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|iservati' lS Koportod. |
|\INT. ISSUED
IqO THL LIBERALS!
I Are Told That If At-!
IkL Made on Matagal-|
■Marines Have Orders)
■Open Fire at Once.
I. \ ■ . m i 7 .—(/?) 1
■ r, Matalalpa to)
■ , h.-t wt'i'n llto lib-{
■ v'rvat’ivr t:Ufions.
J'jJ 11.->rtln:. in charge of j
W' 111a ,|,. known that a
■V, tn' M-nr t<> General Mon
■"( military leader. in
■ that :f the liberals should
■tutogiilna !in'.' would be fired
■the Marin* 1 - were being sent .
■ ex;ir <' piirpO'C of .preventing !
■ that might jeopardize the lives j
■ rtfl . nr Americans in Meta- |
■fajor gave ht' views to liber-
Eon which met the marines
Emission was returning from)
E after unsuccessful peace, 1
■ns with General Moncadn. jj
Ere Marines Bite Today.
Eo. Nicaragua. March 7. — (,/P) '
E S. ' transport Henderson,
■out 1200 marine* aboard, is
E today. -
Rritis’i rniist r Colombo which *
E off t'orint" a week ago to as-
Erefuge f.'r Itriri<h citizens if
■aire :iM-C'saiy. left Corintu on!
E. Jii'i win r<- the warsiiip is j
■ mit known h-re.
■ ‘ i
■ WINS HONORS t
■ i
■la Paul am! .Miss Augusta j f
End! Win Inns to Wariiir.g-; t
■ Tribune Bureau (
I Sir Walter Hotel.
■h. March 7. Miss Lela l’aul
■Tpg.i oiris’ Club at Pike ,
Hfemfert t'< unity and Miss *
HLthmh! the Lucille High j
H«ue in Heiif tp| ( '> yyty nave
■KWfc'iw the TiwTie uenn»nst ra-
Mier* of Sane College as the
Standing cI:S girls in North
■ kst year and will la* re-
Btit!i the .inn to Washington, 1
Hi ytleiid the National Club
Hieut In be held June I<> to *
Hrding a,i announcement L
H' Maude Wallace, assistant 1
Home l>eimii>tratimi Agent. j*
Hos these - girls intended the;
Hra* for club members at State *
Him summer and were out
■ im I he: r leadership courses.
Hll is seventeen years of age.
■*l t ; * "rganize Jim* dub at j
H ! iflTitary four years :
■eedhat time sic has been un- ,
in all kinds of club j *
Hy l " 2 as nflieer and leader at 1
HWs. Slip has worked with
Hgent M -s Violet Alexan- 1 p
H ? h p women a> welt as with 1
recently eurolledt 1.7 women 1
K.ien (aiiiiC't conducted under ) v
E'xanderN direction. j ll
H“ a ',Hi"iid Ms also seventeen .i
:, H'l up until last Septem- I
she entered t ) 1( . »for'jj
H)" I»r*oi|.i„i,. (l was very active ’
H ■ > le- was President tit ;j 1
liwdi I lull t',,i three years j
H ''"'iiiiiue her cluli work \
H !,!l; ier V l.iie tint at <’ol- f
1.. Mis. Wallace. Miss j
I "I great help toj c
W's -v:ude!l. the home agent. ; 1
■l;.’" >" ; u.g ladies come j
■ AHlevvaier l»;>triet which is -
of Miss Pauline |
■ I' I’' 1 ’'" 1 ' ugent. States Miss 1
honor which has been
■ p "‘ , is unusual but is in
■*, Til, ‘ il - ne.’oiiiplislunents its
■ ! * 1 ' s ’luring the last three i
11 ''; Mi's \\ allace states J
H ' Wo bri .V' at the National .
;ir Washington j
■ , * IP hoys have not yet j
hut their names will he .
a tp ' v days. ]
B l ' I)ie KJpflri!- ( hair. ! <
B M - 7.__t>p)_n
B '' ' 1 ! " r Ruling a po- : j
' "' n! 1 ' i hohlup in I
■■ • pa -d the pen- I .
B the \V ' electric J ,
|V rii ■' ate jieniteu-j!
I '•" • years |'
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■ ■ -7. all of |
Ititr \ n, ' e, ’. sl,y "f \ irginia. j
y ■'ndi 7. <jp) —
■ -by t j,,* iniettsity were
„f {-■ M ‘ iMl ‘ograph at the
t r "‘ h,y '
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: ll l;i rd Time.
