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■<; aijart'ii. ;;t..l sx missing.
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m
■t l.tt.'.r of Wo.nan Voters
|Hr.!imir rhroryh Saturday.
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|H til-- ,innu.»l meeting of the !
’V> Viters and school |
here today.
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|K'". h" (1 :■(■'■ nsboro News, •
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n p.ilrniurj.r by I)r. E. C. '
H flic i':!i'>tvity of North I
|H<- > talks by members,
i>-gi>la*iv»- review. j
. ’hale nunorrow j
|Htm. tv:th ;i l-miquet tonight
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THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
“ _ :
I Kidnaped __
3k • • sl ~~
: ’ rHHH y -iaHL j
Three hundred and fifty
detectives hunted foui*
ji’ear-old Billy Gaffney, wh#
disappeared from the roof o|
the apartment of his parents iti
Brooklyn. Playmates told ol
t “bokey man’* who carried
aim off.
Unteßilliißil Kumall
II LOCAL~MENTION ~j
According to a deed filed here yes
terday John H. Smith has sold to
Etta Sutton for-. 51.00 aud other valua
ble considerations property in Ward
4, this city.
The Luther League of Calvary Luth
eran Church will give a pageant. “Tho (
Witness,” Sunday evening, March 13, !
nt 7:30 to which the public is most j
cordially invited.
Two cases of chicken pox and two |
cases of whooping cough were reported j
.today awV-Counife,- i&akfc UajMufc-'
ment Offices. Al% four of the cases |
were in the County, it was said.
There will be preaching at Miami ]
Baptist Church Sunday, March 13th. j
at 11 a. m. The public is cordially j
invited. Each member is requested to j
be present for a business meeting.
Mr. Corpening, of the State Kehabil- j
itation Department, epent yesterday 1
here with .7. H. BCown, county welfare I
officer. During the day Mr. Cor-1
pening conferred with two local men j
who want to secure artificial limbs, j
The roads of Cabarrus County were j
not hurt very much by. the snow or j
the rain, it was said today by IV. G.
1 Brown, County Highway Commission
er. who also said that Nince the snow
j and heavy rain that the roads had
; been dragged and scraped.
I
Mi’s. J. W, Winecoff, of No. 4
township, this week found ou her
farm an egg that contained three
yolks. The egg was much larger than
au ordinary one-yolk one. “Gallop
out your egg if you can beat this
one,” said Mr. Winecoff.
I
“Look out for more snow; the
ground hog weather is not over.” Thus
spoke a Concord ma%this morning as
lit: surveyed overcast skies. “Looks
to me like there’s snow in those
j clouds,” he continued. There waa a
i decided drop in temperatures during
J the morning.
The aldermen will meet in special
j session at the City Hall tonight at
i 8 o’clock. The matter of calling an
i election for the purpose of voting on
j bonds for the public library will come
j before the meeting, it ia said, aud
other matters also are expected to be
| presented.
1
The Concord Commercial School,
a branch of the Atlanta Business Col
lege, of Atlanta, Ga„ will open here
Wednesday, March 16, with rooms in
the Allison Building. Those desiring
to enter the School are asked to see
A. T. Persons, of 73 West Corbin
Street, at once.
The rainfall halted here during the
night and there was a drop in tem
perature soon after. Overcast skies
I .his morning indicated that more rain
would fair during the day although
to lower temperatures were taken by
some as an indication that clear weath
er would follow. (
The Concord high track team has
1 signed up for the high, school meet
to be held at Davidson College dur
ing the month. Teams representing
other high schools in this section of
the state also have signed up for the
meet. The local team has been train
ing for the past several weeks.
Street drains in several sections of
, the city have been flooded as a result
of the enow and rain. The drains
were filled with dirt and trash which
; bad to be removed before water could
move through them. The water backed
into several yards, it was stated, while
' at other placee it backed into streets.
i Reports reaching Concord from the
t County say that all the streams of the
t County have had an unusual large
. amount of water in them since the
; snow and rain. Irish Buffalo Creek
\ was even with the top of its bank
i Wednesday afternoop when -it was
swollen from the heavy rains of Wed
s nesday morning.
