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I:SI:I The Concord Daily Tribune iW” » -m. X1 « TODAY » VOLUME XXIII Hooded Band Menace To All, Bailey Asserts * Raleigh Man, Speaking in * Pittsboro, Says Men Who Take Law in Own Hands Are Enemies of the State. NO REASON FOR THEIR CONDUCT Says Laws and Courts Have Been Established to Pro tect People and Hooded Bands Are Not Needed. (By the 4NMidale<l PreNM.i , Pittsboro, X. C„ pril 30.—-“ When men singly or in groups take the inw into their own hands, they at owe become the enemies of free gov ernment,” declared ,7. W. Bailey, of in an address here today. "Putting hoods on their heads and going In groups makes the matter ail the worse." he added. "Xo matter what the provocation they cannot justify themselves,” Mr. Bailey continued. "There is but one way to enforce order—and that is by law. If officers fail the only course is to turn them out. To undertake to do their duty for ttiem is usurpation of power—if is lawlessness itself, it is no better than anarchy. "We have had in this state many manifestations of mob law—rather of mot) lawlessness, lynehings. whippings, intimidations. Those are ail acts of anarchy—they are destructive of law and of government. Whenever a group of men arrogate to themselves the duty of executing the law or of maintaining order and get away with it. they are in revolt against' civiliza tion. They are throwing over (he state and the law Which is its life, fall this evil tiling *IOO per cent Am ericanism—it is 100 per emit. anti- Americanism. It is Turkeyisiis it is Itussianism, it is anarchy. It is the antithesis of American. Xo man in liis senses will tolerate it; Those citizens who have joined any organi zation that stands for this sort of thing, ought —ithont delay to repudi ate every feature of the organization that tends to foster this freedom-de stroying business. : "Xo one tain tie n*) ...vive, Mt. the threats to eSercitfP"ttTis rriVtlAWPfllW 1 - er in polities. We are told that can didates who do not enter to govern: luent hy secret assaults and intimida tion will lie beaten hy invisible pow ers. This also is unlawful. Whenever we reach the point that candidates for office will lie permitted hy the voters to pussyfoot on this subject, all is ov er so far as free government is con cerned. Tile issue must lie mnde with this evil thing from the beginning. Ev ery candidate for office must he test id with this test. And his position must ring dear. If lie is afraid or in longue witli secret groups or invisible usurpers of the functions of govern ment he is unfit for place of power— he cannot meet justice. A public offi cer is a minister of the law. He can not be n minister of the law and fear or compromise with any who would take to themselves functions of the slate and the courts without author ity from the people, and without ac countability to tlie people. For this authority and accountability are in dispeusilile to free government." THE COTTON MARKET Selling Movement in Progress Satur day Was Renewed at Opening To day. (By the Associated Press.l New York, April 30.—The selling movement which had been in progress at the close of the cotton market last week was renewed at the opening this morning. After opening easy at a decline of 8 to 27 points, the market soon became weak and unsettled under more or lqss general selling. Cottop futures opened steady. May 28.10; .Iniy 20.80; Oct. 24.05; l>ec. 23.00; Jan. 23.40. With Our Advertisers. Read the new advertisement today of E. B. Grady, the expert plumiier. For one week, beginning April 30th, 11. B. Wilkinson will sell $7.50 matting druggets for $4.95. He has only 100 of them. Better go quick. The Citizens Bank and Trust Com (f pany makes a specialty of service to farmers. Sport hats of all kinds and Leghorns In newest shapes at the Specialty Hat Shop. Read the new insurance ad. today of John K. Patterson & Go. The Sanitary Grocery Co. has just received a new shipment of Occoneeche self-rising and Bon-ton patent flour. Also lot of chicken feed. Cline’s Pharmacy sells the best can dies. Telephone 333. The Porter Drug Co. will give you a dose of Caldwell's headache remedy free. See nd. Studebaker Pays Dividend. South Bend, Ind., April 30.