North Carolina Newspapers

T. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher. VOLUME XLVIII. rugedy at Manhattan Asylum Brings Inquiry ,'! Investigation Will Be , it by Eight Agencies, j H fort to Place Blame I ; Fateful Fire. o- PERSONS IN IP HIDING BURNED r .’ w.-fy-Two were Inmates, [liul Other Three Were Loyal Attendants, Who! i'ought Blaze Bravely. ■> leh. 1:* I i’y Iho Associ-J i*. • - Eight inquiries w»*«‘ ] ! y r<..i;iy into the tragedy on J - i<l.nnl. a little jutting rook in . irliny waters of Hell Gate. ! v, y.-qerday lire swept a want of nhatlan Stale Hospital for the illinu -- pai tents., and tints* <i 1 *«.< 1i• *< itaii recovered .• .iii-l. and removed to the city .c. i -i\ im»re retrained in the '.-.••red ruiie* Tiiose.pt was fenr i!.:.d t>e*-n cremated. '* ; - tda/c I»elicted to have been : i t In a ferritic Mast in Hell i. • • ini !i broke tin* insulation on i a■ wiring, eausing a short cir i'c c unit of the 75 on the island v. as at lacked h\ the Haines, hous . the most violently insane— men of < :ui. ilud teiidem-y who might at any ; .cat have leaped at the throats of j their res--tiers. . • ! Kut hap they .did not. A few strng •:!.-(i as uiiard.s tried to push their way s;.:'ct\ through smoke and tit tines, hie me a single attack upon an at tcirhinr was i ( cpoi ted. The authori n'-' -rafting or projecting investiga ■ :»ui> were the lire marshal, medical •\miner Norris, the state architect. 1 1 • • chairman of the state hospital ■ ■ neiii'sion. the district attorney's of o. the hospital's board of managers. . •! (iiy detectives. while Brigadier 1 ■"iimal Burra.-in charge of the dredg ■ of H.n (-fate peciined to comment the ilmorv of city dehvfivos that i 'i. _ In the dredgers was the orig i'll cause of the lire, hut said if this • wen* advanced seriously he • 'U! i inaugurate an investigation nl- Nf VTK CAT CAMPAIGN 10 UK CONDIUTED SOON ( ambaign in North Carolina Will Be Meld Karly In March. hah'i-i:. X. t ’.. Fob. 19.—-Tlie agri cultural extension service of North ' •noli.: S;<jte College and the De l artiti. tit of Agriculture, in co-opera- T >'•'** with the i'nited States Biohrgi t.'i Sravcy. is planning a state-wide * i :.m cgainst rats. Nine counties! . can have been organized to con-l u • t drives during the week March .V , L r- the extension service es ’ timre is a loss, of live to ten j ; mi! dollars annually from rat! '' ms in North Carolina, lie- 1 i d‘' to cirnilaiv sent out by E. R. idiocy, of the Farm Engineering Di •.isi*..*;:. show an average loss of live ! ,r .cent. in corn kept in storage. This ■' ■■ l • uls a I**>s of 83.000.0. M) when : I ! •• i to the state’s 800,000.00 corn ''hilc tin* loss to corn probably ‘ ••• scuts th«* largest single damage, 11 eitly .i sujall percentage of the •d |iainsig<*.'’ stated .1. Silver, of the 1 '•'! States Biological Survey, who la Ihdeigh to assist in the eatn i-is". "Rats destroy all manner of .1 produce from the time of plant - mid linal < onsunipfion. Theso destroy by pollution ten times as lm! ' h iis they eat. ■ in storage on the 'farm, in : 1 ;| •■"if. in warehouses, in markets and 1 - "re all effect the ultimate price to 1 • • 'sinner. Nor does the loss stop loedstuffs: all kinds of dry goods,- ' r e. ciher house furnishings and i iam*ous _ merchandise are con-1 i i- 1 tag destroyed by their ineos- 1 " ‘'Hawing. Floods are caused by ' knawing b*nd pipes and by '''■'o' I'MiTowing jn ’'• is of buildings are w«*aken t! i tunneling, while destruc '" often are caused by them! t a- of iuuictments. I also more serious one of their men- I ihlic health. The liest means - mg rid of rats is the co-opera • ’'" against them, followed by a ,' '' :i ' .cleaning up* and where possi -1 ‘4ward against them in eon |;ew buildings and in’ nmk '"*■ 1 ‘ '■ he said. , I ir.'.s Strike Metropolis. ' I " h. Fob, 18.—New York to » a city of spectacular fires, vi o' the 'Manhattan state nos !’T‘ • t ‘ ,r the insane on Ward’s is ■ • destroyed w h a loss of 25 . n dollars' worth of films .. ! r;<rai9<i in a movie siudio “ ' 1 ! Harlhm. a dropped dead from heart * 1 in the Bronx after a 'd *>“cn hurled from a truck ; !| iii !ito a snow bank vvniie : " tic- aiariii. °t. aerial ladders res !. t ! v man and her daughter just , ‘ ‘V: re going to jttmi» from a p ' !;, . v edgo in their home in Brakeman Killed. ~,'N l *“ 5 nt Feb. 10.— \V. 'A. Vun l ( paheman on the local yeards , . 