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HICKORY, N. CM MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
m prisons 'city costs were
SHOW LARGE ARE Oft freed FAIRLY LAHGE
tl I B U L A U L Uy the Associated Prest ,
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lit' V-'M
M.urh tJ 1 . Decrease in
, ,,iii:,iiiin of state prisons
iuul southwestern
.tjril.uled in part to pro
.1 number of state prison
Other reason noted
;. h wanes and sUortngo
indeterminate sentence
,. , -tern. The falling "!t j
V, a- noted in reports oi-
Vv Associated Press, am - j
pv.untior I, 1920, to
, i ht!l ot me uuai on
r. Tim i.
;tin.u- on the decrease in
u a occurred, more pris-
i.iiiH'd prohibition than
,-,!itr!e reason. Several
,, : urial (conditions, gave
naUr weight than pro-
tty the Associated Prest
Washington, March 2
prenie court refused toda.
the conviction of Edward
ind r?t others en charges
hi sii-
review
derson
of con
spiring to violate the selective ser
vice and espionage acts.
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mi nKieae wiuu mv
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tin- i'' !'l'IU
Jul not h"heve
Li A., r ';i-ol nnu'
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11k'
id'.", w hen
,f the states that re-
utcntiary reported
that prohibition
ALL DEFENDANTS
INiTME
N
! . . I . i . n vi'ritJ T1t
(TCllM' HI I."IMIIIS VtlO 'k
kit t"k place in nine
the total uecreas'- wip-
at r.M-ca.-e in sin mu
,,.,i i. iicl d-crea.e for the
, si.v. 't!'., one regaining
ami
cn-
dt'.ition-
'.V,v futures in the character of
',iu. and riminais were noted by
VCfal .WHr "HI' -i.iin.
I i,' ,. that there nas neen a
1 ; .. fivi!nn TV, nil.
fncfill levii-ae hi me r"""
ti,,ri of the country sam mmry
nn, warden ot the Wisconsin state
,. ,,t Waupun. '"This can be
nkunl in part to the restricted
t. nf intoxratimr liquor and also
the fact that labor has been
,ru' and High wages have been
WV (!n ii"t get as many
petit of-
the crimes
..I . . 1 . ..i.
a.-; oriiieny out
mni'.tui an of a much more se
ns nature. believe it is also
i,. thai a great many of these se
js crime are being committed
I the nilYnders are not being
I think you can sum up the
jati.'H hy aying that petit crime
. ileci't a.'C i and a more serious
i i. i ii. i
r nr. "t crime nas iukvii u
t'p-atly increased, and that the
rrcnta.tre i t arrcsis tor me more
u iiiiin.s i.s much less than the
t- fortni'Hy for petit crimes."
rr"!iil;tiori w;m said by luwner
M.I " .
liivii, mc.-i eiary or the .tinnosota
.t" hnanl of control, to be one of
" r r-i r: t ; i j 1 1 reasons for the de
a.c in numher of inmates in tlie
rint.Hta -tat', prison at Stillwater,
rn . I'.iirket.r, secretary f the Ar-i:i.a.-i
I'iit'-ntSary'' Co'm miss ion.
br.c t!." pt.isage ana enioirement
pp'hiMtion laws credit for the
rav thtre in the number of state
t?M, I,-.
fitl'.fials of the Kentucky prisons,
here the greatest drop in the lf
ati-. was noted, stiid that the de
,tn' th-r- was due in largv part t
- uiipvei-cilcntcd period of employ
nt mid high wages probably more
an pi i rlubiti"n. They said they
I not cxp'-ct th dr prison popu?a
n to siay at its low point for long.
In Oh.!'-', Warden Thomas raid
at th" main reason why the state
nitcruiary popluation had not de-
tvw in tiii; last few years was the
tcr.rinate sentence. It holds
l'Niirii.i4 li.n-r,,. Vi, tini1 Annfhitv
ason jriven by Warden Thomas was
t Oldo police were more active
llll those in somr r.thpr stfltos and
hcinging in more criminals.
