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The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02
The one h,1nf

The one hundred million dollars de.
! f1c1ency appropriation bill, carrying
100000 for prohibition enforcem ent
until July l, was passed by the house.
1t now goes to the senate
| 1t is reported that President Har-
ding has no intention of acting at any
time soon on the BOrah disarmament
| rider, unanimously passed by the SEN
ate, to call conference of British, Jap
anese and American representatives to
work out plans for naval holiday"
under which each country would re-
duce, if not altogether abandon, naval
Building for the next five years.
It is stated that William Jennings
Bryan, noted presidential candidate Of
bygone days, will practice law in Wash
fngton.
1t is authoritative1y stated that the
president has definitely decided to ap-
point William Howard Taft to the va
cancy on the Supreme court bench.
Despite the opposition of Senator Hi
ram Johnson David H. Blair of North
Carolina has been confirmed as COM
mission of internal revenue.
A conference of senators from the
Southern and Western states directly
interested in agriculture was recently
held in Washington. It is non-parti-
san effort on the part of the senators,
and no attention will be paid to party
lines.
Georgia led all Southern states in
the number Of signers to a petition pre-
sented to Chairman Fordney by a COM
mittee of congressman requesting that
hides and vegetable oils be placed on
the dutiab1e list in the permanent law.
A definite statement outlining the
conditions upon which the United
States would extend recognition to the
Obregon government of Mexico has
been prepared for submission to Pres
ident Obregon. The conditions for rec
ignition are practically identical with
the recommendations made by Secre-
tary Fall in his report at the last ses-
sion Of congress as chairman of the
of the senate foreign
committee which investigated
The Mexican situation
The economy drive against the $685. !
100000 naval appropriation bill was |
'ecently shattered in the senate when |
many increases recommended by the |
laval committee were adopted.
Edward Douglass White, chief jus
ice Of the United States and native
ION of Louisiana, was laid to rest in
Oak Hill cemetery with the profound
st simplicity, only the comforting
words of the Catholic liturgy being
poken over the tenement in which he
ermerIy dwelt
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02
MEETING TO DISCUSS ROADS
Representatives of Twelve Counties
Make Pleas for Reclamation From
Tennessee and Virginia.

North NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. natives
of twelve counties assembled in mass
meeting in Wilkesboro to discuss
roads, and Commissioner r. A. Dough-
ton, of the seventh highway district;
Commissioner J. Elwood Cox, Of the
fifth district, and Commissioner w. G..
Wilkinson, of the sixth district, heard
the eloquent, earnest, even prayerful,
plea of Avery, Wautauga and Ashe
counties, which, along with Allegheny,
compose the group of counties known
as the lost Provinces" for the state
of North Carolina to reclaim them
from the states of Tennessee and Vfr-
ginia and give them outlets that can
be used the entire year for CONNER
cial purposes, and thus give them
trade connection with cities and towns
in western, Piedmont and eastern
North Carolina.
The road meeting was the largest
ever held in this section Of the state.
The twelve counties represented were:
Avery, Wautauga, Ashe, Allegheny,
Surry, Yadkin, Davie, Forsyth, Iredell,
Alexander: Wilkes and Catawba. In
it surpassed the overflow
meeting held in Yadkinville few
days ago.
Judge Finley was chairman of the
meeting and under wise leadership
the convention was one of perfect har-
mony and accord. Following his OPP
ening remarks, the keynote of the
meeting, spokesman for the counties
present were heard.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02
IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD over
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
The NEWS OF The SOUTH
What 10 Taking Place In The South.
land viii BE Found In
Brief Paragraphs
Foreign

