M
REVIEWOF SCHOOL
LAW BY DR. BROOKS
LAST LEGISLATURE PROVIDED
REVENUE TO INCREASE THE.
.... .
SALARIES OF TEACHERS. i
EXPAI1SI0I1 OF DEPARTMENT
The Sum of $650,000 Will be Expended.
by the State Board Improving
the Smaller Normal Schools.
Raleigh. m
"The general assembly made gener-
t Ik
jus provision for the public schools,"
said Dr. E. C. Brooks, .superintendent
of public instruction, in giving, out a
sumary of the- legislation affecting;
the free schools. "It provided revenue
sufficient to increase the salaries of
the teachers and provide for all who
improve themselves in service. We
will have for teachers', salaries next
year around $9,000,000 or nearly a mil
lion and a half more than the amount
available this year.
- "The ' general assembly provided
also for an expansion of the depart
ment, and appropriated about $650,
000 to be expended by the State board
of education in improving the smaller,
normal schools, providing v more
money for high schools, and provid
ing more liberally for teacher train
ing and supervision of the public
school system. ; . :
"The state board of exaininer has
laid the foundation for teacher train
ing and the certificate of teachers
and therefore it has become necessary
to broaden the work of the board. In
order to do that i, was necessary to
take the place of the state board, of
examiners and the institute conduc
tors. These two departments are the
division of teacher training and the
division of the certification of
teachers.
Partial Losses by Farmers
Farmers in North Carolina lost a
total of $168,000,000 by reason of price
shrinkage in cotton and tobacco crops
of 1920 alone as compared with the
1919 crops and prices.
. The 1919 cotton crop of 832,000
bales brought approximately $154,000,
' 000 at the current price of 36 cents
'while the 1920 crop of 840,000 bales at
15 cents brought only approximately
$58,000,000. '
The 1919 tobacco crop, on the other
hand; with the average price ranging
around 50 cents, brought a total of
$163,000,000 for the 326,000,000 pounds
while the 1920 crop, with prices drop
ped to 21 1-2 cents give a return of
only $90,515,000 for its increased acre
age arid its production of 421,000,000
pounds. . ."'
Child Entitled to Protection.
"Every - child born - In North ' Caro
lina is entitled to the legal protection
of having its berth registered, and ev
ery effort will be made to see that the
law in this respect is enforced," was
the statement made at the office of
the state board of health in connec
tion with the announcement of the
convtction:' of a physician in three
cases. Dr. V. W. Leggett, of- Hob
good, is the latest one to have his at
tention - forcefully called to ihe re
quirements of the law.. 1
Blue Sky Stock Sales Reduced.
' This generation will not again see
blue-jsky stock solid in such large
quantities as it was sold last year, in
the opinion of Insurance Commis
sioner Stacey W. Wade, whose de
partment has charge of the enforce
ment of this law. The commissioner
says that none- of the companies
whose licenses, were cancelled at. the
beginning of this year have applied
for reinstatement under the new law.
Total February . Fire Less.
The total fire loss in North Caro
lina during February, exclusive of
Jbrest fires, was $432,000, jiccording to
estimates made from reports to the
state department of insurance. This
is a decided reduction from January
with, a total loss of $617,000. .
Adopt Suggestions of Governor.
Members of the newly appointed
state prison board, meeting " for the
first time, took the oath of .office, or
ganized, elected E. F. McCulloch, for
mer chief ! clerk of the state pris6n,
superintendent; George R, Pou,
Smithfield, chief clerk; S.M. Bushbee,
warden; and Dr. J .H; Norman, pri
son physician ,-v
Mr. Bushbee has been warden ; of
the prison since the death of the late
Warden Sales and ' his choce is by
way of re-election as was that of the
physician) Dr. Norman.
"Complimentary to Appointee. j ,
Senator R. A. Dewar, of Andrews,
Cherokee county, mas appointed by
i. Governor Cam'erdh Morrison as min
ority leader of the state budget com
mission. The appjlntment of a minor
' ity no-iber onTthi' CHrir.iss'on was
authorized by an act of the 1 021 gen
,eral assembly. '.' .,-Ay-:y.:v;::'-.
