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B» m 'Wre Recaptured and
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search for him.
were working in one
ounrry across the street
B !,t: ' l,;i ' I-eonard Russo.
jH! U; ] years for larceny,
811B 11 serving 1 to 20
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man whose name was i
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THE CONCORD TIMES
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
High Spots In New Laws Passed.
, School equalization fund increased
to sß,r*oo,(ioo.
Emergency jtidgeship net.
Authorization of sot>.(XK).(X>o for
highways and giving state highway
I commission power to route roads.
Child labor law, limiting work of
I; children between ages of 14 to 1C
j to eight hours a day.
! Changing date for issuing nutomo
r bile lieenses to January 1.
State-wide game law.
*\ t'reation of commission to study
’•taxation. Submitting a constitutional
amendment to voters in next election,
providing for classification of property
t
( j FORMS OF LICENSES
FOR GAME FISHING
' i Now firing Prepared for Distribution,
i —Fishermen Must Wear a Hutton.
Tribune Bureau.
Sir Walter Hotel.
Raleigh. March 14. —Forms on
which licetirtftx for game fishing will
be issued are being prepared under
; the direction of Maj. W:.ule H. Phil
lips, director of the Department ot
Conservation and Development, and
jJ. K. Dixon, chairman of the Fish
eries Commission, for distribution
1 through the state.
Reqtiiremehts of lieeoctes for
fishing were set. up by the recently
adjourned legislature, which tilso
directwl the consolidation of the
Fisheries Commission with the de-1
j parfment. These lawo will go into es-1
i feet on April Ith, and the fisheries
will become a division of the depart
ment in Raleigh.
It is the plan of tho department to
have the fishing license blanks in the
hands of the clerks of sui>er»or court
, in each of the counties by effective
date of the law. Under the term of
the enactment, a fisherman using a
rod and reel or casting line, or what
is termed a game fisherman is re
quired to take out such a permit,
j For a resident county licenses the
foe is set at one dollar; for a state
i license, authorizing fishing in any
• county, two dollars; ,and for a non
resident of the state, three dollars.
i In each case the sum of twenty-five
i cents is added for an issuing tee ror
i the clerk of court of the issuing of
■ ficer.
Funds derived through the opera
i tion of the law are directed by tho
General Assembly to be utted for the
] protection and increase of the game
i fish in the streams of the state.
! Fisherman are also required to wear
! a button showing his licence mint
, her.
THE COTTON MARKET ,
m* - •
Opened Steady at Decline of 4 Points
to an Advance of t Point.
New York, March 14.—CP) —The
cotton market opened steady today at
a decline of 4 points to an advance
of 1 point. There may have been
a little buying on the fairly steady
showing of Liverpool, with covering
and trade buying, bnt prices soon
; eased under a renewal of liquidation
I and southern selling.
The report of the census bureau
showing domestic consumption of 590,-
i 447 bales for February, compared with
004,584 for January; and 505.118 for
1 February last year, attracted compar
! atively little sentiment, and prices!
eased off to 13.5»2 for May and 14.21!
for October, net declines of about 3 to 1
5 points at the end of the first hour.
Private cable* said trade calling and
I continental buying had absorbed hedg- 1
ing and Bohibay selling in the'Liver-1
; pool market.
Futures opened: March 13.82; May
i 13.94; July 14.10; Oct. 14.25; Dec.
, 14.43.
THE STOCK YIARKKT
I
Prices Moved Irregularly Higher at
Opening of Market Today.
New York, March 14.—M*)—Stock
i prices moved irregularly higher at the
• opening of today’s market. Demand
again centered in the rails, particu
larly those of investment merit. Gen
eral Motors and Westinghouse Air
Brake each showed initial gains of
one point. ' * v
THE STOCK MARKET
Reported by Fenner A Beane.
Quotations at 1.45 P. M.
