North Carolina Newspapers

RECEIPT FOR THE MONTH OF JULY REACHEDTOTAL. OFv $198,4995. INTEREST PAID BY GASOLINE Chairman of the Highway Commlslon Says Sum Collected Will be Spent Before End of Present Month. ' "Raleigh. Automobile tax collected by the state for the month of July amounted jo $1,49S,499.25 and the gasoline tax for the same period, amounting to $57, 677.91, ran the state's revenue from two sources alone well above-the mil lion and a half mark. The gasolne tax is in excess of the collections for June while the automo bile tax is a little under the month pre vious. There are many licenses yet to be renewed and the total tax on auto mobiles for the season, independent of the "floating" collections at other, periods of the year, will run the amount well above $3,000,000. . , The gasoline tax goes to pay the in terest on the outstanding notes for construction funds while the bigger Bums are being used exclusively for construction purposes. " Chairman ;Frank Page, of the state highway com imlssion, has informed State Treasurer Lacy that the sum collected during ;the rush season will be spent before jthe end of the present month., - With these expenditures on the roads, the state will then touch for khe second time its $10,000,000 allow jance for the year. Postmaster Examinations. j.. Washington, (Special) OExamina itions will be held September; 10 for 'postmasters at the f olowing places : Angier, Badin, Banners Elk, Bay boro, Black Mountain, Candler, Can-, idor, Caroleen, Clarkton, Cleveland, Cliffside, Connolly Springs, Cooleemee, Council, Elon College, Fletcher, Frank lin, Garrysburg, Hope Hills, Hunters iville, Lake Junaluska, Leaksville, Lowell, Mayodan, Moncure, Montreat, Morven, Newport, Parkton, Pinetops, jPolkton Pomona Princeton, Richlands, Rural . Hall, Sanatorium, Seaboard, Sparta, Stony Point, Trenton, Vass, Weaverville West Jefferson, Whita kers, Whittier, Woodland. Chalmers L. Sims has been appoint ed postmaster at Harrisburg, Cabarrus county, vice Dwright L. Morrison, re signed. Probable Compromise on Power. Negotiations looking to a compro mise of the differences over power rates now existing between the cotton mills and the Southern Power - coni pany are well under way, according to semi-official information given out here. . '.- - . It Is expected here that an agree ment will be reached within the next few days by, which ".all litigation save that involving the North Carolina Pnb Uc Service company. will be stopped. Charter for Peanut Growers. The peanut growers of Virginia and North Carolina have secured the char- ler ior ineir new ana enlarged organi zation, which will bear the short and expressive name "Peanut Growers Ex change, Inc.," The minimum capital stock is placed at $151,006. Of this amount $150,000 is common and $1,000 preferred stock. , The Southern Training School. The Southern Training School . for Christian Leadership will be held at Blue Ridge the week of August 23 ; to September 1. It will be under the auspices of the Sunday School asso ciations of South Carolina; Kentucky, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida and Geor gia. This is the first year for this training school, which promises to be come an annual institution. , . New Chaplain of N. S. U. C. V. ; General James I. Metts... announces the appointment of Rev. Edmond Joy ner, of Edgemont, as chaplain of the North Carolina Division of the United Confederate Veterans. Meeting of Guernsey Breeders. . The mid-summer meeting of the North Carolina Guernsey Breeders as sociafion will be held at ,'Belmont Farms." F. H; and J. L. Beall. owners. Lihwood Davidson county, Thursday, August 25th, according to announce ment made by T. D. Brown' secretary. Am our the speakers are R. H. L. Chlcester. of Fredericksburg, Va.t R. M. Hooper, of Wi3acky, S. 7C, W. W. Fitzpatricky, Clemson College, S. C.r and J. A. Arey, dairy division, Depart ment of Agriculture, Raleigh. There will' be two sessions daily. i , . : own new corporations. '. pijarters .were filed with the Secre tary of Satejfor the following Corpora tions to do; business in North Carolina: Johnson Miller company, of States- ville. to . conduct a general furniture business with $100,000 authorized capi tal "and $6 000 subscribed. ' ', - " 1 7 ; Farmers Economy Store" company, of Granite Quarry, with $25,000 author ised capital and $800 subscribed by J. M. .Hrntarrier. ' of Granite Quarry J. H. and C, T. Frick of Salisbury, i Orange Motor dompant'ot Httlsboro .I M tritti $50,000 authorized capital Grand Encampment of U O.v FV-r--he, GrandEpeampment of the