E ; H. it"!, Ur " au, ;M iu inten
of a ' that
■-"(IK 'i a i lia nee was
■ tint * he diree- j
ly l * si,),, v l)K1(l
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■ ' p’ ""i'uty collector'
■' of ,n Gm «d
--■! lv Mn. r a f ; r < Iceland.
tla- ; ~ r h-ap from i
■‘“"Siiatt. . "f the Ho.i
■ ' U "' 1 '’7th .street. l
THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
Czant Can!
A j
btto Czant, twelve, wanted a
fog house for his pet The
Souse would cosi $5; he had $3.
He went directly to the presi
dent of the bank at Orange,
N. J., and his “initiative, con
fidence and personality” was
iccepted as security for a
loan at 6 per cent
(International Newsreel)
LABOR FEDERATION IN
STATE WILL CAMPAIGN
N>w President Plans Drive For New
Members.—Says Harmony Reigns
Now.
Charlotte, X. C., March 7.—(/s>)
Harmony rwign* in the ranks of the
North Carolina Federation of Labor.!
and an immediate campaign for ex- j
tension of its membership will be un
dertaken. Roy Morton, of this city,
elected President at Salisbury yester
day, said in a statement today.
Mr. Morton was elected to succeed
C. P. Barringer, of Salisbury, who re
signed.
Asserting that the resignation of!
Mr. Barringer was accepted uuder I
protest, Mr. Morton said that many j
local unions that have retrained oat of ■
the or*anfzatTi>n
approve of the methods of handling |
ir, would now join. He ad<led also i
that there was not any likelihood of i
any action regarding funds of the or-1
gauizfltion, saying that accounts were j
so involved that nothiiig definite
be. drawn from them. lie said also]
that a hands-off policy would be con-1
tinned regarding polities.
PART OF JAPAN FEELS
EFFECTS OF EARTHQUAKE
i
In the Osaka District Telephone and :
Electric Lines Put Out of Conuni- |
sion.
Tokio, March 7.— UP) —Reports ■
from Osaka say an earth shock today >
the telephones and electric lines J
nut of commission there, but appar-!
ently there was no other damage.
It is reported but without confirma
tion, that the Tajima district which
was wrecked in the 1025 earthquake,
may be severely damaged.
Felt in Chicago.
Fhioago, March 7. — UP) —Severe
earth shocks were recorded on the
United States weather bureau seis
mograph at the University of Chicago
beginning at 3.41 a. m.. Central Stand
ard Time, and lasting until fi.3o a. m.
today.
The maximum disturbance was re
corded at 4.24 a. m. It was indicated
that the shocks were 0,300 miles from
Chicago.
THE STOCK MARKET
Reported by Fenner & Beane.
Market closed today at the follow- j
ing figures:
Atchison 167*4- j
American Tobacco B 121
American Smelting 147%
American Locomotive 112%
Atlantic Coast Line 186%
Allied Chemical 138
Baldwin Locomotive ' 184%
Baltimore & Ohio 111%
Chesapeake & Ohio 156
Dui>ont 188
Frisco 110%
General Motors 165%
General Electric 84%
Hudson 69%
Stand. Oil of N. J. **7%
Keuneeott Copper 62%
Coca-Cola 181%
Liggett & Myers B 93
Mack Truck 103%,
Maryland Oil 54
Pan Amer. Pet. B 61%
Rock Island 80%
R. J. Reynolds HO
Southern Railway 123*4
Studebaker 50%
Stewart-Warner 01
Texas Co. 50
Tobacco Products 106%
U. S. Steel 157%
Westinghouse 72%
Westinghouse __jo shrdleta shrdl
Wool worth 124
American Tel. & Tel. , 158%
American Can. f 48%
I Allis Chalmers O6
| Dodge Bros. 24%
! Great Northern 85%
! Gulf State Steel 60%
) Lord lard 20%
Montgomery-Ward 64
1 Norfolk & Western 165%
Overland 23 %
• Rep. Iron & Steel 70%
Vick Chemical 54%
SOLONS WORK HARD
IN AN EFFORT TO
■ WIND DP BUSINESS
Bills Sent Flying Between
Both Branches by Spec
ial Messengers Through
out the Day.
