polk county news. (tryon, nc) 1920-08-06 [p...

THE TRYON NEWS, TRYON, N. 0.

No Cussing Wanted from Outtftnden

THE STATE LEimm

'NCREASED

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1 Soldiers ana sailors parading at tne unester w. jnapm iann-a- i iuwuwb, . a., wu.u uc uwu uuaias a convalescent camp for service men. 2 Thomas Fortune Ryan, who has gone to Eurppe supposedly to buythe French tobacco monopoly for an American syndicate. 3 American Olympic team marching to the ves-

sel that takes it to Antwerp.

Governor Bickett not only resentthe reported intention of the Prisoners Relief society of Washington, of

which E. E. Duding is president, toinvestigate prison camps in NortaCarolina, but he will not permit It. He

so in very emphatic terms."I do not propose to allow anybody

outside of North Carolina to investi-gate any of our institutions. We have

state superintendent of health, Dr.S. Rankin, who looks after sani

tary, conditions, and a state superintendent of public welfare, R. F. Beas- -

who looks after' the moral andhumanitarian condition of our institu-tions. I have more confidence in thejudgement and sincerity of purpose o:these officials than I have in any .exconvict agitators.

"I have been cussed all" over thestate, from Cape Lookout to SlichRock creek, on account of my senti-mental love for' convicts. One leadingnewspaper accused me of trying toturn our prisons into reformatories.

"I am perfectly willing to take: thiscussing from our own North Carolinafolks. I am their servant and It ie

constitutional right of every TarHeel to cuss public officials, a rightthey freely exercise nd about "which

make no complaint. But I absolute-ly refuse to take cussing or criticism

account of my official conduct fromany outlariders."

Committee of InvestigationFormer Adjutant General BeverljRoyster, of Oxford; Colonel A. H.

Boyden, of Salisbury, and Judge W. H.Whedbee, of Greenville, have beennamed by Governor T. W. Bickett asmembers of the commission appoint-ed by him to investigate the conduct

the Durham machine gun companyGraham.

More Recruits for the NavyTen men were accepted for servicethe United States navy during the

past week at the local naval recruiting station, declared Chief Quartermaster W. A. Wilson recruiting officer.

CharlotteThe list Includes: E. R. Revis, O. A.

Wesson, Gastonia; J. H. Tarlton, J. PWaddell' Concord; E. R. Limerick,Bessemer City; J. W. Wofford, EnoreeS. C, H. B. Mills, Mooresville; J. JThomas, J. C. Deese, Peachland, andP. B. Long, Charlotte.

Jenkins Going to AntwerpWashington. John Wilbur Jenkins

formerly of North Carolina,! now historian of the navy, under SecretaryDaniels, is going to Antwerp for theOlympic games. He will be one o

the interested observers and recorders of events.

Reward for Graham RapistGovernor Bickett has offered a re

ward of S400 for the arrest of the ne- -

ero wno nemetrated the assault utonMrs. A. A. Riddle In Graham or forevidence that will lead to the convic- -

tion of the criminal. The announce- -

ment of the reward was made afterthe Governor has conferred with Solic- -

itor S. M. Gattis, who was here to report to the chief executive his observations of the trouble In the Alamancecounty-sea- t.

The solicitor declined to talk forpublication, or to discuss the situation.

Suffragettes Open HeadquartersThe North Carolina Equal Suffrage

association Is opening state headquarters In the Sheperd building at Raleigh. Mrs. Jerman, Miss Weil, olGoldsboro. and other ladies who areleading the fight in the state for ratification will be in charge. Headquarters will be maintained until after theaction of the special session of thelegislature. Mrs. Jerman and othersinterested in the movement express abelief that their fight will be successful..

