■volume Li
■ L BRITISH PLAN
■ffiPTABLETO
mm TAICTIONS?
wM\, American Proposals
Hoi Ratified, Washing
■K-, Watching New De
■Hplorments in China.
HiTiQi PROPOSAL
KN ATTENTION
H jp.licved the Situation
Be Cleared Up if
HB r iti>h Can Reach Any
§§■ , (A 3 ) —F-ailure
HBH. \ ;,n government peace
■■j 'k** a responsive chord
HBBB; . ii.c I’rking and Cnn-
H .ril- lias served to turn
for the time being on
■■. ...iking to renewal of ne
■■ - Between the British and
..... ...nuhsts at Hankow ov
■■ - ..income of'any new
between the British
■H and Eugene Chen. j
■|||H . minister, would have
■■ ■■■ Aa.efiean-C’ainese rela-
H|BU til is country has no such
■■cm .i'lein to face. Chinese
■!> ie he ieve a cleaning up
■■ ■: 'am.mese phase would
cthe prospects of furth*
other peaceful diree
_o.m government officials
......; t.»lay over reports from
/mm-: i \V Wi .iams. commanding
rict. declaring the evacua-
A.aciMai: and British citizens
< 'hinese provinces was
■9H. a: . "Mi without a sign of
§|§§B ;' American and fifty-two
■■„ ;• r.• |..>11 cl. had joined a gen
from ('hiinkgink. Sze. lt-
while many Japanese
■■r. pmo u to leave Changsha, al
■■ : lated hy twelve Americans
fßUm] unknown number of British
and children. The latter went
flfijijßcpect Attack on Shanghai.
nß|HiL' . Eeh. 3. — (A>) —Pressure
forces which shortly
to launch a drive on
iiiiiw ■" 7 ' ,v
■H" • arv standpoint, has
- i S". t 'hnnn-Eang. the
of .i withdraw the
HHj^ftda. Tsientang River.
position.
tie- readjustment in his
'iHiW' a ’ bail's headquarters
mam- ve wa - c.mtirmed by trust-1
BH f< reign sonrei*s. Sun. howev
!■■ 'MlT'Ted m.thing like a major
Settlement Delayed.
UUmii'tr. Fch. —</P) —Refusal by
'll.'- foreign minister. Eu-
' . . -mu any agreement fix
■Ußm- * it nr.- si:itu> of the British
iMUm' 1 Hankow, and Kiukiang
jHHH’ii" British .’tesist from eoneen-1
I fm - at Shanghai while not
the British authorities, will
S|Hlo' In p*‘d for settlement of the
< 'hinese problem.
B i-• i.- forwarded to Ow-
tin* British charge at
JBHu'. i- conducting the nego
with ('lien, were undisclosed
HH Put it was assumed that he
■■L" ah’- -o continue his eonver
-1 tiie bad- of these instrue
aßEH was that the cabinet
' disens,; the possibility of
g * defense force assigned
BBB>>)tha,. to the Singapore base,
elsewhere.
■■ 1 t miser and L : quor.
UK' . . Feb. 3. (>P)—Federal
|l|S i;' iiU working out of Nor
■■;"•' ' i/uiv last night near
V of the cabin cruiser,
■Ho’‘ '> :f 1 1 about U.oOO gallons
■■'<’ ' hoard The vessel is be
t" Xorto k by the officers
'■ - cl arrive late today,
o fearing arrest, nosed the
hSHU'' ' I he canal bank and es
l' the darkness.
Jw N '"’ Plant Will Start Up
Soon.
la|B > L’"- L't-h. 2.—Operations at
|'jP^w r '" “tied)':*■ assembling plant
1 s been idle for several
" x o'ctcd ji, resumed by
‘ week, it was learned
I i.- p’ant operates nor
' :; <> w eek basis, employ
hundred persons.
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$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
I GRANDMOTHER AT 2»;
CLAIMS WORLD TITI^I
I
(By International New#? Service)
Oakland. Cal.. Feb. 3.—'The hon
-1 or of being the world's youngest
j grandmother is claimed by Mrs.
Beulah Graham of Oakland.
I Mrs. Graham, who is only 29,
has a grand-daughter live month#*
I old.
The baby is the daughter of Mrs.
j IJytron Widner. 14. who eloped
I I while still a student in high school.
