(■j.UELI ■ For Improvements I State Institutions Buffered To The House ' t " - i mm i/ed Bond Issue (fOO and Repre- HH wi From Budget mm> vK>p. Report. H HERETO ( FIVE $20,000 HBw F: >es on Second Bfiß Bill to Increase HHfh'! Salary of Su mjm { ourt Judges. HjH KnU-igh. Fib. 21. — .■ ,y Mountain Park BHH] , Ky tin* Senate. •<.< i \ u!l tin* secoiul ■IIHB T!ie bill comes up , . c.a-t- brought iu a fav ;hc b",il to increase! jum and Supreme HHv. >l,r.tm> a year, and an c*; the permanent iin priation bill. The ig|M ad.ipted and the bill! fBBm, , . for second read- 1 - m . . .. authorized bond H|H::;7.oo<* ■ permanent im- 1 - l atc institutions. This wm. , ,t fnitu $5,500,000 rec the budget cumm'ssion. cut was a state insti- (h*at and blind, and |B|^B h was for the East . ■ i i.,.rs Training School at |H'|: .• bill showed allotments . f X,.rth Parolimi. Chap i:,:t Cnliege For Women - 'i'eacliers 1 ('allege. |HHsPi .V T. Falicge. ( ireellsb tro. HUB ■r Cnliege bu* Negroes, it >.ooo. B State Xormal School, ■Be. State X'lvmal. SIOO.- X- gr-- Teachers Col- .'vL B| t'.t y Negro Xormal, $lO.-• Hb.; •\. .. X.-riiiai. >20,000. KB . Kaleigh. $2)00.000. HK -. . Morgauton. SIOO,- P"’ilsboro $170,000. „ School, Kinston, HB. . : l*eaf. Mnrgnnton. HB 11-i-pital, Gastonia, B. ' for Tuberculosis. B .!;■ Training School. BHttl s:rial School. Samar- BX. i Training Sdiool. B/ Kail-lings ang Grounds. Radio. SOO,OOO. '.Tways, $75,01 H). jj||B 1 appropriation it HB-! $020,000 must be a library building. BB- H* >i 1. Raleigh, allot ■B made mi condition that j Be -v • tided for construction B; west wing and for re- B> cf :he east wing destroy- spring. ■B _ BB virus of state BBiH I IN(. \T SANFORD HBi Samuels and George K. B >pi niters at Open big Ses- Bjß X <’. Feb. 21. —OP)—The J gffß ’ -of the American Le- Bt. ' American Legion Aux- BB !••• in Washington. X. } BB and 10th, Paul BB 1 !: state command- 1 B'-'"! ai the meeting of post B organization Here j B^B i:7 "' one by Frank E. BB" - a.’ national adjutant,; one by George K. . Bi : '-;.c ; executive commit-; BB> ' cdh.rn, X. ('.. featured B^B V - ■ Ameriean Legion and Assistants' ' h*a!t at length and in B a.zation membership BB officers’ meeting. BB ■ address urged offi- B - ■ members and attract a brief address said BMB (ay faced the crisis of He urged each i>o*>t BB outstanding duty dur- B urged them to get B^B 1 T - ui Xorpa Carolina. BB' cr SauLsbury of Dela- >,v Hies at Home. BB" Hel.. Feb. 20.—For ms'" s 'Acs Senator Willard JHH- a his home here to- BB disease. Ho was 00 had suffered from BH being stricken BB a t his summer H * had been prac- B '■•add. his wife, the BB will be held Wed- BB : 'ment at Dover marbies even in the Indian mound THE CONCORD TIMES $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. ,<_ I MILITARY COMPANY GIVEN PRAISE FOR WORK DURING YEAR I Officers Making Inspection of National Guard Company Much Impressed With the Conditions Here. ! High praise for Concord's National Guard unit was given Snturady night i after the annual inspection of the ' company by State and Federal officers, j The inspection was made hi the j armory Saturday afternoon and night i and after it was all over Lieutenant Compton, regular army officer told members of the company he was glad he could give them a rating of “very satisfactory.” With Lieutenant Compton was [Major Graham K. Hobbs, represent ; lug the State Adjutant General’s de partinerit. He has been detailed to i aet as Inspector General of the State ' for the time being. During the afternoon water wark land records of the company were In spected and at night the personnel and ! personal equipment were inspected. Captain Norman Alston, commaml ■ iug officer of the company, reports : that he is much gratified with the fine i rating given the company. “The rating I is the best giveu the company since I have been the commanding officer,” i he stated. Lieutenant Compton was inspector here tw’o years ago and he expressed gratification that the company had made fine progress since his last ap pearance. Lieutenant Compton and Major Hobbs got off the subject of military tactics olng enough to praise Hotel Concord, “We have been in many cities in the State,’’ Major Hobbs said, “and have found no better hotel. The citizens of Concord are to be com mended and congratulated on the ex cellence of their hostelry.” ‘- - - LIGHTED MATCH THROWN INTO POWDER MAGAZINE Bill Affecting the Highway Commis sion and Salary