Atchison 177%
American Tobacco B 121%
American Smelting 149%
; American Locomotive 111
Atlantic Coast Line 187%
Allied Chemical 141%
Baldwin Locomotive 191%
Baltimore & Ohio 113
! Chesapeake & Ohio j. 157
DuPont 200%
Frisco 114%
General Motors 174%
General Electric 85%
Hudson 73%
Standard Oil of New Jersey _ 37%
Kennecott Copper 62%
] Coca-Cola , 194%
Liggett & Myers B. 93%
Mack Truck 108%
Maryland Oil 53
Pan American Petroleum B. 61%
1 Rock Island B4
R. J. Reynolds 109
■ Southern Railway 124
‘ Studebaker 50%
Stewart-Warner 55%
i ] Texas Co. 48%
, Tobacco Products 107
l U. S. Steel 161%
; Woolwortb - 127%
- American Tel. and Tel. 150
American Can 40
i Allis Chambers J 95%
- Dodge Bros. 34
t Great Northern 88%
7 Gulf State Steel 62%
Lorillard 29
, j Montgomery-Ward 66%
i Norfolk & "Western 172%
Overland 23%
. j Republic Iron and Steel 75
‘ Vick Chemical 56%
[.and fixing lower tax on intangibles.
Commission created to regulate
j operation of vehicles.
. j Authorizing bridge over Cape Fear
. j river at Wilmington to cost $1,250.-
i 000.
. j Authorizing appropriation for lands
, Jto he emblracod by Smoky Mountain
I national park.
Measure speeding up liquidation of
i defunct banks.
! Larger Confederate pensions.
Bad check law with “teeth.”
Orphauage schools to share in state
.equalization fund.
Reform in systems of county gov
-1 ernmentl
j LOCAL~MENTION~'~*|
J One cose of scarlet fever was re
ported at the county health depart
ment’s office this morning.
Dr. I). G. Caldwell, county health
officer, vaccinated 103 boy* for small
pox Saturday at the Jackson Training
School.
! Members of the Concord fire de
partment will be guests of the Concord
j Theatre today to sec the big feature,
! “The Fire Brigade.”
There will be n memorial service to
| the memory of Mrs. J. C. Gibson at
JAH Saint* Episcopal Church Monday
j evening at 7:30. The public is iu
vited.
The ‘Livingston College Quartette
will be at the Logan graded school
here next Friday night, March 18th.
The white people of the city are cor
dially invited.
Judge John M. Oglesby is in Greens
boro again this week presiding at ses
sions of Guilford county court. Judge
Oglesby will be in Greensboro for the
next two weeks.
The basketball quint of the Lewis
Hartsell chapter of DeMolay* will
play the basketball team of the Gas
tonia chapter of DeMolay. The game
wiU be played in Gastonia.
Members of the Concord fire de
partment, to the number of 35, will
be the gue*ts of the manager of the
Concord Theatre tonight at 7:30 to
see Charles Ray and May McAvoy
in “The Fire Brigade.”
H. P. Phillips, county agent of
Stanly county, will spend Tuesday and
Wednesday with Cabarrus County
Agent R. I). Goodman and aseist Mr.
Goodman in starting club work in
the school* of the county.
J>. A. Moore has-sold to Mrs. Matti«
Moore for property Mi "“tfdetfr
street, according to a deed filed here
Saturday. Another deed records the
sale of land in No. 7 township by
(i. W. Melton to D. W, Page. The
purchase price was not given.
More rain fell in Concord during
the night. Weather reports Satur
day promised rain and colder weather
Sunday but neither materialized al
though the raiu began falling shortly
after midnight. There was little
change in temperature during the day,
however.
Hundreds of persons visited “Lake
Concord," the city’s impounding dam,
; Sunday. Water continues to fall
]over the spillway, indicating that the
• lake is more than full. It is esti
mated that more than 3,000 persons
have visited the lake during the past
(three week*.
Improvement is reported in the con
dition of H. A. Graeber, who is under
going treatment iu the Concord Hos
pital. Mr. Graeber underwent an
j operation several weeks ago and al
| though his condition is-regarded as
i favorable he is not yet able to return
to his home.
Allen Barnhardt, of Concord, was
one of the stars at a recent All-Uni
versity indoor game. Barnhardt scored
10 points in the meet, being tied for
second place. J. K. Smith won first
honors by pilling up 10 1-2 points.
John Fort, of Charlottte, tied with
Barnhardt for second place honors.