—The Studebaker Corporation this morning declared a regular quarterly dividend 'of 1 3-4 per cent, on preferred stock and 2 1-2 per cent, on common stock, " payable June 1. PAY DAY FOR COMPANY *E Tonight at 8 O’clock ■ c At Armory ♦ — I AMERICAN SHIPS CAN SELL , LIQUOR WHILE AT SEA . But Ttipy Cannot Came in Hirer-Mile Limit With It, Supreme Court Rules, Assort a ted P*r«*s». i Washington, April 30.—The ruling of Attorney General Daugherty against the serving of liquor on American 1 ships oil ilie high sens was overturned today hy the Supreme Court which held at the Same time, however, that i the ban prohibiting both American and foreign ships from bringing liquor • stocks into American parts under bond I is legal and enforceable. The court held that the prohibition amendment could, not legally bo ’ap plied to prevent American ships from Hing beverages when they are out side of American territorial waters. To that extent the decision reversed a ' decision in a, ease by Federal Judge Hand at New York. Within the three ; mile limit, however, the court found that an entirely diffefent Situation oh-’ tains. Sustaining till' position taken b.v .linlge Hand on that point, the de cision declared it illegal for American or foreign ships to bring into Ameri can ports or waters liquor scaled in bond for the use of passengers on out going voyages. The decision regarded hy ihp Feder al, government as one of the most iin-j porta lit yet handed down, in regard to prohibition enforcement, was read In justice VnnDevanter. Justices Mc- Rpynolds and Sutherland dissented. Then Justice Sutherland delivered a dissenting opinion, explaining lie agreed that American ships cannot have aboard intoxicating liquors in American territorial waters, but be lieved the prohihtiqn should not lie applied to foreign ships. Hold Conference. New York, April 30.—Officials of American and foreign steamship com panies went into a hasty conference at the offices of Canard Line this after noon to devise a plan for the handling of the maritime liquor business under the Supreme Court ruling. 35.501,000 SPINDLES”IN OPERATION DURING MARCH Average rtivity Was 255 Hours Per Spindle, According to Government Report. •By tlie Associated Prem.l Raleigh, April 30.—The Fnited . jAdDU Un**>',! ..;uk noTinces the following figures on na tional production and distribution during March, according to a bulletin received here tonight: A total of 35,501,000 eotton spindles were active during March, with an average activity of 255 hours per spindle, compared with the previous maximum of January, 1923, when the average activity wath 249 hours. The production of North Carolina pine, at 1,400.000 feet, compares with 41,090.000 feet for February; 52,290.- 000 feet for March a year ago and 57,400,000 feet, the previous maximum t production in November, 1922. The relative average price to farm ers of the 10 leading crops, at 134. , ooopares with 130 for February and , 112 a year ago. The relative average , price to farmers of livestock, at 100, , companies with 107 for the previous | mouth, 117 for March. 1922. Automobile production, with 313,424 ] pnssongor ears and 34,593 trucks pro- , dneed during the month, compares with the previous maximum of June, 1922, when production of pnssonger cars amounted to 203,027 and trucks . to 25,984. The production of southern pine, at , 480,900, 000 feet, compares with tlie maximum of last .Tune, when produc- < tioii amounted to 409,9247,000 foot. , sffieet production of tlie independent steel mills rose to almost 93 per cent ] of capacity. 122,194,000 pounds of copper were produced In March, compared with ] 102.041,000 pounds for February and 62,305,0000 pounds for March, 1922. i Searching for Seven Missing Men. <B X tbe Associated Preen. ■ Vineyard Haven, Mass., April 30. — , While the lighthouse tender Anemone , was taking from the Vineyard Sound lightship today the 22 survivors of the , Steamship Seaconnet, which sank in the Sound yesterday, the coast guard cutter Acushnet was cruising adjacent waters in search of: the seven men who were missing. Details of tjie sinking were unknown. Boy Killed in Lexington. (Hr the Associated Pttw.i Lexington, N. C.. April 30.