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He *1 was greeted by immense cheering crowds, and officially welcomed by Premier Mussolini and other dig- I nitaries. r i STATE SHOUIJ) PROVE ' I GREAT HI NTING ground Effort and Attention Would .Make This State Famous as Hunting j S P«G Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh. June 16.—With the same amount of effort and attention North | Carolina opportunities 'for hunting I can be made more attractive than Pennsylvania affords, is the general impression gained by a special com mittee of the Board of Conservation and Development after a study of the law operations in that state, accord ing to a statement today by Maj. i Wade 11. Phillips, director. j The Pennsylvania system is out ; standing among* these of the country, and a number of states have adopted j many of the features in vogue there, i North Carolina's new statute being I one of these. j C ... t~ y •‘AVe were impressed,” declared l)i --j rector Phillips, “with the popularity, i success, and economy of the opera- I tion of the Pennsylvania game law. j "The success in that state demon ! strates what may be done toward de : veloping this natural resource in North Carolina where our natural advantages are much greater. Most of the game in Pennsylvania is ! grouped in a few counties, while vir ! tually all parts of North Carolina are well suited for this purpose. “In some sections of Pennsylvania, we were told, game increases so rapid ly in some years that restrictions are rni**pd temporarily to allow thinning 1 nut in order to prevent depredations ito crops. Due of the outstanding features of the laws affectftig natural resources in that state is the amount of authority given to the governor and commissions charged with their,! enforcement." .Members of the special North Cam- J lina committee, which studied the 1 Quaker State game laws, besides I)i --! rector Phillips, included Fred I. Sut ton, Kinston, chairman and introduc er of the new game law ; Ed. C. Cran ford. Asheboro; and J. Q. Gilkey, Marion. Terris Stops R. Goldstein. Polo Grounds, New York, June 15. —Rising after a smashing right to the chin that had just floored him for a count of nine. Sid Terris, crack New York lightweight, knocked out Rudy Goldstein, also of New York with a single right to the thin, in the first vound of their feature six-round match on the Catholic Boys’ charity show tonight. The weights were: Terris 133; Goldstein 138 1-2. Just before the feature bout, an autographed photograph of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, was auctioned off to the crowd. It was bought for SI,OOO by Edward Devlin. THE STOCK MARKET Reported by Fenner & Beane. (Quotations at 1:30 P. M.) Atchison, 181% American Tobacco B 134 American Smelting 166 American locomotive lOO% Atlantic Coast Line I^ ; > Allied Chemical 142% American Tel. & Tel. 160% American Can J ,4% Allis Chalmers 107% Baldwin Locomotive 216 Baltimore & Ohio llB% Bangor 01% American Brown __ 13% Bethlehem Steel 40% Chesapeake & Ohio 182% Corn Products 50% Certainteed 52% Chrysler __ 40 Coca-Cola 110% I DuPont __ '242 J Erie 53% ! Frisco 115% General Motors 201% General Electric Gold Dust 56% Hudson 84% Int. Tel. 139% Kenuecott Copper 02% Lorillard 31% Liggett & Myers B 117% Mack Truck 111% Mo.-Pacific Pfd. 107 Mo.-Pacific . 58% Norfolk & Western 180% Stand. Oil of N. Y. 30% New York Central 154 Pan. American B. 59% Producers Refiners 28% Rock Island 113% R. J. Reqnolds 137% Seaboard Air Line 37% Sou.-Pacific 114% Stand. Oil of N. J. 36% Southern Railway —128% Studebaker - 50% Texas Co. 48% Tobacco Products 102 U. S. Steel 122% Vick Chemical 00% Westinghouse 75 Western Md. 63% SI, LOUIS GETTING READ! TO WELCOME : CELEBRATED FLIER Col. Lindbergh Hopes to Reach Missouri City To morrow Afternoon—Re ception Is Planned. WILL MAKE THE TRIP IN PLANE • Noted Airman Plans to Land in the Field From Which He Took Off on 2nd Leg of Long Flight. St. Louis, June 16.