Ten defendants faced Judge A. B.
Palmer at recorder’s court this after
noon to answer to charges that had
been placed against them. Five per
sons were charged with being intoxi
cated, three with having liquor in
their possession for the purpose of
sale and two will answer to the charge
of forgery.
The products of the Corno Mills
Co. are sold here by Cline & Moose.
Cut out the coupon in The Tribune of
March 11th and to be in the paper
on March 18th, and also pub
lished in The Times. This will en
title you to a galvanized steel mash
hopper free with the purchase of a
1 25-pound bag of Corno Starting Mash.
Look up the ads, and ‘take or send
1 the coupon to Cline &. Moose.
Hole in Back Porch Leads to Filing
of Damage Suit.
. Charlotte, March 12—A hole in a:
back porch was declared responsible
for filing of a $5,000 suit in Superior
t court here today.
• Mrs. Annie O’Shields, administra
trix of the estate of Mrs. Carolina
Preston, sued the estate of Mrs.
Mary C. Severs through B. F. Har
’ gett, executor, on the ground that
5 Mrs. Preston caught her foot in a
hole on the back porch of a house
, owned by Mrs. Severs and that death
resulted from injuries sustained.
Charley' Unwometr.
: Charlotte, N. C;, March 14.
Charley Der, chop suey artist, has
j his own opinion about the Chinese
j' civil war. “North —south —all same
fight like Yankee-Southerner,” he
j says. “Me no care "
? Dr. S. E. Buchanan, of Brevard,
1 spent the week-end * here with his
family.
CONCORD, N. C.,' MONDAY, MARCH 14. 1927
THREEMOHEBANKS COTTON USED LAST
IN FLORIDA FAIL: MONTH MORE THAN
RUSH KONEY THERE IK FEBRUARY 1926
.
All of the Banks Are in
Palm Beach County and
l‘ One of Them Was Larg*
| est in That Part of State.'
i HAS NO
j BANK AT PRESENT]
Closing of National Bank
There Left City Without ]
Bank—Money Rushed to i
Palm Beach.
West Palm Beach, Fla., March 14,
—Three Palm Reach County banka
failed to open their doors today while:
another local financial institution
sought to stave off a severe run.
The Farmers Bank & Trust Co., of
West Palm Beach, one of the largest
baks in this section, failed to open af
ter a midnight announcement by T.
T. Reese, its president, that the clos
ing of two local banks and a Palm
Beach bank last Tuesday had precip
itated the action.
Simultaneously the First National
Bank of Lakewood, and the Ocean
City Bank, of Delray, did not open for
business this morning. No reason for
their separate actions were made pub
lic. T. C. Hawkins, state bank exam
iner, immediately a Returned charge of'
the Deli-ay institution. The closing
at Lakewood left that city without a
bank.
The Delray bauk was capitalized at
$25,000, aud the deposits aggregated
$1,699,850; while the Lakewood bank
had capital of SIOO,OOO and deposits
of $2,622,690, both in their last state
ment published in July, 1926.
A long , line of men and women
braved a pelting intermittent rain
here this morning in a determined run
on the Citizens Bank of West Palm
Beach. A sizeable crowd started form
ing an hour before its usual opening
time, and was augmented by rej>orts.
that the Farmers Bank had not open
ed. The line stretched solid almost a
block on Clematic Street and on Nar-,
cissus Street a half block. Mild ex-‘
eitement prevailed, while friends of
tlw* bank sought to talk with persons
In the line in an attempt to influence
all against withdrawal of funds. . *
The Hne remained intact ntthougS T a
hard shower dispersed curious crowd's
which threatened at times to jam traf
fic at this intersection.
Reports were circulated that an ar
mored truck was speeding here with
substantial financial aid from Miami
banks.
FOUR PERSONS HURT
IN AUTO-TRAIN CRASH
C. and N. VV. Passenger Train Hits
Touring Car at Grade Crossing at
’• Newton.
