house appointed an inaugura)
committee, composed" of Representa
tivea t2veritt of Rockingham, Pharr of
Meckienwurg and Hill of Duplin. A
Joint resolution! authorising the - ex
ytfuuiturH of Sl,200 or so much of. it
as is needed to cover the expenses in
cident to intj inauguration of Governor-
elect Cameron i Morrison, was Intro
duced. ; "j
Jan. 7. The senate committee of
uaianes arid fees at a meeting this
afternoon, following a brief session
of the general assembly, agreed to rec
ommend increases of $1,500 over the
present salaries of all constitutional
officers. j
Agreement was also tentatively
made on increases in the salaries of
superior and!, supreme court judges of
$1,000 each. - A joint committee ses
sion will be held" Monday morning at
11 o'clock to work out a Joint commit
tee hill.
Jan. 8. The introduction of a hill
by Representative Lawrence, of Ala
mance, in the house entitled "An. act
to require all railroad crossings of
federal aid roads and state highways
to be either overhead or underground
crossings tnj North Carolina' fea
tured the 30-minute session of the leg
islature today. -!
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This bill does not apply to crossings
in cities and" towns or at crossings
where gates or other means of pro
tecting life and property are provided
and efficient! operated.'
Jan. 10. The increased salaries for
the constitutional officers of the state
foreshadowed I In favorable committee
work and a well-aimed "blow at the
abolition of the office of state archi
tect were the high spots in brief ses
sions of the senate and house to
day. jlnto the veryj short session in the
house this afternoon young mr.
Glover of Nash shot the bill to do
away with the 'office of state architect
a nice paying ! position created twp
years, ago under a bill fathered by
Senator McCoiri pf Vance and approve
d by the state building commission.
Jan. 11. Nothing of general inter
est to the state ! at large was intro
duced or acted upon in either body of
the general assembly. r
Jan. 12. Passage on all three read
ings of the bill ! providing salary in
creases for the secretary of state,
the treasurer, jthe auditor, the attor
ney general and the superintendent of
pubirc instruction, and the introduction
of a bill hy Representative Peyton Mei
Swain of Cleveland county, making1
officials serving in these offices more!
than two terms of four years each in-j
eligible for the office in the future!
furnished headliners for Tuesday's ses-)
sion of the general assembly."
Under the salary Increase bill pasS1
ed by the secretary of state, the treasi
urer and the auditor will get $4,500,1
the superinteendent of public instruc
tion $5,000 and; the attorney general:
who is not required to give his fill
tune to the office, $4,000.
Budget Commission Reports.
Jt-n. 13. Against approximately
$20,000,000 asked for by the institu
tions of North Carolina, educational
and otherwise, for; improvements and
enlargements which are deemed im
perative, the "budget commission has
recommended to , the legislature the
appropriation of 5nly $5,000,000. In
stead of the university being allowed
the $5,000,000 sought tor it, the
commission would give $1,000,000.
The University of North Carolina is
given $990,000 and! Women's College
$540,000. f j
Compensation Law Reported.
The commission appointed at the
special session of the general assem
bly to study various workmen's com
pensation acts and devise a bill for
adoption in th(s state, made its report
The proposed bill which accompa
nies . the report contains ninety sec
Uo The commission has, i in- the
main, followed the provisiona of the
Virginia law. , ;-j .'r , ;. ;-: "
The ecale of compensation Is 60 per
cent of thQ weekly wage for a gradual
period not to exceed 500 weeks except
in the case, of total disability .
Taking isue sharply with the Tad
kinf Ounty 'Jury !lhat found Itobah
Baity' guiltyj of murder in the first
degree in ay, 1920, and sentenced
hini I to deaj$ by electrocution, Gov
ernor T.; WBickett maintained that
the ! prisoner.'was - guilty only of mur
der I In. the ftVcond degree and, there-
cpoh commufd the aeain senieucu w
Imprisonment for thirty years in. the
Statete PriSo . .-- . ,
The Governor was supported In his,
findings by 3V. T. A. Caudle, a 'min
ister j of the Gospel who went with the
sheriff of Ydkin county to Baityfs
sUllj f the yotfig .man, . suprised in his
operations s&)t down .the sheriff. It
was (also -supported by the judge who
tried) the cas3 and by, many .citizens
of Yadkin 'wlb petitioned for commu
tation. ; , ! - V . :: : s
Baity, who perved in the heavy artil
lery at Verduii, St. Mihiel and through
the Argonne forest, had a war record
that (appealed!? strongly to Governor
Bickett. ' - "
"With this fecord and upon the evi
dencej in this ease, it would he a fright
ful thing forithe country for which
he offered -his life to electrocute him
when he is twenty-three years old, he
said. . .,; t J
were l to rmu it i wouia never
sleep ; again
: The death, sentence is
commuted to u thirty- years in the
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State Wow Qirariks Kentucky.