Edward Graham. Mrs. Widner'6
* father, may bid for the masculine
, | title. He is 32.
Mrs. Graham's parents, Mr. and
! Mrs. Grant Pierson, living in Fres
no. are great grand-parents at 57
and 52. respectively.
SOLONS ARE CHARGED
WITH ACCEPTING BRIBES
Texas Legislators Are Freed on Bonds
of $2,000. —Have Nothing to Say.
Austin, Texas, Feb! 3. — UP) —Two
members of the Texas house of repre
sentatives today were at liberty on
bond of $2,000 each, following their
: arrest last nig'.kt on charges of accept
ing a bribe in the interest of a pro
posed measure for the licensing of
resident as well as itinerant optome
trists.
Representatives F. A. Dale, of Bon
ham. and H. Moore, of Cooper, were
arrested by State rangers who swore
that the legislators accepted SI,OOO in
marked bills from Dr. Willis W.
Chamberlain, manager- of a ‘ Houston.
Texas, optical company. A number
of bank notes were taken from Dale
m he entered a hotel where Moore
lived.
Dale declared there was nothing to
the charges, but refused further com
ment. Moore withheld comment.
BELIEVE NICARAGUAN
CASE WILL DIE DOWN
Washington Seems to Think Revolu
tion Will Die Natural Death Be
fore Long.
Washington, Feb. 2.—The Nicara
guan imbroglio, no recently a source
of outspoken controversy throughout
the entire hemisphere, shows signs
of tapering off into a game of
patient waiting.
For some days no news of impor
tant military operations has come
from the seat of war. The\Washing
ton having replied to
its critics by reinforcing its position
both diplomatically and in a mili
tary sense, appears content to etand
fast and await results. Even the
typhoon of debate that has swept
Congress in subsiding without -tang
ible action,, „ ,
The question mivr dfoftcrnroSe
the mind of official Washington is
how long the contending Nicaraguan
factions will be able to hold tne
present apparent dead’oek- Th°
latest official outgiving from the
Saensa camp wan not hopeful. The
Dia* government, on the other hand,
is growing more silent as the weeks
drag on without decisive results.
Numerous peace moves have been
made, and it would occasion no sur
prise here if one of them soon were
to lend to the solution of the whole j
tangle.
Blames Drab Clothes For Love-Chased I
Men.
Berlin.—Feb. 3.—The “hunted male’’
will be more and more hunted by the
women of modern civilization until
he again dons bright colored clothes
and makes himself more attractive,
Dr. Richard Baerawald, noted Berlin
psychologist, said in an address to the
Academy of Medicine.
“Man alone is responsible for the
masculinization of women,’ he declar
ed. “Since civilization reversed the
orderly processes of nature and men
clothed themselves in drab garments,
they have become deereasingly active
in hunting mates. Their manner of!
making love is pitiable. Who can
blame women for taking up the bur
dens of the chase whic men in their
weakness relinquished?
"It will not be long before even
woman’s present reserve against pop
ing the question is overcome unless
man gets over the false notion that
painting and making up in the manner
of Indian warriors is effeminate.”
Charlotte Boy Tries to Hang Play-
Mate.
Charlotte, Feb. 2. Attempted
hanging of a playmate by a twelve
year o.d boy was learned here to
day, with investigation set for
Thursday. Juvenile court officials re
fused to give names, asserting' that
a State statute prohibits publica
tions ‘of names of juvenile court de
fendants.
It was stated that the youngest
took one of his playmates, tied his
wrists with a rope and, strung the
victim up to a tree limb. Older per
sons discovered / the boy hanging in
the tree and released him before
serious injury was done.
Insane Man Is Taken From Hotel to
Charlotte Jail.
Charlotte, Feb. 2 —S. D. Gray, 28,
of Bennettsville, 8. C., was taken
from a local hotel Tuesday night and
lodged in the county jail pending ar
rangements to commit him to a Min
nesota institution for the insane, po
lice announced today. >
Gray escaped from Morganton last
October, police said.
Officers said they found the man
and his wife in the hotel. Mrs. Gray
has arranged for her husband to be
sent to the Minnesota institution, it
was stated.
Smith Case Again Continued.
Washington, Feb. 3. — UP) —At the
request of counsel for Frank Smith,
senator-designate from Illinois, the
senate elections committee today de
ferred further consideration of his cre
dentials until next Wednesday.
