North Carolina Newspapers

t B SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher. UME XLVIII. v Withdraw British soldiers From Cologne 11 French Ministers T.! •• "to Find Way to the Transportation ,-fr -,*>? .in Ruhr. .iriSTiON NOW i, ARDED SERIOUS the British Rhine v< Uili Be Recalled f the Situation is Not S;»o:i ( handed. 15 i I‘>y the Associated -it and French cabiqpt ■>? ' i:ct iiere lodoy in a ronfer \ ■ i"i! fails to evolve a pro li-di <o-operaTion with the Belgians in solving the! .•: v i .rtafiqn problems,-.is con l<> result in flu 1 esirlv t i , rln* British troops from i ■'•;h nonisrhis m the meet !. tin: street won; Honor " < uizofi, flu* secretary of and the U;trl of Dor - . r>" try of \v;*r. The French ** ii presented lie M. le ■he minister of public ; \ -■ ■ !hierstiuni ns the conferen<*c rite British request for nsjtort facilities through ... hi loan was being received i! > i<ally. Tlu* main i : lie French have little need .; :i r aihvay line to handle coal !ej-a:a'ioti< shipments to France, hut ,* n-. i uiti/.eii the French have a : i,-iii t nally serious in the trans :i i_ ii supplies from France into ; ;•> i.i i :i].ie.l territory. Vi. ■ :i: 1 -ii<iii may l.e settled teui ttie transfer of a six-mile - • i. the British zone containing . • track railway line, to the U>sKI.S IN DISTRESS OFF PACIFIC ( OAST |. i • Vi-'sels Have Sent Calls For Vi,! i hiring the Past Hours. >.■ i:* 1 r.n:t iseo. Cal., Feb. I."i. (Ity \>sociated Press t. —(hit of rlie i.j.pjn d waters of Hu* Pacific off u\ a-aiegtoti coast, calm* a series i. i ■•■'S appeals todav that tpid of • » - j*,i-jitO-ia. '-.* l if,‘tig hclph'ssly. a fourth ;;:t : and a further more myster ies icjH'i-t of a glare south-of Cape 1 'I., that looked like it ship afire I . earner Santa Rita, which left !'■ !rn. Cal., for Seattle on Feh ’i. apparently deviated from !.' i last night to 100ß for the ii Nika, earlier reported in dis »!•,* I n ! Wlihi Steamer does Ashore. >1 I . Was!i. Fel*. 15.-* —A number 1 - were .believed to have been 'ii Pday when tin* British >h Tuscan Prince went ashore tear .%!i‘v n, Vancouver Island, ac -1 :•■;! to a\ message received here f 1 ni ;,n tug Seamonareh. ">'::;i] breaking up. We are going* to ' i.." Was the last-message irom *hf Tux am Prince,, which was picked rahio qtation of. the Seattle H, i lie; irttnent. Another uies - fr ii :an unidentified source, con- F . t 1 :. -eepert that the Tuscan | *. ' aground near Estevan j hr-ti.-h i dambia. flu* S' at the time the : was sent was rushing to the! of the \Hss“i which was said to bo i ■* i l kiss. The message gave no i did not state the source 1 ' * information contaim*d. ?HI • \ il KM \M/ATIOY 111 LLETIY” WELCOME j I "d Journal of Its Kind in the World is U rn in Washington. gt >n, Feb. 15 (: apita! New*: Pub! shed by the pupils of j v\ hiugton Americanization : . Tie- Americanization Bulletin,; Tiori f its kind in the world, j successfully launchea. > irpose of the paper is to sup-, a I in the ' native | Immigrants, which, eireu ■ ng them, retard their prog- j tke mastery of English. It is ’ will bring closer union De- j ieans and newly arrived j - 'e . and aid in the naturaliza !j ' ‘ tin* letter. : issue has "been financed by l Ac sold chapter of the . I i Imped, however,' that ' issues ,vill support them-i k'liuah advertisements and . solicited bv the-students. *. chief naturalization ex th>* District of Cc*umbia, • ta column in the succeejl in which he will answer all ■ a Americanization. # Lady to Speak at Hot Springs ' >. Feh. 14. —Miss Mary ‘ '• secretary of- the North ; I library < 'ommission, will, bo ' " chief speakers at the, an •lit i< ai of t.h'c-Aihcrican Li x'l-iatinn at.HotJ Springs, • M'ling-to a pit'liminary pro puidie* here today. '' (‘iition will, open April £1 ' in session five days. Miss ’! speak on County Libraries ' - utli. * 1 "d've Marketing Plan Approv • od. ' •, 1 ton. Feh. 15. —Favorable re ndered today by the House « aimittoe on the bill to per j 1 ' ' '<rs of rosin and turpentine v ~ 'l wun/e co-operative marketing as- THE CONCORD TIMES MAN RUNS AMUCK; CAUSES ONE PEATH | Stabbed to Death and ■ Six White People Wound* J ed in Little Rock Affair. Little iioek. .vrk.. Feh. 15.