North Carolina Newspapers

j B sHERRILL, Editor and Publisher. VOLUME XLVIII. IPPDSES USING THE Iff 19 ASSIST IN - PROHIBITION WORK ■ rotary Weeks Lodges Pro test Against the Proposed Practice in an Address m Washington. iPPOSES GENERAL '■ ISE OF THE ARMY Enforcement of Any Civil Law Unless All Civil Police Power Shall Have Been Exhausted. J,,,,.. “S.— Flat opposi t'.ii-.using tin* army to ' l; " , t,itiit ;<■!» i-ufoncipeTit work | l( .re today by Secretary akii4i at tic* graduating exer ' V. T I, 4 .- Vinera-an War College. •I,'aMnd tnli.w." lie -aid. "that .per ‘ ; ;i|\,n ;itr unusual employment L,!> i .'-nn v. stud) as enforcement of ;lV( . serious thought cun •'*<jueuces of such prae *l yVir S>ci''t::ry >nid In*, was "oppos ' of ilie army for the en ,ivi! laws unless all civil wUn„v V er shall have been exhausted I |,..idts that state of *insurree •in,| icbtllioti’ whirl) Federal law - shall alone justify the use of n affording the protection guai i/j ..j.. governments by the cou •p ]s7s.- he said. "Congress with a > k I’wledge of t t> dangers and abus had arisen as a result of the iim'.f the ;nmy in augmentation of the • .]lower, saw rit to pass the apt forbidding the participation of even a I. .rj,. member of the military establish i in a |Misse eomitattis." The. rea fnii for this legislation appeals now to be <p soiliid as when enacted.' BXKIHEHTY moves to drop NUMBER OF CASES Against Mine Operators Cnion I waders ami Corporations Charged With Coi»- spiracy to Restrain Trade. Washington. June 28. —The Depart iieiit „f Jimriee announced today that Attoriicv (ieneral Daugherty hud moved in Federal Court at Indianapolis to no! litmse riie long pending indictments re-_ iiirmd there against mine operators ami union leaders, corporations rlmrgiiig < , restrain trade ill the |iinsiiic:ioii and saie of bituminous • '.ireful investigations, Mr. Daugherty t'hi the court, strongly supported the pretests of the defendants that many of the tilings complained of were in no small measure due to the efforts of gov ernment officials during the war to bring about more intensive co-operation be t'v*.n the operators, miners and railroads in the productiim and transportation of Cases Dismissed. " Indiaiiapolis. Ind.. June 28.—Indict ments against 220 coat opeartors, offi 'iis of the Fuited Mine Workers and tin: ng companies, returned February 25. l'-l. charging conspiracy to violate the blieruiaii anti-trust law. were dismissed in I-nited States District Court today by •lii'ige A. If. Anderson upon motion of Attorney Ceimral Daugherty. After the •' ""r:.e\ liciieruT had read a lengthy •'ta’ement in which he reviewed the case ihelai'eil his belief that ‘‘a verdict of - liky would be the inevitable result 1 '■ trial of this case." Judge Anderson / ‘ ’ any turned to the ‘■uk of the court and ordered that the Ms. be nolle pressed. hC.M I'SY-GIRROXS FIGHT \KSI'RKI> FOR SHELBY Mayor Johnson Hack in Charge of Fight. Dempsey Money Certain to Be Kaisetl. "'by. Mont., June 2* (R v the As •i "||l r.s<i—W irh Mayor Jim .John j, back in charge of the ! "■ 11 tilmiiN heavyweight tight, the *IJi R '.‘ mt ' ntS tul the boat went 4 r . Js Us,,a l today, despite the with* l'.il'v' 1 '"‘ r, ? a ' "f Dart Tracy, of (treat t, s ' a ' " I> * ,|es s manager of the con v.„ .V , . " ,l ' declared the fight Jlui,‘, 1,1 ; ,s > cheduled, that the final . M,i n ,| "*' ,a ‘“»**nt due Dempsey next 1.. tt ....■ ***" P :l 'd. and if necessary r is*. ' s ' lln ** c, “ Hi*' s own property to Ti., . 9mount needed. ■ ’ 5.. ari .? ' f rHireni,, nt leaves Fred R. |tr. a*'the "T r °”‘ at Falls baiik cash- Lrciu r„o ' t cpresentative of the ‘•ared t, H i HV here. Searles de tlu'i.jll,’" ' " ' v,, uld see the thing Show Martin I; BeateT Hp "as S^vere state m’.r a " -\ n '» 2S.— Efforts bv 2>'>n Marti',, t") ”‘‘ XPps * isve " flog ‘ ;i " v Tln.s , : l! , lbort - X( >»*th Dako lvd K ’ti>ibie was direct .' w ’" ,n !v nberts death, were ", die former w ' u ‘ n Die trial. *”'itnam I T ' v ’ i ‘ipping boss of ” b " was resumed. ‘‘Mrde*r i u . ' indictment for wt,ou with Tabcrt’s "i's w~7r — •C M C is u ' nqu or , “‘-—-Just as the •U" Am "ric an steamf, r Finland. 