— (A>) —St. Louis today W(Mv ready to bellow forth a tu multuous welcome to his celebrated flyer, Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh. The details necessary to make the homecoming celebration the most elab orate ever accorded a St. Louisiau have been completed, and the city awaits impatiently the arrival of the noted birdman in “The Spirit of St. I Louis," scheduled for 4 o’clock tomor-1 row afternoon. After nearly three weeks of work,! a committee of 300 men and women have formulated plans for six public functions to take place during the three day. celebration for Colonel Lind bergh. The homecoming celebration will start about 3:30 o'clock tomorrow when the flyer is scheduled to wing his way across the Mississippi River. Naval reserves stationed on the river between the East and municipal bridges will signal his approach. The signal will set off a din of whistles, sirens and bells. Crossing the Mississippi between the two birdges, Colonel Lindbergh will circle the city before bringing the “Spirit of St. Louis" down to earth on the Labert. St. Louis flying field, fif teen miles from the downtown dis j trict. The ceremony at the flying field will be brief. Governor Sam A. Baker and Mayor Victor Miller will extend official greetings, after which Colonel Lindbergh will be conducted in an automobile to the home of Harry F. Knight, one of the backers of the flyer’s New York to Paris flight. No reception has been a ringed for him j that night. Saturday morning the aviator will head a gigantic parade through the ! residential and business sections of the city, and in the afternoon he will j participate in the championship flag raising ceremonies by thf>\ St. Louis Cardinals at Sportsman’s Park. That night he will be guest of honor at a dinner at the Chase Hotel, attended by approximately 1,500 persons. THE STOCK MARKET Market Made Further Recovery To day From Sharp Recession of Tues day. New York. June 10. —04 3 )—The stock market today made further re covery from the fdiarp recession of Tuesday, with the heaviest buying in the railroad group and certain estab lished industrial leaders. Strength of these issues contrasted, however, with unnrstakable signs of forced liquid tion in a handful of specialties. The close was irregular. Sales ap prox imated 2.200.000 shares. With Our Advertisers. Rfird’s Chain Sale continues through Saturday, July 2nd, and for the trade event many unusual bargains have been arranged. Special values now in silk and silk hosiery, each being sold at prices much lower than usual. Read new half-page ad. in this paper to see some of the bargains being offered New socials arc being added daily for the 9 Big Economy Event days at Belk's Department Store. Wash frocks at $4.95. $5.95. $0.85, and $9.75 at the Gray Shop. Just the thing needed at this season of tiie year. The Starnes-Miller-Parker Co. can aid you in securing complete watch satisfaction. The Bell-Harris Furniture Co. has received a number of “Lucky Lindy records. “Lindbergh" and “The Flight bf Lucky Lindbergh" are two of the specials. Call to hear them. The J. C. Penny Co. is offering a 26-piece * set of Rogers’ table silver ware for $5.90 Also bathing suits, voile, organdie, silks, pongee aud other merchandise at prices most at tractive. New ad. in this paper enumerates many of the unusual bar gains offered at this store. Non-Drinkers’ Wine. Bucharest, .Tune 10. —(A. P.) ScoffaSvs among the Lipovan tribes of the Bucovina and Bessarabian sections of Rumania have a peculiar way of breaking their prohibition laws. In their scot of the old Russian Church the drinking of alcoholic liquor is forbidden. The thirsty Lipo vans do not drink. They “eat" their liquor with a spoon instead of put ting their lip* to the glass. Miss Fish’s Condition Improved. Salisbury, June 16. —(/$*)—Miss Caro Fish! of Raleigh, prominent ciety girl who has been in the Salis bury Hospital since March 25, when seriously injured in an automobile ac cident near here, underwent a second blood transfusion yesterday afternoon, and this morning.is reported as show ing some improvement. Her cond : - tiou has been serious for some time. CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1927 I RUMORS THAT TWO FRENCH ACES ARE !| SAFE DISCREDITED ' {People in Canada Hope Ru ! mors Are True But Have Nothing to Verify Them in Developments Today. WATCHERS~SEE MORE FLARES? During the Night Watch ers Along Saguenay Riv er Saw Something They Thought Were Signals. Quebec. Canada, June 10.—t^ 5 ) —A rumor that Nungesser and Coli, the missing French aviators, bad been found on the Khipshaw I River, was generally discredited today. * The rumor originated in a tele phone conversation, an employee of a large corporation in the district north of the Baguena.v River had with his mother in Quebec City. He is said to j have told her the missing flyers were I there alive and safe. Government of- I ticials and lumber companies, however, declared they could find no verifica tion. They said the rumor probably was based on flares seen in the country northeast of Saguenay River, which, it was thought, might have been sent up by the missing airmen- Though. They Saw More Flares. Chicoutimi, Quebec. June 10.