MORE MONEY TO
BUY PRISON FARM
Bill Passes House
and Goes to Senate.—
! Would Have State Buy
; Nitrate of Soda.
| State Capitol, Raieigh, Mar. 7. —OP)
—The Genera*! Assembly in hangover
legislation, working without pay, and
bemling efforts on adjournment Wed
nesday in conclusion of its biennial
session, sent bills flying between both
branches by special mesengers today.
Bills passing oye house were im- 1
mediately sent to the other for final
disposal late today or tonight.
Senate made the first final legisla
l tive step of the day when it passed
! the House bill authorizing issuance
of of bonds to buy
land for the state prison farm.
Enactment of the measure brought
i the total amount of bonds for buying
i land for the prison to $1.358,000.
, The House passed to the senate the
Woltz equalizing bill on the third
reading for the senate’s concurrence,
and the senate finally passed the Con
nor bill abolishing presidential pre
ference primaries.
The Senate entered into a debate on !
| third reading of the bill to allow the )
j State to buy nitrate of soda and sell j
- to farmers at eost.
Senator Dunlop declared the scheme j
i was im practicable and the state would j
stand to lose a large amount of money !
and the farmers would not’ get soda j
for less than’ he was getting it at!
| present.
i Senator Hargett spoke for the bill, j
: Senators Call and Sedberry spoke j
against it.
The vote of the bill was 22 to 23, |
the bill failing to pass third reading, j
Sqgator H&yMtfy moved for a re-
order to table the
bill, xhe effort to clinch the measure
• failed by a Vote of 22 to 18.
! Senator Hraes, of Guilford, mane au
j effort to prevent the pAsaage «f the
. bill which WiiuM
; and pages of both houses an >rtra SaW
! lar a day, but the senate, 30 to 9,
I voted the extra pay and the bill went
j to the Houae by special messenger,
j New bills in the senate included,!
one by Williams of Pasquotank, i
} Broughton of Wake, and Woodson, of
I Rowan, co-jointly to fix the salary of
, the State commissioner at $6,000;
l one by Hargett and Broughton umend
j ing the motor vehicle law; and one by j
I Maguire of Surry requires the state
! highway commission to connect state |
i roads with those of other states,
j The Woltz equalization bill was,
I passed by the House on final reading, i
land was sent to the Senate by spee-j
, ital messenger.
TOBACCO USED TO
’ GIVE LIQUOR COLOR j
j
Bootleggers Find Way to Give New
Liquor Taste and Color of Old Age.
Atlanta, Gn., March 7. —(INS)r—
Modern methods are being used by '
bootleggers in getting their prepara- j
tions ready for sale.
A new and quick way of “aging
whiskey in a charred keg” was re
vealed a short time ago when investi
gators, after a raid on a bootlegging
joint it\ a downtown hotel, found that
the large funnel through which the ;
whiskey was poured into bottles con
tained a quantity of plug chewing to- j
bacco and ground coffee, to give it
‘‘that charred color and taste.”
The detectives, who were operating
out of the Solicitor General's Office,
found eight gallons of whiskey in cans
and 30 pints in bottles.
Three men were arrested in the room
and a fourth in another room on a
! different floor of the hotel. yVll were
I placed in the Fulton county tower.
The officers went to the hotel on
a tip that a big poker game was in
progress in one of the rooms. They
learned iu the course of their probe
that liquor was being delivered to the
players from some point nearby and
the investigation then turned into a
liquor raid.
All of the men found in the room
denied ownership, saying “they had
just happened into the room and there
it was.”
Fruit Not Ruined.
Atlanta, Ga., March 7. —Reports
from various sections of the South
east today indicated fruit has not suf
fered as severely as at first thought
from recent cold snap which swept
over this section. Although the peach,
pear and plum trees in many sections
were in full bloom it is believed the
blossoms have protected the bud from
the freezing winds. Although the mer
cury sank 5 to 7 degrees below freez
ing. thvre has not been thus far what )
Is known as a “black frost,” and most 1
of / the buds examined indicate sur
vival of weather hurdle one.
The Wiscassett Mills Case.
Shelby, March 7. —Judge James L.
Webb, of Superior Court, is expected
! to render a decision within the next j
few d.ays on the $1,700,000 mandatory j
J suit involving the Wiscassett Mills
! of Albemarle.
1 Horses continue to decline in num
ber in the' United State*. There j
Were 15,279.000 horses and colts)
: January 1 this year, compared with
, 19,833,113 iu 1910.
