North Carolina Newspapers

IjJjME m ■ything Ready For l,t In Chicago; Men Knfident Os Victory Impsey Bat :1 Attention Ears of the it at Bout. OK BOUT Id Weather predicted, ig \\ ill See ingside. go c i an ports Editor) j - For the a the eyes and world. expensive, most pcmcular drama !’. hear or read gigantic spec tu st concentra h and cable fa of commuuica- U for the battle of fandom from try reached its iute hubbub in t nothing short 1 cause at one on. and as uni duel of padded larly ecientified and a rip-tear s 32, trying to > the top of the ?t of popularity taches itself to k, seemed des g a favorite as concerned. But concensus re a toss-up. Bet fter a drift of ;ey, were large i money. The vored Dempsey, •der puncher of rity of newspa ; on record in *t for a ehal ng history, that hftinpions pro i of itself un only one of the >. Whether it wd, the amount : of radio hook newspaper and tions, the mini 's, or the vari ants, all sur tic annals, d an unprece .ooo, regardless s or loses his spector of the adds $450,000 ; earnings that :»vcr $2,000,000, loubt that the greatest draw story. brow”- crowd ptodate glaitor ed big business it only a few ined to out-of x'ations, before lie faithful. 22— OP)—Jack ales at 192 1-2 ►on, when he cfore the State r tonight’s ten i Tunney. This less than ex ner champion accepted as an llent condition. fARKET. it An Advance On Buying. -oP)_The cot ii today at an »ints on buying bv relatively ?s and reports u Eastern sec to 20.98 and - the price ap ‘vel for Decem to increase, the 1 under selling >oal and South ed of the first 40 to 18 points lout yesterday’s - 1 to 20.66 for ■ ■ March later ‘Bg net losses in the general and Southern but the vol lK on covering. 20.95; March (| <ober 20.20^ P fseveral weeks lx ; 19~ hopped non-stop flight THE CONCORD TIMES J* SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher ' TRUE VALUE ASSESSMENT l WOULD CUT TAX RATE 5 This Is Evident to All Who Have Given Close Study ,to the Matter. The Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel By J. C. BASKERVILL Raleigh, Sept. 22.—1 f anything like the total of personal property in the . state were listed at anything like its true value, taxes on real property , could be materially reduced, in some , cases as much as 25 to 50 per cent. This has already appeared as a fact to any who have given even a cursory study to 'the question of tax ation, either in North Carolina or in other states. And both the State ; tax commission, now engaged in mak ■ ing a study of taxes in the state, and • the State board of equalization, do not hesitate to admit even now |that this fact is true. But they also are quick to admit that the pergonal property tax is unpopular—perhaps even more unpopular than the tax on real prop erty—and thus are slow to advocate any effort to advocate any more strict ; enforcement of the personal property tax. i In some »states, for instance, as in New York, personal property tax has become so unpopular and so dif ficult to collect that it has been abol ished altogether, and there is a grow ing tendency in many sections of the country to follow the lead of New York and do away with it altogether. But there is a personal property tax i in North Carolina. And if i.t were administered more rigorously, there is no doubt but that far more revenue could he derived froria it that is being collected now. Take* just one item as an example from among the more than eighty items of personal property which the law now req\iires to be listed for tax ation —automobiles. In 1926 there were more than 400,- 000 automobiles registered and li , censed in the state. According to • the automobile blue book, giving the values of cars after their sales for two, three and four years, the average value of each automobile in North Carolina is SBOO. But suppose that for purposes of taxation the average value should be reduced to S3OO. Then 400,000 automobiles! listed at S3OO each would a total valuation of $120,000,000 upon which taxes could be levied. In 1926, according to the annual report of the State board of assess ment, the total value of personal prop erty listed between items, 4B and SI, inclusive, on the personal property listing blank amounted to only $94,- 577,960 or $36,000,000 less than the value of 400,000 automobiles listed at S3OO each. And items 48 to 81 in clude in addition to automobiles and trucks such articles as pianos, organs, guns, diamonds