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THE CONCORD TIMES
J. B. SHERRILL. Editor and Publisher
■ MORGANTON’S PROTEST
; IS BACKED BY BRIDGES
■ Pardon Commissioner Reported No
Raving Mobs Following Killing oif
Outlaw.
Raleigh, 1 July 6. —Morganton and
Burke county protests that their citi
, zens got more than average notoriety
over their Broadus Miller case, and
that the newspapers did them rather
> unkindly, seem to be supported of
ficially Jby Pardon Commissioner
Bridges, who. sent to the seat of war
• and there more of the time, saw lit
tle or nothing of. the'raving mobs
which were given such a dose of dra
matics.
Mr. Bridges does not controvert in
his report. He seems to have writ
ten as though had had read no other
reports. What he relates in his of
j ticial communication to Governor Mc
; Lean, puts no county official of Burke
i and absolves the excited community
l of any participation in an orgy of
; torture and mutilation. Parts of Mr.
I Bridges' report read :
"I reached Morganton early Satur
i day, and immediately had a conference
j with the sheriff of Burke county and
| the attorney of the sheriff., We de
cided upon the placing of one or two
high powered cars in the vicinity of
| the section in which the negro was
hiding in order to rush the negro to
some unknown location for safekeep
ing if captured' alive. Due to the
i fact that the place in which Broadus
j Miller was supposed to be hiding was
very inacesxible and densely wooded
the search necessarily was conducted
by a large group of men. However,
in my opinion the search was con
ducted in as orderly a manner as pos
sible under the circumstances.
‘‘Sunday morning at 9 :30 the sher
iff of Burke received a telephone call
stating that the negro was hiding
dose to Ashford, near the Linville
Falls postoffice, about 50 miles from
Morganton. The sheriff's attorney,
| the sheriff and 1 immediately went
I to Ashford by automobile and arrived
! about 30 minutes after the negro had
, been shot by one of the searchers.
I immediately investigated the cir-
I cuinstances under which Broadus Mill
jer was shot and found that Commodore
Burleson, a white man, who had
' formerly held the position of city
policeman of Morganton, while search
ing for the negro in a densely wooded
seethm was t«>hi -bv the negro to halt.
The negro at the time pointed a 12- I
gunge single barrel shotgun at Burle
son. whereupon Burleson shot a .45
caliber pistol at the negro and dropped
behind a stump. The negro immediate
ly shot the shotgun at the said Bur
leson and the load was discharged
| into the stump behind which Coin
i modore Burleson had dropped. Bur
leson shot six times, killing the al
leged slayer with the last shot. The
body was immediately placed in an
automobile and rushed to Morganton
for the purpose of identification, pass
ing us as we were coming to Ash
ford.
“As soon as we returned to Mor
ganton we found the body inside of
the courthouse and it was identified
as that of Broadus Miller by 10 or 12
men who had formerly worked with
the negro and by the wife of the
negro. A crowd immediately formed,
intent upon looking at the body of
the negro. Some one attempted to
drag the negro out, but he was im
mediately threatened with arrest and
I am informed that the negro was
carried out for the purpose of allow
ing the crowd to see the body. Some
one in the crowd attempted to kick
the body, whereupon such person was
immediately arrested. As a precau
tionary measure and fearing the pos
sibility of mutilation to the body, I
strongly advised that * the body be
shipped for burial to some unknown
destination and that it be carried in
the jail and locked up pending such
shipment. The Honorable S. J. Ervin,
Jr., the attorney for the sheriff, strong
ly indorsed this recommendation, as
well as the county officials, and at
6:30 the body was shipped to States
ville for burial under guard. I also
requested Burleson to use his influence
with the crowd in preserving order
and he promised to do all that he
could to assist in preserving order.
The crowd which gathered seemed
i to be entirely orderly with few ex
ceptions, however, rather desirous of
seeing the hotly of the alleged slayer
through curiosity.
“Iu my opinion the slaying of Miller
was necessary and justifiable. I am
also of the opinion that the deceased
negro is Broadus Miller, the slayer
of Gladys Kincaid, and the county
officials worked diligently and wisely
in taking precautionary measures for
the purpose of preserving law and
order.”
