mi:
MHELD.
■SEIZUHE IN
Ki COUNTY
l-Jofu-T' ts, < !'. ve
Gallons of Liq
fcvew A..!0 Were
|Jtast Night.
KniSOT
P v r pis NAME
I iQ’-ior is
■Yjt <82.500 and
If,[an Got it From
Mum Ship.
mJtt7~s~c- X,v . 10 , —
pav w.U bo o dry
mp' ‘ * ho v«*rn count
■> f 0- «uoh as has
% •. t H S <?ct\on since
:: -t became ef
\t H . .;|i( are made
K bv ?} ,pri; v J. 0. Hill.
K;Vu-'<l tn Rive his
■ tvs of the fliwst grade
iteiv automobile
KL«:i liconso. were cap-
KL found <'a the man in-
Sansm'l S. Fein, of
BjYtreet, Pittsburgh, Pa.,
Bfna. In the ear were
from South Car-
Bf. “rinri.ln and Pennsyl-
UJn i/hel.i without bond.
K-| «id today that he be-
K„„ r , (V.nsorvatively valued
come fr<<m a rum ship"
Ru a '<v«t. and was intended
Kjj eonsumptiou. Hp ex-
K[ that the man was one
Eg running outfit.
■JuTnot told
Kll Alibi ; PRINTING
B iff ,, vP v Nune Newspapers
■ \,[ Publishing Facts.
■ y,, ; a,—Tih< people of
K ('nridina do not
an«at ih- State print-
KL, {.m-au'f Mime of the
tin 1 stafe have not
H ;nt h r.> b- known and be-
"went to sleep at
Bird did not regard it as
K, r> - A: - ' W. McLean
Bintfrview with the Ashe-
Bg tonight, while making
Bsbk tliat ofiieials <»f the
Bb:<::r.g e\e:y eiTort to see
■ v_. jirintitig is awarded
■rp instead <>f being sent
Hfe state "as has been sug
■ffrtflia. propagaodists.”
Hjtst what we do not want
*nM in answer
Bt!i*rher the State intends
printing our of the state
solve the difficulty that
lr : i-to with reference to
Hq wmtracts.
Hr-' - >- • . .d we consider
Brlutrs of the state are en
for the work. But
Hd North i'amlina cannot
Hit! the old cmtract stand
Htb State to lose, as it has
Ht fir years thousands of
HttDy," he said.
■fcwtanf farts <rand out in
H|situation that have to be
Hbt-f'rr th ■ public can begin
H»’? what has happened and
Bine to N» done before the
Hw ean be satisfactorily
■ IV* farts nre:
HDat because of the nature
Bwhact. whi<ffi was drawn
ago and is an am-
fall of loop holes
ir impossible for
Huputsirip of Raleigh to bid
■aaie» of breaking even on
when bids were
H**l June the printers in
coo;jt irion among
H. ts(i *’• submitted bids sub-
H*otical."
H® 11 °f ffic contract as ex-
Hthe fnrci-nor j s that the
B*submitted -on the whole
# cf the whole of the
B? of the Bhu-k Pat.
El*: 1 -The Copca-
Bfw Hio Hoo. a fraternal
interested in
■jDwustry, -began its ooth
■ hero today with
I''"' date and
BjLJ Smiiiiig of the three
Hm* '' ert> ehosi'u with an
Bu’.l s n ‘ n, -li day
Hi tt D j l ' ar •*’o9 n. ni.
f *BStb rßa r‘ zat . ! ° n ’ wl,i i
■\.. " h*>pptness and
BJ h f ' nin,}( 'd by Bolling
BfjL?/ <Jhi,: 'Ro. at Gur
■ly„ 2 I’ bas one fixed
Bit Bin ;s K°verned by
■&p n '°' of the
and eight other
B^nd? 11,1 p ( ' ,x ® il l> includes
BStoffi,.,!' dealers.
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■ I >a! fs of Tfio coup
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hTo! rs *' ,pp L
B^ < ; , . X,V - —About a
Bj 8 \ < n da tigered here
Bw ri ,P ' <-x !'l(»ded in n
B4 of if' ,I “‘ v h«d Rath
Biif inv . f f ;" ,n ‘Htcipal elec
Btof b-fif ,|ons rp 2 J ‘rditi?