"In making this appointment,' fruld
Governor morriaon in a letter to the
Cherokee senator, I feet T hav made
a wlse selection, reposing trust In
your, ability tQ pe form the duties in
cident; to Vthe office -'
Thanks to Murphy and Gallert.
' The members of the United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy desire to
make it clear that they divjde their
gratitude equally ' between Represen
tative Waiter .' Murphy and Senator
Sol, Gallert for their activity Un tne
fiehtin the recent legislature ; for In
creased pensions for Confederaote
veterans, return tnanns m wiui
measurA trt the leaders in both houses.
Mrs. Henry London, chairman of the
legislative commute, IJ. D. C.,. ana
Mrs. T. W. Wilson, state president,
say in a letter sent out, to the state
papers: . v. i
1 "A letter was written some days
ago to the Rutherfordton Sun in be
half of the U. D. C, of North Carolina
expressing our unbounded thanks and
eratitude to Hoi. Solomon Gallert,. for
his splendid work for Confederate
pensions. ; ; 3
s "He introduced in the Senate at dif
ferent times three bills for increased
pensions, and he worked untiringly
to this end from the very first of the
session! r
f Finally his bill for $1,000,000 pas
sed the senate and the house nd be
came a law. The veterans, as well as
the Daughters of the Confederacy and
every woman in North Carolina, owe
Senator Gallert a debt of gratitude."
No Time for Ex-Soldiers.
The legislature that has just ad
journed did not' waste any time con
sidering measures of importance to
ex-soldiers. The Kanipe bill, provid
ing for free tuition and help obtaining
an education at the University . of
North Carolina' or at the N. C. State
College, Raleigh, did not get going be
fore it was smothered.
The measure introduced by Repre
sentative Gosney of Wake, to appro
priate $5,000 to assist in . the produc
tion of a history of the Thirtieth Di
vision was championed before the
joint finance committees of the house
and senate by Col Albert L. Cox, pres
ident of the Old Hickory association
and by Col. v J. Vair Metts, adjutant
general of the state and was turned
down cold. x
State Leads In Tobacco.
With a totafof 395,000,000 pounds
of the farmers' sales of tobacco re
ported to March 1st and enough in
evidence to make 420,000,000 pounds
as having been produced in North
Carolina last year,, averaging 21
cents per pound,the Tar Heel state
does the imposible. Last April, a
prospectus of the intended acreage
was published to forewarn the farm
ers; also a forecast of 415,000,000
pounds was estimated.
Kentucky said: "Impossible but
the evidence is now available.
To Adjust Insurance Matter.
Following a conference between In
surance commissioner stacey w.
Wade and J. Frank Foosche, secretary
of the peanut growers exchange, who
was arrested at the insurance of the
North Carolina insurance department
for selling stock without a license, it
was announced that ihe hearing of
the' case, would be continued. It is
now believed that a satisfactory ad
justment will be made.
Commissioner Young is Appreciated.
The general , assembly along with
its many other forward-looking enact
ments evidenced appreciation of the
work of ex-Commissioner Young and
the recommendations of Insurance
Commissioner Wade by ? adopting In
nearly every instance Jheir recom
mendations for amendments to old
laws, and for most of the additional
appropriations needed to keep the
ever-growing work' of the State In
surance Department up to standard.
Manning Endorses Recent Act. .
Attorney General James S. Manning
said that there is no doubt about the
effectiveness of the bill passed oh the
last day of the session, wiping out
the state building commission, the
state architect, and placing the work
in theTiands of several heads of the
state institutions.
State Is One of Fortyvtnree.
North Carolina is onevof the forty
three states joining in the appeal to
the Supreme Court. Attorney General
James S. Manning filed a brief in the
case, but is not attending the hearing
in Washington. An order was recent
ly issued deirecting that railroad
rates, in this state be raised to the In
terstate, rate basis.