North, Carolina shoved Kentucky
from! the top lung of the ladder-as a
tobac;4 growing state: during 1920,
the Tar HeelfiF State's crop ranking
first bpth in areage and valuel Ken
tucky; had lon topped the list of to
bacco producing states, but the "Blue
Grassf commonwealth dropped into
second piositiop last year, North Car
olina's crop exceeding the value of
the! Kentucky terop by $27,000,000 ac
cording to Frak Parker. Agricultural
Statistician, ft
This state h&s heretofore been tne
king of the brkht leaf belt, with Wil
son th largest bright leaf market in
the world. Kf.pitucky is the leading
-burley tobaccoroducing state- of the
union, i witn ixmgton tne greates.
loose leaf market in the world. Al
though he ' ofi North State is now
king of tobaccc states, Lexington still
holds sway as he largest of the loose
leaf markets..'. 's
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Conference for?ocial Service.
The. North Crolina conference for
Social SJService'will hold its annual
meeting here January 25, 26 and 27.
TheWomany- Club building has
been offered to-ie conference and the
sessions exceptthe large night meet
ing will be hiid there. Dr. E. C.
Branson of the STniversity is the Pres
ident ot. the
conference, and the execu
tee.5 made up of Mr. Mc-
live committee
Alister,- Mr. RlF. Beasley, Dr. Clar
ence Poe, Dr. EjC. Brooks, W. S. Ran
kin, Miss Elizabeth Kelley, Mrs. C.
C. Hoojc, Dr. W. Odum, Dr. E. C
LIndeman and firs. Thos. W. Llngle,
Secretary. 1 .p '
The cpnferen has secured for its
chief out-of-towKl speaker Judge Cath
aryn Sellers, pfhe Juvenile court be
ing the!i latesipievelopment in the
state's program or looking after way
ward boys and fgirls.
Colonel Thompson to Speak.
Secretary Meredith being unable to
attend the convention of the North
Carolina! divisiiii, American cotton
association, Col w. B. Thompson, of
New Orleans, president of the Louisi
ana division of the association has
been secured forithe evening speaker.
A telegram trbiti Colonel Thompson
states that hewjll make every effort
to be present. is one of the best
known cotton mcf in the south and a
close student ,of Economics as applied
to. the present existing situation, will
be able j to advance some valuabte
suggestions and fjdvlce.
Strenuous P rive or Quota.
Duringlthe mOnh of February stren
uous efforts willbe made in North
Carolina to rea($ the state's quota
of the $35,000,00(3 for Methodist edu
cational, hstitutiMis in the south.
Plans are nowfunder way for the
drive wit,h the fifst state meeting in
Ashevillef Februa 7.
The Charlotte eeting will be held
Februarylj 8. ,
The schedule or other meetings
In the state, is asffolows: Greensboro,
February f 10 ; Duham, February 11 ;
Kaieign, eoruarxa; iNew rern, jcep
ruary 13,! and Wilmington, February
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Final Act of Cletiiency.
As hisifmal ac of clemency, ,Oor
ernor Bictkett coiimuted to 30 years'
imprisonment thei death sentence im
posed on jlCohler Ioldsclaw, Catawba
county veteran ofthe world war, for
the murder of Joh Gabriel, and grant
ed a conditional pfrdbn to W. L. Exum
of Lenoir iCounty.1, ' .
m r - i 1 " m m a
woiasciaw's moper ana iainer were
at the state priso-i visiting their son
in Death fiRow Vjhen the announce
ment waSreceivd there that the
young, man wouldjbe saved from the
electric chair. -1 i
Press AssocIatibnJiAdjourns.,
A ringing appeahy J. L. Horne, Jr.,
editor and publis' jer of The Rocky
Mount Evening Telegram, urging
newspapers, to encourage the coun
try's ' legitimate 4)vertlsing agencies
by refusing to pnr fat coifiDtnissions
directly into, the hMnds of advertisers.
featured the closing 'session of the
meeting of the Np-th Carolina Press
association "at Chlrlotte. i x ;
Adjournment wa) taken after a day
of addresses and discussions of Ques
tions ol 'question -of general interest
ilOTE TO JW J5
POSITION OF WASHINGTON AS
TO KILLING OF AMERICAN
OFFICER PROBLEMATIC.