Seventy-five African natives belong
ing to fanatical tribe were killed in
battle with the police near Bullock
according to a Central News dispatch
to London from Capetown.
The Silesian town of Leschnitz, re-
gently occupied by German volunteers,
is under bombardment by Polish ar
tillery, said advices from the Silesian
front recently.
Smoking ruins marked the site of
the historic customs house of Dublin.
which was burned by a raiding party
of civilians. During the night sullea
bursts Of the flame in the twisted cha
os of stone and steel lighted up the
scene, about which British armed
forces kept Vigilant guard.
Thirty-eight cases of bubonic plague
with 25 deaths were recorded in Tam
picO, Mexico, and environs in April
and May, it is declared in dispatches
received by Havana port authorities.
Charging through fighting mobs and
firing as they ran, British soldiers
broke up number of riots growing
out Of the recent elections in Belfast.
Arson war has broken out in Ireland
again. Several big mansions of loyal
lists in the Cork region were recently
ruined by incendiary fires as groups
of civilians in Dublin sadly viewed the
ruins Of the customs house, still smoul-
dering twenty-four hours after the at
tack, and reflected that here burned
the funeral pyre of their peaceful
hopes.
The Cork, Ireland, fires are regarded
as cOunter-reprSal in answer to the
burning of civilians houses at Black
Rock soldiers as a government reprisal
for shooting outrages"
Four battalions of British troops on
the Rhine began their advance to Up
per Silesia recently to reinforce the al
lied troops already there
By vote of 419 to III the French
chamber of deputies has declared it's
confidence for the present at least in
the policies of Aristide BRAND and
his government, refusing to be STAN |
peded into overthrowing the cabinet |
at the instance of the Tardieu faction. |
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02
Many Bankers at Convention.

Greensboro.-North Carolina bank
ers, hundreds Of them, drawn from
every community in the state, crowd
ed with Greensboro citizens into the
county courthouse here for the open
fng meeting Of the twenty-f1fth annual
convention of the North Carolina
Bankers association. Bankers from
other states, notably from Virginia,
helped to swell the assemblage.
The main feature of the evening
was the address of the president Of
the association, William A. Hunt.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02
Death Of Near Centenarian.

Hickory.-The funeral of S. Moses
Abernethy, who died in Charlotte,
was held from Wesley's chapel in the
presence of large company of rela,.
tives and friends. Born in Catawba
county 81 years ago, Mr.. Abernethy
literally grew up with Hickory. When
he was boy deer, turkeys and bears
ran wild in this section, and he told
how turkey hunters would destroy
whole forests with fire in order &c
drive the birds In to the open to r.
&AAk
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02
A "RED HOT" RED LETTER Bull
LETIN WAS ISSUED FROM
THE STATE OFFICE.
QUICK ACTION IS NECESSARY
Sample Headlines From Numerous
Publishers Throughout the coun-
try are Quoted in Bulletin.

Statesville.-A "red hot" red-lettel
bulletin was issued from the state of
fee of the North Carolina Merchants
association. Danger, Stop, Look, Lis
ten, Merchants are Still Under Fire"
in bold type and red ink, are the first
words the thousands of merchants Of
the state receiving the bulletin will
read. The bulletin also warns the
merchants that unless the merchants
act quickly, concertedly and with de-
termination, something worse than
the outlawed Lever act will plague
them" Sample headlines from leading
publications of the country quoted in
the bulletin in red type inclued the
following:
"Measuring-Rod for Prices Recon-
mended by President Harding" Re-
tail Prices the Sticking Point Says Re-
serve Board" Special Committee to.
Probe Merchants Profits Harding to
Follow Wilson and Palmer in Fight
on Merchants" Hoover Advises Pub
lie to Force Merchants to Reduce
Prices" High Retail Prices Holding
Back Prosperity Federal Trade
Commission Tells President Mer-
chants Are to Blame" Anti-Prof1teer-
ing Bill in North Carolina Legisla-
ture."
The bulletin contains an open let
ter addressed to the unorganized mer-
chants of the state.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02
Only "spIendid Memories"

Beaufort, S. c. Only splendid
memories of the heroic dead of the
North and South remain and the "bit-
terness engendered by the nations
great sectional conflict is over" Sec
rotary DENLY declared in a Memorial
Day address here.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02
Domestic