"The reformer claims it is prohib
"ii that reduces our prison popu-
n wrote J. R. Jfirdan. chief
'.."iiniriaJ reciird dcoartmcnt,
r:'.: State Penitentiary. '"They
claim that since nrohibition has
''n in effect '('rime has decreased
" per cent.' Of course they do not
P"'t any opt; that is ir formed to
'If"-'' them hut it serves their pur
''v'' to fool the people a part of the
inif."
In Missouri, William R. Painter,
:'h;,'r"iJin of the state nrison board.
f'"i tliat tiroVi il ii !.n uriii! nrifi Mimic
i the rlecrease in number of prison
r -'ind that crime had diminished
,"'"""o!y along with prohibition. Mr.
''inter f,j,l that the merit svstem
runttt'i-
, - . v i I'l OHU(,l k-1 MtW VO V
nurifc to reduce their sentences by
''''''I hehavior. hatl operated likewise
' Ut flown t he ntrit nrienn nnnnla-
tif,n. '
'Ifi-k.
l!v the Associate; Prrss.
Williamson, W. Va., March 21.The
1G defendants tried in connection
with the death of Albert C. Felts, a
private detective, who was killed in
the Mattewan gun light on May VJ
today were found not guilt by a jury
in the county circuit court.
The defendants were formally dis
charged by Judge Bailey presiding,
but weie remanded to jail pending
bond arrangements on six other in
dictments charging them with having
been implicated in the death of six
ether private detectives.
The trial consumed 4G days.
News of the acquittal was shouted
to a large group of miners standing
at a window of the court house and
they received it with shouts.
Wives and relatives of defendants
stonncd the court room and embrac
ed them.
Williamson residents received the
verdict yuietly and there were no out
bursts except on the part of the
miners.
C;S" tho Associated press.
Washington, March 21. Govern
mental costs including interests and
outlays for permanent improvements
for the 2C0 cities of the countij oi
more th-n 30,000 or more exceeded
total revenues by $8,991,000, in 191'.),
according to statistics msde public
today by the census bureau.
Deducting the outlays for perman
ent improvements. the expenses
averaged Jpdo.Ol: per capita, ani :x
ceedt'd government costs-
TAX CIMISID RA
PfiRTIZANS BUS!
RalJigill- March . 21. Governor
Morrison's mail in Raleigh is piling
up with letters from all parts of the
state about the appointment of the
tax commissioner. Between the friends
of Col. A. Watts and Corporation
Commr'ssioner A. J. Maxwell the mail
bag every day is loaded down with
RDING URGES
TARIFF LAW
SOON
By the Associated Press.
Washington, March 21 President
Harding suggested today to Chair
man rordney that the house ways
letters 1 and recommendations for one and means committee sound senate
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IN UNITED STSIES
By the Associated Press.
Washington, March 21. The aver
age in density of population through
out tho United States of outlying
possessions was 35.5 per cent in 1920
as against 30.9 in 1910, the census
bureau announced today.
The Sorth Carolina density average
was 52-5 per cent.
GERMANY IB
ELECT!
Bv the Associated Tress
London. March 21. The railing by
King Constantino of Greece of three
clas.-'c.4 to the national colors, an
nounced at Athens Sun lay. in ail
probability portends a Greek offen
sive nL'ainst the Turkish nationalises
in the opinion of the Gre.k minister
i . .1 i n fi 1 tMV
i, j war. expressed m "
here today.
HUGHES - RESUMES
RIS GALLING
BE WES
By tho Associated Press.
Berlin, March 21. Germany won
f-n ( vtrwhelming victory in the ple
biscite held in upper Silesia yesterday
to determine the future national stat
us of that region, according to re
ports received here today.
Two districts were still missing at
0 o'clock this morning but the count
showed that 876,000 votes had been
cast for Germany and 389,000 for
Poland.