and Wage Commis sion Will Start the Pyrotechnics. > Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh. Feb. 21. —Three of the state’s most talked-of commissions, namely the highway commission, the salary and wage commission and the pardon commission (now' one man), are attacked either directly or indir ectly by three new bills that have just been introduced, and which prom ise to furnish fuel for a general ora torical conflagration, in which the administration will' be much* cussed and discussed, when they reach the floor —if they do. The bill affecting the highway com mission. introduced by Representative Hargett of Onslow, would increase the members of the commission from nine to twenty-seven, and -w’ould re duce their pay from .$lO a day while attending meetings of the commission, to actual expenses. The purpose of the bill is to give the various dis | tricts three representatives instead of one from each district, iu the hope that thus they could obtain more for : their respective districts. Indications i are that this bill will breath its last in committee, as little support for it is.eviuent. . ) S ‘A dangerous bill” is the opinion of i the majority. The third bill affecting commissions, would amend the present law regard ing the salary and wage commission, and put all state educational, i>enal I and elemosynary institutions under the provisions of this act. Thus sal ! aries paid at the University of North |Carolina, State College, and in all' state educational, penal and chari -1 table institutions, would be subject to the scrutiny of the salary and wage ' commission. And if the how’l that goes up from these institutions is > equal to the howl that went up and is still going up from the various state departments where the salary and I , ages commission now exercises its | functions, there will be some howl. While this bill has a preamble that states “it i? evident that the salary . and wage commission has effected a financial saving and increased effici i ency as a result of the standardiza tion of wages and Classifications of employes of other state institutions as well,” many see in it merely an at tempt to test the effectiveness of the salary and wage commission. 'Whether this be correct or not, j there is no doubt that the bill, if it reaches the floor of the house, will | provoke a battle royal, since it is | just something of this order that the i “insurgents” are waiting for to start | a battle. Thus whether Representative Mar tin of Washington, the author of the bill, knows it or not, he has thrown lighted matches into the powder ma gazine of the ’ house, unless the com mittee extinguishes them. Spare Stocking Idea the Latest lad Appearing In World Os Fashion. Chicago, Feb. 21.—The big idea hit 1! Chicago with a bang today ; it s the ■ i very latest in the matter of Milady s { hose. The new stunt is for every pair of i stockings to carry a “spare,” so that i the girls may worry less about runs, r rips, splashes, and w'hat-not. But best of all is the longer use from a pair, just like brother’s two ?! pants) suits.' i “It’s just as important as the spare .' tire on an automobile,” explained 8 | millinery buyer back from the East and she added that if on a rainy daj e 1 a truck splashes one stocking, she ] slips into a telephone booth and pulb out the “spare.” 16 DEATHS RESULT j FROM STORM WHICH! GRIPPED THE EAST f I Snow, Sleet and a Wind Storm in North and Mid dle Atlantic States Abat | ing After Much Damage. (SHIPS HELPLESS IN THE STORM, In Some Places Snow Fell 2 Feet While in Others Temperatures Dropped 10 Degrees Below Zero. New York, Feb. 21.—G4 3 ) —Sixteen deaths and millions of dollars in prop-j ert.v damage were caused by a snow, sleet and wind storm that had abated | today, after raging in the north and I middle Atlantic coast states for 48 i hours. * From Maine 1 to Delaware Bay, mountainous seat* tos*ied ships about like match boxes, shattered dwellings, j and swept away piers and board j walks. High tides carried waters huu- I dreds of feet in shore. Snow fell to a depth of two feet in some places, while temperatures dropped to 10 degrees below zero. The storm took its heaviest death toll off Provincetown, Mass, wtliere eight coast guardsmen lost their lives when patrol boat No. 238 was tossed ashore, and the entire boat'n crew was lost as two destroyers vainly rushed to rescue them. Other deaths attributed to the storm included four in Pittsburgh, two iu