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THE BURNSVILLE EAGLE VOL. IG BURNSVILLE, N. C., PRIDAV, May 22, 1925. NO. 9 TIRE 21 LBS. COTTON CONFERENCE AGREES UPON STANDARDIZA TION. Washington.—Tare limited to 21 pounds composed of bagging weighing • two pounds a yard and ties weighing 45 pounds per bundle, including buck les, was adopted as standard cover-, ing for cotton bales at the gin by cotton shippers and bagging manufac turers in conference at the depart ment of agriculture. This action is regarded as a definite step in the direction ^-toward dealing in cotton on net weight basis instead of the present gross weight and is the result of agitation for'the Improve ment of the quality and appearance of the American cotton bale in inter national trade. As a result, an effort will be made by the department to have this type bale adopted as stan dard for all of the cotton exchanges of the world. At present the tare in this country ranges from 18 pounds in California to 30 pounds in Georgia and South Carolina, and a score of different type materials are used for bale covering. To assure the use of the standard material, the manufacturers agreed not to manufacture any other kind of material for stock after 1925. The question for patches for the bale was not settled. The shippers summed up their case as follows: The shippers are seeking a patch that is large enough to cover the sam ple holes, say between 22 to 30 by 40 to 48 inches, weighing from 2 to 2 1-2 pounds, which has a sufficent durabil ity to stand the strain of compression and which has a surface capab'e of taking and holding markings,, and which can be bought at a reasonable price. The manufacturers contended: "The supply of material is an im portant factor and there is a question as to whether a patch described by ■ "the shippers can be manufactured with sufficient strength at a reasonable price and several manufacturers ex pressed a willingness to make sam ples and submit them to the cotton committee in the department of agri culture with which to experiment.” J. M. Locke, chairman of the tare committee of the American^ Cotton Shippers association ,of Muskogee, Okla., told the committee that be cause of the lack of a standard tare, importers and mills in Europe had to sample the bale to determine the tare and it was estimated that the samp ling cost S500,000 annually. RDPEFUL SIGNS JASED ON FUNDAMENTAILUY CONSTRUCTED DEVELOP MENTS. New York.—Conflicting business movements last week failed to obscure a general improvement in sentiment based on fundamentally constructive developments. Downward price revisions and fur ther contraction of output in certain industries indicated that the process of readjustment was by no means com pleted, but signs of recovery were plainly visible In other fields. April exports of merchandise, as re ported by the department of com merce, were the largest for that month in five years, bringing the favorable trade balance to this country for the past ten months near the billion dollar mark. The showing was considered 'significant for several reasons, testi fying to the healthful growth of our foreign commerce in the face of natur al barriers and reflecting the economic recovery of Europe, which has been able to expand its purchases of Ameri can goods. The general average of commodity prices last week showed a slight in crease for the first time in several months. Most of the gains were re corded by foodstuffs, while textiles were among the most conspicuous weak spots. Railroad freight traffic continued at unprecedented high levels. Car load ings for the week ended May 2 were close to a million cars, exceeding the volume of business for any previous week this year as well as correspond ing week of the last five years. A marked expansion took place in the movement of grain, coal, ore and gen eral merchandise. Prospects for an increase In freight rates in the north west were believed to be good and were reflected in the strength of these roads’ securities. Steel operations proceeded at about the same place as in recent weeks. A further moderate curtailment of pri mary production was reported but the lower price levels of iron and steel products appeared to be attracting fresh buying orders. Structural steel was in good demand and railroad pur chases increased, with several unusu ally large equipment inquiries over hanging the market. Prices of other metals were firmer, and the copper in dustry was cheered by the larger first quarter earnings. DOINGS IN THE TAR HEEL STATE NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA TOLD IN SHORT PARA GRAPHS FOR BUSY PEOPLE IIX WHOLE GTITE DECLARE TAX REFORM AND MIN* IMUM TERM OF EIGHT MONTHS. Ford Opens New Bank. New York.