'aithern railway, was killed i lu> was caught under a !, is body was badly mau- THE CONCORD TIMES, NEW MEMBER OF I SUPREME COURT! Associate Justice Edward Sanford Takes Judicial Oath This Morning. Washington. Feb. 19. —Associate Justice Edward T. Stanford, of Ten nessee*. took tin* # judicial oath upon the pe-convening of the Supreme Court today after three weeks recess. ChicT Justice Taft administered the oath immediately after the court met, the ty w r justice wearing his judicial robes, i rep atiirg it after hjtn wltilc the court. I bar and audience stood. He then j was conducts! in his seat at the ex- i treine left of the Chief Justice, tilling! the bench for the first time since the present term of the Supreme Court began in October, and tints making likely the early consideration of a number of cases which have been put off. due to the vacancies. ME.,184* POI NDS OF TOBACCO SOLD | i In Independent Warehouses in Sttate During I lie Past Year. Raleigh, N. C„ Feb. 10 t By the As sociated Press I. —'"The independent warehouses operating in North Caio lina this season have sold 19.*>.!54.9KK pounds of producers’ tobacco at an average of .SL > 7.71. , per hundred pounds, according to their reports. The co-opl erative association had received .‘id - j 771.454 pounds by January 1, which accounts for 201.95d.887 pounds of the' 1922 crop to date.*’ This announcement was made to night by Frank Parker, statistician of the I'nited States and North Carolina departments of agriculture. "East year, at this date, 228,590,000 pounds had been marketed in this state at 824.18 per hundred pounds,” he continued. "This amount was 91 per cent, of the 1921 crop, and, ac cording to forecasts of the 1922 crop, the 251.000.000 pounds reported on are 82 per cent, of that crop. ’’►Sales during the past season were reported as follows: August 18.159.- sso pounds; September 45.24^.940: Oc toln*r d2.K25.0: f .o ; November Kd. 140.182 : ! l>ec*miber 18.147.152: January 9.208.- 919. Late reports not includeil in theae 'amountthl to 5.899.01 X) poutuls. "Last, year, the January auction sales showed 10.700.000 pounds com pared with the 9.000,000 sold this year Murfiig January, when the Conti»M'rtfi\'i r asjsociation rei-eived its share." The following is a report of receipts hi the Blight Leaf belt, furnished the department by the association: Receipts to January 1. 1928: North Car01ina—50,771.454 pounds. Virginia—B9.o2s.o7o pounds. South Carolina 15,35(5.949 pounds. In 1921, it was stated, receipts in Kentucky. Indiana, West Virginia and Ohio were 120,000.000 pounds. THE COTTON MARKET Ojiened Unchanged to 1-4 of a Point Lower With Near Months Relatively Firm. New York, Feb. 19.—The cotton market opened unchanged to 1-4 point lower with near months relatively firmer on continued covering by March shorts for trade buying. It seemed, however, that the advances of late last week had eased the technical position to some extent, and the later months were easier under realizing or selling for reaction which was promoted by lower Liverpool tables than expected, and reports of continued good weather ■in the South. Cotton futures opened fairly steady. March 25:40: May 28:75; July 28:30; Oct. 25.82 : Dec. 25.50. WANT FARM CREDITS BILL TO GET CONSIDERATION Drive Begun in Congress by Leaders of the Farm Bloc. Washington. D. (’.. Feb. 19. —A drive was begun today by leaders of the | farm bloc to force immediate consider | ation of the agricultural credits legis j la tion in the House. Representative Dowell,'. Republican, of lowa, began the movement by circu lating a petition demanding that leg islation pending before the banking committee l>e brought out. Hargis With Carolina Motor Club. (By the Associated Press.> Greensbord. N. C.. Feb. 19. —Richard ! R. Hargis has been appointed advertis ing, and publicity manager of the Carolina Motor Club, officials of the organization announced tonight. Mr. Ha rgis is a graduate of the University of Georgia, where lie spe cialized iu advertising and publicity.- He will act its manager of the Carolina Motorist, a monthly magazine publish ed by the club and also will have change of compiling a copyrighted mileage table of Carolina highways, including a historical tour of the two states. 5 The annual jneeting of the club will be held in Ma)', according to E. Stern berger, who added that lie expects the membership to number 2,500 at that time. Among those who will attend the convention will be George C. Delhi, president of the American Automobile Association, and M. C. Eld ridge, of Washington, executive chairman. The officers and board of directors of the club will meet within the next few weeks to decide the exact time and* place for the mooting. There will be a short entertainment and box supper at Nussman school house on Saturday night. February 24th. beginning at 7:30 o’clock. Ev- S erybody is cordially invited. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS Mr. and Mrs. Lowe Testify for Defense in Thomas Case Testimony of Mr. and Mrs. Robert I Lowe featured Saturday’s session of I Ihe Thomas trial. The following is I I be Salisbury Post’s story of the trial Saturday : There was another dramatic mo ment in Rowan superior court here today during the trial of O. G. (Red) Thomas, Charlotte automobile sales man, charged with the murder of Ar thur Allen, Concord master plumber, when Mrs. Robert Lowe, who was in the car the ni”ht of the*homicide, with tears in iter eys and half choking between sobs, described the incident corroborating Thomas’ evidence in de tail and maintained innocence of any improper relations ever having existed between her and the defendant. Mrs. Lowe was assisted t«» and from the stand by her husband. Her testi mony look n little less than an hour. Mrs. Lowe, nervous and trembling, relayed her story of the murder. She liad-left a sick bed : n Nashville, Tenti., in order to testify, attorneys for the defense stated. She was visibly weak. She was closely followed by her hus band to the stand. Mr. Lowe made a good witness. He stated that lie knew of the trips Mrs. Lowe, his wife, had taken with Mr. Thomas and others and stated that Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, Mrs, Lowe and himself, were “thi- best of friends." In addition to the testimony of Mr. and .Mrs. Lowe, the defense put on it number of character witnesses and sev eral other witnesses, of minor signili entice, who gnve corroborative evidence. Orphans in State Need Greater Facilities Now Present Institutions Are Doing Great Work, But They Are Unable to Care for 6,400 Children Who Need Care and Training.—Features of Some of Orphanages. Raleigh, N. (\. Feb. 19 (By the As sociated Press), —In the twenty-five orphanages in North Carolina, *2,840 dependent children are being cared for at present, according to a survey of these particular institutions just ! completed and made public today by the State Board of Charities and Pub-! lie Welfare. The results, which have! been tabulated, give a comprehensive view of how the orphanages are meet ing the problem of the dependent child in tills state and form a basis of its-! oimnendgtibns for improvements. | These figures do not represent half the uttmlrfT Os North Cfirtffina depend-j out children, ‘officials state. Because of lack of room, the orphanages are forced to turn away yearly more chil dren than they can admit. Estimates from reiKuts filed with the depart ment places-the total of the state’s de pendent children at (5,000 "at the very lowest.” A visit to every orphanage recently was made by Miss Mary G. Shotwell, of the Bureau of Child Welfare, a part of the State . Board ‘of Charities and Public Welfare. The administration and work of each was studied and a full report written. To each superin tendent. was sent a questionnaire deal ing with five phases of institutional management : administration, finances, number of children received and dis missed, education and physical care. One thousand, five hundred and eighty-one applications were received by the institutions in North Carolina last year, according to the survey, while only 431 children were admit ted. *Of the 331 children dismissed from orphanages during this period. "47 were graduated; 155 returned to relatives; 31 placed in homes; 28 se cured positions ; 21 entered -college: 27 ran away: 3 sent to Caswell Train ing School: 2 died, and 17 were other wise disposed of (no explanation of their disposition having been made by snjjerintendents.)” Os tlie 25)40 children now in orphan ages of the state, 2805) were in school last year, distributed from the first to the eleventh grade. It was found that there is "marked decrease” in the number of children who are in grades higher than the sixth. Six in stitutions send their children to the public schools in the community in which they are located. Three send their high school pupils to the city schools and ttvo others receive salary from the county for one or more teach ers employed in the orphanage school. The number of volumes in the libra ries of the orphanages run* from fifty in the small home up to three thous and in the larger, making a total of 15,059 in all the institutions, with a total of 120 magazines. Seventeen of the twenty-five insti tutions require a physical examination of each child upon entrance; four have a physical examination at regu lar intervals and eight have regular dental exaxnination. Only one orphan age, according to the survey, employs a director of physical education. A total of 18 doctors, 14 dentists and 9 nurses to look after the health of the children is shown. Only 20 of the 25 orphanages provide combs and brush es ; 