North Carolina Newspapers

j B. SHERRIIvL, Editor and Publisher. o! i. ME XLVIII. oi\ ItETING l ogg FELLOWS NOW ! ■ BORG lie IRE - of Tenth District ii Annual Convention W ith Cold \\ater Lodge of Thij- City '[his Afternoon. SESSION TO HE HELD TONIGHT \imifer of Delegates Froini hoiiuos iii District Present. I firsmd Master Coppedge Attending the Meeting.' ! meeting• of the Tenth i' ’ \ i.i i• >n of the j.; (>. O. P. , ; :!•;.< afternoon in the lodge , v * •. i| Water Lodge, which is :naive!.tion members tliis (ii-iK* a law number of (Hid .j,.w~ from i'ii various bulge* in the v. ;•)••• pH' hi for tlio open mg :iiht oilicvs are c\|M‘etod here ni-lit which will he lodge, nhiuis a l 7 :30. liistrii t otiiccrs are hero I ,• . .an • tu ion and in addition to , K YV It. <' ippedge. of Rock-I i;;. ad .Yi aster of. the state or-. , was present 'to take part in j:.r program'. I ■>... iir-a m''imi thi> afternoon bo ■i _ o'cln k with President \V. | sj ll .. us Kannapolis, presiding. Af ■x u•• nh liiag ode hy tlio convention ..• :•( :'. invocation was offered by • i: \| !'•. !* ! ' rppi dge. ami the ad s yr« ! mm* was delivered. The rrs|hUb'to the address was made by l: j. Summerrow. of Charlotte, super tlie Tenth District. At tier f* a tures <>f the afternoon ses m. •• «'■!''> flie reading of tlie minutes .j' I!»• last convention by A. O. Cline, of thi.' .ify. siH-retary of the conven ti.in: repnits from the lodges of the ii i« t a iii l a business session. other fi.;i. ares of the afternoon sos i.ffir.i| for ilie night session, which wifi begin at 7 :30 o'clock will he the i. .1.-gree. which‘Ayill he conferred i iiii* Kami lpolis degree, team. Short ik' • ii the good of the convention t •hi! also *.e • made at the night ses- j - n ' !**■ followed hy a busines- sc \ a'lii'-T WfireH n rn:s lll ilelirS*will He ffiHN \ KRVIN DIED THIS MORNING IN SALISBURY Ilii.h Wav Brought To Concord and 'Funeral Services Will Be Held heiv Tomorrow. •Hni A. Kr\in. former resident of f i i"riuy. died this morning at 3:10 •••if in ilie Salisbury llospitAl. j •ii. ;-i. in* had been undergoing trent : .'itine time. Mr. Ervin's eon ■*i' a 'tiring ilie past two weeks had desperate and his death was not The ! "dy was brought to this city id> this morning and prepared for ■d. later, it was taken to the if'iue of Mi. i\v. Swink. brotlier-in ■h'.v hi tin* ficeased. and funeral ser ies will be held at the home tomor f'tr iiinriiing at to o'clock, interment to I*o ni:s«li* in nakwooil cemetery. The '*"■ ie< - will "l»e conducted hy Rev. ' •••'■ 1 Rowan, pastor of the First ‘■‘•'i yi.*rian Cliurch. ••'i Kaia 'as ti.) years «rs age. hav •' i 1 -’i i'orn on I >;*<eml«*r IS, lift SO. : v. ' a son of tin* late Mr. and ' Prank R. Ervin and was reared Rocky stiver neighborhood. Ear it iii'-* !n* joined jin* Rocky River • i i. n f 'hun ii and serv**d as eld r in : In- f Imreh. •'1" Pi nin was the last member of •■l'-'liate family, his sister. Mrs. 1 iiik. and his brother, Mr. Finn • iving preceded him to the >in made his home in Con ' i four or live years ago when i to Salisbury, where la* held ‘iii' ii with a hotel company. Jie n in declining health for sev and had been confined to 1 for several months. KOBI'KRs blow safe and MAKE OFF WITH SI,OOO V!iA (> | Raleigh 0i! Company Was Dy namited.—Blast Heard by Many. • 1 A l ' eh. .March 20. —The police to ■' *arching for robbers who ' dynamited the safe of a lo iipany escaping with SI,BOO. was heard throughout the - iien, hut the location was ' ' ■' d until tliis morning. ! ■ m.ikes iln* fhiral time within a "it company's safe has been 1 «• of tne robberies occurring ' 'mas. Eight safe robberies •d in Raleigh this year, ''ag to Tin* police. Snrali Bernhardt Buried. j V : 1 is - 'birch 20 t T.y the Associated 'fee body of Sarah Bern ■' laid’to rest in her tomb ■ ’cry of 4*ore la Chaise this ' ll :i: t o'clock after a simple '• v • e in (he church at St. • Sales, and solemn pro tie 1 through the streets •l.’ crowds of mourners. L \eeepts Asheville Invita- tton. M rd: ,27.