—The entrance of Henry Ford into Wall street was seen by some bankers In the announcement that the Guardian Detroit company had been established as the New York investment branch of the Guardian Trust company of Detroit, of which Edsel Ford is a director. Relationship of the Ford interests to the new banking enterprise in Wall street also was given a direct contact by the naming of Ernest Kanzeler, vice president of the Ford Motor com pany, as a director 'of the Guardian Detroit company. The Guardian Trust compan:f of *i„ iTiaritn- i ue ijruaj. uieiu — Detroit, a recently organized insiitu- tion whch is believed to have the backing of the Ford millions obtained its foothold in New York by the acqui sition of Keane, Hibgie and company, Inc., an investment firm which has specialized for many years in the un derwriting and distribution of muni cipal bonds and other high grade se curities. The New York office of the firm, was announced- had been regarded as the nucleus of the Guardian Detroit company of which Jerome E. J. Keane will be made manager and John C. Greer, president. Time to Pay, is Word of U. S. Washington.—After more than three years of waiting, the United States gfovernment has initiated steps to ob tain funding settlements from its for eign debtors. The powers to whom this nation made war or post-war loans, have been made acquainted with American opin ion that some move should be made by them toward liquidation. Although officials of this govern ment insisted that they held no desire to press unduly for payments, they feel, and France, Italy, Belgium, Ru mania and Czecho-Slovakla have been so advised, that the American govern ment is entitled to have funding pro posals submitted. The other principal debtors, Jugo Slavia, Estonia, Latvia and Greece, are awake of the i Washington view also, but it was not made clear wheth er American diplomatic officials in those countries have been asked to carry debt settlement questions direct ly to them. Memphis Bids Baptist Adieu. Memphis.—The city of Memphis bid goodbye to its 6,000 Baptist visitors, who formally closed the 70th annual meeting of the -Southern Baptist con vention. With a sermon in the morning by Dr. George W. Truett of Dallas and one in the evening by Dr. M. E. Dodd of Shreveport, the churchmen conclud ed what leaders declared to have been one of the most successful and inter esting conventions ever held. Out standing among controversial subjects with which the convention concerned itself were those of the theory of evo lution and a proposed participation la the activities of the Y. M. C. A. A committee appointed by the 1924 convention to consider the advisability of issuing a new statement of faith and message, reported, through its chairman, Dr. E. Y. Mullins of Louis ville, a statement which did not refer directly to the evolution theory. Liquor Fleet Driven From Coast. New York.—A semi-official observa tion cruise over the Atlantic from Narrangansett Pier, R. I., to Atlantic City, N. J., revealed only twelve rum carrying ships in that area, which pro vided anchorage for more than 80 rum vessels at the time the Coast Guard blockade was inaugurated. May 5. It was further indicated on the cruise which took a party of news paper correspondents to points be tween 30 and 40 miles from shore, that virtually no contraband liquor is being smuggled into the country from this area. As a result of the inspection, Lleu- tenant-Comanmder Stephen S. Yean- ,dle, chief aide to Rear-Admiral F. 'Billard,, Coast Guard, commandant, announced that he considered the rum blockade in this area entirely success ful. Check From Oil King. New York.—A substantial check from John D. Rockefeller is to pay the expenses of the four months’ European honeymoon of his 21-year-old grand daughter. This most apt present of the hun dreds she received is carried in her handbag by Mrs. David Merriweatter Milton, who was Ahby Rockefeller Chapel Hill.—A local fraternity, Delta Pi. at the University of North Carolina wes installed as the North Carolina Gamma Chapter of the Theta Kappa Nu Fraternity. Rocky Mount.—Plans have been practically cempleted here for the special train which will take members of Ziza temple No. 248, Dramatic Or der Knight of Khorasaan, to the an nual session of the Imeprial council in Providence, R. I., next August. Kinston.—Governor McLean will ad dress the North Carolina Press Asso ciation at Asheville the night of July 8, it was announced by the president H. Galt Braxton. The executive’s ad dress will follow a banquet tendered by Asheville residents. Greensboro.—Frank A. Brooks, of this city, was installed as president of the Carolina Lumber Dealers’ Asso ciation, at the opening meeting of a two day convent!,on here. Mr. Brooks was elected president of the organiza tion at Its last regular annual meeting. This is the spring meeting. Chorlotte.—The program for the an nual convention of the Carolinas Re tail Hardware Association, to be held at Spartanburg. S. C., June 9-10, has been completed, it was announced by Arthur R. Craig, of Charlotte, secre tary-treasurer of the association. “Re tail Efficiency” will be the general theme of the convention. Beaufort.—After an illness of sev eral months John H. Neal died at his home here. He was a locomotive en gineer and for 30 years had been in the employ of the Atlantic and North Carolina and the Norfolk and South ern roads and was a highly valued em ploye. Asheville.—After a sojourn of six months in the South, J. D. Alexander, of Fremont. Ohio, wb" oT-ivai’ ".''