Btt as ‘ " ts ’“morrow. Xo
■ Ils , ' r - ,J ’ the blast.
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B. Vy y r,lV -' K ! 'or Help
BHgt,),'*• *iovcnio'
t( ", o' understood
B^rio atl j, ! 11 ' ’ 'oolidgi
v * rnss for al
rhp ;i the re
B^rav 6^' , ' , r rif x ’ermon
■ ” " r the past fe\>
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THE CONCORD TIMES
J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
YOUNG MEN OP TODAY
BEHAVING MUCH BETTER
THAN BOISTEROUS GIRLS
(By International News Service)
• London. Nov. 10.—“ The young
men of today, being gentle and
gracious, make up for the boister
oueness of the girls.”
Such ie the considered opinion of
Sir Edmund Gosse, the great writ
er and critic, who has just passed
his 78th birthday.
“Young man and women are
both very different from those of
my ydUth,” says Gosse. “The
woman of 21, is, of course, more
emancipated, and manages things
for herself. She has a very great
advantage over the girls of my
youth, but I think there is danger
sometimes that in defending her
liberties she neglects the graces a
little.' Button tha whole I think
the women of today are a great ad
vance on what their grandmothers
w *e.
“As for young men, they are
much, better behaved than in my
day. There is no brutality. But
1 find it difficult to distinguish,
nowadays who are the men and
who the women— the only distinc
tion seems to be the little abbrevi-'
ated skirt.” >
tilE COTTQtf MARKET:
Opened Steady at ai| Advance of 2
to S Points on Buying and Cover-
New York, Nor # .fip,-^ff > ) —The cot
ton marfcet opened Stead# today at an
advance of 2 to 8 points on trade
buying amd covering for profit taking
by shorts after the declines yesterday.
January cold up-to 19t91 and May
to 20 ;24, but the bulge met renewed
commission house liquiZiation, while
there was also some Southern selling.
Prices lost Bto 10 points in early
trading, January selling off to-19:81,
or 8 points below yesterday’s closing
quotation.
The~market eased late% under furth
er southern selling and liquidation.
There was further trams buying on
scale down orders, but otherwise very
little demand was in evidence, and
the failure of" buying to develop in
greater volume probably was a disap
pointment to some of the early buy
ers, or longs, who had carried con
tracts over the break of"* yesterday.
This was supposed to account for part
of the selling which sent the price
of January contracts off to 19.65, or
about 25 points net lower. The mar
ket was within 4 or 5 points of the
lowest at midday, showing net de
clines of about 15 to 20 points.
Cotton futures opened steady: Dec.
19.90; Jan, 19.90; March 50.15; May
20.20; July 20.08.
With Our Advertiser*.' -
The best in watches at the Starnes-
Miller-Parker Co. Read new ad. in
this paper,
Belk’s ia offering full fashion silk
hose at special prices. Also new
Sungalo satin dresses at $4.98. Don’t
fail to read now ad. in this paper.
Hunters can get full equipment
from the Yorke & Wadsworth Co.
Shells, guns, hunting coats, leggings,
etc.
Winter shopping is a pleasure
among the charming coats at the J.
C. Penney Co. For women, misses
and juniors, priced from $9.90 to
$24.75.
The Iredell Upholstered Furniture
Co. will open a branch in Concord on
Saturday morning. The company sells
direct from the factory to the home
and offers a wide variety of goods.
Don’t fail to read carefully half-page
ad_ in this paper.
Acceptance of the Work Means Cut
In Printer Wage.
Raleigh, Nov. 7.—Allegations that
the law is being violated by permitting
state printing to be done by firms not
under bond were made today in a
letter by employes of Raleigh pub
lishers.
Employes of capital city firms which
formerly held contracts for a greater
part of the state printing replied to
invitations of employers to express
opinion as to whether the employers
would prefer to leave their jobs or ac
cept a 10 per cent cut in wages. Em
ployers contended such would be a
necessary consequepce of accepting
state printing on the state s terms.
the stock market
Reported by Fenner & Beane.
(Quotations at 1:30 P. M.)
Atchison
American Can i!ici
Allied Chemical l^
American Smelting
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Ohio kov
Bethlehem Steel 8
Chesapeake & Ohio —2OO
Chrysler '**
Corn Products -,ro
New York Central JJS*
I>upont 3 °‘£
Fleishman
General Electric
Gold Dust
General Motors frj' -5
Houston Oil
Hudson Motors
Mo.-Kans. & Tex.