and t jewelry, car riages, buggies, motorcycles, boats, safes, typewriters, adding machines, cash registers, all building materials on hand such as stone, brick, lumber, logs, ties and farm products in stor age. Yet, as reported for taxation in 1926 all of these articles including au tomobiles and trucks totalled but $94,- 577,960. Yet it is readily admitted that the true value of all these articles is easily double the figures they are listed at. The total value of all the property in North Carolina, both real and per sonal, as listed for taxation in 1926 was $2,442,464,448, according to the report of the board of assessment, and of thin amount the value of personal property of all kinds is given ae amounting to only $591,846,866. But the United States census of 1922 —the latest available —gives the total taxable wealth of North Caro lin as $4,543,110,000 —almost twice the value at which it is listed four years later. And the value of real estate and structures in 1922 ie given as amounting to $2,371.365,000 —lack- ing only $71,099,448 of equaling the total value of both real and personal property as listed in 1926. The gov ernment’s figures would still leave per sonal property worth more than $2,- 000.000,000 in the state though the 1926 figures list it as amounting to only $591,846,866. And the govern ment figures are for 1922 as against the State’s figures for 1926 while the government estimates that the valua tions should increase from 20 to 25 per cent, in five years. True, no one can be found who is openly advocating more strict enforce ment of the tax on personal property and intangibles and some even ad vocate the abolition of the tax entire ly as New York has done. Still, the figures show that the personal prop-, erty tax could be made to yield far more than it does, should it be more rigorously enforced. Condition of B. and L. Associations Made Public. i The Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh, Sept. 20.—The State in surance department today issued an incomplete report on the condition of all the building and loan associations in the state. The report was com piled by I. W. Farrow, head of the State building and loan inspection de partment. The report gives the following in formation about the associations: cash in office, cash in banks, mortgage loans, stock loans, furniture and fix tures, real estates, accounts receiv able, unearned discount, othey assets, total assets, uncollected installments and an itemized statement of all lia bilities. In addition, statistics concerning v earnings, shareholders, loans made and retired, interest earned and expenses are included. The greatest-producing region of today is the Witwatersrand district of South Africa. The annual output is worth about $150,000,000. HANKOW WAS UNDER MARTIAL UW TODAY FOLLOWING FIGHTS Gang of Armed Men Res cued Uniformed Prison er During the Disturb ance Yesterday. CHINESE ESCORT HAD PRISONER • Gang Appeared Suddenly, Opened Fire at Point Blank Range and Got the Man. Hankow, China, Sept. 22.— UP) — Hankow was under martial law today with streets heavily patrolled, follow ing a disturbance outside the British concession, in which a gang of armed men rescued a uniformed prisoner be lieved to be a commiiist leader . /^J The man had been arrested aboard a Japanese eteamet, and was being taken through the crowded streets by a Chinese escqrt. The gang appear ing suddenly, opened fire at point blank range. The escort returned the fire, and the bullets flew thick and fast. An undetermined number of passersby were killed or wounded. The prisoner escaped, but several mem bers of the gang were arrested and martial law proclaimed. In connection with the case, the Japanese authorities this morning re moved fifty Chinese soldiers from the Japanese steamer, disarmed them, and held them under arrest pending the arrival of a squad of Chinese tfoops. Upon the arrival of the latter, trou ble arose, and a Japanese sentry was bayonetted in the neck. He fired in self defense, and this was followed by machine gun firing in which one Chi nese was killed and a few wounded. The situation later was reported as normal. CLINTON OIL BUBBLE IS FINALLY BURSTED Chemist Announces Oil Found Was Mixture of Water and Kerosene.— Probably Had Been Used in Ford. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Sept. 22. —He could have said “I told you so.” But only an enigmatic smile was forthcoming when Herman J. Bryson, state geologist, was asked if he had any comment to make concerning the final bursting of the Clinton oil bubble for Jeffrey Stanback, chemist for* the State Department of Agriculture, has just announced that the samples of “oil” taken from the Clinton “oil well.” were not crude oil at all, but a mixture of water, kerosene, and lubricating oil that had been used— probably in an old Ford. The “oil” was discovered by the drilers of the Clinton well after the $5,000 originally raised to start the bore had been exhausted, and after some of those connected with the drilling operations had 'been arrested for operating a whiskey still nearby. For a time, it looked as if the finding of oil would put the well on its feet again. But Mr. Bryson refus ed to be stampeded by the excitement, nor cowed by a sarcastic letter written by a man named Orr, one of the dril lers, and continued to maintain that no oil would be found in commerical quantities. He even made public the letter written to him by Orr. As a result, the “boom” failed to go over, a drill bit got stuck in the well bore, and the drillers vanished, with the visions of oil and riches re duced to nothing more than a “pipe” dream. The pipe is still in the well. So. Mr. Bryson in his war against fake oil well promoters, and in his determination to tell the people of the state the truth about oil, has been vindicated. But he has nothing to say—although his smile is capable of eloquent inter pretation. LIVES OF 19 CHILDREN AND NUN SNUFFED OUT Priest So Seriously Burned lie Is Expected to Die. —4« Children Are Saved. Prince Albert, Sask., Sept. 21. Nineteen children and Sister Lea were burned to death while they slept and a priest, whose name has not been learned, was so seriously burned that he is not expected "to live, when fire destroyed the isolated Beauval Cath olic mission on Lac La Plonge, Mon day night. Word of the fire was brought by a launch which made the 130-mile trip to Big River, Sask., to day. Forty-six children were saved. The launch came out for supplies and clothing and those on board were able to give meager details of the tragedy. According to the fragmentary re ports, the fire started at midnight in the boys’ dormitory. The flames seiz ed upon the dry frame structure and within a few seconds were roaring hungrily through the building. • The leaping flames and their re flectimi from the waters of the lake lit up « scene of horror. The children who made their way to safety from the Mazing building huddled in the circle of light and heard the screams of those trapped in the fire. There was nothing that could be dpne to help, since the intense heat prevented any attempt to enter the mission, and soon the structure was a mass of smoking ruins. It is understood that all the chil dren at the mission were Indians, but their names were not pbtained. \ Constance Talmadge Seeks Divorce. Edinburg, Scotland, Sept. 22. — UP) —Notification that a divorce action by Constance Talmadge against Captain Alastair W. Macintosh will be heard by Lord Fleming was given in Gen eral Sessions here today. The date of the hearing was not anouncecL CONCORD, N . C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22,1927 ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooc I FACTS ON THE BIG FIGHT. j|! PRINCIPALS —Gene Tunney, champion, and Jack Dempsey, chal lenger. V STAKE—World’s heavyweight championship. jij PLACE—Soldier Field Stadium, Chicago. v ji[ TIME—9:3O to 9:45 ft. M., Thursday, September 22. ]!| NUMBER OR ROUNDS—Ten. ]j| ESTIMATED ‘RECEIPTS—S2,OOO,OOO. ji| TUNNEY’S SHARE —$1,000,000 or over. * !j| DEMPSEY’S SHARE—S4SO,OOO. ■ \\\ PROMOTER —George L. (Tex.) Rickard of New York. ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooocooooooooc DOWN FURMAN, * STUDENTS CRY Football Yells Piercj Quiet Night at Duke University. ; Duke University, Sept. 22.