—One l negro was stabbed to death and three j white men and three whie women ! seriously wounded here oarlv t i‘ ! da> when Eddie Reason, negro, ran ! amuck n lhe rcsiuenca* seelion lu*re. i Leh son was shot and taken to si hos |]'ila! in si <h ing condition. , j lb;* trouble • stiirted. polie(* said, .it lit n \\ ill Houston, tin* negro who Ivas killed, interfered in a quarrel at lhe home of Reason's mother-in-law. WASHINGTON PiTnS FOR SHRINLRS IN JIM f oiiri oi Honor'’ to !lr “(iardfii of Allah.” Washington, Feb. 15 (Capital News Serviei*). 'Pivpurutions far the three hundred and titty il;ousand exp.ctcd in the \ai i m's rapitaE dm - itig the 'lmperial Council Session of the Shrine nex; June go forward ran-illy. Rians art announced to make oi Pennsylvania Avenue, between his 1 enth sind Seventeenth Streets, a ‘‘Garden of Allah'’ oi' bewildering jeaiUy. ‘J his stretch of stre<*t is that invariably given over to the “Court of Honor*” during Inauguration Cere monies, and is historic in having been the area in which a l United States Presidents have reviewed the hun dreds of parades which have passed the White House. Sphinxes, pyramids, and other deco rations symbolic c f Sbrinedom are t > be built, although it is explained that' tlm real-“ Garden of Allah’* of the Shrine today is a chain i f hospitals for crippled children; now being built throughout the United States by this fra tern ty. Alexandria. Ys., six miles from Washington, is cooperating with the | Capita City, and proposes to close certain streets in orcb*r to make the parking space reserved for three hun-; dreri sleeping cars, in the railroad J yards adjacent t ; this city, more eon- 1 venient for visitors. | , Railroad yards on both sid'*s of the ; city will hold a thousand or more Pullmans, in which if is expected a large number of visiting ,• h maA <]p '* 'mho [s ring lhe we . *i iv k | IRA HARRISON TO » I V\y DEATH PENALTY j Probably Will Have tp Be Carried to Electric Chair on a Cot. Colmniiia. S. C.. Feb. 15. —Ira Harri son. condemned as one of the slayi*rs of J. (i. Arnette. Columbia gasoline filling station proprietor, was carried to the death cell in the state prison' here today on a cot. Tomorrow morn ing lie probably will be taken to tin* electric chair in the same manner. Harrison has been in an apparently unconscious condition since Decem ber 1). with the exception of two or three days. • Harrison. Frank M. Jeffords, and Glenn Treeee were charged with kill ink Arnette, who was JefFord's part tier. and employer of the others, in or der that Jeffords might collect life in surance. Jeffords was electrocuted on December U 2, and Treeee is serving a life sentence, BOBY OF GRISSOM GOES TO GREENSBORO \ Body Was Found Floating in Creek In Flotida by Farmer Yesterday. Jacksonville. Fla.. Feb. 15.—The body of !1. A. Grissom. Greensboro. V ('.. druggist, found late yesterday floating in Thomas Greek, will be sent to Greensboro for burial. Identification was made by the clothing, a watch mid chain. One of Worst Blizzards in Years Sweeps Michigan. Detroit, Feb. -4. — One of the worst blizzards in recent years is sweeping Michigan today slashing it furiously particularly on the western part of the statb hut riding eastward on the wings of a biting gale, beating down temperatures before it. All north bound trains out of Grand Rapids on the Pere Marquette were annulled this morning. The Penn sylvania railroad this afternoon was trying to buck the dirfts with double headers. \Vhut sketchy reports have been received from isolated northern Michigan communities are of sub zero cold and racing snow filled wind. In the teeth of a gale blowing fresh rff Lake Michigan business was vir tually halted in Muskegon. The gals increased in intensity during the morning and at noon blowing so that it was impossible to see more than a few feet ahead in the storm. Reed Blocks Senate Work. Washington. Feh. 15. —Objection of Senator Reed, democrat, of Missouri, blocked efforts today of the Senate re jnihlican and democratic leaders to ar range for a vote tomorrow on the Brit ish debt funding hill. Permits Issued for New School Build ings in Winston-Salem. WinstoiT-Snleiu. Feb. 14. —Permits to build two new school buildings here have been issued by the city. The two buildings will cost approximately .