Kennecott Copper ****
Liggett & Myers 120
I.orillard __ ' ™
Mack Truck
Mo.-Pacific Pfd.
Mo.-Pacific Com. ,4
Montgomery-Ward
.'sash Motors
Packard Motors ’J**
,-enn. RK. «-i
Phillips Pete oci?
Producers and Refiners
B” Rey. Tob. Com.
took Island RR.
M'ars Roebuck __
southern Ry.
;td. Oil of N. J. 40
■on. Pac. RR.
Pudebaker Corp. OO
’iron Carbine
Vabash RR.
Vestinghouse Elec. Co. *— y*
Myd. RR. 4S
Vool worth Jg®
.S. Steel . J®?/?
Coca-Cola —— -121
Defense Shows Plenty Os
Fight Before Grand Jury
As Sinclair Men Appear
It is Indicated that Sheldon
Clark Will Refuse to
Testify as Other Sinclair
Men Have Done.
BURNS IS BACK
FOR ARGUMENT
His Son is also Called and
He Takes Into Grand
Jury Room All Records
Covering the Case.
Washington, Npv. 10. — UP) —»The
defense in the Teapot Dome jury tam
pering investigation showed up full of
fight today in the District of Columbia
Supreme Court building, where a
grand jury is considering who was re-'
sponsible for the mistrial in the case
of Albert B. Fall and Harry F. Sin
clair.
Sheldon Clark, of Chicago, a Sin
clair official, brought along two attor
neys, and their attitude indicated that
he would decline to testify before the
inquisitorial body as he did yester
day. The government may hail him
into court on a conspiracy charge as
it did Henry Mason Day, another Sin
cJajr man charged with improper ac
tivities in shadowing of the trial jury
by Burns detectives.
M illiam J. Burns himself, and his
son, W. Sherman Burns, were back
in court, and got into an argument
with the district attorney officers over
oral procedure. The youn'ger Burns
was the first witness, taking into the
grand jury room all records of his
office relating to the case. But he ex
plained these records would not show
who employed his operators, because
the bill for these services had not
been rendered. Harry Jafferies, who
said he was merely employed by Sin
clair, responded to a subpoena, but
before testifying he said he would have
nothing to say about the case.
Clark Under Technical Arrest.
Washington, Nov. 10.—OP)—Shel
don Clark, wealthy Chicago oil man
and sportsman, was placed under
technical arrest today after hia re
fusal to testify in the grand jury In
vestigation of the Fall-Sinclair jury
surveillance scandal.
Clark, who is vice president and
general manager of the Sinclair Re
fining Co., wae released on a $25,000
bond, the same as that required^'s-of
Henry Mason Day, another Sinclair
man. His hearing will await the action
of the grand jury, which is expected to'
conclude its investigation this week.
JAIL-BREAKER IS
CAUGHT AGAIN
Threw Gun on Policeman, Locked
Him in Cell and Took to Woods.
Tbomasville, Nov. B.—This morning
about 7 o'clock Policeman Tom Rus
sell went to the jail to feed the pris
oners. As the officer entered and
unlocked the cell, a prisoner, calling
himself “James Craven,” held a gun
in the officer’s face and demanded
what he had, a pistol, and the keys.
On receiving the policeman’s prop
erty.: the prisoner held him at bay
until he had gone out and locked the
jail behind him, leaving the officer
confined and helpless, so far as be
ing able to extricate himself was con
cerned.
On running away he threw the of
ficer’s gun down near the jail, but
kqpt hia own gun, making his escape
into the woods north of the city.
Bloodhounds were ordered from Ashe
boro and about noon today the hounds
were brought out and placed on the
track. The exciting chase was soon
ended, for the escaped; prisoner was
found under a bank.
How the prisoner got the gun is a
mystery, for the officers say that he
was thoroughly searched before being
confined several days ago.
Policeman Russell, who was locked
in the jail, called for help, but people
who reside within convenient hearing
distance of the prison, are accustomed
to hearing all sorts of noises and did
not pay any attention to his calls.
