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$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
TRUST COMPANYS
■RECORDS WILL BE
GIVEN TO JURORS
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Grand Jury in Atlanta To
morrow Will Study Rec
ords and Affairs of the
Bankers Trust Co.
MANY BANKS IN
THE STATE QUIT
They Were Dependent on
Trust Company Which
Was Closed by Bank
ruptcy Proceedings.
Atlanta. Ga.. July 10.—UP)—Ree
{ords of the Bankers Trust Ca. whose
] baukrutpey proceedings last week
brought about the closing of more
than eighty small banks in Georgia
and Florida, will be presented to the
grand jury tomorrow by receivers for
the banking institution and officials
of the state banking department. The
investigation will be conducted by the
sol eitor general of the Atlanta dis
trict.
The granting of a petition for re
ceivership by the bank of Unatilia.
Fla., early last week brought about a
suspension of business by the Bank
ers Trust Go., and a restraining or
der from the Superior Court prevent
ing officials of the company from- al
tering ; n any way the status of the
banks for which the company acted as
financial agent.
With the institution of bankruptcy
proceedings came an announcement
from the state banking department of
the suspension of business of 4K small
banks, virtually all members of the
Bankers Trust Co. chain.
Added suspensions Thursday and
Friday brought the number of bank ,
suspensions in Georgia and Florida
to more than eighty.
JEWS LAMENT THE
FALL OF JERUSALEM
Black Fast Day Has Been Set Apart
for Mourning for Centuries.
New York. July 19. —Hebrews the
world over will gather at temples and
synagogues at sunset tins evening to
usker in with prayers and all the im
pressive .ceremonies of the Jewish
ritual tftc* TWta B'?d> ‘ Fast. tvH- li
will last until the stars appear tomor
row evening. For centuaries Jtie day.
known ns the Jewish Black Fast, has
been set apart as a day of .mourning
ror the race. It is the most solemn
holiday on the Jewish calendar, but, i
unlike the Day of Atonement which I
is regarded as the most sacred, is I
more of an anniversary event, inas- j
much as five of the greatest national I
misfortunes befell the Jewish race i
on t’iiis date.
The fast commemorates the day
when the Jews were doomed to re
main in the wilderness on their way
to Palestine; the dual destruction of
Jerusalem by Nebuchadnazzar and
Titus; the fall of Botha and. the
drawing of the plow over Jerusalem
and the Temple a year later in order
to transform the place into a Roman j
colony.
During the 24 hours of t'ae fast
the rigidly observant Jew eats and*
drinks nothing. The reform Jew,
however, does not hold so tenaciously j
to some of the old-traditions. Dur- 1
ing the entire holiday the orthodox j
Jews devote most of their time to •
prayers. In all the synagogues spe
cial rituals are held and one of the
features is t’ae reading of the "Ivinots”
or Lamentations. In orthodox sane- j
tuaries an old custom of removing the
shoes and sandals during the* sol
emnities and sitting on the ground is
observed on this occasion.
In some of the European countries
were Jews are not accorded equal
rights this holiday is of special sig
nificance, as on this day special ser
vices are devoted to the Zionist cause
and for centuries it has been a cus
tom of the wealthier Jews throug'li
out Europe to make pilgrimages to
Palestine at this time to visit the
ancestral sepulchres and the ‘‘Kosel
Hamairovi’ or the eastern wall, the
only part of the great Jewish Temple
still left intact. Since the close of
the late war and the redemption of
Palestine and Jerusalem- from the
Moslems these pilgrimages have great
ly increased in size and number.
It is also a custom for the Zionist
organizations throughout the world to
hold meetings on Tisha B’ab, for the
belief has been held among the Jews,
especially the orthodox elemfent, that
if Palestine ever were restored to its
original owners, the restoration would
take place on this day.
In recent years there has been in
corporated in the observance of the
day special prayers in temples and
synagogues in memory of the Jews
slain in the war. The day also has
been made the occasion for a general
appeal for aid for the millions of
Jewish sufferers in the devastated war
regions.
