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Rime li improvement Shown I Chinese Situation I Late Press Reports & ,♦ II Accounts Law in Hankow Is sing* With No Es- Stop It. a ANS ARE OLD to leave Japanese Criuser Arrived and Japa* \re Leaving the apidly. \,n*ii 7— (/P)— “Situation M . fiejiclily." said 11 wire ,rived herefrom HiUlkoW. jv outbreaks i- ihe week-end. nfs lawlessness in „ rea-int: with apparent t, i-iipek it. The comumnd ited States Ynngtse River ysinjj Amerieans srill in iuisten their evacuation. Japanese cruiser has ar intt-e are leaving Hankow nhers. and 100 Germans charter a steamer ti away. The members n colony are making prep their departure. . farther up the river Wi 100 Japanese men. •hiWren have taken quar ihe gunboat* and tugs he threatening situation. pis Enter Protest. \oril 7 OP) —The soviet l!. Wilhelm F. Linde, to il the Norwegian consul Bn of the consular eorps jounced that if the soviet Shanghai was raided as [lings attached to the em- j ting yesterday he would • Pillar body responsible. j luthority for Raid, j. .\pril 7.— (/4 s ) — Author- J e search by t’hinese local j | “certain private proper- i [>ahl Rank and the Chi- Kaihvay adjacent to the lk>v in Peking, diplomatic 1 [granted by The Nether-j Uac the senior diplomat, j Lister .V.ueMr.rrflr>**t>~ jo the State department. ; $$ of the irs. went beyond the ait hd raided also the oom former Russian legation Westward on the private kuestion." the State de- j inouncement added, pians barricaded them buse and set lire to vari- i was said, but they were erpnwered without hav p the Chinese, and there pg and no serious injury i L t [entered on Hankow. t 1. April 7.—(/P)—Fore lions at Hankow more bs above Nanking on the gtze River, shared the [rest in developments in [with the attitude to be be Moscow government I Chinese authorities at lussian property within p compounds. L i STOCK MARKET portLs Mingled With Sev pots at Opening Today. KApril 7. — ( A 3 ) —New high tiled with several soft pening of today’s stock |w York Central opened f :i > HO 1-2, the highest |t> years, while DuPont ■•might jump of nearly jto 214 1-4, the highest I time. Bethlehem Steel I highest price since 1924 I sale. IgW'-M i-s Given to Negro in State. HyM-!uval<l foui.- 1,1 ik-jji-o H r " !: -< i'ov just patted mark, it was mm ' '■ 1 ' :<*<i!o. Roseti jjj^H ,| ' L>li( ‘ 11 ' for r hks state |B '■ tiiau has been mm "th'-r state." said Mr. ii'-i'.ouut given in HB' k1 period of .<r,t h ►. l Wm " Ro^n ,!l Carolina an IB ha!f ti l lll i<,n of this Kgl ''c'clcin! i, y WM ’ ; S.MItUHJO I'olna negroes- B' from pubiio cM.amry of the 'odav 77,400. Hj| “" ’ capacity is ur Advertisers. ilm’V ' and the Rell IB - ready for ' l d'l'-te lute of Mm \ "ill be elos- Bhl - 5 "! 1 fax Indepeod- HtL r r !rr r ' ,w tor P°«*^ mml ~r Plant Farm. ■■Vnr Apnl -'3th. MM f ' r ' ,tr .v of the J. C . ■»;, ,0V | ‘ I: 'thrift shop- K,, fi<l this paper. MM p u **' at tin* mm • !>• jjiy a(t mlhis THE CONCORD TIMES J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher i : 5 IMPROVEMENT IS I NOTED TODAY IN \ KINO’S CONDITION Bucharest, Roumanin. April 7.—- CP)—The condition of King Ferdi , natid. who is suffering from influ t • enza. continued tp improve over night. It was stated this morn • ing that he seemed to have more strength, and that lie had been ■ able to s'eep well. VETERANS RELADY FOR GRAND BALL TONIGHT; Little Rock and Ky.. Bid ding for the Next Reunion. j Tampa, April ?. ; — UP) —The major 1 tactical engagements today engrossed strategists as the .T7th annnul reunion ofj the United Confederate Veterans went into its day of heaviest business. Tonight after the crowning social event of the reunion, the grand ball, there .will remain of the annaul gath ering only one more march in martial formation. In tl|e nature of a parlia mentary civil war without rancor, fac tion ranged against faction, for the selection of 1928 meeting place, and for the election of commander-in-chief. Little Rock, Arkansas, was conceded a slight numerical advantage over Lexington, Kehfcueky, for the honor of host. In the battle for possession of the coveted chief office of the organization little accurate information as to the number and disposition of troops was available. .1. U. Foster, of Houston Texas, commander of the Trans-Mississippi Depart. and Edgar D. Taylor, of Rich mond. Va., commander of the Va., De partment were prominently