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f ; THE POLK COUNTY NEWS t .v. v irjPORTflfJT KEl'JS THE WOULD OM IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIO AND OTHER NATIONS FOR ' SEVEN DAYS GIVEN THE NEWS J0FTIIE SOUTH What la Taking FHaee in The South, land Will Be Found In Orief Paragraph' Foreign Serious extension of civil war that has taken place in. North China may bring about the greatest changes that have taken place in that country since the overthrow oil the Manchu dynasty. . '11 .LI ....ll.Ll. A meeting OI an me avauauie mem bers Of the Irish cabinet gave further prolonged discussion to the British government's proposal relative to a decision. The Turkish Kelmalist forces are reported from Athens, Greece, to be preparing for a last-ditch stand at An gora, which has become the objective of the Greek armies in their mad dash through Turkey. A Constantinople dispatch says that the Nationalists in tire Sivas sector have been ordered to Angora to. under take to stop the Greeks in their mad on-rush through Turkey. Affairs in Spanish Morocco, where native tribesmen and Spanish soldiers have been fighting for several days, are fast becoming tranquil, says an official communication received in Madrid, Spain. The cornerstone of the new lttrary of the University of Louvain, planned as a gift .of the American people to the people of Belgium, was laid recent ly in Louvain, with elaborate ceremo nies. - - ' The government's set policy of main taining dead secrecy in the Irish nego tiations is having a boomerang effect. Serious criticism is developing, espe cially through the houses of commons and lords, and it is becoming evident that the premier's hand will be forced within a short time unless the terms of Lloyd-George's proposals are divulg ed. Opposition is particularly appar ent in then ouse of lords, where Lord Salisbury announces that he will in troduce a resolution on August 3 ask ing for explanations. At the same time the insurgents in the lower house are growing obstreperous. No new developments ahent the Irish question are reported in, Dublin save that de Valera and the premier are known to be in, constant cdmmunication on Issues apart from the main prob lem. Washington A bi-partisan movement in the senate has gotten behind the administration plan for agricultural credits as a sub stitute for the Norris bill. Col. Guy D. Golf, assistant-to the attorney general, will be assigned as head of the justice department's spe cial bureau for the investigation of government war-time contracts. Favorable report on the administra tion bill giving the treasury blanket authority to conduct negotiations for the funding of the allied debts, has been ordered by the senate finance committee. Census figures show that in 1920 63.9 per cent of male alien residents in this, country were either naturalized or are on their way to naturalization. There was an increase of 4.2 per cent in the foreign bora males between 1910 and 1920, despite the stoppage of immigration during the war. Lord Northcliffe, famous English newspaper man. would not Hismea withdrawal of invitations to a British embassy dinner, when questioned by a newspaper representative. : Aggressive measures have been adopted by the shipping board to in sure fair treatment for American mer chant ships in the award of trading privileges in foreign ports. That the pellagra situation has been greatlymagnified, that there has been no famine and no starvation, but that there is an increase of the disease over last year which warrants the attention of the people, is the statement Of Son. ator W. J. Harris of Georgia. - By a vote of 177 to 84 the house re cently passed a joint resolution for re- ' v .w in me couxm Deit which , had given aid to farmers forced from the fields in established non-production cotton zones through efforts to eradicate the pink boll worm. The parcel post system ' is now operating at an annual of approximate ly $50,000,000 a year, declare n. gressman Steenerson chairman of the house committee. Internal Revenue Commissioner Blair announces that he Intends ' to stamp out "fake income tax experts," 4n connection with the prospective re vision of the tax laws. Bi-partisan senate forces, it is be lieved, have cleared the way for early passage of an agricultural crerUta km embodying the administration plan tt makP th o h'? make the wa,r finance corporation the administrative agency. An agreement has been reached by the house and senate conferees on the hospital section, of the Sweet bill for consolidation of government agencies dealing