—( A y ) — Reports received here today from tow er men employed in the Lake St. John district stated that they again had sighted last night what they believe were distress signals coming from the direction of St. Germaine township. It is in this district that flares pre viously have been reported, leading to the hope that the signals might come from the missing French aviators, Nungesser and Coli. The tower men were of the opinion that the flashes were made by fuses. THREE ARE HURT AS TRUCK TURNS OVER Three Unknown Persons Have Nar row Escape on Concord-Charlotte Highway Late Last Night Three unknown persons, two white Mi* ««id a negro, were slightly hurt about 11 o’clock Wednesday night on; the Concord-Charlotte highway, when the large Reo speed wagon in which they were ridiug overturned on the Rocky River bridge. The fact that the occupants of the truck escaped serious injury is described as mirncul uous by passing motorists The truck was one of the fleet of transports used by the United States Film Transport Corporation, Char lotte, in collecting and distributing motion pictures at the various theatres in this section of North Carolina. The truck was travelling in the di rection of Concord when the mishap occurred. Conflicting stories are told as to the cause of the accident. One story quotes the driver as saying that as he approached the bridge that two men were sighted, at the side of the southern end of the bridge, one of which was believed to have been hold ing a pistol in liis hand. The driver thought that he was about to be held up. At that instance he swerved the truck to the right of the highway, the truck fenders striking the guards of the bridge approach, causing the ma chine to almost turn completely around and overturn in the middle of the concrete bridge. The truck was bad ly damaged and contained several valuable films, some of which were damaged. Still another story of the accident describes the driver swerving the car to the right to avoid striking two boys who were on the bridge. None of the proprietors of local theatres kenw them. I)r. R. W. Fisher, Concord dentist, who was returning to Concord, passed along the bridge about one hour fol lowing the accident, and brought the driver to the Concord Hospital for examination. The man was sauknot to have been seriously hurt. TJie other occupants were rushed to Con cord before the driver. They were not seriously hurt, it was said. Trucks of the United States Film Corporation pass through Concord daily on their missions of delivering and collecting pictures. Traffic on the Concord-Charlotte highway was blocked for some few minutes until the truck could be re moved to the side of the bridge to permit cars to pass. Enters Church, Negro Parson Is Arrested. Greensboro, June 15. —W. B. Wynn, parson of a negro church here, had the peculiar experience today of ar rest for entering his own church. A group of the officers charge he tres passed after warned to stay away. Wynn says he has the backing of every member save ten. It was with these that a general fiight occurred some mouths ago Chaplin Suit Has Been Set For August 22. Los Angeles, June 15.—The divorce suit of Lita Grey Chaplin against her film comedian husband, Charles Spen cer Chaplin, today was set for trial August 22 / Shrimrs Will Meet in Miami. Atlantic City, N. J., June 16. —04*) —Miami today won the Shriners convention for next year. It outbid Cleveland and Minneapolis. | Better Schools at Less Cost Are Becoming Reality in State The Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel By J. C. BASKERVILL |j Raleigh, June 16.