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, MARCH 7, 1927
jMuch Good Legislation Has
Been Enacted by Legislature
The Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
By J. C. BASHERVII
Raleigh. March 7.- Much icgis.ation
i of real merit ami foresight that is sure
1 1 to rebound to the credit of the state
I no n whole has )>een enacted in the
sixty day* vvh'eh the general assembly
: has been in session, n survey of its
J accomplishments shows. True, there
j have been ninny irteasurew that failed
to be enacted which many hoped might
be. But on the whole, despite the de
lay which at times grew irksome, then!*
is no doubt that the present session
will go down in legis ative history uk
I one of the most important in years. i>
j One of the most outstanding feii
• turns of the session has been the al
most unanimous approval given the
I “business administration” of Govetr
i nor McLeau by both houses, and thV
absence of anything even bordering
upon a fight on the’ executive budget
system. In fact, the greatest, endorsff
! meat which has been given the execu
tive budget has been the adoption U.V
the general assembly of the three a**
ministration county government reform
bills, which in reality is nothing more
! than the extension of the executive
budget system to all the counties ill
flu* state, at least iii the supervision
of county finances. There are many
who regard the enactment of these
I county government reform bills as
among the most important acts of the
present general assembly.
Although house has been notab
ly independent, refusing to acknowl
edge or follow any particular leader
ship—not because there were none
capable of being leaders, but because
there were no followers—both the
house and senate have stood for the
most part solidly behind the governor
in the majority of his major requests.
Os course, there have been sporadic
, outbursts of opposition to the gover-
I nor from time to time, such as de
| veloped during the debate on the con
j eealed weapon* measures, which were
; hooted down to defeat in the house,
j But. for tin* most part both houses
1 have stood firm in their support of
j the executive. This is further evi
j deneed by the feat that the majority
) of the recommendations made in the
governor's biennial message have been
j put into effect.
In fact, it is only necessary to
j glance over the list of the more im
j portant measures already enacted, or
! certain of enactment before adojurn
ineut, to see that for the most part
the bulk of the legislation has be«>p |
distinctly constructive and that tlbj
general welfare of the people of the
state generally has been the compelling)
motive behind most of the legislation.
True, .there was a tendency
whih* Toward purely local and section- 1
ai legislation—but that is always to
be expected. And after the member*)
had gotten what they wanted for their
'own localities, they settled down to,
i business on the general statewide;
measures.
Here are some of the major hills
enacted during the present session :
• Equalization fund for education in-'
creased from $1,500,000 to $3,250,000.'
Bond icsstie of $30,000,000 for furtli- 1
er highway construction, which also
prohibits further lending by counties
to highway commission.
Three county government reform
bills, regulating bond issue* and put
ting counties on budget svstem, enact
ed.
t Maintenance appropriation bill, car
rying approximately $15,000,000 year
ly for the maintenance of State de
parturients and institution*, approved.
Revenue bill to provide sufficient in
come to meet maintenance enacted.
Bond issue of $2,000,000 for Smoky ,
JONES BROTHERS ARE
FREED BY PRESIDENT
Nuefield and Winfield Jones Have
Sentences Commuted By President
—Serving Two Years.
Washington, March 7.— UP) —rresi- J
dent Coolidge has commuted the sen
tences of Nuefield and Winfield Jones, j
serving sentences in Atlanta peniten
tiary on prohibition violation charges.
The brothers were convicted in
Baltimore and each was sentenced
to two years in the penitentiary, j
Neufield Jones, formerly was assistant
Federal prohibition director of Geor
gia. They entered the prison last.
June.
Their conviction was based on the
misuse of denatured alcohol owned
| by the Maryland Drug and Chemical !
Company of which they were officers. ;
Efforts to obtain clemency for them
have been in progress almost since j
they begun serving their sentences.
SPRINT RACES SCHEDULED
FOR CHARLOTTE BOWL ,
Whether or Not Races Will Be Held !
Depends on Attitude of New Owner !
Os Track.
Charlotte, March 7. —C4 s )—Although
the Charlotte Speedway is bankrupt
and the property has been ordered
auctioned off for the benefit of holders
of $150,000 worth of bonds, the con
test board of the American Automo
bile Association has assigned July 11
for a series of sprint races at the
track, it was learned here today.
Whether or not tHe races will be
' held, however, it was said today, de
pends on whether the purchasers of
the Speedwrny decides to continue the
property as an automobile racing
plant.
23 Children In 25 Years Os Wedlock.
Canges, B. €., March 7. —After
giving birth to another son, her twen
i ty-third <*hild, Mrs. I. Tasaka, wife
of a Japanese fisherman of Salt Spring
Island, near here, has just established
what is believed a record for British
Columbia if not the whole Dominion.