23 furnish tooth brushes; 18 tow els and 20 washcloths. “Mental tests have been made in on ly one institution,” reads the state ment. "These were given by Dr. Har ry Wr Crane, psycho-pathologist of tlie State Board of Charities and Public Welfare. All children in this orghan age, 315 in number, were divided into groups of about 40 or 50 and given group intelligence test. In all those cases in yvhich the child did noticeably poor work in this test and in which their general conduct or. school rec ords of the institution suggesting that the individual was not adjusted, indi vidual mental examinations were also given. - "As a result, it was found that 43 of (.Concluded on page four.) CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1923. Today’s testimony- scored heavily for the defense, the state being unable to contradict the evidence presented by. Hie defense's witnesses Tlie court adjourned shortly after noon hour. If will reconvene Monday morning and resume the hearings. The huge court, room was packed. Early comers rushed to the front rows to hear the proceedings. The aisles were tilled with anxious spectator's. Everyone listened eagerly. Mrs. Lowe’s testimony and that of her hus band was of a sensational character throughout. Accompanying Mrs. Allen, the wife of tlte deceased man. were her three sons, tlie oldest being 7 years of age and' tin' youngest 17 months. During the hearings, tlie youpgest child, whom she kept in her lap, 1 muttered expres sions in Ids baby language at intervals. She left the court room twice with tin* Infant. Thomas wore a dark blue suit and a black overcot when lie entered the court room shortly before-court opened its morning Sessions. Mrs. Thomas entered with a girl friend, Mrs. Al len was also aeempanied by Mrs. Meyers, a minister's wife from Con cord. Mrs. Lowe, a young woman around thirty, wore a dark coat, a dark* blue suit and a hat. Before going on the s't’aml, site removed her hat. Mr. Lowe, it traveling salesufan, is heavy set, middle aged, partially bald, (Concluded on page four.) TWO IN KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE WRECK The Machine in Which They Were Riding Was Struck by A. C. LiiTrain Near Goldsboro LastNi^ht. Goldsboro, N. (’., Feb. 19.—Two men were instantly killed and another la tally injured when an automobile in which they were riding was struck by an , Atlantic Coast Line passenger train at a crossing on the outskirts of this city about 10 o’clock last night. The dead are James H. Register, E. It. Pigford, and Herbert Suther land, all of Clinton. Sutherland was removed to a local hospital-in an unconscious condition and died about four hours after the crash. The bodies of Register and Pigford were horribly mangled. The victims of the accident are said to have been prominent citizens of Clin ton. An investigation will beheld as soon as the engineer of the train can he summoned to testify. TOWNSHIP SUNDAY SCHOOL INSTITUTES Are Being Held Now in This County.— Every Toulnship to Participate. The county school officers purpose to hold a Sunday School Institute in each township before April 1. Yes terday afternoon they held an insti tute at ML Olivet Church in No. 4 township. Lafct evening they held an institute in Westford Church in No. 11 township. List Sunday a week ago they held an institute in Gilead Church in No. 5 township, and two weeks ago in the Harrisburg Church in No. 5) township. The institutes are being well attended by appreciative audiences. On next Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at Mount. Olive Church in No. (5 town ship, these workers will hold an- in stitute for townships. Nos. (5 and 7 jointly. The other townships of the county will hold theirs in the month of March. The organization, the real work, and workings of Sunday schools are being considered at these meet ings. Hence the meetings are giving a vital impetus and real development to our Sunday schools. LAST CHAPTER GRISSOM TRAGEDY AT GREENSBORO Druggist Who Was Drowned In Florida is BuHed Sunday. * Greensboro, Feb. 18.