—Attorney Gen i ; ri .. now on a vacation in p, accc.ntml *au invitation by tl . ; '•> of rlie Grove Park lUti, i; 'f“villc, and will arrivy here j, ' ) April, according to a dis . ' r " ‘‘ived by The Citizen tonight IVt.rsburg. THE CONCORD TIMES, 'Os TH FiGHTJSV; AGAINST ILLITERACY Fourteen Slates Calling Convention / h> Combat Ignorance. i AVashington. March 2'.>.- i Capital News Service*). While the problem of illiteracy in the l'nited States is not wli.jt it is in many foreign and prncti- > <nll!v all Catholic countries, there arc.' an Unnecessary nuniber of people who i <an neither rend nor'write. In ihej fourteen Southern states ..which arc about to send delegates to Kittle Rock.! Arkansas, for the illiteracy conference, which will he held there on April-ltlth and 11th. it is estimated that more! than three million men and women, and children over ten years of age, ran ! pot sign their names nor read a news- j pa per. The conference is called in the hope J ot finding a method or methods more ! vigorously to combat tliis condition. I New and better ways of utilizing the public schools for adult instruction, j employment of 'pi*eial teachers, travel- ■ ing Kina lies, lecturers who will ad- ! ■dress communities in districts difficult! of access, and other means of remov ing 11 1 i' blot .against the fair name of Slates- as well as the nation, will he discussed. The question of good roads will enter into the discussion to some, ex tent. since it is being more and more realized every day that ignorance is often due to lack of transportation fa cilities. and that there are many adults hungry to learn and anxious to go to school who are prevented bv ab sence of roads from being in close enough touch with educational cen ters. MAC NDY TIH RSI)AY DAY OF MASONIC OBSERVANCE Scottish Rite Members the World Over Hold Services Today. Washington. * March 2U - < <’apital News Serviced.—Today is Maundav Thursday, an observance not only in Christian churches, hut of interest to all Scottish Rite Masons. WlierCev cr situated Scottish Rite Masons m day gather together to hold the beau tiful ceremony of ‘•Extinguishing the Rights." that mankind not forget that darkness and evil in the past have fol lowed upon putting out tin*, lights of mercy, charity, education, toleration, and -brotherhood. The observance, obligatory upon all members of the Rite who have re ceived the eighteenth degree, and are thus members of diapers of Rose Croix, is held either in Masonic Tem ples or churches, and conducted by the officers of local chapters. Il is fol lowed. -on Easter Sunday, hy the hopeful ami inspiring ceremony of •'IK lighting the Eights,** typifying the dawn of it new day which comes with the recognition of the need of spiritual 1 c/'O -ncP-w o of mar* and Ids practice <*l'J ‘rft.f.iT' rr.i b r'irvr-pri.i I*loi ill -TVsirCep* s + which have, elevated him from bar-1 barisni to his present civilization. | PROF. MADISON GIVES IT HIS SCHOOL WORK Resigns Presidency of the Cullowhee Normal and Industrial Seliool. Cullowhee, N. ('.. March 2P. —Prof. R. L Madison, who for the past lk"» years has been president of the Cullow liee Normal and Industrial School here, a state institution, yesterday ten dered his resignation to the hoard of trustees to take effect June 30. A. T. Allen, it was learned today, will become head of the school, should Prof. Madison maintain his decision to leave. Mr. Allen at present is super visor of teacher training in North Car olina. Prince of Wales Thanks Owsley for Cablegram. Indianapolis. March 28.—The Prince of Wales reciprocates the good wishes for peace and concord throughout the world, expressed by Alvin Owsley. American Legion notional commander, according to a eeble.gram received to day at national headquarters of the Legion from Ambassador George Har vey. ••The Prince of Wales,’’ said the message, “desires me to thank you sincerely for your kind telegram on tiie. occasion of his attending the American Legion ball in London and to assure you that he heartily recipro cates your good wishes for peace and concord* throughout the world." Death of W. H. Phifer. Monroe. March 28. —W. H. Phifer died this morning. He was'XO years okl. He was