Newton, March 12.—Four ni'c in
tho hospital, three seriously hurt and
one painfully injured, as a resuult of
the northbound C. ami N. W. pas
senger train hitting a Flint touring
car at a grad crossing immediate
ly in fron of the City cotton mills at
11:45 today. The injured are En
gineer Scott Brawley. of Lenoir,
pulling the train; Clyde Page, driv
ing the car, Mis* Goldie Page, his
suiter, of Goodoonville, three miles
east of Lincolnton. and Herbert
Propst, three-year-old son of Mrs.
Della Propst, of Newton.
The injured were immediately
rushed to hospitals. Engineer Braw
ley was taken to Richmond Baker
hospital, Hickory, suffering from a
broken hip, while the opeupants* or
the car were taken to the Lincoln
ton hospital, in a serious condition.
The child, however, it is stated, only
received a broken nose aud other
minor injuries.
The automobile was dragged for
more than 50 feet and completely de
molished while the engine was de
railed and after completely tearing
up the railroad track for more than
25 feet went down an enbankment
and looked to be a complete wreck.
None of the cam were derailed and
all trainment and passengers, includ
ing the fireman, escaped without in
jury.
ASKS JUSTICE HITS
TO FREE SINCLAIR
Directed Verdict of Not Guilty Asked
in Contempt Case Against the Oil
Magnate.
Washington, March 14.—CP)—A
directed verdict of not guiltv was ask
by the defense today in the contempt
trial of Harry F. Sinclair.
In arguing the motion before Jus
tice Hitz in the District of Cclmiib'a
Supreme Court. George I* Hoover,
chief counsel for the lessee of the Tea
pot Dome naval oil reserve, declared
iheif was no evidence to show that
Sinclair hhd been swor i as a witness
before the senate oil committee at flic
tme he refusedi to answer additional
questions.
“Mr. Sinclair was not under oath
and was not a witness," Hoover said.
“So he could not have violated the
section of the statute under which the
indictment here was returned.”
Tellez on Way to Washington.
Mexico City, March 14.— UP) —
Manuel Tellez, ambassador to the
L nited States, who has been here for
some days, conferring with President
Calles, was on his way to Washington
■ today. Departing last night he main
tained reticence concerning the object
of his visit to Mexico City, his pro
, gram when he returns to his post, and
i developments in the relations between
Mexico and the United States.
:i
| Total for February Less
J Than January But There
i! Were Fewer Working
Days in the Month.
| SOUTH LEADER
IN CONSUMPTION
lOf the 590,04478a1es Used
I During the Month 425,-
442 Bales Were Used in,
the Southern States.
i Washington, March 14.—UP)—Cot
ton consumed during February total
led 599.447 bales of lint, and 60,336
of Haters; compared with 004,584 of
lint and 55,149 of .linters in January
this year; and 565,119 of lint and 59,
403 of linters in February last year,
the Census Bureau announced today.
Statistics for cotton growing states In
cluded : Cotton consumed during Feb
ruary 425,442 bales.
Cotton on hand February 28 in con
sum:ng establishments 1,310,937 bales;
nnd in public storage and at compress
es. 5,068,744 bales.
Cotton spindles active in the South
during February numbered 17,545,-
358.
GETTING FACTS ABOUT
JAIL BREAK AT JOILET
■ .. - . J.
Several Persons Under Arrest Fol
lowing the Police Investigation.
Chicago, March 14.—( A* ) —Love let
ters and bribery of guards like aided
three Mexican murderers to escape
from Will County jail, .Toilet, early
Saturday, officials believed today after
obtaining confessions, seizing letters
and discovering a prison-kept diary.
Three American killers, companions
to the Mexican, failed to get away.
Two women and two men were ar
rested in Joilet last night, charged
with aiding in the jail break which
was followed by the s’.aying or Leo
Grant, Chicago policeman, and the
wounding of four men, one a jail
guard to eight.
Among those held was Juanita Gal
lardo, of South Chicago, sweetheart^!
Bernardo Jioa, who has killed three
■rT- ■.I —**-Tg, afv
fJRJWIIR, >v«K lIIv DrillTW t>T tJHTm;
and the only one of the sextet still
at large.