The nine days preceding Tisha
B'ab are known as the “solmen days’’
and during the entire period observ
ant Jews are prohibited to solemnize
marriages, visit p'aces of amusement,
partake of meats or enjoy any form
of recreation. It is only apiong the
strictly orthodox, however, that the
observance is carried to this extent.
Granville County will soon be a
leading swine growing section ac
cording to the interest the farmers
are taking in feeding demonstrations.
Twenty pure bred Berkshire gilts
were recently distributed to club
boys by the county agent.
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ing three of his victims in banditry. Grauit is shown being questioned bv
Lt. Wojciechowskl. who captured him.
GOVERNOR COMMENDED
For Refusing to Pay Any Attention
to Dudilin? Charges.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh. July 10. —Not only is Gov
ernor A. W. McLean continuing to
receive letters commending him for
his action in the Man sol case, but
letters are also ' being received com
mending him for his refusal to pay
any attention to tilt* charges of E. E.
Dudding. of the prison reform asso
ciation, whose charges that the State
prison farm at Caledonia was “an out
post of hell” and that prisoners had
been shot in the back while shackled,
were effectively shown to be false by
The Tribune correspondent recently,
following the printing of Dudding’s
charges in a Raleigh morning news
paper.
In one of these letters to the gov
ernor James H. Holloway, of Ridge
way. N. C., says:
“Another thing which I especially
desire to commend you for is your at
titude towards the New York prison
reform jackass. He has libelled the
State before and almost got away
with it. but you put a spoke in his
wheel right off the bat when you re
fused to dignify his false insinua
tions by any official notice whatso
ever. I travel all over this state, as
you know, and I have yet to see one
single case of cruel or inhuman treat
ment of prisoners.
“I have a brother who travels much
in North Carolina and he was at my
home the past week. The paper
containing Dudding’s chargesof cruel
ty against the- prison farm manage
ment came while he was here and he
was very indignant and told ine that
lie was at the farm last week and
went there frequently and that never
in his life had he seen a liner or more
attractive place. He remarked that
it was a shame that such trouble
makers should be allowed to run at
large. lam certainly glad you re
fused him any encouragement in his
efforts to discredit our good state’s
name and reputation.”
BANDITS FORCE MAN TO
OPEN VAULT FOR THEM
Escaped With Week-End Receipts of
Kansas City Amusement Park.
Kansas City, July 10. —(^)—Five
bandits early today kidnapped Sam
Benjamin, manager of an amusement
park here, forced him to open the
vault at the park, and escaped with
several thousand dollars, representing
the week-end receipts.
Mrs. Benjamin and (laughter, Lois,
were taken along by the bandits.
The Benjamin family was ambush
ed near their home in the residential
district, forced into a car and taken
to the park,. Two watchmen were
bound and gagged.
The loot amounted to between $5,-
OOOand $20,000. The Benjamins were
released by the bandits after the rob
bery.
Man Shot By His Dog.
(By International News Service) j
Hardy, Ark., July 19. —As soon as
James W. Richardson, 63. farmer,
recovers from shotgun wounds in his
right hand, “Spot”, his bird dog, will
he tried on a charge of malicious
shooting.
A few days ago, while Richardson
was hunting, “Spot” leaped over a
shotgun lying nearby on the ground
and ’his foot drug the trigger The
gun was discharged and Richardson
wounded.
“The case will be nolle prossed,”
explained Richardson, “looks like an
accidental shooting, and Spot saw a
covy of birds, anyway,” Richardsop’s
right foot was mangled in a saw mill
mishap two years ago.
Elected President of Textile Asso
ciation.
Savannah, July 18. —IV. H. Gib
son, Jr., of Mooresville. N. C., was
elected president of the 'Southern
Textile Association, and Greenville,
S. C., chosen as next meeting place
of the association at the closing ses
sions of the convention yesterday.
Some farmers in Ashe County are
so determined to have a pure bred
bull in the community that, they are
subscribing two years’ service fees
lin advance.
CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, JULY 19,1926
BANKING SITUATION
IN STATE SOUNDER
No Danger of Georgia Bank Failures
Having Any Effect on North Caro
lina Banks.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh. July 10.—The whole bank
ing situation in North Carolina now
is sounder now than it has been at
any time within the past six years,
John Mitchell, State 'bank examiner
said, when asked if there was any
danger of the bank failures
having any effect upon North Caro
lina banks.
“There is not present in North
Carolina any system of chain bank
ing which could produce a situation
similar to that which has recently
developed in the state of Georgia,”
said Mr. Mitchell. “So far as has
been ascertained, * the relationship ex
isting between banks of this state
and the hanks in Georgia, is of nuch
a nature that no harm to North Caro
lina banks can possibly result from
the Georgia failures.
“The whole 'banfcing situation over
the state is sounder now than it has
been at any time within the past six
years. There is no occasion for
alarm. The banking structure of the
state is sound and merits the full
confidence of the public,” Mr. Mitchell
concluded.
THE COTTON MARKET
Affected by Cables and Favorable
Weather Market Opened Easy With
First Prices Lower.
New York, July 19.— (A*) —Affected
by weaker cables and generally fav
orable week-end weather, the cotton
market opened easy today with first
prices 11 to 13 points lower.
• The South, Liverpool, spot inter
ests and the Southwest all sold mod
erately on the opening call, folllowed
by a large covering-by room shorts
that rallied the market a few points
after October had dropped to 17.17
and January to 17.15, or 11 to 14
points under Saturday's closing. Pri
vate reports reported mostly clear and
warm weather over the belt since Sat
urday, with possibly less complaint
about insects, although one promi
nent Alabama spot house claimed its
investigations showed that the crop
looked better than it really was.
Cotton futures opened easy. Oct.
17.22; Dec. 17.17; Jan. 17.20; March
17.38; July 17.53.
Bible and Flag For Schools.
(By International News Service)
Benton. Tenn., July 19. —Purchase
of a Bible and a United States' flag
for every school in the county was
the first thing Polk county’s school
fund was used for.
All schools in the county open to
day for the summer session and will
adjourn in time for the autumn har
vest.
School supplies for all the schools
in the county were purchased from
the fund this year in wholesale lots
and expenses to children will be
small.
“The law requires that the Bible
be read each day in school and that
the flag float above the building each
day,” explained the superintendent.
Yellowstone Jail Razed; Nary An
Inmate in 82 Years.
Yellowstone Park, Wyo., July 19
—(A s )—The Yellowstone National
Park jail has not held a prisoner in.
its thirty-two years of existence snd
now has been razed.
“The only thing the jail has held,
has been 'quor which has been
found cached by rum runners from
the Canadian border,” a park official
ai sorted.
The jail was built in 1894, when
the park was under the administra
tion of the United States army. At
that time prisoners were housed in
the army guard house.
Franc Drops Again.
Paris, July 19.— <yp) —The opening
quotation on the franc this morning
was 45.22 to the dollar. Later it
dropped to 48.30. Sterling opened at
220, then went to 235.
Tom Tarheel says the best diiy s
work done farm recently was
when the family went swimming and
then enjoyed a picnic supper in the
i nearby woods.
SEEKING CORRECT
THEORY TO SOLVE
ILLETTBORDER
t'ki
(From One of Four Clear
j i Cut Theories the Officers
1 Hope to Get Evidence
Enough to Trap Slayers.
| CRIME FIGHT IS
BELIEVED REASON
Editor Had Been Fighting
j Vice in Canton and His
Enemies Are Thought to
Have Killed Him.
Canton, 0.. July lfi— OP)—From
one of four clear-cut theories in the
murder of Don R. Mellett, Canton
p.ub isher, authorities expect to deduce
Evidence sufficient to trap the slay
ers.