horn and roared in the Wesley Clutpel community and from there went as a young soldier to the Civil War. He served in the army four years, except for the time he spent in-federal prison. He belonged to the cavalry. He was fit one time courier on the staff of Made Hampton. Coming hack from the war lit* married Miss Elizabeth Jane Stevens, who sur vives him. Mr. Pliifer spent some years on the farm, then moved to Monroe, where he entered the mercantile business with his brother-in-law. the late Sheriff A. j F. Stevens. Free Slate Troops Make Arrests. j Dublin. March 2i> (By the Associat ed Press). —Practically the entire staff lof tilt* third southern division of the irregular army was captured yester day at Nenagh. according to an statement today. Other important captures were made after at Tooma ! varra. Both places are in County Tip | perary. i Service Tomorrow at St. James. 1 Service Will he held tomorrow, Fri day. in St. James Lutheran Church from 12 till 3p. m. This is a most i helpful service for worship ami medi ation. The public is most' cordially | welcome. . More Increases for Textile Workers. i Henderson, X. Cl March 29.—Four cotton mills of the Henderson and Harriett chain .today announced a wage increase of 15 per cent, effective April 3rd. Two thousand men are . affected by the increase. PUBLISHED MONDAYS D THURSDAYS DESPERATE BATTLE FAILS 10 PREVENT ; WORK OF OFFICERS I | Men Wanted in Kentucky j for Making Liquor Lost Their Lives When They' Resisted Officers. i i | ONE WOMAN IN FAMILY KILLED i Deputy Sheriff Lost His Life as He Tried to Present the Warrant—Stills and Beer Seized in the Raid. i Harlan, Ky,. March 29. —County of- Hcers and possemen had returned to day from tin* mouth of Beech ('reek in the hills of Leslie Comity, with all account of the desperate last stand of “The Strongs." a battle in which three men and a woman were killed Wed nesday. Carrying a warrant for the arrest of Isaac rtn charges of liquor law vio lations. 22 possemen arrived ai llio Strong home and surrounded the house. Deputy Walker advanced to ward the house with the warrant. A hidden marksman tired and Wal ker staggered with a wound in the hi east. As he ran for cover, a second bullet pierced his head. Companions of the slain officer con centrated a withering lire on till* house from behind trees and ledges. When the officers entered the house the two men and Mrs. Strong were dead, the woman, according to the of ficers. having a repeating rifle clutch ed in her fast stiffening lingers. Two stills were found in it strongly barricaded position hack of tin* house. They were destroyed, together with 700 gallons of still heel*. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady Today at An Advance of From 10 to 20 Points. New York. March 29. —The cotton market opened steady at an advance of 10 to 20 points on the reports of wage advances in New England cot ton mills and unfavorable weather -map, and euv Hug for oyer the three ,h..> - «fc.k,.w . TkAx* were re ports of a better spot demand in the southwest and some southwestern buying here during the early trading, but after selling lip to 2N.35 for July the market eased off under renlinzing or liquidation. Cotton futures opened steady. May 29.01: Julv 28.1 G; Oct. 25.21: Dec. 24.72: Jan. 24.46. FOSTER TAKES STAND IN HIS OWN DEFENSE Said lie Had Been Member of I. W. YV., Seamen’s Union and Other Such Organizations. ... St. Joseph, Midi.. March 29 (By the Associated Press). —Win. Z. Foster, charged with criminal syndicalism, took tin* stand in his own defense this morning. Foster testified he has been a mem ber of the I. W. W.. Seamen's Union, Car Men's Union, and other organiza tions. He quit the I. W. YV., he said, because he no longer agreed with its policies and program. Northfleld Conferences. East Xorthfield. Mass., March 29. Many prominent British,and American clergymen arc listed among the speak ers who will address 19.000 or more delegates who are expected to attend tin* six religious conferences I hat will he held at Northfleld Seminary this summer. Hundreds of clergymen, as well as thousands of church