Another under arrest was Jessie
Gonzales, her brother, believed to
have a connection with the plot, after
the police had taken from him a letter
smuggled.by Charles Duschowski, one
of the Americans, to Roa in the jail
just before the escape. The letter was
a vague and rambling affair, but it
did contain a reference that he
would “kill plenty, and then himself”
to get out if furnished an automatic
pistol. *
Several other Joliet residents of
Mexican extraction also were under
arrest, and Edward F. Gibbons, a
Joliet jail guard, was also held in
technical custody to obtain his testi
mony.
Company Formed to Operate Milk
Mill Near O' arlotte.
Charlotte, March 12. —The Pinoco
Mills, Inc., has been organizezu to
operate the plant near here of the
National Fabric corporation of New
York, it was announced today. F. 11.
Seholoss, president of the Darlington
Textile company, of Pawtucket, It.
1., for which the National Fabric
corporation Ls selling agent, is presi
dent of the new north Carolina com
pany.
The National Fabric corporation
recently purchased 100 acres of land
on the Mount Holly road five miles
from Charlotte. Construction of the
new mill will be started in about a
month, officials said today. It will
have 100 Jacquard looms with pro
vision for more as business war
wants.
Kannapolis Men Establish Radio
Station of Their Own.
. Kannapolis, March 12.—Ivannapo
list, thanks to the efforts of J. A.
Lambeth and B- B. Abernethy, now
has a broadcasting station. It is not
the strongest in the world, but it
is loud, the being on the sec
ond floor of the building occupied by
the Kannapolis Motor company, and
the loud speaker on the sidewalk in
front of the building.
It is station KMOO hereabouts,
and no license is.required. An old
telephone was used to’ make the
microphone and a power amplifier
extends to the loudspeaker on the
sidewalk in front of the building. In
the s udio Kannapolis talent is gath
ered from 11 o’clock to noon and
from 7:30 to 8:30 in*the evening.
Mr. Lambeth is father of the idea
and Mr. Abernethy serves as the
capable announcer, putting those of
other statioh* to shame.
Mr. St rider at Central Methodist
Church.
A large congregation heard an in
spiring and able sermon delivered by
liev. J. W. Strider at Central Metho
dist Church yesterday morning. Mr.
Strider, former partor of the Kerr
Street Methodist Church here, has
been placed on the x - etired list by the
Western North Carolina Conference
because of ill health. He has scores
of friends in the city and many of
these heard him with much interest
and benefit yesterday morning.
Dr. and Mrs. R. B. Rankin and chil
i dren spent Sunday in Statesville with
Mrs. Rankin's sister, Mrs. P. D. Ken
nedy. _
Taxes Were Not Materially Increased
By the General Assembly of 1927
= Tribune Bureau.
Sir Walter Hotel.
BY J. C. BABKERVILL.
i Raleigh. Match 14.--Probably the
, most outstanding fact in connection
| with the work of the general assem
bly just ended is that taxes have not
been increased materially beyond the
point where they have been the last
1 two years, but merely re-adjusted.
. and that as a result of this read
justment, a tax burden amounting to
approximately $4,500,000 has been
removed from the land owners and
ad valorem tax payers, to those who
pay the state taxes —the privileged
interests—according to’Governor A.
W. McLean, in discussing fiotyc ot
the more interesting phase* of the
I legislature.
In the first place, neither the ap
propriations nor the estimated rev
enue for the next two yearis wa*
\ materially changed by the legisla
ture from the, amounts originally es
timated ami recommended by the
budget commi*sion. xVnd in tho sec
ond place, the only changes made in
the revenue bill were minor adju*t
ments. transferring amount* from
one division to some others, the
only material increases being the
one half of one per cent increase in
the corporation income tux Draekcts,
and the inclusion of the *urplu« as
well as the capital stock in the cor
poration franchise tax.
”In view of the fact that the bur
den of the complaint of the majority
of the tax payers of the state has been
against the high rate* of county ad
valorem taxes, rather than against
*tatc taxes, which are not ad val
orem, that fact that this general as
sembly has transferred approximate
ly $4,500,000 from the county tax
burden to the state, should mean a
considerable reduction in taxes to
the several counties of the state,”
the Governor said. In the $4,500,-
000 he included the 3,250.000 equali
zation fund, which represents the
amount the state will distribute to
from 85 to 90 of the countie*
year, and the more than $1,000,000 a
year that wi 11 also be turned back to
the countie* by the state in the form
of confederate peu*tons- The equali
zation fund) alone should lower the
school tax rate in the counties from
12 to 30 cents on the dollar, ac
cording to the Governor's estimate*.