Funeral of Lieutenant ManningFuneral services for Lieut. Frederick

MorHncr crm nf thp attnrnov r0novalwho died of influenza in France in thefall of 1918, were held at Christnhnmh Thrp wpw ?tnn fnrmor oorv.

monnrocATit mnst nf thpm in niJform. The service followed a trerif icstorm, but the sun had come out anda large rainbow appeared directly overthe church. Interment was in. Oak- -

wood cemetery.The body was taken to the attorney

general's home under military escort.

Organized Drainage EnterprisesWashington, (Special). Director of

the Census Sam L. Rogers announces,subiect to correction. that 191Q9acres of in organized drainageenterprises have been reported inBladen. Columbus PnmWiar, . r0,f A U, AJi II 1 IQ1 I

nett. New Hanover, Pender and Rnhp.son counties, North Carolina

Of this area 53,643 acres representimproved faarm lands, 63,020 timber- -

ed and cut-ove- r, land and 6,529 other

The cost of the organized drainageenterprises is placed $645,500.

Important Examination PendinaWashington, (Special). The --civil

service, commission announced severalimportant examination for totw in thfourth civil service district ?eJing Maryland, North Carolina Virginia, West Virginia and the Districtof Columbia.

Examinations will be held for clerkand carriers, male and female, salaryui wnicn at oegmnlng Is $1,400 pe'annum. July 31. at Durham. EdentonWa3hlnSton; Greensboro and Greenvll!; August 7, at High Point- - Jul 5

1 2S at Oxford '

III HIGH

said

RETURNS FROM PROJECT WORK

SHOWED A PROFIT OF 41N

aCENTS ON THE DOLLAR W.

NET PROFIT PER PUPIL $1.50 ley,

Individual Incomes of Agricultural

Students were Greater than thoseof Any Other Southern State

Raleich.

Mr. R.-- D. Maltby, federal agent fpragricultural education, who spent aday at State College In conferencewith the officials of the State Boardfor Vocational Education and teach-

ers of vocational agriculture, stated thethat North Carolina will lead allSouthern States in many, respects lastyear in the results obtained from the Iwork in agricultural high schools.jMr. Maltby said that for each dollar on

invested In teaching agriculture thereturns from the project work of thestudents enrolled in the agriculturalcourses was one dollar and forty-on- e

cents. That is, the students, whilegoing to school, realized a net profit S.

from their supervised practical workat home a sum which several thous-and dollars in excess of the cost ofmintenance of these agricultural departments. Also the individual income of North Carolina agricultural ofpupils ,was greater than that of any inother Southern State. Records showthat the average net profit of each pu-

pil was $150.43.

InPopulation of Granville 26,846

Washington, (Special). The Cen-

sus Bureau announced the census ofGranville county North Carolina, as at25.846. The figures show that thecounty's population increased 6.7 percent during the past decade, thegrowth in number of persons being1,744.

No Place to Lay His HeadWhere Governor T. W. Bickett will

reside when his term as chief executive expires is something that he himself has not figured out. He will do-

mesticate in either Raleigh or Winston--

Salem, he said.

Textile Engineering CourseA new course has been added to the

courses already given by the NorthCarolina Textile School, the textiledenartment of the State Colege. Itwill be known as the Texas Engineering Course and will make fourcourses offered by this department asfollows:

Four year course In textile engineering, textile manufacturing, andtextile chemistry, and dying and a twoyear course In textile manufacturing.

"Carthage Must be Destroyed"Old Cato always wound up his

speeches in the Roman Senate with adeclaration that "Carthage Must bedestroyed" and , William McGirt, ofWilmington, who boosts for goodroads most of the time, likewise hasa slogan that "the cattle tick mustgo." McGirt has gotten out a letterreminding members of the State General Assembly of their duty and tellsthem to go to it. It is plain and simple: there are 22 counties in NorthCarolina that are still tick infested.

Suffs Pay no Attention to UsWashington, (Special). Miss Alice

Paul, head of the national woman'sparty, said that she is not givingmuch attention to the North Carolinaeituation but is concentrating her ef-

forts on Tennessee. If we get Ten-nees- se

we will not need another state,but we hope to add North Carolinawithin the next ewweeks."