T?rtirr-fc! f inm Pl-Plail tiav t.Vint 4he
niervtew "
pieoiscue was ei.eiaii mimuui an
towUrd incidents.
MEfolrTili
inf. us en
i
SlTClPli
ftv iho Associated Prese.
Macon, Ga., March 21. After a
cessation of two days, taking of tes
timony was resumed in the federal
court 'here this morning in the trial
of 53 men indicted by a federal
grand jury of robbing the American
Express company of merchandise
valued at more than one million dol-
At the opening of court this morn
ing W. A. Hughes, star witness ior
the government, was again on the
stand and resumed his testimony by
taking up defendants whose names
begin'with J. He told the court that
he had transactions with Charlie
Johnson, one of tho defendants, to
whom he declared ne soiu goouis;
clothes and a pistol to J. L. Johnson
and other articles to O. C. Johnson.
MANDAMUS DENIED
IN COTTDN FUDS
su-
1STT
;v Hit: Ao"iatfd prpsa.
( hicmf., March 21. A campaign
Women's Christian Temper-
tie
By the Associated Press.
WnsViir.o-tnn. March 21. The
preme court today denied the petition
of D. H. Riddle and others, convicted
in the "Alabama cotton fraud case,"
Or a WritC .OI lliuiiuamu w.vx.
States District Judbe Gribb to cor
to show that the verdict was reached
by a jury of only 11 men.
Riddle were charged witn oota-.n-
1 fnrr TntC.n CdC
incr money unuer xais-c
through the selling ot interior cot
ton as higher grade. Sentences
ranging from 13 to 39 months were
imposed upon uiose uu"i"u "',,"
Vfint
"out
"inn for strict Sunday obscr
;i'd against tobacco is an-
",n;d on :- nlent. to betrin the week
" April .1.
- wet-.:, the announcement snfc,
' a w( ck jf prayer for tho cam
"''i ; n,l Sunday, April 10, will br-.
Mv. n olH. lo tK distribution of liter
I.ai"-,. fiy;:1s announcing the pro
''''uu f,,r the campaign are to ne sent
Will
'.Chicago, 111-, March 21. The
Methodist Episcopal church made a
net gain of 191,559 members in 1919
20, and 91,237 Sunday school enroll
ment, receding to a statement is
sued today by the Committee on Con
servation and Advance, from statis
tics gathered by Dr. Oliver S. Bake
tel of New York, for the General
Minutes or the Church. It raised $09,
831,081 for all purposes; of which
the pastors received $21,944,613. the
district superintendents $1,369,221,
the bishops $314,080. and the retired
ministers $1,369,409. New church and
parsonage buildings and improve
ments took $10,6-55.179. Debts to the
extent of $4,026,796 were paid. Cur
rent expenses used up amounted to
$11,210,835. For the Centenary and
benevolences including the receipts
of the two women's societies $-0.-005,727
was provided.
'Travelng preachers: cn trial, 1,726;
effective, 14,529; supernumary, 642;
retired, 3,537; total. 18,708; an in
crease cf 147- During the year 372
died and 28G located.
The total oaid for ministerial sup
port ..vas $24,988,323, a gam of $3.
098,199, or 14 per cent.
Church . membership: Baptisms.
130,561 (increase 44,627;) children
baptized. 153,601 (increase 29,945:)
preparatory members received 315,-1
907 (increase 128,490;) full member-i
on roll, 3,948,409 (increase 152,430;)
total membership 4.393,0988 (in
crease 191,959.) Deaths, 50,183 (de
crease 22,582.)
Sunday school; number of scrrrools,
35 871 (increase 451;) officers and
teachers, 392,106 (decrease 1,099;)
enrollment, 4,414.472 (ncrease 91,
237.). CLARA HAMON UNITES
WITH CHURCH; BAPTIZED
or the other
The governor is in Charlotte for a
week where he is attending to some
private business, closing up his resi
dence and disposing of his furniture
and getting a little rest. He has de
clared that he does not intend to
make the appointment until some
time near the date on which the now
official is supposed to take over the
work of the present .tax commission.
