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Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-09-02
Midway Letter.

Mr.. T. E. Davis, the faithful
manager of the Midway Company
store, has resigned and takes a
position as bookkeeper with
McRae Gro. Co., at Rockingham.
Mr.. Davis has held a position
with the Midway Co. for eighteen
years, giving efficient service to
company and operatives. The
regret of his departure is deep,
but we are pleased to know he
will still be near. Congratula-
tons, Tom.
A building has been erected in
front of the Co. store in which
Mr.. Atlas Williams will conduct
a barber shop.
Rev. w. R. Coppedge preached
at the Chapel last Sunday night.
We are always glad to have him
down.
The Methodist Sunday School
is to have a library soon, which
we hone will prove a great benefit
to the pupils.
Mr.. Ben Covington takes
charge of the Co. store, and will
still be assisted by Mr.. John
Copeland. Ben and John are
both clean boys and we commend
them to their patrons.
Mr.. Tom Covington takes the
place vacated by Mr.. B. in the
cloth room as shipping clerk.
We are please to note your an
ticipated space to be devoted to
Church and religious works.
Perhaps we can find just where
we ARE at" then, as we have
five religious sects in our village
and don't know just how many
denominations.
A number have gone from here
to Kershaw, S. c., to consult the
faith doctor and still more intend
going, l understand. Think it
useless for Dennis to go unless
for mental treatment. He seems
a little depraved in the craninum.
General cleansing and repairing
has been the program here for
the past few weeks. Superin.
tennent Sanford has his crew
busy all the while.
!. We do not care for further
demonstration of women S
rights" if that was a fair sample
displayed some days back. 1t
was almost enough to bring
bushes to the savage. The vile
epithets and indecent language
that is reported to have filled the
atmosphere to the disgust of all
IN hearing. The next action Of
this kind will be dealt with same
as if it were "man's rights"
Quad.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-09-02
Hard 20 Do.

speaking Of remarkable memories,
there goes man who has one"
what. can he do that is so ex-
traordinary?"
"He can name all the statesmen who
were members Of the principal Euro-
pean cabinets six months ago. Bir-
minghaTn Age-Herald.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-09-02
Still In Scotland.

Officer Shores Sunday broke up
a 75-gallon still in Scotland coun-
ty, near the Turnpike bridge, on
Drowning Creek. 600 gallons of
beer were poured out.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-09-02
Pee Dee M. P.

A revival meeting will begin
at Pee Dee M. P. Church on next
Sunday morning at. II o'clock.
Everybody come so that we can
have a good meeting.
J. w. jenkins.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-09-02
Baby Carriage Wanted.

Wanted. to buy a baby car
riage; must be nice one, in
good condition. Communicate
with the Post Dispatch.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-09-02
How Il 10 Done.

II don't see how some Of my friends
are able to have automobiles"
'fgt is not 80 difficult as you think,
old man. The wives help out wonder
fully. A woman will go without an as
tonishing number Of things for thel
sake. Of q car"
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-09-02
what Ne Less Out.

'This curbstone orator says he had
the crowd going"
'He didn't complete his sentence.
BE should have added another word
after going"
@And what word is thatT'
Away"
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-09-02
Position Wanted.

Young lady with experience de-
sires a position as position as
bookkeeper. Address Box 46, Ben
nettsville, S. G., Route !.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-09-02
CONSCIENCE SATISFIED.

"Lizzie, will you be miner Ml
"Not on your life" l,aM
"DOn't you love meT
"NO, I don't and never did"
"Are you sure?"
Absolutely sure! I would rather DO
shot than to marry your
"Thank you for them kind words.
Lizzie. / had to ask somebody to mar
~ me in order to do my duty, but now
that I have been refused I will never
have to ask anybody else. Now my
conscience will allow me to be q merry
bachelor and save money for my old
age"
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-09-02

Don't boast about what you have done.
Nor wear old laurel on your brow.
The thing that counts In life, my son,
Is only what you're doing now.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-09-02

my daughter il engaged to q ysrH
promising young man."
.Yes, ! know him. He has PRONE
ised to pay me the money he boz
rowed from me when he got hold o.
yours"
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-09-02
ANEW ldea

"What did Mrs. Comeup have to ear
about their plans1T'
''She says they are going to buiIa
themselves d barcarole' ID the egz4
perbs."
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1920-09-02

EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Church of the Messiah)
Priest in charge
SANFORD LOUIS RoTTER, M A.
Lay Reader Beverly Tucker Payne
Service every Sunday at IL a. m.
Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Eugene Payne, Supt
New-York tribune., 1920-05-26
Riley in Conference
With Sugar Brokers
Chief OF ''FlNng Squadron" Is
Said To Be Investigating a
Mysterious Rise in Prices

Representatives of the city's largest
SUGAR brokerage and jobbing interests
conferred yesterday with Armin w.
Riley chief of the Department OF JUS
tice flying squadron" in the offices Of
Czarnikow- Rionda e. Co.. 112 Wall
Street.
Representing the sugar interests
We're Manuel Rionda. E. L. Lueder, of
Minfcrd & Lueder, 1O6 Wall Street, ana
A. II. Lamborn, of Lamborn g. Co., 1872
Front Street. The meeting was behind
closed doors. 1t is understood that
ore of the conditions discussed was
the steady rise Of sugar prices during
the last ten days despite the campaign
of the flying squadron" to curb prof
tecring.
Two indictments were returned by a
Federal grand jury yesterday - one
against an alleged sugar hoarder and
the other against an alleged sugar
profteer. Both were unimportant cases
Involving small amounts Of sugar.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-26
Re}iney.s Held ia
Boston Sugar Plot
T'co arrested or Charges
Of Hoord;ng and Prot
iteering on q Big Scale

BOSTON, May 25.-The Federal gov
ernment today took action against
sugar refnera here FOR alleged prof.
teering and boarding.
The Revere Sugar Refners and Henry
+. Worcester, its vice president, We're
charged with eXacting excessive prices
and with holding sugar from the mar
ket The American Sugar Refining
manager, were charged with selling
SUGAR al excessive prices. The com
plainants asserted that the companies
haG made millions OF dollars by hoard
ing and regulating the price.
Worcester and Green were arrested.
The government says that the com
panics set the price Of sugar for all
New England except Connecticut. 1t
is alleged that the rehner es sold 20
independent companies who acted as
brokers and who violated an agreement
reached at conference in Washington
for regulating distribution of sugar to
the retail trade.
The Revere refinery, which grows
sugar, according to the complaint,
withheld It's product from the market
to the extent of millions of pounds,
creating a scarcity, with attendant high
prices. 1t is charged specifically that
on April IA at this port the Revere
refinery withheld $4,000 bags of sugar
and that on May 2l it eXacted exces-
sive pr ces on another lot.
On the latter date the American com
pany is alleged to have eXacted price
OF from IS to q cents pound for
sugar which cost the company only 612
cents pound.
The quotations in the governments
complaint were on sales at wholesale.
Federal agents asserted that they
found evidence of 57,000,000 pounds
Of sugar which had been bought at
prices from 6.5 to cents pound and
sold 20 wholesalers al range of Is to
22.9 cents pound These agents said
the Revere refinery had withheld to
date 70 per cent of its production.
The amount of SUGAR VIII ch was be-
New-York tribune., 1920-05-26
Retail Prices
Down to STAY.
Asserts Simon
Head of Big Fifth Avenue
Firm Says Reductions
Have Educated the Public
to Demand Lower Costs
Clothing Trade Hit Hard
Lack of New Sales and
Many Cancellations Have
Disconnected the Dealers

Asserting that his firm has not yet
bought uee dollars worth of mems
clothing for fall, Franklin Simon, pres
ident of Franklin Simon & Co.. Fifth
Avenue retailers, ventured the opinion
that retail prices are down to stay.
In an interview published yesterday in
a clothing trade daily paper. Mr.. Simon
said the present widespread reductions
at retail were educating the public to
lower prices and that in the last anal
ysis merchandise is worth only what
the, consumer will pay for it.
The clothing trades, while suffering
from lack of new sales, also are re-
celvlng an unusual amount of cancel
iatlons on old orders not yet delivered
and great number of returns OF mcr-
chandise already shipped
Many Cancellations
Tho average retailer" according to
the manager Of cloak and suit manu-
New-York tribune., 1920-05-26