mentioned, j Committee reports vyere to be fol j lowed at noon by a memorial service j sponsored by sons of Confederate j Veteran** and the Confederate Merno j rial Association. j At the Grand Ball tonight the floor j will be reserved for the Veterans and official ladies in the earlyevening, with | dances of AH years ago predominating. * A good, portion of Southwestern i Florida was given a taste of the mus : »r of the days of the old South when a lOJtfHI voice chorus at the Sous of Confederate Veterans ball joined ht niagim frtVa iri -fUti Dark ■tit-n'HiMfti** 51 ginia.” Much Sugar Cane. j (By International News Service.) j New Orleans. La.. April [Louisiana sugar beit will produce 'enough I*. O. 'J- sugar cane, on ‘ which the sugar industry'is p : nning its hopes of rehabilitation, to seed the entire district with the new cane in 1928 unless some unexpected dis t aster occurs, according to Dr. Arthur H. Rosentield, consulting technolog ist of the American Sugar Cane League. All of the seed for the new cane came originally from the Southdown plantation, where five pounds of seedlings were planted five years ago. Moore Holding Own. Salisbury, April 7,— (A*) —The con j dition of Charles E. Moore, Jr., promi i nent cotton broker of Greensboro, who was seriously hurt in an automo bile accideut near Spencer yesterday afternoon, was described this morn ing at the Salisbury Hospital as “be ing as well as could be expected.” Stimson to Visit Nicaragua. Washington, April 7. ——Henry L. Stimson, former secretary of war, was appointed today as special repre sent at ive of President Ceolidge to visit Nicaragua. THE STOCK MARKET Reported by Fenner & Beane. (Quotations-at 1:30 P. M.) Atchison 179% American Tobacco B, 124% American Smelting 145 American Locomotive HO Atlantic Coast Line 183 Allied Chemical 141% American Tel. & Tel. 1 171% American Can 45% Allis Chalmers 98% Baldwin I locomotive f 188% Baltimore & Ohio 115% Beth, teel 55% Chesapeake & Ohio lO7 Coca-Cola - 19®% DuPont 232% Dodge Bros. 20% Erie Frisco 114% General Motors 182% General Electric 89 Great Northern 87% Gulf State Steel —*—• ®O% Gold Dust 48 Hudson 71% Int. Tel. - 135% Kennecott Copper 32% Liggett & yers B -- 33% Mack Truck 133% 0.-Pacific 56% Norfolk & Western— 132 N. T. Central 150% Pan Amer. Pet. B 30% Rock Island R. J. Reynolds IH% Rep. Iron and Steel *2 taSnd. Oil of N. J. 36% outhera Railway 123% tadebaker —— W Texas Go. g% Tobacco Products *—- 09% U. S. Steel —— }& 11. S. Steel, New JJ*% j Wes ting house 1 Western Md. 37% TRANSPORT LEAVES FOR SHANGHAI WITH EQUIPMENT OF WAR I • Marines, Airplanes, Artil j lery and Machine Guns ' Are Aboard Transport | Henderson. | SHIP LOADEft AS SHE LEFT PORT !Six Airplanes Had to Be Left Out of the Crowded Boat.—Marines Are Not I Worried About Job. San Diego, Cal., April 7. —OP)-—, I,oaded to the rails with artillery, air-.| | plane*, machine guns and supplies,: j and carrying 1560 adventure-hungry Murines, the transport Henderson got up steam today and awaite/d the sig nal to shove off for Shanghai. • The last bit of equipment that could be stored aboard was made ready for the voyage last night and the marines comprising the Cth regiment went aboard after having said good bye to wives, sweethearts and friends. So packed was the ship, that six air jilanes scheduled for place, were left i on the pier. They will be taken lat er. Several 75 millimeter guns were strapped to her upper deck. The Cth regiment goes to reinforce the regiment already in Shanghai un der command of Brigadier General Smedley D. Butler. The men of the 6th, mak'ng their j journey under .the command of Col. HaroM Snyder, apparently were not worried by the fact that some flying machines had to be left aboard. They j were eager to go. They made that evident a#* they went aboard, making room at the Marine Base for several hundred more marines who had come here on special trains tb form another regiment. Left at 8:45. San Diego Calif., April 7.— UP) — Bound for Shanghai, China, with 1.560 officers and men of the sixth regiment • United States marine** aboard, the j navy transport Henderson dropped its I lines at the Municipal Dock at B:4f*j o'clock today and began moving into the channel. Dr. Kau Rerfgns. < Peking, April 7.