GREAT BRITAIN IS
AGREEABLE TO NEW
COOLIDGE PROPOSAL
VVIU Take Part in a Con*
ferenee Whose Aim
i Would Be to Limit Nav
al Armament.
JAPAN’S REPLY
EXPECTED SOON
Japan Is Expected to Give
Approval to the Plans
for a new Three-Power
Pact.
Washington, March 1(% — UP) —The
British government has instructed
Ambassador Howard here to accept
the American proposal for a three-'
power naval disarmament conference.
Although a reply from the Japanese
government is still awaited, there has
been no question here that .lapan will
respond to the plan to fur
ther limit naval armaments. The
actual dispatch of formal invitations
for the conference probably wil fix a
date in June or July for the meetiug
which will be held nt Geneva.
Ambassador Howard made au en
gagement with acting secretary Grew
today to discuss the question.
JURY DECIDES COUPLE
DIED FROM EXPOSURE
Dr. H. McLeod. Os Aberdeen. In
vestigates Death of Man and Wo
man in Field.
Aberdeen. March O.—A coroner’s
jury late today found that the couple
whose bodies were found near here
frozen yesterday, died from exposure,
exhaustion and freezing. Dr. H. Mc-
Leod, of Aberdeen, was in charge of
the jury which investigated accidental
disclosure- by a small boy of the
bodies about a mile from here.
The tWiJ.-J- Iw' Bush way, traveling
for a safety razor concern of Brook
lyn, N. Y., and Miss Helen Higgins,
of Sargentville. Me., a waitress in a
! Piuehurst hotel, became lost in the
I oiowstorm Tuesday night a week afco
{and, exhausted from the exposure,
I froze to death, the jury decided,
j The couple started to wulk back to
‘Aberdeen, after u car in w{tich tl*y
! were «*** 1
{stuck in the show. Arriving 1 At ft
! point where the road forks, one prong
! going toward Rockingham, they took
[the wrong course. Their bodies were
| found in a cotton field about 150
{yards from the Rockingham road and
{3OO yards from the point where their
car was stuck.
They were less than a mile from
{Aberdeen, and it is said that ordi-
I narily the lights of the town may be
I seen from the spot where they died.
However, on the night of the heavy
■ snowfall, it is said the lights at
j Aberdeen had gone off, and the couple,
j probably blinded by the snow, lost
I their course and tragic fate overtook
them.
CONTORI) TO TAKE PART
IX TRACK CARNIVAL
Local 'High School Team Will Be
Represented at Davidson Meet.
Davidson, N. C., March iu.—
Competition in the high school track
carnival, which will be staged at
Davidson Col’.ege on the afternoon
of March 10, is going to .be keen, ns
indicated’by the fact that ten of the
{big high schools have, accepted the
(invitation of Coach Tex- Titanu to
i enter the affair. Track teams of
i Brevard, Concord, 0 Raleigh, Greens
boro, Reidsville. Fayetteville, Salis
bury, Statesville. Wilmington and
Barium Springs have formally ac
cepted Davidson invitation.
No official communication luh
been received from Charlotte, but
this school always enters and will
send a team here that afternoon.
' Within a few days others
■ ed to accept. In the meantime, coach
Tilson is sending out entrance b'anks
■ to all who have entered, and will
have the heats arranged before they
arrive.
The high school teams and their
coaches will be guests of the institu
tion at lunch on the day of the meet,
as has been the custom for the past
two years. A new feature of the meet
this year is the fact that Davidson
freshmpn will enter but will not
place in the scoring. They have
> never been eligible for the loving
. cup offered, but tsome officials felt
, hat an injustices was wronght to
; *he high school contestants for the
! Wildkittens to enter.