1 ( ! av " u [ ll 'tear the WilS bpsng heaved ,i IH ■' h" 11 of li e h tn - pp ' mile limit to -055SK struck ° ne ° f E •*K? “ uch a THE CONCORD TIMES. IRVING MILLER IS HELD j* FOR DEATH OF WILL BARRIER I Ttvo Negroes Had Argument Which Cul minated in Miller Hitting Barrier With Piece of Pipe. Will Barrier, well known Concord ne gro. was killed almost instantly yester day afternoon when struck on the head by a piece of pipe in tin* hands of Irving Miller, another negro. Miller made no attempt to (‘scape, and is now iu the Cabarrus county jail. Coroner J. A. Hartsell held an inquest over the head body shortly after the } homicide, and the jury rendered a verdict charging Miller with the crime and order ■ ing him held. The verdict of the jury makes it impossible for Miller to be freed on bond. The tragedy occurred near the ('on cord Steam Laundry, where-the two men worked.- Just what led up to the killing is not definitely known, but it is alleged that it was* the result of the eternal triangle, and that a woman was .it the hot tom of the difficulty between tho two men. One report reaching police headquarters ,*.aid Barrier had been teas ing Miller, who was married only re cently. and another report said that the trouble between the negroes was of a more serious nature. After striking Bdrrier. Miller made no effort to run. He helped place the wound ed man in an automobile and made no ef fort to escape. Barrier died while be ing rushed to the Concord Hospital. The pipe broke bis skull, it was reported, and he lived only about 30 minutes. I’MON COUNTY SCHOOL OFFICIALLY CONDEMNED Second Story Auditorium Said to be a Perfect Fire Trap; Hold Special Election. f Monroe. .J.uue 27. —Saturday Deputy I Insurance Commissioner Sherwood Brookwell visited the Cnionville high school and condemned the second story auditorium, which lias been usul as an assembly hall for entertainments. The building is a wooden structure with' exit at o.ne end and is constructed very much on the order.of the one near Camden. S. C.. where 7N peop’e recent ly lost their lives in a school fire. Mr. Brockman stated that the T'nion ville building is about as perfect a fire trap as could be erected and he advised the trustees that, they are to allow no more meeting of any kind to be held in the auditorium until ample provisions have been made for the safety of the people. An election on special tax for the purpose of remodeling the building and making Cnionville a standard high school is to be hold at an early date and it is believed that the jieople of the district will see to it that the election carries for the advanced step. HIGHTOWER CONVICTED; MASSEY NOT GUILTY Fotmer President us Defunet Raleigh Bank ‘ Will Be Sentenced Tomorrow. Raleigh. June 28.—J. IT. Hightower was found guilty and 11. H. Massey was acquitted today by a jury in Wake Su perior Court, of receiving in the defunct Central Rank & 'Trust Co., knowing the bank to be insolvent on Jan uary 13. 1022. a day before the institu tion closed its doors. The jury returned its verdict shortly after the noon hour, following delibera tions-of nearly 24 hours. The jury got the case about 1 o'clock Wednesday af ternoon. The verdict against Hightower car ried a recommendation for mercy and Judge E. H. Cranmer announced that lie would pronounce judgment at 9:30 Fri day morning. Judgment was reserved until then at the request of counsel for the prisoner. Hightower is stil at lib erty under $25,000 bond. PAI L, KITCrfIN DIED SUDDENLY LAST NIGHT Was Brother of Late Congressman Kitch in.—Funeral To Be Held at Scotland ' Neck. Goldsboro. .Tune 28. —Paul Kitehin, §O. a brother of the late Representative Claude Kitehin. and former Governor W. W. Kitehin. died suddenly last night at Seven Springs, a resort near here. The body was brought here early today and will be carried to Scotland Neck, his old home, for burial. He is survived by bis widow and several children. Mr. Kitehin had been in ill health for several months but his condition was not considered serious. MRS. COY WALKER IS BURNED AT HOME Accident Occurred When She Threw .Kerosene in Stove to Start a Fire. Hickory, N. C., June 2S.—Mrs. Coy Walker, 22, was probably fatally burned at 5 o'clock this morning at her residence at Long View, west of here, when kero sene she had thrown into the cook stove flared up and set her clothing on fire. Mr. Walker was painfully burned on the hands a,nd arms in extinguishing the flames. Mrs. Walker is the mother of a small child. New Road Into North Carolina. > Rocky Mount, N. C., Jupe 28.