—L4*)—-l>r, V, K. tion as permier today to Marshal Chang Tbo Lin. It is reported that General Yang Tu Ting, Chang’s chief adviser, will become premier. Millionaires to Bid For Fishing Rights. Fredericton. N. 8., April 6. — Probably nowhere in the world can a counterpart be found of the public; auction to be conducted by the Gov- j eminent here tomorrow for the sa'e j of exclusive salmon fishing privilege* , in New Brunswick waters. The auc tion is an annual affair and never fails to attract representatives if many noted sportsmen and million-j aires of America and Europe. Leases of the fwhing rights—with ! rod only—in front of the ungranted ' 'lands on various New Brunswick | rivers, which are advertised as the most famous fishing waters in * tilt world. will be dispose*! of at thf auction. The present holders of th*. leases are largely New York and New England millinaires who spend their summons hooking salmon from these famous waters- « Some of the pools on the Resti gouche river are especially tarnous. One, for instance, is known as the Million-Dollar Pool, because its owners say it has provided $1,000,- 000 worth of sport each season. Tit is famous pool and all the rest of the fishing is so easily accessible that the millionaire club members see their private cars parked on a sid ing of the Canadian National Rail ways while they cast a fly upon the waters of the Uestigouehe. But the cost of salmon fishing is going up and the new upset prices set forth in the Royal Gazette offi cial notice of tomorrow’s auction places .the total annual rental to be brought into the treasury of the Province at a minimum of $51,250 — more than three times what was actually paid in 1922. And from present indications the upset prices will not approach the figures which these famous fishing rights will bring. Want Teachers Retirement Law. (By International News Service.) Atlanta, Ga., April 7.—A move ment for adoption and enforcement of a teachers retirement law in Georgia "uch as is now in force in New York State, is being pushed by the Georgia Federation of Women’s clubs. The resolution adopted by the Biennial Council of the, Federation, which met recently in Albany, Ga., recommended that a committee t>e appointed with authority to draft a bill of this character to be introduc ed at the coining session of the Gen eral Assembly, with such changes from the New York law as will make the bill more adap*able to Georgia. Durham Grand Juror Fined in Rum Case. Durham, Apr. 7.—Found guilty of driving an automobile while intoxi cated and illegal possession of whis ky. T. M. Barnette was Tuesday frned S6O and the coats. Barnette was a member of the grand jury of Dur ham county until last week when, fo’lowing his arrest on Mhe two chargee., he was excused from furth. r service by the foreman. CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1927 Damaging Charges Against the State Hospital for Insane Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel, 5 > By J. C. BA SK ERVILL. I Raleigh, April 7.- —A damaging ease 'against the'State Hospital for the i Insane at Morganton and the manner ! in which -it is being administered and managed, was presented here in the hearing before Attorney General I)en * jiiic Brumniitt, of the circumstances [ I surrounding the confinement of 11. R. . Williams of Beaufort county in the ’ Morganton Hospital, and his death a few days after his removnl from it.; The investigation has been by the last session -of the general gs smbly, .when charges of neglect were 1 raad.e “They murdered him, that's all." said Mrs. Williams, the widow, when -she finished telling of the horrible i filth in which she and members of [her family found him. and of the I inhuman treatment he must have had* jto have been in such a conditiqAJ j And despite a searing cross exnmijM|« ; tion that at times became savage | its attempt to confuse and befudtfw Mrs. Williams, sW stuck to her story* land refused to be diverted by J. S. Ervin, Morganton attorney, appearing for l)r. John McCampibell, superinten dent of the hospital. At times the; biting sarcasm, needlessly employed by the Morganton lawyer in his almost savage efforts to break down the old Indy’s difficulty told story, became almost as inhuman as the treatment her dead husband had received in the hospital. Nervous and grief-torn, the widow tdld her story. She told of how she and others in the family, at the urging of their family physician. Dr. HosJuia Ta.vloe, of Washington, finally con sented to take Mr. .Williams to Mor ganton, when his condition became such as to make it unwise to keep him at home. He was in good health i all of the time he was at borne, Mrs. j Williams said, except for his mind, j i Most of the time he knew where he { was and at time recognized members j of the family, though Dr. Tayloe said said that he might do so. and becaH.se of this they were ittuenced to send him to the hospital.