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The daily times., 1921-05-16
COURT TODAY

The Criminal term of the Wilson
County Superior court opened this
morning with Judge Calvert presid-
ing. The civil term of the same
court will convene next week.
His Honor delivered a lengthy ard
earnest charge to the grand jury at
the opening of court and went over
the various offenses prevalent today.
A negro named Bud Hoskey who
was charged with snatching a purse
from lady in Sharpsburg was ac-
quilted of that charge, but was also
charged with carrying a concealed
weapon. His honor has not yet de-
cided that case.
was charged $4,000 for borrowing
an automobile and pointing a pistol
at John Lind.
Walter Edwards was also charged
$4,000 and costs for taking an au-
tomobi1e, the property of Rossie
Gay He was also compelled to pay
the prosecutor Gay $1,000 for the
use of the car.
The case being tried this after
noon and which has excited the most
interest is that of John Hinson, who
is already on the roads serving a
sentence for disorderly conduct and
resisting an officer. He was brought
from the RAIDS for the purpose Of an
swering a charge of abandonment
from his wife, who alleges he did not
support her and compelled her to
submit to other men.
There were a number Of wit
nesses who testified to the truth Of
the statement. Her father, ]. l..
Whitfield, stated that he eceived a
letter from his daughter saying that
she was sick. He came down to see
her while she was rooming over the
European cafe in 1919. He found
her sick and John would not sup
port her.
She wanted a glass of milk and
John did not get it for her. She was
very weak and almost skeleton her
father said. She went to his home
later on and remained there. She
has left him and is now working at
a knitting mill in Rocky Mount to
support her child.
The court is busy with the case
as we go to press.
The larceny of tobacco cases will
come up on Thursday.
The daily times., 1921-05-16
ENGLAND READY TO
MEET IRISH LEADER
Meanwhile Bloodshed Con-
tinues i'm Ireland in Parts of
England

Dublin, May 16.-Premier Lloyd
George says an Irish newspaper has
offered to meet Eamon De Valera or
other Irish leaders without condi-
tions. Valera replied if the Premier
made such statement in public he
would give a public reply.
Dublin, May 16-Three govern
ment officers and the wife of one of
them were shot and killed in an
ambush last night in county Galway.
The party was riding in a motor
car when it was ambushed by 40
men.
Military and police reinforcements
sent to the scene were fired upon and
one of the police seriously hurt.
Liverpool, May 16.-Six houses in
widely separated parts Of Liverpool
were raided and set on fire last
night.
The daily times., 1921-05-16
PRIVATE ALIENS
AWARDED DAMAGE
SUIT AGAINST COL.
GARDNER HAS APPEALED
Governor Morrison Convinced
That Something is Wrong
With Application for Par
dons for Men Tried and Con-
victed and Who Have Not
Had Time to Enter Upon
the Sentence Imposed.
GARDNER HAS APPEALED
(Ry Max Abernethy)


Raleigh, May 16.-The policy of
the adjutant generals department in
connection with the verdict given by a
Davidson county jury last week of
$500 damages against Col. j. T.
Gardner of Shelby, former National
known today with the return to the
capitol of General John Van B. Metts,
executive head Of the department.
Reprts reaching the capitol and the
that Colonel Gardner will take the
case on appeal to the Supreme court.
There is nothing official however, at
the department until Adjutant Cen
eral Nets geos into the case and
communicates with Colnel Gardner.
The Office is vitally interested in the
suit, which is rather novel to North
Carolina.
James r. Allen, former private
in the army, brought suit for dam
ages against Colonel Gardner follow
ing his arrest in the streets of Char
lotte in May 19, 1918, the National
Guard ofhrer ordering his confine-
.ment in the city jail there overnight.
Governor Morrison, reading many
applications for pardons daily is con-
vinced that something is out of Joint
somewhere along the line in connect
ion with requests for the return of
people to liberty who have been duly
tried and convicted in the States
courts.
The fact that has impressed the
governor most about applications for
neys petition for pardons for pris-
ners who have never served a single
day of their sentence. To the governor
all such rquests are groundless and
he is treating them as such. The fact
that a man has been tried and con-
victed is to the chief executive's s
mind some Indication that a law has
been violated; he wants to see the
criminal and law breaker pay his
penalty.
Only by refusing requests for par
dons for prisners who have never
begun their sentences, the governor
thinks, can respect for the States
laws, it's courts and it's officers be
maintained.
North Carolina posts of the Amer
lean Legion are being asked by the
War Department to censor the 'slack-
err list which will be sent to the pa
pers for publication.
The daily times., 1921-05-16
AURORA BOREALIS
ONANNUAL SPREE
Wire Service In America, Eng
land and Northern Europe Is
Affected.