Druggist Need Not Apply. -
"Druggists are no longer required
to secure a permit from the clerk of
the superior court to obtain alcohol
for medical purposes, says Frederick
O. Bowman, attorney for the North
Carolina Pharmaceutical association.
"The" law requiring this unnecessary
arid experisive procedure," the state
ment continues, "was repealed at the
late session' of the legislature, and be
came t effective upon ratification,
l&arch 9th. To secure alochol, drug
gists now deal direct with 'the federal
prohibition director,
Fertilizer Buyers are Warned,
Five merchantile establishments at
Wake Forest, have received warnings
to" send fertilizer purchased by them
back to the manufacturers or ''take
the consequences." ' : Notices were
posted on their buildings a few days
ago, signed by. "The i Farmers'
Friends," and have so far been ignore
ed. Two customers who purchased
fertilizer from one firm received sim
ilar warnings on the night following
the purchases and returned the fertf
lizer to the dealer "
A GERRIAH VICTORY
lfj: UPPER
POLAND SECURED ONLY ABOUT
ONf FOURTH OF VOTE IN
RECENT PLEBISCITE., '
AREA IS 5,000 SQUARE MILES
Election Will Go Down-In History
as
a Momentous Event In" Adjustment
of European Boundaries.
Berlin. Germany won an .over
whelming victory in plebiscite held
in Upper Silesia to determine the fu
ture national status of that region, ac
cording to official returns received
here. Two districts were still missing
at 9 o'clock the moring after, but the
count showed that 876,000 votes had
been cast for Germany and 389,000
for Poland.
Reports from Breslau state that the
plebiscite was generally without un
toward incidents.
Palm , Sunday, the day of the voting
in UDDer Silesia, seems likeiy to go
down -In history as one of the most
momentous days in the adjustment of
European boundaries growing out of
the world war. The day had been
looked forward to with intense inte-
est by all Germany and Poland as
well, while evidences of world-wide
attention upon the balloting were not
lacking in advices from abroad.
The area involved, comprising some
five thousand square miles, was the
largest section of territory to have
its fate submitted to a plebiscite un
der peace, treaty, but even more im
portant than the size of the district
was the material wealth contained in
Its varied mineral resources, mainly
coal, but also including iron, zinc and
lead.
Sixth Largest Cotton Crop.
Washington The largest cotton
crop since 1914 and the sixth largest
in the history of the country was
grown last year. Ginning statistics
for the 1920-21 seasqn, announced by
the Census Bureau, show a total of
13,365,754 equivalent 500-pound bales,
comprise the 1920 crop. That is about
2,769,000 equivalent 500-pound bales
less than the record crop of 1914 and
is slightly smaller than the 1904 crop.
Density of Population.
Washington. The average density
of population throughout the United
States exclusive of outlying posses
sions -was 35.5 per sons per square
mile of land area in 1920, as against
30.9 in 1910, the Census Bureau an-
nonced. -
The density figures for Southern
states were: Alabama 45.8; Florida,
17.7; Georgia, 49.3; Louisania 39.6;
Mississippi 35.6; North Carolina 52.5;
South Carolina 55.2; Tennessee 56.1;
and Virginia, 57.4.
Plans Coalition Governments
Copenhagen Negotiations looking
to the formation of a coalition govern
ment for soviet Russia have been
opened by Nikolai Lenine, bolshevik
premier, with leaders of the Menshe-
vlki and social revolutionaries.
New-Shingle is Hung up.
Washington. Formation of a part
nership between Joseph P. Tumulty,
who served as secretary to former
President Wilson, and Representative
Randolph Perkins of Woodcliff Lake,
N. J., for the general practice of law
in , New Jersey was made.
Revenues Exceeded by Costs.
Washington. Governmental costs,
including interest and outlays for per
manent improvements- for the 227
ernes oi tne country witn a popula
tion of 30,000 ro more, exceeded total
revenues by $8,991,000 in the year
1919.
Let Out Many American Seaman.