* ; Williams was in good physical health when he Test home on December .‘lO, 1925, for the hospital, Mrs. Wil | LOCAL MENTION j| One case of whooping cough in the county was reported at the County Health office this morning. „ city has a force.or hands at* work today repairing 'ill holes and. rough places in the city streets. W. S. Wier, of the State Board of t Health, was in the city yesterday in- j I speeting the city sewer system. J. Bradford, of * the State De- j partment of Agriculture, was in the city yesterday forth* 4 purpose of in- ( speeting the plant of the Concord j | Stepm Bakery. The Concord high trfick Rquad met 1 the Salisbury high track team this af ternoon at 3:30 o'clock on Webb Field. The local team had several good men entered in the various | events. | Score cards have been placed in all i cases and the Hotel showing their rat ing according to the inspection which ! was held several weeks ago by the State Board of Health inspector. The Cabarrus County Davidson Col lege Alumni Association will hold an important meeting Friday night «t 7:30 at the Merchants and Manufac turers Club. Every alumnus of the College is urged to be present. The Chevrolet touring car of Pern Joyner, which was stolen from in front of the First Baptist Church last Sun day night, was located at Landis on Wednesday night by Officer Beaver. The car w’as reported to be in good condition. The management of the Concord Theatre announced today that school children of the city could have seats for the performance of the Big Pa rade Monday for 50 cents. The spec ial admission for school children will be for the matinee only. J. B. McAllister, Clerk of Court, said today that he had received fish ing licenses. The last legislature passed a law that licenses for fishing would be required. The county li cense cost sl.lO, the State $2.10 and non residents of the State $3.10. I C. M. Ho\Vard announced today that he will be a candidate for the posi tion of alderman fb» Ward One. Mr. Howard will be the opponent of Alex R. Howard, the present alderman, who has announced as being a candidate for re-election. Coach Richards will take his Con cord high baseball team to Badiy Fri day to meet. the team of the Badin high school. The local team has won three games this season and Coach Richards said that he believed it would win from the Badin boys Friday. Dr. John R. Jester, of Winston- Salem, who is conducting a series of services at the First Baptist Church, addressed the high school students this morning at chapel exercises on “Life.” Dr. .Tester also spoke to the boys of the Jackson Training School Thursday, speaking there at 1 o’clock. Peery’s Pupils Win Honors. Friends of Roy Roy Peery, of Sal isbury; will be interested to learn that two of his pupils were winners in the preliminary North Carolina Music Contest. Miss Lißian Caldwell won as pianist and Caldwell Cline as violin ist. Both of these ate from Salisbury. At the Southern jpfer-State contest I held in High Point, Caldwell Cline 1 was again a winner. tiams declared. He died on January 22. after having been brought home from the hospital, where 4 other mettl -1 bers of her family found him neglect ■ ed, caked with dirt and filth and with undressed sores, at the point of death. ”He was in tne worst condition I have ever seen a human being.” said Mrs. Williams nervously, “He was in a bare room with no heat in it. and was covered with only a thin blanket and counterpine. The • bed looked as' if a dozen men might have died in it, without its having ever beeu cleaned. The smell was awful. \ “His face was caked with tilth, his lips were parched from lack of water and he couldn't speak” the widow continued. “There were open sores on his ankle and knee, and one of his fingers looked as if it had | been bitten off, He was .nothing but t a pile of rotten bones. They murder- Led him, that’s all," Mrs. Williams (said, despite vigorous attempts by ! Ervin to check her How of words and the damaging evidence they voiced. At the completion of her story, she was subjected to almost an hour of vigorous and at