—The ac tion of the Roanoke. Va., chamber of commerce in voting to raise $600,000 to supplement $75,000 available from the state highway commission to build, a twenty mile road across the Blue Ridge to Rocky Mount has met with the ap proval of a large number of business and professional men here. If the road is constructed, it will open up the National Highway from Pennsylvania into North Carolina and other cities in North Car olina. Several counties are co-operating with Roanoke in raising the funds. Miss Hattie M Berry, secretary of the North Carolina Good Roads Association, accompanied by her mother, passed through Concord this morning on her way to Greensboro. Southern Idaho is said to contain the largest deposit of high-grade phosphate found anywhere in ‘the world. The total reserves mineable are estimated to ex ceed 5,500,000 tons. To make a mistake and then brood over it is to make two mistakes. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS WHAT FARM WOMEN ARE ACCOMPLISHING IN STATE To Be Feature cf Fanners and Farm Wo men Convention. Raleigh, June 2S. —What farm women in North Carolina are accomplishing will be the feature of the farm women's section of the Farmers and Farm Women Convention of State College July 31 to August 2. Mrs. Jane S. MoKimmon. su nerv;sor of home demonstration work of the agricultural extension set* dee, an nouneed tonight. I'lanr, for this department of (he '-on ventiot now are being developed by Mrs. MoKimmon and several speuk'vs hate been named. Airs. Lacy McArthur. Cumberland county, will preside as pres ident of the Farm Women’s section and Mr*--. J. B. Mason will head the home 1 in-eaus. On the first afternoon a roll call by count its will be one of the first events v,i the program. Each representative will tell of what is being accomplished in home demonstration work in her re spective county. Short, talks on plan ting family meals, balancing the family diet and othe- subjects relating to f ois and rctrition wip tollow. Airs. Palmer Jerman, president of the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs, will be one of the speakers of the convention, having as her subject. “The Union of North Carolina Women for the Good of North Carolina.” Airs. It. R. Cotton, mother of women's clubs in the state, and now honorary presi dent of the organization, also is sched uled to make a brief speech. On the afternoon of August I, the women will discuss the garden, the home stead and the home. Arrangements have been worked out with the division of horticulture for a special program in which providing garden supplies for the fable, selling the surplus for market, how to whip the boll weevil with the garden and poultry, and methods of mar keting produce will be outlined in short talks by women experts on the subjects. The home orchard also will be given '•ousideration. CONDUCT EXPERIMENTS IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION Scopolamin Used With Success on Three Inmates of San Quentin Prison. San Quentin. Cal., June 27.—Scopola min. an alkaloid, was used in an exper iment on three inmates of San Quentin prison here yestefday, and John L. Far rar. convicted of the murder of a Chi nese in Sacramento was proved innocent; Eugene O'Leary, sentenced from Sacra mento on a grand larceny charge, provid ed the authorities with information as to his identity; and John L. Johnson ad mitted liis guilt and confessed to partic ipation in other crimes, according to the experimentors. Dr. R. E. House. of Ferris, Texas, conducted the experi ments before several prison officials and criminal investigators. I)r. Hoiiso declared the scopolanrin rendered the subjects incapable of men tal inhibition, and deprived them of rea soning power, so that they were incapable >f lying while under its influence. Other faculties, however, remained intact, he said. Farrar while under the influence of the alkaloid, confessed that he partici pated in the attempted robbery of a Chi nese merchant in Sacramento during which the Chinese was killed. Farrar was convicted of the murder, but accord ing to his story told while under the drug’s influence, the fatal shot was fired by Roy Carver, an accomplice'. NEGRO ELECTROCUTED AT STATE PENITENTIARY Ed Dill Declared He Was Innocent.— Negro Entered Death Chair Singing. Raleigh, June 28.