The average English woman is
two inches taller than the American.
Off to Fight for King and Country 'J
British marines from Chatham arrived at Portsmouth to embark for China, where thej
were to protect British nationals and property endangered by the civil war.
< Inters itiooanfeYweel.L
HEARING ON SUTTON
STATEWIDE GAME LAW
To Be Held on Wednesday, February
9th, at S O’clock p. m.
The Tribune Bureau
•Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Feb. 3. —Public opinions
will have their inning at a joint hear
ing of the senate and house game com
mittees on the Sutton statewide game
Mil to be held at 3 p. m. Wednesday,
February 9th, in the hall of the house
of representatives. ,
The hearing ’has been set by Senator
George B. McLeod and Representative
E. R. Johnson, chairman of, the sen
ate and house committees to
give an opportunity for the expression
of views on the various angles of the
pro|K)sed legislation.
Among those who have been asked
to appear at the hearing are:
Wade H. Phillips, director of the
department of conservation and (level- J
oilment; R. T. Stedman, of Wiifeton-
Salem, aud James V. Hoge, of Greens
boro, president and secretary of the
North Carolina game and fit& league;
J. 8. Holmes, state forester; H. H.
Briuiley, curator of the state museum; j
and -J
Ju W(M has. He* r<«+ivn* i* Ruieigu :
that de.egations from several of the j
counties in the etate will be present j
to urge the merits and demerits of the 1
bill.
Director Phillip#*, who has been ac
tive in the support of a statewide game '
bill, said today that indications for,
the passage of the measure appear 1
more favorpble than at any previous j
time. Mr. Hutton and friends of the
bill are i*eceiving scores of letters and I
telegrams from all part** of the state
• urging that the legislation be passed,
j The messages are virtually unanimous
) that the passage of the bill and the
I accomplishments of its purposes will
make ours a much more attractive I
state from any point of view.
Man Runs Wild With Motor Car;
Writes to Find Damage.
Asheville, Feb. 2.—“ Man, don't try
to run across there, those holes are
loaded and lit!”
“So am I,” shouted Jim Jenkins and
he drove his car right over a spot
in the highway near Franklin which
a second later rose up in the air
under I’iie impact" bf a heavy charge
of dynamite. Jenkins appeared to
be in very much of a hurry. He
! was started on a ride that extended
through Macon, Jackson and Hay
wood counties and he succeeded in
getting away from the officers on
all three skirmishes. The machine
he was driving contained three men I
and is believed also to have contained
a load of Georgia liquor.
Careening around an automobile
barricade the car started the chase
whiCa caused escapes that sound like
a movie thriller. In addition t 6 hid
ing over the spot charged with dyna
mite, Jenkins ran a man out of the
road near Balsam, forcing him to
take to the river for safety, lie struck
and badly damaged another machine
witlput stopping his own and lastly
ran Into and killed a cow.
Now he writes the officers from
some unknown! address and tells them
to please have the damage determined
and he will be glad to send a cheek
to cover it all.
I
Had Twelve Gallons of Whiskey
Buried.
Monroe. Feb. 2.—Sheriff Fowler
aud his deputies made two recent
raids on bliud tigers and secured a
total of 14 gallons and a halt of
whiskey. Twelve gallons was in the
possession of John Helms, who lives
near Monroe, on the Concord road,
and which was buried in a diten
bank near his residence. Helms wds
arrested and he gave a SSOO bond.
In recorder's court Helms was sen
tenced to six months on the roads
and his Ford car confiscated. Helms
gave notice of appeal and his bond
fixed at SSOO.
The home of Charlie Yow, on the
Anßonvil!e road, a mile from Mon
roe. was raided also. Two and one
half gallons of liquor was found un
der the brick hearth of a room. Yow,
who is a paralytic, was sentenced to
six months in jail. He also appealed
and posted a SSOO bond-
With Our Advertisers.
The fascinating new high colored
felt hats you will find at Fisher’s.
See ad. for illustration.
The Yorke & Wadsworth Co. has
just received another car of galvanized
roofing at $4.75 per aqu/are.
CONCORD, N. C , THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3,1927
NO TAX TO BE LEVIED ON
MOTOR LUBRICATION OIL
This Seems to Be the Collective Mind
of the General Assembly.
Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel. ,
Raleigh. Feb. 3.—There will be no
tax levied on motor lubricating oil. J
even if n sub-committee has beefl |
named to look into the matter, is the
general opinion of those most fami
liar with -the collective mind of the
general assembly even should the be
come from such a tax be allotted to
the roads of the several counties. %
There are several reasons given
for this belief, first that tht tax on
gasoline is sufficent, that the io*
come from the oil tax would not be
large enough to be of much benefit,
and because of the number of
enough to be of much benefit, anid
! because of the number of difficult it*
j involved in its collection.
The particular bill which has
brought the matter to public
tention is a bill by Judge F. D.
Winston of Bertie -to levy a tax of
two ceiits a gallon on lubrientiug;
j oil, the proceeds to go for the ben|-
jfit of the county roads. A similar
bilL •evy * county *arW.
’ ’tiro tal rOr county roads was cp»H*S-*
ily killed by the committee on roads.
I and this second bill was headed the
j same way, when some members of
| the committee thought it might be
! worth looking into. As a result a
sub-committee was so ordered,
j However, sentiment has since be
i come so crystallized against such a
measure that it is considered doubt
, ful if the committee will report the
mensue even without prejudice. It
iis estimated that not. more than
' $850,000 a year in revenue would be
gained from the measure, not inelud-' '
ing the cost of collection wiiich
j would be heavy.
j The bill that would increase the
j aEowenees to widows and children
j pending the probation of estates
brought forth some rather spirited
debate in the brief session of the
house Wednesday, and after talking
so some time the bill, which is bv
Representative K’utz. and would in
crease the allowance of widows fron
S3OO tost>oo and from children fron ,
SIOO to S2OO, was referred back ti
the Judiciary committee for furthei
consideration.
Os the 17 new’ bid's introduced v
the house and the five new ones in
the senate, only a few’ were of in
terest, as they were all local mens
ures. Only a handful of bills, al
local were passed-
HOLDS HUSBAND
SHOWED CONTROL
—t
Judge Collins Commends Betrayec
Man For Not Shooting Wife’s Par
amour.
Greensboro. Feb. 2.-—Thomas Jonee
Durham bottler, was taxed with th*
costs in city court on Wednesda>
morning - for assault on his wife, Olivi:
Jones; in the O. Henry Hotel on De
cember 9th, Tiut the verdict was ii
reality one for Jones since Judg<
David Collins stated that he merelj
fined Jones the costs since the offense
was admitted and there was no way
to avoid under the law the imposition
of the costs. \
Judge Co’.lins declared that Jones
J was to be commended that he did not
i come to the O. Henry Hotel that night
J with a pistol and shoot Tom Sbep
| herd down as most' red-blooded men
i would have done. It w’ould have
i been the wrong thing to have done
j but the judge thought Jones was to
! be commended for his coolness in n
situation which would ordinarily have
inflamed a man into a dangerous pas
sion.
Falls Into Fire and is Burned to
Death.
Gastonia. Feb. 2.—W. H. Rum
felt, Stanley saw mill proprietor,
was found in his home burned to
death early this morning. He had
gotten up in his sleep and had fallen
into the open fire place. It is sup
posed he was stricken with a heart
attack as there was no evidence of
his trying to get out of the fireplace.
; He was 75 years of age and is sur
vived by four children.
Rumfelt’s body was found by hi *
daughter, Mrs. D. M. Hovis, witn
whom he made his home when she
went to call him to breakfast. He {
I, was as well as usual when he went
• to bed and nothing was heard from
him during the night.
!- ■ ’
l Alligator eggs are eaten as a deli
cacy in the West ladies. u* 1
DR. HAYWOOD’S BILL.
May Be Reported Favorably or at
Leastt Without Prejudice.
The Tribune Bureau
v Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, Feb. 3.—Although the final
action of the committee on health with
j regard to Representative Haywood’s
I bill designed to reduce immorality. by
making it more difficult to sell contra
ceptive devices, has not been an
nounced, it is not thought improbable
I hat the bill will be reported favora
ble. or at least without prejudice.
A strong argument in favor of the
bill was preacHted by Dr. Haywood
before the ojien hearing of t’.ie com
mittee on health Wednesday after-)
noon, in which he was supported by I
much able technical testimony by Dr.