New York, May 16.-Aurora Bore
ais annual spring frolic with tele-
graph and cable lines which has in
terrupted the service intermittently
since Friday night continued today.
The companies expressed belief how
ever that the magnetic tremors popu-
larly known as northern lights had
nearly spent themselves.
The main trouble today was delay
of commission ythe Pickering lights.
Cable companies reported many of
their receiving coils had been burned
out. The wireless stations also were
somewhat affected.
The daily times., 1921-05-16
.BAPT|STS OPPOSE
MOTION PICTURES
AND MODERN DANCE
MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN
The Divorce Evil Would Be
Met by the Baptists by
Teaching the Sanctity of
Marriage to the Young Peo-
pie, Want Early and Proper
tionate Disarmament, Urge
Quiet Sunday.

Chattanooga, Tenn, May 16.-An
intensive evangelist campaign cal
culated to reach all local Baptist
churches Of the cou4try and secure
aid. i nthe plan to enlist all their
members in a personal soul winning
campaign during the coming year
was. adopted by Southern Baptist
convention today on the opening of
it's fourth days business.
The leadership in the evangelistic
effort will be taken by the conserva-
tion commission of the rs million
campaign in cooperation with all
state and associate organizations.
Denunciation of the motion picture
as at present exhibited was contain
ed in the annual report of the social
service committee was large factor
in breaking down the moral sense
and weakening the moral fibre of the
people.
Other recommendations by this
committee called upon all the
churches to take a positive. stand
against modern dancing and mob
law. They denounced the alleged re-
bellion of the liquor traffic against
enforcement of the law, urged the
formation of civic leagues to en-
courage greater respect for law and
fuller enforcement of the law, sug-
gested evil, asked the establishment
of prohibition of excessive and COM
Sunday, closing of fairs and CONNER
cial exhibits on Sunday and urged
Congress to take steps toward early
and proportionate disarmament.
The daily times., 1921-05-16
REVERSE DECISION
OF GEORGIA COURT
IN BANKING CASE
SUPREME COURT RULING
The Georgia Court Ruling Had
Been Designed to Enjoin
the Federal Reserve Bank
of Atlanta From Taking
Steps to Collect Checks.
Drawn ON Non-Member
Banks in the State.

Washington, May 16.-FederaI
reserve banks have not the right to-
insist on par collection of checks or
five member banks the Supreme court
ruled today.
The court reversed the DEGREES OF
the Georgia courts which had been
designed to enjoin the Federal Re-
serve bank of Atlanta from taking
steps to force collection of checks
drawn on numbers of Georgia state
non-member banks "excelt through
the usual and ordinary channels"
In opposing the injunction the
Federal Reserve bank claimed one Of
the principal purposes of the Federal
Reserve act was to establish par COL
lection of checks throughout the
country.
The daily times., 1921-05-16
COTTON.

New York, May 16.-Cotton fu-
lures opened steady. May 1890, July
1915, Oct. 1928, Dec. 1854, Jan.
1859.
New York, May 16.-The Euro
pean political situation and continu-
ance of British labor troubles check
ed buying but did not materially sti-
mulate selling. Business was COM
paratively quiet and after opening
unchanged to points higher the
fluctuations were irregular.
The market at noon was as fol-
lows: Jan. 1879, March 1902, May
1892, July 1874, Oct. 1886, Dec.
1868.
The market closed at 2:15 p. M
as follows: Jan. 1895, March 14.24,
May 1888, July 1887, Oct. 1880,
Dec 1885.
Spots Wilson market 10 lac.
The daily times., 1921-05-16
REPORTING CROP ACREAGE
Us HIGHLY IMPORTANT

Mr.. Frank Parker of Raleigh, State
agricultural statistician, was in Will
son today. Mr.. Parker is urging the
Importance of the listing by the far
mers of their crop acreage with the
tax lister.
The securing of accurate informa-
tion of the crop acreage in the State
is of utmost Importance. Not only is
it important to the authorities at
Raleigh, but the information is i'm
portant to the farmers. In that way
they can ascertain the location of
certain crops, he can learn where
there is a shortage of certain pro-
ducts or an over production.
\ Every farmer lin Wilson county
has a keen responsibility in the mat
ter. The landlord, who resides in
town or elsewhere, has a respnsi-
bility. He knows better than his ten
ant the size of his farm, while the
tenant knows probably better than
the landlord the crop acreage on the
farm. Thus it is important that the
tenant confer with the landlord over
the report. There should be care that
there is not a duplicate of the report,
that is both tenant mad landlord must
not submit the report, but they
should confer and submit one report.
The daily times., 1921-05-16
INCREASED VALUE :
TAXED AS PROFIT
The Supreme Court Decided
favorable to Governments
Contention