—The last chapter ir> the Grissom tragedy was written here this afternoon, v when Hayatt A. Grissom, brought back fi’om Florida., after 27 days in the sluggish waters of Thomas Creek, 20 miles north of Jacksonville, was laid to rest in Green Hill cemetery here. The body, accomplished by his fai:h fi| friend and business associate, L. W. Jenkins, arrived late yesterday. From the morning of January i 9, when his automobile was found in the creek, where it had plunged off a road, bridgeless, a persistent search was made of the stream and ths I swamp on either side, lasting 10 days, with a lavish use of dynamite, out | the waters refused to disclose their | secret until their own time, when on 'February 14 a farmer, making his i semi-annual trip down Thonrns Creek on a raft of logs found the body float i ing on the surface. Mr. Grissom was on his way back to Greensboro from a short stay in Florida when he ran mto the croek. REVENUE BILL IT BE PRESENTED TO ASSEMBLY TONIGHT House Finance Committee Working on Bill Now, and It May Be Ready for Pres entation by Tonight. X MILLIKEN BILL ■ UP IN SENATE Not Known What That House Will Do With It, but Opponents Say It Will Be Defeated on the Floor. Raleigh. N. C., Feb. 1!) (By the As .sociated Press). —While the House Finance Committee gathered here to day for full consideration of the gen eral revenue bill. Senators were pre paring to receive the Milliken hill for the regulation of secret orders from the'comm it tee which is now consider ing it. What the Senate will do to the Mil likin bill no Senator will say, but the House members who opposed that leg islation express themselves by saying, that the hill would not live long once it came to the floor of the Senate. Pro ponents of the measure, however, while predicting possibly a sharp tight, de clared there was no cause for fear, and they said the hill would pass with out further amendment in the form in which it was sent to the upper body. As finance committeemen settled to the consideration of the tax measure in the hope of being able to make a favorable report tonight or tomorrow, the sub-committee of the educational group in the House Was preparing to! conclude its hearing in connection with Dr. F. C. Brooks, State Superin tendent of Public Instruction, with a view to being .able to report hack to the full committee on education at least by the middle of the week, or perhaps sooner. Dr. Broqks. chief framer of the ground work of the edu cational hill, expressed satisfaction ov er the proceedings thus far. The House tonight will take up the Bowie railroad bill under special or der. and while the framers expect to meet stiff opposition. Representative Bowie announced that his amendment to limit the amount of appropriation which might be called for, to $10,000,- 000. had dispensed with the objections ol‘ many members. Road Bill for Cabarrus. Raleigh,' Feb. 19. —Representative John B. Sherril announced today that hi' will introduce a road commission bill for Cabarrus County at the night session of the House of Represent:” tives. MAY VOTE ON CHILD LABOR AMENDMENT Resolution Providing for Submission cf Question to Voters Favorably Re ported. i Washington, Feb. 19. —Advocates of a child labor constitutional amend ment won the first stage of their tight today when tlie Senate Judiciary Com mittee ordered a favorable report on a committee resolution providing for submission- of such an amendment to the states. Proponents of the resolution, how over, declared they would prevent this Adoption by the 'Senate. There was no record vote by the committee in ordering the resolution reported, which was a composite draft embodying features of more than a score of child labor resolutions which the committee has been fighting .over for weeks. . The committee’s child labor amend ment would provide: "That Congress shall have power concurrent with the several states, tb limit or prohibit the labor of persons under the age of IS years.” Want Forsyth Separate Judicial Dis trict. Winston-Salem, Feb. 19.—The For syth County Bar Association has adopted and forwarded to the North 1 Carolina General Assembly in Raleigh. | a set of resolutions requesting legis- I lotion which would make' county 1 a separate judicial district. The con gested condition of the district court calendar was given as one of the chief reasons for the separate dis trict. ' , With Our Advertisers. ! How they may better serve the i>eo ple of the community is the constant study of the officers of tlie Citizens Bank and Trust Company. A most interesting display of beau- I tiftil dining room, bed room and living , room fumturel at the Bell & Harris ! Furniture Store. j . Gave Friend Drink and is Held For His Death Richmond. Va., Feb. 154—Roland L. Andrews was being held without bond today while police authorities com pleted an investigation into the death Saturday night of James A. Newton, who. detectives charged, died after dfinking wirskey containing a large quantity of poison. An autopsy will be performed on the body today by Coroner James Whitfield. According to the authorities. An drews had admitted that he and E. W. \FW SCIENTIFIC M AY TO FIGHT BOLL WEEVIL Will Tie Discussed at to Be Held in Atlanta This Week. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 19.