The Greatest Summer SchoolWhen the summer school at the

University of North Carolina closes,out-goin- g trains . from Chapel Hill willcarry at least one of the 1,192 students to every county in the state except five which are hidden behindthe Blue Ridge the counties of Ashe,Graham, Mitchell, Swain, and Watauga. The Methodists and Baptists asusual are xar in tne iaa.Odds Against Ratification

The forecast is now being madethat neither North Carolina or Tennessee will-b- e in a hurry to ratify theAnthony amendment, . but that each

' tato will. . trv to'nass the buck. Out--

side of those prominently affiliatedwith the . "cause" there are few. whohave been heard to express it as theiropinion that North Carolina will rati-fy the amendment. It is known thatsentiment in the state is opposed toTatifcation in spite of the plank in thestate platform.

Charlotte Recorder Wins OutHamilton C. Jones, Charlotte Re

corder, is to be the new assistant dis- -

trlct attorney or the western districtof North Carolina, the appoint-

ment having been decided upon bySenator Lee.S. Overman at his homeln Salisbury, where he was waitedupon by a Charlotte delegation andwhen Mr. Jones personally presented,u iainuuwiin me cuw .uB ine sena- -

tOT T?, LTtl8 ren'dered.hls conclusionof the totTT ,

CHARQAND excBaCG;:;

EXPERTS PREPARESGBQ

Rate Shirt, win Be SujD-- nntea Tariff. r. nil r.

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Washington... -fares probably wiU w

o "-- -. ana t'ifi o.August 25.

Simultaneously wit)lness of passenr e;ded e faJcharges for pvth0 ' u"ula travri .1ucv iai.es on exepe- - vmilk also wlll.be put in

Railroad rate experts hav.the preparation of blanket rl?ules increasing t 1costs on a percentage 'bas:s rwill be presented to ts. 'Lcommerce commission .Ito1 the nrnnns .

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rate sheets will Uprinted tariffs containing WZ'territories and on ail rnJ, 1

soon as the physical task of wLjout thp miiltitiirlir,,,, j . .. 'S".."tUvti.iUU3 ucia::s ca:accomplished.

New Government of Costa RICJ

Has Been Accorded Recoct,

viisiimgion Kecogmtion ol tgovernment of Costa Rica by tier-ed States was announced at the rldepartment.

Ninth Marquis of Queensbury D,tt

at Johannesburg, South

Johannesburg, Union of South

ca. Percy Sholto Douglas, ninth

of Queensbury, is dead here, tcording to announcement.

Army Director of Finance Nolai,

Disappears; Accounts Checker.f

Chicago. Lieutenant James Dcail

Nolan, director of finance of the ca

tral department of the United Sisjarmy, has mysteriously disappei::!

and auditors who are checking hi3t

counts have found a discrepu?

amounting to $4,000, it was annosr.i

Republicans and Democrats krt

to Hold Joint Debate on Leiv

Washington. Senator Hitcncoclq

Nebraska, who was the administrafi

leader in the senate treaty fight, is

been selected by Governor Cox irepresent the democratic party is i

Joint debate on the league of natira

at Winona Lake, Ind.. August 8.

Rumania Gives Reds Three Dayi

to Withdraw From Her Territ)

VIphtijl Rumania has served c

ultimatum upon soviet Russia. f5the societs three days to withtP

their troops from Rumanian wrruu,

arrnrriinir tn a Belgrade dispatch.

Tr tha ovont nf Russia's failure 6,

comply. It is added, Rumania vulfe

clare a general mobiliationz.

Far Are Felt That the Irish

Situation May Become Dei?H

Dublin Fears that 'he Irish

tion, which is daily growing

tense, may burst into a genera.

flagratlon at any moment are ex?.

ed in responsible quarters, here,

the present there is practical

civil law south of the Boyne river,

cept that administered by repu

courU.