The most promising clue is the tele
phone call received by Mellett a week
ago Inst night, warning him of as
sassination and describing to him al
most to tie letter the manner in which
occurred four days later.
Rewards totalling $25,275 for the
apprehension and conviction of the
slayer may bring in the definite clue
for which authorities have been grop
ing since the murder shortly after
midnight Friday morning.
In an apparently imminent strug
gle for a political balance of power
in this city, factional strife it is be
lieved may become so bitter that val
uable information may be mnde avail
able.
Spite work among members of the
underworld at whose doors the crime
Uas been laid may bring out the de
sired lead.
Finally there may be some good
clue heretofore uncovered w T hich wi’.l
come to light at any moment, and
clear up the mystery.
As public sentiment in church and
civil circles crystallized yesterday in
to a campaign “to clean up Canton”
as a result of the publicity given the
murder, a petition was prepared to j
Governor Donnhey imploring him to I
open a separate secret inquiry. Mel-!
Jett’s murder from the first has been ,
considered the result of his editorial!
snd personal activities against vice'
apd corruption in Canton polities. !
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INDIANS DANCE FOR
FAVOR OF StJN GOb
Seventy Picked Braves Have Been
Dancing Since Saturday. i
Pocatelo, Idaho, July 19.—(A*) — (
"With aged braves dropping from ex
hnustion three score Bannock and |
Shoshone tribesmen today continued
to dance about a groteque totem pole
in their efforts to win the favor of.
the sun god for another year. Starrt- j
i/ig at sunset Saturday, seventy se-|
lected tribesmen began slowly to have ;
about the totem pole on the dance
grounds at t'he Big Bend and Port- j
neus River. The dancers represent
more than , 1,000 Indians from the,
Fort Hall reservation, and are as
sembled for the dance for the first
time in four years. The present pow
wow was permitted by reservation,
officials in condition that the Indians I
would refrain from former barbaric
practices.
Wearing only a small banket held j
about the waist by a beaded belt, and
a weasel pelt suspended from the
neck, the dancers have been painted
by their medicine men with fantastic
designs supposed to please Rie great
spirit. Thus lightly attirde, they
hop about to the beat of tom toms,
the shrill blast of birch whistles, and
the chanting of their squaws.
FREEMAN CASE WILL
TO TO JURY TODAY
The Last Argument by Counsel and
Charge by Court Will Occupy the Af
ternoon.
Charlotte, July 19.—(A s )—The case
of Nellie Freeman, on trial for slay
ing "her husband on the night of May
22nd, will be in the hands of the jury
late tonight. ■
Arguments of Frank R. McNinch, 1
for the State, and Jake F. Newell, for
the defense counsel, had been com
pleted shortly after noon.
Mr. Newell’s speech required one
hours and forty minutes.
He devoted a great part of his time
to the testimony of alienists who had
declared the girl below normal men
tality.
Artie Trout Survive in Frozen
Streams.
Tanana, Alaska, July 19. — -(A*)—
Arctic brook trout are found in all
mountain streams throughout Alaska,
being quite abundant in the extreme
headwaters where they spawn. The
ar. tic divide is no barrier as all
creeks flowing north into the Arctic
ocean teem with speckled trout.
In Alaska, stories are told around
camp fires of the extreme hardness
of the arctic trout, which may be
just fish stories or an exception to
the rule that all frozen fish are dead
fish.
Herriot Forms Cabinet.
Paris, July 19. —(A*) —Edouard Her
riot, leader of the radicals, has suc
ceeded in forming a cabinet to re
place that under Aristide Briand,
which fell Saturday. He announced
this afternoon that the final lineup
of the ministry would be given out
tonight.
Only ne galfer, John all, has held
the amateur and open championships
of Great Britain at one time. Tips
was in 1890.
j. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
SHIE WITNESSES
TAKE OP MORNING •
IN CRM CASE
Three Witnesses Were to
Be Heard When Court
Convened This Morning
After Week-End Recess.
cranforeTwill
TAKE fHE STAND
It Is Predicted Now That
Case Will Not Go to the
Jury Before Latter Part
of the Week.