$200,000. Germany Makes Notes Good. Brussels. Feh. 15 (By the Asso ciated treasury hills issued in connection with Ger many’s agreement to pay Belgium reparations were met when they fell due today. PUBLISHED MONDAY Street Car Fare in City Will Be - Reduced on February Twentieth Another public utility in Concord lias decided to reduce its rates, the North Carolina Public Service Com pany. owner of lhe street railway sys i fern in this city, announcing that on land after February 20th. street car I fare in tin* city will be 7 cenis instead iof 10 ((cuts, the present fare. The <le | oision of tin* owners* of the street j railway* here to reduce its fares is I lie second reduction announcement made by a public utility here this week, the Concord & Kannapolis Gay Company having announced yosterdax that beginning March list, it will re duce its gas rate 10 <**nts per ‘I,OOO cubic feel. Tin* announcement of the change In street car fare here'was made by Mr. R. J. Hole. Vice President and Gener al Manager of tin* North Carolina Public ,Xei*\ icy* Company, in a letter to Mr. M. 11. Caldwell. City Attorney. The lett**r follows ; “As por my promise to tin* members of tlx* Board. I wrote to tin* Corpora tion Commission; and am enclosing hoM with their reply. * “1 am instructing Mr. Robertson to start on the 2‘Mli of this month with a seven (7c) cent faro, and will he.glad to report to Hk* Board after a month's trial as to the outcome. '1 also beg to acknowledge receipt of your proposed amendment to tin* city charter, and will return same to, you tonight or tomorrow.'* North Carolina is Now Empire State of South Official of State University Says Old North State Gen erally Recognized as One of Most Progressive States in the Entire Union at Present. _____ | ♦ Chapel Hill. N. ('.. Feh. 15. —“North Carolina is attracting more attention throughout tin* nation than any other southern state,” according to S. 11. ! Hobbs. Jr., of the editorial board of ■ tin* University, pf North Carolina ; News Better. on the Pullman cars, in hotels, at i big conventions- in fact almost every- 1 where the Old North State is being discussed, according to the educator. 1 who recently coihplered a three thou-; sand mile trip. “Twenty years ago a Tar 'Heel; away from home kept the state of his! se. i\ t .' ht* voiles. j “Today, Ire is pnuHf of hire-home land. and people who . meet him are 1 anxious to hear about the marvelous! achievements of tin* southern giant i that awakened to his vast powers.; has taken stock of himself; and lias decided to develop to full maturity his wonderful possibilities/’ And. why is the North Carolinian, so proud of tiis state? “North Carolina is a .great agVieul- ] Dual state as site should bo. not the stall* she will be in a decade or two.' But even today, she is* the Empire; State of tin*, south in agriculture.! Texas produced larger crop totals, but i Texas is an empirk in size, not a state.! Only four states have more farms t than North Carolina. Only four states have a larger farm population I ratio., Only four states produce greater apnual crop xvealth totals. “We rank first in the nation in the value of tobacco produced annually. I “We rank tiist in cotton production I per acre and high in the total value of the cotton crop. “Wo lead the nation in soy beau j production, and are among the lead' ! ers in sweet potatoes and peanuts. ! ‘‘The farmers of this state have an ' investment in land,, buildings, imple ments, and livestock of one and a ; quarter billion dollars. This