—Henry Dickerson, 13, was instantly killed here this morning when he attenmpted to board a moving truck. One wheel of tlie truck, loaded with stone, pass ed over the lad’s head. Young Dick erson was a member of the Boy Scouts, engaged today In investigat- ■ ing homes following “Clean Up” Week. , Overman Asked to Attend Nelson Fun eral. (By the Associated Preen.) Washington,-April 30. —Senator Ov erman, of North Carolinn, was appoint ed hy Vice President Coolidge today as a memlier of the Congressional com mittee to attend the funeral of the late Senator Knute Nelson of Mlnne- J sota. Death of Mrs. tfittia Scott. •By the Aaeoefateil Vires*. Bloomington. 111., April 30.—Mrs. : Julia Green Scott, former president general of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolu tion, died nt her home here yesterday. 1 There will be preaching at Howell’s Church Sunday b.v the pastor at 3 p. m„ hud 7 :30 p. m. Sunday school at 2 o’clock, ' V ' latefcltofe . dtsA v CONCORD, N. C„ MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1923. BAPTIST PREACHER DESK DOMES OF CHURCH CHANGED Says Their Doctrine “Is Out of Harmony With Spirit That is Growing in the Churches.” DEFENDS BELIEF OF CONAN DOYLE Also Sir Oliver Lodge and Says the Christian Science Church is “Practicing Lost Function of Church.” (By me Associated Press.) New York. April 30.—The Rev. Dr. Cornelius Woelfkin, pastor of tlie wealthy Park Avenue Baptist Church, often called the "Rockefeller church,” aroused considerable discussion among his pnrishoners today ns a result of his sermon yesterday in which he crit icised some long-standing Baptist doc trines ns reactionary and urged his congregation to vote to abandon them. He also defended tlie stage, and had a good word for "Sir Oliver Lodge, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Christian Science. John J). Rockefeller, Jr., heard the sermon. "Our practice of excluding members of other denominations unless they are baptized again In our right, is out of harmony with the spirit that is growing in the churches.-’ Dr. Woelf kin said. "We have already opened onr communion table To other Chris tians. and this proposed step follows that logically.” “Do you suppose in Heaven when communion is celebrated that John Calvin. John Knox, John and Charles Wesley and other great leaders in non- Baptist world will lie denied the priv ilege of sitting with the Baptists? "We need greater tolerance for va rious sects, isms and fads that arc springing up. Tdo not regard them as heretical. They are the result of a spiritual urge on the part of the people who are seeking what they think the church cannot furnish them. "Sir Oliver l.islgc is.(me of tlie ont st a tiding psyi;H(Hth» (£Jdk generation and- til— ly to lift tlie veil. So also is Conan Doyle, eminent and high-minded man Tlie healing movement. Christian Science and others, are practicing a lost function of the church which the church should regain.” SOVIETS PROTEST TO DECISION OF ALLIES Which Would Keep the Russians Out of the New Peace Conference at Lau sanne. Lausanne, pril 30 (P.y flic Associ ated Press).—An official dispatch pro testing against Russia “arbitrarily be ing kept out of the conference” was sent to . the Near East conference to day by M. Vorovsky, tlie soviet repre sentative here. He declared such de cision is in direct violation of the terms of the invitation sent to Rus sia by Great Britain, France and Ita ly preceding the first Lausanne con ference on November 14, 1922. M. Vorovski. in his protect, says Russia cannot accept tlie ultimatum of the conference tlmt she must sign tlie convention fixing the status of the Turkish Straits before being admitted to the conference. Russia must enter the eonference “on full terms of equality,” the Soviet representative insists. Mirth Provoking Scenes Created by Fayssoux. Had Fayssoux, the psychic marvel, lived in the time of the Puritans he would have been burned at the stake, 1 beheaded or hanged as a sorcerer and magician. His feats in mind-reading are bewildering; that facility with which he hypnotizes his subjects and compels them to oiie.v his heck and call is truly awe-inspiring. His con trol over a stage full of people, all strangers to him, is simply wonderful. It is a common scene at one of the Fayssoux performances to behold a group of prominent citizens cutting the most fantastic capers imaginable. Here we see a staid old resident standing at one end of the stage de livering an address on the folly of the anti-saloon movement, while a few feet away some one. idcntiled with the liquor interests is making a temper ance speech: in another spot a quartet of men why never attempted to sing a note in all their lives are roaring a rollicking chorus, near by another par ty of citizens are seated in nn imagin ary basket-car taking nn imaginary ride under an imaginary balloon. The comic effects are better imagined than described. Fayssoux will begin an engagement of six nights at the enrv vas theatre Monday, April 30th. Woman Killed in Explosion. (By the Associated Pnu.) Paducah, Ky., April 30.