Inde pendent Order of Odd Fellows , of North Carolina 'met in its :Y4th annual session August" 9th in the hall;)!! L-Bu-ena Vista; L6dge;!No?; 2lin the of Greensboro. At tiie Jafternoou session the' Grand ' Encampment degree was conferred on new members, the re ports 'of the grand officers submitted, various committees appointed t and matters, of routine business trans acted' , s , v ' V 4 .... t ' 4 On Tuesday night the degree staff of Ashevjlle ;' Encampment No! 2, conferred; the" Patriarchial, Golden Rule and Royal Purple .degrees on a number of candidates. This is prob ably the best encampment degree "staff in North Carolina and a large number of members of the Patriarchal branch of the order were' present to witness this exemplification of the encamp ment degrees, v The officers of the Grand Encamp ment are as follows, Grand Patriarch, C. H." Beine, Raleigh; Grand High Priest, A. C. Melvin, Durham Grand Senior Warden, J. C, Wright, Shiloh; Grand Junior Warden, D. W. Davis, Goldsboro; Grand Scribe, L..j W. Jean eret, Asheville; Grand Treasurer, John E. Wood, Wilmington; Grand Marshal, H. A. Ballard, Asheville; Grand Senti nel, D. R. Aiken, Greensboro; Grand Outside Sentinel, H. G. Godfrey, Eliza beth City; Grand Representative, John D. Berry, Raleigh, Decrease In Pellagra. Dr. W. S. Rankin, secretary of the State Board of Health, has returned from, Washington, where he has been in conference with other public health officials from the South and represen tatives of the Federal bureau of health and Red Cross officials. Dr. Rankin has stated that so far as the records of his office show there has been a decrease in pellagra. The Coming Legion Convention, "Hendersonville and her environs will be turned over completely to the former service men when, they gath ered there for the annual convention of the North Carolina state depart ment of the American legion on Au gust 26-27," was the statement of Wal ter B. Smith, of Hendersonville, chair man of the entertainment features of the convention. Reason for Webb Resignation. Washington, (Special). -It !' is now understood that Marshal Webb was asked to resign because of editorials in The Citizen, which he partly owns, criticising the administration. The attorney general has been ask ed if that is not the case,1 but he is out of the city and will not answer until he gets back. He may put his action on other grounds. ' Trying to Secure Pension. Representative Weaver is making an effort to get $10,000 for Mrs. Laura E. Alexander,: widow of Samuel H. Alexander, who died from injuries re ceived in the defense of the Emma postoffice, where he was assistant postmaster when it was attacked by robbers years ago. Phychiatrlst to Be Employed. Announcement was made here by Mrs. Clarence Johnson, commissioner of state welfare, of the employment of a director of child helping and a phychiatrlst who will divide time be tween the board of charities and wel fare and the University of North Car olina. Senator Ladd to Speak. Washington, (Special). United States Senator Ladd, of North Dako ta, and Gov. Thomas Campbell of Ari zona, will be among the speakers at the Southern Tariff Congress to be held in Greensboro, N. CL, August 15 and 16. Will Not puy Kenllworth Inn. The government will not bur Ken- nelworth inn. That fact became known sometime ago. It will give it up as a hospital when the lease is out Minerals and Forestry Exhibit. A8 sute geologist, Colonel Joseph Hyde Pratt, will' have to do with plac ing both minerals and forestry exhi bits in the Made-in-the-Carolinas ex position. He plans to exhibit a large array of both forestry and ! mineral products, in both of which North Car olina has a great variety. Viaduct to School for Blind. ' If the state will indemnify j the city against finaancial loss, the city of Ra leigh will require the Southern- and Seaboard railroads to construct-a via duct over their tracks at Ashe avenue leading to the new grounds, ; accord ing to a tentative agreement breached between. ; the city j commissioners and representatives of - the ; board of trus tees of the.State School for the Blind. Attorney ' General . J. , S. Manning -ap peared Jwith- the SupL- LIneberry and members of the board before the coca mlssioners. ; ' ' Inspected Disputed Routes, u Chairman Frank Page 'of the State highway commission; and highway en gineer Charles M. Upham 'went to For rest -City where they; together ? with Commissioners McGirt and Stikeleai ther, and inspected ? ; the - disputed routes of the highway between' Ruth erf orton and the South Carolina line. Mr.Page and Mr. Upham continued thelrtrlp tq Asheville. ':j ;,The wo factions contending over the routing of the road agreed to have the chairman examine ihe roads and Zy- Iul.omm!ssIoiL THE' GOVERNOR OF ;SOUTHCARO LINA TOCBEAT MADE-IN-CAROLINA' EXPOSITION. HUMAN ELEMENT INDUSTRY Throws Weight of His Influence and Efforts Back of Plans to Broaden View-point of Rank and File. ; Greenville, S. 