Manila, P. I. .Eleven hundred
American seamen were discharged
from American merchant ships here
during the year 1920, according to re
ports of acting United States ship
ping commissioner ' Francisco Cor-
rales, just issued.
Negro Labor Conditions.
Atlanta, Ga. Investigation of con
ditions among negro labor on farm
in southern counties as conducted bv
Federal District Attorney Alexander
is commended in a statement' issued
by Governor Dorsey. '
Reichstag Favors Disarmament
Berliner The reichstag passed all
three readings of the disarmament, bill
which was adopted by the reichstag
committee . in a form differing from
the government's original draft of the
bill.
Typothetae Federation Meets.
Pensacola, Fla. The Southeastern
Typothetae Federation onened its an
nual session b.ere to take ud amone
other questions that of the 44 hour
week. , v .
Case of World War Veterans. J
Indianapolis. A nationwide aurvAv
of conditions surrounding the case of
disabled world war veterans has been
started by the ,800 Rotary clubs nf 'th
country, according to a letter s received
at the American Leeion's nntinnnl
. w -
I Headquarters. . , r
SILESIA
S58
CONDENSED
CLASSICS
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'--.V . . " : . . i " ' V .' : '.t - ' ' -
GIL BLAS I
By ALAIN RENE LE SAGE
Condensation by ,
Nathan Haskell Dole
--Alain Rene Le
Sage, author of
one of tne world
moat remarkab-le
bookay. woa born
j On . Dec.". IS, 166S,
i in a amall town of
western France.
...1 ? N
He died - nearly
eighty years later,
, In 1747.
Unlike many
men of arenlua, Le
. Sase did not g;o
through life do
lngr ! spectacular
"things. Ills fa
ther, -vrho held
. some reaponslblc
legal positions,
fortune when Le
left a . considerable
Sage became an orphan as a child.
His
guardians either stole or Invested with
criminal carelessness' the lad's money,
but he was given a good education and
was admitted to the bar. Fees came In
slowly and Le Sage faced extreme pov
erty. Yet he dared to marry, and turned
to the stage for means of support
For years he wrote, never really suc
cessful, but never actually in want.
He was nearly forty years ,pf age when
a comedy gave him a . Parisian reputa
tion, and si novel made him known to
France. The first two parts of "Gil
Bias were published In 1715, but they
were not liked so well as his earlier
story. Le Sage, however, knew how
good it was, and he labored over it as
devotedly as a great sculptor over a
block of marble. The third part was
not published until 1724, and not until
1735 was the laat part put forth. Dur
ing these twenty years he had also
turned out play after play, and numer
ous books. - He did not cease to write
until his seventieth birthday had
passed.
Outside of France Le Sage will al
ways live because of his one book that
ranks among the world's masterpieces.
"Gil Bias" is life ltaelf, an animated
picture of Spain In its moat colorful
period. "It Is a work! says Sir Walter
Scott, "which renders the -reader pleased
with himself and mankind."
f rL BLAS, the only son of an
II tt old soldier, had reached the
age of seventeen when his
uncle, the village priest, who had
taught him a little Latin, Greek and
logic, sent him off with 40 ducats and
a bad mule to study divinity at Sab
manca.
His adventures began immediately.
At his first stop he was cheated out
of his mule; as he was eating his din
ner a wily flatterer invited himself to
be his guest and showed his gratitude
by the good advice never to be taken
in by praise. He had to pay an exor
bitant reckoning and went on his wav.
"giving to as many Jevils as there are
saints In the calendar, the parasite,
the landlord and the inn."
He soon fell into the hands of ban
dits, who made him Join them on their
raids. In one of them they captured
Dona Mencla, wife of the Marques de
la Guardia, and brought her to their
cavern. Gil Bias pretended to be 111
and escaped with the grateful lady.
He i was arrested as one ot the ban
dits -arid as he was wearing clothes
recognized by one of their victims, and
his 'pockets were full of monpv.
was thrown into jail. After several
tv
weeks' imprisonment his Innocence
was established, but the jailer had
robbed him of everything.