Boston, one at South Amboy, N. .1., and the second officer of a barke off Ambrose lightship outside New Y'ork harbor. New Jersey beach resorts were bard hit. . From Asbury Park to Cape May high tides and great waves caused extensive damage to boats, board walks, shops, cottages and other struc tures. At Atlantic City a 100-foot section of its famous board walk was lifted by a wave aud deposited on the top of a building. Many small craft and some larger ones were thrown on reefs, bars and beaches along the entire coast line. Waves at times reached a height of fifty. GET MORE INFORMATION About smith’s campaign Recalcitrant Witnesses Testify Before Senate Campaign Funds Commit tee. Wanhiugton, Feb. 21. — VP) —Call- ing before it the group of recalcitrant witnesses, who previously had declin ed to answer questions to primary campaign .expenditures last year, the senate campaign funds investigating committee today obtained some of the information sought and decided to cite Darnel J. Schuyler, attorney for Sam uel Insull, Chicago utilities magnate, for contempt. The testimony sought from Illinois witnesses was concerned with contri butions to the local Cook County cam paign which might -also have been used to further the candidacy of Frank L. Smith’s campaign have formed the ba sis for the fight against seating Smith. 1 Robert E. Crowe, state’s attorney for Cook County who previously had refused to answer questions, changed his mind and told the committee he obtained $5,000 in campaign funds from Insull and $2,000 from Schuyler. Schuyler, after disclosing that he had collected $45,000 from Insull, re fused to say where the money went, and drew the citation announcement. ' Refused To Quit When Fired, Fined By Judge. Asheville, Feb. 20. —Because he re ‘ fused to leave bis job as clerk for the Skyland hotel, M. C. Corn, was fined $lO and costs on a charge of trespass by Magistrate C. F. Sumner. - It seems that Corn had leased the hotel from Clayton B. Sloan far a Certain term of time and when the lease expired was retained by Mr. Sloan, who decided to operate the place himself. His salary was S9O per month aud he also kept his family in the hotel. According to evidence in the case he drew on his salary in advance for a certain period and Mr. • desired to do away w’ith biff services. - Due notice was served, but according ! to the proprietor Corn refused to leave, declaring he liked the job fine. » . Firmer Hand in Nicaragua. I Washington, Feb. 21—OP) —The i American governments determination : to take a firmer hold on the situation t in Nicaragua is becoming hourly more apparent. Without officially acknowledging any i intention to interfere directly between i the contending Nicaraguan factions, - the state and navy departments have - agreed upon-a line of proceedure w hich is expected generally to interpose ser ious obstacles to the Sacasa troops d seeking to overthrow' the American- Recognized government of President ;t Diaz. s tAd of 15 Says He Slew Woman. Popular Bluff. Mo., Feb. 17. f Earl Jackson, 15, confessed late to t day to Prosecuting Atorney Byron (. that he ki’led his stepmoth er, Mrs. Mary Jackson, last October e 7, and buried the body in a shallow C gi-avfc, W'here it was found Tuesday night by a dog. , t e “She just wanted to be killed a and I killed her,” Prosecutor Kearby t» quoted the youth as having said. y e The latest evolution in the line of Is fancy singing birds is a pure white canary, not am albino. CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1927 Many Imoportant Measures to Come Up In Legislature This Week Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel. BY ,T. C. BASKERVILLE. Raleigh, Feb. 21. —It is a good j thing that the members of the house,, at least, decided to hold a session this morning as vyell as tonight, judging from the number of important bills still on the house public calendar. Os first importance, perhaps, are the revenue and appropriations bills, though active discussion of_the.se will probably be deferred several days. The revenue bill was. reported in the; ; house Saturday by Representative Graham of Orange, chairman of the; i house finance committee, while the bill was reported in the senate by ! ! Senator Williams, chairinau of th# I senate finance committee. It is ex pected that the appropriations bill will be repotted to the house Monday ; by Representative Turlington, chair-! man of the house appropriations com* i mittee. Although