—Better schools at 1 1 less dost are already becoming a real- J • ity and the goal of the State depart iment of public instruction to provide better schools and better teachers at . a decreasing cost to the taxpayers is rapidly being reached, according 'to - the analysis of school expenditures I j presented in the most recent issue of {"School Facts", just off the press to day. For the total school expenditures for the year 1925-20 show a decrease * of $1*534,637 over the school expendi- Jures for 1924-25 despite the fact that fiore children were enrolled —818,739, • as compared with 809.834 the year previous—and despite the fact that there were more teachers, better pre r pared and better paid. And the per ♦apitn cost lias been reduced from *41.90 per pupil to $39.63, or $2.33 lens than the preceding year. t Then how has it been possible to bring about this saving, and with no 1 decrease in the efficiency of the school system of the state? The answer Is found in the fact, , that while current expenses—teach i , ers’ salaries and all other expenses in ; cidental to the operation of the schools , —have increased steadily from year . to year, and most rapidly from 1919 to 1926, the expenditures for new buildings and new school property . have decreased in the last year. These expenditures are chassitied as “capi : tal outlay" to distinguish them from expenditures for "current expenses.’’ The reason for this is obvious. When the awakening of the public mind to the need for more adequate schools and equipment started in 1919 there followed a six-year period of , unusual activity, in which the rate of new building and expenditure of money for capital outlay went far ahead of the increase in expenditure* for running expenses. And this in- became largest in 1923, 1924 ami 1925. Now. however, as a re sult of this intensive building and txpausion, the peak seems to have been reached in expenditures for cap ital outlay, with the result that dur ing the past year 1925-26, much less was spent for new buildings and equip ment than the year previous with a resultant decrease in the total amount of school / expenditures. j=.". ■ ■. . . FINDS $1,263; REWARD A SECOND HAND CIGAR Nmr Kngisutder Is Now Wondering Whether Honesty Really Is Best Policy. Boston, June 10.—The adage that “honesty is the best policy” doesn’t appeal to Fred I). Rankin of 59 Commonwealth Park, He used to belive in it. but after receiv ! ing a 7-cent cigar as a reward for finding $1,203 and returning it to its owner, he is now beginning to won deb. While walking in front of the First National Bank at No. 1 Federal Street last week, Rankin noticed a man peering anxiously into the gut ter. His face was covered with sweat, and, thinking that something was lost, Rankin joined in the hunt.’ After a moment Rankin picked up from the mud a package of bills, and a deposit slip, held together by an elastic band. He walked toward the anxious man and asked him if he had lost anything. When the proper iden tification of the mony was made Ran kin turned it over to him. With a murmur of thinks the an xious searcher reached into his pocket, produced the 7-cent cigar, proffered it to Rankin and ran into the bank Rankin.looked at the cigar, noticed that the end was broken, and tossed it high into the air in the midst of the J crowd. Mrs. F. M. Williams Very 111 at Newton. Newton, June 15. —Mrs. Fannie Ransom Williams, wife of # F. M. Williams, retired newspaper man of Newton, had a stroke of paralysis Friday night, and litle hope is en tertained for her recovery. Her chil dren, It. R. Williams, Asheville; D. M- Williams, Durham: Macon M. Williams, Lenoir; Mrs. Herma Hicks, Rocky Mount; Mrs. N. BJ Aderholdt, Scotland Neck; Mr*. Carl Thompson, Davidson, and Mas* Fannie Williams are all at her oed side. Mrs. Williams is oiie of the best known women in North Caro 'ina, being vice president of the United Daughters of the Con federacy. which makes her national- j ly known. She was for a number of j years president of the North Caro- j lina division of this organization, j Mr*. Williams is also the organizer of the Daughters of the Confederacy in this section and ha* been known and loved by every soldier in this and adjoining counties for more than 35 years. Dr. Wishart Case Nears Close. Charlotte, June 16.—<*>)—The case of Dr. W. E. Wishart, prominent physician and J Marion Smith, auto mobile salesman, on trial in Mecklen burg Superior Court on charges pre ferred bv Margaret Jane Carpenter, of Hickory, will go t,o the jury tomor row unless a night session is decided on for tonight. Both 1 state ami the dual defense rested shortly after noon. Attorneys began six hours argument. Reorganize B. Y. P. U. The officer* and teachers of the Suudav School of the McGill Street Baptist Church wish to announce that tonight there will be a reorganization of the Senior. B. Y. P. U. and a so cial immediately following the reor ganization. Every member of the ’ church who is eligible for a Senior 1 B. Y. I*. IT. is urged to be present on this occasion. ! Thus it is that despite a steady in j crease in the current school expense* over the state that the total school t expenditures are decreasing, due vo -1 the fact that the bulk of the bigger -: building programs have been com f* J pleted and explains the reduction of t j the cost of the schools from $33,978.