is uni enormous amount of wealth taken to-j tally, but on a per farm basis we do not. rank so well “We lire the undisputed leader in the south in tin* field of manufacture. And our position is growing strongef. “Our 450.000 farm workers produce around $410,000,000 xvorfch of farm wealth. Not all this is new wealth. For instance, we spend $50,000,000 for fertilizer alone. Our $157,700 factory workers turn out a total produce val ued at nearly bne billion dollars. Nearly a half billion dollars is the value added by manufacturers, a far larger amount than the grand total of all farm products, crop, and livestock. “Eighty thousand cotton mill oper atives turn out $318,000,000 of output. Os this total, is created in the processes of manufacture. “Wo have eighteen tobacco factories, capitalized at about $130,000,000. These concerns employ about 34,000 workers and the yearly output is val ued at about $420,000,000. “Our 124 furniture factories are capitalized at about $10,000,000. They employ more than 15,500 workers and the value of the yearly output is about $35,000,000. This factory val ue. not the prices the consumers pay. “Our rise to the fifteenth manufac turing state of the Union has taken place almost entirely during the last twenty years. During this brief per iod the capital employed in manufac ture has risen from $85,000,000 to $000,000,000. The value of the yearly output has risen from $85,000,000 to $044.000.,000. while the value added by manufacture has risen from $40,000,- 000,000 to $417,000,000.2 “North Carolina leads the south in the number of factory establishments. “She leads the south in capital em ployed. Texas, her nearest competi tor! is $100,000,000 behind. “She leads the south in the value added in the process of manufacture, t “She leads the world in tobacco j manufacture, as xa’cß as in tobacco i crop value.*’ CONCORD, N. C., THURSO. I Enclosed with the .letter from Mr. Hole was a copy of* the letter the company received froth the State Cor poration Commission,! the company permission t to reduce tin* ; fare 3 cents. The letter reads; “In re: Reduction of Street Car Rates by the Piedmo; t-Carolina Elec-, trie Railway Compani, Concord, N. C. “The ten-cord farefallowed by tin* Commission was ajuuiximum rate and your company is a util raized to reduce this fare any time ir deems necessary or possible lor any given period. “The Commission will thank you lo advise dan* that you substitute the seven cents for the ten-cent fare.” According to reports that have been made to Hu* -aldermen recently, the striel railway system in Concord has not been a paying business, and otli ' rials of the company'in appearing be fore the aldermen recently declared they would be willing to follow any suggestions that might lead to an in | crease in their revenue here.. It was I suggested by tin* City Attorney that | tin* fare, lie reduced from 10 cents to 7 cents, arid Mr. Hole has followed tin* suggestion. The 7 cent, fare, us; the letters indi cate. is not offerer! hs a permanent thing, bin probably will be continued so long as the revenue of the com pany under the reduced rate is no 1 smaller than it has been mu)or the P>! rent rate. 1 y * DESTRUCTIVE BLAZE IN PACKING PLANT Three 9-Story Buildings of! Armour & Company at South Destroyed by Fire. Omaha, Neb., Fel>. 15.-—A fire that skill was burning fiercely early today and that was called by veteran pack ing men the most destructive in the history of America’s packing indus- . try had destroyed three 0-story build-| ings of Armous & Company's plant in j South Omaha, with an estimated loss: of $2,000,000. Two other large buildings used as lard refineries were threatened. Early today more than 1.000 men temporar ily were without employment as a re sult of the lire. Twenty-one lire companies were con centrating their efforts on preventing a further spread of the flames. O. C. Willis, general manager of the plant, said the fire started in the ninth, story of building 10, from a defective eleva tor motor. $70,000 Fire in Asheville. Asheville, Feh. 35. —Four buildings including the planing mill and about i 4.000* feet of lumber, of the Williams- Urownell Planing Mill Company as Bil-tmore, were destroyed by lire this morning, ontailjng a loss estimated at $70,000. (OL FORBES RESIGNS Resignation of Director of Veterans’ Bureau Now in the Hands of Presi dent: Washington, Feh. 15.