workers, will he present at the meetings, which were started over forty years ago hy Dwight L. Moody. Among the noted personages expect ed to he present are the Rev Lionel It. Fletcher, of Cardiff, Wales; the Rev. James Reid, of Eastbourne, Eng land : the Rev. Dr. John A. Hutton of the United Free Church. Glasgow, Scotland: the Rev. Dr. Henry Sloan Coffin of Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church. New York City: the Rev. Dr. Robert E. Speer of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, the Rev. I.)r. Floyd YV. Tompkins of Philadel phia, and the Rev. Dr. Harries E. Kirk of Baltimore. An Expensive Trial. Danville, \ r a., March 29. —Otis Brad ley, clerk of the corporation court, be lieves the trial of W. M. Snead, con victed of grand larceny and sentenc ed to serve five years in the peniten tiary for having in his possession an automobile stolen from T. YV. Prich ard, of Charlotte, X. C.. will prove one of the most expensive cases to the state in many years. The costs already run over $1,200, of which sum $720 was paid to out-ol'- town witnesses. ’Two of these came from Michigan, one from Florida and twelve from Charlotte. Snead was charged with being in league with a "ring” of automobile thieves alleged to have operated in Charlotte. Danville and other towns. Ilis trial attracted much attention. ‘Another YY’ar Coming Man Jumps to Death. Asheville, March 28.—“ There's an other war coming." were the last words uttered by an unidentified man as he .jumped from a trestle to his death near Canton yesterday. His body was recovered last night after a party of Haywood county citi zens had dragged the stream for eight hours. CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1923. Hon and the March iansb who have been playing bide iiml seek din ing the I month, seemed to have completely re versed the traditional order of tilings today and in some sections at least the 'month gave every Indication of going out with a wintry roar. YVeather Bureau officials in making public record breaking temperatures in the East and middle west for late in the season, also announced that I tliis March had "taken the palm” from all others, not withstanding the month i . noted for its fiekje ‘temperature. Some of the readings jtoen-y.'all of them parking new low points, were Washiitglon 18: Harris burg, Pa., and Philadelphia 14: Erie 6; Albany, .V Y. zero; Buffalo 6; Ft. YYaym . hid., 14: Greenville, Me., l.xl below; and White River. On:., MO be- New Finishing Plant For Gibson Manufacturing Co. Marsagainent Announces That Structure 60x200 Feet, Two Stories in Heighth Will Be Erected, to Be Filled With Modem Machinery—Work to Start Soon. j ~ ♦ 1 The Gibson Manufacturing Com pany, one ol' the mills of the Cannon chain, is. the latest textile concern in this county to announce improvements and additions to its. present plant. The proposed enlargement of the mill was announced today hy Mr. E. C. ■ Barn ha nit. Sr.. President of the company. Under the plans worked out some time ago bj .Ylr. Barnhardt and other officials of the company and approved hy the diilctors oi' the company at a meeting this week, a new structure to house the finishing plant of the mill will he erected, and the finishing plant will he made one of tiie most modern in the South. The building which will house the finishing plant, under the new plans, will be (>ox2oo feet, two stories in height and will be erected just in the rear of the present mill building. In addition to tin* present finishing plant machinery, which will be moved in to the new structure, the coufpany has purchased additional machinery to complete the equipment of the new plant. The additional structure and machinery will moan an increase in | the output of the company. Colored goods will be made in the mill and fin ished in the new plant. If was pointed oUt hY Ms: Bimihfrrdl that the weaving capacity of. tiie mill is now greater than the finishing ca pacity, and llu* new plant has become a necessity. The space in the present mill build ing which will he left vacant when the present finishing machinery is moved to the new addition, will take care of new carding-and spinning machinery which the company has already pur chased. In addition to creeling tin* new fin ishing plant the mill management also had decided to remodel and increase t the steam plant at the mill. The amount of money involved in the plans as announced by Mr. Barn hardt was not given in the announce ment. Work on the new structure will be gin in the near future. JOHN A. PARK SPEAKS TO JOURNALISTIC STUDENTS Loyalty to Profession Is Best Way to Attain Success in Newspaper Work. (’lmpel Hill. March 29.