No one here seems to recall hav
ing seen the man before he showed
up in the city some days ago, and
it is uncertain as to his name, or his
home.
TELLS PREACHERS TO
READ MODENR BOOKS
Should Have New as Well as Old
Books in Library, Says Rev. John
Barclay at Conference.
Kinston, Nov. B.— UP)— The minis
ter of today should have in his li
brary not only the old books, but the
new books that are coming out all
the time, and in addition should take
a variety of magazines, the Rev. John
Barclay, of Wilson, said here today
in talking to the ministers of the
Church of Christ, on what should be
in their study.
He was addressing the meeting of
ministers which precedes the opening
tonight of the Golden Jubilee conven
tion of the organization in the state.
The Rev Cecil F. Outlaw, of Dur
ham, discussing the “preacher in his
ouipit," compared the priest and the
.rcacher. “The priest,” he said,
‘deals more with the mechanics of
religion ; the preacher must deal with
Ivnamics. It is too often that the
ireached becomes so interested in the
organization and the divine ordinances
that he loses sight of the vital mes
age and the glorious end of building
j i'e and developing character.”
Governors McLean and Byrd to See
Game at Chapel Hill.
Ra’eigh, Nov. 7. —Governor McLean
vill sit with Governor Byrd as the
wo alumni watch the University of
Vorth Carolina-Yirginfa football game
Thanksgiving day at Chapel Hill.
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1927.
BELLS TO TOLL, WHISTLES
TO BLOW AT 11 O’CLOCK
ARMISTICE DAY
f
Mayor C-. H. Barrier has endors
ed the plan of the Concord War
Mothers to have the churched of
the city toll their bells and |ths
factories sound their at
11 o’clock in the morning on| Ar
mistice Day, Friday, November
11th, and asks the
mill superintendents to cooperate
by having their bells and sirens
opened up for a few minute* a&the
hour mentioned.
FAIL TO AGREE ON
FARM RELIEF PLAN
Three Groups From West In Capital
But They Have Not Yet Agreed.
Washington, Nov. 10.—CP)—The
equalization fee of the McNary-Haug
en bill has again proved a stumbling
block for an agreement on farm re
lief between three of the major agri
cultural organizations, and a meeting
here today to effect a compromise Was
adjourned for further consultation.
The meeting was called by the
American Farm Bureau Federation,
the Farming Union, and the National
Grange, in the hope of reaching a de
cision as to what type of farm relief
measure should be advocated in the
next Congress.
It was learned that there Xras no
disagreement between the three or
ganizations as to the carrying out of
such agricultural policies as the erad
ication of bovine tuberculosis, farm
education, and production processes,
but when it came to the qu«tion of
formulating a comprehensive farm re
lief proposal, the equalization fee
again loomed up to balk their efforts.
The farm bureau’s representatives
have not seen their way clesr to go
very far away from the equalization
fee provision, while the National
Grange, which long haa favored a
debenture tariff scheme, ha# not yet
reached the point where It can go
over to the fee proposal. Represen
tatives of the Farmers Union were
said to have been in a compromising
mood, and willing to accept any
agreement that could be reached.
While the meeting failed. |p develop
any plan for farm reliei, ?Twhs de
clared to have broken up with entire
good feeling.
Dr. I. T. Mann Re-Appointed Repre
sentative of Legion.
Charlotte, Nov. 9. —Dr. I. T. Mann,
of High Point, has been reappointed
representative of the North Carolina
department of the American legion on
the rehabiliation commission of the
national organization, V. P. Roussea,
retiring department adjutant, an
nounced today on his return from an
executive committee meeting at
Greensboro.
BIGGEST SUB BOAT
READY FOR DUTIES
The Mine Laying V-4 Will
Be Launched During Day
at Portsmouth, N. H.
Portsmouth, N. H., Nov. 10.—
UP) —The largest submarine in the
world, the mine-laying V«4, was
poised on the ways of'the Navy
Yard here today, ready to slide
down the grooves to join the Unit
ed States fleet.
The V-4 is the first mine-lay
ing underseas boat ever built for
the Navy. It will carry eight
officers and eighty men, and em
bodies many modern points of
design and equipment.
In an effort to make the vessel
self-sustaining, unusual attention
has been paid to quarters for
the crew. It will have apparatus
for evaporating and distilling
fresh water, special spaces for
stowage, and refrigeration of con
sumable stores, two motor boats,
a moving picture outfit and a
branch post office.