the testimony of Mr.. Hoover yesterday
that if these suggestions had beer
adopted the American public TO-DAY
would be paying not in excess of la
cents pound for sugar retail"
i do not see why they SHOULD be
paying 13 cents" replied Mr. Wilmot
"Will you be good enough to figure
out what would have been the retail
price for sugar to the Al--ricqn rub.
llc to-day had these suggea ea,lons been
carried out,'
Six and a half cents-add SO for
1relght-and duty, and give the refiner
two and a half cents-I sutpose taat is
all he wants-that is IL cents, the re-
finer could sell it at, less Z. and cent
tor the jobber; say II cents-it would
be about Il cents"
They thought they would get enor-
nous prices?'
Mr.. Wilmot In reply to questions
then testified that his company has
been paying 10 per cent dividend. and
that last September its surplus was
$22,ocoo0o. This surplus, he said, was
increased s5,500oo0 last wear. The
total capitalization is slS,ooo,o0o.
Chairman Lusk asked many ques-
toms about the organization of the
Cuban American Sugar Company and
its subsidiaries which Mr.. Wilmot tes-
tilted owned a half million acres of
sugar cane land. Then Chairman Lusk
asked:
You have among your board of
directors the President of Cuba, Presi-
dent Menocal?"
There were few more questions, and
Chairman Lusk asked:
Menoca! on Ten Years
How recently had he basn on your
ooara Of directors
""ell,' replied Mr. Wilmot, she has
been on good ten years or So
down there?''
Next May it will be eight years"
Was she taken on before or after
he became President ?"
lie was with us before. He ceased
10 be with US when he became Presi-
dent, except that his name STAYED
there. He never wished it to be taken
off, and we had no objection. He
never attended any meetings
The rest of the examination tended
to show that the sugar production has
increased steadily in Cuba since 1913
and that last years production was
unusually large.
hr baIle, OF austin, Nichols & Co.,
told the committee that the high cost
was caused in large measure by
loafers on the pay rolls, men who
would not DO full days work and who
loafed At every opportunity.
He said his firm was losing money
on the sugar handled and that it was
forced to buy much of its sugar from
spectators.
During the examination Of Mr.. Balfe,
Mr.. Morse said:
1T has been testified here that there
are probably million and half tons
Of raw sugar either in Cuba or in
transit, or in s;orehouse in Cuba CT
here, or in the refinerics or somewhere
| would like to ask you if you know
where that sugar is; where it is stored;
who has it?"
Mr.. Balfe looked hopeful.
81 don't know where it is, but wish
did" he replied earnestly.
The rest OF Mr. Morse's questions
along this line indicated he believed
that spectators were holding this
sugar.
The hearings will be resumed to-
morrow afternoon at $50 O'Clock in
the Offices of the Attorney General 81
Chambers Street.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-26
Lever Act Is Upheld
By u. S. Circuit Court
Judge Manton Rules Amend.
ments Governing Profiteers
Are Constitutional

SYRACUSE, N. Y, May 25.-Federal
Judge Martin T. Manton. of the Circuit
Court of Appeals, this morning de-
ciared the Lever act amendments,
under which profteerlng indictments
>have been obtained, to be constitu-
tional.
He dismissed demurrers filed by
Weeds, Inc, Of Binghamton, to its in
dictment for profiteering on eight
counts and ordered that Weeds pro-
ceed to trial here at once.
Judge Manton was one of three
judges of the Circuit Court Of Ap-
peals before whom arguments as to
the constitutionalty of the Lever act
amendment were argued ten days ago
in New York
New-York tribune., 1920-05-26
Montana Man to Open
Democratic Convention
U: Bruce kremer Gets Office a,
First National Meeting West
Of she Rn,k;as

- WASHINGTON, May 25.-U. Bruce
kremer, of Montana, vice chairman Of
tne Democratic National Committee,
will call the Democratic National Con-
r"nt'on to order in San Francisco on
June 2s
Mr.. kremer was selected, the ma
tlonai committee announced tonight,
because Chairman Cummings has been
designated to act as temporary chair
man OF the convention, and it was
h1u"ht fitting that Western man
should open the first convention of the
party to be held west of the Rocky
Mountains
New-York tribune., 1920-05-26
Wilson Approves Promotions
OF Nine To Be Rear Admirals

WASHINGTON, May 25.-Approval
by the President sf naval selection
board recommendations that nine Of
fieers, now holding the temporary rank
Of rear admiral, be promoted to the
rank on the permanent rolls was an
nounced to-day by Secretary Daniels.
The officers, all of whom now hold the
permanent rank of captain, are Jos an
s. Mexican. Newton A. McCally. An
drew T. Long, Thomas Washington.
Guy r. Burrage, Ashley II. Robertson.
Samuel s. Robson, Charles F. Hughes
and Henry A. Wi;.v.
The boards recon Of per-
manent rank Of captain for twenty-five
commanders also were approved
New-York tribune., 1920-05-26
Price of Silk TumbIinc