I Mrs. Tasaka lias had 23 children in
j2o years of married life. Seventeen
| are living. She is her husband's fifth
wife.
Mountains National Park.
Bond issue of $1,250,000 for bridge
aerc.«s Csipe Fear River at Wilining
i (mi.
> Appropriation for pensions forCon
. federate soldiers increased from $J,*
. 200,000 to $2,500,000 for the biennium
r wo that veterans may* receive approxi
i mately $1 a day for balance of their
. lives.
1 Statewide game law finally enaet
ed.
Law giving State highway eomtnis
. sion greater authority in locating and
i I abandoning roads enacted.
J Numerous new provisions for bet-
J let* regulation of highways and traf
. j fie on highway* enacted'in Hargett
. highway control act. increasing speed
J limit to 45 miles per hour, modifying
i stop law at railroad crossings and
b providing for tail lights on all vehicles
f on highways.
Salaries of supreme and superior
. court judges, as well a* several other
. State officers increased so as to be
■ in keeping with dignity and duties of
, the offiees.
i Administration of bankrupt State
. banks put in hands of banking depart
i ment of State corporation commission,
i • instead of in,hands of private receiv-
L 1 ership.
Consolidation of fisheries commifl
i sion with department of conservation,
i These are but a few of (he most im
* portant meatures enaeted and might
*he inercased with a score of other
I measures, all more or less far reaeh
.) ing. but not a* greatly affecting the
'rttate as a whole.
> Next to its belief in continuing the
>) policy of ‘‘business and economy in
i government” was the interest shown
by tin* assembly as a whole in im
proving the educational system in the
state. especially the elementary
. school*. And the result of this in
terest is shown in the large increase
given to the state equalization fund,
now fixed at $3,250,000. In order
to get this much the had to
convert the senate. But the bluff
worked —or had the necessary psycho
; logical effect —and both houses finally \
agreed ovT the larger equalization fund j
as a compromise.
But the assembly has made mis
| takes, naturally, since it is but human,
j and a number of important measures j
were killed in both houses, which
many people over the state thought
should pass. Chief among these meas
ures that failed of enactment was the
statewide Australian ballot bill and
i and three or four other measures spon
j sored especially by the women’* or
ganizations of the state. The feal
j lire of the anti-Klux bill, after being
| passed once, and then recalled, was
also disappointing to many. The billsj j
reconnneuded by Governor McLean for t
the better control of carrying con-{
eealed weapons, and imposing heavier!
sentences, also failed to carry.
All the measures designed to revise
! tlie constitution, especially by a con- j
| etitutional convention, failed to pre
vail, as did most of the judicial re
form bills advocated by the judicial
conference. The bill which would
have permitted-banks to charge a eol
) lection fee of 10 per cent, of the
face value of notes that were overdue j
) was killed after three attempts to get
it through the house. Its opponents
saw In it an attempt to circumvent
the 6 per cent, interest law. The
bill* designed for the examination and
j licensing of barber*, plumbers, nature
opathixts and such allied ’’professions”
also failed as did the highway police
bill and the bill to license automobile
‘ drivers.
But for the most part the session
lin* been constructive and productive
of much valuable and beneficial legis
i lation.
BARRINGER RESIGNS
LABOR PRESIDENCY
R. \V. Morton, of Charlotte, is Elect -
ed By Executive Board of State
Federation.
/ Salisbury, March C.—<\ I*. Bar
ringer, for the past three and one
half yearn president of the North
j Carolina Federation of Labor, re
signed hi* position here today at a
meeting of the exeutive board of the
) organization. R. W. Morton, of
j Charlotte was named to succeed Mr.
Barringer.
The reason given by Mr. Barringer
for liis resignation was that he will
not be able to give sufficient time
to the office in the nexi few month*
on account of entering a new line of
! endeavor. He expects to resume hio
law practice later in the year.
SinAe taking the office in August.
) 1923, Mr.# Barringer has seen the
1 staate federation grow from 47 to 83
! local unions.
Two other men were named to
fill vacancies by the executive board.
] C aude Albea. Charlotte, was elected
I sixth vice president while A. li.
) Brooks, Raleigh, was named seventh
vice president.
THE STOCK MARKET
-Tices Moved Irregularly Lower at
Opening of the Market Today.