Assembly Confirms Equalization Board
Raleigh, March B.—Confirmation of
the state equalization board appointed
} by Governor A. W. McLean, in eon
formity .with the Woltz bill enacted
' into law tonight, was one of the
> last acts of the 1927 session of the
general assembly.
- The list follows:
P. H. Johnson, Elizabeth City, first
district.
£ B. B. William, Warrenton, second
district.
g G. M. A. Graham. Clinton, third
l district.
F. P. Spruill, Rocky Mount, fourth
! district.
11 James K. Norfleet, Winston-Salem,
0 fifth district.
>• j o. Carr, Wilmington, sixth
e district.
e L. M. Blue, Sanford, seventh d»s
--e trict. „ . , ,
e B. B. Dougherty, Boone, eighttb
lc district. . ....
k A. E. Woltz, Gastonia, ninth dis
-8 trict * . ..
I- T. D. Bryson, Bryson City, tentri
district.
CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, MARCH 10, t 927
{More Than $71,000,000 Made
In Appropriations by Legislature
. Tribune Bureau.
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh. March (10. —Although it
‘ started out as an “Economy Legisla
ture,” .the economy was evidently talk
ed more than it was practiced, since
the late general assembly will probab- j
ly go down in history as having au- j
thorized the expenditure of more mon-,
ey Ilian any other.
I More than .$71.900.000 in appropria
tions. both bonds and for general
maintenance, was voted by the general
assembly that just adjourned.
1925 general assembly appropriated,
between $55,000,000 and $0038X7.000.
I and that was t bought a record. But I
j it has been made to look like a piker -
'in comparison .with the “oeooniny” [
,! legislation just passed.
But in conscience-stricken retreneh
ment. the bill providing for increasing
■ ! the salaries of the Governor, the coun
-1 oil of state and the majority of the do
| pnrtment heads, was killed in the last
I minutes of the session, despite the suet
1 a few minutes earlier bills had been
passed granting to every employe <>f|
'j the house aud senate, from clerks,>
1 pages, janitors and sergeants-at-arms
down to bootblacks, a bonus of a dol
lar a day for the session. It required [
j these little “gifts” of SOO to each of j
the 162 employes of the two houses —j
almost one employe for each member .
1 »■—i————————■——1|
SERIOUS PURPOSE OF THE
RECENT LEGISLATURE
Had the Desire at All Times to Do
the Right Thing.
Tribune Bureau.
Sir Walter Hotel, j
Raleigh. March 10.—Now that the:
{general assembly of 1927 has passed
• into history, the outstanding im-;
■ predion that has been left upon
1 observers w'ho followed its delibera-!
tions for the 64 days it was 5 n ses- j
; sion is the sincerity and seriousness j
{of purpose that dominated its de-!
j iiberations, and the ral’y construe-!
; five results obtained. For the majori
|ty of the measures which were of4
; real merit prevailed, and the bulk of,
the 1.200 new laws enacted are gen- {
i erally coneedd to be of a worth !
: white nature.
1 While it is true that, there prole j
! ably,was never a session of the gen- j
; eral assembly when more bil> were,
1 reconsidered time after time, sql
f hnt there was some criticism at j
times of this tendency, to the end!
that the assembly at times did not
appear to know its own mind..
( those who followed the course oft
/leiintauttj* geuecul’jL hire, in, thta Jay*4
an evidence °f intense j
of the body and its desire to be per- j
; fectly fair and to do the right thing.
1 For instance, there were a mini- 1
ber of o<-casions when a bill came up
•t feature was discovered which did 1
not meet with approval and it was 1
defeated or tabled. looter, when it 1
was realized that a measure so Kill
ed had contained many good fea
tures. and that it had been sacrificed
merely because of one or two minor
feature* to which there were ob
jections. and the good features cnae{- i
ed into law.
This ta but one example or tne
i outstanding fnirneas {hat prevaded
[all the session of both the senate and
the house, from the presiding offi
ces on down to the individual men:-
fibers. Even where a bill would corne
jup whoso defeat was certain, there
j was never an effort made to stifV
i debate. The policy was rather to
I let both opponents and proponents
1 “talk it out” and then defeat tbo
! measure according to the regular i
I procedure.' Even where measures |
! were ultimately tabled, much time
{was always allowed for full ami
complete discussion.