=, "A cor contract bureau is being formed hv
'..;t,. rnt DIX Association of America to deal
KIN ,cahce1IiIatlons or returns of mer-
Woolen and Worsted Mannfactnrars 10
New-York tribune., 1920-05-26

ing. held on April Ia was set by tn
Federal Investigators at 60,00000
pounds
Worcester and Green were released
on their personal recognizance, afte,
a hearing had been set for June d.
The Independent Sugar Company
jobber was charged with obtaining ex.
cesslve pr ces in another complaint II
was alleged that it sold for 242 cents
a pound sugar which was bought 70,
II cents pound. Meyer IsaRson, gen
eral manager, represented the company
before the Federal Commissioner, and
agreed to be in court for a hearing on
June A.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-26

went on record last week as opposing
cancellations.
The price of silk is tumbing rapidly
and will soon drop under wbac it was
in pre-war times, said Mitsu Schgeeda,
ganeral manager of Mitsu Koshi &
Co., which operates a big department
store in Osaka, Japan. He was a pas
senger for Southampton on the Ameri-
can liner New York yesterday. He said
there are enormous quantities of silk
IN the warehouses of China and Japan.
Japan. he said, will have to unload her
SILK at a sacrifice
New-York tribune., 1920-05-26
Cuardsmen Seek Recruits

A drive for recruits will be begun
by the 23d Regiment, National Guard,
Of Brooklyn, in the armory tonight.
There will be a boxing show this even
ing, stag smoker tomorrow evening
and athletic games on Friday night.
New-York tribune., 1920-05-26

tfaeturlng tg establishment which does a
business of $5,oOo0 600 year. Ms SO
disconcerted by this wave Of price
slashing 5. and the publicity it has gained
IN the newspapers that he wants to
take no chance on the future market
ana m consequently y is getting out of his
commitments wherever possible"
cancellations of orders for plush
and Other pile fabric coats for fail
selling. he said, amounted to but 7 ner
cent Of the total of about $1,000 .o0n
worth of orders his rm had taken
In the mems clothing trade manv
retailers who placed orders for fail
clothing in March have cancelled 5, q
large portion of them.
Cameo lations have been heavy in +ho
sinc; shoe trade and have resulted in in the the
closing Of some of the New Enqland
and Brooklyn factories or have @lrNt cnt
down their operation to a few dsvs ~
week Retailers and other user of
cotton, goods are cancelinp orders IN
such large quantities that the Con
Verters' Association, composed of shout
llo leading houses, this week nassed
bers OF the body to refuse cancelIa :
tlons and insist upon accentance Of
merchandise" "a
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-08
inland RAILROAD
PROPERTY DIVIDED
SPOKANE & INLAND EMPIRE
RAILROAD EVIDENTLY NOT
SOLD TO MILWAUKEE,

| SPOKANE, Wash.-2:29 p. m.-
| (By A. P.)-Articles of incorporation
of the Spokane & Eastern Railway
and Power Company, capitalized at
$1,OOOOOO were filed here this after
noon.
The Inland Empire will operate the
Inland electric railroad line to Mos
COW and Colfax and the Spokane &
Eastern will operate the Coeur
d'Alene division, the street car sys-
tenn and other property. F. E. Con
nors, receiver of the property, and
Waldo G. Paine, are incorporators
for the bondholders.
The above special dispatch received
by The Star-Mirror this afternoon,
evidently disproves the story that the
Spokane & Inland Empire railroad
had been sold to the Milwaukee. The
latter road tried to buy the electric
system several years ago but Jim
Hill "beat them to it" and got con-
troll. Hill interests are largely
blamed for wrecking the road which
was only used as feeder for the
Hill systems and as the Hill interests
controlled the Northern Pacific, that
line was favored to the detriment of
the electric railroad The bondholders
of the electric road bought the road
at receivers sale several weeks ago
for about $3,6O0,000 and announced
that many needed improvements
would be made and the road would be
made to pay. 1t has more than paid
expenses since Mr.. Connors was ap-
pointed receiver and took the active
of the road
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-08
NAVY RECRUITING OFFICER
is COMING TO MOSCOW