A new departure will be a
wooden deck laid practically the
entire length of the vessel, while
a portion of the bridge will be en
closed as on surface * vessels.
Both bridge and deck are fitted
with awnings for tropical waters.
TEXTILE CONDITIONS
DISCUSSED BY GREGG
Says Employment Conditions For
Both Sides Better Than Ever Now.
Charlotte, Nov. 10.—(/P)—Employ
ment conditions in the cotton manu
facturing industry of the Southern
states are “more satisfactory now than
at any other time in recent years
when the operatives and mill owners’
viewpoints are considered at once,”
J. M. Gregg, secretary of the South
ern Textile Association, said here to
day. He discussed reports he received
from many sources, while attending
conventions of various branches of the
association.
“The mills are making more money,
and there is no curtailment of opera
tions in any section of the South, so
far as I have been informed,” said
Mr. Gregg. He added that many mills
are working day and night.
Says Men Treat Women Better Than
They Did.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the old
school who complain that men of to
day treat women with none ot the
old-time gallantry will doubtless be
surprised to learn that many modern
women prefer it so. For it is pointed
out by a modern young woman,
Vyvyan Donner, in an article in tins
week’s Liberty, there are compensa
tions.
BIG RECEPTION IS
PLANNED FOR MISS
EIDER ON RETURN
Will Reach New York To
morrow and Plans For
Reception Are Being
Completed in Metropolis.
MAYOR WALKER
TO GREET HER
She WiU Be Met By City
Tug and Taken to City
Hall Where Reception
Will be Accorded Her.
New York, Nov. 10.— UP) —Ruth
Elder, laden with the honors of for
eign capitals, and interested in the
movies, comes back to New York to
morrow on the Aquitania, to receive
the acclaim of the city where she
started on her ill-fated flight to Paris
in the monoplane, American Girl.
Plans for New York’s salute to the
comely flyer, and her co-pilot, Georcg
Haldeman, wert being completed to
day by Grover A. Whalen, chairman
of the mayor's committee for reception
of distinguished guests, .who has al
ready greeted Lindbergh, Chamberlin,
Byrd and Levine.
The flyers will be met at Quaran
tine by the municipal tug Macom, on
which they will be taken to the Bat
tery, where they will be met by a
motorcycle escort for the journey to
their uptown hotel. They will be
greeted at the City Hall in the after
noon by Mayor Walker, from whom
they will receive memorial scrools sig
nalizing their flight.
Lyle Womack, Miss Elder’s hus
band ; Mrs. Susan Adorn, her aunt;
Miss Sarah Henderson Hay, Columbia
student and a native of Anniston,
Ala., Miss Elder's home town; citi
zens from Wheeling, W. Va., and
members of the mayor’s committee
were named to make up a welcoming
party aboard the Macom.
HIGH COURT SAYS
. CHECK LAW IS LEGAL
Bills of Exchange Now Regarded as
So Much Money, Jurist Holds
Raleigh, Nov. 9. —The State Su
preme Court late today declared the
1927 “bad check’ law to be constitu
tional.
Justice Adams wrote the court’s
opinion, a reversal of the holdings
of Judge Grady in Halifax Super
ifMMPSt at 'term. Chief
Justice Stacy and. Justice Connor
wrote concurrences while Justice
Brodgen and Clarkson wrote dis
senting opinions.
The law upheld was drafted and
passed to prevent the giving of
worthless checks.
“Bills of exchange are now re
garded as representing so muen
money and as performing the func
tions of paper currency,” Jus
tice Adams declared. “They are an
indispensable agency in the mainten
ance of commerce; and in the pro
portion in which they are spurious
the expansion of trade will unavoid
ably be retarded. These instruments
of business intercourse should com
mand public confidence.”
The law in question denounces
as a crime the mere non-payment
of a debt without any finding of
fraud or false pretense. Tne test
case Involved O. Y. Yarfboro who
drew a check on the Farmers and
Merchants Bank, of Louisburg,
payable to -order of George C.
Green in sum of SIOO.
Upholding of the law was on the
point of public policy and pouce
power. Chief Justice Sacy said he
concurred in the judgment holding
the present Enactment within the con
stitutional power of the Legislature.