Albemarle. July 19. — UP) —A s'xth
death in the Stanly County prison
system was Jaid to Nevin C. Cranford
in his trial on murder charges in Su
perior Court here today.
Two witnesses. Mr. and Mrs. Dave
Teeter, testified that Carl Meadows, a
white prisoner came to their home sev
eral years ago. suffering from wounds
he said were administered by Cran
ford. and that he d!ed on the follow
ing morning.
Mr. Teeter said that Meadows was
in a bruised and beaten condition. He
said that one of the man’s hands was
broken.
On cross examination the witness
said that he had not seen Meadows
for some time before he came to his
house, although he had known the
prisoner.
A. J. I)ese told the court of seeing
Cranford hit negroes over the head
with a stick. This occurred on the
Badln road in 1914, he said, while
negroes were lifting “shanties” to put
on wheels, preparing to move camp.
Will Vanderburg, of Albemarle, for
mer presouer under Cranford, testi
fied that he was practically deaf be
cause of a blow on the head. He said
that Cranford struck him with his
fist.
Another Death Laid to Cranford.
Albemarle, —uly 11) (A 1 ). —The State
resumed its case today against Nevin
C. Cranford, former Stanly county
convict superintendent, with three
additional witnesses to be introduced
before resting.
Indications were this morning as
court convened at 10 a. in., that it
would be Friday before the jury be
gan its deliberations. - V"
Cranford, on trial for the alleged
slaying of James Terry and James
Howell, convicts, is expected to take
the stand before the case is concluded,
in his own defense.
NORTH CAROLINA IS
SHORT ON PUBLIC LIBRARIES
Has Only a Fraction Over One Per
Cent, of the Libraries of the Coun
try.
Raleigh, N. C,. July 19.—OP)—
While North Carolina, with more
than two per cent, of the nation’s
population, pays the fifth greatest
Federal taxes among the states, she
has only a fraction over one per cent,
of the public libraries of the country,
figures compiled by the American Li
brary Association and printed in the
current issue of the North Carolina
Library Bulletin show.
Also while there are 9,706 persons
per library in the service areas of all
libraries of the nation as a whole,
there are 10,615 persons per library
in North Carolina.
North Carolina has only 69 libra
ries, operated by both public and pri
vate associations, while the nation
has 6,516. Os the North Carolina li
braries, 32 are tax supported and 37
are supported by associations. In the
service areas of the libraries of the
country there are 63,244.970 persons.
In the same areas in North Carolina
there are 732,442.
Out of the total of 3,065 counties
in the country, last year 222 coun
ties spent public funds for library
service. In North Carolina 12 out of
the 100 counties spent public funds.
North Carolina’s poor showing,
however, may be attributed to the fact
that 70 per cent, of the total popula
tion is without local library service
while the percentage for the United
States and Canada without such ser
vice is 45.
This state’s rural population, how
ever, is as well cared for as the rural
population of the United States, the
Library Commission points out. For
ty-seven of North Carolina's counties
are entirely without libraries, and the
same is true of counties in other
states.
Gives Rules For Long Life.
(By International News Service)
Mobile, Ala., July 19.— Live the
Golden Rule, drink tea and coffee
but not to excess and work hard for
a long and happy life, is the advice
of Mrs. Lucretia Alexander, who cel
ebrated her 100th birthday here last
week.
Coming to this section in her
ear’.y childhood, Mrs. Alexander re
members many Indian skirmishes
with settlers, events of the war with
Mexico and the Civil W ar.
The eentenation is frail in body
but has possession of all her nebtal
faculties. She has one living child,
80 years old, out of seven she has
raised. She has seven grandchil
dren 32 great grandchildren and six
teen' great-great-grandchildren, prac
tically all of whom live m Mobile.
She was married twice, the last time
at the age of 90.
Eating cooling foods is one of the
best ways of keeping good natured in
summer, say home demonstration
workers.