—Ed Dill, negro, con victed in Beaufort County of tin attack upon a white woman, was electrocuted this morning at North Carolina state prison. Dill was singing as lie entered the death chamber and continued to sing as he \vas being strapped into the elec tric chair. • “Folks, they’re going to electrocute an innocent man this morning,” he said af ter he finished his song “Lord, help me ; Lord, save me,” he added. WARNS MINE WORKERS AGAINST STRIKE NOW 1 Federal Coal Commission Says Public Public Sentiment “Will Tolerate No Strike TJiis Year.” Washington, .Tuue 28. —Public senti ment “will tolerate no suspension of an thracite coal supply this year.” the Fed eral Coal Commission today informed a convention of union miners delegates now in session at Scranton, Pa., considering new wage demands. With Our Advertisers. Friday and Saturday, the last two days of the Dollar Days Sale, will be big days at Efird's. For these two days you will find many big bargains at this store. Dresses and other garments have been remarked to prices that will move them quick. Read page three. The Citizens Bank and Trust Co. al ways gives helpful and courteous atten tion to your needs.* Baseball Saturday. Baseball fans of the city will be given a treat Saturday afternoon when the Gib son and Cabarrus clubs meet at Cabarrus park. -This will be the first game of the series to be played by these two clubs. Last season games between the two clubs were very close and hard fought battles, and drew large crowds. With each manager promising a good lineup for the game Saturday it should be a corker. Woodmen of the World to Encamp at Gate City. Salisbury, June 24. —Salisbury loses to Greensboro the encampment of uni form rank. Woodmen of the \\ orld. which was to have been held here the week beginning July 30. Some 1,200 Woodmen in uniform will be in at tendance from the states of North and South Carolina and Virginia, Inability to secure a suitable building as a hall to be used during the encampment necessitated the change. The dates of the encampment remain the same. The encampment was held in Salisbury sev eral years ago. CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1923. Manufacturing Industries to Help in Vocational Training Raleigh, June 28.—(Effective the first week in July, the State division for Vocational Education will start a sys tem of instruction through co-operation with manufacturing industries in North Caro ina. Ain inn being the first coun ty in which the work will be inaugurat ed. it was announced tonight. | Six mill villages in which the Ossiper, Altamahaw, Glencoe, (jirolina, Hopedak. Aurora and Haw River mills are located will be tin* scene of flip first instruction under the new plans. Miss Alargaret Jones will be in charge of the classes which will continue throughout the year. Each village will be organized into a clnß class and will meet with the in structor twice a week, their work be ing conducted on the short unit basis, six to ten lessons composing a unit. Aleal planning, child care and feeding, dress making and other phases of home DR. ROBERT L. PATTERSON ’ TO GO TO NEBRASKA Elected Professor of English Bible and Practical Theology in Midland Col lege. The Rev. Dr. Robert L. Patterson, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Sel insgrove, I‘a.. was on June 6th elected Professor of English Bible and Practical Theology in the Western Theological Seminary of Midland College. Fremont. Nob. He has accepted the call and will assume his duties at; the opening of the College about September Ist. Dr. Patterson is a native of China Grove, a graduate of North Carolina Col lege, Alt. Pleasant, and of the Gettys burg Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg. Pa. He served pastorates in Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania. North Carolina and Kansas. Since his entrance into the ministry he has pursued post graduate studies in the Chicago Luther an Seminary and the Biblical Seminary in New York. From the former he earn ed the degree of Bachelor of Divinity af ter two years’ resident study. In 1011 he received the honorary degree of Doc tor of Divinity from Susquehanna Uni versity, Selinsgrove. Pa. In connection with bis pastoral work Dr. Patterson has been called upon for teaching work which has contributed to ward fitting him for his future task. For rhree years during his service as pastor of St. Marks Lutheran Church, Char lotte. he taught Bible in Elizabeth Col lege. and during his pastorate at Atchi son. Ivans., he taught the Biblical sub jects in the Seminary to which he has now been called. I)r. Patterson and family expected vto visit relatives, and friends in North Car >lina during the moutji of August and will go froiu kexes-to N*bf«ska about the lirst of September. COURT RULES WIFE OF WEALTH MUSH SHARE HUT OF HUSBAND Grants Decree Against Woman Who Re fused to Live With New York Man in Modest Flat. New York. June 28. —A wealthy wife must live in the home of her husband even though it be a hut. Chancellor Ed ward It. Walker, of Jersey City, ruled today, granting