The fact that the members of both i
houses fully realized the impartiality j
and fairness with which the houses
had been governed was evident dur
ing tho “love feast” in the house
Monday night, and in the Senate
Tuesday night. In complimenting i
Speaker Fountain on the manner in
which he had presided over the;
house. Representative R. O. Everett I
of Durham, referred specifically t»
the fairness of the speaker in a 1 ways
allowing everyone to be heard on
‘ any subject, and his constant
courtesy toward all members, minori
ty ns well ns majority. Similar sen- j
timents were expressed in the senate
• Tuesday night by Senator Rivers
Johnson, in addressing Lieutenant j
, Governor Long, in which he paid
{special compliment to Governor
: Long as an able presiding officer.
1 who was manifestly fair in his rtil
' ings at all time.
* Another outstanding feature ot
this session was the intensive work
t done by the various committees.
> Those familiar v with legislative bodies
* know that the real work ofany ses
sion is done in the committee room*’
—that it is there that the hundreds
I of bills are careful 1 y directed and
f analyzed, and then put together
| again, much as a jeweler takes the
. intricate parts of a delicate watch
1 apart, and then fits them back to
» gether.
» “The interest taken by the various
committees this past session vhs (he
most notable thing about the ses
t sion,” said a member of the house,
who has been in the general as
-1 sembly from time to time for tlm
past 15 years. “I have never known
1 a session where matters were gone
into more thoroughly in the various
j 'committees than during the session
just ended. The result was that
1, when a committee finally acted upon
a measure, it was so sure that it
h was right in its recommendations,
that when the house or .senate fail
:- ed to concur, it sometimes started a
fight—not because of any personal
b differences, but because the commit
tees felt so sure of what they were
1- doing. This, to a certain extent ex
plains the amount of reconsideration
h done. Thus there wns very little
perversity evident, but rathera sin
of the two houses The exact amount
that had been paid out by reason of
these “bonus bills" up to last night
was $9,720, and the auditor's office
reported that there might still be
some more.
1 But to get back to the $71,000,000
j appropriated for all purposes, here it
»s by general projects:
State highway bond issue—s3o,ooo,-
'OOO (bonds).
Revenue from gasoline and license
tax. for sinking fund on bonds, rna:n
tenanee, etc., —$15,000,000 (yearly).
General fund revenue, for all state
1 purposes—sls,ooo,ooo (yearly).
: For permanent, improvements.’ state
; insliintions—ss,247,ooo (bonds).
I For Smoky Mountains National
Pa rk—s2,ooo,ooo (bonds).
For Cape Fear Bridge, Wilmington
—51,250,000 (bouds).
For School Loan Fund —$2,500,000
(bonds). «■ ; .
For Prison Farm—s4oo,ooo (bonds).
For Farm Colony for Women—
soo,ooo
Total $71,457,000.
Os this amount, more than $41,-
00(8000 is bonded indebtedness, mak
ing the total bonded indebtedness of
the state more than $180,000,000.
I The educational equalization fuhd
jof of $3,250,000 is included in the
, general fund revenue of approximate
ly $15,000,000 yearly.
WORK FOR MAJOR PHILLIPS
HAS BEEN INCREASED
1 „
Department- of Conservation ami De
velopment Has Its Doties Greatly
Increased.
The Tribune Bureau
x Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh. March 10.—With the ad
dition of two important functions to
its duties by the late general assem
bly. the department of conservation
j and development has had the work uft
j der its direction almost doubled.
Mont important among the legisla
| tive actions affecting this department
are those which marged the fi*herie*
j commifwion and placed the adminis
tration of the new Suttoy game bil.
{ under its direction.