—Tales may be told of fox hunts and songs ’ may be sung of old heroes but neither can equal the battlecriee let forth at thus school as the game with the . Purple Hurricane from Duke Univer sity approaches. At all corners of the campus groups may be seen in deep conversations as to whether or not the team will Win; how their roommates are football players and go to bed right after supper. The big question, however, now being discussed is “Why did the coaches cut the time of practice from three hours to one hour?” “Because the team is in shape,” is the general answer. A campus that was comparatively like a graveyard a week ago now re sounds with the favorite old cry, “Duke over all.” Then an occasional “down with Furman” can be heard from some remote corner of the cam pus and as the echo dies away, an other “Give ’em a fight, Duke” will be heard. Students here seem to realize that their boys are stacking up against a team Friday that is one of the best in the South, having defeated the leaders last season. Any word con cerning the condition of the Blue Devil offensive and defensive bags of tricks ie devoured by all. General opinion in state football circles at present is that Duke will defeat Furman but the coaching staff at Duke University have declined to make any statements concerning pos sible and probable outcomes. “There should be a winner,” is all that the officials will come out with. Buie, McNinch, Godfrey, Jankoski and Adams form the choice of the backfield, while Thompson, Weather by, Thorne, Culp, Kelly, Kistfer, War ren and Bennett seem to be the first in the line. The coaches have not made a definite announcement as to who will start the Furman game. The announcement Sunday that the Blue Devils would meet Boston Col lege at Boston, Mass., on October let ■: bae added another' hard sme Info one of the etiffest schedules ever faced by any North Carolina team. After Furman Friday, comes Bos ton, at Boston, Richmond University, here, Washington and Lee, at Lex ington and Navy at Annapolis. Then come the games with the other mem bers of North Carolina’s “Big Five.” SCHILLER AND BOHN ARE MAKING PRQGRESS Send Messages From Air in Non- Stop Cross-Country Flight.—All Is Wfell -With Them. Garden City, N. Y., Sept. 22.— UP) —Telegrams received here today by the Rogers Air Line, forwarded from points where they were dropped by Duke Schiller and Eddie Stinson in their non-stop cross-country flight in dicated that all is well w r ith the fly ers. ' One message from Stratford, Ontario, reads: “Still going. - All o. k. Just eating. Weather clear now, but had some rain.” Signed Duke Schiller and feddie Bohn. A second, sent from Bay City, Mich., read: “Still going. All o. k. Weather good. 10:30 a. m.” Star Brand Shoes at the Richmond- Flowe Company. ' The Richmond-Flowe Company, in a full page ad. today announces that fall shoes are at their store for all the family. This firm features the well known Star Brand Shoes, and says there is no question about it, “Star Brand Shoes Are Better.” In the ad. are given descriptions of the many new and attractive models for every member of the family, includ ing dainty straps, pumps and smart ly tailored oxfords for ladies, good fitting calfskin and kangaroo shoes for men. For the children is shown a wide selection of sturdy shoes that will stand the rough treatment. Denmark so appreciates her poets that she places them on her civil flist and pays them a regular salary from the government. Cleveland County Negro Dies After Being Brutally Beaten By White Men Shelby, Sept. 21. —Claude Long, 25- year-old negro, died in the hospital here early this morning as the result of the second encounter * between whites and blacks in this county dur ing the week. Long’s fatal injuries were received yesterday afternoon at Grover, south ern Cleveland county town, when he was get upon and beat over the head by four young white men, who disap peared after the beating and are now being sought by officers. The miss ing men are said to be Ernest Hicks, Jack Westmoreland, Marcel Fortune and Hoyle Alien. The slaying developed from another fight of Saturday night, the dead ne gro having testified against( the quar tet of whites, it is said. Saturday night the four attacked a small negro boy. When the case came up before the Grover mayor the slain negro testified against them. After the trial Tuesday afternoon the four followed Long, his sister, the negro boy, and another negro woman below the Grover mill near the negro’s ( I SHELBY OFFICER FIRED FOR HITTING PRISONER i' Policeman Dover Gets Even With" Negro Who Assaulted Him, But'' Loses His Job. Shelby, Sept. 21.