The law creates the office as May
first, so the probabilities are that
Governor- Morrison will not make the
appointment until sometime near
that date.
The gas companies of the state
whose rates are involved in the hear
ing set for next Tuesday have taken
to the newspapers in an effort to
combat the suggestion that they are
getting a much higher rate than they
are entitled to. Various com'panies
joined tonight in rending out a
statement to the paper:' showing
that they were not profiteering in
their gap rates,, and declaring that
the local conditions were such that
they have been unable to make gas
as cheaply as it is sold to the con
sumers in some other cities which
have been cited as getting a much
lower rate than any company in North
Carolina is getting.
The general impression is that the
commission will order some reduct
ion in the gas rates for the present
temporary rates were authorized at
a time when coal and other materials
used in making gas was at its highest
peak.
Both the companies and the cities
involved are lining up for a big fight
before the corpoi'ation commission on
Tuesday. Mayor T. B. Eldridge of
Raleigh is leading the fight for the
cities not because he is any more
interested than other mayors, but be
cause he is on the scene of action
and is the better able to collect the
data and information that wiii be of
general benefit to all the c ities whose
gas rates are involved.
ARE BLONDS FICKLE?
Springfield Republican.
Justice William Morris of the New
York Municipal bench started a for
midable controversy hy declaring
that on account of the fickleness of
blonds only brunettes will be accepted
as jurywomen in his court- If any le
gal precedents for this momentous
ruling exist they hsve not been made;
knoi.vn. and the observations of the
sagcr who are often cited with res
pect in courts -w;hen Blackstone and
the statute bokos are silent rather tell
against this aufdacious judg-?. Of
what complexion is the trustful her
cinec of the theater, persecuted, be
trayed, yet faithful to the end: wheth
er the endng is happy or the reverse ?
Everybody knows that her hair is
flaxen and her eyes are blue. Where
as the wicked adventuress was t.i e
deepest cf brunets even before her
rebirth as a vampire. It is true that
cynics have declared that in private
life their roles are apt to be revers
ed, but stage complexions are not so
irrevocable as to give this contention
much weight. The dramatic and lit
erary tradition may be taken as em
bodying the results of ages of exper
ience and observation.
It is tradition, of course, which
can exist only in lands of mixed
population where the two types ex
ist side by side, as is the case in
most European countries. We :-re so
apt to think of nations as either dark
or fair that most travelers are sur
prised to find how many blonds there
are in Italy and Spain, hoi-i many
brunets in Norway and Sweden. Some
ethnologists declare that in the Unit
ed States the blond is disappearing,
eine: replaced by a neutral brown-
haired type, but fair hair and blue
eyes are not yet so -rare that a judge
can hope to utter such a dictum with
out stirring up trouble. It may con
fidentl be predicted that Justice Mor
ris will be emphatically called upon to
substantite or retract his sweeping
charge, against a very considerable
percentage of a far from
sex-
i leaders as to the feasibility of early
passage of an emergency tariff that
iWtould take care of farmers.
The proposal was discussed at leng
th, but it was said the . committee
reached no definite conclusions.
STEAMER FREED
AFTER BIG BUTTLE
3v the Associated Press.
Milwaukee, M)irch 21. Battling
for five hours against wind, fog and
high seas, the Milwaukee coast guard
and the tug Conrad Stark released
the Pierre Marquette steamer and re
moved 48 persons from jeopardy af
ter the boat had grounded on a sand
bar Sunday morning.
COUNTY FARMERS
HEAR MARKET
EXPLAINED
WESTREN U. CASE
MUD UP TODAY
By the Associated Press.