with former service men, . Advices received by the state depart ment indicate that the American pris oners in Russia will be freed at an arty date. ' An unprecedented change in the ra tios nf thA acreage devoted to leading crops in the cotton belt had been shown . -- .... . i this year; eleven munon, acres uu been cut from the cotton, rice and to bacco acreages and slightly less than two-thirds of this area, has been taken up with wheat, corn, oats, hay. potaotes and other crops. Attorney General Daugherty declares that his study of the Debs case has progressed to the point where he can dictate recommendations for the pres ident's consideration in a short time, but he will withhold making a report until the president returns from his ' vacation. r Informal negotiations over the date for the disarmament conference have been begun. The American govern ment suggests Armistice Day for the time to begin. President Harding, it is understood, has definitely accepted an invitation to speak in Brimingham, Ala. Closing of the New Orleans naval station as soon as practicable in the interests of economy is announced by Assistant Secretary Roosevelt of the navy department. America's call to the leading world powers for an armament limiting con ference at Washington Is now unani mously approved. With Japan's accep tance of the suggestion, the last to come in, details of 'the arrangements for the conclave are being perfected and the formal invitations will be is sued by President Harding within a short time. November 11 Armistice Day has been suggested as the pres ident's preference for a date on which to open the conference. Another plea for the release of Eu gene V. Debs and other political pris oners was presented to President Har ding by a delegation representing the Socialist . party and the political am nesty committee. Although' the conclusion of the dip lomatic advisory council of Japan, which has been meeting in Tokio. are expected to decide finally the course of 'that country with respect to par ticipation in the proposed far eastern conference, it is stated authoritatively that Japan will ask assurances that a formal agreement as to the scope of the conference discussions be reached prior to the meeting," Herbert Hoover announces that the American people are taking carejpf three and a half million orphan chil dren in ten different countries. No American orphans are Included in the number. Domestic- The ancient and honorable game of golf is co-respondent in a divorce suit in New York filed by Mrs. Rachel B. Hayward of Montclair against Sterling P. Hayward. Bandits broke into the Colonial club at San Francisco on Powell street, lined up the guests against the wall, took their money and escaped. D. L. Flynn of Elkhart, Ind., fireman, was fatally hurt, and A. J. Johnston, engineer, severely scalded, when the New York Central train, No. 28, struck a heavy automobile truck at New Car lisle, Ind. . . r Louisiana is in the mMst rf no - - w w w. xsuw VS A the greatest rent and building wars in the history of the country, in the view of real estate men . and contrac tors. Outside firms have entered the field and giving estimates on building far below those of local builders. Injunction Droceedines H the U. S. 'Mail Steamship company against the shipping board because of the seizure by the board of nine steam ships that had been allocated to the company were transferred to the fed eral courts by New York Stae Su preme court Justice Burr on applica tion or me board. 1v- Elimination of noon lunches and of practically all meats and sugar foods is the best means of surviving the hot weather of July and August, Dr. Re becca B. Mayers of Detroit, declared in an address before the twenty-fifth annual convention of the American Os teopathic association at Cleveland. Two unmasked white men held un officials and employees of the Bank of Bauxite (Ark.), forced the cashier at the point of revolvers to hand over all the cash on the, counter and, after looting the bank, held up a taxi driver and made him drive to a point outside of town where they fled into the wooded hills. , , B. P. Crum and George W. Jones, counsel for the American Railway Ex press company, have filed with the Alabama Public Service commission a tariff which will become effective on one day's notice, if approved. Musicians in every leading vaude ville and moving picture theater in New York have received two weeks' notice of discharge. The notice is be cause the workers refused to discuss a 20 per cent reduction in wages. The Presbyterian ; church in this country