Eflrd’s Annual July Clearance Sale.
Efird’s Annual Clearance Sale be
gins Friday, July Bth. In a full page
ad. today they give you a list of a few
of the hundreds of items they have
for you at big bargains. Everything
in ready-to-wear, men’s and boys
suits, shoes, dress goods, piece goods,
hosiery, men’s and boys’ furnishings,
house furnishings, etc.
Read the ad.*and you will see some
prices that will surprise you.
Not Send More Troops to Tsingtao.
London, July 7— Owing to re
assuring news from Shantung, says a
Reuter message from Tokio, the Jap
anese war office has decided to post
i pone the dispatch of troops from
i Dairen, Manchuria, to Tsingtao.
t
i The State of lowa prhduces over
i ten per cent of the raw products of
. the United States^
AN AERIAL PARADE
ACROSS IRE OCEAN
IS BEING PLANNED
Plans for Four Non-Stop
Flights From New York
to Europe Announced
Today in New York.
NOTED AIRMAN TO
MAKE THE FLIGHT
Capt. Rene Fonck, Lloyd
W. Bertaud, Gotthard
Strophschein and Gladys
Roy Planning Flights.
New York, July 7.— (A 3 ) —An aerial
parade across the Atlantic loomed as
a possibility today with announcement
of plans for four new non-stop flights
fi'oin New York to Europe.
Spurred by the achievements of
Lindbergh. Chamberlain and Byrd the
new expedition disclosed elaborate
plans for flights to Paris, to Rome
and to an unnamed destination in
Europe in planes ranging in size from
Lindbergh’s little Spirit of St. Louis
to proportions greatly exceeding the
gianar America of Commander Byrd.
Veteran aviators, stunt flyers, one
of them a woman, and a designer of
a yet to be built steam-driven biplane,
were named as members of the new.
expeditions. Takeoffs from New York
were announced for as early as next
month and as late as next year.
Captain Rene Fonck, French war
ace. is preparing for a flight to Paris.
Lloyd W. Bertaud, air mail pilot
deposed by Charles A. Levine as co
pilot on the flight of the Bellanca
monoplane Columbia, is planning a
3,000 mile ride to Rome.
Miss Gladys Roy. stunt flyer and
parachute jumper, is also contemplat
ing a journey to Rome.
Gotthard Strohscheiu, Jersey City
inventor and former Chicago min
ister, • hopes to reach Europe in a
giant steam-driven biplane.
BIG PLANE 18 NAMED
“MISS WINSTON-SALEM”
Miss Mary Reynolds. Sister of Richard'
J., Christens Giant Tri-Motored
Fokker.
. 0- sing a
bottle of real champagne, Miss Mary
Reynolds, sister of Richard J. Rey
nolds, Jr., broke the flask over a giant
Fokker monoplane on Maynard field,
near here, this afternoon at five
o’clock, christening it “Mias Winston-
Salem/’
Christening was performed first
prior to the official test flight of the
plane with its “voice from the air”
apparatus which enabled people on
the streets of Winston-Salem to hear
distinctly the voice in the plane give
an impromptu entertainment. The
strains of Dixie floated down from the
sky aad other popular songs.
The tri-motored plane was in charge
of Richard J. Reynolds, Jr., who is a
director in the Plane Speaker corpora
tion, the concern that is behind the
airplane speaking unit and who is
also preident of Reynolds Airways,
Incorporated.
The official test flight of plane and
loud sj>enker was entirely satisfactory,
those behind it said.
Large crowds had gathered on the
streets to hear the tests and also at
Maynard field for the christening.
The machine ns it went into the
air weighted around 10,000 pounds
and carried 200 gallons of gasoline.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady Today at an Advance
of 3 Points to Decline of 1 Point.
New York, July 7.— (A 3 ) —The cot
ton market opened steady today at
an advance of 3 points to a decline
of 1 point. Some overnight buying
orders accounted for the advance on
early new crop positions, but Liver
pool was lower than due, while the
early weather news was considered
favorable, and prices soon turned
easier.