numerous changes and all/ terations have been made in the revf 1 enue bill since it was submitted thf | first by the advisory budget commis sion, these revisions do not materially I effect the amount of revenue it i« to produce, which is some* thing over $14,000,000 yearly for the i •next two years. However, further i ’ revisions may be made during its ( progress through the house and sen ate, although neither Representative Graham or Senator Williams, who will pilot the bill through the assem bly, expect any material changes to be made iu it. - 1 i The principal changes made in the revenue bill in committee include a lowering \>f the tax on bottlers of car bonated beverages—much sought by them in numerous hearings—and the; elimination of the tax on tobacco. The graduated tax on contractors was i also lowered, but it is estimated that! virtually the same amount of revenue will be yielded as before. The tax on motor busses, which w'as proposed* on a weigbt-per-passenger-per mile basis, has been changed to an entirely different basis, but which wil also yield about the same revenue, accord-. ing to members of the committee. The tax on insurance companies and prem iums has been changed to virtual.v th« same system and rates now iu use under the present* revenue act. The section of the act referring to the tax on distributors and declares in typewriters, cash registers, frigi- THE COTTON MARKET Opened Fairly Steady at Decline of 5* to 9 Points in Response to Easy. Liverpool Cables. New York, Feb. 21. — VP) —The ooT-* fcpn market opened fairly steady to day at a decline of 5 to 9 points in response to easier Liverpool cables. The bulk of business was in old crop positions, the feature being a contlnu- , ance of March liquidation. Spot houses again were buyers of i MarA against sales of May and July, j however, while there seemed enough demand later months to absorb these offerings. The market held fairly steady dur-. ing the first hour. March selling up ! from 13.60 to 13.74, while July rallied from 14.15 to 14.20. General busi ness was restricted by the proximitj of the holiday, with uncertainty ns to the effect of March notices expected i on Wednesday. Trading remnine | from Chicago. For Forty-Two Years Clerk In Same Store. Charlotte, Feb. 21. —Miss Lillie Benson, for 42 years a clerk in the same building here, saw the store doors close tonight for good, the Bor Marche, of the Lipinsky interests, ol Asheville, deciding to close their ston here. Miss Benson started as a cash gir and then became a clerk. She wa: clerk in the'first department store established here and that store was succeeded by others, on the same spot ] finally becoming the Bon Marche. Mios Clarice Troutman has resigns her position with Parks-Belk Co.,' an 1 accepted a position as bookkeeper a the Crystal Damp Laundry. 1 DIVINE HEALING BY FAITH AND PHAYER ; SERMON'S SUBJECT ! Dr. J. C. Rowan Says Pres ent Day Disciples of Christ Cannot Heal by | Faith and Prayer Alone. QUOTES BIBLE FOR AUTHORITY , * Says Such Power Passed Away With Death of the Last Person Who Saw Resurrection of Christ. “When the last witness of Jesus’ resurrection died, the special and tem porary gift effecting and bringing about Divine healing through faith and prayer alone passed away, or ceased,” said Dr. J. C. Rowan, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, in his ser ' mon Sund’ay morning. “Divine Heal ing Through Faith and Prayer Alone” was. the subject of his sermon, the text of which w’as taken from Mark 9:24. “I believe; help Thou mine unbelief.” “If it were possible for living dis ciples to effect or bring about Divine healing through faith and prayer alone.” Dr. Rowan said further, “the 1 hospitals w’ould be a disgrace to Chris tianity and physicians and nurses a 'blasphemy against God. “When a real affliction challenges 1 and shows up their (the alleged heal ers’) hocus-pokus. they always say, ’ ‘Your faith is too weak.’ What a pre tense! What a fake!” The text of Dr. Rowan's sermon fol i lows: i I am going to discuss today Divine healing through faith and prayer . alone. God being my witness, I am , going to be absolutely candid and sin i cere. If I know’ my own mind aud * heart—and I think I do—l shall not * be affected by any prejudice of any kind. If I know my own mind and | I heart —and I think I do—l shall not j be affected by any jealousy except jeal ousy for truth and right. I shall strive to the utmost of my ability to be true to God, true to the Holy Scrip ; tures, and true to the best interest of mankind. This, I assure you before the Lord, is my only objeet and my only motive today.