—College stu dents who expect too fabulous salaries through newspaper positions have but little chance to realize their aspira tions, John A. Park, of tin* Raleigh Times, told members of the journal sm class at the University of North Carolina today. in outlining the way to newspaper success Mr. Park ■ emphasized the necessity of loyally to the profession. SMOKING HABIT PROVES HELPFUL Excellent Antiseptic For 31 with am! Throat. Paris, March 24.- —In direct con tradiction of the old belief that smok ing is injurious, a scientist here has proved that the habit, if not ah-used. is an aid to health. Experiments conducted by Dr. E. P. Boger show that while the nicotine extracted chemically from ten gram mes of tobacco is sufficient to Riil a dog, the same amount of the “weed when burned gives a negligible amount of nicotine in-the. smoke. “Fire,” says Dr. Roger, “transforms the nicotine into such substances as crepsols and phenols which, while slightly irritating. are excellent antiseptics for the respiratory chan nels, especially in view of the iact that, these substances are anti-oxygen ous and therefore serve to arrest the vitality of microbes which need oxygen to aid their development.” The scientist cities as popular pijoof. bearing out the results of his experiments, that greater number of smokers who maintain their health in certain epidemics, notably of cerebro-spinal meningitis. To Plant Memorial Trees. Y\ T asliington, * D. C... March 29 Un der the auspices of the Mas'-vichus' its Society of YVashingtou a unique cele bration of Arbor Day will he held here early in May, when 39 memorial ' trees sent to the State colony from j Massachusetts will he planted on the | first State memorial avenue on the ' grounds of the Lincoln Memorial. The trees are to he planted by Gov- I ernor Cox and the mayors of the j thirty-eight cities of Massachusetts. New Low Temperatures for March Reached by the Present Cold Wave YY’ashington, March 29.—The March low/ , The present cold wave lias been felt | most keenly east of the Mississippi ! Hirer. Raleigh. X. <’., was the south | easternmost point touched, reporting i freezing, and the lower Mississippi jY'nllfty apparently escaped the worst. , New Record in New England. Boston. M in h 29. —Temperatures in I New England today made new low j records l'or the season. In Boston j early today ii was four above. The i lowest official temperature in Now ! England was IS below at. Greenville, Maine. New York, 31 arch 29.—New Yorkers went to work today shivering in the coldest March weal her on record here. The temperature early in the da> i was 12 degrees. YY’anner weather I was predicted for the afternoon. At Saranac Lake the* mercury drop ped during the. night to 30 below zero. WILL RESUME PEACE PARLEY NEXT MONTH Allies and the Turks Are to Meet Again at Lausanne to Thrash Out the Peace Question. Geneva. March 29 (By the Asso ciated Press). —Tin* peace negotiations between tin*, allies and Turkey will lie resumed at Lausanne sometime, be tween April 15tli and 20th. This an nouncement was made today by the secretariat; who the powers left at Lausanne sit the conslusion of the re cent conference. The announcement said that the op ening session would be held on the last named date, ~ Inasmuch as the secretariat recently was notified to prepare t'y leave. A° r Constantinople tltf* sffdderi ch.rngiHiT theSctme -Ts con sidered proof of tin* eoneoliator.v atti tude of the Turks. FATE OF PRIESTS AND PRELATES NOT DECIDED \ Central Executive Committee of So viets to Consider Cases in Near Fu -1 tore. Moscow, March 29 2:30 P. M. (By the Associated Press).