New York, March 7. — UP) —Stock
prices moved irregularly lower at the
opening of today's market. Further
profit taking and bear selling caused
initial declines of a point or more in
Houston Oil, International Harvester
and Baltimore and Ohio. A few is
sues in which pools were active such
as Hudson and General Asphalt,
showed early firmness.
Williams Endorsed.
Washington, March 5. —Copies of
! resolutions passed by the _jC!nbarrus
| County Bar Association endorsing
11. S, Williams, of Concord, for ap
pointment a* district attorney for
the new Middle North Carolina Fed
eral Judicial district were received
today by members of the State dele
gation in Congress.
FIGHT FOR LONGER
SCHOOL TERN! GOES
TO SENATE FLOOR
The Bill For Constitutional
Amendment Defeated in
Committee But Minority
Report Will Be Made.
ALLEN FAVORS
THE MEASURE
The Minority Report Will
Bring Matter to Floor of
the Senate Where Battle
Will Be Continued.
Raleigh, March 7.— UP) —The bill
proposing an amendment to the con
stitution to provide an eight-monhts’
school term was reported unfavorably
by a vote of 12 to 5 by committee or.
education today. Senator J. M.
Broughton filed notice of a minority
report, so that the matter will be
threshed out on the floor of the Senate
seme time before the qnd of this ses- j
sion.
Senator Broughton, sponsor of the
measure, spoke briefly in its behalf,
arguing that the 'bill would merely
submit the question to a vote of the
people. He thought this legislature
should give the people of the state an
opportunity to vote on this matter at
the next general election. The bill in- j
volved no expenditure of money at this j
hour.
Senator Spa inhour, of Burke Coun
ty, opposed the bill because he found
that it was being supported by Sen
ators and representatives of those
counties which already have an eight
months' term. State Superintendent
A. T. Allen spoke briefly for the fav
-5 orable report on the measure, ; but
j tliere was so much confusion in the
i senate chamber where the committee
meeting was being held that he-had to
cut his speech short.
NOT RAISE CHINESE
UEBTION AT GENEVA |
China’s Representative Says Question
Is Not One For League of Na
tions.
Geneva, March 7. — UP) —Dashing j
into the league of nations palace for
the private session of the council this j
morning, Chu Chao-Hsin distributed a |
| statement declaring that China would i
| not raise. the Chinese question Jn 'the !
| council.
j “Our attitude,” the statement read,
“is conciliatory and our demand* are ;
most legitimate, since we have noth- j
; ing to ask foV but uoii-interferenee!
with our sovereignty and territorial j
inegrity.
“Some thought that China would
suddenly raise in the council the inter
national situation iu China, but 1 can
assure you no such action will be {
; taken.” j
Week of Prayer and Self-Denial for
Missions.
As has been the custom for a num
ber of years in all the missionary so
eities of the United Lutheran Church
of America, the first week of Lent
will be observed as a week of prayer
and self-denial for missions, beginning
Monday afternoon, March 7th, at 3;80
o'clock in St. James Lutheran Church.
The following program will be ear
died out:
General theme: Lord, What Wilt
Thou Have Me to Do?
Monday: Seek Ye First 'the King
dom of God and His Righteousness.
Lender, Mrs. L. A. Weddington.
Tuesday: Love One Another.
Leader. Mrs. J. A. Kennbtte. -
Wednesday: Pray Ye.
Leader, Mrs. Jno. M. Cook.
Thursday (7:30 p. in.) : Freely Ye
Have Received, Freely Give. -
Leader, Mrs. C. D. Kluttz.
Friday: Go Ye.
Leader, Mrs. D. W. Moose.
Ladies from the other churches are
cordially invited.
With Our Advertisers.
Spring’s newest things at the usual
savings are offered now at the J. C.
Penney Co.
The big Silk Sale at the Parks-
Belk Co. ie proving a great success.
The sale closes March 12th so you
would be wise to make your silk pur
chases now. See ad.
The Southern Railway is offering
special excursion fares to Florida,
Havanna, Cuba, and the Mississippi'
Gulf resorts. Round trip fare to
Jacksonville $17.50. Read act. ror
particulars-
Furniture of distinction can bo
found at the Bell-Harris Furniture
Co. See new ad. in this paper.
Out of 25,000 Bills Only 998 Are
Acted On.
Washington. March 7.—The record
of the 69th Congress discloses that
out of an avalanche of nearly 25,006
bills and resolutions only 998 suc
ceeded in overcoming the Legislative
barriers to finally become laws.