—Shelby today was discussing the latest development re sulting from the fight in a back alley last Saturday night between a police man and two negroes. The late development is that the policeman, Fred Dov£r, has been asked to ree : gn by Mayor Dorsey as the result of an alleged return as sault made on the negnu Monday. At the time of the second flare-up the negro was in the custody of the of ficer, handcuffed and en route to jail. A doctor later treated the negro’s head where a blackjack had been used. t Saturday night Policeman Dover entered an alleyway leading to the negro business section and arrested Frank Schenck, a negro, for carry ing a gun. Securing the negro’s gun the officer stepped out into the alley with his man and another unknown negro sand-bagged the officer from be hind. At "this juncture the negro pris oner made an attempt to get awajf and secured his gun back from the officer. Dover, however, came -out ot his daze in time to grapple with the fleeing negro. In the fall the negro is said to have landed on top and pulled his gun on the officer. White people attracted from nearby business places dashed to the officer’s aid and over powered the negro. The policeman walls in the hospital until Monday when the captured ne gro was brought to trial. The negro who hit him from behind made his get away, but is thought to be a brother of a Georgia negro killed here a year or so ago by former Chief Hamrick. The negro’s counsel at the hearing secured a Continuance and Police man Sparks and Dover departed for the jail with three negro prisoners, Sparks with two and Dover with the one charged with assaulting him Sat urady night. Bn route to the jail Dover’s father is said to have joined them and words were passed between the handcuffed negro and the police man and his father. The latter queried “you tried to kill my boy?” and whs* the negro mwrwererl Police man Dover, according to Policeman Sparks, hit the negro with his black jack. s The requested resignation is for the end of the month but it was said today that Dover would not be on the force until that time owing to the head injuries given him by the negroes when they jumped on him Saturday night. THE STOCK MARKET. Despite Numerous Efforts to Stem Selling Wave, Prices Gave Way On Market Today. New York, Sept. 22.— UP) —Despite strenuous efforts to stem the selling wave by marking up selected shares 2 to 4 points, prices gave way on the stock market today. The discrimina ting character of recent buying coup led with the disappointing nature of some of the current trade reports af forded the bears a pretext for exten sive selling in which the prices of many stocks melted away. State’s Anti-Smith Forces Will Insist On Unit Rule. Raleigh, Sept. 21. —Anti-Smith forces in North Carolina state Dem ocratic convention will insist upon the unit rule being placed upon the dele gation to the 1928 national convention was the opinion expressed today by Frank A. Hampton, secretary to United States Senator F. M. Sim mons. Mr. Hampton was in Raleigh as guest of Governor McLean. Clarence Charest Appointed. Washington, Sept. 22.— UP) —Clar- ence Charest, of Baltimore, was ap pointed general counsel of the Bu reau of Internal Revenue today by President Coolidge. He will succeed Alexander W. Gregg, who has resigned to enter private law practice in New 1 York. * * Fifty Hurt in Train Collision. Rome, Sept. 22.—( A *) —Fifty persons In lured. -"nously, in a train collision here today. home. At this point the four, or part of them, are said to have assaulted the negro, some holding him while others used a bludgeon over his head, caving ip his Bkull. Allen, it is said, returned to town and told Deputy heriff Shepherd that Hicks hit the negro. While the of ficer visited the scene the quartet got away in a car. The injured negro was rushed to the hospital here bat never regained consciousness before dying. His head was fractured in several places. The bludgeon used for the fatal beating could not be found. Allen, it was stated at Grover, was sentenced to the chain gang two months ago for a term of four months on liquor charges. After serving about one month he was injured, it was said, and came home and had not re turned prior to the affair yesterday afternoon. Feeling at Grover, % prominent business man stated today, was somewhat against the act of the missing white youths. The dead ne gro had recently been working in ths north, retutning to be employed as a mechanic. CONTINUE MH V FOR MEN ALLEGED IQ BE MURDERERS > Search Continues Near Grover For the Men Al leged to Have Fatally At- I tacked Negro. MARCEL HUNTER r;. HAS GIVEN UP " Ernest Hicks, Jack West moreland and’HdyleV Al len Have Not Been Ap prehended So Far. ; Grover, N. C., Sept. 22. —C4*) —The | search continued