gained 55,456 , communicants last year; total membership now is 1,692,558. An explosion at the office of the Lbs Angeles Gas and Electric com pany on Aliso street near the bed of the Los Angeles river, blew the roof off the building and was reported to have injured a. number of employees. Pete Herman is richer by $22,330 as the result of his recent fight with Joe Lynch, when he recovered the ban- liali.i,7 77 , tamweight boxing title. Herman in now anxious to fight Johnnv Kilhano of Cleveland for the featherweight ti- ue. . , . . Reports that Monticelin th hnm. Thomas J eff erson, near Charlottesville. v.. on me market, were confirmed by Jefferson M. Levy, former mrc. man and present owner of the historic Mr, ivy says the upkeep has become too burdensome, and he is eomnelled to sell it W EIICOURflGIIIG POST DISPATCH Or ST. LOUIS, WIRED FOR INFORMATION. AS TO SITUATION. K ' FEWER DEATHS THAU USUAL For First Six Months of 1921 -There was a Decrease of 13 Fatalities From This Cause Over 1920. Raleigh. In response to an inquiry as to re ported famine and pellagra conditions in North Carolina from the St. Louis Post Dispatch, W. H. Richardson, pri vate secretary to Governor Morrison, wired the paper that there is no fam ine or unusual prevalence of pellagra in this state. In a statement declaring the reports of pellagra and famine not applicable North Carolina, the State Board of Health declared: "Pellagra is not a reportable disease in North Carolina and there is, there fore, no way of checking the number of cases except through the number of deaths reported. For the first six months of 1921 there was a decrease of thirteen in the number of deaths from this cause in North Carolina. A decrease is shown for each month up to June, which latter' showed an in crease of four. The total number of deaths reported for 1920 as having been caused by pellagra was 297. The total number reported for. the first six months of 1921 was 116. If the same average is maintained for the remain ing six months of the year, 1921 will show a net decrease of sixty-five deaths from this cause. Wage Agreement is Reached., The statement is made authorita tively that all of the crafts on the Southern Railway system have agreed with the officials as to wages to be paid skilled and unskilled labor and that the contract between the com pany and workers will be signed when fourteen minor points as to rules gov erning working conditions have been settled. Information comes from th same authority that these points are already near an agreement and that the delay in signing the contract will be incident principally to the approval of the National Labor Board. .Invite Wallace and Roosevelt. f , Washington, (Special). Headed by Senator OvennaS, a delegation from North Carolina called upon Secretary, of Agriculture Wallace and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt with invitations to addres the Southern Tariff congress at Its session in Greensboro, August 15 and 16. Both the secretaries were , said to have given assurance they would make every effort to be present. Date of Execution Fixed. J. T. Harris, Ridgecrest merchant, under sentence of death for the mur der of F. W. Monnish, Alabama church man, will go to the electric chair Oc tober 20 unless executive clemency in tervenes, this date having been set for his execution by Governor Morrison. Postmasters Appointed. Washington. (Snecial). William W. Studdert, of Washington. North Caro lina, has been designated for apnoint ment to West Point, with Clyde F. Gregson, Elizabeth City, first alter nate, and Carroll R. Holmes, second alternate, Farmville. The postmastehip at Salemburg has been declared vacant. Walter N. Anderson has been com missioned postmaster at Suit. Sick Man Secures Pardon. Richard Blackwell. Wake , county man serving a chaingang sentence for selling whiskey, was granted a par don by Governor Morrison. Physi cians informed the governor that Blackwell has only a short time to live. New. Director Takes Charge. R. A. Kohloss has taken charge of his nw job as prohibition enforce ment director for Norh' Carolina, suc ceeding Col. T. H. Vanderford. Executive Clemency Denied. Governor Morrison has denied to give pardons for the following:1 Robert Greer, Wake county, stealing automo bile; Vick Williams, Union county, serving seven year sentence for sec ond degree murder, and, John Knight, Wake county, selling whiskey. In the case of Knight, whose mother is re ported very ill, Governor Morrison said he would' grant the prisoner a 60 day parole if he could be convinced that the