At Burgos he sought out Dona Men
cla who presented him with a hun
dred ducats and a costly ring. '
He boueht a nretentlnna nntfif fnr
twice its value and decided that in
stead of becoming a licentiate, "he
would make his way in this world
rather than think of the next." A
second gift of a thousand ducats from
Dona Mencla confirmed him to his re
solve.
He bought two mules and hiring a
servant, set forth for Madrid. His
servant conspired with several rogues
to make a fool of him. One of them,
Camilla, pretended to be related to
Dona Mencla, Invited him to hired
lodgings as if to her own home, and
there he was feasted and flattered. As
a mark' of special favor she exchanged
ner ruby ring, which she declared was
worth 300 pistoles, for. his, and pro
cured him an Invitation to a front
country seat for hunting and fishing.
Kut when He arose in the morning.
his servant, his two' mules, his port
manteau . and ' Dona Mencia's pre
tended relatives had vanished. The
ruby ring was a cheat.
Fortunately he fell in with a boy
hood friend, Fabricio, at Valladolld.
and by his advice became a servant
to a clergyman, the canon Sedlllo; at
whqse house he led an easy life. The
canon soon died, leavinsr him b!
worthless library, and the ' good for
tune of becoming assistant to his physi
cian, the famous Doctor Sangrado. Un
der him Gil Bias became particular! v
proficient In his method of practice,
which consisted of nothing but blood
letting and "drenching of water.". He
declared that he made as many wid
ows and orphans as the siege of Troy;
one of his victims -was the betrothed
of a giant Biscayan, who threatened
him with dire vengeance, andy he fled
10 juaaricL wnere he became valet to
a, mysterious and . wealthy Don Ber
nardo, his only duty being to keep
tne . wardrobe brushed - and to tend
door. But he happened to -fallen with
Rolando, captain of the brigands ; and
uun uernardo, seeing him In such sus-
pfcious company, discharged him with
six ducats.
, : For one-reason, or another he kept
anfiriff v pmnlovers : he' served now
vuumq gr w ' '
a disslnated hidalgo, then . an in
intriguing actress, then an aged liber
tine whose daughter, In gratitude for
aiding ' her to win back her recreant
lover, Don Luis Pacheco, gave him
a hundred pistoles, and, on -her fa
ther's 'death, 'got -him' a place with still
another aged roue, Don Gonzales,
whose dressing operations, when ' he
arose at' noon, reminded him of the
resurrection of Lazarus.
-1 TTArA ' n Cain he acted as intermedi-
.f t
HIS miuiuiticu vuiytujrcx . iuai uc was
UClilK uujjcui uc.Hp iuiucu uii, luvifgu
given a recoinmeiiaaiion ro me mar
quesa de Chaves, reputed the clever
est woman in Madrid, because she was
as solemn as an owl, and rarely spoke,
Her salon,, called i "the' Fashionable In
stitution for Literature, Tasteand Scl
ence " was the resort for the wits and
notables of Madrid.
Here again he had easy work, but
getting Into trouble about a girl, was
compelled to leave the city. On his
way to Toledo he rescued a young no
bleman, named Don Alfonso, from ar
rest They became friends and after
Don Alfonso reached home, he 'and
his father became Gil Bias' patrons,
placing him as secretary to their rela
tlve, the archbishop of Granada, who
was' Inordinately vain and as broad as
he was long.
Gil Bias praised his sermons and
was regarded as a young man of ex
cellent judgment until after the prel
ate's mind was affected by apoplexy
and his homilies became discordant
ravings. Gil Bias obeyed the arch
bishop's command to tell him if he
fell short in his preaching and was
Ignomlnlously packed off.. Reduced
to extremities once more, he passed as
the brother of a disreputable actress
and thus secured the position as sec
retary to a Portuguese grandee, the
Marquis de Marialva. The trick was
discovered. He returned to Madrid
and after many amusing and not al
ways creditable adventures, was ap
pointed under secretary . to the, duke
Of Lerma, prime minister to the king.