* , , “I believe ; b«4j> thou mine unbelief.” Let us get 'clearly and distinctly be ■ fore us the scene, or event of which i our text is a part. Jesus has just “ been transfigured in the mountain be fore Peter and James and John. With ■ Peter and James and John He comes ' down out of the mountain to the other ' disciples. A great multitude is about 1 them, and the scribes are asking them 1 quest : ons. Jesus asks the questioners ' about their questioning: One of the multitude tells Jesus that he has brought his son who has a dumb spir it to His disciples to be healed. He al : so tells Jesus that His disciples have been unable to cast the spirit out. Jesus speaks of His disc : ples as a 1 faithless generation. Jesus tells the I father of the afflicted boy to bring his * son to Him. * Jesus asks the father 1 how long his son has been afflicted. ' The father answers, “From a child.” v The father asks Jesus to help them if * He ean. Jesus exclaims according to | the Revised version, “If thou canst!” 1 Jesus affirms that all things are pos > s : ble to him that believeth. The father l of the boy cries out, “I believe; help ■ thou mine unbelief.” Jesus heals the * boy. Jesus’ disciples ask Jesu* why ‘ they have been unable to effect the 1 cure. Jesus informs them that they I have been unable to do so on account 1 of their little faith and lack of pray * er. This is the scene, or event of 1 which our text is a part. ► Let us look now’ at the reason why ’ the father of the boy afflicted with a dumb spirit brought bis son to Jesus’ * disciples. He brought him to Jesus' j disciples because he thought they j wrould be able to heal him. Why, let s us ask, did he think they would be f able to heal him? Because they had already performed similar miracles. Jesus had already some time prior to this sent forth the twelve, saying un a to them, “Go not into any way of the Gentiles, and enter not into any city of the Samaritans; but go rather to ® the lost sheep of the house of Israel. '■ And fts ye go. preach, saying, the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, raise the dead cleanse the lep f ers, cast out devils; freely yejeceive, “ freely give.” In the Gospel aceord[ing d to Mark we find these additional rtrik- l * ing words: “And they w’ent forth and ( preached that men should repent] and e they cast out many devils, and anoint ed with oil many that were sick and lt healed them:” * Now no one w’ho* believes the Bible j ■ can doubt for one moment that the jj twelve disciples were empowered to s effect, or bring about Divine healing S through faith and prayer alone/ Do those who today are disciples of Jes us Christ possess that power? Does l ® any one of them have that power? Is it the privilege of any living disciple e to possess that power? Does the Bi e ble teach that the power to effect, or >e bring about Divine healing, through " faith and prayer alone is a permanent gift? I am going to answer each one of these four questions most emphat ically in the negative. Those who to ri fiay are disciples of Jesus Chr : st do is not possess that power. Not a single re on e of them has that power. It isn’t 18 the privilege of any living disciple to t, possess that power. The Bible doe* not teach that the power to effect, oi bring about Divine healing through wl faith and prayer alone is a perma ad nent gift. at If the Bible taught that the powei to effect, or bring about Divine heal J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher Using Sword To Check Disorders In Shanghai' Wher*' ° -ike Goes Oil v _ ing through\ and prayer alone were a permanent gift, then Jesus would not have commended physicians. Thifl He did, mark you, when He said. “They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick.” If it were possible for living disciples j to effect, or bring about Divine heal ing through faith and prayer alone, i then the of physicians would be not only slow, tedious,, painful and I cruel, but also absolutely unnecessary J and useless. If it were possible for, living disciples to effect, or bring about Divine healing through faith and prayer alone, then hospitals would be a disgrace to Christianity and phys icians and nurses a blasphemy against God. I say again, if the Bible taught that the power to effect, or bring