W. C. Horton, of Raleigh. I)r. Hay
wood said that,'according to the relia
ble statements of physicians and wel-{
fare workers, the increase in immoral
ity among boys and girls of from fif
teen to sixteen years of age on up lias
increased startlingly in this state, and
that much of t*jis is due to the fact
that the fear of hazardous conse
'quences has been largely removed
through the use of contraceptive de
vices, the sale of which tfyis bill, of
'Dr. Haywood’s would prohibit.
In answering questions propounded
by Dr. Haywood, the continued use of
these devices produces a dangerous and
serious nervous disorder on the part
of both Lie man and woman, the ef
fect being more severe on the woman,
Dr. Horton declared. He said that
he had been called unit to treat a large
number of cases of nervousness traee
ab’e to this cause. A detailed and
technical explanation of the manner
in which the nervous system was ef
fected by these devices was also given
by I>r. Horton.
When asked if there were not other
methods to prevent conception, Dr.
Horton replied that there were, but)
t'.iat they were equally if not more
injurious.
Dr. Haywood ended his advocacy of
the bill with the p’.ea that the boys
and girls of the 'state, especially the
girls, were entitled to the amount of
added protection that would be as
sured them under this bill, which he
said would go far to stop the depreda
tions of unscrupulous men and boys
upon innocent girls.
INSTALLS LOUD SPEAKERS
ON POLICE AUTOMOBILES
Berkeley’s “Scientific” Police Depart
ment Has Gone on the Air.
(By International News Service)
Berkeley,' Calif., Feb. 3.—Supplant
ing the police department telephone
call boxes which are familiar eye
sores on every city corner, Berkeley’s
scientific" police department has
gone on the air.
A high-powered vacuum tube trans
mitter has been installed at police
leadquarters in the city hall which
/ill operate in conjunction with fixed
lined receivers installed in the auto
nobiles of patrolmen. A
Through a concealed loud speaker
unit in the machines, desk sergeants
will be able to cotamunicate instant
y with any particular patrolmen or
all officers simultaneously,; regardless
of where they may be in the city.
The ’transmitter is of 50 Watts, of
the CW type and will operate on a
fixed wave length of 167 meters, be
low that bf commercial and amateur
stations. Receiving sets, containing
three tubes and installed in the police
cars, will be tuned to this wave
engtfa.
The Berkeley • department will also
send and receive criminal data to Los
Angeles and Portland over the radio.
At a certain hour, these cities, and
later other cities, will be called and
business transacted. This will elimi
nate much correspondence, in addition
to speeding up the work of catching
malefactors.
The experiments in the advantages
of the radio were made under the di
rection of August Vollmer, Berkeley's
“scientific" chief of police.
Death of Mrs. R. W. Barbee.
Mrs. R. W. Barber died last night
at 10:30 at her home in Rowan coun
ty. She had been ill for some time.
Funeral services will be held at 11
o’clock tomorrow morning at Fairview
Church. Pall bearers will be her sons,
D. A., M. L., li. W. L. F., C. J., and
B. G. Barbee.
Mrs Barbee was born March 2, 1871
and in addition to her husband and
ten children, is survived by two broth
-1 ors and two sisters
WIT 12,000,000
FOR NATIONAL PARK
IN GREAT SMOKIES
. i
Bills Calling for Bond Is-!
sue of $2,000,000 Pre-i
sen ted in Both Houses!
of Legislature.
OTHER BILLS ARE
OFFERED TODAY
Seven Measures of State
wide Interest Presented
in House and Several in
the Senate.
State Capitol, Raleigh, Feb. 3. — UP)
—A bill seeking a $2,000,000 bond is- i
sue for acquisition of lands for the]
establishment of a national park in)
the Great Smoky Mountains was pre
sented in the house today by Nettles,
of Buncombe, and Squires, of Cald
well, and the senate by Ebbs, of Bun
combe.
In addition, the house received sev
en other statewide bills including a
resolution from McLean, of Beaufort,
to petition charges to make surplus
power of Muscle Shoals available for
industrial use of southern states.
The senate engaged in the first hot
debate of the session over the bill
t'iiat would change the date of automo
bile license year. It passed the sec
ond reading and was held over.
Both houses adjourned until noon
tomorrow. •
Representative George Younce, of
Guilford, introduced another of the
bills recommended by the State In
surance Department. It would tight
en the laws requiring adequate fire
escapes for theatres, and other public
buildings that house public gatherings.