- s 1 062 in 1924-25 to $32,443,426. > j But there are many other interest s ing facts brought out in the presenta f, tion of the various statistic* dealing - l with school' expenditures.,. For with in 25 years, the total expenditures in < the state have increased from $1,250,- , 00 in 1901 to $32,443,426. • . i In 1901 there were but 435,183 Jchi’dren enrolled in the public Schools j < i and in 1926 there were 818.739. •! The per capita pupil cost of the j t j schools in 1901 was but $2.87 per; . I year, while the present per capital , . ‘ pupil cost is $39.63. j Only 59 per cent, of the children • enrolled attended school in 1901, while ; in 1926 more than 74 per cent, of, f : the children attended school daily. ) ) The average annual salary of a 1 I white teacher in 1901 was $98.77, and of a colored teacher, $79.85. In 1926 the average salary of a white teacher • was $853.23 a year, and of a colored teacher $467.43 annually. The average length of the school ’ term in the white schools was but 86 days in 1901, and only 79 days in I the colored schools. At present the average term in the white school* i* i 149.1 days and in the colored schools! 1 138.3 days. j But despite the tremendous progress 1 which has been made in the past 25 years, the expenditures of this state for education are by no mean* ex ee*sive and are still far short from what many other states are expend ing. While the per capita cost of the schools in North Carolina is but $39.63 annually, the average per capita cost in the United States as a whole is $74.96. The per capita cost for the five leading state* in the country in 1923-24 are as follows: Nevada, $132.23; New York, $125.97; Cali fornia, $121.55; New Jersey, $118.84; Wyoming, $112.87. And for the five leading southern states: Maryland, $79.94; West Virginia, $56.21; Ok lahoma, $49.94; Louisiana, $49.46; Missouri, $49.41. Thus it would seem that the school cost in North Carolina is excessive. EASTERN STAR CHIEFS NAMED Routine Business and Addresses Oc / copy Day at Salisbury Convention. Salisbury, June 15. —Election of officers and disposal of routine busi ness, coupled with a number of ad dresses. featured today’s sessions of the Order of the Easter Star in ses sion here. Tomorrow night the meet ings will come to a close with the installation of the grand officers, an address 'by J. W. Hall, Grand Patron of Alabama and the final business I session and rending of minutes. Mrs. Alice Parker, of Farmville, and Leon Cash, of Winston-Salem, were elected grand worthy matron and grand worthy patron for the ensuing year. Other officers elected were: Mrs. Grace Edwards of Charlotte, associate grand matron; Marshall Dilling Gas tonia, associate grand patron; Mrs. Emma Siler, Siler City, re-elected grand secretary; Mrs. Moffit Hender son. Hickory, grand conductress ; Mrs. Sallie Good sou, Salisbury, associate grand conductress. Appointive officers were announced •by Mrs. ’Parker as follows: J. A. North, Wilmington, grand chapfin; Mrs. Ruby Jones, Farmville, grand marshall; Mrs. Joyce Finlator, Char lotte, grand Ada; Mrs. Minnie Rey j nolds, Asheville, grand Ruth; Mrs. Bessie Thompson, Rocky Mount, grand Ester; Mrs. Estella Lewis, New Bern, grand Martha ; Mrs. Laura Fisher, Concord, grand eledta; Mrs. India Ramsay, Raleigh, grand warden: C. D. Roberts, Monroe, grand sentinel. The session this morning was taken up almost entirely with business mat ters. After the opening, naming of committees and reports from various groups, occupied practically all of the time. The jurisprudence committee, with numerous recommendations for the good of the chapters, had the most lengthy report. The afternoon sessions tomorrow call for talks on the Oxford orphan age by Superintendent R. L. Brown ; final reports of committees, a reading by Mrs. Daisy Mae Davis, invitations j for the next place of meeting and ! announcement of appointive officers. ! New Method of Advertising Revival Services. I Lexington, June 15. —Evangelist , Fisa«er, Presbyterian minister, who i has been conducting evangelistic meetings in this city for the past two month*, introduced an entirely new method of advertising a re vival meeting here recently when a party of enthusiast* toured tthe city land the village of Erlanger between 5 and 6 o’clock in the