some times needlessly searching cross examination by Ervin, • who despite bulying tactics, failed to , shake her story, or to ruffle her temper, though at times she was sorely tried. • . f Her account of the affair was amply supported by the testimony of her son, G. T. Williams, and her daughter, Mrs. Susan Gentry, who declared that the bed on which her father had been lying in the hospital must have had a very thin mattress, if any, since there were prints of the springs on his back when they got him home. The son said there was no heat in the room, and that it was so cold that he shivered, eveu with his over coat on. The defense, in presenting its side, argued that Williams case was of the [sort that was impossible to keep clean |nnd that all hnd been done for him * that could be under the circumstances, 1 I)r. McCampbell, maintained that while the affair was regrettable, the case was an advanced one of a certain kind that made treatment very diffi cult, and death a certainty. The attorney General-has not an nounced any decision.. METHODIST WOMEN ! MEET WEDNESDAY AT FOREST HILL County Federation of Wom jui’s Missionary Societies ; *Have Interesting j at Meeting. The Methodist County Federation of the Woman’s Missionary Society I met at Forest Hill Methodist Church I Thursday moring at 10 :30 o’clock. 1 Mrs. W. L. Graham, the chairman of the meeting, conducted an inspiring 'devotional service* after which Mrs.' [ O. B. Wagoner rendered a solo which was greatly enjoyed by those present. A program was given by the Children’s Society of Central Methodist Church which was well received, and made all present realize the necessity of train ing in youth for the. well developed Christian man and woman of the fu ture. Mrs. T. F. Higgins extended a eor tlial welcome to these present on be half of the Forest I Hill Church, to which Mrs. W. I>. Pemberton respond ed in a gracious manner. Mrs. L. D. Coltrane, secretary pro-tem., read the minutes of the last meeting which was held nt Central Methodist Church. Following the reading of the minutes of the last meeting. Miss Pat Adams sang a (beautiful solo. A splendid talk on “Missions and Bible Study” was given by Mrs. R. M. Courtney,- after which those present adjourned to the dining room of the Church, made beautiful with spring flowers, where a delightful luncheon was served. \ The fih?t number of the program for the afternoon was a solo by a man from Kannapolis, following which Mrs. O. E. Searboro, in her able manner, conducted the devotional service. An inspiring reading was given by Mrs. W. F. Goodman and Mrs. E. Myer gave an interesting talk on “Social Service.” Mrs. W. L. Scott, seci*etary of Mt. Pleansant Society, made a most helpful talk and it was followed by a vocal solo by Mrs. Rimer which was enjoyed. A letter was authorized to be sent to Mrs. W. C. Houston, District Sec retary, whose absence was much felt. Mrs. Houston was confined to her home on account of being ill. Rev. B. M. Courtney, pastor of Cen tral Methodist Church, who is well in formed in mission work gave an inter esting talk which was followed by a round-table discussion led by Mrs. J. F. Dayvault. Resolutions thanking all who con tributed to the program, and especially the women of the Forest Hill Church in preparing the luncheon and other things for the entertainment of the visitors, were read. After the resolu tion was read “Bless Be The Tie” was sung and the meeting adjourned. Pre-Raster Sale at Eflrd’s. The second week of the Pre-Easter Sale at Efird’s starts Friday and more bargains are being offered for the event. Men’s shirts, spring coats, dresses,' shoes and other goods have been greatly reduced for this sale. The company is also offering at special prices the stock of-goods pur chased from the Browns-Canpon Co. This is high grade merchandise and is going at lower than usual prices. Read two pages of ads. carried by this company in today’s paper. Adam Kluttx, of ‘Tfcbor, arrived on Wednesday T> : ght to spend several days in the city. J , ' t -~ JOHNSON J. I LAVES IS APPOINTED TO \ FEDERAL BENCH Washington, April 7.