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Accuse
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Dr. Ti E, Walsh was accused
of responsibility for the death
of Edith Green, whose dis
membered body was found
near a Boston cemetery
lateroatiuna) Newsreel. *
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WILL THE SURVEY BE MADE?
To Survey or Not to Survey Seems
Still to Be the Question.
Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh, July 1!)-—To survey or
not to survey still seems to be the
question.
For once again has the Welfare
Commission met and adjourned and
departed with secrecy the, watch
word. For not a comment will any of
the members make with the regard
to the deliberations concerning the
electing of a personnel for the Wom
en in Industry survey. It was pre
dicted a week ago that full announce
ment of all details would be made
“within a day or two.” Then each
day found a new postponement. • Aft
er the meeting Thursday it was said
that ‘‘it was almost certain that an
agreement would be reached Satur
day.” But when the commission ad
journed Saturday afternoon, after a
somewhat elongated session, at part
of which . Governor McLean was
present, there still was no announce
ment forthcoming, other--than '•that
“no decision had been reached.”
Sp there the matter still rests.
.' It "was intimated that another
session of the commission would be
called on Monday, Tuesday, or Wed
nesday, or sometime in the future—
but no definite date has been fixed.
And in the meantime public senti
ment in favor of the survey, which
a month ago was whole-heartedly in
favor of it. hae hit the toboggan. At
present, qs far as the public general
ly is concerned, no one gives a con
tinental whether the survey is made
now or not.
Attention now is turning to the
question of who is causing the de
lay. Is Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson.
Commissioner of Child Welfare, and
chairman of the commission, to
blame for the delay, as has been
claimed for several days, is her re
pugnance for E. F. Carter, executive
secretary of the commission, and her
opposition to his plans for conduct
ing the survey still holding the
machinery in idleness Has the in
jection of the question of having the
Society departments of the State
University and of State College
further complicated matters? Nobody
knows —that is, no one will admit
knowledge of the situation. And
when any member of the commission
is approached, merely the echo
answers.
Not that the members of the com
mission would not like to make a
statement. Both A. T- Allen, superin
tendent of Public Instruction, and
Dr. G. M. Cooper, actirig secretary
of the State Board of Health, looked
as of they would give almost any
thing to spill the whole works diid
get it off their mindajt Saturday after
noon when questioned by newspaper
men for about the one-hundredth
time this week. Mrs. Johnson even
admitted that nothing would please
her more than to make a statement
relative to the situation. But because
all three members of the commission
have pledged themselves to the Gov
ernor that they will not discuss the
matter until everything has been i e
cided. And it looks as if that may be
a long time-
Although Governor McLean denies
that he has been called on to act as
a referee, it is pretty generally un
derstood that .if he has not < started
umpiring the situation already—as
seems indicated by the fact that he
has attended the last two meetings
of the commission—he is pretty like
ly to have to call a few strikes yet if
.the matter is to be settled.
It is also evident that the mem
bers of the commission realize the
fact that the delay, with its rumors
of politics and petty grievances, has
already materially injured the pros
pects for the survey in that it has
shaken public confidence somewhat.
Consequently it is expected by those
in closer touch with the situation
that matters will be amicably ad
justed and that right shortly.
The St. . Cloud barber shop will
move to it* new quarters in Hotel
Concord tonight, and will be open for
business there tomorrow morning.
The installation of the new equip
ment has been completed. Concord
patrons will walk into one of the
most modern shops in the state in
the morning.
Senorlta d’Alvarez, the Spanish
tennis champion, is also an expert at
i billiards-
uHAPftLL TRIAL M l
STATESVILLE; l|
HOLD BIG INTEREST
*
Minister of the Asheville
Church Will Be Tried on
Charges Growing Out of
His Arrest in Memphis*
THIRTEEN JURORS
FOR THE TRIADS
Dr. F. J. Prettyman,, of j
Gastonia, Will Preside— ]
None of Court Ministers
Live in Statesville. *
Statesville, July 10.—44*)—The
church trial of I>r. Ashley Chappell,
pastor of the Central Methodist Epis
copal Church, South, Asheville, prom
ises to be quietly and expeditiously
conducted, according to indications
here today. Before the court of thir
teen ministers, convening here tomor
row*.