—Mrs. Ros etta Daugherty Warren, 34, was in stantly killed early today In a dyna mite explosion which wrecked her home here. Her body was mangled. Her three children escaped Injury. An arrest in tlie case is expected momentarily. Confer on Reparations. London, April 30 (By the Associat ed Press). —The British, American and Italian ambassadors conferred today with Chancellor Cuno regarding Ger many’s new reparations offer, says a Central News dispatch from Berlin this afternoon. Report of Grand Jury Made to Judge Webb a. The following is (lie report made hv tlie grand jury last week to the Supe rior court: Chain Gang No. 2. No. prisoners JB. Good wholesome food and everything sanitary. \Ve the grand jury, recommend sugar ami coffee for the prisoners :W break fa Sr. April 25, 1923 Chain Gang Canq No. 2. Provisions; 100 lbs. Items; 150 lt.s flour; 100 lbs. meat; 3 sides meat Stock and tools: s mules: I two horse wagons-; 1 Ford son : 1 road m.i chine; 3 scoops; 1 rand drag: 3 plows Feed; 35 bn. cats. 4 bags sweet feed 60 bales Timothy hay. Frank Brooks, larceny. Stealing pis tol. Sentenced December 11 1622. Was sick and examined by Dr Buchanan March 33, 1923. March 27 Patient was struck with a stick In hands of overseer Ira Host, stick being live feet long and nfeasuring an inch at butt. Struck three times, knocking prisoner, off hank into a hole five feel deep. He abused prisoner and call ed him a— and remark ed (I will kill youF- Prisoner testi fies that lie is still snfTcring from kid ney trouble and is unable to do regu lar duty. Prisoner witnesses to above state inent, h. c. Campbell. TOM MILL. ALBERT LEDFORD. Prisoner Albert Ledford was made to work with pick and; shovel while af flicted with rheumatism in Ins legs. J. B. LINKER, Foreman of Grand Jury. Tools and other things' found at the County Home: 1 Fordson tractor. I Fordson har row, 1 disc harrow, 1-h power, 1 wheat drill, 2 mowing machines. ” turning plows, 1 middle buster. I combination i planter, 1 distribute!;. 1 corn planter. 1 riding plow. 3 walking cultivators. 2 plow stocks, 1 riding cultivator, 1 pair clippers,' J emery wheel, plenty of small tools, 1 gasoline engine. 2 wagons,-1 harrow, lilfc garden of veg etables, 5 bags mill . feed. 400 lbs. of grooiid corn. 11 cows, 1 Eaill, 1 lieifeV. 1 mule, 1 horse, 300? bushels of corn plenty of roughness to run farm. 4 brood sows, 4 pigs. Kj shoats. 5 pieces: of inoaf, 1 tub of lard, 1 incubator. Colored inmates 12) white inmates 31. Tlie following wss found in the County Home provisions; 125 lbs. rice, 100 tts. sugar, 25 lbs. -CoftW;.UihVFhs. Boor, W-gu lions milk,-(Vi jars canned fruit. 4 lbs. butter, plenty of Irish potatoes, plenty of sweet po tatoes. 200 Ihs. home-made soap I grind stone, plenty fuel, 4 wash tubs. The following things are needed at tlie C-onnty Home and reeorambqded li.v the grand jury: 1 smoke house, 1 double garage, screens over windows in guard house, some window panes to lie put in guard house, new screen door and window frames for milk house and inmates’ room. 1 new pump house. In the j cooking apartment: 2 large coffee pots —2 gallon, 2 steel frying pans, 8 bowls. | 2 large bread pans. 36 aluminum pic j pans, 2 large cooking spoons, 6 wait-1 ers. i We, tlie grand jury, recommend that the cooking and living rooms of the entire downstairs including w*alls, ceiling and floors be cleaned and paint ed. Gutters on entire building to lie painted. Water tank and frame to lip painted. Also I new induction motor, type KT 713 G. E., form c, 60 cycle, 110 volts, 3 phase, 11.6 amps, 2 IT. TV, continuous 50 oe, complete with base and standard size pulley. This pump house anil motor is to replace house and motor burned April 19th by short circuit of motor wiring. We. tlie grand jury, recommend that the walls and floor of the jury room in the court house iie painted, and that tlie plastering be repaired on the over head ceiling in tlie court room; two new