His duties may be gauged by his com
ment: "One makes a merit of any
dirty work In the service of the great
His experiences with the upper, arid
the lower world, with actors, poets,
libertines, physicians, bandits, adven
turers, and hidalgos ' and their serv
ants, had sharpened his wits, and his
native ability and smattering of edu-;
cation gave him growing Influence. He
was courted, flattered and bribed; his
conceit and avarice became colossal.
He declared that "a court had all
the soporific virtues of , Lethe In the
case of poor relations" and confessed
that "every trace of his former gay
and generous temper had . disap
peared." v
Pride came before a fall. Having
been employed to procure a' question
able mistress for the heir-apparent,
he was arrested by the' king's orders
and thrown into the dungeon of Se
govia. The prince intervened, but he
was exiled from the two Castlles. All
his property was seized and his mer
cenary engagement to a wealthy jew
eles daughter was broken. -
Then his friend, Don Alfonso, whom
he had got appointed as governor of
Valencia, presented him . with a small
estate , near that city.
On his way thither he stopped at
his birthplace and found his uncle a
mental wreck and his mother worn out
in caring for his dying father! He
gave his father a pompous funeral,
and settled an annuity on his mother,
but the town's people were so indig
nant with him for his neglect of his
family that they threatened to mob
him.
liiaa to escape with his life, he
reached Valencia, where he was re-
ceived at his new home by seven or
eight servants provided by Don Al
fonso. He got rid of most of them
and lived frugally, marrying Antonla,
daughter of his farmer, Don Basilio.
But his Idyllic happiness ended, with
the death of his wife in childbirth.
boon sffterward the crown prince
came to the throne and offered him a
place of high responsibility. Gil Bias
who had learned, wisdom, replied that
all he wanted was a good situation.
where there was no Inducement to vio
late his conscience, and where the fa
vors, of his prince were hot likely , to
be bartered for filthy lucre."
iie was made confidant to the
prime minister, who entrusted him
with the education of his illegitimate
son and heir. This bronch him o
title. ,
After some years when the duke lost
the king's favor, Gil Bias followed him
Into retirement, and on: his death was
remembered with a bequest of 10.000
pistoies. He returned to his hennti.
rui estate, made a second marriage,.
ana uvea, Happy and respected, train
ing his children wisely and confiding
to ms memoirs all his errors, crimes.
joys and ... sorrows, together with his
opinions of literature, society and the
stage. His narrative ; is IntersDersed
witn long and fascinating stories re
lated by various characters whom he
had met ; these and : his own adven
tures furnish a vivid picture of the
romantic Spain of the seventeenth cen
tury.
MG11 Bias" is one of the wisest1 arid
most amusing of romances, and though :
it is not free from the coarseness ner-
mittea at that time, vice is not depict-
ea attractively and Its teaching is
generally moral. '...'. 1
Copyright, 1919, by the Pot Publishing-
tJ.ne boston Post). Copyright - in
the United Kingdom, the Dominions, its
Colonle and dependencies, under - the
copyright act, by the Post Publishing
Co.; Boston Mass., U. 8. A. AU rights
reserved. , . - .
lUMlffl NEWS
m OLD NORTHS
W'NCITES OF Irri2utjri. I
Hickory. Walter s r.
Known cotton mill man diaTX
aome nere at the age of 55 1
lowing a stroke of paralysi
Red Springs. Helftn t..
I years old Ashftvnio li
i - fxuist( j
I In concert at Flora
i , , , , . . - - i,ia-U0nli
i . r . '6 uaienfi
her musicianship.
- Greensboro. A bie timi a
three prohibition sleuths nt
the dogrs master made his JJH
Guilford county. nH
Wflm fn crn TVn t
shin Yeifuku Mam 9i7A . Sle
r - , LOnS il
sail from this port with a car
fertilizer for Europe during
fftw dvs. Ut5
Winston-Salem. The
Question
issuing oonus m tne sum of $75
for enlarging" city schools, wJlt
i 1 J 9 At
light systems, is being di
mussed it!
election is expected to
an early date.
be called)
Wadesboro.