Trading remained very quiet, how
ever, and fluctuations were narrow.
October eased off from 17.14 to 17.07,
the general market showing net losses
of about 3 to 7 points at the end of
the first hour.
The market later remained very
quiet. At midday, October was sell
ing around 17.08, with new crop'
months generally showing net declines
of 2 to 4 points, while July was 7
points net lower.
futures opened steady : July
16.89; Oct. 17.14; Dec. 17.33; Jan.
17.37; March 17.56.
\ "
Bluejackets to Land.
Shanghai, July 7.—(A>) —Advices
from Tokio state that dispatches re
ceived at the Japanese foreign office
today told of an agreement reached
at Tsingtao Shantupg last night, by
which the United States would land
1,000 bluejackets there, and Great
Britain send a.pontingent from Shang
hai.
The advices said the agreement
was reached at a conference of the
British, Japanese, German and Amer
ican consuls at Tsingtao.
Gangsters Found Guilty.
Marion, 111., July 7. — (A 3 ) —Rado
Millich and Eural Gowan, Birger
gangsters were found guilty today
of murdering Ward “Casey” Jones,
a fellow gunman, last October. Mil
lich was sentenced to death and
Gowan to 25 years imprisonment.
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY7, 1927
I What Can Be Done About the
I - Equalization Fund at Present?
The Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
I Raleigh, July 7. —Now that the
I $3,200,000 school equalization fund
has been distributed and from all ac
' counts and puropses, in strict con*
formity with tin* law, what can be
done about it, even though ten or a
( dozen dissatisfied counties appear be
fore the equalization board here tOr
■ morrow in vocal protest at the amount
l they have received?
The .secretary of the board, Leßoy
Martin, doesn’t, know; it is not befr
lieved that Lieutenant Governor Long,
chairman of the board, knows, or that
i; the individual members of the board
know. So it appears that the meet
ing will be chiefly for the purpose of
permitting these dissatisfied and some
what irate counties to let off steam*
And that is about all.
This appears the case following
rather an extensive analysis of the
law creating the State equalization
board, just made by Assistant Attor
ney General Frank Nash, who after
outlining the act and the functions
which it authorizes the board to per
form states:
“It is manifest from this short re
capitulation (of the act) that the crux
of the whole situation is in the valua
tion fixed by the State board upon
the property of counties. If in a
particular county, however, the valua
tion was less than was just and fair,
that county’s participation in the
equalizing fund would be excessive.
“The whole matter, however, has
been placed in the hands of the State
board of equalization and their ac
tion in the matter is not subject to
the control of any other department
of the State government. The gov
ernor himself in no way participates
in their deliberations and has no au
thority to call the board together to
reconsider any action that it has tak
en
“If it has made a patent mistake,
or if facts collected by others should
show that it has not properly valued
property in any particular instance,
then of course a body of men selected
as this would, no doubt, upon such
ALIBI FOR AGREE IS
OFFERED AT TRIAL
Witness Said Defendant Was at His
Home at Time of Alleged Flogging, i
Toccoa, Ga„ July 7.— (A 3)—Testi
mony that W. G. Aeree was at the
home of a neighbor doctoring a sick
cow on the night when a robed and
masked band of men flogged MwU
Aiwdey Bowers and her sou,
was offered by the defense today short- ’
ly before resting its side at the trial J
of Acree on charges of assault with j
intent to murder in connection with j
the flogging.
M. B. Mooney, Earmer, told the I
jury that he. Jesse Jordan, Mose Jor- j
dan and Bart Lowry went to Toccoa j
on the night of the flogging to get a
veterinarian to treat liis cow, and un-
to find a veterinarian, they call
ed on Acree when they met him on
the street.
This testimony followed close on
the declaration of Lloyd Bowers that
he had recognized Acree among the
men who flogged him and his mother.
Mrs. Bowers testified yesterday that
she knew Acree to be one of her as
sailants.