Washington, March 21. At the
government's request, the supreme
court today moved up the case of the
state department refusing to permit
the ' Western Union from landing its
cable on the Florida coast.
COTTON CROP IN
1921 THIRD
IN SIZE
ERECT BUILDING
AG CULTUR
THIS iEAR
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Newton. March 21. The farmers
of Catawba county held a meeting at
the court house on Friday morning
for the purpose of discussing the
proposed cotton marketing association
which, the cotton farmers of the south
are trying to effect. This meeting
was under the supervision of County
Agricultural Agent J. W. Hendricks,
who reports that much interest was
shown, even though the attendance
nvas not more than one hundred.
Mr. E. S. Millsaps, district farm
demonstration agent, was present
and explained very clearly and for
cibly the plans by which this or
ganization will be operated. He also
made an interesting talk on the cot
ton situation cf the entire south.
The successful work which is being
accomplished by the Calif ronia Fruit
Growers Association was explained
and discussed very fully. The propos
ed cotton marketing association will
be .operated under the same principles-
, .
Mr. Hendricks states that m tne
near future every farmer in Cataw
ba" county will have an opportunity
to hesr the plans of this oigamzation
discussed more fully and then an ef
fort will be made to organize the
county. Meetings have been in two
different sections of the county since
the county meetings and much inter
est iwas shown -and the farmers are
ready an danxious to sign up the
agreement offered by the North
Carolina Cotton Growlers Marketing
Association. i
A Committee, composed of M. M.
Smvre, as chairman J. K. Smith, K
L. Shuford, H. L. Arndt, R. L. Fritz,
Jr- J W Hendricks and C. E. Long,
as 'secretary apd treasurer were elec
ted at the county meeting to take
charge of this work
STEAMER NEPTUNE
WAS S1K SUNDAY
Ardmore. Okla.. March 21. Clara
Smith Hamon, acquitted here Thurs-
fino of $10 000 in the case of Riddle day of having murdered Jake L. Ka-
and $1 000'each in those of his co-jmon, reputed millonaire and late Re
defendants.
If the reduction in wages by the
packers makes no more impression on
the retail cost of meat than did the
general reduuetion in meat prices by
the wnoicsaier, uie iivi'iubc
will not be interested in it.
The striking cigarmakers of Tam
pa have returned to work whipped,
r.'fc-r 'losing -12,000,000 fti wages.
But the labor leader didn't lose any
thing. Barium was right. Colum
bia Record.
publican national committeeman from
Oklahoma, last night was baptised in
the First Christian Church of Ard
more. bv Dr. Gravton S. Brooks, its
pastor. Mrs- G. J. James, of Los An
was baptized, sister of Mrs. Hamon.
was baotzed at the same time.
The baptism followed the Sunday
night service and was witnessed by
her family, a number of friends and
church members.
Accompanied by her family, Mrs.
Hamon attended the morning service,
after which she approached the pastor
and asked for baptism.
negligk-
WAUGHTOWN CITIZENS TAKE
UP FIGHT AGAINST LIQUOR
Bv tho Associated Press.
New Orleans, March 21. The
sieamship Neptune was sunk Sunday
off Cardenas, according to advices
received here today." Officers and
crew were rescued. 1 .
BIG CONTRIBUTION FOR
SCHOOL IN BRUSSELS
By the Associated Press.
Washington. March 21 The larg
est crop since 1914 and sixth larg
est in the history of the country was
announced today by the census bu
reau.
Ginning statistics for the 1920-21
season announced today by the cen
sus bureau show a total of 13,365,-
754 equivalent 500-pound bales com
prise the 1920 crop. That is about
2,769,000 equivalent 500-pound bales
less than the record crop of 1914 and
is slightly smaller than the 1904
crop.
The census department figures of
the past year show the crop to be
o 78, 7 54 bales more than estimated by
the department of agriculture last
December in its final figures.