While there has been considerable
l
ADVISORY COMMISSION
ON COUNTY GOVERNMENT
VViU, Meet in Raleigh March lGth to
AaaiaC Counties in Putting New
Acta Into spentions.
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, March 14 —The first meet
ing of the newly appointed advisory
commission on county government will
be held in the governor’* office in Ral
eigh on Wednesday, March 16th, at 3
p. m., according to an announcement
by Governor A. W. McLean, coinci
dent with the announcement of mem
hex's of the commiseion. This commis
sion, under the county government act
just passed, is charged with the task
of assisting the various counties in
putting the new acts just adopted in
operation, and to help them get re
adjurtted.
The members of the advisory cam
mission, as aunounecd by Governor
McLean are;
Dr. E. C. Brooks, chairman. Dr.
Brooks is president of State College
iu Raleigh, and wa* chairman of the
commission ou county government,
whose investigation of county govern
mental affairs and report and recom
mendation* resulted in the passage
of the three county government re
form acts by the general assembly
just ended.
J. E. Woodland, chairman of the
board of . commissioners of Cartaret
county aud president of the State
association of county commissioners,
it' was this association that in the
first place requested the governor to
name the commission on county gov
ernment, and that is directly respon
sible for the legislation just enacted.
D. W. Newsom, members of the
board of commissioner* of Durham
county, and former president of the
State association of county commis
sion* rs. Mr. Newsom has continu
ously taken a great deal of interest
in the question of county government
reform.
E. M. Lyda, chairman of the board
of commissioner* of Buncombe coun
ty, and one of the leaders along the
line of county government reform.
Dr. A. C. Mclntosh, of the Uni
versity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
who has also been actively interested
in the matter of bettetr county govern
ment.
i One of % the first things this com
mission must do is to employ an ex
ecutive secretary, who will become
the liason officer between the various
counties and the commission, and who
in turn will act as the agent of the
commission iu helping the various
counties solve their problems, as well
as keep the commission informed as
to the conditions and problems in the
various counties.
It is just as necessary to have an
officer of this sort to keep track of
county governmental affairs as it iw
; to have a etate superintendent of edu
cation or a state auditor, who must
keep constantly in touch with the in
ternal affairs of the counties, not so
. much to “check up on them” as some
are inclined to think, but to assist
• them at any time any sort of compli
i cations may arise, according to Dr.
. Brooks. t ,n
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Marriage Licenses Issued Here,
f Marriage licenses were issued here
; Saturday to the following couple*:
John L. Wilson and Miss Virginia
Sanderlin, both of Kannapolis; Gar
. nett A. Todd and Miss Addelene Stog
t uer, both of Concord; Ardis L. Vick
. ers, of Langdale, Fla., and Miss Mary
Orr, of Kannapolis.
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
crifieiKon of the general aseemSly in
Home source*, especially for' ding
so much money and ai>* „so
1 many bend issues, a** ’ has
i been made by som -as any
thing but an ’ .<*»islature”.
in the sum -rork has been
* i most const, Areally econumi
:!eal. aecordiV .> the Governor.
• Take tlie $30,000,000 road bond
issue, and the act that goes with it.
' Not only is thin probably the la*r big
bond Issue that will be authorized
! for roads, but is the first step C4 townrd
1 repaying the counties, and $12,000.-
000 of this $30,000,000 is to go back
to the countie* that have loaned
motley to the *tnte. and thus will
not only decrease the indebtedness
of the counties, but the tax rate as
well, since it will reduce the amount
of interest the counties have been
paying. '
But the act goes *till further,
since it puts an end for all time to
the practice of counties loaning
money to the state. By prohibiting
such Joans in the future, thus bind
ing the state henceforth to virtually
a "pay as you go” plan of road
’building.