BOERSIG PAYS FOR HIS
CRIME WITH HIS LIFE
Man Convicted of Beating Children to
Death Electrocuted in the Virginia
Prison.
Richmond, July 7.' — (A 3 )—Louis F.
Boersig. convicted of beating to death
two small children at Alexandria last
March, was electrocuted at the Vir
ginia state penitentiary here today.
He was taken into the death chamber
at 7 a. m., and the switch was thrown
shortly afterward.
The crime for which Boersig was
convicted was extremely brutal. He
went to the home of Mrs. Ridgeway,
and asked for a drink of water. As
Mrs. Ridgeway turned to get the
water, he knocked her down, clubbed
her two little girls, Loretta and Cath
erihe, and took SBS from the bureau
drawer and escaped.
BODY OF LeBOUEF IS
LOCATED IN LAKE
Body Had Been Mutilated and
Weighted Down With Irons in the
Lake.
Morgan City, La., July 7.— (A 3 ) —
The body of James J. Leßouef, su
perintendent of the Louisiana Public
Utilities Company, who had been mu
tilated, shot and gagged, was found
weighted down with irons in a lake
here today.
He had been mussing from his home
since Friday when he is said to have
left in a boat borrowed from a friend.
Connie Mack Sends Ehmke Back
Home.
Boston. July s.—Manager Connie
Mack of the Athletics, now playing
a series with Boston, announced to
day that he had sent Howard
Ehmke, lanky right handed pitcher,
home to Phi'adelphia. The charge
against Ehmke is that he is “in no
condition to pitch baseball ” Th“
Philadelphia manager said he did
not expect that Ehmke would rejoin
. the club in the present lengthy road
’ trip, which ends July 25.
Ehmke was knocked out of the
i box in the first inning of the second
game of yesterday’s doubleheader
and was marked up as the losing
pitcher.
A telegram of 'greeting received by
Colonel Lindbergh from Minnesota
was signed by 17,000 people.
x To the brave, trials are but step
ping-stones to Triumphs.
suggestion, not only be willing but
anxious to give a hearing to those who
1 are not satisfied and review their own
I action in the premises. If the board,
■ then, has pursued substantially the
- authority contained in this act, this
1 is the only remedy that any person
i aggrieved nas.”
And there the matter rests! The
board is a law unto itself, as consti
tuted by the act which created it,
and unless it voluntarily chooses to
reopen the entire matter and go into
\ it again, no one can compel it to.
1 And unless exceedingly strong evi
dence to the effect Ehat certain eoun
' ties have been badly treated and their
_ valuations grossly misrepresented, is
adduced, there is little likelihood that
the distribution of the present fund
will be reopened. So about the only
thing that the present wave of dis«
’ satisfaction can bring about is a more
( thorough revaluation in the various
f counties before the distribution of the
1928 equalization money.
There is one additional point, how
ever, which Mr. Nash does not seem
to have taken into consideration, and
that is that besides the valuation in
a county, the amount of funds which
it receives from the equalizatiotrfund
is also influenced by the size of its
school budget, with the result that
those counties with small valuations,
which have at the same time been
able to maintain larger school budgets,
mainly as a result of allotments from
former equalization funds, are un
doubtedly in a more advantageous po
sition thafi those counties that have
not been able to do so., v And to a
certain extent those counties wdiich
have received large sums from former
equalization funds also come in for
larger shares this year.
So it seems that for the present
there is little that can be done, other
than to- profit by this experience, and
for the board to get busy now on get
ting the aetuaidiigiEer than estimated
valuations of the counties between
now and June 1, 1928, when the al
lotment of the equalization fund for
next year must be made.
SKULL CRACKED
BY GOLF BALL
j
Celebration at Asheboro Brings Seri
, ous Injury to Participant.