mother's condition is as seri ous as reported. . Women's Training Corp Camp. The Raleigh Woman's Club, during the piwidency of Mrs. E. H. Griffin, was largely' responsible for the estab lishment of the second United States Training Corps Camp for Women in Asheville .last summer; and two Ra leigh women, Mrs. T. W. Bickett and Mrs. B. H. Griffin, have been moving spirits in putting over the ; third en campment now being held. Mrs. Bick ett Is commandante of the Southeast era Division, and Mrs. Griffin has been I commissioned "Colonel," and is Chief Exceptions io Rate Decision. Coincident wth .the filing here of S7 exceptions' by cotton mills to the rate increase recently granted to the Southern Power company, it became known "that toe power company will also except to the order of the corpora tion commission. - , r - i n Judge J.J Crawford Biggs filed, the excepUons for uthe mills;, the , names of practically ; all the ; , atbrneys in the case heretofore appearing on the document registered. Revision is asked of all the rates fixed by schedules v submitted with the power company's petition. Ex ception is taken also to the assump tion of jurisdiction by the commis sion, and , this question will get the first try out in the courts. If the exceptions are overruled, as mem bers of the commission have stated they will be, the appeal to the courts will be primarily to settle the' ques tion of whether or not the commis sion has the rght to fix power rates for the corporation, operating both in North and South Carolina. Last Day For Filing Returns. July 31 is the last day for filing re turns on the, capital stock tax and re turns must be in the hands of collec tors of internal revenue on or beTbre midnight of that date, according to a statement issued by J. W. Bailey, Col lector of Internal Revenue. Blank forms are available at the office of the Collector of Internal Revenue. Form 707 is required for domestic and 708 for foreign corporations. "The capital" stock tax is a special excise tax imposed on corporations with respect to "carrying on or doing business. The tax on domestic cor porations is $1 for each $1,000 or so much of the fair average value of its capital stock for the preceding year ending June 30, as is in excess of $5,000. Bank Cases Sent Back. The noted case of the 250 state banks in North Carolina against the federal reserve bank of Richmond to cause the federal bank to honor state checks on which exchange has been collected, an Injunction proceeding emanating in Union county, has been sent back by Judge E. Y. Webb, of the federal court, to the state courts, where testimony will be taken on an issue to make permanent the tempo rary restraining order issued by Judge W. F. Harding in Mecklenburg supe rior court. -9T Cotton Improvement Work. The cotton studies and cotton im provement work of the division of agronomy of the North Carolina State college and experiment staton have attracted the attention of cotton ex perts and students of foreign countries. 1 During the past two years repre sentatives from Russia, China, India, Japan, Sweden, South Africa, and Bel gium have studied the methods and work being conducted here on the col lege and station farms, and elsewhere in the state. Several Charters Issued. Charters were filed with the Secre tary of State for the following corpo rations to do business in North Caro lina: Renfro Hosiery Mills of Mount Airy, with $200,000 authorized capital. Wilmington Merchants Association, of Wilmington, with $1,000 authorized capital and $100 subscribed. Audubon Welfare Association, Inc., of Audubon, non stock corporation. Credits Being Liberalized. Washington (Special). Much has already been accomplished toward lib eralizing credits, and much remains to be done. Senator Smmons said, follow ing conferences with senators and high government officials. He feels confi dent that legislation will pass at an early date "which will afford great relief not only to the farmers but to the banks in the agricultural districts. Farmers Signing Contracts. "Before sunset of January 1, 1922, the limit set by the contract for co operative marketing, seventy-five per cent of the cotton and tobacco grow ers in three states of Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina will be signed up for co-operative marketing," declared Dr. J. Y. Joyner, head of the tobacco growers' association of the three states, in an address before the students of the State College summer school. Governor Pardons Sick Convict. Governor Morrison authorized the pardon" of Richard Blacknall, convict ed at