A “blue sky" offering was made in
j the House by Sutton, of Lenoir, in
the shape of a bill to regulate the
sale of stocks and bonds.
In the House 20 local bills were
i passed in addition to the Muscle
Shoals resolution. The only other
state bill to come up was the measure
that would amend the charter of
the North Carolina College for Ne
groes at Durham, to give the Govern
or authority to appoint the board of
trustees. The version that passed was
an amended copy of a measure that
stirrad up debate last week on whether
the President of the institution remov
ed his hat while in the presence of
legislators.
The senate passed thirteen bills, of
local importance only.
Three new’ judicial superior court
districts would be provided by the
Smith bill, which got a favorable re
port of the joint committee on courts
and judicial districts upon assembly
convening.
Favorable report on the measure in
troduced by Senator Smith, of Stanly,
came after several days of committee
debate on this, and the Nash emergen
cy judges bill, whicb was also offered
as a means of relieving the conges
tion in the superior court docket.
Complaint with this favorable re
port on the new districting bill, the
committee also sent to the floors of
both houses the bills proposing consti
tutional amendments in the question
of permitting the creation of a ju
dicial district without a solicitor.
This constitutional amendment pro
vision under the terms of the bill
would be submitted at the next gen
eral election in the state.
The amended bill was supported by
Representative A. D. McLean, of
Beaufort and other eastern North
Carolina legislators who expressly did
not think additional solicitors were
needed to prosecutq criminal dockets.
The House received favorable com
mittee reports on tesi bills.
The health Committee reported
Rev. Oscar Haywood’s “antMnmporal
ity bill” unfavorable, but it was ac
companied by a minority report.
The Montgomery representative
moved that the bill be put on the cal
endar for next Tuesday, but ’it was
voted down. The bill took its regular
place. 1
■ Favorably report was returned on
the Winstoh bill to make the “Old
North State” the official state song.
And, Judge • Winston’s resolution for
the appointment of a commission to
investigate possibility: of reducing the
cost of government and consolidating
departments was reported without
prejudice.
The flow of bills was one of the
heaviest in the session.
Thirteen local and eight statewide
measures were introduced.
EXPLAINS REASON FOR
CONTEST ON WILL
W. f. Eflrd Says On© Probated Not
Last One Made by His Father.
Albemarle, Feb. 3(>P) —W. T. Efird,
who yesterday took the first steps to
break the will of late John S. Efird,
claims his only reason is that the will
probated was superseded by a later
one.
The estate under the terms of the
will is divided as follows: One fifth
to Mrs. Watt G. Efird; one fifth to
Jap J. Efird ; one fifth to Mrs. Henry
Morrow; one fifth to the children of
W. T. Efird; and one fifth to charity
an benevolence,the specified objects to
be set forth.
Lewis Craig Humphrey Dead.
Louisville, Ky., Feb. 3.—UP)—Lew
is Craig Humphrey, 51, associate edi
tor of the Louisville Herald-Post, died
at 6:55 o’clock this morning at his
home here. >
California is represented in the
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
by 333 dubs.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
STORE ATTRIBUTES
ITS SUCCESS TO
NEWSPAPER SPACE
In announcing a sl6,(K*' *
crease in their busi**
ten years, W * -opt**'
ment store c - Ill 'l
credit to new * ,«*riising.
’* - Ten years ,-rtTl9l6, our an
nual volume approximated $4.-
000.000. W. A. Wieboldt, vice
; president of the company said. “To
} day at the end of 1020, our vol
| ume has reached $20,000,000. #
“We attribute this rapid advance
! in a large measure to our constant
I and intelligent use of th*? newspa
] pers as the most effective medium
avadable.”
REFUND TO MRS. JONES
IlfcLD UP BY COURT
Transfer Tax On Half Million Dollars
In Bonds Involved,
Richmond, Feb. 2. —The Common
wealth of Virginia was today awarded
a writ of error by the Virginia Court
of Appeals from judgment of the City
Circuit Court of Richmond, ordering
jit to refurfd to Mrs. Julia B. Jones,
of New Bern, North Carolina, the sum
of $10,039.69.