Washington, May 16-The gov
ernment won today in the Supreme
Court its contention that increased
value of any capital assets must be
considered in a corporations project.
when taxes are computed!
The courts decision was given i'm
the Lobe1le Iron works from a ruling
of the treasury that ore lands pur-
chased for $19S,000 in 1904 must
be returned in the 1917 report at ten.
million dollars and profits tax paid
on the difference. The opinion today
sustained this ruling.
ttThe meaning of the act as to i'm
vested capital is clear" says the court
cit was to cover the actual cost OF
property ,disregarding anything that
does not change the value Of the fn-
vestment."
The daily times., 1921-05-16
URGE UNION MEN TO n
STAND BY THEIR GUNS

Albany, Ala, May 16.-Declaring
a crisis is upon American labor as
result of the so called open shop
movement w. M. L. Harrison presi-
dent in his address at opening sess-
ion of the Alabama. Federation of La
Dor called upon union men to stand
by their guns unless they want to be
hurled into industrial slavery"
In every strike large or small the
'open shop advocates" with all the
means they can muster attempt to
defeat the purposes of the union men.
The daily times., 1921-05-16
INQUIRY INTO WEALTH
OF JUDGE DEVEREUX

Tulsa, Okla, May 16.-The investi-
cation of the Judge John 'Devereux
death mystery yesterday veered to an
inquiry as to what became Of the
judges wealth, for in the past two
months he is known to have had con-
siderable money, including the miss
ing ten-thousand dollar note.
S. c. Stockard, of Wilmington, N.
c., personal representative of Mrs.
Samuel T. Ashe, sister of Judge De-
vereux, wired today that he would
reach Tulsa Monday to direct the
search for the last will of Judge
Devereux and in other ways look af-
ter Mrs. Ashes interests.
The daily times., 1921-05-16
MUTILATED BODY OF BRIDE
FOUND AT LONELY SPOT.

Florence, Ala, May 16.-The
mutilated body of Mrs. Myrtle
Williams Seay, bride 20 years
old, was found by searching party
on q lonely hillside near Stuart
Springs a short distance outside
the corporate limits of Florence.
F.. w. Seay, the husband with
whom she left the home of her
father at 9 O'Clock last night is
missing.
The woman's head had been
crushed and an attempt had been
made oburn the body, accord
ing orepOrts. Both Seay and
his wife are prominently con-
nected.
The daily times., 1921-05-16
MARKETS
STOCKS.

New York, May 16.-Dealings on
the stock exchange in first half hour
pointed to a continuance of the re-
cent reactionary movement. Suma-
tara made a further recovery OF 3
points but was promptly cancelled.
Mexican Petroleum first quotation
showed a large fractional gain, but
this was Immediately forfeited. Other
rails reflected similar tendencies.
Amang the less distinctive issues
were New York Air Brake and Sears
Roebuck which were distinctive ,fea-
lures.
The daily times., 1921-05-16
NEWBERRY CALLS ON
THE PRESIDENT

Washington, May Ex-senator
Newberry Republican of Michigan
who recently resumed his official du-
ties after reversal by the Supreme
Court for violation OF the corrupt
practices act made his first call ON
President Harding today.
With his colleague Senator Town
send he asked the President to ap-
point Fenton R. McRary of Flint,
Michigan to some diplomatic post.
Mr.. McRary is former minister to.
Honduras.
The daily times., 1921-05-16
CARPENTER HAS LANDED.

New York, May 16.-Georges Car
pentier, European boxer arrived here
today to start work training for the
worlds championship bout with Jack
Dempsey in Jersey City, July fourth.
Tex Rickard promoter of the bout
was at the head of an official well
coming party which awaited Carpen-
tier arrival at the dock. Rickard and
Dempsey already had sent the French
man greetings by wireless.
The daily times., 1921-05-16
AMERICAN WOMEN HAVE
NARROW ESCAPE

London, May 16.-Four Amer
ican women engaged in relief work
at Constantinople narrowly escap-
ed drowning i'm the Bosphorus
sea says the COnstantinople COR
respondent of the Daily Mail.
They were i'm a row boat in mid
stream when it sprang a leak and
sank.
A Miss Cushman sank but up
on rising managed to seize her
dog by the collar and the animal
tOwed her to safety.
Miss Asher and Mrs. Uhlis swan
ashore. The fourth member of the
party was a Miss Caldwell.
The daily times., 1921-05-16