“The check flasher,” he wrote, “does
more than contract a debt; he shakes
the pillars of business; and to my
mind, it is a mistaken charity of
category with the honest man who
is unable to pay his debts and for
whom the constitutional inhibition
against imprisonment for debt, ex
cept in eases of fraud’ was intended
as a shield and not as a—sword.”
Chief Justice Stacy declared the
present statue is aimed at a prac
tice which has become a menace to
trade, an evil and a mischief or he
major portion of business is done on
paper. ‘The uttering of a worm less
check is both a private and public
wrong, like the passing of a counter
feit coin,” he wrote.
Jail Ends Hunt of Two For Freedom’s
Symbol.
Shelby, Nov. 9.—The heights of
optimism were reached here when two
men, slightly sarcastic of men’s free
dom to take a “nip,” began a search
for the Statue of Liberty and wound
up their hunt for freedom’s symbol in
the county jail.
Two men jyere hanging on to a
street telephone booth here telephon
ing to various sections of the town
asking, in a drink-befuddled voice, the
location of the Statue of Liberty
Patrolman Mcßride Poston came
by on his beat and shortly later the
searchers were peering through the
bars,of the county jail, indignant
somewhat that the light of liberty they
sought has been ti'ansformed into a
clanking door that locked on the out
side.
Week-End Specials at Efird’s.
Bargains for all in every depart
ment offered by Efird’s in week-end
specials.
Coats, dresses, frocks, outing gowns,
sweaters, jersey bloomers, flannel
suits, crepe de chine teddies, jersey
pajamas, corSets, silks, shoes, hosiery
and other goods at lower than usual
prices.
Read carefully half-page ad. in this
paper.
The next international squash rac
quet matches for the Henry G. Lap
ham trophy will be played January
28th at Buffalo, N. Y.
r MILUCENT ROGERS WEDS AGAIN q
|
; Former Cotmtess Salm, heroine of international romance and
divorce, goes to altar a second time, becoming wife of Arturo
.Ramos, and wealthy Argentine youth, at fashionable South
ampton, L. 1., church ceremony. Jhis is Mrs. Ramos’s most
recent .photograph,
Hope To Reduce Prices of
School Books in the State
The Tribune Bureau,
Sir Walter Hotel.
By J. C. Baskervill.
Raleigh, Nov. 10.—The State Board
of Education, in its present negotia
tions with publishers and a general re
newal of contracts, hopes to be able to
bring about a substantial reduction in
the cost of text books to school chil
dren. But whether it will be able to
bring about a reduction, or the amount
of it, has not beeiL determined, and
pwbaMfcfw# not be for some time, a
the State Board said to-
There are several possible methods
by which a reduction in the cost of
the text books to the pupils—or par
ents- —may be brought about, and
while it is known that the
is considering all these possible meth
ods, there has been no indication as
yet as to which method is favored, or
will be adopted.
At present, the state contracts for
its text books on a retail price basis—
that is, the contract sets forth the price
at which the books must be sold to
the pupils, and becomes the maximum
price. The state is not concerned at
the wholesale price at which the books
publishers sell their books to the state
depository, which in turn distributes
the books to the 100 county depositor
ies, though it is generally understood
that the wholesale price is approxi
mately 20 per cent less than the re
tail price, 10 per cent of which goes
to the state, depository here in Raleigh,
and 10 per cent to the county de
pository, as their profit for handling
the books.
The question before the state Board
of Education now is whether to re
tain the present system, or whether to
adopt a wholesale instead of a retail
price coivtract, or whether to make a
change in the method of distribution,
pr a combination of all of these, in an
effort to lower the price of the text
books to the school children.
But there is more involved in the
situation than the mere price of the
textbooks to the children who use them,
the political considerations being as
great if not greater than the economy
question, many agree. And thus wltile
there is no doubt that the Board of
Education is desirous of getting con
tracts that will lower the price of the
JORDAN IS MAKING
CHAIRS IN PENITENTIARY
Wanted to Be Prison Chaplain But
Plans Were Changed Fir Him.
State Prison, Raleigh, N. C., Nov.
9.—(INS) —Since the hope of Rev.