None of the men concerned in the
trial of the immoral charge resides in
Statesville. The proceedings will be
held in the community house of the
Broad Street Church. Dr. F. J.
l’rettyman, of 1 Gastonia, will preside
over the trial.
The trial committee includes the
following pastors of the western
North Carolina conference:
R. M. Hoyle, Belmont; Ira Erwin,
DavidsOn; \V. S. Womble, Newton}
L. D. Tuompson, Salisbury; R, S.
Howie,j Mocksville; T. J. Houck,
Thomasville; W. It. Ware, Forest
City; W. E. I’oovey, Marion; 3ft. T.
fcmathers, Hendersonville; T. F.
Marr, Waynesville; E. K. McLarty,
High Point: G. D. Herman, Charlotte;
and A. L. Stanford. Charlotte.
ACT AS PROSECUTOR
AGAINST DR. CHAPFfeL
Rev. Mr. Pickens Leaves Today For
Statesville, Where \Trlal Ww He
Hold.
Albemarle, Jul/ lfi.—Rev. C. M.
Pickens, paator of Central Methodint
church of this city, expects to leave
for Stataesville Monday where he
will take part in the church trial of
Dr. Ashley Chappell, of Asheville, who
will then answed before n cannonic
tribunal for alleged immoral con
duct. Rev. Mr. Kckehs has been
pointed prosecutor, and he has his
case well in hand for the fight winch
will possibly be tiny center of interest
next week, especially to the member
ship of the Western North Carolina
Methodists conference.
As soon as the trial is finished, the
Albemarle minister will leave for
California, where he will spend his
summer vacation.
Mountaineer Moonshiner Passing tiht.
(By International News Serviced
Louisville, Ky., July 11).—The
mountaineer moonshiner of Kentucky
is passing into history.
No longer does the mountaineer
raise corn around his little hovel,
grind it into “mountain dew” and
sell his “white mule” products at
the nearest town.
• The march of progress is reaching
him. His children, who attend the
red school houses on the hillsides, are
educating him. Good roads and autos
have placed him in closer communi
cation with the outside world. ,
William O. Maya, federal prohibi
tion administrator of Kentucky and
Tennessee, is authority for the above
views.
Cheap whiskey made in cities and
nearb-by towns, sold under the indtUt
taineer's price, has also flooded tile
market.
“The coal industry and drillitu for
oil and gas wells has proved more
profitable for the mountaineer,” ex
plained Mays.
Fight Obscene Literature.
(By International News Service| . :
Memphis', Tenn., July 111.—A war
to the finish on obscene literature that
is on sale -at the news stands- of this
city is well under way by the Par
ent-Teachers Association who have so
licited the aid of the city attorney in
their fight..
An appeal to the department of
justice at Washington to bar “these
filthy, horrible” magazines from the
mails has been made. City Attor
ney A. B. Klewer has prepared a bill
for the suppression of obscene litera
ture to be presented at the next ses
sion of the State legislature.
With Our Advertisers.
Men and young men’s Tropical
worsted suits .511JK) at J. C.
Co.’s. Other suits from $9.90 to
122.50.
The Parks-Belk Co. is offering some
great bargains in their dress goods
department, from 40 to 50 per cent,
off. Ladies’ spring hats at half
price and less. Big savings all orer
the store. • t
You will find at the Bell & Harris
Furniture Co. house furnishings that
insure lasting satisfaction.
A full bus load is expected to en
joy the complimentary trip through
western North Carolina to Happy
Valley Lake Estates to be given -by
the local office of that well known
realty company tomorrow. The bus
will leave at 9 o’clock tomorrow
morning. Another will go Friday
morning
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THE WEATHER
Generally fair tonight and Tues
day. Moderate north and northeast
winds.
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