an interlocutory decree of divorce, on grounds of desertion, to Clifford G. Miller, of New York, the “unloved husband.” Miller brought suit against his wife, Charlotte E. Aliller. whose ‘home is one of the show places of Relmar. N. J. Alil ler lives in a modest five-room flat in Sixty-eighth Street. The court ruled that, although the husband was a resi dence of the State of New York, he eould bring suit in New Jersey, as his wife had lived there three years. He testified that he and his wife had been living apart two years because she refused to give up her Belmar home. Airs. Aliller and her two sons, C. G. Aliller. Jr., 22, and James H. Aliller, 14, all testified that they “hated him.” Airs. Aliller, however, agreed to return to her husband, and the court gave her 10 days to comply. When she refused today to live in the New York flat the decree was granted. AIEETING TO MAKE PLANS TO* CURB lawlessness; Which Has Been Prominent in the Land ers Chapel Neighborhood of Gaston County. Gastonia. June 28. —Citizens of the Landers Chapel neighborhood were called upon today to meet Saturday afternoon to discuss methods of curbing outbreaks of lawlessness in recent weeks, whiefi the call declared have culminated in the burning of hay stacks and in promis cuous shootings. Officers of the law have asked the co operation of residents, it was said. For mer Solicitor George Wilson is expected to deliver the principal address at the mass meeting. Monroe Lad Dies From Effects of Poisoning. Alonroe. June 27. —Hugh, 12 year old son of Air. and Airs. ,T. Enos Hin son of Wingate, died Saturday” from in fection caused by poison from coming in contact with some kind of / poisonous weed. The day before the death of the lad his foot became terribly inflamed and nothing could be done to relieve the sucering. Interment, was in the Hinson billing ground Sunday. Calls Crap a Disease. AVest Chester, l’a., June 28.—Crap is a disease and not a crime, according to a ruling made in naturalization court here by Judge Hause. When an appli cant for naturalization was asked by an if he ever had been arrested, he replied* he had. For what crime?" “Shooting, craps,” was the answer. “Shooting crap is no crime," declared the Judge. “It’s a disease.” The ap plicant received his papers. Mr. and Airs. Robert Stone and little son, of Charlotte, spent yesterday here with Air. and Mrs. W. W. Crooks. The biggest fool is the man who foo’.s himself. economics will be taught by the teacher, and through a broad promotion of this program the living conditions in mill vil 'ages are expected to be greatly improv ed. it was stated by Miss Margaret Ed wards. supervisor of vocational home economics in the state. In Mecklenburg the Chadwick-Hoskins Mills and the Highland Park Nlills are among those co-operating in preparations to stprt the instruction. Alauufacturing industries in Gaston. Buncombe and Davie counties also are assisting in the work. An itinerant teacher.’ who will cover a territory including Wilmington. Golds bore. Rocky Alount, Leaksvilie Springs and other cities, lias been emp’oyed to teach home economics. She is being placed in the field through eo-operating with mills and various civic organiza tions. it was stated. A FINE ADDITION TO TRAIN INGSCHOOL PLANT The Athletic Field is Soon to Receive a Grand Stand Long Needed. The athletic field at the Jackson Train ing School is to receive a long needed addition—a grand stand. It will be 35x 100 feet, seating over eight hundred peo ple. It will have two dressing rooms, a store rooAi and a lavatory. The Tribune is informed that the grandstand will be of substantial construction and in keep ing with (he other buildings at the insti tution. It represents an outlay of $2,500. It comes to The Tribune that there is much rejoicing at the School among the boys, who heretofore had to sit ,in the hot sun when watching a game or wit nessing other athletic stunt's, and to the officials because the cost is provided for friends of the institution. Alessrs. J. Archie Cannon. William H. Gibson and George S. Kluttz. prominent and substan tial Concord citizens, generously and'lib erally made it possible when the matter was called to their attention as a fine op portunity for a helpful service. TAKING ISSUE WITH PRESIDENT HARDING Senator Fletcher Says Farm Legisla tion Was Passed Over Opposition of Administration. Washington, June 28. —Taking issue with President Harding’s address at Hutchinson. Kans., Senator Fletcher, democrat, of Florida, a member of the agricultural