Next to the forestry and geological
; programs which were carried on be
I fore the department was created by
; action of the 1925 session of the gen
■ eral assembly, tho new fisheries divi
! sion will briug in the next oldest field
l of the work of the department. Vn
' der the bill passed by the general as
sembly the fisheris work will be taken
.over on April Ist, but the heudquar
Iters for commercial fishing duties will
H emftfci - nt- Merehcad -Ctay -qrtL-m -t.tae*
past because practically all Os thta
: work is centered on the coast. Be
sides the development of the commer
-1 cial fisheries and the conservation of
: the supply, the department will also
devote more attention to siiorts fishing,
the anglers tax just enacted being pro
jiosed to furnish more funds for this
purpose.
Several other legislative enactments
will aid in the administration of the
department’s functions. One of the
most important of these deals with
the authority of the forest fire preven
tion service to summon aid within
county from beyond old township lines
when the seriousness of a fire makes
such action necessary.
Under a resolution fostered by Sen
ator E. S. Askey, the department is
directed to make a survey of forests
of eastern North Carolina and to
recommend areas suitable for state
parks, forests ami game preserves to
the next general assembly.
Another important item of legisla
j tion was the authorization of a road
'to the top~ of Rendezvous Mountain
in the park bearing the same name
iin Wilkes county. A number of bills
dealing with forestry were killed in
committee.
BLIZZARD IN COLORADO
HALTS SEVERAL TRAINS
San Juan Valley Mining Communities
Again Isolated by the Blizzard.
Denver, Col., March 10. — UP) —A
blizzard in southern Colorado today
; delayed trains, blocked highways, and
blasted hopes of the San Juan Valley
mining communities to re-establish
transportation lines severed a month
ago by snow slides.
1 Passengers on a Denver & Rio
Grande Western train en route from
Durango to Denver were marooned at
Chama, New Mexico, while another
train was stalled by drifts between
Telluride and Durango.
Texan Tosses Bomb From Bed
Through Window.
Dallas, Texas, March B.—The cool
nerve of Hugh J. Barr, a contractor,
early today saved the lives of himself
and family when a dynamite bomb
was hurled on to his bed by an un
-1 known assailant.
‘ Their four-year-old son was sleeping
; nearby aud six other children were in
other rooms. Barr offered a SI,OOO
reward for apprehension of the attack
er. H? said he was at a loss to ac
count for the attack.
Mrs. Barr was awakened by some
thing which struck her face, and
awakening her husband, they discover
ed a sputtering bomb lying on the
covers. Barr seized the dynamite,
i jerked out the fuse aud threw it from
, a window.
In page ad.’circulars distributed to
; day by the Parks-Belk Co. Fort Bliss
I Khaki was quoted at 1 cent a yard.
The price should have been 19 cents
, 1 a yard.
: j 1 i- vj
• j verity.”
I I So it is evident in looking over the
! I record of the ’ast nine weeks tiiat
- the general welfare of the state as a
' j whole really predominated, aud that
- the entire assembly was motiviated
> ! by the utmost sincerity and the de
*! si it* to accomplish something con
• j stfurtive for the state as a whole.”
BRITISHER SEEKING
LIBERTY FOR WOMAN
SEIZED BY CHINESE!
- 1
Mrs. Michael Borodin, Wife!
of Adviser to Cantonese
4 Government, Captured
Along With Soviet Ship. J
SHIP USED FOR
TROOP MOVEMENT
Units of the Army of Gen
eral Chang Tsung Chang
, Captured Boat Saturday
and Are Holding Woman ;
Shanghai. March 10. — UP) —Owen
O’Malley. British charge de affairs,
today was reported to be on the way)
to Peking in an attempt to intercede)
for Mme. Borodin, who was arrested
when the soviet steamer Pamist Len
ine was seized by units of the army
of General Tsung Chang on Saturday.
It s stated that Mr. O’Malley ig act
ing at the request of her husband,
Michael Borodin, adviser to the Can
tonese government.
The northern army is using the
Pamiat Lenine to transport troops to
centers where they are needed to pre
vent an advance by the southern pat
lona list armies. j HHttl
Will No. Execute Russians.