Disappointing Report on Populate"

of State of Georgia

Washineton-Georpi- a's1920 pop

tion, with the exception of one --

meration district not returned tj -

supervisor, is z,5s.o'.rpaii nnnniinrprl Ten years 3g

population was 2,609.121. The "LJV) . rgrowth for the ten years was

ceni, me sraanesi m u --

state.

Former Governor Hanly of '"J'J'LDies In Auto and Train

" Uonlr. fJfDennison, O. J. Frank

mer governor of Indiana a. .anew'6

ror president on tne pruj"-- ; vr.t i t ( yi. fin ana ut. ana ui

of Kilgore, Ohio, were killedfrom, here when a Penn?

freight train struck the auwnod".which the --party were

Kilgore. ' . sWmAll three suffered fractur 'ea

of.

and crushed bodies and neither

ered consciousness.

Quiet Prevails In Adrianople

Since Occupation by GreeK

ietAthens.- - Adrianople is receireJ

present, according to adviceshere, Turkish and other elem -

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Ing either stunned by the Pre' ejt:Greek troops in the city or res.s.the fate that has come to them- -

numbers are preparing to lea

nople. The Greeks are reston fl.

administration, in some case3legra?:,

ing Turkish officials, and

service between Adrianople

outside world Is being rm- -

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though no one would predict an Imme-

diate end vf the trouble with the bi-

tuminous nners of the middle West.President bwls of the United MineWorkers of America asked for a Jointconference of operators and miners"to deal with confusion that ex-

ists in the coal Inastry," and the Illi-

nois operators consented to meet theworkers for the purpose of discussion,but would not agree to reopen thewage agreement until thy receivedauthority from Washington. So serl-rio- us

is the threat of a fuel f&Tiine thatGovernor Lowden of Illinois urged theauthorities at Washington to act quick-ly In bringing aoout a settlement. Inthe. national capital .lt was said Secretary of Labor Wilson was about tomake a report to the president. Mr.Tumulty, secretary to President Wll- -'son, said a satisfactory solution of theproblem would be reached through theefforts of Attorney General Palmer,who named a committee to fix profitmargins, and the orders of the Interstate commerce commission. Otherswere not nearly so optimistic as Mr,Tumulty.

Governor Cox of C To was signallyhonored on Friday by his home town.Dayton. His fellow citizens, regardless of party affiliations, made himthe chief figure In the "home-comin- g

celebration, and he delivered a speechIn a handsome "court of honor." Thecity was beautifully decorated and wasthronged"' with visitors from all partsof the state.

Dayton also has prepared for theCox notification ceremony, set for August 7. This will take place In thecounty fair grounds and the governorwill deliver his speech of acceptanceirom ine grand stand or the racetrack, in which will be sound ampli-fiers such as were Installed in the natlonal convention halls. Most of last

f week was devoted by Governor Coxto the. preparation of this speech. Agreat many persons profess to be Intensely Interested In what he will sayabout liquor. It is predicted that hewill steer skilfully around that question, and may advise the people of theUnited States that if they want a liberal enforcement of the law, they mustelect congressmen who are In favor ofsuch a course.

Governor Coolidge of Massachusettswas formally notified of his vice presidential nomination on Tuesday andresponded with a speech In which hedid not ;... oUy deviate from thelines laid . TIP, by Senator Harding.The burdeu . it was that the countrymust be speedily rescued from the reactions of war.

Senator Harding's campaign Is notby any means to be confined to hisfront porch. Plans are being made totake him on an extensive speakingtour, which probably will Include Den-ver, Memphis. New York, Boston, Chircago and Indianapolis. He may evengo as far as the Pacific coast. To avoidcertain errors of past campaigns, hewill not enter any state until its pri-mary, fights are over.