! Asheboro, July 4. Asheboty.’s
celebration of the Fourth which
came to a close late tonight with a
street dance was marred by one
casualty. Robert Bunch, bookkeeper
~a* the Acme Hosiery Mfll, suffered
IT fractured skuT and omfcitfSTmt ot
I the brain just before noon in a
i burlesque golf game which had been
! put on for the benefit of the crowd,
j Bunch was struck on the head by a
| ball driven by a club in the hands of
I his opponent. He was rushed imme
jdiately to the hospital where he re
! mained unconscious for several
hours. What makes the wound more
serious than the ordinary is the fact
that Bunch had sustained a fractur
ed skull and other injuries about
two years or more ago in an auto
mobile accident and had to undergo
hospital treatment for several weeks.
Physicians ar hopeful of his recov
ery -from today’s accident.
With Our Advertisers.
Your summer needs are priced at
interesting savings at the J. C. Pen
ney Co. Cool wash frocks $4.98, sum
mer hosiery at 98 cents, porch frocks
at 79 cents. Rayon lingerie at 98 cents,
half hose 19 cents to 49 cents, sum
mer slips at 98 cents, unerwear for
boys at 49 cents, play suits at 79
cents and other goods at the same
low’ prices.
The Standard Buick Co. has a num
ber of used cars for sale or exchange.
See list in new ad.
Summertime frocks of colorful charm
at the Gray Shop. Some of these are
specialized in two groups, and in one
group two dresses are being sold for
sl6 and in the other two are being
sold for $25. Also coats at $lO and
sls and seasonable hats at $2.95.
Country cured North Carolina hams
at Cline & Moose's. Shipment just
received. Hams sliced each Thursday,
Friday and Saturday.
Moser’s Cleaen Sweep Shoe Sale
closes Saturday so you must hurry
to get advantage *bf the many unusual
bargains being offered. Shoes from
$1 to $4.99 for ladies while children's
slippers are being sold for from 25
cents to $2.41). It will be to your ad
vantage to re<jd carefully new d. in
this paper.
Find Two Bodies.
Wilmington, July 5. — (A 3 ) —The
bodies of two of the five persons
i drowned when they were caught in
a whirlpool at Almores Inlet, twenty
I miles north of here late yesterday,
j were washed ashore during the night
1 and recovered. Today scores of search
i ers were patrolling the beach seeking
I the other bodies.
J The bodies recovered were those of
! Mrs. Troy Woodcock, of Rocky Point,
N. C., and Miss Susie E. Bloodworth,
j of Charlotte.
I The bodies missing are those of Troy
: Woodcock, of Rocky Point, Miss An
| nie Wake Bloodworth, of Rocky Point,
and Leon Barnhill, of Hempstead.
J The party had gone to the beach
which is isolated and without life
guards for an afternoon picnic.
Child Fatally Hart.
. New Bern, July 5. — (A 3 ) —Eugene
| Carrow, seven, sustained fatal in
• juries about 3 o'clock yesterday after
• noon when run down by an automo
bile driven by Robert Wilson while
playing in the street hear his home
in Beaufort.
Harry Barrier, of Georgeville, is
seriously ill at the Concord Hospital.
Mr. Barrier is a brother of Mayor C.
11. Barrier.
SHEFFIELD REFUSES
: TO DISCUSS REPORT
i
: HE WILL QUIT POST
i v
Goes to the Summer White
House to See President
But Has Nothing to Say
About Leaving Post.
DECLINeITaLSO
TO DISCUSS LAW
Says He WiHHave Noth
ing to Give Out Until He
Has Had Opportunity to
Talk With President.
Rapid City, S. !>., July 7. — UP) —
James It. Sheffield, ambassador to
Mexico, came to the summer white
house early today to visit President
Coolidge. He declined to speak on
repeated rumors that he intended to
resign, but he looked forward with
' pleasure to a prospective trip to Eu
rope.
The ambassador saw no likelihood
of any change in the American policy
toward Mexico, but he refused to
speak about conditions surrounding
, the oil land law controversy between
the United States and the republic to
the South until he had consulted with
President Coolidge.
“Maybe, later I will have something
to say,” he declared.
Declining to be drawn into any dis
cussions of Mexican questions the Am
bassador said he was looking forward
to a few days’ visit with the Presi
dent, to go over the latest develop
ments in the relations between the
two republics, and then to a few weeks
trip to Europe for which he and Mrs.