—The resigna tion of Col. Charles R. Forbes, as (li- i rector of the Veterans’ Bureau has j been placed in the hands of President i Harding, and the president now is con-1 sidering appointment of one of three former overseas service men to the directorship, it was said definitely today in administration quarters. At the same time, however, it was indicated that the appointment of a successor tJo Col. Forbes might not be made immediately, and that he might resume his duties temporarily after j his return from Europe where he re- t eently went on a vacation trip. THE COTTON MARKET Was Firm at Opening With Prices! Unchanged to 20 Points Higher, j New York, Feb. 15. —The cotton mar-] ket was firm at the opening with 1 prices unchanged to 20 points higher, j active months showing advances of 8 to_ 20 points in response to steady j late cables from Liverpool and bul lish overnight spot advices from the I South. i Cotton futures opened steady.! March 28:08; May 28:40; July 27:80: i (lot. 25 :40 ; Dec. 25:05. ' 88 Cent Sale at Efird’iL In a page ad, today /in this paper Efird's announces a big’Bß Cent Sale for Thursday, Friday /and Saturday. It will be to your interest to read the ad. carefully and see just what the company will offer for 88 cents dur ing the sale. The sale will continue for three days only. Be on hand at the open ing and get then the goods you select when you read the. ad. With Our Advertisers. Certificates of deposit .of the Citi zens Bank and Trust Company make profitable investments for your idle funds. * 0 AND THURSDAYS Y, FEBRUARY 15, 1923 iTESTIMONV TAKING ! II THOMAS TRIAL 1 HAS BEEN STARTED J % j* d Jury Was Selected Yesterday j and the State Swore in 37 of the First Witnesses to Be Used. MRS. LOWE WILL PROBABLY TESTIFY Though It Was Reported Yesterday That She Was 111, She is Expected to Ar rive During the Day- Salisbury, Feh. 15. —The state called 37 witnesses into court today for pre sentation 4f its ease charging murder against O. G. (Red) Thomas, Char lotte automobile salesman, who is al leged (o have killed Arthur J, Allen, a master plumber of Concord, a year ago. - The jury, consisting of ton married then, a widower, and a single man. chiefly farmers. was completed late yesterday after tin* dozen had told the defense that charges at the time of tlu* shooting Thomas, a married, man, was riding • a married woman. Would nont prejudice them against him. i Thomas, who was convicted of sec ond degree murder and sentenced to 18 yqars in the penitentiary at the first trail, claimed that when Allen ap proached him in the night, of October 21. 15)21. he thought In* was going to bo robbed, and tired in self defense. Mrs. Robert Lowe, who testified in tin* first trial, and who was said to have been automobile riding with Thomas the night of the killing, was reported yesterday to he ill in Nash ville, Tenn.. hut it was said later that sin* would be here for this trial, probably arriving some time today. J. \Y. Swing, a Kannapolis police man. the first witness, told of going to the scene of the killing, and of lining told by Thomas that he shot a man who triinl to hold him up. Dr. T. N.. Spencer, coroner, testified that Allen died of fmralysis of the heart caused by bullet wounds, and James - !>Uupson> - muka’iu-kwr-, . *akL there weu* no powder marks on Allen's body. Jury Selected. Salisbury, Feb. 14.