about Divine healing through faith and pray-; or alone were a permanent gift, then! Jesus would not have commend. hl j physicians, which very thing He did; wlten He said, “They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that an sick." This argument, it seems to me, is absolutely incontrover tible. Again Paul in his first letter to the Corinthians refers to this very gift, stating that it is not permanent and that it shall cease, or pass away. 1 want to ask you to read the 12th and 13th chapters of “The First Ep'stU* of Paul to The Corinthians," until you see the truth and accuracy cf the statement which I have just made. Listen, as I quote from “The Ameri* can Standard Revision“ God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, divers kinds of tongues. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles? Have all gifts of healings? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret? But desire earnestly the greater gifts. And moreover a most excellent way show I unto you. If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels but have not love, I am become sounding brass, or a clfcuging cymbal. And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, ,so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. Love never faileth: but whether there be prophe cies. they shall be done away; wheth er there be tongues they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall be done away." When the special and temporary and ,not general and per manent gift of effecting or bringing about Divine healing through faith and prayer alone, along with the other special and temporary gifts, fulfilled its functions, it and they passed away. What was its function? Proving or demonstrating Deity. Listen! When the last witness of Jesus’ resuiTection , died the special and temporary gift of effecting, or bringing about Divine healing through faith and prayer alone passed away, or ceased. Every one who professes to possess that gift or power today is either a sincere or insincere deceiver—a deceiver, howev er, sincere or insincere, if any one is m«de to believe that any such gift, or power is possessed. Some man may say, What are you going to do with this stat“ment: “Is any among you sick? Let h : m call for the elders of the Church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: and the prayer of faith shall save him that ie sick, and the Lord shall raise him up.” - Listen! James had written that state ment and been martyred before Paul told the Corinthians that certain spec ial and temporary gifts would cease, or pass away. Listen again! That statement refers only to the age w'hen ' apostles were alive, and working. Lis ten again! If the gift, or power re ferred to w-ere general and 'not spec ial, permanent and not temporary, then death could be prevented. Have you ever seen one of these modern faith-healers prevent death? Certain ly not! You have never seen them ’ heal anybody either. When a real [ affliction challenges and show's up their they always say. ( “Your faith is too weak. Faith too weak! What a pretense! What a i fake! Listen not as I give my own , opinion but as I quote from the B ble! , The father of the demoniac boy whom Jesus healed, had faith. His faith, ’ however, was not strong, or great, for I he cried out: “I believe, help Thou my . unbelief.” j Valuable Residence Property at Auc tion. 1 On Wednesday, February 23rd, the 1 Carolina Land Co. will sell at public - auction the, five houses and lots and 1 several vacant lots on Franklin Ave nue. the property of J. L. Hartsell. p This property is located within a couple of blocks of the Concord high B school and also the Concord graded school, writh all conveniences such ns l the town affords. Only five blocks from the equare and on one of Cou -8 cord’s principal paved streets. s The sale will be conducted by the p famous Pitts Bros., twin auctioneers. . See ad. in this paper, r h In Recorder’s Court. t Several cases were on the docket e for recorder's court Monday afternoon. ;- The eases included two charged with »- being intoxicated, two possessing liq o uor and two charged with driving an e automobile while under the influence t of intoxicants. o s • Picture of Physical Culture Classes. >r H. W. Blanks, secretary of the Y, h M. C. A., is making motion pictures i- of the physical culture classes of the city schools. The pictures will be »r sent over the country, Mr. Blank* I- said today. Executioners Going About Streets of Shanghai De capitating All Trouble Makers. PLAN IS FOUND - TO BE EFFECTIVE The Natives Are Fleeing th Safety With Foreigners and Demonstrations £ess Frequent. Shanghai, Feb. 21.