'C.The Made-ln-Caro-iinas Exposition will afford Gov. Rob ert, A. Cooper, of. this statef an oppor tunity to , maker ah address on a sub ject which he has given much thought during recent months, and t the chief executive of the Palmetto State ad mits, an increasing interest in the ex position. He expects to talk on "The Human Element in Industry," and said he felt his appearance at the opening on September 12 would be the proper occasion and time to tell the people of the Carolinas the views he holds as a result of his study and thought. Governor Cooper has a' broad vision of the future greatness of these states, as he explained during a rather ex tended conversation, Much of (he im portance he attaches to, the Made-in-Carolinas Exposition is due to Its ed ucational value, particularly to those who are not industrial executives. ' One of the first outspoken of South Carolina's exponents of com pulsory education, Governor Cooper in variably throws ; the weight of his in uence and efforts back of every plan intended to .iroaden the understand ing of the rank and file of the people, for he. pointed out that progress of every nature vis ? based on knowledge and made stable by loyalty, faith and co-operation, False Report About Bernhardt. Paris. Sarah Bernhardt, the world famous French actress, rumors of whpse illness were ; current t here on Saturday,, is In good health, says a telegram from an . editor on the. staff of the "Journal." r . :-'-. ; ' , Government Loans. to Farmelrs. y Washlngton.--Government loans to farmers of the South to tide them over until they;, can market their cotton crop was urged by Martin Amourous, of 'Marietta, Ga., before the congres sional committee investigating agri cultural conditions. " . DeValera's Letter No Surprise. Belfast. Little surprise was felt here at the tenor of the letter from Eamonn de Valera to Prime Minister Lloyd George, rejecting the govern ment's offer of dominion status for Ireland, as talk of peace has been re garded "with much skepticism. A Noted Woman Is Dead. London. Miss Sarah Emily Davies, a pioneet in the woman suffrage move ment, who recently died in London at the age of 91, was one of the founders of Girton college, the first English col lege for women. Growing Chaulmoogra. Oroville, Calif. S Japs have been taken to grow the Chaulmoogra tree i the United States plant introduc tion garden near Chico. The tree's oil has proved a great benefit in the treatment of leprosy in Hawaii Greeks Begin Second Offensive. Smyrna. The Greeks have begun a second offensive against the Turkish nationalists. The latter are retiring rapidly toward the Sakaris river. President Asks For $200,000. Washington. President Harding asked Congress for an! appropriation of $200,000 required by the state de partment for defraying the expenses of the disarmament conference. ' British Want U. S. In Pact. . Washington. Great Britain would like to broaden the Anglo-Japanese alliance so that in its place ' would be a treaty between the United States, Great Britain and Japan. f Would Advance Inaugural Day. Cincinnati, b. Advance of the pres idential inauguration from March 4 to the I third Monday in January is rec ommended by a committee of ,. the American Bar association at its meet ing here. v " A : :- v Chicken Thief Is Killed.; Miami, Fla. Robbing other people's hen roosts cost Luther Dorsey, negro, his life, for he was' shot dead by E. , W. Martin of ' Cocoanut Grove a.s he was. leaving' Martin's chicken ' yard 1 with a; couple , Of plump pullers, i I r Prletta Murderer1 Eximlned.'? it '- Redwood : City, Calif i William' B. Hightower, acfctised of the murder of &ev. " Patrick' E. Heslin. was 1 broueht here from San Francisco, where for four days he has ben subject to ex amination. -J. ' 't, :-.-r3'". t i wjriiMiiuie ana w.rrier QinKS. i : Wilnjington; . C," , The, Louise; Howard,. ; dynamite laden schponeir sailing from .New. York, foundered in the Beaufort, N,' jp.,,' liarbor entrance bar .this morning,: and a short rwhtie laUrbroke :-up and. sank. . ' CONDENSED NEWS THE OLD NORTH FROM STATE SHORT NOTES OF; INTERETO ' &?