This was the amount of a transfer
tax levied on $501,884.67 of Liberty
bonds found in the lock box of her
husband. J. A. Jones, wealthy citizen
of New Bern, in a Richmond bank
following his death which occurred in
the North Carolina city, January 28,
1924.
It appears that Mrs. Jones* paid
the tax under protest and then resort
ed to court action here in an effort
to recover it. ShSe contents that the
bonds belonged to her and therefore
were not subject to tax. On an en
velope containing the bonds was this
inscription. “Property of Mrs. Julia
B. Jones, memo: the enclosed Liberty
bonds are a personal gift from her
husband.’’
Jones also left $4,587.67 deposited
in the National Bank of Commerce,
Norfolk, and $4,587.46 deposited in the
First National Bank of Richmond.
Tax levied on this money was paid
without protest.
TRAIN HITS AUTO AND
OCCUPANTS ARE KILLED
Guy W. Brubaker and Mrs. B. B.
Cooper Killed in Accident in Flor
ida. .
Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Feb. 3.—C4P)
—Guy \V. Brubaker, superintendent
of junior high schools in Broward
county, and Mrs. B. B. Cooper, a
teacher, were killed today when their
automobile was struck by a Florida
East Coast passenger train here, Mrs.
Jenny Lind Davis and Miss Ada Gil
more. two other occupants of the au
tomobile, were severely injured.
The automobile, driven by Mr. Bru
baker. was taking the teachers to the
Daviel school when the train struck
it. The car was dragged more than
fifty feet before it was cast aside.
Advantage of Using Both Hands.
London, Feb. 3.—Stories published
recently of how Sir James Barrie,
when his right hand had failed h : m.
bad to learn to write with hie left,
have started a public discussion as to
the advisability of teaching children
to use both hands.
It is said that out of every hun
dred babies born, seventeen are natur
ally right-handed, three are left-hand
ed. and the remaining eighty are cap
able of using either’hand, with equa l
ease. Yet owing to the existing meth
ods of training the young, by the time
those hundred babies are three years
old all except the three who were left
handed will use the right hand for
such essential work as writing, paint
ing. and the use of all tools.
While S ! r James Barrie was put to
the necessity of learning to use his
left hand when his right hand failed
him. Sir Robert Baden-Powell, when
bitten by a dog and forced to carry his
right hand in a sling, went straight
on with his work, writing and drawing
with his other hand, for he has been
able to use both hands equally all his
life.
Three of the world’s famous paint
ers. Landseer, Holbein and the great
Leonardo da Vinci, could paint two
pictures at the same time, using both
hands. Even more wonderful seems!
the fact that the eminent English i
surgeon, Simeon Snell, could operate
eoually well either band. Sir
Oliver Lodge is' another well-known
man who uses both hands with ease.!
Still another point is urged in fav
or of teaching children to use both
hands; It is the left side of the brain
that'controls the muscles of the right
side of the body, so that by learning
to use the left hand a person actually!
rests one side of his brain and is.
therefore, able to do more work at a
stretch. ; > .• ,
New Hog Disease Baffles nope
Elias.
Charlotte, Feb. 2.—A new disease
for pigs, not identified by Kope
Elias, Mecklenburg county farm de-i
monstration agent, was found today,
the pigs of Graham Good rum uanc
ing. The dance, sometimes done on
two feet.sometimes ou four, is de
scribed as resemb’ing the Charleston,
dancing from morning until nighr.
Neighbors watching them are said
to have taken measures to prevent
their morally minded pigs from as
sociating with the Goodrum porkers.
Russian Bandits Sentenced to Death.
Moscow, Feb. 3.—o^)—Four ban
dits, members of the gang known as
the “Stranglers’ Corps,*’ with a record
of eighteen murders in and around
Moscow, were sentenced to death to
day. Five others, including four wom
en accomplices, were given ten years
imprisonment.
It Is said of the Empress Joseph
ine that she possessed over one "hun
dred and fifty shawls, most' of them
extremely beautiful and valuable. /
NO.-62
MARINES AND SHIPS
ORDERED TO Cli[
WILL BE SAFEGUARD
Known Now That Marines
Have Been Ordered
From Guam for Duty ixt
Shanghai.
_ .
OTHERS WILL GO
TO GUAM POST
Thre Cruisers Are Ordered
:to Chinese, Waters and
Others May Be Ordered
There Later.