Total ginnings in equivalent 500
pound bales by states follow:
North Carolina. 936,582, South
Carolina, 1,630,470, and Virginia. 20.-844.
CHAMBERLAIN TO
SUCCEED A. B. LAW
By the Associated Press.
'London. March 21. Austen Cham
berlain, chancellor of the exchequer,
.vas today elected leader of the unon
ist party. His selection, effected at a
meeting cf the unionists members of
the house . cf commons, was unani
mous. He succeeds Andrew Bonar
Lav, whose retirement, because of
ill health was announced last week-
SHERIFF STANDS
OFF VIRGINIA
IB
By the Associated Press.
Danville, Va., March 21. A mob
of masked men with hammers and
Scrowbars tried for twb hours last
night to break into the Halifax
county jail at Houston to seize Joe
Coleman, negro, held as a suspect in
connection with the killing of Wil
liam Ricks, a white man.
Failing to gain access to the jail,
the mob fired pistol shots through the
windows. No one was injured.
A delegation of the attackers first
demanded the keys to the jail. The
sheriff refused. The fire bell was
rung in South Boston and a hundred
citizens were pressed into ilervice.
The prisoners were removed this
morning.
1
UM
TO RE
FLIGHT FOR COAST
Raleigh, March 1. With th ad
ditional $75,000 appropriated by the
legislature at the last general session
tne department of agriculture hopes
to have a sufficient amount of money
with which to carry out the two year
old plans for erecting a new home
for the department. This additional
appropriation will give $325,000 for
this building, which amount will have
to cover the cost of removing the old
building now used by the depart
ment. The 1919 session of the legislature
appropriated a quarter of a million
dollars for this work, but the build
ing commission, after looking into
the suggested plans of the depart
ment and its needs advised that the
kind of structure nee("0 1 )o house the
various branches of the department
could not be constructed for $250,000
especially at a time when the prices
of building materials were higher
than they were during the war. Th?
1919 session of the legislature also
wanted offices put in the building for
committee hearings during the ses
sion of the legislature and for other
legislative purposes. At the present
time the capitol building has been
outgrown and legislative committees
are forced to find quarters anywhere
about the city they can. Thfe is not
satisfactory.
The additional $75,000 appro
priated by the 1921 session of the leg
islature was appropriated with a
view of giving the department suffi
cient money with which to construct
these additional offices. The board of
agriculture is ndw waiting until
some disposition is made of the work
of the old building commission in or
der to secure the plans that have
been made for the building, before
they take up the proposition of . ad
vertising for bids. In the meantime
the department of agriculture is mak
ing ready to move into temporary
quarters in a part of the museum
building and in the office annex of
the department. There is a large
amount of space in the museum
building which can be used for the
next two years for office space and
some of the offices in the annex can be
doubled up in order to provide ad
ditional room.
DRY FORCES TO FIGHT
PALMER'S BEER RULING
Wrinston-Salem, March 21. Reso
lutions asking for prison sentences
for violators of the prohibition laws
and calling upon Governor Morrison
to refuse to pardon men convicted
of the offense were circulated in the
five churches of Waughtown, a su
burb, yesterday morning and were
widely signed. They will be presented
to Judge Webb f superior court to
morrow morning- A law and order
league is to be organized at Waugh
tOAin to help the officers enforce the
laws. ,
The resolutions set forth that there
has been an increase in the illegal
sale of liquor, and declares that it is
a powerful force for evil in the com
munity. It pledges the support of citizens
of Waughtown in helping to stop the
sale of liquor, and urges superior and
municipal court judges to pass road
sentences
It pledges signers not to sign pe
titions asking for mercy or for the
pardon of people convicted of deal
ing in whiskey.
New) Yrork. March 21. The Rock
efeller Foundation announces the
contribution of 43,000,000 francs to
ward a total budget of 100,000,000
francs, for new buildings and endow
ments of the medical school of the
University of Brussels.