Willie T. Jordan, erstwhile Methodist
clergyman whose one too many
marital ventures sent him behind
prison bars, to become prison chap
lain has been blasted, he is becoming
an expert in the art of chair-making.
“Os course,” said the “amnesia
parson, “when I started the work
was new and difficult for me. “But,”
he added pridefully, “I’m making a
pretty good job of it, don’t you think?”
The minister who was sentenced to
serve from 18 to 24 months in State
prison following his conviction for
bigamy in Charlotte recently, was as
signed to the prison chair factory
when he discarded his ministerial
garb for stripes. He became State
convict No. 20940.
Governor McLean set at rest rumors
that Rev. Jordan might become the
prison chaplain when he made the fol
lowing statement:
“If he (Rev. Jordan) is not worthy
to be the spiritual adviser of men and
women outside the prison, he is cer
tainly not worthy to be the adviser of
those who are unfortunate enough to
be confined in the prison.”
Rev, Jordan declared today he plan
ned to continue his ministerial career
when he ie released from prison. “It ie
the only profession I know,” he said.
“If I were younger, I might try some
thing else.”
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance
textbooks to the school children, there
is not much likelihood that this will
be done at the cost of weakening the
political organization which has been
built up as a result pf the present con
tract system and method of distribu
tion.
The fact that there Is a school book
depository which collects approximate
ly 10 per cent on every book sold in
the state, and another depository in
each of the 100 counties which collects
another 10 per cent, forms a state wide
political organization that is not to
be sneezed at, even by a Scotch Gov
ernor whpse hobby is economy. Thus
there is not much likelihood that the
present method of school book dis
tribution will be changed, though there
is little doubt in the minds of those
familiar with the situation that a
substantial saving could be made
should the books be sent directly by
the publishers to the individual coun
ties, instead of to Raleigh, and then
to the counties.
If the method of distribution is not
changed, only one major alternative is
left, and that is to execute wholesale
price contracts with the publishers in
stead of the present retail contract,
and push these wholesale prices far
enough belbw the present prices, less
20 per cenf, so that the books con be
sold to the school children at less
than they are now paying. Thus, a
book that is now selling for sl, to the
school child, was purchased from the
publisher for 80 cents. Thus if the
state can execute a wholesale contract
and buy the book for 75 cents, the
saving will be passed on tUe school
child, and he will buy the book at
95 cents.
In other words, rather than at
tempt to reduce the per centage of pro
fit made by the school book depositor
ies, and thus weaken political stand
ing it seems that the main effort to
reduce book prices will be in an at
tempt to get the book publishers to
take a narrower margin of profit, those
who have been observing the situation
believe. However, the book publishers
eo far do not seem to be inclined to
absorb this difference, with the result
that the state may not be able to
bring about a price reduction, unless
it can afford to sacrifice some poli
tical fences in so doing.
WOMAN NOT GUILTY,
HUSBAND CONVICTED
Jury Finds Mrs. Richard Burtcher,
Sr., Was Coerced by Husband Into
Selling. Liquor.
Winston-Salem, Nov. 9.—Finding
that she had been coerced by her hus
band into selling whiskey, a jury in
federal court here today acquitted
Mrs. Richard Burtcher, Sr., of Mt.
Airy, of violating the national prohi
bition act, but found her husband guil
ty of retailing, possessing and com
mitting a nuisance.
Judge Hayes announced that he
would sentence Burtcher next Tuqe*
day.
Ashe Magistrates Indicted For De
reliction.
Jefferson, Nov. 9.—As a result of
Judge N. A. Sinclair’s crusade against
the failure of justices of the peace to
perform dutiep imposed on them by
law, the grand jury, at the recent ses
sion of superior court here, passed
bills of indictment against every jus
tice of the peace in Ashe county ex
cept five.
The names of the Indicted magis
trates have, not yet been made public.
Judge Sinclair instructed the grand
jury to indict all officials found in
any way derelict in the performance
of legal duty and insisted that there
were too many justices of the peace in
the state who had been appointed for
po'.itical reasons or were turning their
offices into collection agencies rather
than courts for the enforcement of the
law.
NO. 38
ELECTION RESULTS
TUESDAY DELIGHT
SMITH SUPPORTERS
" \
See Outcome in New York
as, Personal Victory For
Governor Whose Policies
Were Upheld. -- :
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OPPONENTS SEE ~
HIM STRONGER
In Ohio The Defeat Os
the Anti-Saloon Proposal
Came as Surprise—Vare
Wins in Home Town.