The occupants of every house thus
visited have relatives serving in the
Rayo1 Irish constabulary. The
inmates in some cases were gagged
and bound to the furniture and
drenched with kerosene and set the
furniture afire and in some in
stances the helpless people were left
to the mercy of the flames.
The daily times., 1921-05-16
GERMANY PLEASED OVER
LLOYD GEORGES DECLARATION

Berlin, May 16.-German: newspa--
pers expressed pleasure over declara-
tions made on Friday by Prime Min
lister Lloyd George of Great Britain
relative to the situation in upper
Si1esia but they give warning against
German march into Silesia such
movement would result in war be-
tween both French and Poland.
The daily times., 1921-05-16
MILLS RESUME TODAY.

Macon, Ga, May 16.-The Ameri-
can Cotton Oil Mills, employing $50
men, will resume operations tomor-
row, after a long shut down.
The daily times., 1921-05-16
SHOWERS IN THE EAST

For North Carolina cloudy in the
west and showers in eastern portion
this afternoon and tonight. Cooler
tonight and on Tuesday partly cloudy
with probably showers on the coast
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-10-25
UNION LEADER AND LABOR BOARD CLASH
BOSTON VESSEL AWAITS
CANADIAN CHALLENGE

BOSTON, Oct. 25-An ocean
race between the Bluenose, Can
ada's crack fishing schooner which
yesterday won the sailing cham
pionship of the North Atlantic and
the Mayfiower out of Boston, dis
barred from the competition after
being nominated as American de-
fender, awaits only a challenge
from the Canadian. Fred l..
Pidgeon, managing director of
the Mayflower associates, said to-
day that the local fishermen
would meet Bluenose or any other
Nova Scotian vessel off Halifax or
outside this port if challenged.
His statement was made after re-
ceipt of an informal inquiry from
Halifax where Captain Angus
Walters of the Bluenose last night
was quoted as saying he stood
ready to meet Mayfower if the
purse was large enough.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-10-25
DANVILLE GIRL
SENDS STORY OF
NEW FERTILIZER
Miss Cobb Writes Inter.
esting Letter From

Miss Grace V. Cobb of Danvllle,
who is visiting her uncle in Rome,
Italy, has sent to the editor the de-
tails of a remarkable discovery N
the use Of war gases which may
revolutionize farming and farm
fertilizers. The first shipment of
this newly discovered fertilizer nas
been sent to Miss Cobb's father in
Danville, where he will be the first
to experiment with it in this coUn-
try next Spring. Her very inter-
esting letter follows:
Rome, Italy, Oct. 1, 1921.
To the Editor:
Some time ago l wrote you a
letter telling of a personal expert
ence of mine in the Austrian Ii
rol. | am induced to write again
by the consideration that what |
have to tell will be of more in
terest, and certainly of more i'm
portance, to your readers than any
personal adventure.
After the deadly havoc of war
it is refreshing to see "swords
turned to pruning hooks" What
! have to tell is Of the most deadlv
Of all means of warfare being
turned into most productive
means Of agriculture.
Prof. Domenico Lo Monaco, di-
rector of the Institute of Physiolo
gical Chemistry Of the University
of Rome had already made import
ant discoveries in medical science
which had given him an
international reputation. When
the Germans and Austrians be-
gan to use asphyXiating gases on
the French and Italian fronts, the
Italian government requested the
laboratories of the universities to
devote themselves to the study of
such gases with a view to finding
adequate means of protection for
the soldiers against gas attacks.
Pref. Lo Monaco did discover a
means which saved an enormous
number of lives during the latter
part Of the war. But what is of
special and lasting interest is
discovery made during his investi-
cations. He found that earth i'm
pregnated with such gas when
planted with seeds produced plants
of amazingly rapid growth and
sturdiness.
AS Prof. Lo Monaco pursued
his studies he realized that Hum
boldt had made similar ones with
gases in their effects on seeds. But
Humboldt failed to produce any
practical result. Fortunately for
him, if not for his experiments, he
had not the great war for colabo-
rator.
The first season he devoted to
experimenting on a little farm out
side one of the gates of Rome
Continued on page 81
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-10-25
Stone Advises General Chairmen They
Needn't Attend Meeting Tomorrow
Judge Barton of u. S. Labor Board
Says He Has Notified All Parties
to Appear at Conference
(By the Associated Pressl J