today for three of the ( four men wanted by police here in connection with the fatal beating ad ministered Tuesday night by a band ' of men to Claude Long, 82 year old negro. The men sought in connection with | the death of Long, who succumbed to his injuries yesterday, were Ernest Hicks, Jack Westmoreland, Marcel , Fortune and Hoyle Allen. Fortune , surrendered to the police here today. The men were prosecuted in. mayor’s court here Tuesday on charges of beat ing a small negro boy. It is alleged ! that after the trial they followed Long, his sister, the negro boy, and another negro woman, and when near the Grover mill, attacked Long. “BABY PUZZLE?” CASE REMAINS UNFANTHOMED i Doctor Studies Other Smith Children I In Effort to Note Characteristics. > Cleveland, 0., Sept. 21.—“A1l I s want is the truth,” Sam Smith, father ■ of the central figure in Cleveland’s “baby puzzle,” pleaded today when ! Dr. W. S. Glendehning examined his ■ children. “If hospital officials will \ tell me the real truth about what ■ happened then I will believe them and ■ take this baby home.” • “If they continue doing as they are now, I might as well throw the ; baby away. I don’t want it,” the • father continued. Dr. Glendenning examined Smith’s three girls and one boy today to study > characteristics in the children that < might unearth a clue to their relation ship to the baby girl in thg hospital. The doctor declared that 2-year-old i Peter Smith, whom he examined, “has the same expression as the child at the hospital.” He also noted similari ties of the ears of Angeling*. 10, to Mrs. Smith wd the-baby die now nurses, bttt disclaims. He particularly noted facial characteristics of the three girls and took notes for presenta tion at tomorrow’s hearing in Common Pleas court. AUTOMOBILE DEALERS TO FIGHT EXCESBS TAX Organized Political Convass of North Carolina Is Proposed.—Bui winkle Favors Repeal. Charlotte, Sept. 20.—Automobile dealers of Charlotte and other North Carolina cities are aiming themselves to make a final thrust at the auto mobile excess tax throiigh an organiz ed political canvass of the state, James P. Harris, president of the North Carolina Automotive associa tion, said tonight. Major A. L. Bulwinkle, of Gas tonia, representative of the 9th North Carolina district, already has placed his stamp of approval on the repeal, it was announced, and pre dictions are made that state aspirants for Congress will be asked their view on the question, thereby making it a distinct and tangible political issue. Mr. Harris is chairman. of a com mittee named by the Charlotte deal ers as a “board of strategy” it was announced today. After several months of discussing and planning it is proposed that an active campaign get under way to militate against what opponents ot the tax term a “war measure tax which is needless and an unjust bur den upon the dealers.” With Our Advertisers. “There is no question about it — Star Brand Shoes Are Better.” In a full page ad today are illustrations of the many new and beautiful styles of fered in this well-known line. Great fall display of new suits for • men and youths is now on at Efird’s Department* Store. In this display are offered many attractive suits for men and young men at prices that will surprise you. See half page ad. Belk’s will give their Fashion snow Friday night, September 23rd, at the Concord Theatre. The show will be gin at 8:30. Twenty living models will display the latest wearing ap parel. Coats and sweaters for little girls at Fisher’s. Sweaters priced $1.69 to $4.59. Coats $3.95 to $14.75. Little boys’ coat also. Read list of bargains offered in Cov ington’s Commentary today. The newest of the new for fall at the J. C. Penney Co. Coats for wom en, misses and juniofs. Prices range from $14.75 to $39.75, and they com bine style and quality. TO HEAD ODD FELLOWS Leon S- Merrill of Maine Elected Grand Sire. ‘ Hot Springs, Ark., Sept. 20.—Th» Independent Order of Odd Fe lows, meeting in 103rd annual convention here today elected Dean Leon S. Mer rill of the University of Maine, grand sire and Frgnk Martin, attorney gen eral of Boise, Idaho, deputy grand sire, selected Montreal, Canada, as the next convention city, heard reso lutions proposing the establishment of a junior branch of the organisa tion. Montreal won the 1928 convention in a contest with Charleston, S. C. Otis Skinner will celebrate the 50th Lanuiversury of his first stage appear ance during the coming season. $2.0 *ar, Strictly in Advance % OUDY AND,COLD • WEATHER, BUT NO RAIN FOR 810 BOUT Chicago, Sept. 22.