—The appeal for ’clemency of the Catholic prelates and priests, sentenced last Monday, will hi* considered at the first meeting of [ the Central Executive Committee to be held either tomorrow or next week, the government amnesty department • committee announced today. Mean : while a temporary stay of sentence for the condemned is applicable and they will remain in prison. I ASKS INY ESTIC.ATION OF DECLINE IN COTTON ; Congressman McSvvain Declares That I Somebody is Throttling Law of Sup • ply and Demand. Greenville, S. (’.. March . 25. — ! (’barges that “somebody is throttling ! the law of supply and demand” and ; forcing cotton prices down were made {today by Congressman John *T. Mc | Swain, of the fourth South Carolina ; district, in a telegraphic appeal to j Secretary Hoover, of the department | of commerce, for an immediate inve.sti i gation of the cause of the recent de cline in the price of the staple.. His telegram was as follows: "On behalf of southern cotton farm ers, I* request and urge investigation of the present decline of cotton prices. YY’o believe it is due to bearish specu lation pure and simple. Cotton stocks ! lowest since 1865, present rate, of con ! sumption would take 12,000,000 bale i crop. Such production impossible, j 801 l weevil cut crop in half, twenty | per cent of farm labor gone to north ern cities in this section. Fair inves tigation invited and wi l show cotton being produced and sold or below cost. “YY r liy should cotton prices fall while sugar, gasoline, machinery and build ing materials rise. Somebody is throttling law of supply and demand. Let us find who. how and why. ’ MORE GERMAN MINERS QUIT JOBS IN MINES Workers in Gelsenkirchen Dis i triet Go Out on Strike of Protest. i Gelsenkirchen, March 29 (By the j Associated Press.)—Fifteen thousand ! miners are fin strike in the Gelsenkir- I clioti district at all mines occupied by | troops, according to estimated made in j German quarters. The men quit work ; as a protest against the occupation, i Five thousand men are out at the 1 YY'esterholt properties. 4.000 at Rhein i baden. 4.000 at the Concordia mines land 2.000 at the BJumenthal plants, j They have served notice they will not ' return to work until the last soldiers , lea ve. Textile Plant Destroyed. Royersford, Pa... Mirch 29.—The textile plant of Emmers*'& Company today was destroyed by fife with a ’ less estimated at $200,000. Cold weather handicapped th'» firemen. A large order of underwear, packed ! for shipment was destroyed. THE RELATIVE PURCHASING POWER OF FARM PROLO G * Cotton Has the Highest Ptirchasi) Fewer of All Farm UoranfiMlities* Raleigh, N. C., March 29. —Frank Parker, statistic an of the North Caro lina and United States Departments of .Agriculture, tonight made punlic statistics on the relative purchasing I power of farm products through February. The report follows: /“Using 1913 as a 100 per cent basis, we find that the latest prices of farm crops, in terms, of a 1 other uum im.oditA s, are as follows: Cotton 134 per cent; corn per cent :• wheat SH per cent; hay 73 per cent; Potatoes G 5 per cent. / “In terms of cloth, a unit of cotton has the purchasing power of 107 per cent; corn 61; wheat 68; hay 56. and potatoes 51. To buy fuel, cotton will .secure only 96 per cent, corn 55; wheat. 61; hay 50, and potatoes 46 per cent as much as in 1913. In .terms of house furnishing goods, cotton will buy 14 per cent more, corn 35 per cent less, wheat 28 per cent less; hay 40 per cent and potatoes 45 per cent* less than ten years ago. * “Beef cattle and swine show very ow purchasing power. ;“As a whole, the general index of purchasing power of farm products in terms of otlt:r commodities, as work ed out by the bureau of agricultural economics, stood at 68 per cent, basis of 1913, for January, > which was the isame as the preceding month. Cotton has thic’ highest purchasing; power of fa Pin commodities.” The 1922 production of American cotton was, “a world-wide disappoiut ! meat,” he said, adding that the *vot [lon farmer was dissatisfied on ac count of the-small yield per acre." “The merchant,” he continued. 