— UP) —The sword wielded swiftly to behead strike fp« menters was used in the native sec* , tion of Shanghai today to combat the plan of -nationalist propaganda, Continuing a death-dealing progrgip started yesterday under orders of Gen. Li Pao Chang, defense commisioner of Shanghai, to check the spread of a general strike ordered Saturday, exectp tioners with large swords patrollea t&» streets, and summarily without. t,he semblance of a trial, decapitated, ou the spot men found making seditions speeches or distributing strike litera ture. Reliable Chinese sources placed number of beheadings at 28, of which 10 were carried out today, while the nationalists declared that there had been 00. >• f,;,. The strike was called allegedly fog economic reasons, but in reality tp celebrate the re'cent nationalist yip tory in Chekiang province, and their subsequent capture of Hangchow* in** portant center, 113 miles southwest of here, from the forces of Marshal Sun Chang Fang. The effect of the reign of terror, .al though unuoticeable yesterday, was pronounced today. Strike activities ’essened. even in the foreign section, beyond the jurisdiction of Chinese au thorities, and the natixes started exj>- dus to the protection to the foreign area. A heavy rain also helped dis courage mass demonat rat ions. Although the situation on the bat tle front south of here remained about 1 in status quo, Marshal Chang Tso Lin, commander of the northern forces* struck a snag in his projected drive against the southerners by a inarch through Uonau province, when fortes of General Wu Pei Fu, nominal mas ter of the state, disarmed a number of Chang Tso Lin’s soldiers, and sized an ammunition train. With Our Advertisers. Get the sfipertwist Goodyear tire The Yorke & Wadsworth Co. sells hem. They give you tire service free too. Stylish wearing apparel moderately meed, frock, coats, millinery. lingerie, hosiery at the Gray Shop. 22 South Union street. Phone 144. Large variety of thing needpd in ‘.he home will be on sale at the Ritcftap Hardware Co. next Friday at 9 o’clock sharp. Values up to $5.00 for only SI.OO. See ad. A sjiecially attractive line of newest priug coats, $7.50 and $9 95 at Pkrßs- Beik Co’s. Other dresses up to $24.- 50. The Parks-BeH; Co. has eight show •ases for sale cheap. Sizes 8 and 10 feet. * * Steel beds, oak dinner and kitchen ab’.es at the Bell-Hnrris Furniture Co. This big store’ is overflowing .vith many home necessities. Formfit girdlievs, designed ta make the figure graceful, at Efird’s. You will find three great mbney sav ing prices on hosiery at J. C, Pen key Co.’s. They are 49 cents, 98 cent! and $1.49. • See ad. today for descrip tions. Young Albemarle Man Hold For Al leged Attack on GirL ~ g Albemarle, Feb. 18. —Lonnie Hay wood, young white man of this citv is held in the Stanly county Jap charged with an attempted attack 1 upon a 14-year-old girl here early ■ this morning. I Haywood Is claimed to have cjn ! tered the home in which the girt | lived early this morning, soon after her parents bad left, and attempted 1 , to attack her. Cries from the girl ’ and the passing of a truck frighten ed him away. Officers were notified and a chase ensued which resulted in Haywood being caught in a barn , near the city after he had doubled • back. Sheriff It. X. Furr and bis j deputies making the arrest. » : i Sees Three Plans For Rutherford I I College. Charlotte, Feb. 19.—Three plans for the future of Rutherford College i are under consideration according to i W. F. Starnes, president writing here 1 to J. B. Ivey, a trustee, it was stated k by Mr. Ivey today. One calls for b I merging with Weaver College, at . j Weaverville, near Asheville, another for moving the college farther east e in the State and another for building , the college bigger. Trustees will meet soon and de ’ cide. The recent burning of a boys 1 dormitory at Rutherford College calls t for action of some sort. • Announces Candidacy For Mayor’s a Nomination. Charlotte. Feb. 19. —F. Marion a Reed, lawyer, today tossed his hat in e the ring as candidate for Mayor. He -is opposed by D. M. Abernethy, pres ent Mayor, who also announced to : day. ’. ... ■„ ■ , « 1 e WEATHER FORECAST, e s Fair tonight and Tuesday. Moder ate west winds. i NO. 67 .