However, the most important fea
ture of thiri act, and one which has
so far been apparently overlooked,
according to the Governor, is the
clause written irr the act fnaßing the
four cents gasoline tax sacred for
the retirement of the bonds and for
the maintenance of the highways,
and the contract with the bond hold
ers and tax payors of the state, to
maintain the highways to the point
of greatest efficiency, thereby mak
ing it possible for either the tax
payers of the state or the bondhold
ers to sue the state should main
tenance ever become neglected.
“The people of the state are thus
figured of continuous maintenance
of -the highway, and guaranteed their
constant' use. If the state fails in
this, they have recourse to the
courts,” the Governor declared.
The enactment of the bill providing
for the $3,250,000 ’ equalization fund
for education, and the county gov
ernment reform bills are considered
by the Governor as perhaps the
most outstanding pieces of legisla
tion, though there was much more of
almost equal importance, in his esti
mation.
VETERANS NOW
SECURE THEIR LOANS
Legi.sla.tin of Laa| Congress FacUi
tatea Loans on Ortiflcate*.
Washington, March 14. — North
Worftt War veteran* —who
held adjusted service can
now’ secure loans oh the Certificates
without difficulty as a result of
legislation passed at the recent ses
sion of Congress.
The legislation was passed as a
result of difficulties encountered by
veterans in North Carolina and
other states in securing loans
through banks.
< 'Loans will be now made to vet
erans of any sum not in excess of the
loan value of his certificate by the
disbursing clerk of the veterans
bureau or any special disbursing
agent at any regional office. The
loans may be made only to veterans
whose names appear on the eertiti
| cates, and neither the benefifieiarV
i nor any other person has any rights
in this respect. The* cousent of the
beneficiary is not required. Before
securing the loan the veteran must
be identified.
The rate of interest which the
bnreau shall charge upen such a
loan shall be two per cent per an-
I nura more than the rate charged at
1 the date of the loan for the discount
Jof 90 days commercial paper under
j Section 13 of the Federal Reserve
, Act by the Federal Reserve Bank for
the Federal Reserve District ?n
which is located the regional office
or hospital of the Veterans' bureau
at w'hich loan is made.
All loans wi'.l be for a period of
one year and if not paid will be
automotially extended from year to
year. A loan may be paid off at any
time by the payment of principal and
accured interest.
If the first loan secured is less
than the loan value of the policy,
a new loan can be secured up tcf the
full amount of the loan value, the
old loan to be repaid out of the
larger loan. «
Veterans may repay the amount
due on their notes in installments,
wieh for interest purposes will be
credited to his account as of the first
day of the loan month following the
date on which payment is received.
All installments must be $5 or
multiples of $5.
' McLean Names Commission on
County Reforms.
> Raleigh, March 12.—Membership
> of the county government advisory
• commission, authorized by the last
> general assembly,, was announced by
I Governor McLean today. The gover
* nor also announced that the first
i meeting of the commitee would be
held here next Wednesday,
i The members of the commission
f are Dr. E. C. Brooks. Raleigh, Pre
i sient State college, chairman; J. E.
- Wooland, Morehead City, president
t state association county commission
- ers; D. W. Newsom, Durham, former
> president state commissioners naso
» ciation; E. M. Lyda. Buncombe
I I county, and Dr. A. C. Mclntosh.
.1 Chapel Hill.
. The commission is charged with
investigating and recommending im
proved forms of county government.
Funeral of Robert L Burns Today.
Carthage, X. C. t March 14.—04*) —
i Funeral services were arranged tot
- this afternoon at the Carthage Meth
odist Church for Robert L. Burns,
- former state senator and mayor ot
7 Carthage, who died Saturday follow
ing a short illness.
DOLLAR Dlf WILL
; BE OBSERVED HERE
ON NEXT THURSDAY
! Local Merchants Planning
to Make the Event Big
gest Thing of Its Kind in
History of the City.
I MANY BARGAINS
TO BE OFFERjfetJ
Most of Downtown BtitiL
ness Houses Co-opefad
ting in Big Trade Ev&tL
Watch Ads. This Week.
Thursday will be “Dollar Day” in
Concord stores.