1 “found a scarcity of supplies and I could not easily obtain the grades he |had sod through the mill. There is a general shortage of cotton supplies all over the world and the manu facturers realize that on the next crop they might depend for much of their needs.” WILL SEND SALARIES OF MARRIED MEN TO HOMES City of New Orleans \Y r ill Not Longer Give Pay Envelopes to Married Men in Person. New Orleans. March 29.—Married men employed by the city government were thrownt into consternation today with the announcement by Commission er Murphy that hereafter their pay checks would he mailed to their home addresses, instead of Iteiug handed to them in person. Long arguments and objections counted for nought. “Every city, employee from the mayor down is going to get his check at bottle,” Commlssioner Murphy said, ■The money belongs in the home, and I am going to do my best to put it there, and then if some of the wives cannot keep it there, that is their fault.” • IN MAN’S STOMACH, 27 SPOONS Parsons, Ivas., Hospital Authorities Solve Missing Silver Mystery. The mystery of the missing silver ware at the state hospital for epilep tics at Parsons, Kansas, was solved when twenty-seven teaspoons were found in the stomach of James A. Malgrene, a patient, physicians declar ed. An operation on Malgrene's stomach also disclosed a handful of wooden sticks anil a safety pin. T.'t/ble silver has disappeared mys teriously for several weeks. An at tendant last week saw Malgrene toss off a meal by swallowing one spoon and reaching for another. An X-ray examination revealed the silver chest and an operation was ordered. Mal grene apparently had been in excellent health. Physicians and hospital attendants were finable to explain the physical feat whereby Malgrene could dispose of an ordinary teaspoon in one gulp. Malgrene is 49 years old, and came to tin* hospital three months ago from Saline county. Masons May Get Billion Dollars. Cohasset, Mass., March 29. —In 200 years members of Kouolioseet Lodge of Masons of this place will enjoy an endowment amounting to about SL -000.000,000 under the terms of the will of Ilans Godfrey Dick, a member of the lodge whose whole estate is Irft to Masonry. The will provides that the estate, amounting to nearly $50,000. shall be dispjosed of by setting aside one-tenth on which the interest shall be paid I annually to his lodge. The remaind ' er shall he held in trust for 2tX) yeears I and the money allowed to work for itself. At the end of the two centu ; ries the income from the en dowment will be for the usexjf Kono hasset Lodge, the lodges of the twen ty-seventh Masonic district and the towns of Scituate and Cohasset. At 5 po.r cent, compounded interest the j $40,000 would grow to approximately one billion dollars in 200 years. Airplanes Leave Hanava. Havana. Cuba, March 29. —The six ' U. 8. Army aviators on a test llight from San Antonio, Texas, to San Juan Porto Rico and from there to YY’ftshing ton, D. (’., left here this morning at 9:13 a. m. for Miami. They are ex pected to make the trip to Washington in easy daily hops, probably arriving j there the first of next week. Increase in YY’ages of 12 1-2 Per Cent. Salem, Yl'ss., March 29.—The Nav.mkeg Steam Cotton Company to day announced an advance in wage.-; of approximately 12 1-2 per cent., effec i tive April 2. for the 2.900 operatives j in its mills here, and at Peabody. Mrs. B. C. Conner, of No. 1 town ship, sent us yesterday two very large eggs laid by a game pullet. The larg est one weighed 4 ounces and measur ed 8 inches; around the long way and 6 1-2 inches the other waj’. The other egg was a fraction smaller. , ii $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. ’*!?.