.,. Asheville declares thaf -North Giro- lina is the most progressive State- in the -South. Mr. A.Cxander plans to remain in this city two or three weeks. He is accompanied by his wife. Fayettevilie.—After an eight hour sear.oh by members of the Fort Bragg garrison. Miss Leona Jones, 45, of Moultrie, Ga., who disappeared from her brother-in-law’s quarters was found wandering through nearby woods in a derangeiKcondition. Guilford College.—This year’s annu al award of the Bryn Mawr and Have- ford scholarships from Guilford Col lege were made to Miss Sara Hodges, of Mocksville ,and Robert K. Marshall, of High Point, respectively, according to a statement given out by Miss Eva Lasley, college registrar. Winston-Salem.—'C. C. Taylor. Jr,, a well known young man who has been connected with a local life Insurance company, lies in a local hospital in a critical condition as a result of a pis tol shot wound, fired either with sui cidal intent or by accident, in his room on West Fourth Street. Durham^—Within the next several days a committee of Durham men will wait upon Jdmes B. Duke In his Char lotte home and invite him as the guest of honor to a civic dinner here, at which time Durham will take accasion to formally express the city’s apprecia tion for his generosity to the cause of education, to North Carolina and to Durham through Duke University. _ New Bern.—Oragnlzation of the Morehead City Rotary club was per fected by Gene Newsome, governor of the Thirty-seventh Rotary district, as sisted by Joljn M. Aberly, special rep resentative, |nd Dozier L. Latta, pres ident of thellocal club, it was an nounced her/. The new club becomes the "baby” /lub of the Thirty-seventh district. j Greensboij>.—Married for 20 years, Mr. and Mr. L. D. J>iIlon, of Guilford eit their separate ways, agreement of separation inability to get along to- father gets three of their i the mother the other nd Mrs. Dillon are mem bers of pi mlnent familites in Guil ford count Goldsboi.—That F. M. Dean, of this city may s are in an estate valued at $400,000 learned here when a let ter was Bceived by Mr. Dean from Hox andfiix, attorneys of Sunset, Texas, ir^hich it stated that his uncle, W/iam Hamilton, had died and left his wperty to be divided among nine beii- Kinst’l-—The funeral of Herman Braxtor^aury merchant drowned in a CravJ county stream was held in GreenePunty. Braxton and a compan ion on/fishing trip, were thrown into the w«r when their boat capsized. Other fersons rescued the companion as he Las sinking the third time. BraxtQ 29 years of age, Is survived by hlsridow and three children. Raleigh. Declaring that “the equalization oi educational opportunity is the chief objective of the North Carolina Educa tional Association” the committee on objectives of the body has formulated a program which includes a term of at least eight months for all schools and a system of support which will virtu ally mean that the State will be taxed as a whole for the support of its schools. On the latter point the committee says: I “Wealth and income wherever they vtre found must contribute their just jihare to the education of children jwherever they are.” i The committee is composed of the following: J. Henry Highsmith,, State high school supervisor, Raleigh; R. H. Wright, president East Carolina Teach ers’ College, Greenville; Mrs. Harvey Boney, teacher, Rose Hill; E. E. Sams, superintendent Lenior county schools, Kinston: T. Wingate Andrews, super intendent High Point schools. Carrying out the program for “a stabilized all inclusive membership and the entire profession at work on its problems,” the committee has is sued the following statement of objec tives: 1. An adequate supply of adequately trained teachers. The problem of Teacher Training; (a) In Colleges, (b) In Normal schools, (c) In Summer schools. The colleges turn out each year about 1,500 graduates one half of whom enter the teaching profession. The demand each year is about 2,000 teach ers. The solution of this problem of a supply of trained teachers involves Cie establishment of a sufficient num- Tei- oi nurmdl schools to meet the demand. The indiv,idual teacher is the prime factor in carrying on the educative process. His training, social back ground, and intellectual outlook are matters of first rate importance. His function is to make education vital, enlarging experience to the, child. “To exalt the teacher through ade quate training, proper salaries, a se cure tenure, provisions for retirement, opportunity for special study and trav el during the service and a citizen’s part in public affairs is of first Im portance to the welfare of the child ren and society.” FATHEB iO CHILD KILLED Fred Thompson, of Goldsboro, and Lit tle Daughter Lose Lives When Boat Capsizes. Goldsboro/—Fred Thompson of this city and his little daughter, Julia Mae, aged five years, were drowned at Stev ens’ Mill, twelve miles north of here when a bot capsized in the pond. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, their two daughters, Julia Mae and Helen, and a brother’of Mr. Thompson who was visiting the family stopped at the mil! and while Mrs. Thompson and her hus band's brother remained in the car Mr. Thompson and the two children went for a row. Julie Mae, according to the account given afterward by her sister, sudden ly reached for some object she saw floating in the water, lost her balance and plunged into the waters of the pond. Her father plunged in after her, the force of his leap knocking Helen out of the boat. She however, .Eiaiiag' ' ed to get back into the skiff and was saved. Mr. Thompson swam about twenty feet, then disappeared from view. Mrs. Thompson, and her brother-in- law knew nothing of the accident until they heard the terrified screams of Helen. A large number of men from this city were at the pond con ducting a search. Mr. Thompson was a good swimmer and it is thought that he was seized with cramp. Beside the wife and daughter, he leaves his moth er, Mrs. Bryant Thompson, of Camer on; two sisters, Mrs. W. D. McCranny, of Vass, and Mrs. W. D. Hunter, of Goldsboro; and seven brothers, B. C. Thompson, of Mt. Gilead; G. W. and H. L. Thompson, of Hamlet: Roby Thompson, of Aberdeen; H. H. K. and Joesph Thompson, of Vass and E. B. Thompson, of Cameron. An Unusual Operation. Kinston.—A patient in Parrott Me morial Hospital here is convalescing after an unusual operation. Tweney- seven pounds of fat were removed fro mthe abdomen of a woman whose 325 pounds of avoirdupoise were bur densome to her. Dr. Albert McK. Par rott, of the hospital staff, performed the operation. The patient is “doing nicely,” it was stated at the institu tion. An incision was made from flank to flank and a layer of flesh eight inches ' wide laid back to remove the fat. A “pad” weighing 27 pounds was taken off and the patient was “sewn up again weighing less than 300 pounds.” She came here from a down-country point. College, wi signing an because of gether. T1 children, one. Noel! Named as Service Officer. Appointment of Paul G. Noell, of Lexington, State Adjutant of the American Legion as Service Officer with a salary of $3,000 a year effec tive June 1, has been announced by Prank Grist, Commissioner of Labor and Printing. The position was not contemplated !m the appropriation made to the de- Ipaltment by the General Assembly 'but Mr, Grist stated that he conside^ ed the work to be done by the new employe of sufficient importance to justify curtailing other functions of the department. Before making the appointment, Commissioner Grist con ferred with Governor McLean, who as Director of the Budget, must approve all expenditures made after the begin ning of the new fiscal year on July 1. 'Mr. Grist who was himself wounded in the Wor](| War and who received an organized' support from legionaires and exservice men in his campaign for the nomination for his office, re gards the work of assisting former sol diers in making out their claims against the government as of the ut most importance. The government maintains a sub office of the veterans' bureau in this State, which was some time ago moved from Raleigh to Char lotte. OF DISTINCTION THREE HONORED BY ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL ASSO- CIATION. Allows Increased Car Fare. Following a hearing dn January 28 at which both sides were represent ed, the North Carolina Corporation Commission granted in part the peti tion of the Tidewater Power Company for increases in city and suburban street railway fares in and near Wil- Imington. The commission granted requested increases of five cents on moat of the suburban lines out of Wilmington and modified a request for an Increase within the city. The company was permitted to change its fares from seven to eight cents instead of from seven to ten cents. Four tickets will be sold for 30 cents, which was also proposed under the ten cent fare. A request to oe allowed to sell a weekly pass good for an unlimited number of trips by one individual fol $1.25 was also allowed. Allowed $4,000 For Death of Husband. Winston-Salem/—A verdict awarding Mrs. Julia Swalm $4,000 for the alleg ed wrongful death of her husband, Ernest Swaim, was bl-ought in Yad kin county superior court, by a. jury. The verdict is against Deputy Sheriffs O. G. Sills, L. A. Boggs, and J. 0. Gaith er, and Professor R. H. Lankford, dep utized to aid the officers in the arrest of Ernest Swaim and four compan ions for alleged breaches of the peace at Harmony, Iredell county on May 8, last year the plaintiff was asking for $5,000 compensatory damages, an orig inal demand for $15,000 being dropped because such damages are not allowed ■when a person is killed. 'Judge W. F. Harding presided over the term, and the case had attracted wide attention. Meet Next in Due West, S. C. 'Statesville.—At a session of tha General Synod of the Associate Re formed Presbyterian Church, Rev. A. J. Ranson, returned missionary from India, was chosen moderator for the next convention, and Du§ West, South Carolina, was selected as the place of the 1926 meeting. The session which was the second of the three day meeting being held with the First Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church here, was featur ed by an able sermon by Rev. M. R. Plaxco, of Louisville, and a mesasge of greeting from the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian church ex tended by Its representative, Dr. J. O. McCown. Washington.