Sheffield hoped to said July 23 on the
Berengaria.
“Until I have seen the President,”
he declared upon alighting from his
train which had brought him from
New York, “I cannot discuss the Mex
ican situation. I have given no in
terviews since I stepped upon Ameri
can soil. I intend to pursue that pol
icy until after tny visit here.”
He made a brief reference to the
prospect of the American government
to; its viewpoint regarding its differe
ences with Mexico, and then stepped
into an open white house car to be
whisked 32 miles up iuto the hills,
tjMSiugh a chilly mountain morning.
The ambassador nau hoped coat
Mrs. Sheffield might accompany him
here, hut he felt the long journey
would not have been beneficial.
“We are both looking forward to our
trip across the Atlantic,” he said. “It
is going to be a real pleasure trip
and a rest. We hope to tour Scot
land and England, and then find a
quiet place somewhere for a few weeks
of seclusion.”
Td inquiries with respect to his fu
ture Mr. Sheffield declined to comment
except to say that it was not he who
had started the rumor that he might
leave his post.
SEVERAL REPORTED
KILLED IN WRECK
Reports Also Declare 75 Persons Were
Hurt In Wreck in New York Stale.
Nyack, N. Y., July 5.— (A 3)—Re
ports of several dead and 75-injured
in a railroad wreck on the West Shore
Line at Jones Point called this after
noon for every available ambulance
from Nyack, Newburgh and Suffern,
N. Y.
The report was that a New York-
Ontario & Western Railroad passen
ger train with about 8 cars moving at
full speed southward, had crashed into
a freight train.
Scenes of great confusion prevented
an early check of the dead and injur
ed.
Luther League Stages Rally.
Salisbury, July 4. —The crowning
feature of the seventeenth biennial
convention of the Luther League of
America, of approximately 750 of
ficers, delegates and visitors here from
all sections of the United States, was
when a great missionary rally was
held in St. Jonhs church, the conven
tion church.
It was taxed to overflowing and
many were turned away. A pageant
“God’s Family,” was put on and then
there was a great procession of the
leaguers, carrying state standards.
Treasurer C. C. Dittmer, of Brook
lyn, N. Y., presented to Rev. M. E.
Thomas, field secretary of Andra
Christian college in India, a Lutheran
institution, a check for $25,000 cover
ing the league’s pledge for the erec
tion of abuilding there, also $5,000 as
an oversubscription.
The intermediate secretary also
presented a check for SSOO for equip
ping a gymnasium at the college and
the junior secretary presented a check
for SSOO for furnishing two of the
college rooms.
A group of missionaries at home
on furlough were presented, some of
these being located in Japan and
others in India A cablegram was re
ceived from Rev. Rajah B. Manikam,
1 1 of India, expressing regret at being
! unable to be preseut because of illness
in his family, also one from Dr. J. Roy
•Strock, president of Andra college.
• The 750 visitors are being given an
s old fashioned barbecue this afternoon.
- “Dud” Bomb Found in Newspaper
Office.
i Spokane, Wash., July s—(A*)—A
i home made dynamite bomb containing
about 55 ponds of explosives afld with
the fuse burned to within a few inches
s of the percussion cap was found early
. today in the building which houses
. the Spokane Review and the Chronr
icle.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
1 EXPLORATIONS
' HE WILL ATTEMPT
! Plans to Spend Next Seven
or Eight Years in Air Ex
plorations.—South Pole
Will Get Attention First
MAY SAIL FOR
HOME TUESDAY
v Airmen Slept Late This
Morning and Then Be
» gan Round of Entertain
ment Provided for Them
Paris, .Tufy 7. — C4*) —Commanded
Richard E. Byrd and the other mem
bers of the crew of the trans-Atlantic
monoplane America had their first
long unbroken morning sleep today
since their arrival in Paris.
They did not get out until nearly
11:30. It was then that the formal
affairs of the day began with a re
ception by Fernand Bouisson, presi
dent of the Chamber of Deputies, who
1 met them at his private chamber in
the Presidency and congratulated them
upon their flight.