CLEVELAND, Oct 25-W. S. Stone, president
OF the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers today
coroboraed reports that he has advised the general
chalrmen of the engineers that they need not
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-10-25
DEALERS DO
NOT EXPECT
RAILROAD STRIKE
Some Have Expedited
Orders and Swift Has
Increased Supply

A representative of the Caledon-
ian-Record visited some of the
wholesale houses Tuesday morning
and the grain and coal dealers to
ascertain if they were making any
preparations for expediting freight
or purchasing additional supplies
in event of nationwide railroad
strike. The only firm that has in
creased their orders for products
above the normal is that of the
local branch of Swift & Co. Mana
ger Steele has ordered two extra
carloads of meat, which in case of
strike would only last week.
Mr.. Steele added, however, that no
one need fear a meat shortage as
Vermont not only raised plenty of
beef, but that several of the supply
stations of the Chicago corpora
ton were located in New England
and the various plants could be
stocked up by transporting goods
by trucks.
None of the grain dealers have
ordered beyond their normal sup
ply, but one firm has been ezpedi-
ting some of its cars of grain and
feed so that in the event of q
strike the cars would not be tied
up at junction points for an indefi-
mite period. One of the coal deal
ers has also wired the dealers to
hustle his orders along for the
same reason, but none of the coal
dealers have ordered beyond their
uusual amount. One reason for this
is the possibility, already strongly
hinted at in the nress, that freight
rates may be materially lowered in
the immediate future.
The wholesale houses are max
ing no preparations for securing
any additional supplies, so far as
they could be seen Tuesday morn
ing. 1t is rather significant thatnot
one of the dozen representatives
dealers and merchants interviewed
believed that there would be a
strike. The nearest approach to a
belief in the strike was expressed
by one of our veteran business
men who said that he would make
no prediction for future events, re-
minding his hearers that no one
believed a few years ago there
would be a great war but that the
>ataclysm came just the same.
A telephone to Supt. Ahern's
office in .Lyndonville brought out
the information that a good many
applications had already been re-
ceived for help on the Boston G.
Maine railroad in the event of
strike as a result of the advertis-
ing in the Caledonian-Record.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-10-25
N 'cHANE HORSES
Hal :. GOOD
SEASON
Fine Snow Path Races
In Prospect at
LyndOnville

Miss Abby Brino, Pony Express,
z. C. B., and Paw Roll, the horses
from Geo. McShane's stable of
Lyndonville were shipped from
Gardiner, Maine, after the races in
that place Wednesday, arriving
home on Saturday, having com
pleted very successful season of
racing at the New England fairs.
Both Pony Express and Pay
Roll won at Gardiner, and y. c.
B. got second in his race. For the
season these horses got first
money IA times, and second 13
times out Of SO races in which
they were entered.
Pony Express started 10 times,
and had five first, four second, and
one 4th. Best time, 2.13A made
at Brattleboro, a new record.
Miss Abbv Brino started eight
times getting 3 firsts,7 and five
seconds, her best time, 2.13 Il,
equalling her original record.
z. C. B. was started IL times
and had / first 8 second, 3 third,
2 fourth positions and was only
twice behind the money. HIS
best work was at Brattleboro,
where he finished close in a 2.10
mile, in the second heat of his race
there.
Pay Roll was started 7
times getting firsts 1 second, and
| fifth, and new record of 2.15 Il
at Brattleboro.
The local horsemen are looking
Continued on page 81
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-10-25
MAY POSTPONE OPENING
ARMAMENT CONFERENCE

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25-Post-
ponement of the opening meeting
of the International conference or
armament and far eastern affairs
until the morning Of November II
was intimated as probable today
by high officials. Conflict between
the programs originally drafted
for the conference and that for the
ceremonies incident to Armistice
Day burial of Americas unknown
soldier was given as the reason for
the probable postponement.
The American delegation has
not yet considered the question of
reduction in the land military es-
tablishment. The position of some
officials was indicated today as be-
ing that nothing on the subject of
land endorsements had been found
to make consideration of that
question immediate and the Amer
lean army's strength was now re
duced to a minimum. Informal
suggestion that the armament
conference would consider the
question of international exchange
and other phases of finance met
with fiat denial.
MURDERER OF THREE
SENTENCED TO HANG
MIDDLETOWN, Conn.,, Oct. 25
Emil Schultz, who was convict
ed of the murder of three members
of the Ball family last week, was
sentenced to be hanged on April
10, 1922, at the state prison by
Judge w. M. Maltbie today.