bloc, said in a formal state ment today that whatever recent legisla tion has been enacted of real benefit to the farmer had come from a combination of Democrats and " Republicans, in the face of opposition by the administration. AA’hercvCr the administration lnifr In tervened i "under pressure” demanding some relief for the agricultural popula tion. Senator Fletcher asserted "the methods and effect of the intervention lias been to weaken or destroy the bene fits intended to be accomplished. Paying tribute to the “farm bloc.” the Florida Senator said that but for “their energy and insistence/’ many measures never would have been written into law *>r put into effect, “and now we have the spectacle of the leader of the party and flic administration claiming credit for that work.” Pastures For the Pigs. Raleigh, N. C., June 25. —“Experi- ments have shown and experience lias proven that no Tarheel farmer should attempt to raise pigs, unless he first plans a deiifiite system of pastures. This permanent pasture should be available for the hogs throughout the summer mouths and where provision has not been made for it. soybeans or eowpeas can be used to advantage by making plantings at different periods during the year so that other ’ grazing fields will be provided as fast as one is. exhausted,” says Earl Hostettler, in charge ot swine investigations for the State College and Department of Agriculture. Air. Hostetler states that to have a good permanent pasture, it needs to be seeded in the fall and a mixture of 14 pourtds of orchard grass. 6 pound of red j clover. 4 pounds of white Dutch clover ■ and 6 pounds of Alsike clover per aero will make a good mixture to use. Where the land in' on bottoms, the Alsike clover i may well be increased to take the place of the red clover. A pasture mixture of ' this .kind or a seeding of alfalfa, red clover and alsike clover can be used* with good results over all North Carolina. There are numerous other grasses and legumes such as Bermuda, burr clover, lespedeza or red top that will furnish good grazing for hogs, but these are not nearly so p’atatable as the legumes mentioned and will not give as good re sults, thinks Mr. Hostetler. He says. “Through the fall and win ter months oats and rye make fine graz ing and may be sowed between rows at last working of the crops. This nit only economizes on the land under plow bill serves the two-fold purpose of soil building and grazing. During the spring months, the sows and their litters will thrive on oats and rape pasture and the hogs will later harvest that grain not consumed while the oats were being grazed. “Good pastures are essential in hog raising but it must be kept in mind that the animals also need a good grain ration in addition.” Rowan Cotton Mill Pay* Dividend of Five Per Cent. Salisbury. June 27.—The Rowan Cotton mill has declared a 5 per cent semi-annual dividend. This is one of the newest mills of the county and is beaded by A. C. Lineberger president. One hundred and fifty thousand dol lars will be expended •in improvements at the Alethodist Orphanage at Raleigh. Already a beautiful p’.dce, it will no doubt be a dream when the improve ments are complete. A leaf hits the ground and dies; a seed takes root and grows. AA T hich are you, leaf or seed. POISON TAKEN FROM 24.000 REPTILES FOR SCIENTISTS Sent to Scientists Who Are Trying to Find Remedy for Snakebite Brownsville. Texas. June glass jars, hermetically s« filled with yellowish crystals. ~.<-e on a shelf in the office of \A\ A. i"Snake”) King, at “Snnkeville/* on the outskirts of Brownsville. The crystals in each jar- represent the collection of poison from approximately 8,000 rattlesnakes, and, according to Air. King, there is enough poison in the jars to kill several regiments, if it were properly applied. King annually buys and sells thous ands of rattlesnakes, and at "Snakeville” there are at all times hundreds of rat tlers of all sizes and descriptions. For several years he lias been collecting pri son from the reptiles, crystalizing it in a small ki’n and sending the crystals to scientists in all parts of the world who are endeavoring to find a remedy for snake bite. Few people in Brownsville realize the volume of business which flows through ‘'Snakeville.” They daily see scores of boxes labeled “Dangerous Reptiles: Handle AVitli Care," leave and enter the express office., but it is an accustomed grown sight. Dozens of Alexiean snake catchers are required to keep the stream of reptiles moving Into King’s pens. “1 