—04*) —Partly cloudy, to cloudy, but no rain, and a temperature of 54 to 55 degrees wag the special forecast of weather conditions for tonight's Dempsey- Tunney fight issued today by the Chicago weather bureau. There will be gentle variable winds. MARRYING MINISTER Charged That Rev. Will T. Jordan Has Wives in Several States. Columbus, Ga , Sept. 22.—04?)—The clerical garb of the Rev. Willie T. Jordan, who is ill at a Grand Rapids, Mich., hospital, has been revealed as the cloak of a Lothario, according to investigations by W. ,T. Gloer, head of a private detective agency, which has been seeking the minister since his disappearance here a week ago. Mr. Gloer has asked authorities at Charlotte, N. C., to swear to a war rant charging the Rev. Mr. Jordan with bigamy. This action was taken at the request of the former Mrs. Emma Landridge, of Washington, who now resides in She claims to have married Mr. Jordan in Char lotte, and also said that she had mar ried the evangelist by long distance telephone two years and seven months before the Charlotte ceremony. Receipt of a telegram from Winding Gulf, W. Va., confirmed that a woman there had been married to Jordan and that so far as she khew no divorce had been obtained. . Other evidence had indicated that the minister had wives in Winona, Minn., and Akron, Ohio. Failed to Pay Hospital Grand Papids, Mich., Sept. 22. OP)—Leaving behind an unpaid hos pital bill, the Rev. Willis Jordan, Columbus, Ga., minister who was identified here Monday after disap pearing from his home a week ago, left the hospital here today shortly before noon in a taxicab without re vealing his destination. Previously it was learned that he Is practically pen niless. HUNTERSVILLE YOUTH YOUTH KILLED IN ACCIDENT Joe Bingham Killed and Companion Hurt When Car Ran Down Em bankment. Charlotte, Sept. 22. —(A*) —Joe Bingham, 23 years old, of Hunters ville, was killed and Egbert F. Krumm and Robert A. Blair, of Charlotte, were badly injured when an automo bile in whkfli they were riding ran down an embankment on the Shop ton Road late tost night, it was learned here today. The accident oc curred near Shopton in the southwest part of the county a« the men. were returning home from a barbecue. Rumm is suffering from a fractur ed skull, broken ribs and possible in ternal injuries. Blair;'who was driving the car, is suffering from bruises. The accident occurred on an S curve, according to rural police who are investigating it. They said it was “just a dear case of missing the second curve.” DR TAYLOE SEWS UP NEGRO BOY’S HEART Necessary For Snrgwon to Sever Four Ribs From Breast Bone To Perform Operation. Washington, N. C., Sept. 2L—What was considered an unusual surgical operation with indications that it will prove successful was performed in a local hospital this evening when Dr. D. T. Tayloe, Jr., took several stitches in the heart of Augustus Lucas, 18, negro. A wound in the left auride, caused by a penknife blade, punctured the organ and the stitches were necessary to close it. The patient was reported tonight' as resting satisfactorily. In order to perform the operation it was necessary for the surgeon to sever four ribs from the patient s breast bone. the stock market Reported by Fenner & Beane. , (Quotations at 1:20 P. M.) Atchison American Can 63% Allied Chemical American Smelting 177 American. Tel. & Tel. 175% Atlantic Coast Line 192% Allis Chalmers IH% Baldwin Locomotive 240% Baltimore & Ohio -» 120% Bethlehem Steel Chesapeake St Ohio lO5 Chrysler 68% Corn Products 68% New York Central 166 Dupont 330 Fleishman *— 61 % St. Louis-Frdnds. RR. General Electric 135% General Motors 265% Gen. Ry. Signal 141% Houston Oil 145 Hudson Mofors Bl% Kennecott Copper 75 Kansas City Sol. Ry. 64% Liggett & Myers 122% Lorillard 30% Mack Truck 1 104% Mo.