Governor w. P. G. Harding of the
FEDERAL reserve bank, speaking in Nash
vile, Tenn, recently, declared that the
world outlook is brighter than it has
been in months.
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, American
ace, known all over the world, had a
narrow escape when his plane smashed
m landing at Cheyenne, Wyo., recently
The Federal International Banking
company, during the first four months
or its existence, loaned $3,152,8S9.17.
1t is announced in New Orleans, almost
solely in the financing of export shin
ments.
Mrs. Arthur A. Hanna, wife of a Lex
ington, Tenn, 1umberman, was struck
by bullet and fatally wounded at her
home when her husband mistook her
for burglar. Hanna said he was not
aware that his wife had left her bed
and mistook her for burglar.
fredericksburg, Va, probably the
second oldest city in the United
States, and which was the landing
place of Capt. John Smith and his par
ty of adventures in 1903 the year after
the settlement of Jamestown by the
English, celebrated it's 250th >anniver-
sary May Is.
The sixty-third annual meeting Of
the general assembly of the United
Presbyterian Church of North Amer
lea has opened in Philadelphia with
80 commissioners, representing sixty
three presbyteries Of America, in at
tendance.
Nnn TN0i@ Do -
troll Of the Los Angeles and Salt Lake
railroad by purchasing the stocks and
bonds of former Montana Senator w.
A. Clark and his associates.
Roy Powell, charged with having
recently slain Rev. r. F. East, a min
lister of the Poplar Springs, Alabama.
communitl, was shot and probably IA
tally wounded by officers who attempt
ed to arrest him.
Mariana has taken another step in
the direction of progress. This step
was the organization of a local chap
ter of the Florida Federation of Bust
ness and Professional Women's Clubs.
The meeting was largely attended and
was presided over by Miss Lillian Kill
patrick, an active business woman of
Determination to insist upon moth
ing less than actual union with the
other branches of the Presbyterian
church was expressed at the 1880 gen.
eral assembly of the Presbyterian
church in the United States, in ses-
sion at Winona Lake, Ind.
More than 100 new wage disputes,
submitted by railroads of the country,
in which the roads ask reduction of
wages all along the line, are before the
railroad labor board, sitting in Chi
cago, to be adjudicated.
Governor Taylor Of Tennessee re-
Gently pardoned seven men in Jail in
connection with the killing of w. A. |
Benson, a strikebreaker, in Nashville, |
Tenn.
The sheriff of Cherokee county.
Georgia, was wounded and a deputy |
killed by unknown parties as the Off |
GERS were taking an alleged moonshiner
to jail at Background.
Rev. Louis Seymour Nudge of Har-
risburg, Pa, was elected stated clerk
Of the Presbyterian church at the 1880 |
general assembly at Winona Lake, Ind
He will take office April l. 1922
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02
Favor Fusion With Germany.

Salisbury, Austria.-In the referen-
tum held here the vote was virtually
unanimous in favor OF fusion with
Germany. With 80 per cent of the
returns already received, only a few
hundred votes were recorded against
fusion.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02
Lapland Rich in Minerals.

Stockholm - The Swedish geolo-
gists who made a survey of Lap
lands mineral wealth report they have
discovered extensive copper deposits.
One vein is more than SO yards wide.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02
Gives Birth to Four.

New Haven, Conn.-Quadruplet
three boys and a girl, were born to
Michael and Josina Sealso. The ba-
bies are healthy and perfect The
smallest weighs four pounds and the
others range four and a half to five
and half pounds
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02
Appalling Airplane Accident.

Misunderstanding. Gen. William
Mitchell, assistant chief of the army
air service and formerly in command
of all American air forces in France,
had a narrow escape from death in
the storm in which the new army Cur
tiss-Eagle ambulance plane crashed
with loss of seven lives.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02

Charlotte. Five hundred dollars
and costs was the fine imposed by
Judge ]. Laurence Jones upon John
Threat, Trade street restaurant own
er, charged with receiving whiskey
The case was tried in police court the
morning previous, but Judge Jones
withheld decision
Threat was dissatisfied with the de-
cision Of the court and took an ap-
peal to a higher court.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02
Tree Makes lot of Lumber.

Merrill, VISA pine tree, said to
be the largest in Lincoln county, was
hewed down. The stump was Sc
inches in diameter and Alb feet of
lumber scaled down from the logs.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02
200 Bills of Indictment.

Greenville, S. C.-More than 200
bills of indictment charging violation
of the national prohibition laws will
be handed to the federal grand jury
when the United States court for the
western district of South Carolina
cOnvenes at Anderson
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02
To Strengthen Crown Forces.