morning. The tour was for the purpose of awaken ing the city and the party used a large drum and slide trombone, i which were accompanied by singing. The procession moved slowly through I the re*idential sections of the eity‘> ! and the people were awakened by j the noise of the drum and singing, j A large placard was displayed an-| nouncing the evangelistic meetings, i which are held in an airdrome near 'the business section of the city ‘ j The novel method of announcing the revival meetings is said to be the first of its kind ever used in Ameri '' can evengelistic history, and Evange -1 list Fraser declared tthat God had ■ directed fyim to use the method. k 1 ■ •' For many years the hammer throw i ers used a straight wooden handle and | the record was 147 feet. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. WARNING WILL NOT {BE SOVIET milfoil ■I I League of Nations Council Deems It Best Not to Send Note For Fear of Arousing Sentiment. MOSCOwIvHGHT NOT UNDERSTAND Concerted Action Might Lead to Belief That Unit ed Front Is Being Form ed Against Soviet Union. Loudon. June I(s.— (4*) —Fear of ( arousing Russian nationalistic feeling to a dangerous point has earned abandonment of the plan for a con certed warning by the European pow ers against further communist propa ganda abroad, and‘alleged terrorism by the soviets at home. In reconsidering their original de cision the foreign ministers now in Geneva for the league of nations coun cil are said to have concluded that formal collective action of tlie nature contemplated might create the impres sion in Moscow that a united front was being formed against the soviet union. Slayer of Russian Minister Sentenced. Warsaw, Poland, June 16.—( A *)— Life imprisonment with the loss of civil rights is the sentence prouounc ed on Boris Kowseda for the assassi nation of Peter Voikoff, soviet minis ter at Warsaw. The court decided, however, to i>e tition the president to commute the j sentence to 15 years’ servitude. D. A. R. REGENT IS . SPEAKER TUESDAY AT FLAG SERVICE Mrs. E. C. Gregory, of Salis-! bury, Delivers Chief Ad dress at Patriotic Meeting Held at Kannapolis. Mrs. E. C. Gregory, of Salisbury, regent of the D. A. It. chkpter in North Carolina and sponsor of the living flag movement, was, the priaci- j pal speaker at the impressive flag ex-; ereises held at the Kannapolis Y. | M. C. A. Tuesday night. Mrs. L. I A. Peeler presented the speaker. Mrs. Gregory delivered a message j on the history of “Old Glory.” and spoke in glowing terms of the epochal flight of the intrepid Col. Charles Lindbergh across the waste of the At lantic from New York to Paris. She lauded him as a “sweet, simple, brave American boy,” and declared that the North Carolina Flag Association will seek to bring Lirnly to this state on a visit very soon. Another feature of the flag service was! the organization of a Flag Group at Kannapolis with a membership of 63 persons. E. J. Sharpe, secretary of the Y. M. C. A., who presided over the meeting, was made the first mem ber. The group was named in honor of Mrs. ,T. W. Cannon, of Concord. I'. S. Senator Lee S. Overman was unable to take part on the program because of a pressing engagement in Washington in regard to the Char lotte radio question. Charlotte is seek ing to increase the watt power of its radio station. Col. James Moss, di rector general of the Flag Associa tion of the United States, was also unab'.e to be present and sent his regrets. The Flag Day observance at Kan napolis Tuesday was the first in the history of the Towel City. Better Homes Committees Meet. The furnishing committee for the girl's the model home, at Jackson park, to be opened to the public June 28th, met Tuesday after noon to'plan the furnishings for this room. The committee for furnishings of the living and dining rooms as semble at the cottage of Mrs. It. A. Sappenfield at Jackson Park Friday at 2 p. m. to plan the furnishings for these rooms. On Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock the beautification com mittee meets at the office of the Miss Ophelia Barker, home demonstration agent, at the County building. Expect Gardner To Use “Better Homes” Slogan. Raleigh, June 15. —“Better rural homes,” will be a slogan of the next administration, if the expected hai>- l>ens and O. Max Gardner is elected governor in 11)28, George Ross, chief of the division of. markets who said tonight on his return from Shelby, that he was amazed by what has been done there for rural families. [can YOU SCORE j TEN ON THESE?] I—What is the derivation of the | term, Almighty Dollar? * \ 2—Who wrote the song, Old Folks at Home? 3 What is Ambrosia? 