„ ..oolllD TO WANT $70,000 FEE FOR THEIR MICE Raleigh Reports Say Law yers Who Represented the State in Railroad Litigation Want Fee to This Amount. GOVERNOR WILL TAKE matter up Locke Craig Says He Pre sented a Bill for SIO,OOO Which He Considers Rea sonable for His Services. Raleigh, March 2H. —Adjustments will be inane in Tees to be paid by the state to the attorneys that represented North Carolina in the recent railroad tax litigation in the Federal District Court and United States Supreme Court. Governor Cameron Morrison is quoted as saying in a story published today in the Raleigh News and obser ver. The chief executive refused to con firm reports that the attorneys —W. P. Bynum, of Greensboro; Sirney Aider man, Greensboro; Tlios. I). Warren, New Bern, and Locke Craig, Asheville —had requested a combined fee of .<70,000, according to the story. "1 am very sorry that this matter has to lie discussed,” the Chief Exec utive is quoted as saying. "I am sure that an arrangement can be made sat isfactory to the attorneys and the State. Os course, they rendered Vi very fine service. They are able law yers ; they went up against able law yers and beat them. Their fees will be high, but I think a reasonable ad justment can be made.” The Southern Railway. Seaboard, Atlantic Coast Line, and Norfolk Southern were involved in the suit against the State to prevent the col lection of taxes. Craig Asked For SIO,OOO. Asheville, March 20. —Former Gov ernor Locke Craig, who served with counsel for the State of North Caro lina in the railroad tax litigation, said today that lie had sent in a bill to Governor Morrison for .SIO,OOO as bis attorney-fee. Os this, $2,000 lias been paid, the forth of GovTuhbr kald. leav ing a balance of $8,004). However,* a note accompanied the statement, J.lr. Craig said, informing the Governor that Mr. Craig would bo perfectly willing to leave the amount of fetj to the Governor. The former Governor said lie did not know what fees had been asked by other members of the counsel for tiie state, the only infor mation he had on that subject being what he had read. “I rendered a bill for slo,ooo,’' Mr. Craig said, “because I thought that fee was commensurate with the time and effort 1 put on the case and the amount involved. I am sure t’ho Gov ernor will allow me What is reasonable ami just, but whatever action he takes will be agreeable to me.” LAND BANKS TO OPERATE UNDER NEW CREDITS ACT To Assume Functions of Credit Banks in Addition to Present Loaning Facilities. Washington. Mare 27,. —The federal farm loan board today completed the chartering of the federal land banks so they may operate under the new agricultural credits act in connection with the intermediate system. With the granting of a charter to the laird bank at Berkeley, Cal., the twelve land banks were made ready formally to assume the functions of the credit banks in addition to their present loaning facilities. * It is Understood the farm loan board soon will announce the inter est rate at which the land banks will loan to co-operative associations and other organizations and Institutions authorized under the law to borrow government funds. The rate, however, probobly will not be announced until the board has completed its code of technical regulations governing the loaning of funds under the new laws. Will Plant Young Oysters in Waters of North State. Raleigh, March 27.—Three million bushels of young oysters will be plant ed in the hays and sounds of North Carolina and a number of fi3h hatch eries in the inland as well as on the coast will be established, it was de cided at the meeting of the tisheries mis--ion. In re today. The. commission Ins an appropria tion of $500,4)00 voted by the General Assembly of 1023. _ Among the Romans, if a man kiss .*!i ms oetrothed. she gained thereby half of his effects in th£ event of his dying before the celebration of their marriage. If the lady herself died un der the same circumstances, her heirs or nearest of kin took the half due her. A kiss was regarded very seri ously by the ancient Romans. With Our Advertisers. If you have any Victory bonds, have them discounted. The Citizens Bank and Trust Company will attend to this for von. Defense Presents Testimony. Grand Rapids. March, 28.—Defense testimony in tin* suit brought against the Israelite House of David by John W. Hansell. of Nashville, Tenu., was concluded in Federal court this noon. Rebuttal testimony was commenced. NO. 76.