London.-Mr. Lloyd-George, the Pre-
mier, announced in the House of Com
mons that it was proposed to streng-
then the crown forces in Ireland and
that statement would be made to
parliament on the subject when the
arrangemen were completed
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02
Mummy is 1910 Years Old

Atlanta, Cattle mummy of the
historically famous morgantic wife of
the Egyptian king, Amenophis III, who
died about 1920 B. c., has just been
received at the museum of the Emory
University here
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02

COncord.-The district meeting of
the sixth district of the grand domain
of North Carolina, Knights of Pythias
was held here with many delegates
from Salisbury, Lexington, Albemarle,
China Grove and other points in the
district present. r. S. McCoin, of
Henderson, grand chancellor for North
Carolina, was among the visitors, and
spoke at the banquet at the evening
session.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02
American Woman Decora+rd

Madrid. - King Alfonso decorated
Mrs. Joseph e. Willard. wife of the
American ambassador, with the Or
der of Noble Danes of Maria Luisa at
dinner at the American embassy.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02
Federal Aid to Railroads.

Washington. Payments, so far
made to the railroads by the treasury
department under terms of the trans
oortation act covering reimburse
ments Of deficits during federal con-
troll and as guaranty payments, total
s404.949.233.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02
Release 1900 Prisoners.

Lisbon, Portugal 1900 roy
al1st political prisoners nave been set
free under the vote of general amnes-
ty for all such men passed by Parlia-
ment on April 9.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02

Davidson.-The active way in which
work has begun here ON new resi-
dences to be built for the charging
faculty of the college, with brickma-
sons, carpenters, 1umbermen and 9TH
ers all busy, would indicate that pros
perity was threatening to look IN on
this settlement and declare the de-
preston of the past months a back
number.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02

Greensboro-The board of educa-
ton of the Methodist Protestant
church in North Carolina, at a meet
ing here selected High Point as the
site to locate the college of that de-
nomination.
Three places were considered, High
Point, Greensboro and Burlington.
High Point offered a site of 60 acres
and 100000. 1t was this offer which
was accepted. The church proposes
to put $4,000 into it's college at the
beginning.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02
French Honor American Dead.

Paris. - Memorial exercises were
held in every American cemetery in
France and even on isolated graves
of Americans who died in this country
during the war, wreaths were placed
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02

Winston-Sa1em-H. Goodman, of Bal.
timore, charged with promulgating
fraudulent advertising, was fined S25
In the municipal court here, and in ad-
dition 30-day road sentence was i'm
posed, capias in the latter to issue
on motion of the solicitor, if the de-
PENDANT is found in the state within
the next two years.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02

,Asheville.-More than 1000 block
ade stills have been captured by Off
GERS working out of the Asheville head
quarters since January I, 1920, &C.
cording to an announcement by Chief
Prohibition Officer J. Henry Reed, who
stopped work with his assistants fol.
lowing orders from Washington.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02

Wilson.-At the recent meeting of
the thirteenth district of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy here a
marker at the grave of Mrs. Rebecca
M. Wtnborne, who made the first Con.
federate flag, was unveiled.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02

Morehead City.-Many North Caro-
linians will journey to Morehead City
on the occasion of the opening ball to
be given at the Bedsworth Hotel ON
June 8, which Harry Foote manager,
has just announced as the grand open
ing. A grand mardis gras and carni-
val will feature the two opening dates,
June 3-4, and large number of peo-
pie from all over the state are ex-
pected.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02

Fayetteville.-What is said to be
the largest electrical contract ever let
In this state was secured by a Fayette-
Vile firm when A. r. Moffitt and COM
pany, gas and electrical contractors
OF this city, won over 1877 competitors
in the bidding for the electrical con-
tract for the Southern Furniture ex-
position building at High Point.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02

Wilmington-With a resounding
smack and an accompanying. splash
that came up to the expectations of
those familiar with sidewise launch
ings, the hull of the concrete river
steamer, General D. H. Rucker, hit
the waters of the Cape Fear river at
the Newport Shipbuilding company's
yards
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02

Rocky Mountaineering to notice
sent out by the president Of the North
Carolina Federation Of Colored Wo-
mems clubs, the federation will hold
its annual meeting in this city June
10 to IL. An interesting program is
being arranged for the session, the
chief feature being an address by Mrs.
T. W. Beckett, of Raleigh.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02

WinstOn-Salem.-W bathing in
a creek here, Tom Walker, II year old
negro, it is charged, dragged his COM
panion, Clyde Lawson, IL years old,
into the water, apparently to force
him to learn to swim. The smaller
boy sank Immediately and was drown
ed and the larger had a narrow es-
cape.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-02