the December, 1919, term of su perior court and sentenced to serve wo years in the Wake county jail, subject to being worked on .the roads. Blacknall later developed an acute heart affection, whereupon County Physician, Z. M. Caviness advised the governor of the prisoner's condition, stating that he could not live much longer, ' andBuggested a pardon for him. Later, Solicitor H. E. Norris join ed in a recommendation for clemency. Corporations File Exceptions. - Every statement in the corporation commission's Southern Power com pany order was bitterly attacked in exceptions filed by the Cannon, John son, and Gastonia groups 1 of cotton mills, and the Buckeye Cotton Oil com pany, and the power, company will at tack the order from the other flank in exceptions filed formally. A- lesser attack was filed by tna Piedmont Power and Light company of Burlington, and bat one friend was found for the order, that being tht Shelby group ot aljb. PLANNING TO EI EXPECTED REGULAR SERIES SHORT-TERM ' BONDS TO BE . ISSUED BV V FINANCE CORPORATION. FARM AND RAILROAD RELIEF Officials Contend That Interest on the Bonds Will. Not Be in Excess of Five and a Half Per Cent. Washington; Issuance of regular series of War Finance Corporation short-term bonds may J begin in the near future in the event of passage by Congress of the pending legisla tion to broaden that bocy's powers to include the making of advances for I agricultural and railroad relief, offi cials said. Methods of financing for funds to carry out, the large demand likely to be made on the corporation if the enabling legislation is enacted, officials asserted, may follow the gen eral policy of the treasury in raising money for its current needs. With authority to issue between $2,000,000,000 and $3,000,000,000 obli gations as Congress may finally de termine, officials explained, the cor poration would probably go about ob taining funds as their need arose. Under such a policy, officials declar ed, the corporation might begin with the issuance of between $50,000,000 and $100,000,000 in short-term bonds maturing in six months or a year and with interest at the most favorable rate prevailing at the date of - issu ance. At present, officials contended, the rate might be as low as 5 1-2 per cent on six months' paper. Seek German Colonists. Memphis. -- Nego.ations are in progress with a colony or ten German farmers and their families, who plan to come to the United States this fall, to secure their . settlement on a tract of cut-over timberland in the Mississippi Delta, it was announced. Ex-Champ Comes Back. West Palm Beach, Fla. Lieutenant W. Milton Farrow, 72, one-time cham pion rifle shot of the tvorld, staged a come-back here before the local rifle and revolver club by making ten suc cessive bulls eyes, a perfect score of fifty, at 300 yards. Decline in Cotton Crop. Washington. Decline of the cotton crop during July resulted in a reduc tion of 230,000 bales In the forecast of production issued by the Depart ment of Agriculture, a total of 8,203,000 being -estimated. Home For Retired Clergy. Jacksonville, Fla. The Retired Min isters' Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church has completed ne gotiations for the purcnase of a ho tel at Eustis, Fla., as a home for re tired clergymen. Reds Not Mobilizing. Riga. Leon Troizky, the bolshevik war minister, in an interview with the Rosta agency at Moscow, denied all reports in "circulation that the bol shevik! are mobilizing against the states bordering on Russia. Men Harnessed to Plows. Mexico City. Men harnessed to plows and engaged in sturdy cultiva tion of the soil are not an uncommon sight in the state, of Morelos, accord ing to travelers in that region. Beasts of burden are scarcer Lightning Strikes Launch. Perry, Fla. One , man was killed, two seriously injured and several oth ers narrowly escaped drowning when lightning struck a launch with a fish ing party aboard during a severe elec tric storm off the gulf coast. Will Repatriate Hungarians. , Budapest. An agreement between Hungary and Soviet Russia for the repatriation of - the Hungarian pris oners in Russia, was signed July 28 at Riga, it was ; announced here. China Honors Goucher. Peking. A presidential mandate has been issued conferring the third grade of the China Ho decoration on Rev. John Goucher, president of Goucher's Women's College, Balti more. More National Banks Operating. Washington. National banks t in operation June 30 numbered 8,178. rep resenting a net gain of 82 for the fis cal year, says a statement issued re cently by Comptroller of Currency Cressinger. Fifty Per Cent Cut in Candy. New York. A cut of approximately 50 per cent in the price of all candy from gumdrops to bonbons was an nounced by a chain candy store com pany, following a general agitation against high prices of these and other commodities. ; Munitions Factory Closed. ; v " Paris. A dispatch to the Havas agency from Danzig says that the arms and munitions factory there has been closed by order of the coond of the league of nations V DEW1DS THE OU) NORTH 5 v Kinston.