Commander Byrd took a few inin
' utes before leaving his hotel for the
chamber, to tell the Associated Press
of his plans for seven or eight years
exploration from the air, the mort
comprehensive scheme of its kind yet
outlined by any aviator explorer.
The plans involve, after his trip
to the South Pole, an aerial journey
of exploration over the Brazilian for
ests, a goodwill trip around South
America, and later another flight over
the Arabian Desert.
A crowd from the aristocratic St.
(Jermaine quarter awaited the com
mander and his companions in front
pf the residence of the President of
the chamber when the yarrived there,
to be received by M. Bouisson. There
were a few discreet bravos as their
car drove into the courtyard.
Receiving the aviators in the su
perbly decorated, President’s room M.
Bouisson told them how closely he had
watched their flight and how greatly
he admired their courage in the face
of stupendous odds.
“I am sure,’’ he said, “that the tra
ditional friendly relations of the two |
people have -been further cemonfced.
by this feat.”
Commander Byrd with Charge de
Affaires Sheldon Whitehouse, acting
as interpreter, told the President:
“From the very beginning of my talk
with Rodinan Wanamakeer about the
flight, we had in mind the good such
a flight might do for the relations
between France and the United States
We are sure that while many people
say nothing was needed to help those
relations, some good has been accom
plished by the flight.”
May Sail Tuesday.
Paris, July 7. — 04 s ) —Passage for
Commander Byrd and his trans-At
lantic flight companions has been
tentively booked on the steamer le
viathan, sailing from Cherbourg next
Tuesday. Unless there are develop
ments to change their plans the air
men will motor to Cherbourg from Le
Touquet, where they are to spend the
week end, Tuesday afternoon, without
returning to Paris.
Clarence D. Chamberlain has also
announced that lie has arranged to
sail on the Leviathan, but Charles A.
Levine, his passenger on the trans-At
lantic flight from New York to Ger
many, will remain in France to pre
pare for a return flight with a French
pilot.
Aged Man Dies After Slashing His
Own Throat.
High Point, July 4. —A. C. TYan
ford, 67, died in a local hospital to
day with a slashed throat. Last week
the elderly man attempted suicide by
cutting his throat with a razor. He
was found bleeding on the side of a
country road near Silver Hill mine,
in the edge of Montgomery county,
and brought to a High Point hospital.
11l health is attributed as the cause
of the jsuicide. The deceased is sur
vived by a son and daughter in Den
ton.
Rural Mail Carriers to End Meeting.
Raleigh, July 5.— 04*) —Burlington,
Shelby and Kinston were making
strong bids for the 1028 convention as
the final day of the State Rural Mail
Carriers gathering got under way
here today. The selection of the con
vention city, election of officers, and
naming of delegates , to the national
convention of carriers at Oklahoma
City, August 18, were the remaining
matters for consideration.
Morganton Athlete Dead.
Morganton, N. C., July 5.— C4 1 ) —
Herman “Bill” Noggles, local athlete,
died in Grace Hospital at midnight
Monday from injuries received yester
day when the automobile in vOhich he
was riding with three friends ran off
.highway No. 10 while the party was
on their way to a baseball game at
Valdese.
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After spending the past week-end
and Independence Day with their
parents, three sons of Mr. and Mrs.
W. G. Brown left for different points
Monday night. William G. Brown,
Jr., returned to Starr, 8. C, where
be is in the employ of the Southern
I Power Co.; J. T. Brown returned to
1 Charlotte, while Jerry Brown depart
-1 ed for Philadelphia.
1 Bob Jewell returned to Albemarle
• Monday night after a visit here with
friends for several days.
INCH PILOT WILL
BRING COLUMBIA 10
AMERICA LATER OX
Plane in Which Chamber* *
lin and Levine Flew to
Germany Will Be Driven
Back by French Pilot.
NAME OF PILOT
NOT DISCLOSfctJ
It Is Said That Break ty
curred Between Levitt
and Chamberlin Bui Re
port Is Not Verified.