have never charged a cent for the poison crystals, nor do 1 ever expect to* charge any one for the antitoxin.” King states. “I have saved the poison and crystalized it foT the benefit of science, and 1 have the antitoxin for the benefit of any one bitten by a rattlesnake. “Scientists throughout the world have asked me for crystals*, and I have never failed to respond, provided I was as- • sured they were to be used for legitimate scientific purposes only.” It is a erious fact. King points out, that the poison used to produce the an titoxin works well only when it comes from the family of snakes from which the bite has come. In the case of a ratt,lenskae bite. King asserts, the serum used is made from the b’ood of a horse 'inoculated with rattlensake poison in jected into the blood as near and as I soon after the bite as possible. AVhen the snake farm at Sao Paulo, Brazil, wgs established by -theßrazilian government and placed in charge of ad vanced scientists. King was asked by them for some crystals and antitoxin. King supplied several quarts of the crys tals, representing the collection from about 20.0000 rattlesnakes. King lias branched out his business to include birds and animp’s of diversified variety. Parrots, iguanas, ant-eaters, horned toads, wildcats, Alexiean lions, eopards and scores of other specie of iinimal life of Alexico and the southwest, are found on his farn). HORSE AND MULE WILL ALWAYS BE IN DEMAND Or. €. A. Gory Says Machinery Caimot Take the Place of Horse and Mule on the Farm. Statesville, June 28. —Machinery will never do away with the horses and mules on the farm or in war, Dr. O. A. Gary, -lean of the A’elerinary Department of Alabama Polytechnic Institute, told *\he North Carolina Veterinary Aledical Association at its annual convention here today. Prospects for the veterinarian never were brighter, the speaker continued and he urged them to take over the practice belonging to their field, and to work to wards a concerted effort to abolish cor respondence schools for veterinarians. He also predicted that the time will come , when every town will have its meat in spector. Dorman Thompson, of Statesvil'e, en joined the veterinarians to take a pride in their »profession and to make and economic return their*primary motive to take an active interest in their com munity life, and to be honest with them selves and their fello>v countrymen. The word "camouflage" should be stricken from the English language, he said. The convention comes to a close this afternoon. THE COTTON MARKET Yesterday’s Decline Followed by Ad vances During Early Trading Today. New York. June 28. —Yesterday’s de- Hines were followed by advances in the cotton market during today’s early trad ing. There was some further scattered covering on reports, but cables were bet ter than due and rather a more cheer ful feeling in stock market circles were supposed to be reflected in some AA’all ( Street buying or covering. The open ing was steady at an advance of 00 points on August and of 4 to 14 points On other months. Cotton futures opened steady: July 27.00: October 24.55; December 23.07; January 23.60; March 23.58. MAKING ANOTHER EFFORT FOR RECORD Capt. Smith 'and Ueut. Rltcher Took Off at 4:46 Today on Endurance Test. San Diego, .Tune 28 (By the Associat ed Press). — In their second atteihpt in two (lays to break endurance and speed records, Capt Lowell H. Smith and Lieut. J. D. Ritcber, army aviators, who were forced down by generator trouble yesterday, took off at 4:46 this morning on what was planned to be a flight of four days and four nights. Advocates Less Food for Men of Riper Y’ears. San Francisco, .June 28.—Two meals a day as a regular diet for men over middle age. especially those whose oc cupations do not require great physical exertion, would avoid disorders of the stomach, kidneys and heart. Dr. C. D. Spivak, of* Denver, told the American Aledical Association here today. Dr. Spivak stated»that a study of the diets of a* large number of families in dicated that the caloric value of the •daily meals increased, breakfast having the smallest value, luncheon the next and dinner the largest. “As persons grow older, the appetite grows feebler for the first meal of the day, and yet the quantity of food con sumed as a result Os habit remains the same,” added Dr. Spivak. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. ASHfvi'LE MECCA ",un lOBACCO MEN Os UNITED SHIES Tobacco Association of the United States Will Open 23rd Annual Session There Tomorrow Morning, j MANY DELEGATES ALREADY ARRIVED Number of Important Ques tions Will Come Before the Convention, According to Full Program. Asheville, June 28.