—New idea’s in scientific destruction of tlie boll weevil, as well as definite plans for concerted action by alt the interests involved in the American cotton m lustry, are expected to result from the VaLpnal Cotton Conference which vill meet in Atlanta on Tues.day v and Wednesday, for which a large attend ance is expected. The possibility of using poison gaj n destroying the weevil will be dis cussed by ;D. B. Bradner, cnief chemist of the government Chemiea Warfare Service and experiments in the use of X-rays as a sterilizing agent in preventing propagation of the insects will be described by Dr. M chael I. Puoin, one of the nation's Lcrcmftsr electrical scientists and a member of the faculty <>f Columbia University of N?w York. Other dis tinguished scientists who will speak at the conference are Hudson Maxim, who wil! v discuss the importance of scientific coordination of effort in the warfare upon the weevil, and Dr. Miller R;ese Hutchison for many years chief engineer for Thomas A. Edison and now managing director of the National Campaign for 801 l Weevil Control. [The Atlanta conference will be unique in that it will assemble in this city the m=n who have done pioneer work in the search for a Loll weevil destruction agent and many leaders in the various branches of the cot ton industry who arc anxious to find more effective means of combatting thiv menace to the cotton industry. The federal Department of Agricul ture will be represented at the con ference by Dr. L. 0. Howard, chief entomologist; Dr. W. D. Hunter, m -charge of Southern field crop investi gations, and Dr. B. R. Coad. head of .the government laboratory at Tal’.u lah. La., who developed the use of calcium arsenate as a weevil poison. The jeotton manufacturing interests will be represented on the program by C. E. Hu.tchison, of Mt. Holly, N. G., president of the American Cotton Manufacturers Association. and Robert (’.< Amory, of Boston, president of the National Cotton Manufacturers Association. Ex-Governor R. I. Manning, of South Carolina, wil. represent the cot ton planters and Grorge AY. Shutt of New York, president-of the New York Cotton Exchange will speak as the representative of ■-ihe dealers in cot ton. The national aspects of the boll ; wesvil problem will be 'presented ny former "Senator Hoke Smith of Georia, and Senator N. B. Diat, of ■South Carolina. , : Qtb&£ speakers listed on |ke un-j : feronce program are J. ,S'. AVanna maker, president of the Anri mean Cotton - Association: J. J. Brown, Georg a Commissioner of Agriculture; David R. Coker, cf Hartsville, S. C.; Howard AV. Arribruster and Bradley Stoughton, of New York, internation ally recognized engineer who will dis cuss the calcium ars?nate shortage; George D. Smith. Associate ologist of the Florida State P ant Board, who developed the “Florida Method’* of fighting the boll weevil? Eugene R. Black,- president of the Atlanta Trust Company, and Frank H. Barrett, prominent cotton factor of Augusta, Ga. The conference will convene’ Tues day morning at 10 o’clock in the At lanta Baptist Tabernacle, which has a seating capacity of more than three thousand. The Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and the Atlanta Conven tion Bureau will cooperate in the en tertainment of the large number of delegates who are expected to be present. i " CHARACTER WITNESSES AT THOMAS TRIAL Seventeen Introduced During Day.— Trial Will Continue All Week. Salisbury, Feb. 19—Seventeen wit nesses. most of whom testitml to the character of the defendant, followed each other in rapid succession on tlie stand at the opening of the fifth day iof the trial of O. G. Thomas, here today. ~ The Charlotte automobile salesman, who is charged with the murder of Arthur J. Allen, a master plumer of Concord, was not expected to know his fate until the latter part of the week, as the state is under stood to have much rebuttal testi mony. i i ' Proponents of Shipping Bill Lost Point 'Washington. Feb. 10. —Proponents of *the administration shipping lull lost a strategic battle today, the Sen ate voting 44 to 42 not to table a mo tion by Senator Ladd, republican, of North Dakota, to lay aside the ship ping legislation and take up the filled milk Dill. British Give French Railway Line. Cologne, Feb. 19 ( By <the Associated Press). —The British today turned ov er a six-kilometer strip on the west end of their zone, so as to give the French and Belgians complete control of the double track railroad line from Duesseldorf, si short strip of which ian through the British area. _ Gordon, a farmer of Glen Allen, gave Newton some "bottled in. bond” whis key Saturday afternoon. ' Soon after ward he went ’nto convulsions and died. Andrews .and Gordon were