Washington, Nov. 10.—UP)—Lead
ers backing the presidential candidacy
of Governor Smith of New York, drew
much encouragement today 'from
day’s overwhelming Democratic vic
tory at the polls of that state.
Pointing to the fact that of nine
proposed constitutional amendment*
the one opposed by the governor wa*
decisively defeated and the other eight
which had his approval adopted by
large majorities, his friends looked
upon the outcome as a personal
tory for their presidential choice.
Even among his opponents it was
conceded that the election had served
to increase his prestige. . The latter
group, however, was generally inclined
to reserve judgment and await devel
opments.
The downfall of the Anti-Saloon
League in Ohio, although creating
some surprise, aroused no comment,
while the generally expected success
of the Vare organization at Phila
delphia was regarded in many quar
ters as having no effect upon the seat
ing of Senator-Elect Vare, in spite of
a statement from James M. Beck,
elected a member of the House, who
said the election showed “the people
of Philadelphia were not in sympathy
with the attempt to deprive Vare of
a place in the upper chamber of Con
gress.”
REPEAL OF NUISANCE
TAXES IS SUGGESTED
Theatre Owners Are- Anxious to Have
10 Per Cent. Tax Removed on
Movies and Theatres.
Washington, Nov. 10.— UP) —Repeal
or downward revision of the excise »r
nuisance taxes, including such things
aa levies on theatre admissions, cigafs
and the like, was asked today at tie
House ways and means committee tix
hearings.
Ligon Johnson of New York, rep
resenting the National Theatrical As
sociation, declared the 10 per cent tax
on theatre tickets selling for more
than 76 cents was a direct burden to
the spoken drama.
Since the tax was imposed, he said
“the number of shows on the road was
decreased by one-third.”.
M. J. O’Tolle, New York City secre
tary of the Motion Picture Theatres
Owners Association of America, ad
vocated that all special taxes on the
theatre be eliminated.
GOVERNOR OPENED
FLORISTS' MEETING
Florists of Southeastern Division at
Meeting in Asheville.
Asheville, Nov. 10. —(A*)—In a set
ting of rare blossoms —roses with six
foot stems, and orchids valued at s3*-
000 for a single plant—Governor An
gus W. McLean of North Carolina to
day formally opened the annual con
vention of the Southeastern Florists'
Association. %
Although the business session of the
organization occupied the delegates
part of the day, the flower show con
sisting of a collection of blossoms such
as are seldom seen was the magnet
that drew hundreds. In the show
were hundreds of newly developed va
rieties of chrysanthemums and other
flowers.
Discussion of the propagation of
flowers and plant diseases featured
the business session that preceded the
formal opening.
Lord Mayor’s Day In London.
LondonT Nov. 9.—Sir Charles
Batho was today installed Lord May
or of the City of London. The us
ual formalities having been chrried
out at the Guildhab, the new Lord
Mayor, accompanied by his predeces
sor, the sheriffs, aldermen and coun
cillors of the City of London, went in
their old-time costumes to the Law
Courts, where the oath was adminis
tered by the Lord Chief Justice. The
Lord Mayor’s show, with which this
pilgrimage to the confines of the “one
square mile” was accompanied, was
unusually gorgeous and elaborate and
was witnessed by enormous crowds
that lined the streets. The subject
of the pageant was London's interest
in shipping and its attendant indus
tries. Elaborate displays yrere made
by Trinity House and many of the
big shipping and commercial compan
ies.
Concealed By Smoke, Lad is Killed
By Car.
Lineolnton. Nov. 9. —George Qniek
el, 13 year-old eon of Mr. and Mrs.
Mike Quieked, died 30 minutes after
being struck by a car driven by Miss
Susan Long, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Long. The boy was en
route borne from school and was
crossing an overhead bridge as a
train was passing under. The smoke
from the train screened the lad keep
ing Miss Long from seeing him.- He
was rushed to Lineolnton Hospital,
where he died 30 minutes later.
IWPATHEB
Cloudy and warmer tonight and Fri
day, probably occasional light rain*
in the extreme west portion. Moderate
northeast shifting to southeast and
h winds. i