Winning three races In a row afterlosing two, the yacht Resolute suc-cessfully defended this country's pos-session of the America's cup againstthe fourth attempt by Sir Thomas Lip-to- n

to lift the International trophy.His yacht, Shamrock . IV, was out-foot- ed

and out-saile- d by the Americanboat and Its crew, and the tea mer-chant admitted that the Resolute wasthe better boat. But he Is comingacross again in 1922 unless some otherBritisher captures the cup next sum-mer. It Is estimated that Sir Thomasspent in the" neighborhood of a milliondollars in trying to win the' trophy thisyear.

The congressional junketing partythat has gone to the orient arrived atManila very seasick, because of ty-phoon's that wrought havoc, In parts ofthe Islands. The visitors were justIn time for the raising of a red flagby angry farm tenants near. Manila,whose rent has been Increased sixtimes. This, a small Incident in Itself,shows the Filipinos; like the res ulthe world, are full of social unreit.After ten days, in the Philippines, .heparty will be taken to China under theescort of Doctor Reinsch, formerAmerican minister to China and nowthe adviser of that government

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the territory through which the Russians might pass, but a corps of Lithuanian troops Joined the bolshevikcavalry operating eastward throughAugustowo and Suwalki and the com-

bined forces were reported massingon the East Prussia frontier. TheGerman relchswehr was concentratedat Insterburg to repel the Invaders.

The diplomats of Europe were notespecially hopeful last week that theconference at Baranovltchi wouldbring about peace between the two.warring nations and were awaitingthe Russian armistice terms with impatience. It was reported that Le--

nine favored moderate terms, whileTrotzky wished them so oppressiveand humiliating that the Poles wouldbe forced to continue fighting or over-throw their government If the termswere accepted.,

The press of Warsaw Is especiallyskeptical concerning the Intentionsand good faith of the soviet Russians,expressing the belief that the latterdo not want peace.

"Poland Is fully aware that negotiations may be broken off any minuteand that, while they last, soviet Russia will make all efforts to cause anoutbreak of bolshevism and revolutionin Poland, the Gazeta Warszawskadeclares. "Therefore Poland must. Inorder to safeguard an honorable peace,gather all her patriotic spirit and en-ergy.

The Russian patriot Barzew, now InWarsaw f is quoted by the Corier Po-ran- ny

as saying: .

T do not believe peace will be madebetween Poland and soviet Russia.The sovet regime needs a temporaryrest and It will sign an armistice. IfIt signs peace It will mean that thesoviet rule hopes through propagandato establish a soviet government InPoland."

The French In Syria professed tofind that King Feisul was insincere inhis submission, so they stormed andcaptured Damascus and ordered Feis-ul to leave the country. So far therehas been no outside opposition to thisprocedure, but it is conceivable thatGreat Britain will In some way hlpthat Arab chieftain who jrave themsuch valuable assistance in the cap-ture of Palestine.

In Thrace the Greeks have beenmaking great progress against theTurkish nationalists and after desper-ate fighting they occupied Adrianople,the. headquarters of Jafar Tayar, andcaptured that leader and his staff.King Alexander himself entered thecity and was warmly welcomed. TheGreeks also took Kirk-Killse- h and oth-er, strategic points, and it was an-nounced that it would now be com-paratively easy to clear the country ofthe nationalist bands.

Poor old Mexico! No sooner doesshe get rid of one disturbing elementthan another springs up to continuethe turmoil. Last week "Pancho"VJlla, having received assurances offorgiveness and financial reward forhis efforts In the past, surrendered tothe government and promised to spendthe rest' of his life as a peaceful farm-er. But at the same time came thenews that Esteban Cantu, governor ofthe northern district of Lower Cali-fornia, was considered by the govern-ment to be in open rebellion. Can-tu professed to be astonished by thisview of his position and denied thecharge. He said he had been advisedthat the provisional government wassending two bodies of troops, number-ing about 3,000 men, against him, andthat he would have 4,000 men readyto resist in the field any attempt toinvade his province. He assured pro-tection to Americans and other for-eigners engaged in lawful occupationsin Lower California. The prospectsfor a stubborn conflict were goodthough United Statea Consul Boyle atMexican urged our government to use.its good offices to prevent hostilities.