—Se ection of a jury to try 0. G. ("Red") Thomas for the murder of Arthur J. Alien, master plumber, of Concord, on the night of October 25, 1921, near ivctn napolis, was accomplished in the superior court here today, after 66 of the special venire of 150 men had been exhausted. Judge James L. Webb ad journed coart. at 5 o’clock this aiter- Uoon after 37 state’s witnesses had been sxtfbrn, until 9:30 tomorrow morning. The jury is composed of H. A. Me* Neely, farmer; C. H. Heilig, farmer; L. M. Yost, farmer; U. P. Kuykeuuail, farmer; L. O. Beck, farmer; F. A. Dank!’, railroad shopman: D. A. Poole, mill worker; R. G. Williams, railway shopman; ,R. G. Fleming, farmer; C. H. Lyerly, merchant; P. H. Bernhardt, merchant; C. W. Stewart, farmer. With the exception of Poole, aEI the jurors are married. Defense .exercised It of its 12 rights to peremptory challenges, and tho state exercised all four, rxme veniremen wei-2* opposed to capital punishment, six had expressed views that Thomas was not guilty, and !6 had expressed the opinion that he was guilty. One map was of the opin ion that Thomas, being alleged to have been riding around with a mar ried woman on the jniglit of shooting, would render it impossible for him to give him a fair and impartial trial. Thomas was accompanied by Airs. Tliomas and two sisters, Mrs. Reeves and Mrs. Glass, of Spartanburg, S. C. Mrs. Allen was in court, accompanied by Mrs. Myers, wife of a Concord minister. Mrs. Robert Lowe, alleged to have been with Thomas when Allen was killed, ish ill in Nashville, it is reported. Mrs. Lowe is expected here tomor row morning. In answer to a question propound ed to every venireman by T. S. Linn, McHargue Planning Now For Defense of His Life Salisbury, X. C„ February 15.—Lee McHargue, charged with the murder of Deputy Sheriff' Will F. Propst and whose trial has lieen postponed until the May term of Rowan superior court, no longer thinks of hunger strikes but is engaged in preparing the fight he is to make for his life. The shooting of the deputy sheriff occurred on the night of November 47. McHargue. Chief J. L. Bogeiv Pa trolmen Swing and Pruett and a by stander were wounded in the fight. The shooting is said- to have followed McHargue’s entrance into a Kannapo lis case in search of a man with whom he is alleged to have been gambling. A warrant charging McHargue with murdei* was sworn out the following day and he was incarcerated in the Rowan county jail. The prisoner instituted a hunger strike and declined to take medicine. PONSTft nZTIVE STEP *«a*ate Yew Quota Japanese Kxe. tlhcates cf Entry, Proposed. ; Washington, Feb. 15 (Capital News Service).—The House Immigration Committee has completed its propos ed immigration bill, which will im mediately be reported to the House. It translates into law the terms of the .‘-‘gentlemen’s agreement’’ existing ne : tween the United States and Japan, by ; forh ddin)* entry into this country of a iens not entitled to seek citizenship. The bill reduces the quota from its present 3 to 2 per emit of aliens in this country, and. bases computation:; on the census of 1890 instead of thai I of 1910. ( It further provides that all immi ' grants must procure a certificate of j entry' from American consulates be fore embarking, and fines steamship i companies giving passage to imrni | grants not provided with such cer | tifioates. Under tin* new percentage plan ] Italy’s quota will be reduced from the j present 42,090 to 5,000, while the j quota for Germany will be increased ! from 55,000 to 68,000. The quotas for j Great Britain, France, BeKg um. and the Scandinavian Countries also will be. increased, while those for Poland, Russia, and the Balkan States will be decreased. Like tile present temporary restric tion law. the act will not operate against immigration from Canada, Newfoundland. Mexico, Cuba, and Central and South America, provided immigrants had been residents iu those countries for a neriod of live yea rs. Certificates of entry from Ameri can consuls will prevent an inrush of immigrants who would luiv* to be turned back from American ports after they had broken up their homes overseas. 