-Pacific Com. 53% Montgbmery-Ward _* 78 Nash Motors 90% Packard Motors 41% Penn. RR. 66% Phillips Pette 42% Producers and Refiners 27% Reading RR. 114% “B” Rey, Tob. Com. 148 Rock Island RR. 108% Southern Ry. 132 Std. OH of N. J. 40 Sou. Pac. RR. 120% Studebeker Corp. 58% Tobacco Products 98% Timken Roller Brg. 115% Union Carbine 136% Vicks Chemical 66% Wabash RR. __ 71 Westinghouse Electric Co. 84% 1 West. Maryd. RR. r 61 ' | Yellow Oab and Truck 34% Wool worth —185% IT. S. Steel 151% Coca-Cola 124% i MU ELECTED LEGION HEAD FOR THE ENSUING YEAR Paul R. Younts, of Char lotte, Is Named as One of Vice Commanders For the Year. GREAT RECEPTION FOR SPAFFORD His Name Was Presented by Tar Heel Delegate and His Election Was Unanimous. Palais du Trocadero, Paris, Sept 22—04*)—Edward E. Spafford, of New York City, was unanimously elected national commander of the American Legion here today. Mr. Spafford was placed in nomina tion by the North Carolina delegation,* and his name was seconded by Washr ington, Tennessee and Virginia. James Raftis, of Washington; Paul R. Younts, of North Carolina; Ralph T. O’Neill, of Kansas; Dan Spurlock, of Louisiana; and J. M. Henry, of Minnesota, were elected vice com manders. election of Mr. Spafford set another record. It was the first time the mantle of highest office in gift of the Legion had fallen on the shoulders of an eastern man. He for merly was commander of the New York department of the Legion. Pandemonium which had broken loose at intervale during the conven tion again had its fling when formal announcement of the election was made. - • Surrounded by the convention. Com mander Spafford received an ovatio* greater than that tendered even such popular heroes and appealing figures as Marshal Foch, General Pershing, President Doumergue, Premier Poin care and many other distinguished men and women who have graced the Legion convention rostrum with their presence. Every one was on his feet yelling at the top of hie voice. Miss Walbridge Heads Auxiliary. Paris, Sept. 22.—G4*)—Miss Irene Me Ih tyre Walbridge, of Peterboro, New Hampshire, today was elected National. President of the Legion Auxiliary. STATE TREASURY HAD ' $2,1*8,567.17 CASH BALANCE This Amount Shown On Hand August 31, by Report of State Auditor Durham. Tribune Bureau Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh, Sept. 22.—A cash balance of $2,108,557.17 was in the General Funds of the state* treasury at tho close of business on August 31, ac cording to the combined statement of the auditor and treasurer for the month of August, just made public. However, the total amount- of cash on hand in the State Treasury was $17,561,778.02, of which $15,227,710.* 54 belongs to the highway and other special funds. Whil% the total state debt amounts to $162,445,000, all of this is funded with tbe'exception of $10,000,000 in, highway notes. The balance in tbe General Fund has been growing steadily since the beginning of tbe new biennium which sturted July 1. The balance at that time, carried over from the preceding biennium was $1,403,582.05. Since July 1, however, the receipts froni revenue collections have amounted to $2,541,508.68, which makes with the balance of July 1 and the receipts tc date, a total of $3,945,091.03. War-? rant disbursement for July and Au gust, however, amounted to $1,740,- 534.46, which makes the present bal ance on hand of $2,108,557.17. In the highway and other specid*. funds, the balance on hand August 1, amounted to $18,209,108.89, which with receipts of $1,151,467.27, made a total $19360,570.10. Warrant dis bursements for August, however amounted to $4,132,805.62, which de ducted from the total, leaves a balance of $15,227J10.54. 'Hie revenue collections thus ar« shown to be keeping up well with the estimates of the budget commis sion, with indications that tbe stats will easily be able to meet its budget ed appropriations from the genera) fund revenue. If more revenue is collected than it needed, or expended, the unexpended portion will be carried over into the next fiscal year as a surplus or credit balance. But if it appears at any time that not enough revenue will be collected in order to meet budgeted expenditures, the Governor and Ad visory Budget Commission, are em powered to scale down expenditure* and appropriations in order to keep expenditures within tbe revenue col lected. Two Killed in Plane Crash. Berlin, Be|>t. 22—04*) —The pilot and a woman passenger were killed, and two other women passengers seri ously injured in the crash of a com mercial airplane at Blenkenburg to day. The police authorities of Mexico City have passed a regulation barring burros from the strqet except very early in the morning* and late at night, as their deliberate movements impede the modern kind of traffic. rnmm Fair tonight and Friday, continued cool, probably light frost in expos«d < places in extreme' west portion to night. . " NO. 26