Peking. March 10.— (A*) —General
Yang Yu-Ting, Marshal Chang Tso-
Lin’s chief of staff, declared today that
Chang had not ordered the execution
of three Russian couriers arrested 1
Saturday when, White Russians serv-1
ng with the Shanghai defense army. 1
(-.eized the woviet steamer Purniat Len- 1
rte.
General Yang added that the de- {
fender of Shanghai, General Chang :
Tsung-Chang, had reported to Peking j
.ihat the three men were being guarded
it Tsinan, and were well treated.
British Not Asked to Intercede,
Iyondon, March 10.— (/P) —The Brit
ish government has not been asked to
intercede on behalf of Mme. Borodin,
arrested Saturday by northern Chi-.
uese forces near Shanghai, it was stat- j
ed at the foreign office today.
Anti-F'oreign Demonstrations.
Shanghai, .March 10.— UP) —Anti- ■
foreign demonstrations occurred at
Wuhu, 200 miles west of Shanghai. I,
' rrHwnfffaTir ■nregnuy ?nra
in the course of which rioters wrecked j
the customs house and customs club. 1
Foreign men werp concentrated under j
the protection of warships.
The steamer Kutwo left Wuhu to
day with a group of foreign womeu
and children on board.
GOVERNOR TO NAME
CONSERVATION BOARD
Act of Legislature Created Board and
12 Members Must Be Named.
Raleigh, March 10. — UP) —Governor
McLean today had before him the ap
pointment of a uew board of conser
vation, consisting of 12 members. The
board will succeed the present fisher
ies board of 12 members and six of
the department of conservation and
development, all of whose terms will
expire on April 1, 1927.
The legislature placed the adminis
tration of the Sutton statewide gainej
law under the Department of Couser-j
vation and Development, and Director]
Phillips said it “will save many thou-l
sands of dollars for orth Carolina, I
and will relieve the necessity of cre
ating more than 100 new offices.’
With Our Advertisers.
The Gray Shop Is having a three
days selling of more than 300 brand
new dresses just in from New York,
actual values from $19.50 to $34.50,
at only $14.75 and $24.75. You will
find in these lots dresses for every
daytime occasion, in georgette, crepe,
flat crepe, canton crepe and crepe de
chine. This store is also featuring
uew spring hats for $3.85. See ad.
today for full particulars.
Fisher’s has a coat for $75 that
anyone can wear with pride. Read
1 the description of it iu the new ad.
today.
Ladies’ y and men’s spring slippers
at Efird's. Prices $1.95 to $3.95.
Children’s Happytoz slippers, $1.35 to
$2.85.
Rosemary' Man Takes Own Life.
Rosemary, March 10.— CP) —Funeral
services were being arranged today 1
for J. Earnest Cox, 40, master me
chanic of Roanoke Rapids, whose body'
was found yesterday in his automobile
near the bulkhead of the canal near
here.
Canal workmen found the body with
a bulet hole in the temple. A cor
-1 oner’s jury returned a verdict that
the man “came to his death by his
own hand.”
No note w'as found to explain why
Cox took his life. He is a native of
* California, and came here about 6
years ago. He is survived by his
! widow.
1 , Two Perish in Fire.
Amarillo, Texas. March 10.—M*)—
Two lives were lost and six persons
* injured in a fire w’hich destroyed the j
* old Amarillo Hotel annex today. The
* dead are Mrs Benito Gonzales and
s her infant daughter. The baby was
burned to death in the building and
- the mother died later in the morning.
Twenty Indicted for Conspiracy.
e Chicago, March 10.— UP) —Twenty
t persons alleged to have signed suspect
1 notices Which resulted in the names of
t hundreds of voters being stricken
1 from the registration books just be
- fore the Washington Birthday prim
- ary, were indicted today for con
’ spi racy.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
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WOODSON WILL LIKELY
MAKE CONGRESS RACE
At Least, Rowan Man’s Friends Have
Him Much in Mind.