In the number added to the statue
books are hundreds of a purely private
character and several hundreds more
pertaining to local or sectional needs
so that the number of new laws so
that the number of new laws affecting
the nation ns a whole is probably not
in excess of two hundred.
Members of the House far out
stripped their less numerous colleagues
iu the Senate in the bill introducing
melee. During the- two sessions of
the 09th. House members offered
18,312 bills and resolutions while the
uumber in the Senate was G. 417.
The board of stewards of Central
Methodist Church will meet at the
church tonight at 7:30.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
Sweet Baby
'■— ■ 1
On a doctor's orders, Nancy
\lice McKinney, of Cincinnati
i Ohio, was placed on a diet of
»our milk at the age of three
weeks. Now she is more robust
than most children her age.
CtocMtinail XmomU.
REVENUE BILL~MUST ~
PASH LOWER HOUSE
j Senate Amendments Are Expected
to Be Accepted By Members of the
i House.
Tribune r*.ureau>
Bir Wa’ter Hotel.
Raleigh, March 7.—Willi the rev
enue bill back in the hnu*e and all
the senate amendments accepted, ad
journment of the general aesem-n'y
now appears possible by Tuesday,
but not before, since the revenue bid
cannot be pa~%se<l on third reading
until that day- The general mainten
ance appropriation bill is also back
in the bonne, but the bourn? refused
jto agree to the senate amendments
j increasing the total about $.75,000 a
l year, and a conference committee,
composed of RCpresentaficos Tur
lington, Towsend and Folgor was
named to attempt to work out an
agreement in conference. Thus final
j action on thw measure is not likely
until Monday or even Tuesday.
Both the revenue and mainten
; a nee appropriation bill#* are in bal
iance now, and it is thought that but
i little difficulty will bo experienced
[in working out an agfeewumf'. The
j principal changes in the appropria
tion bill were in the allowances for
1 the two state hospitals for the in-
jsane both, in Raleigh and Morganton,
land the allowance was increased
j $25,000 a year for each. The house
a’so took exception to the increase
granted the Smoky Mountain* Na
tional park commission, from $1,500
I to $7,500 yearly, taking the stand i
» that now after approving the park j
I appropriation, it should not be cal*!
ed upon to do anything more..
Although the revenue bill came j
back to the house much amended by ■
the senate, thetse changes wore al- I
ready pretty generally known and I
went through without much opposi- j
tion. The tax imposed' on the pro- i
duction of tobacco manufacturing I
companies, written into the bill in
the house by Representative Town
send, was removed by the senate, and j
the tax on manufacturers of bottled j
soft drinks was lowered somewhat.
However, in order to make up for J
these losses of revenue, the corpora- j
tion incomes tax was increased from
four to four and one-half per cent,
while the franchise corporation tax
was changed to include both capital
and surplus. Heretofore it has been
upon capital only, and not upon tne
surplus. These are the major
changes, though a number of
other changes of lesser importance |
were made. *
The senate spent most of its time
Saturday working on local bills, and
acted on no measures of outstanding ;
state-wide interest.
The house was in a belligerent I
mood and tabled measures freely |
whenever there were any features in j
them that they did not like. Among
those that were tossed upon the
growing heap of dead measures was
the bill imposing further restrictions
upon those seeking to practice law in ,
the statae, by making it more dis- j
fionlt to secure a license. The bill ]
was ably defended by Representative j
Lee of Buncombe, its author, but the
laymen opposed it more than the
I lawyer, and it went to its doom-
Another bill that would have permit
ted county officers to chase law vio
lators beyond the county line, was
a so. tabled, on the grounds that
peace officers would be , chasing
petty offenders from “Manteo to
Murphy” if the law was passed.
Another measure that would u«ve
repealed the present regulations with
regard to separate contracts for
plumbing, heating and wiring in
public buildings, especially state
buildings, was defeated by tabling,
when Representative Squires of
Caldwell pointed out the good fea
tures of the law as it is now, saying
that to repeal it would cowt tae
state thousands of dollars.
A biH curtailing the (powers of the
highway comm Luton, and requiring
it or its contractors to give due
notice and to pay damages where
damages are incurred, wait passed
with a roar of yes, as was the bill
marking the minimum sentence :;(>
days for those convicted of driving
an automobile whtiie Intoxicated.
Another bill requiring that all coun
ty officers be required to give bond
was also adopted without opposition.