—In the east room ot the White House, President Coolidge presented medals awarded by the Roosevelt Memorial association to Governor Pinchot, of Pennsylvania, George Bird Grinnell, of New York, and Miss Martha Berry, of Georgia. The awards are made annually for dis tinguished service in any of 10 fields of endeavor. Addressing Governor Pinchot, who received the medal for his services in behalf of conservation. President Cool idge declared that “no American who is familiar with the history of t^ great movements inaugurated by iiich men as John Muir, Edward A. Bowers and Secretary John W. Noble, and later sponsored by President Roose velt, for the preservation of our for ests, our waterpower and our mineral wealth, will question the justice of this award.” “In the development of a policy which became one of the most signi ficant of Mr. Roosevelt's administra tion,” Mr. Coolidge told the governor, “you were from first to last his coun sellor and helper.” To his vision and his power you added knowledge and practical experience which was esaen- . tial. You have preached your gospel eloquently and, in office and out of office, have put it into action with an effectiveness which has rightly won you the gratitude of your fellow Ameri cans, of which this medal is a symbol." On presenting the medal to Mr. Grinnell, an editor and publisher, who was honored for his work In promoting outdoor life, the President recalled that he had been with General Custer in the Black Hills and with Colonel Ludlow in the Yellowstone, had lived among the Indians, and that his study of the language and customs of the Blackfoot tribe, of which he is a mem ber, ^re considered authoritative. “Fe^w had done so much as you, none have don^ more;” added the President, “to preserve vast areas of picturesque wilderness for the eyes of posterity in the simple majesty in which you and your fellow pioneers first beheld them. In the Yellowstone Park you prevented the exploitation and therefore, the destruction of the natural beauties. The Glavier Nation al Park is peculiarly your monument. As editor for 35 years of a journal de voted to outdoor life, you have done a noteworthy service in bringing to the men and women of a hurried and har ried age the relaxation and revitaliza tion which comes from contact with nature.” General Miles Dies-Suddenly. Washington.—Lieut. General Nelson A. Miles, nestor of American army leaders, premier Indian fighter, diplo mat and author, has taken up the long trail. His career, spanning four of the six important military periods of his coun try’s history, ended suddenly In the big tent of a circus just as afanfare of trumpets announced the opening pa geant. General -Miles was surrounded by happy children, including those of his family’s third generation excited over the prospect of witnessing repro ductions of scenes which in their actu ality had occupied so important a phase of his own life. Turning to Mrs. W. B. Noble, mother of his daughter-in-law, the general complained that he felt ill. Before help could be summoned .he collapsed ii^o the arms of Dr. A. B. Craig, sit- Provide For Inmates. Kinston/—At a meeting of the new board of trustees of the Caswell Train ing School, held here, the following resolution was adopted: “It la resolved that it is the policy of this board not to dismiss any in mate of this institution £o rlack of financial support.” The following members of the board were present and took the oath of office: L. P. Tapp, of Kinston; C. W. Las siter, of Sprang Hope; Prof. T. E. Whiaker, of Oak Ridge; Dr. G. H. Macon, of Warrentown; L. A. Bethune, of Clinton; S. F. McCotter, of Vande- mere; Dr. W. W. Dawson, of Giifton; J. H. Alexander, of Scotland Neck, and V. O. Parker, of Raleigh, were unable to be present. - -a- ■ ting directly behind him. The body was removed, under the tier of seats, to the outside, where a hasty examination in the diagnosis showed that the illness had resulted from my-carditis and acute dilation ol the heart. This was confirmed later at the hospital to which the body was rushed. Chinese Shoot 35 and Wound 16. Peking.—The Tientisin Times cor respondent reports that 35 bandits were shot to death and sixteen wound ed as the result of a ruse by the sol diers stationed at Kaifeng, Honan Province. The bandits, stationed near Kweiteh, Honan, were given a promise that they would be taken into the army. Ac cordingly about 50 bandits boarded two cars attached to a passenger train and local provincal troqps occupied the station at Kaifeng to await their arri val. When the train ran into the sta tion, the two cars containing the ban dits were detached at the east plat form and the main train proceeded for a short distance. The soldiers then surrounded the train and riddled the bandits with bullets, but not before many soldiers were wounded by ran dom firing. When the shooting was over, the soldiers looted the tr^ln.