-H$CA ROL! N I AN S. - Salisbury. In ther recent baby clinic held here about 400 babies were.tex omined and a number of prizes were offered for the finest babtes. ). - x ' ' r ' Lumbertbn. Tobacco - prices wera considerably higher, on theXumberton market this week. -The average waa several "cents higher: than last week; Winston-Salem. John VL. .Ebaugh, who has been 'general manager of the Birmingham News, has L been elected manager of ' the Winston-Salem : Jour nal, and ' entered upon hisnewSpo sitjon. s Releigh. The work of draining the Cemeterya,B;eyuieBjai(e w,""" olina's bid rock quarry, in East Ra leigh, ' was virtually completed with out disclosing any "evidence of cnme. Durham! A first-class military band will probably provide music f or the Confederate State reunion to be held here August 22-23-24, if plans of T. F Southgate,ta member of the program committee, go through. Raleigh. William Hardy Burt, of Holly Springs, one of the oldest cm zens of Wake county, and a justice of the peace for more than 50 years, died at; the home of his daughter, Mrs. W F Shaw, at the age of . 84 years. i .'...'-' -. . : Winston-Salem. At a meeting here attended by about one hundred and fifty men,-steps were taken for the organization of the Ku Klux Klan in this city. Abput forty remained for the final membership ceremony. Lenoir. Miss Pansy Barber and Miss Lethia Griffin, John Sudderth and Clark Downs were slightly injured when their automobile turned bff the road about a hundred yards beyond the concrete house on the Jones hill; Rocky Mount With the confisca tion of two stills and the arrest of four ' men, revenue officers brought their total arrests in this immediate section since July 15 up to 22, while in the same period they have destroy ed 14 stills. Wilmington. '-Ten accidental deaths have been recorded in Wilmington ind New Hanover county during the first eight days of i the month. The latest addition" was . made when John Melton, a 17-year-old convict, l was drowned in Smith creek while taking a swim. Winston-Salem. One of Forsyth's leading farmer citizens died as a re sult of a bite from a copperhead snake three weeks ago. Lenoir. Mrs. Ayery Powell, aged 63, who was stricken with paralysis July 22 after returning home from a funeral, died at her home here. Spencer. Several children were dangerously poisoned by eating at a big dinner spread bt Calvary Baptist church, near Spencer, when Children s Day exercises were held. Winston-Salem. The plant of the Dan Valley Power company at Walnut Cove, wh&h furnished lights for the town was completely destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of many thous ands of dollars. Wilmington. After half a century of service in the public schools of Wil mington, Miss Adelaide Meares has been retired on a pension. Miss M E. Cook, who has served on the same school for 45 years, was retired at the same time. x- Reidsville. Q. W. -Hlll,' aged about 55, committed suicide at the home of Mrs. Jarrell on the Wentworth road. He shot himself through, the temple with a revolver and death was al most instantaneous. V'; ; High Point The Commercial Na tional bank 'of this city has acquired from Mrs. J. 'J. Cox the lot at the northwest corner of Main and Com merce streets, opposite the postoffice, and plan to construct a modern seven , story bank and office building on it. New Bern. - Mrs. Bettie Daden Wright, one of the most widely .known women of Eastern North Carolina, died at the' home of her daughter, Mrs. R. -B. Smith, here. She was; fo? many years head of . a . private school. Charlotte. Acute shortage of hous ing .facilities and inability to secure the loan of army tents were assigned as reasons for the withdrawal of ah Invitation extended last' September to the Wildcat Veterans' association" to hold its next annual reunion in Char lbtte.-'T; u,y,K:' "if;-: ; v - J :-y: . ;?;,;,;,,: :i., ,"');,' ?,;- .y ; .c;trj ;;': t Wilmington. Two concrete ships, a ft. six-hundred-ton -concrete .-.ttrlver steamer and a:.thirty-flve-hundred; ton concrete., tanker,, will. be7 launched at the iocal yard ,'of the Newport Ship building corporation this month. . " y j' Kinston.