For tui* event members of the Con
cord Merchants’ Association are mat
ing elaborate plans and heads ot {pH
various business concerns which wftl
co-operate in the event are confident
that bargains and sales will eclipse
those of any similar event in the HfS
tory of the city.
Today the merchants of Concord ftfft
broadcasting tbrough the columns tit
the Daily Tribune and The Cortbbtd
Times some of the unusual offeflftgs
to be found on “Dollar Day,’ and fne
advertisements will grow in size 4s
the feature trading day approaches.
“Dollar Day” this year should nie.ifl
more to the buying public than it has
for the past several years be-afpse
prices in all lines of merchandise toil!
be slashed for the big trade ereht.
Too, a majority of the stores in the
downtown district are co-operaHrtf to
make the day one of the biggest iii the
histoiy of the city.
A casual gin nee through the “Dollar
Day” announcements of the various
paiticipating merchants gives some ev
j ideoee that the values offered and the
i priee concessions made are very real,
j A more careful stnty of the advertise
| Pi-fPts will serve to transform what
| is a “hunch” into a well founded con
i v : etion about the bargains that wilt
be offered.
Thursday morning bright and early
the action W’ill be started. The thrif
ty “Dollar Day” shopper is usually
decidedly “on the job” when it cornea
to finding bargains and on such days
certain goods have been knowu to be
come exhausted before the day is over,
i That’S the reason the “early shopper”
t bmp’ gets the best to
be had.
“We feel that ‘Dollar Day’ this
year will be a decided hit,” said Ern
est Robinson, head of the Merchants’
Association this morning. “I am cer
tain the merchants are doing every
thing in their power to make their of
ferings attractive and worth-while end
I ceel equally certain that the buying
public will take advantage of the un
usual offerings.”
Additional clerical forces are being
lined up by the varioufc business hous
es in anticipation of the rush or shop*
pers and the corps of clerks in eftch
store is expected to handle such 'busi
ness with ease and dispatch. ,
In every business house which will
co-operate in the special sale goods are
being marked down and grouped N)
they can be easily handled. There
w r ill be more variety than usual, and
bargains will positively stare at the
customers as they walk into the stores,
say the merchants.-
KERENSKY GIVEN SLAP
IN FACE BY WOMAN
Former Russian Premier Had dust
Risen to Deliver an Address lb
' Theater.
New York, March 13.—Un/ler the
guise of presenting a bouquet-of
to Alexander Kerensky, former*
ier of Russia, a woman today struck
him in the face. ,
Kerensky had just arisen to addrtfftg
, a gathering in the Century theater,
held to commemorate the 10th 4ft
niversary of. the revolution l&J by
Kerensky.
A woman rose from her seat <*h
the stage and advanced towqpd Ket
| ensky holding out a small boUquftt of
, roses. As she came face to
, with him she said something in RtW»-
sian and struck him on the left Cheek
. with her right band in which she
held a clinched pair of gloves.
At once the gathering was in an
uproar. Through it all Kerensky
’ stood unmoved waving back those of
his friends who sought to lay hands
, on bis assailant.
Five detectives who were acting as
Kerensky's body guard seized the wo
man and took her off the stage. She
said she was Miss Catherine Bary, 34,
a designer of New York. At Keren
-1 sky’s request Miss Bary was allowed
. to go free after being removed from
tbe theater.
Miss Bary said she blamed Keren
’ sky for having caused the death of
her fiance, and officer in the Russian
? army in 1918. by issuing an order
under which civilians were placed in
1 charge of armed forces.
Funeral of Robert. W. Christian.
1 Fayetteville, N. C., March 14.— (4*)
* —Funeral services were held today
r for Robert W. Christian, member of
the 1925 State Legislature, who died
p oat his borne near Manchester, Ifite
’ yesterday.
1 Got Thirteen Spades.
Charleston, S. C.. Mar. 14—Lieat.
'■ R. M. Byrd, instructor at Citadel
College, recently got thirteen iqmdeo
in a band at bridge. He took the bid
“ at three after opening at one.
i- .WEATHER FORECAST.
i,
f Fair tonight and Tuesday, preceded
-by showers on the coast early tonight
and Tuesday.
NO. 74