.The contribution is in conformity
witli fhp announced purpose of the
foundation "to serve the future of
European civilization through the
and extension of present
nrntrrnnis in the fields of medical
pdnention and public health."
Part of the new funds will go to
the establishment of a nurse training
cphonl in memorv of Edith Caveii
the martyred English nurse, and
Mme. Depage. the late wife of . the
well known Belgian surgeon. With
the queen cf Belgium, Mme. Depage
headed the activities of. the Belgian
Red Cross during the war and lost
her life on the Lusitania when re
turning from America after solicit
ing funds for warwork-
Here's hoping they will get all the
Yanks out of Europe by Christmas.
Hastings (Neb; Tvlbune.
by
By the Asociated Press.
Jacksonville, Fla.. March 21. Lt.
W. D. Coney, 91st aero squadron,
who recently established a new rec
crd in a transcontinental flight
making the flight from San Dieap to
Jacksonville in 22 hours and 27 min
utes, announced today that he expect
ed to leave Pablo Beach at 2 a. m.
Wednesday for San Diege. He plans
to make only onejitop-
COTTON
Washington, March 21. The anti
saloon league is prepared to fight
rntil the opinion by Former Attorney
General Palmer holding that beer
may be prescribed as a medicine is
overruled, Wayne B. Wheeler, gener
al counsel for the league, announced
in a formal statement. The league,
he added has a number of plans to
be used as the occasion demands.
"It is an astounding proposition that
beer can be sold at soda fountains
with all that it implies," Mr. Wheel
er said in reference to a recent tate
ment by the former attorney general
as to the effect of his opinion- "The
last statement makes clearer than
ever before the vice in the opinion."
Mr. Wheeler declared that even if
beer may be prescribed as a medicine
the kiw required the utmost care on
the part of a physician and the keep
ing of a careful record of all prescrip
tions, i ; ;
"The records of the doctor and the
druggists are open to inspection," he
continued. "No one but a licensed
pharmacist may fill the prescirption
The doctor or druggist may have his
permit revoked at any time he vio
lates the law. Those restrictions will
prevent the sale of beer at soda foun
tains. The hazard in the trade will
be such that reputable physicians and
druggists will refuse to handle this
booze medicine in most places."
Mr- Wheeler made public a tele
gram from Frank Biake, of Chicago,
president of the National Proprietary
association, saying that "in common
with the entire drug industry we are
oDOOsed to sale of beer through the
channels of the drug trade.
SUPREME COURT
REVERSES CONVICTION
Bv thj Associated Press
Washington, March 21. On gov
ernment's motion, the supreme court
reversed conviction of Chas. W.
Steel and Willam Holtz in New York
under the espionage act- They were
sentenced to 18 months. '
BENCH WARRANT IS
ISSUED FOR BLACK'
By the Associated Press.
New York, March 21. The cotton
market was higher at the opening to
day owing to renewed reports of im
proving Manchester conditions and
higher Liverpool cables. Local and
Wall street buying absorbed the in
itial offerings from the south, but
there was considerable scattered
buying-
Open Close
May 11.95 11.83
July 12.38 12.27
October 12.92 12.76
December .... 13.14 13.01
January 13.25
Nicky Lengworth is afraid of tar
iff reprisals. Nicky can see where
foeign countries owe- ouxcmfwThe
By the Associated Pres.
Miami, Fla., . March 1. Harry St.
Francis Black, New York capitalist
in whose private, car at Cocoanut
Grove last Wednesday was found 60
cases of liquor, did not appear when
his case was called in mayor's court
today and Mayor Mfxtheson order
ed the $500 cash bond posted by
Black forfeited and a bench warrant
issued for his re-arrest. The warrant
was made returnable Wednesday,
Black was returned to Miami from
Palm Beach, where he was arrested
Saturday night, by order of Gover
nor Hardee, who advised local au
thorities that the dismissal of the fed
eral warrant did not adsolve the state
omcers irom aoing their duty.
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