The bill putting the control of ferric*
in the hands of the highway com
mission was likewise adopted.
! FEAR NEW CYCLONE
HAS STRUCK ALONG
ion com
There Were Many Deaths
There From Thursdays
I Reports Reaching St.
Denis, Reunion, Indicate
I ■, , - - "
SEVERAL VESSELS
ARE NOW MISSING
Vessels Due at St. Dennis
Are Believed to Hive
Been Caught in Storin
and Crews Perished.
St. Denis, Reunion, March 7.—( A*)
—*A new cyclone of great intensity,
following that of last Thursday was
menacing this island today 1 .
Reunion Island is Abd-el-Krim’a
place of exile. It was feared that the
new cyclone had swept over the is
land of Madagascar where there were
many deaths and extensive, property
damage in last week’s cyclone. - * -
Xo detail* were available as to the
exact number of dead at Madagascar,
but there came confirmation that the
town of Tamatave on the east coast
was virtually wiped out. by Thursday’*
storm.
Several small steamers due here
were missing today. It was feared
that the steamer St. Anne from Mad
agascar had been lost with all obohrd.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady Today at an Advance
of From 4 to 9 Points.
New York, March 7,. — UP) —-The
cotton market opened steady today at
an advance of 4 to !) points in re
sponse to higher Liverpool cable* and
soon showed net advances of 10 to 15
points on trade buying and covering.
Offerings were comparatively light af
ter the heavy selling of last week,
and there seemed to be some rebuying
by interests that had taken profits
on long-contracts on the recent ad
| vance.
j Private cables reported trade call
ing and French buying in the Liver
pool market, with a small supply of
contracts.
The. advance later extended to 14.48
for May and 14.72 for October con
j tracts, or about 17 to 20 points above
‘.(Saturday's closing quotations. Prices
reaped a few points on light offerings,
hut the market was quiet and steady
within 4 or "> point* of the best at
midday. • t
.Cotton futures opened steady. March
1411); May 14.80; July 14.41); Oct.
14.57; Dec.. 14.72.
CHARLOTTE GROCER IS
WOUNDED BY BURGLARS
j J. T. Wilkie Greeted by Shot When
He Opened His Grocery Store To
day.
Charlotte, March 7. —C4 5 )—J. T
-1 Wilkie, a grocery, was shot and seri
jous’y wounded by burglars as he op
j eued his store here shortly before day*
I light this morning. The robbers fired
| without warning.
Wilkie told police who talked with
j him at a hospital, that he was greeted
I with the flash of a gun as he opened
| the front door of the store. TtVo
j negroes, he said, ran from the place.
: They had forced their way through a
{ rear entrance.
Xo trace of the assailants \va» found
this morning. Wilkie was shot through
the jaw.
FORMER OFFICER SAYS
HE SLEW DONALDSON
gSiPK •
C. E. Fiteliett’s Statement Clear*
Mystery of Atlanta Investigator’s
Death.
Atlanta, March it. —Charles E.
Fitehett. said to be a former At
lanta policeman, is under arrest i*t
■ Chattanooga. Tenn.. and has con
j leaned to having killed Bert Donald-"
[son. special investigator attached t.»
i the solicitor general’s ' office here,
[last July. Georgp W. Ohnmblee. for
mer solicitor general of the Chatta
nooga district, announced here to
night,
Mr. Chamblee brought a duly
j signed manuscript admisHion from
I Fitehett, who said the slayirig of
j the investigator was a part of a
i plot to "get” Donaldson and Solici
tor General John A. Boykin. Ho
named several others who, he said,
were implicated in the kililng.
Prefers Jail Term to Living With
His Wife.
Winston-Salem, Mar. 4.—“ Give me
six month*. 12 months, 18 month*,
anything you want to. I’ll do any
thing but I can't live with that
woman.” and Herbert J. Caudle,
white man, standing before Assistant
Judge Moses Shapiro in municipal
court today, poihted a finger at his
wife, who was witting near by.
Caudle was given a suspended
sentence some time ago, conditioned
upon his contributing to the support
of his wife. After vainly trying, to
get along, he told the court, he has
been trying for the past week to
i get the suspended sentence executed.
(Judge Shapiro complied with the
request and gave Caudle a six
months' term.
( One thing that can’t be preserved
m alcohol is a secret.
WEATHER FORECAST.
Rain tonight and probably Tuesday
; morning, warmer in the east and north
portions tonight, colder Tuesday after
noon'and night.
NO. 71