-Financial difficult he accepted by authorities W?' sole reason for the killing 0f I &S Redd by Lannie Best i?r8 E suicide. and Marion. Tannie White known young man, 0f Marine eIJ Mrs. Mamie White, met a" automobile accident Bew Jo Charlotte. Lewis Long whn leged handling of liquor 'has h him into a sudden flare of Zm given eight months by Recorder t,,?8 J. Laurence Jones. Winston-Salem.-J. T. Simpson f bacco warehouseman and leading zen, had his right arm amput 2 above the elbow at a local hosoiLi His condition is regarded as favorable Rutherfordton. The street dancp given here by the Fred Wiliiam Legion Post, No. 75, was a great sue cess. Over 2,000 people witnessed th dancing. About fifty couples took part. Morganton. W. A. Self, of Hickory and Ervin & Ervin, of Morganton' have been employed as counsel by Sid' ney Kincaid, of Chesterfield, who is charged with wife murder. Weldon. Mr. W. R. Harvey, the treasurer of Halifax county, died ot acute indigestion ai his home in Lit tleton. Mr. Harvejy was for several years chairman of ihe board xf county commissioners and about two years ago was elected treasurer. Elizabeth City. The first barges to arrive at this city since Elizabeth City was included in the government barge service, in operation between New Bern and Washington in eastern North Carolina and Norfolk, Baltimore and Philadelphia, have reached this point. Salisbury. Miss Willie Stone, who. was almost decapitated in aa auto mobile wreck at Sepencer is resting well at a local hospital with prospects of recovering. Glass cut her throat from ear to ear, the gash lacking only a fraction of being deep enough to cause almost instant death. Winston-Salem. The local fire de partment has received a check for $2,404, this being its share of the firemen's - relief fund from the State insurance department. Salisbury: The Whitehead-Stokes sanatorium, one of the best known institutions of Its kind in the state, will be closed unless it can be turned into a. general hospital. Lincolnton. The Wampum cotton mill, of this city, will start up night work some time during the week. Durham. The marriage of Mrs. Bro die L. Duke, the fourth wife of the late founder of the tobacco industry in Durham, to Isaac R. Strayhorn, pros ecuting attorney for Durham county, was announced. Statesville. The number of people attending the county-wide picnic held at the Iredell test farm is estimated at from twelve to fifteen thousand. Over two thousand vehicles were counted on the ground. Chapel Hill. R. S. McRae, 70, said to be the only blind postmaster in the United States, died suddenly at his home here. He was named post master at the beginning of the Wil son administration in 1913. Lenoir. J. J. Mackey, of the main tenance department of the state high way commission, was in Lenoir and took over the Lenoir and Hickory Toad, and J. E. Davis, of this place, was made superintendent of same Shelby Lee M. Gold, who lived the life of a miserly hermit, died last week and left all of his estate except five dollars each to his two brothers, to the Double Springs Baptist church. It Is estimated that his estate will tie worth from $15,000 to $20,000. Manteb. The closing exercises of Dare county teachers' summer "C1 was held in the court house at Manteo. A mock program of graduating exer cises was carried out by the student teachers. Greenville. The contract for the construction of the hard-surfaced roa from this city to Ayden was awara by the district highway commission Cheatwood-Driscoll & Co., contrac to of Richmond, Va. The contract P vides for the completion of the r In 200 working days. Kins'ton.-ResidenTs of Brown0 a negro community In Greene coun are disturbed over the appearance bear in the place on several occa recently. The animal tins hee by two or three persons. Greenville. The Greenville i 0 ber of Commerce has united wi different sections of the couer 0f for a greater Pitt county faDLreau commerce, The American uiy of New York directed the reorg Hon campaign The members now oter.SOO. Y
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