Rev.
T 1
jjuugwao, pdswi ui me r irst PrptJ
a . m m ... . Cl
lenan cnurcn or tnis city, will deli
ating class of Mitchell college, statJ
vine, on tne evening ot May: 16th,
Charlotte. B. A. Helms, 40, of vJ
roe, died on the operating table J
iresDytenan nospitai.
no was uciiig ui'ciaieu upon U
effort to save his Lfe, but he di-
before the operation was over.
rvA Ir-tr Mntinr A I fh ah vV tL
C- V Ufa
tnougnt ior awnne mat tne loca hv
T 1 i. . i
tea, 111 iuia Beasuii, uuiis letti :inpeaTSl
have been dissipated as the R. M p
C9 . or rv. -v r J n v. Vine nlwnnrltt ., . i
manager and assistant manager.
J I MICA. Ill' Lll III. W . k jr. 1 1 m : t 11 JIT 1 11.
juun.. vuiuvui;k tuuuu , was saoi !'
Close range witn xvio. 4 snot when it
i 1 1 a x l , a j ...
la aiicgcu aj uavc iiicu to gam assess
to the home of Ben Boyner, near
-co, in iuat couuiy. J iiirty snot ioqs
i it a. x rr. i a i a A i
cians say he 'will recover.
iireensDoro. ine executive com-
mittee of the North Carolina Bankers'
association advises the farmers tor
duce the acreage in cotton and tobac
co by at least 50 per cent, the advice
being in the form of a resolution.
Belmont. Mr. F. P. Hall, Jr., has
completed the organization here of
troop of Boy Scouts.
Lenoir. Three copper stills aiJ
plete outfits have been located and
destroyed by Sheriff Triplett and his
assistants.
Lumberton. Six rural policemei
have been elected in Robeson county.
This is two more thna have been em
ployed in the county heretofore.
Salisbury. A. B. Loflin of Hi
Point, is in a Salisbury hospital witn
a broken leg, the result of a moving
van leavinc the roadway at Second
Creek.
Mount Airy.i Lala Dockery, the
four-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles "Dockery, formerly re-
ported to be recovering nicely from
I her severe burns, died.
Rocky Mount Mrs. R. T. Edwards,
Wife of one of the city's leading bus
I ness men and prominent in local so-
cial circles, fatally shot herself, pre-
sumably intentionally, at her home.
Charlotte. Fifty gallons of liQ tor
in five-gallon cans, hid in a gulley be
tween the Providence and Monroe
roads, three or four miles from Char
lotte, is the first big haul made by
Mecklenburg's rural policemen.
Kinston Pink Hill, literally the
"roundest town in the world" because
of Its circular corporate line, has ac
quired an added distinction. Health
bureau workers here say it bids fair
to be a "flyless town" this summer.
Concord. Vernon Brumley, of Ne
ton, spending the day here in the in
terest of the Belk store at Newton,
was Injured when he was struck ana
knocked down by a car driven by Sam
O. Eddleman. The accident, eye-wit
nesses state, could not be avoided.
Durham. In a statement made W
Dr. R. U Pelts, attending physician
at the bedde of Dn William P. Few.
president of Trinity collj&ge, who i
seriously .111 with pneumonia at his
home, carries with it encouragement
for complete recovery.
Elizabeth City. X Paul Spence,
former BTmAnrlanT nt - arhrrls in NO
foik, Va., and later superintenent ot
schools. in Elberton, Ga., shot himself
inrqngh the temple at the home ou -
brother,- Joseph- C. Spence, in this
county. -I i -
BeanfnW.. Thn rttvA nf countV
commissioners awarded the, $150,0'!j
road and bridge bonds to Seasongocd
and "Mayor, of Cincinnati, Ohio, A
Ihe American Bank and Trust Co., J
Wilmington, IKJ C.-i. The successtui
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