--011ie. yWilliapis, , a negro, has been sent to the r adi jfrcra the police court here fori theft of a water melon. Williams stole the melon from ia puburban' patch. After '& few irr? utes f 1htlmater; association' 4with it ht 'u mw u4 ncui m Bintni oniaR inn rind in an adjacent woed - Jl - - '- k . f, - Pitchers Who Spitball pitchers dying race In major league baseball are having trouble with the new lively ball a well as the dry-ball hurlers. Only the fast-ball spltters are prov ing effective. Of the fifteen major league pitchers eligible to moisten the ball, but three In the American league and four in the National have) won more than half their starts. : Of these Urban Faber of the White Sox, Stanley Coveleskie of the Indians and Burleigh Grimes of the Dodgers are the real wet-ball aces, writes Dean Snyder in the Chicago Post. They all use the speed spitter. Faber Is Ace. So far this year Faber outranks the" great Coveleskie, recognized before as the king of spitters. What makes Faber's victory record all the more brilliant is the fact that he is backed up by a team now a mere shell "of the defense put up by the old Sox machine. Covey should hit his" stride soon and give the Sox star a race for throne honors by the end of the season. In the National league Burleigh Grimes Is the leading moist ball pitch er. Phil Douglass of the Giants has a better-record, but has not worked as many 'times. , Diamond Squibs 'Swat the fly" Is the motto of other players besides Babe Buth. Des Moines has a new second base man answering to the name of Yuna. " . Barrett, the young shortstop for the Athletics, looks like a good ball player. , . Manager Jawn Evers sometimes leaves the field during playing hours by request,. " - - , Report has it that the New Orleans club will ship Pitcher Abe Lincoln Bailey back to the Brooklyn Dodgers.. Reports circulated that the Florida State league might close its season, earlier than scheduled time are de nied, - v- H ' Babe Buth would be the greatest single attraction in baseball if he wasn't the greatest, four-base attrac tion. - - -. j. t' " . -'' 7 Earl Sheely Is starting to crown the baU, and Is rising so rapidly that he soon will be numbered among the elect...- ' ' s - ' ,. :'' -:''". Scott Perry JUmDS aain- Thna tar this season he has . played with the Athletics and two other semi-pro teams. . . ; Pitchers who ndmif thof Kali to V" UMH -to lively have probably 'been in there when Babe Ruth was exercising bis wrists; ;; ; . , When-fl kail is. hit : oil thA nmn do is to wait .until the runner circles the bases. ' , Oscar . Stn -ovi ,vf.u . ' o,m;msjl i now with , the Los. Angeles team, has been laid, up with a bursted blood yes- Manager Kid Rock is elated ver . the, work of. Giles Mettser, : the t young semi-pro catcher picked up in, .Memphis.'. In. order to ,B lc7. sent from Brooklyn, the r "rr- Miue .xoc; club. -Sr.;,,,, v Artie."- Butler 'il :; 211, i - ARTlsTs Use the Speed Spitter. How long this race of pitchers last is questionable. One by one the? will drop by the wayside. Wears Arm. The moist ball trick is wearing on the arm. Covelskie, the great-hearted Sham kin miner, however, doesn't think wet. ting the ball hurts his pitching super. Perhaps Covey Is too rugged to note the strain yet. Before this year the spltters conia get by without whipping the speed into every ball. They'll burn up faster now at the pace they have to travel In order to gain effectiveness. Besides Faber and Coveleskie other American leaguers on the accredited list of Ban Johnson to fling tte spit ter are': Urban Shocker. St. Loulj; Jock Quinq, New York ; Dutch Leon' ard, Detroit; Allan Russell, Boston, and Ray Caldwell or Al. Sothora, Cleveland. Caldwell has practically dropped the wet-ball delivery altogether under Tris Speaker's "advisement and is do ing better without it. Allan Sothoron, formerly of St Lbuls and now witU Cleveland, takes Caldwell's place as an eligible spitter for the Indians. But he's slipping and unless Speaker can revive him wont be in the big show long. 9 SCHALK'S BURDEN . H i Catcher Ray Schalk is work "lng himself thin handling Kid Gleason's kid pitchers. A great deal of the burden of developing the young Sox moundsmen has fallen to the lot of the diminutive Schalk. There Isn't a catcher in the game today who works as hard as the diminutive Ray. He loses from five to ten pounds during an afternoon'! battle royal. If other players worked as hard as Schalk they'd lose poundage, too. It would d Bbe Ruth a lot of good to ?et Schalk's recipe. MITCHELL WONT LEAVE RING Milwaukee Scrapper Has No Intention of, Retiring Despite Many j cent Reverses. I Ritchie -Mitchell, whose him the prize fight Idol of the centra West, has no intention of retiring ft the ring despite recent reverses. Following Ws "sensational todw fight . against Champion Ben Leonard in New York. Mitchell m 1 ; , Ritthie Mitch"- defeat, twice at the handV.0declrf Kansas, anl lost a nevwpa to" 'Johnny' Mendelsohn. J- caused reports that the v fighter, would retire, but uj slate that he is far rm thw after srt rest will be :J. the topnotchers.