Manila, P. I„ Feb. 3.—OP)—lt waa
’.earned here today that a detachment
of Marines will arrive here from GkMU
tomorrow, and will proceed at oik* to
Shanghai on board the United States
ship Pecos.
Fourth Regiment Going.
San Diego, Calif., Feb. 3.
Marines of the fourth regiment hast
ed the last of their equipment aboard
the transport Chaumont here today,
preparatory to sailing for the Orient.
They expect to go to Shanghai ere*'
tua'.ly, although their present dealing*
tion is Guam.
Panama, Feb. 3 04*)—The United
States cruisers Richmond, Cincinnati
and Marblehead will sail from Balboa
in the next 24 hours, presumably lor
Chinese waters, under orders received
from the navy department. They wilt
be followed by the Raleigh.
All four cruisers are now at Rgl*
boa. together with the Trenton, which
will proceed through the canal front
the Pacific to the Atlantic side some
time today.
NEW JERSEY MAYOR IS
ALLEGES) BRIBE TAKER
Rum Runner Says He Paid Edge
water Mayor $22,500 to Allow
Landing Liquor Cargo.
New York. Feb. 2. —Dewitt Tur
ner, confessed Chicago rum runner,
testified in federal court today that
he paid Mayor Henry Wiasel, of
Edgewater, N. J., $22,500 in cash
and gave him 400 cases of whiskv
and five cases of alcohol to permit
landing of the $2,000,000 rum cargo
of the schooner Eker. .JL * ’
William Theobald. ?anotfter wit
ness. told from the stand how be
was paid S2OO fi»r un’oadlng eaves
of whiskey from the Sker while Ed*
ward Pickering and Alexander Flan
nery, Edgewater detectives. stood
guard. Flannery, he said, paid him
SSO for ohe night's work.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at Advance of 3 ta f
Points. May Selling tip to 134A.
New York, Feb. 3. —G4>)—The not*
ton market opened steady today at an
advance of 3 to 7 points on continued
covering by shorts in the old crop
months, additional buying brought In
by the relatively firm ruling of Liver
pool. and reports of a steady spot ba
sis in the South.
May sold up to 13.68 and October
to 14.07 in early trading, net advaueea
of about 4 to 8 points, but Southern
hedging and realizing caused reaction*
of 5 or 6 points by the end of the first
hour.
Private cables said the Liverpool
market had been influenced b| trad*
call : ng. together with buying by Man*
Chester and the Continent, and there
bad been encouraging sales of cotton
cloths to Egypt.
Cotton futures opened -steady i
March 13.43: May 13.66; July 13J7;
October 14.05; December 14.2ft' *
■ JOL t . jfcag
Deeds Recorded at Court House Tues
day.
The following real estate trandfeeg __
were recorded with deeds filed-*t ts*~
court house} Tuesday
Concord Bonded Warehouse and
Realty Company to I. I. Davis, lf ti
\ for $l4B, property in No. 11 tmr tn
I ship.
i A. L. Brown and B W. Durham
to Mrs. Lucy A. Brown for $1,347,
property in No. 4 township.
Mack E. Asbury to W. B. Asbury
for $lO and other valuable considera
tions. property in No. 10 township.' ’
E.“L. Morrison and P.' B. Fetzer
to H. J. Hitt for $3,500, property in
No. 11 township, near White Hall.
Trustees of the FairvieW Presby
terian Church, Kannapolis, to W.
Whitley for S6OO, property in No. 4
township!'' ' * ' } .
The New Goodyear Tire Triumph*.
You can now buy a balloon tire with
a tread that is safe, sure-footed and
skidless under all conditions. 1 It is
the new Goodyear* balloon tire with
the new-type all-weather tread,
Tim tire ha* many, big advantages
which are enumerated in a page ad.
in this paper today. In this t ! re the
Goodyear i>eople advance the tire best
suited to the needs and conditions of
motoring. Read the ad. and find out
all about it.
Fliers Off for Chhnbote.
Paita, Peru, Feb. 3—C4*)-r*Tbe
United States army pan-Americau
fliers left this city at 7:40 o’clock
thig morning for Chimboto. They will
re-fuel and continue on to Lima, the
capital, where they are due this af
ternoon.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Partly cludy tonight and Friday,
rising temperature in the,central and
west portions tonight and ba the east
portion Friday. Moderate southwest
wind*.