—C^)— Johnson J. Hayes, of North Wilkesboro, N. C., was appointed judge of the newly created middle district of North Carolina today 1 by President Coolidge 1 | 1 i- - HII "• ■ ! | ROBBERS GET CASH IN MAIL CAR HOLD-UP Amount Taken Not Officially Given But Said To Be More Than $2,000 In Currency. Chicago. April 7. — 04*) —Two armed men, their faces shadowed by closely , drawn caps and partly covered by black netting masks, last night robbed the express car of the Chicago & Al ton’s Lincoln Limited, of cash and valuables variously estimated from $2400 to $20,000 as the train sped between Joliet and Chicago. They jumped off nt different grade crossings and escaped. A. A. Gotthoff the express mes senger, told Union station police there was $20,000 or more in cash, drafts and bonds in the safe. Express comp any officials declined to estimate the amount taken, although Steven Healy chief special agent of the company, denied that the safe contained $20,000 in valuables. Another , unofficial esti mate was that the $2,400 in currency was obtained from the car strong box. Badin Sends Out Call for Labor to Work on Dam. Italeigh. April 7.—Rush call from Badin, where the Tallassee Power Company is constructing a $10,000.- 000 hydro-electric generating plant, for 200 laborers marked the beginning of the opring industrial drive and the end of unemployment in North Caro lina. Frank D. Grist, state commis sioner of labor and printing, believes. Mr. Grist reiterated today his re cent prediction that sixty days would see the last of surplus labor in the state absorbed. He eaid he expected operations on the Piedmont and North ern interurban electric transportation line to begin soon and absorb a large number of woAmen, in addition to the number that normally drift into agricultural pursuits at this time of year. Five hundred and thirteen persons were given positions through the state federal employment service last week, he said. There were 703 requests for help and 589 applicants for jobs. The placements were divided be twen 300 men and 147 women.. Un skilled labor again was ahead with 304 placements, followed by domestic placements with 132. Skilled laborers ritme Mtt with. jplwcaL jiad ..paot fessional place** had 13 applicants out fitted with jobs, and industrial place ments lagged with only seven. THE COTTON MARKET Opened at Unchanged Prices to De cline of 1 Point But Firmed Up | Later. New York. April 7.—C4*) —The cot ton market opened steady today at unchanged prices to a decline of 1 point but firmed up after the call on buying of new crop months believed to be partly fbr Wall Street account based on unsettled weather prospects for the Southwest, and talk of fur ther delays in farm work. July sold up from 14.31 to 14.39, and October from 14.56 to 14.61 or about 4 to 6 points net higher, and the market held steady during the first hour. Private cables reported hedging and liquidation in the Liverpool market, adding there was a small demand for cotton cloths from India and that the Shanghai auctions had been resum ed. Cotton futures opened steady: May 14.13; July »14.31; October 14.45; December 14.75; January 14.79. SELECTING JURORS FOR THE SANFORD TRIAL Four Men Will Be Tried For the Slaying of Sheriff James L Tur ner. Sanford. N. C., April 7.—OP)—The trial of the four alleged slayers of Sheriff James L. Turner of Lee Coun ty still awaited -its full quota of those ♦o render a verdict when opening of court this morning two jurorsr re mained to be selected to complete the bdx of 12. Dusty Statute Books in North Caro lina Reveal Blue Laws. Raleigh, April .7. —The Palmetto state hasn't anything on North Car olina for blue laws. The only dif ference is that they don’t enforce them here. Judge J. Crawford Biggs today pulled the consolidated statutes on doubters to show that in North Caro lina it is against the law to indulge in hunting, fishing, fowling and all games of sport and play on Sunday.' A dollar fine is imposed on violators. The North Carolina; like the South Carolina law, Judge Biggs said, was copied from an old English statute passed in the 29th year of the reign of Charles 11. It was recalled today that Asso ciate Justice Heriot Clarkson resur rected the statute and made it the subject of one of his questions put to applicants for a law license at the semi-annual bar examination of last August. There were mighty few if any correct answers. Carolina and Duke to Play Extra Cr&nK 1 . April 7.—The Uni versity of North Garolina and Duke university baseball teams will play in Fayetteville oa April 20, it was announced here by the Y.’s Men’s club, which secured the game for this city. An extra game between • the two Tur Heel universities was ar ranged in order that they might p’.ay in Fayetteville. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. ATTORNEY GENERAL PREPARING REPORT, ON HOSPIT&t Will Give Gov. McLean Re port But Is Uncertain Now Just When His Re port Will Be Presented. CASE HEARD AT STATE CAPITAL Is Charged That H. B. Wil liams Was Mistreated at State Hospital, His Fam-i ily Bringing Charges. Raleigh. April 7.—C4 3 )—Attorney General Dennis jG. Rrummitt today was preparing his report to Governor McLean- on the Morganton hospital investigation, but said he was uncer tain when formal pronouncement of the findings would be made. The investigation was instituted upon legislative authority at the re quest of' the family* of H. B. Wil liams, of Beaufort County, alleged to have died as a result of urstreatment and inattention at the state institu tion. / The Williams family pictured a scene of revolting filth and inattention in their testimony, the widow going so far as to accuse hospital authori ties of “murdering” her huoband. Dr. John McCampbell, superintend ent. and other hospital attaches, tes tified that Williams came to the hos pital in an incurable condition and re ceived attention ordinarily accorded such patients. On cross examination by the Attor ney General, however, they admitted that Williams did not receive special attention, explaining that it was im possible for the three attendants as signed to look after the forty patients in the ward where he was confined. “What could we do?” inquired Dr. McCampbell. “You know how hard it is for us tb get money.” BIG TOTAL REACHED BY VETERAN LOANS $33,300 la Distributed to 360 Appli cants From Office at Charlotte*. Charlotte News. > A total of $33,300 was -distributed to World War residing4 in In 200 loans made through the Charlotte office of the Veterans Buredu in the first four business days of this month, and with all funds exhausted, applications for loans aggregating $50,000 remain on file, according to information obtained Wedispsday afternoon from ,T. W. Reynor, disbursing officer at the bu reau's local office. Mr, lteynor snkl an appeal to the central office of the bureau, at Wash ington. resulted in telegraphic notifi cation being received Wednesday morn ing that an additional $5,000 would be made available immediately for loan through the office here. That would increase to $38,300 the amount of the loans this- office was authorized to make in the course of this month. A total of 200 loans were made prior to noon Wednesday and it was forecast that an additional 25 would be made in the afternoon, exhausting-all the available funds. The applications for the loans to talling $50,000 that cannot be made now will be given consideration when additional funds should be made avail able, Mr. Reynor said. Owing to errors in filing out the notes, most of which were attributed by Mr. Raynor to oversights on the part of notaries public, a rather large number of ap plications for loans were returned to the applicants. These applications lost their places in the order of filing, he said, and, if subsequently returned, will be filed according to the time of last receipt. Some of the veterans indicated that they asked loans ou their adjusted compensation certificates because they feared they might some time lose their value. Mr. Reynor said that the holders should regard these cer tificates as being of gilt-edged govern ment securities. He urged veterans who do not immediately" need the money to defer asking loans from funds of the Veterans Bureau so thaf those may be in urgent need may be provided first. ' I State Merchants To Meet in Durham. Durham. Apr. 7.—(lNS)—Exten sive plans are underway here for the annual convention of the State Mer chants’ Association, May 17-18, in clusive. Local merchants are planning to make the convention one of the most successful in the history of the as sociation. The annual meeting will be held during the Great Durham Ex position thp week of May 16. Fire Not Result of Plot. Apache Lodge, Roosevelt Dam, Ari zona, April 7.