TO REOPEN THORNY QUESTION
Uneasiness is Felt in Many Japanese
Cities Regarding Relations With
' , Ithe Untted States.
. Tokio. VGovernment officials have
not as yet made public the f text of
the American note protesting against
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the shooting ot iNavai ueoienaai .
H. Langdon, by a Japanese sentry at
VJadivistok. Publicists, however, ex
press the belief that Washington has
net only asked reparation with guar
antees removing a probability of sim
ilar incidents in future, but also has
again pointed out to Japan the wis-
fdom of reducing if not . withdrawing
altogether, ,her troops from Siberia.
This would open the old thorny
question which Japan, herself has
Txn fimdiner difficulty in settling. A
division of opinion exists in govern
ment circles as to. the Siberian prob
lem, it is reported.
The correspondent of The Associat
ed Press, who has just returned to
Tokk from a visit to many of the larg
er cities of the far east, found some
uneasiness everywhere regarding re
lations between Japan and the United
States. In well informed circles these
misgivings appeared to be based more
upon what was described as "Japan's
resentment to any American policy
calculated to curb Japanese expansion
in Asia," than upon the California
question. The latter problem, while
touching Japan's national prestige and
the interests of Japanese in America,
is apparently not regarded with, the
same seriousness as are some other
problems which materially , affect the
Interests of Nippon at or nearer home.
Harding Declines Invitation.
Washington. President-lect and
Mrs. Harding have declined an invita
tion to attend a charity ball to be held
here March 4 as a substitute for the
discarded inaugural ball. The com
mittee in charge announced that Mr.
Harding had replied that he could hot
with propriety attend a ball of any
sort at the time, in view of opinions he
had already expressed against holding
an inaugural ball.
100 Throwi Into Bay.
Rio Janeiro. At least three persons
were drowned " and 17 injured when
approximately 100 'passengers were
thrown into the bay here by the col
lapse of a gangplank being used by
passengers boarding steamship Tras-
Os-Montes. It is believed many more
lost their lives.
8peclal Session April 4.
Washington. President-elect Hard
ing practically has decided to call Va
special session of the new congress
on April 4, members of the house and
ways and means committee were in
formed by Chairman Fordney, who
has Just returned from a conference
with Mr. Harding at Marion.
Refused to Review.
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Washington. The supreme court re
fused to review a judgment of the su
preme court of California holding that
the United - States railroad adminis
tration was not imanpne from damage
suits arising from the operation of a
common carrier in that state.
To , Meet January 25b
Paris. Premiers Lloyd George and
Briand will meet for a conference on
German disarmament and other mat
ters now awaiting settlement on Jan
uary 25, it was announced here. The
date for this conference was at first
for January 19-
Tobacco Sales Again Begun.
Lexington, Ky.- Selling of the 1920
crop of burley; "or cigarette tobacco in
central Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio,
was resumed after a delay of 13 days
due to efforts of persons interested in
the growing of the crop to force prices
to a higher level.
Investigating Ballon Flight.
. Rockaway, N. Y. The naval board
of inquiry appointed by Secretary of
the Navy Daniels met here to begin
its Investigation of the baltoon flight
of Lieutenant Kloor, Farrell and Hin
ton. . '
Georgians Pledge Reduction.
Macon, Ga. -Committees of business
men are at work in practically all ml
litia districts In : Georgia, it became
known, obtaining signatures to pledge
cards ' t reduce cotton acreage one
third this year.
Briand Forms French Cabinet.
Paris Aristide Briand formerly
French prime minister, has succeed
ed in the task undertaken by him
to form., a cabinet in succession to
the Tnlnistry' of Premier Ligues.
House Tariff Bill Reported.'
WaaWngton. The house emergency
tariff bill, as aniended by the finance
committee, was presented to the sen
ate by Senator Penrose, the commit
tee cftxairman, who promised that he
soon , would mak every effort to
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CONDENSED NEWS FROM
THE f OLDt NORTH STATE
ffiioirr notes of intehest tu
f Greensboro. Th hvM w, . L .
plate glaSs front door of the vom
Mercantile company's store hre
removed .goods valued at $2.00,." M '".