4 Who was the Father of Angl ing? 5 What is the Cartesian philoso phy? 6 What is Caledonia? 7 Who was Guisippe Garibaldi? 8— What was his occupation while living in the United States. o—Who was Brandy Nan? 10—What was the Charter Oak? | BP'S FLIGHT IS - .luAill DELAYED BY l| . STORMS OVER SEA [ Weather Men Tell Airman >• He Has No Chance for Flight to Paris Until Sat ! urday at Earliest. | BYRD REACHES >! LONG ISLANP Jffis Plane is Fueled and) •j Provisioned for the Tn* | Which Depends Upon J the Weather. New York, June 16.—OP)—With ; his tri-motored Fokker monoplane I America fueled and provisioned for its projeeter flight to Paris, Color marnler Richard E. Byrd today faced) a probably delay of several days iu his takeoff, due to unfavorable weath er conditions. 1 Atmospheric conditions over the At lantic could hardly be worse than at present, the weather bureau an nounced. “There is no chance for a, trans-Atlantic flight by Friday,” said* Forecaster .Tames Scarr, who also de clared the outlook after tomorrow is not very good. Goes To I»ng Island. New York, June 16.—(/P)—Com mander Richard E. Byrd and Mrs. Byrd arrived from Virginia at the Pennsylvania terminal today, and hur riedly boarded a train for Long Is land. The Commander, who will hop- off for Paris as soon as the weathfr is -favorable, did not pause to talk with anyone.. According to the train conduct*)#, the couple studied charts during the trip. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Steady Today at an Advance of 3 Points to Decline of 2 Points. New York, .Tune i 6 A 1 ) —The cot ton market opened steady today at au advance Os 3 points to a decline of 2 points. There was some further covering, particularly by near month shorts, but demand wns much less ac tive after the buying of yesterday and prices soon eased under realizing or j liquidation promoted by the. more fav i orable view of weather and crop con i' ditions. October sold off to 16.06 and Jau ! uary to 17.26. the market showing net losses of about 0 to 10 points by the end of the first hour. The market at midday was steady. Cotton futures opened steady: July 16.74; Oct. 17.05: Dec. 17.20; Jau. 17.37; March 17.51. MISSISSIPPI RISES AT GREENVILLE, MISS. Part of Old Residential See Mon of City May Be Flooded. Greenville. Miss.. June 16. —( A *)— The Miss : ssippi River today was creeping toward houses in the old res idential section of Greenville which is not protection by the protection levee that guards the business district and part of the residential section, but barring further rains residents felt they were safe. The protection levee has been sack ed and was holding, although engi neers warned that the situation still was dangerous. A rise of .1 foot was reporteu in the last 24 hours, while the backwater rose less than au inch. New Insect Pest in State. Raleigh. N. (’., June 16. — (INS) —- North Carolina today has a new in sect pest that is approaching propor tions of an outbreak, according to G. H. Brannon, extension entomologist at State College, who has just re turned from Piedmont Carolina where he studied the new Wheat Joint Worm recently discovered iu Stanly county. Fully fifty p»*r cent of the- crop 1 has been destroyed in some fields iu Stanly county by the work, accord ing to Brannon who said he found no specimens in Mecklenburg coun ty but did find some in Davidson, Rowan and Forsyth counties. The injury, he said is caused by a small black-winged ijisect resemb ling the flying ant. In May these in sects attack the wheat plants, laying eggs at the second or third joint where the worm remains feeding .on the inside of the stem. Eventually this cuts off the supply of food and water going to tin* plant and if it does not fall over, it produce* a very light head. As a general rule, tbp wheat plant topples over and the i head is lost when the gram is har vested. Although this jwst has been known in Virginia since 1848. Brannon said, it has not been found in North Carolina heretofore, according to aR available records. One of the strangest cargoes that ever left the port of Portland, Me., was that carried by the steamship C. A. Snyder, which sailed the other day 1 with a cargo of salt water for the fish in the New York Aquarium. mvm Fair tonight, Friday increasing cloudiness; not much change in tem perature. NO. 103