— -(A*) —Commander Franceso de Piendo, whose plans was destroyed by fire here yesterday af ternoon, does not believe the disaster was the result of an anti-fascist plot. The Concord high school baseball team played the. team of Winecoff high school this afternoon. The game was played at Winecoff and “Preach er" Williams was scheduled • to pitch for the locate. j Teif Pages Today Two Sections ‘ IMPS FROM TRAIN /Buffers only :' ONE BROKEN LIMB ■ Miss Maude Waddell Leap i ed From Moving Train But Was Not Thought to Be Badly Hurt. WAS EN ROUTE . TO HOSPITAL Jumped Through Window of Wash Room While Train No. 12 Was Mov ing at Reular Speed. Greensboro. April 7Hurling herself through a train window into open space as the train was moving rapidly through the night. Miss Maude TV addell of Asheville last night suffer ed a broken arui and other minor in juries. The affair took place near Stokesinnd. the first station south of Danville at about 11:30 o’clock. ’ M iss Waddell was eu route to Rich mond from Asheville, to be treated for a nervous disorder. She Was ac companied by her sister-in-law. a Mrs. Waddell. They occupied a drawing room. Mrs. Waddell told railroad officials Miss Waddell went to the wash ropm while she remained in the drawing room. She heard the crash of glass as her sister-in-law smashed the win dow, and tried to effect an entrance, but Miss Waddell had looked the door. The porter was summoned and the lock forced. The train. No. 12 of the Sou&tern Railway, had halted and backed about a mile while train attaches searched for the woman, but they were unafyfc to find her. , The section master was summoned and a short time later lie located her sitting on a porch south of Stokeslaud and close to the railroad traefl. Miss Waddell was carried, to a Danville hospital for treatment. V ’> STATE VETERANS LOAN HELD CONSTITUTIONAL Judge Devin's Decision Affirmed by Cour.—Prerendeut Is Reviewed. Raleigh’, April f*.—North Carolina’s veterans loan act providing that $2,- 000.1100 m bonds be issued for world war veterans as farm and home loans, was upheld this afternoon by the Su preme court which in hrrndiftg down ■its weekly list of decisions affirmed the death judgment against Ernest Wolk er, who committed the four capital felonies under North Carolina's law. The loan act tinder friendly attack by R. S. Hinton and others against State Treasurer B. R. Lacy, Secretary W. N. Everett, Commissioner W. A. Graham, of the department of agri culture, Attorney General Dennis G. _ Rrummitt and Frank D. Grist, com missioner of labor and printing, Kfc*- wise John Hall Manning, commission er of the veterans loan, came up ftoito Wake county, Judge Devin, hearWg the evidence, held the act constitu tional and refused to allow Mr. Htttott to restrain these officials from isspjng 'the bonds. The plaintiff appealed add Justice Heriot Clarkson writes the opinion for the court. Justice Clarks<» first takes up the passage of the act and discusses tliP provisions which cover loans for ur ban and rural luwnes. The limit to be loaned any individual is $3,000. Drop Charges Against N. C. Cran ford. Albemarle, April 6. —A no! pros with leave was issued Tuesday after noon by Solicitor Don Phillips, in flbe-: case of the State of North Caroflhfif vs. Xevin C. Cranford, former eoft vict boss, who has been out under it SSOO bond since last summer on a charge of assault upon Henry Woot*en, negro convict. The State alleged that . XTpofen was dragged with a tractor. The trial of the former convict bnes for murder last Summer lasted ap proximately three weeks and a soused nation-wide interest, but Cranford«was freed. Solicitor Phillips stated that be was taking this action since he had made an' investigation during the past sev eral months and sinee the Supreme Court had handed down a decision on a similar case in the eastern part of the state. The defendant Cranford was not in, the court room. American Forest Week. Raleigh, April 7. (INS — Prep*r ing to encourage participation in the observance of American Forest Week, April 24-30, the Forestry Division of the Department of Conservation nnd Development is mailing out huudreds of folders, booklets, illustrations and pamphlets on forestry throughout the four corners of the State. These publications are being sent to schools, civic organizations; Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls, and other bodies interest in out-of-door subjects, urging them to tike part in bringing about a greater appreciationof the value of forests and the need of their conservation. Wmm Partly cloudy tonight, slightly cold er In central and east portion®, ex cept on the South coast; Friday in creasing cloudiness, probably follow ed by rain in extreme west portion. NO. 81
The Concord Times (Concord, N.C.)
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