Tom Rost in Greensboro News.
Raleigh, March 9. Legislative
1 loose-ends, picked up the moruing
after, have Walter Henderson Wood- i
; son, -of Salisbury, certain entry {or j
I Congress in the eighth district, and ]
no fewer than five other potential j
congressmen from the late general as- i
smbly.
So much is Congress in the mind of !
Senator Woodson's friends, at least. 1
that it may be said with certainty j
j that if an emergency judgeship is of- i.
! sered him he will decline it. He L
; would* not think lightly of the honor, |
but'his tastes arc different. The |
; prestige of four senatorial serous I
in a row, with acknowledged leader-i
! lina a business state in us admini-
I stratum, will be his when he takes
j the field as candidate iii the eighth.
Has Not Announced Yet.
It has not been sent out. from
j Washington ’in recent years that
! Farmer Bob Doughton thinks of eom
] ing back home to live. Newspaper
; men were wont in old days to have
I Farmer Bob running for the govern
ship and making ready to move back.
Senator Woodson does not make any
, announcement as yet. He will agree
| that he seriously entertains the am- |
bition to serve in Washington. He \
js urged on many sides to get into the i
race and not be slow about it. Most j
offices are now won iu the first of i
the three years preceding the race, j
Mr. Woodson will probably not wait {
long.
If he goes into It against Farmer i
! Bob he will carry a record of legis- !
j lation in the state which advantages i
! him greatly. The public mind dwell- ;
j ing on roads and schools will find Mr. I
Woodson well put on the two most I
| popular pieces of North Carolina
statesmanship in recent years. The
senator has been chairman of the edu
cation committee and then of the
finance committee. He has helped by
his vote to build all the roads since
the present highway regime took hold.
The district must know a local politi
cian, good at leading the county of
Rowan, which will have a great deal
to say about congressmen. He has
not made politics a business, but has
made business political iu recent years,
and has helped to give the state the
reputation of a business common
wealth. If the idea works and wins,
j the senator can sit as pretty as any- i
body.
Not a Pollticl Antique.
Mr. Woodson is not a political an
tique. He isn't decorative or disused.
He is a firt rate fiscalis who knows
how to make a state dollar do its
levelest. An he is a young man in
politics. He seems to have everything
of which they make modern legisla
tors . He is a business man of sub
stance and a lawyer who had to make
good in a city which always has had
notable bars. He is u county leader
and u public spirited citizen.
The eighth is slated for some poli
tics. Farmer Bob is a picturesque
product of the high hills and has had ;
16 years of it with al sorts of op- j
ponents shelved. He has rarely had
to meet Democratic opposition in the
primaries. A lawyer of clever speech,
uncanny tact, rare business judgment
and about as great a capacity for work
as one will find in a couple of com
monwealths, is this soft-voiced citizen
of Rowan county. There wil be a
race if he runs, and everybody says
he will.
Sponsor Hayes For Judgeship.
Washington, March 10. UP)—John
son J. Hayes, an attorney of Greens
boro, N. C., was recommended to
President Coolidge today‘for the new
Federal judgeship of the middle dis
trict og North Carolina, created at
| the recent session of Congress, by a
I committee of lawyers, manufacturers
and other business men of Greensboro,
who called at the White House today.
There are 0,907,040 pieces of
United States currency that are re
garded by many people as unlucky,
points out Paul Kinkead in an article
in this week’s Liberty. Thev are the
$2 bills.
SPARK OF LIFE IN
FP |r K S BODY KEPT
■ ALIVE by friends
For Four Days Artificial
Respiration Has Been
Resorted to in an Efftin
to Save Man.
PHYSICIANS~S AY
HE IS BETTER
Creeping Paralysis Re
duced So He Can Moyfc
Hands Slightly—FriefiasS
Stay on Job.