questioned, after which the latter was released. Andrews, a former business associ ate of the dead man, is flaid by detec tives to be the beneficiary under a $15,000 life insurance policy carried by Newton. S2.QO a Year, Strictly in Advance. NEAR EAST AH IF uuunty STARTS NEXT WEEK Rev. J. Frank Armstrong, Local Chairman, Says Ev erything is Now Ready for Campaign Opening QUOTA THIS YEAR SAME AS BEFORE County Will Be Asked to Raise $3,200. —Chairman Feels Certain Local Quota Will Be Easily Raised. Cabarrus county’s campaign for flie Near East Relief will be held from February 25 to March 1 and will start next Sunday with speakers who have been through the horrors of Turkish misrule over Christians in the Near East addressing local churchgoers, it was announced today by Rev. .1. Frank Armstrong, county chairman. Recent events in Asia Minor, and particularly the horrible massiUTe at Smyrna, have awakened renewed in terest in the sense of this great hu manitarian organization which has saved over a million people from death by starvation in the last four years. It has caused the people of America to realize that these unfor tunate Christian martyrs are not beg gars who are allowing America to feed them, but loyal Christian people whose every move to rehabilitate them selves is frustrated' by their stronger Mohammedan foe. Mr. Armstrong is issuing an urgent. appeal for funds this week. These should he handed to him or to Mr. L. 1). Coltrane, treasurer. He has the active support of practically d.ery minister in the county, lie points out that for every $5 sent in, the life of one orphan of a Christian martyr or Armenian war hero will he saved for a month, so efficient is the work of the Near East Relief. Cabarrus county's quota is $3,240, the same as last year in spite of the tremendously increased jhkhl as the re sult of over 800,000 people being driv en from their hOmes as a result of the massacre at Smyrna. Those pit* are now In Thrace, destitute and without food or clothing, except what the Near East Relief is able to pro vide. \ The amount of the quota will pro vide for the fiftyrfour little children assigned to the county's sacred care and who are being built into the new Armenian nation by the American people* through the Near East relief. North Carolina is taking care of .‘1,334 of these tots and for this reason rais es .$200,000 annually. Josephus Dan iels is Honorary State Chairman and Col. George 11. Bellamy of Wilming ton is State chairman for this work. The children sire the paramount, consideration of the Near East re lief. However, sill funds raised over the county’« quota, or over the state's cpiota this year, will he used to help feed the refugees from the Smyrna disaster: CHARGES LAWYERS,ARE CONTROLLING CONGRESS Chairman Johnson Says Members of Bar in New York City Have Great Influence. Washington, Feb. 10.—Charges that a clique of lawyers of New York City buy and sell the influence of Senators anti Representatives with out their knowledge was. made today before the House rules committee by Chairman Johnson, of the House im migration committee, t “There is in New York-City,” said Mr. Johnson, 'a place absolutely known as the den of forty thieves, a building full of lawyers who make a living representing to persons that for a stated sum they can obtain the in fluence of members of Congress. “I know of one case where friends of an immigrant were told that for .SI,OOO the influence of a certain mem ber of t.he House could he had to get the immigrant into the country under bond. I know that the member of the House has not tht* knowledge of this matter. These lawyers got the money and got the man in under bond 'with out ever going near the representatives could obtain." whose influence' they claimed They “Why hasn’t that case been pros**- cuted?” asked Chairman Campbell. "It will be prosecuted,” replied Mr. Johnson, "just as soon as possible.” | "It should have been prosecuted without delay,” declared Mr. Camp bell. FORI) PROPOSAL FIGHT IS AGAIN RENEWED Effort is- Being Made to Get Action on Proposal at Present Session of Congress. Washington, Feb. 10.-—The fight for action by the Hous% at this s«»ssion of Congress on Henry Ford’s offer for Muscle Shoals was renewed today be fore the rules <*ommittee with Chair man Campbell reiterating Ids opposi tion on the ground that Mr. Ford had j statss*he would not accept the propo- I sition contained in the bill reported by the military committee.-' Seven Cent Street Car Fare Tomorrow. Beginning on Tuesday, February ! 20th, the car faro on the street cars in Concord, operated by the North Carolina Public Service Comi»a«y, will reduced to 7 cents. Congress. NO. 65.