T am surrendering because thecountry needs peace foi reconstruc-tion," said Villa to General Martinezwho arranged for the capitulation ofthe bandit chief. But the story comesfrom Mexico that Villa "has been giv-en very pleasing financial guaranties."His then are to be mustered out atTorreoh, and each of tHem is to re-ceive a year's pay and a tract of land.

There was some relief In Sight inthe coal situation in the United States,

NEWS REVIEW OF

CURRENT EVENTS

Bolsheviki Must Aacept Miller-and- 's

Terms if They Want toNegotiate Peace.

LUDEIiDQRFF OFFERS ARMY

Will Provide a Million Germans toFight Russia, on Conditions

Armistice for Poland VillaSurrenders, Cantu Rebels,

in Mexico.

By EDWARD W. PICKARD.The dove of peace Is being treated

roughly in Europe. Every time onenation puts up a nice perch for herto alight upon, some other nationshoos her away, insisting that shemust sit on Its perch or stay up In theair.

Premier Lloyd George thought hehad found the way of peace with theRussian bolsheviki and went to Bou-logne to tell Premier Mill erand allabout it and to get his Indorsement.But Mlllerand had his own ideas, andthe result was that the little Welsh-man hurried home, virtually admittingthat the Frenchman's plans must pre-vail. Briefly. Mlllerand declares thatIf the London conference proposed bythe soviet government Is held, peacewh Poland must be the first subjectdiscussed, and that representatives .ofPoland and all other states borderingon Russia must be Invited to partlci- -pate In the meeting. Another condltion Is that Baron General Wrangleshall not be delivered up to the bolsheviki

Milierand's first consideration is thesafety of Poland, which he Insistsmust be constituted a buffer state tokeep bolshevism out of Germany. Hedid not need even to mention the claimfor recognition of the Russian debtto France, for the discussion did notget that far. He refused to sign thenote to Moscow stating the conditioitsof the conference. vSo Llovd Georcrereturned to London, pretended hewas quite satisfied with the situation,and said the note would be forwardedto Russia as soon as it had been approved by Italy.

iucaiiwaiic i uiiinu is neinjj overwhelmed, and If she is to be aided, theform of aid and the source from whichii is to come remain undecided.tenner ureat liritaln nor Italy Is ina P0mon Poetically to send troops.

.uirtiijr wu not permit the al"es .

transport munitions - of warnrn ner territory nor to turn over10 ouind the arms and ammunitionsne surrendered to her conauerors. Tn

Germany rests on the terms of1 ne Peace treaty. France alone couldsend an army to the : rescue of theroles, and this she may do.

omer alternative Is offprprt.General Ludendorff, the former German war chief. Is said to have toldtne British charge d'affaires at Rpriinthat he will raise an army of 1.000.000men to fight the bolsheviki If the allies will consent. But his conditionsare that Posen be returned to Germany and that certain clauses of the

"eaty of Versailles be annulled, amongthem those

.dealing with Danzifrl ThisC7- - -

""u,u uc u miter pin for the alliesswallow, but it is in effect the pre--

I. p" a,so of Winston Churchill,:J lj"llsn war minister, who asserts

Germany alone can stop the for--ward marrh nf hnichavtm: permIt her to do so would aid her? recover speedily her place among

me nations, such a recovery proba- -y s aesireo Dy those who would prof--

1. "uuucluuy inereoy, but not many

"L"C18 "re.aeepiy concerned In it.

Friday saw the becrinnlmr nfarmlstlce between the Poles and thesov!et Russians and the start of ne--gotiations for peace in the town ofBaranvitchl. Fighting was supposedto cease at that timP--. but It was con- -

u up 10 me jast minute, the bol- -sheviki capturing Bialystok and forcing the Poles steadily : back towardWarsaw. The Lithuanians restricted