Chicago, Mhrch X). — (A*) —Rcpt
alive IM> hours by artificial respiration
supplied by friends working in pairs,
Alfred Frick was reported by _ his
three physicians at 10 n. m. to haw*
displayed unmistakable indications of
improvement. The creeping paridyfeis
had been reduced sufficiently for him
to move his hands slightly, and the
i soft palate moved several times, lie
was conscious and cheerful.
A spark of life in Frick's body was
kept aglow' for four days by a reso
lute crew of men worbiug in shifts
I to provide artificial respiration,
today three score workers continued
| to Dattle grimly against death.
Through the long watches fjkes
toiled, two by two. compressing awl
relaxing the lungs that beearne numb
Sunday morning.
Except for brief administration
oxygen there were no breaks in Btf*
rythmic process, but there were some
signs of exhaustion in Frick’s body
and early today a bluish color spread
over his features. He fell asleep nat
urally for a brief period shortly, af
ter -daybreak today, but a few bovin#
earlier sleep had been induced by a
drug.
An oxygen tank was brought into
use shortly before midnight after tbo
86 hours of artificial respiration,
when Frick's respiration showed
signs of faltering.
Earlier in the night, as hour after
hour was added to a record said to be
without parallel in .medical history,
but the endeavor was brief.
He succeeded, liowever. in sipping
; nourishment for the time permitting
! a half iu the injection of a glucose so-
I'Trmun -nmi*
was able to talk, which he had been
unable to do Sunday.
SINCL4IR TRIAL HALTED
FOR REMAINDER OF WEEK
Jury Excused While Justice llitz
Rules of Evidence Submitted by (he
Defense.
Washington, March 10.—G4>)—The
contempt trial of Harry F. Sinclair
moved haltingly through a forenoon
session full of extraordinary features
today and then adjourned until Mon
day.
Deciding that he wanted to hejtp. the
defense testimony himself before he
decided whether it was admissablc
before the jury. Justice Hitz seAt the
jurymen home early and then ordered
the trial to go on. The first and only
witness to be called was Martin W.
Littleton. Sinclair's chief counsel,
w r ho upset the usual court room pic
ture by moving from the attorney’s
table into the witness chair, and sub
mitting docilely to the questioning of
his colleagues. V*
Littleton testified that Sinclair was
acting on his advice as counsel, wheu
he refused before the Senate oil com
mittee to answer the questions about
Teapot Dome that became the basis
of the present, contempt charge. «, ».
Previously the defense again bad
sought to set before the jury Sin
clair's testimony before the Senate in
vestigators prior to his final refusal
to answer. The defense attorneys ar
gued that this evidence was pertinob'F.
and that it would show the o : l mag
nate had previously answered all the
questions asked and left unanswered
on the final day. But Justice ex
cusing the jury, Raid he wanted, morfc
light on subject, and would n%r
what else the defense had to offer.be
fore be decidcsl what should go before
the jurymen.
Basketball Managers.
Davidson. March 10.—L. C. Wads
worth. of Live Oak, Florida. J. B.
Moriarty, of Ripley, Tennessee, and
W. E. Philfer. Jr., of Port Jervis.
New York, have been selected by the
athletic council of Davidson Co liege
as junior managers for the basketball
team next year. The manager for
1929 will be selected from this trio,
iG. M. McCuen, of S. 0., is
' alternate in case onjr of these' men
should fail to return to Davidson.
The letter men elect the varsity mana
ger for 1828, but as yet he has not
been chosen.
March Specials at the Parks-Belk Co.
The March Special Sale at the
Parks-Belk Co. starts Friday morn
ing. March 11th, and continues
through Monday, March 21st. You
will find here the latest showings of
ladies, dresses and coats and millinery.
In fact these s|»ecials will run all over
this big store. They are making a
final clean-up of ladies’ hose at from
65 cents to $1.48. Sec the page ad.
in both The Tribune and The Timas
today. !.-• t
More than 59,000 students were laat
year registered in Canadian universi
ties and colleges.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
Fair tonight and Friday, slightly
warmer Friday. Moderate north shift
ing to noribeast and east winds.
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