Charles Fox, navy recruiting of
ficer in charge of the recruiting sta
tion at Lewiston, Idaho, will be in
Moscow Friday, January 9, seeking
men for the navy. In announcing his
visit here and appealing for men fo1
the navy, Mr. Fox says:
SIN the Navy you have the oppor-
tunity to see the world. Now, when
great changes are taking place in
governments and peoples, is the time
to travel and see these history max
ing changes. The business future of
this country is dependent on trade
with foreign nations. The Navy will
equip you to fill an important place
in this development. Have you ever
longed to see for yourself the Dia-
mond Pagon and the Temple of
Heaven in China, the great bronz
idol of Buddha in Japan, the Pyra-
mids of Egypt, the great ruins of
temples in Greece and Italy, the gla-
ciers of the Straits of Magellan, the
thousands of other wonderful places
in the world? Seeing these is all in
the days work in the Navy. The Navy
offers this to you free-and adds to
it course of study, with competent
and sympathetic instructors and free
textbooks"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-08
SAN FRANCISCO GETS 1920
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

P)San selected
national After
the
date opening the convention
Versailles 0 Nations
WASHINGTON(By A. PA resolution Versatile
in
earned the contempt of the world hrong months
The called
of
Exchange Notifications
PARISBy P)The
decided hold the ratification
office
Wilson Challenged Debate
PIERRE D-Presden Wilson
pendent democratic
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-08

! business life was the capacity of a
clerk in the office of County Clery of
Whitman county, where he remained
for three years. He then went into
the grain and milling business as rep
resentative of the Campbell Sanford
Henley Company of Portland, oper-
ating in that capacity throughout the
Palouse country for nearly three
years. In 1906 he took over the man
agement of the Bank of Pennington
and remained in that work until a
few months ago when he disposed of
his interests, and since that time has
been looking for new connections of
fering larger field. After visiting
likely towns in Wyoming, Montana,
Oregon and Washington, he finally
decided that Moscow offered better
opportunities than any other place he
had visited. His long residence in
this section and direct contact with
the farming interests especially quail
fly him to be of beneficial service in
Moscow.
Speaking of his new sphere to the
Star Mirror representative today Mr..
Renfrew said: 81 have spent several
weeks in other states looking for a
satisfactory banking connection and,
as the result of information gained
first hand in many directions, am
convinced that Moscow offers better
inducements than any town of twice
its size in the northwest. It's growth.
in the past has been on the steady 4
permanent kind, and / look for SINH
lar growth in the future only on a
bigger and broader scale. The great
farming country surrounding Mos
COW is the most productive of it's
kind in the United States, while the
educational advantages offered by
the University of Idaho and the
splendid public school system insure
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-08
DIETZ PLEADS GUILTY AND
GETS 80 DAYS IN JAIL

SPOKANE. -(By A. Ply William
H. ("Lonestar") Dietz, former coach
of Washington State College, and the
Mare Islands Marines foot ball teams,
pleaded guilty in the United States
district court here today to a charge
of falsifying his draft QUESTIONABLE.
He was sentenced to serve 80 days
in the county Jail, starting at p. m.
today.
The government charged Dietz
claimed he was nonresident Indian
born on an Indian reservation and re-
ceived government allotment, and was
engaged in necessary occupation
The government declared he is an
American citizen. TLs jury which
tried him on a similar charge, dis
agreed June rs, last
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-08
Carpenter Makes Proposal.

PARIS (Wednesday-By A. P)-
Georges Carpenter is willing to con-
cede 20 to 80 pounds weight in order
to meet Dempsey, according to a
statement tonight to the Associated
Press, by his manager, Descamps-
Carpenters manager said he is will
ing to split 100000 purse offered by
Coffroth, 60 per cent to the winner
and $4,000 per cent to the loser.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-01-08
FIRST NATIONAL
BANK MAKES CHANGE
w, C. RENFREW BECOMES THE
ACTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT AND
BUYS BLOCK OF STOCK

The Moscow Star Mirror is pleased
to be able to announce that W. c
Renfrew, who has just arrived III
Moscow, has decided to remain ano
become a permanent citizen of this
city.
Through negotiations recently com
pleted by J. K. Mccormack, president
of the Union Securities Co., Mr.. Rem
frew, for thirteen years connected
with the Bank of Pennington, Farm
ington, Washington, and the banking
interests of Alfred Coolidge and A. F.
McClaine of Spokane and the Palouse
country, has acquired substantial
interest in the First National Bank
of Moscow, and will be elected to the
position of active vice-president at
the annual meeting of the directors
of that institution on January 18th,
next.
The increasing volume of business
and the Importance of the First Nat
ional Bank, justifies more executive
heads, and we are pleased to welcome
Mr.. Renfrew, and from the long ac-
quaintance we have had with. him,
we believe that he will be a valuable
to the city.
Mr.. Renfrew was born at Cotton,
Washington. His parents later
moved to Colfax, where he received
lis education in the public schools of
hat city. His first experience in