1 An important meeting of the Co-op , erative Marketing Association will he held in the court house Saturday. Feb ruary 17th, at 2 o’clock. All mem hers are asked to be present. - -- one of the attorneys for the defense, as to whether, if in the evidence it was shown that Thomas, a married man, was out automobile riding on the night of the shouting with a married woman, that fact would tend„ to in fluence the venireman against him,-or be considered as evidence of murder or manslaughter, only ohe man ad mitted such influence. He was prompt ly challenged by the defense. Ohe (nap stated that he had talked with a juror who had convicted- Thomas in his previous trial, and had been influenced by this conversation, idg wua ex.ca.sed 4*y the-cmiru Former Solicitor Hayden Clement, who was to assist Solicitor Zcb Long ; in the prosecution of the state’s case against Thomas, Is not present at \he triai, his illness with tonsolitie keep ing him away. Solicitor Long is as sisted in the prosecution by L. C. Caldwell, of StatCsv He; H. S. Wil liams and L. T. Hartsell, of Concord. The defense is composed of Walter H. Woodson, Linn and Linn, K. Lee Wright, John L. Rendleman, and P S. Canton, of Salisbury; T. D. Maness, of Concord, and E. T. Cansler and John J. Parker, of Charlotte. 0. G Thomas was tried in Concord at the January, 1922. tsrm of the Ca barrus county superior court forthe 1 murder of Allen. With Thomas in tho car at the time of the shooting, was reported to be a Mrs. Lowe, of Kan napolis. Thomas was convicted of murder n the second degree, and [sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment iby Judge J. Bias Ray, who presided {at j the trial. The case was appealed by his attorneys to the supreme court ! on a writ of error in that the judge ! in liis charge to tho jury, did not dif |fer?ntiate (ho several degrees of mur -1 der, and sent back by the supreme I court to be tried again. Thomas, who had been held in the ; jail at Concord ‘ was released hinder bond of $20,000. Judge James i L. Webb, at the last term of the Ca j barrus court, removed the case to j Rowan c .unty for its second triaf. | Little Flake Rankin, the flaxen | haired son of Deputy Sheriff Rankin. !of Rowan county drew the names of ' the jurors from the box. as required lby lav/. Only six regular veniremen had been left on the panel for this term of the court, and it had been necessary for a special venire of 150 men to be summoned. The courtroom was crowded long before 10' o'clock this morning, every j available seat being taken by venire | men and spectators. .There were but 1 few women in tho room aside from the | relatives of the defendant and the i deceased. After five days, he broke his strike and upon advice of his father and wife employed counsel in Salisbury. Chief Boger, Patrolmen Swing and Pruett and the bystander all have re covered from the wounds received in the shooting and are expected to be the state’s ehP*f witnesses when the trial is called. No intimation has lieen given of tin* line of defense McHargue will follow, hut his counsel has stated a strong fight will Ik* made. McHargue has re fused to see newspaper men and has given no interviews except to members of his family. He formerly was in the United States army and later a mill workey, it is stated. His trial at this session of court was postponed owing to the case of O. G. (Red) Thomas, also charged with murder, being called and the pressure of other cases. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. * I TAXES FOR (ILL BACHELORS IN STAIE IS PROPOSEO / ' 1 I - Bill to Tax All Single Men in State Over 40 Years of Age is Presented to the Lower House. MEASURE CAUSES _ MUCH MERRIMENT Bill Would Tax Men Not More Than SIOO a Month, Money to Go to Some Maiden Lady Over 30. Raleigh, Feb. l. r * (By the Associated Press). —The House of Representa tives of the North Carolina Legisla ture today was thrown into convul sions of laughter over the introduction of a hill by Representative Hauser, of Stokes County which would provide for the taxation of single men over the age ol‘ -10 years iH an amount not to exceed .SIOO per month, the amount, to he paid to tin* support of a maiden lady over 30 years until she marries. The hill was, put to passage under I ssuspensioit of the rules, and after ! three amendments Were voted down it. passed its second reading and went on the calendar for final action tomorrow. Discuss Prohibition Law. Raleigh, Feb. 1.1 (By the Associated Press).