Winston-Sale
bonds, aggregating $1,500, Fred rS V
bins, anegrois'in jail awaiti- h ,
" ptiiug xwo cars .
this city. ' ars i
New Bern. Ah 'effort 'fa h0-r, .
in New Bern, fostered by the chh!
of commerce, the. Rotarv rinh : V fer
Woman's club, to substitute th Ck
manager form of
present aidermanic system.
Charlotte. Telegrams'
C, Kilgo state that Bishop kilgo Z
operated en at the Union Memo-iai
Hospital at Baltimore by Dr. Jolin m
T. Finney, and that his
good following the operation.
Red Sprngs. The British mw.
at Washington has notified pras.I-
Vardell of Flora Macdonald oL
that the ambassador, Sir Auckland
wreuues, wui reacn rayetteville, ac.
companied by hisprivate sevretary.
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Concord. The body of a vh.
white man was found beside the rail.
way tracks in this City. Papers f aund
in his pockets hore the name of t r
Taylor, of Arlington, Ga and he also
carried a Woodman of the World re
ceipt from the Winnshoro, S. C , camp
Kinston.- Operatives in the Kins.
ton Cotton mills, Orion Knitting mills
and the latter's hnrches here and at
(Beaufort have started working four
days a week, It was announced, thi
being an increase of one day over the
schedules of the last rew months.
Burlington. With reports from sev
eral of the large tobacco markets of
this state in the office of the Burling
ton chamber of commerce, that organ
ization has given out the fact that
the Burlington market for the weed
soared high above the average report
ed in other markets. The: averaee
here ranged around ?24 to $26.
Raleigh. Retiring Governor Thom
as Walter Bickett, takes up the prac
tice of law in Raleigh, and has accept
ed employment as attorney for Con
gressman R. L, Doughton, of - the
Eighth North Carolina district, in the
contest started by Dr. Ike Campbell,
for the seat in congress to which Mr.
Doughton was declared , elected.
Greensboro.. A . two-story frame
building, used by the Sanitary Mat- "
tress company as a storeroom, was
completely destroyed by fire.
Wilson. Elder Thomas Felton, one
of the oldst and most substantial citi
zens of this county died at his home
near Saratoga in his 81st year.
Raleigh. D. J. Ward, sixty year, old
man under sentence of death from
Columbus county for murder in the
first degree will not die in the elec
tric chair, his- sentence having been
commuted to thirty years imprison
ment by Governor Bickett.
Charlotte. The Charlotte internal
revenue tax division has absorbed the
Statesville division, with P. G: Riser,
chief division deputy of the Charlotte
division, in charge of the enlarged
district, according to instructions re
ceived by Mr. Kiser.
Asheville. Death has claimed Ar
thur Raymond Luetchford well-known
landscape artist, who came to Ashe
ville two years ago from Havana, Cu
ba, seeking health. Prior to his trip
to this city he was engaged in work
upon the famous public parks of the"1
Cuban city.
Durham Charging that they set
fire to and destroyed a house several
miles west of this city in order that
he could net move into it on the fol
lowing day, Gilliam Riley had a war
rant .issued against Frank Kurtz,
white,, and Sam Green, colored, charg
ing them with arson.
Charlotte. John F. Orr, for 50 yean
with the First National Bank, has re
signed as cashier, Robert C. Johnson
succeeding him. Mr. Orr was teller,
then cashier, beginning . service under
the first president, R. Z. McAden.
Huntersville. At the annual meet
ing of the stockholders of the Bank of
Huntersville here it was decided to
increase the capital stock of the cap
ital stock Of the Institution from $10.
000 to $20,000. It was also decided
to increase the number of directors
from nine to 17.
Wadesboro. A reception was held
to the school auditorium in honor of
the teachers by the Parent-Teacher
association. The occasion was well
attended and greatly enjoyed. :
Statesville. D. J. Craig is planning
to erect at an early date a number of
jubstantlal residences on a tract of
and located, in South Statesville, just
south of the railroad. There are 30
icres of land in the tract, and Mr.
Craig expects to tmidl 15 or 20 houses
thus relieving in part, the acne hoot
ng problem. ,
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