Charlottesville Washburn Press,
which has carried on a job printing
business in this city for many years
has just received papers of incorpora-
ton, the / stockholders being A. H.
Washburn, Paul Palmer and James G.
BOmar.
The company expects to continue
the business of the Washburn Press
The authorized capital is 100000.
Evening star., 1921-12-11
IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES

burtis. for the business staff. Re-
porsers for departmental and section
news and section agents were very
busy Friday afternoon preparing their
first copy. The paper will be issued
twice q month, eight pages in size.
and will have much of professional
interest In 1t that will be of interest
to the alumnae.
The first meeting of the Junior
Students Science Club was held on
Tuesday. The club aims to review
the several sciences taught in the
high school and then to select such
parts that may be used in teaching
children better and more practical
living. The program committee. rep
resenting all sections of the junior
classes, consists Of the Misses Bell
held, Keliher. Larkin. LeHew. Lam
biase, McCubbin. Murray. McCullom
Parton, Stearns. Shoemaker, Thom-
son and Trainham.
DR.. Hiromichi Kozaki. pastor of the
First Congregational Church in To-
kio, addressed the Normal School
Wednesday morning. He was accom-
panied by Mrs. Kozaki, president OF
the Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety of Japan, and Mrs. Kawashima
In charge OF a kindergarten of sew
enty children conducted by the
church under DR.. Kozakfs charge. He
spoke of the interest in Japan In edu.
cational matters and of the recent de-
velopment OF normal schools. Mrs
Jessie Woodward Phinney accom-.
panied the Japanese delegation
Though the school. g.
Evening star., 1921-12-11

course in Negotiable Instrument
Cases" Friday evening. In taking
leave OF the class she expressed her
high opinion Of the class Of 1922 and
that 1t compared most favorably with
the nineteen other classes which she
had taught in negotiable instruments
In the college.
Prof. George Kearney. who has the
class in negotiable Instruments, an
nounced examination on same Decem-
Der 81.
The practice court sat Tuesday
evening in two divisions with Judge
Alfred d. Smith presiding and as
sisted by Prof. Edwin A. Mooers.
The honorary dean. Mrs. Ellen Spen-
Ger Mussey, was Friday evening the
guest Of the Rhode Island Avenue Cit
ixens' Association. She spoke on the
subject OF juries. and advocated legis-
latfon making women eligible in the
District Of Columbia for jury duty.
This legislation has been recom-
mended by the United States Attorney
General to the judiciary committee
Of the House Of Representatives.. She
also advocated the change in the law
to permit in civil cases a verdict
where three-fourths Of the jury
| agreed. She declared the matter OF
juries was a subject Of great impor.
! tance and merited the interest of every
good citizen.
Evening star., 1921-12-11
COLLEGES.
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV.

The director Of student activities
has announced plans for a musical
comedy, to be given in the spring.
First tryouts were held in Lisner Hall
Wednesday night under the direction
Of William S. Becker and F. W. Ross
Cecil B. De Mile and one Of the lead
ing musical directors in Cleveland
Ohio, has written the music, and
Clyde M. Kramer the lyrics. Stu
dents Of the university have produced
tho book Of the show, and the pro-
duotion will be polished in rehearsal
by e. Mortimer Shutter. at N.w York.
director.
The university Arts Club i. con-
Quoting q campaign to establish q
miniature Greenwich Village as a
studio for it's members. The club will
secure rooms I'M the vicinity of the
school and decorate them with true
Bohemian Atmosphere" Winifred
Devos is president Of the society; J.
J. W. Palmer, vice president, and
Phoebe Gates. secretary-treasurer.
The Pyramid Honor Society last
Of men Of the senior class who had
shown conspicuous service in student
activities.
Ell Circuio Espanol, the Spanish club
Of the university. held its frst mixer
in Lsner Hall Friday. A Fiesta de
flores," . costume dance, was an
nounced for December 16.
DR.. Gertrude Richardson Brigham,
instructor in archaeology and art,
will conduct q party Of twenty art
students in q tour Of European art
galleries this summer. The party will
leave June II and tour by way of
Naples. Pompeii, Amalfi. Sorrento. the
Blue Grotto and Rome. A special