—After a motion to table was voted down 107 tot 3, the committee substitute for the original house bill to bring the state liquor laws into conformance with the Volstead act was laid open to discussion in the House today, hut no action was tak en when udjourmeut was moved after an hour's debate to allow the speaker , to attend a banquet which citizens of Kinston are giving in his honor. The reading of the-bill evoked the motion to table which was made by Representative Ervin, of Burke Coun ty, but after *.he motion had been killed Representative Burgwyn of Northamp ton County sent in the first objection which he aimed at Section 0, and which deals with the se zure of pro pertyl b: longing to another which might have ben used in the transpor tation of liquor without the knowledge of the owner. Representative Turlington, of Iredell County sought to explain the provision and aft?r consb 1 ' able debate Mr. Tur! ngton announced the proponents of the measure won d accept an amendment which would provide that a jury could settle the question as to whether the vehicle was used without the consent of the owner and tlr rc upen return the vehicle to the owner without cost to him. The amendment was sent in by Representative Dillard, of Cherokee, but no action was taken pending ex planation of'the bill, section‘by sec tion. by Mr. Turlington. The motion to adjourn set the con tinuation of discussion on the order for 8 o'clock tonight, after which the Bowie railroad bill.' which had al ready been set for that time, will come under consideration. Citizen Police Force for Speeders. Indianapolis. Feb. 15.—A newly or ganized citizen police force,' its iden tity unknown even to members of the regular traffic department, is lending valuable aid lo the authorities in rounding up speeders and other violat ing the traffic law here,- according to Captain Michael Glenn. head of the police traffic department. Approximately one hundred citizens are members of the new force, it was said. Under the. system, the citizen policeman, seeing a violation of the traffic law. writes the license number of the automobile on a postal card provided for the purpose, also check ing the nature of the violation and the place where, it *took place. He signs the card with liis number and sends it to the traffic department. Members of the traffic squad then take charge of the case, identifying the owner of the automobile. The owner is notified by postcard that he has violated the traffic rules and is ordered to appear before Captain Glenn. A second violation results in the driver being ordered info city court for trial. Four Negroes Burned lo Death at Winston-Salem. Winston-Salem, Feb. 14.—1 n a fire tonight in Waughtown, suburb of Win ston-Salem. Melissa Grant, negro vfom an, and negro children, Moses and Mary Smith, twins were burned to death. Belle Lindsay, a negro worn-' an. was burned and died while being I hurried to the hospital. The building J caught fire from a heating stove and j being a light frame structure, was j snapped in flames before help could j be summoned. Drop in Temperature. ‘Washington. Feb. 15.—A drop in the temi»erature tonight in the East Gulf States, and in the Atlantic States south of Maryland is forecast i by the weather bureau which also pn*» • diets the colder weather will continue through Friday in the Southeastern I states. • Music Contest to Be Held April 19-20. Greensboro, N. Feb.—The Fourth annual contest in music for North I Carolina high school students will l>e held here April 10-20. The contest will be held at the North Carolina Col lege for Women and Professor Wade R. Brown, of the school of music, will act as director. no. m.