—Fixing the time for opening sales of tobacco in producing states of the south will be considered by the standing committee of the Tobaceo Association of the United States this af ternoon at 4 o’clock and will be reported to the main convention of that body to morrow morning when it meets for the 23rd annual session. A. B. Carrington, of Danville, Va„ and a number of delegates to the convention reached this city this morning and others will arrive this afternoon and tonight. Mr. Carrington is chairman of the stand ing committee, and says that designation of the time to begin tobaceo sales will probably be the most important business of public interest coming before the con vention. Tobacco states of the South are divided for this purpose into various zones in which time for sales is usually fixed in accordance wifti ripening of the crop in the various zones. It was stated further by Mr. Carring ton that Georgia has* requested its sales be started about July 17; South Carolina about August 1 ; eastern North Carolina about Septemtier Ist; and the Old Belt territory around Winston-Salem. N. C., and Danville, Yn., want to start about October Ist. These, however, ‘are just the proposals for these territories. The committee on graduate dues of the Association will also meet this after noon with W. T. Clar.k of Wilson, N. 0., chairman. JOHN PARK DOESN’T THINK “JUNKET” VERY COSTLY Says Cost of Feeding Passengers Practically Only F.xpenses Involved rim Leviathan Trip. Raleigh, June 27. —As the “actual food chut* was ftss thaii u tiny per passenger” and the cost of food was “about the only expense of having guests aboard” during the recent trial trip of the John Fark, pub lisher of The Raleigh Times, on his re turn from New York today declared “I didn’t feel it so. much like an imposition at that rate, although regular pas sengers pay $340 for the accommoda tions assigned to me." Enthusiasm over the performance of the leviathan was expressed by the publisher, who was the only North Carolina passenger on the trip. “I had enough curiosity to find out how much Chairman . Lasker and the shipping board ‘wasted’ on men as an invited guest on the trip,” he asserted. “The chief steward told, me that the cost of food was about the only expense of having guests aboard as the entire crew is paid on a monthly basis. Buying food in quantities keitys down expense so low that the actual cost was much less than $2 a day i>er passenger. I didn’t feel it so much like an imposi tion at that rate although regular pas sengers pay $340 for the accommoda tions assigneed to me.” ROCKY MOUNT WOMAN INJURED IN MONTANA Mrs. Cal ina Brothers Dangerously Hurt W’hen Tree Fell on Auto m W r hich She Was Riding. Rocky Mount, June 28. —Word was received here last night that Mrs. Calina Newell Brothers, wril known young-wo man of thie city, was in a hospital at Livingston, Montana, probably seriously injured from injuries received when a tree fell on the automobile in which she was riding in Wllowstone National Park. Airs. Brothers’ father, who is general sup erintendrtit of the Atlantic (’oast Line Railroad, left last night for her bedside. Airs. Brothers left for St. Paul, Min nesota, about two weeks ago as a dele gate to the T. P. A. convention from this city and after the convention she with a party of delegates went on a tour of the west. BIG FIRE AT HICKORY Finishing and Packing Plant of Hickory Chair Company and* Three Freight Cars Burned. Hickory. June 26. —Fire which de stroyed the finishing and packing room of the Hickory Chair Manufacturing Company and three freight ears last night caused a loss of- around $125,000, it was estimated today. R. C. Buchanan, a fireman, was cut in the arm by glass. George Bailey, manager of the com pany, is in Detroit, but other officers said arrangements would be made to finish and store chairs and to resume operations soon, and that a larger and better building would replace tin* burned structure. It was said that about sixty per cent, of the loss was covered by insurance. Street Paving in Statesville. Statesville. N. C., June 26.—The May or and city treasurer of Statesville have J been authorized by the council to negoti ate loans amounting to SIOO,OOO to pay contractors for street paving. The Boule- Ivard and East street are the two projects to be included in the settle ment, according to an official announce ment. NO. 102.