Paris. July 7. (JP) —Clarence
Chamberlain will fly the Bellanca
monoplane from Columbia to
with as yet the unnamed French
who will attempt a return flight aerot:!
the Atlantaic with Charles Irvine,' he
told the Associated Press today. • V f M
He will show the new pilot the con
trols and everything he needs to Kbqk ,
about the peculiarities of the .plane,
as well as give him the full benefit
of the experience gained on the trauV%-
Atlantic flight, Chamberlain added.,.
Chamberlain will leave the plans jn
London to be returned to France by
the French pilot and lie himself wifi
sail from Southampton on the Levia
than next Tuesday.
It is believed the pilot who will take
the Columbia back to France will be
either Capt. Georges Pelletier Daisy,
of Paris to Tokio fame, or Lieutenant
Paul Tariseon. who originally planned
the trip across with the ill-fafed tpqU
and who since the failure of *the Nitp
gesser-Coli flight has been*working
on iilans for one of his ownT , •’.CTT
Chamberlain declined to
on the roumors current in Paris that
there Had been a break between him
self ami Irvine.
“I would be jierfeetly willing, to
take the plane home myself' lie said,
“but I long ago made engagements
that made it impossible.”
Friends of tiie aviator also stuted
that arrangements concluded some
time ago precluded liis remaining .in
Europe any longer.
They did hint, however, that all was
not too smooth between the two men,
and intimated that Chamberlain felt
that without sufficient experi
ence in aviation, had undertaken too
TrfuWTnr fife MiHflf m ftfght;
especially in their round of visits to
European cities.
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MISS SIBYL PRESNELL
HAS LIFE CRUCHKD OUT
Was Riding on Running Board Os
Coupe When the Machine Turns
Over.
I-enoir, July 0. —Sibyl I'resnell, tid
ing on the running board of a Ford
coupe, was crushed to death Monday
afternoon when the car turned ovM
at the intersection of the Blair rqaq
with the highway, two miles wrap
of here. The accident occurred snoir
ly before 3 o’clock.
Sibyl was the daughter of Mt. and ;
Mrs. V. C. I’resnell. of near Valpiead.
She was visiting Gladys Iluiglef,' the
daughter of Cub Haigler, who lives
on the Blair road. During the after
noon a neighbor drove over and the
children asked if they might take a
ride in his car* Gladys was driving||||
and Ester I>ee was on the seat of
the coupe with her. Sibyl gpt-.on the
running board on the right hand.aider
of the car. With her was Olive Hass
and on the left hand running board
Carroll Hass was riding. They .came
out from the Blair road at the filling
station, turned to the left
Hickory and again entered the filMr
road at the new connection, 100 yards
south of the Hilling station. ■
The recent rains had left en
trance to this road rought and it
thought that the girl had not calcu
lated on this when she turned frofit
the iiavement on to the dirt road.
The car skidded and rolled off an em
bankment. Olive Hass, who w
the same running board, jumfwcl or
fell- off before the car turned oiler,
Carroll Tlass, who was on the other
running board, also jumped, but the
Presnell girl was caught as the car
overturned and later examination
showed a broken leg and internal in
juries as the result.
Fear John I>rew Is Near Deatfi.
San Francisco, July 7.—C4*) — Phy
sicians attending John Drew feared
today that the noted actor, 73 year*
old, who lias been ill in a hospital
here since May 31st, was near death.
Hospital reports today said the
aged actor was very weak, and doc
tors doubted if lie could live 48 hours.
Find Dead Body of Alleged Attacker.
Yazoo City, Miss., July 7. — f
The body of Joe Smith, negro, who
is alleged to have attempted an at
tack on a white girl near here, was
today found hanging from a tree
about seventeen miles from here. He
had been shot numerous times.
Rubber is used in various forma in
the production of fully 30,000 differ
ent articles.
To produce results, a garden must
be cultivated. So must happiness. !
WATICT
Local thundershowers tonight or
Friday morning, followed by generally
fair and cooler Friday afternoon.
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