chairs are needed for tlie iietlt jury room. We also recommend that the old toilet at the back of the jail lie torn away. County JaiL We, the grand jury .recommend that tbe entire steel work of tlie prison cells be painted. We also recommend that the heater in the county jail be covered anil new pressure gauge be fore used. Also front steps at jail need repairing. We recommend to the county commissioners that a gangway lie constructed from the second story of the jail house to t.he second story of the court bouse. Report of Chain Rang Camp No. 1. Fifty-seven prisoners: 31 white, 26 colored. Stock: 13 mules. Tools: 6 2-horse wagons and harness; 1 1-horse wugou and harness. I White truck, 2 Fordson tractors, 2 rooter plows, 2 turn plows, 4 drag pans, plenty picks and shovels, 1 blacksmith shop with tools, 1 steam tractor, 1 steam drill, buildings all in good condition. We find that prisoners are being fed at No. 1 camp with corn bread and beans, with a very small piece of boil ed meat in scant quantity; that corn bread served is not properly-made and we recommend fresh bread made up with ut least 1-4 part flour, and proper amount of milk and shortening. We also find all prisoners carrying t-hoir spoons on their person from one meal to the other, which we disapprove of. and recommend that each prisoner be served with spoons washed before each meal. We find complaint by one prisoner. T. J. Blair, of having been whipped hy Captain P. D. Blackwelder with a hickory 1-2 inch at hut, 5 feet long be cause prisoner would not work. Pris oner claimlug to be sick. Complaint hy Claud Sufford of hav (Concluded on Page Two.) ♦ r GASTON MEANS MAV BECOME NATIONAL ISSUE Man, Formerly Widely Known in This Slate, Calls Daugherty “Harry.” Special to Greensboro News, i Washington, April is some .indication that Gaston B» Means, known to considerable fame; especial ly in North Carolina, may become something of a national issue. Re cently a number of men. including Means, became involved in charges of corruption in connection with the is suance of permits to remove whiskey front bonded houses, and perhaps for exporting. Distillers' and warehouse owners, it was charged, had ptid great sums to Means and others for "influence'* and it was reported a few days ago that the treasury de t partmeht officials were making tin ; effort to ascertain whether Means was i still on the payroll of the department ; of justice as a secret service agent, the department of which W. ,T. Burns is at the head. Subsequently it was stat ■ ed that Means was not on the regular payroll at this time, but that the former agent for the German govern ment was probably on the Burns pri vate pay roll. Meanwhile. Burns is in the west, and Means has disappeared from view. Speculation at this writing turns main ly upon the point of whether a se rious attempt is being made to appre , liend Means and the extent to which the men may expect protection from the higher officials of the depearfment of justice. One strange tale is that Attorney General Daugherty, Means , and Burns are intimate, that when they get together both Means and Burns refer to the attorney general as “Harry." If is believed by some that , Means has been so close to some of ; the men higher up in the government circles that he knows so much, that no very serious effort will be made to bring him to book. On the other hand there are others i just as determined that, there slml] be ' an necounting of Means’ alleged traps- : . gressions. One report lias it that during the Inst week (lie papers bear ing on the Means case, such as affi davits from men who affirm that they paid Means for influence which they did not receive, were stolen from the desk of Secretary Mellon, and copies made thereof before they were as mys teriously returned. One would lie slow to give credence lo this nKkort but for the known fact , Umt lel.tchp and ]i;iocr* in uehicic b«U)_ Secrelnry' and Commissioner Blair were interested, have been removed from the treasury tiles front time to time with a view of making copies which were retained by persons op posed to the treasury department or ganization. It is asserted that men on the outside are in position to force action in the Means ease, should there be manifested on the part of otti t-ials a disposition so protect him. It is suspected that Means is still in the city, and will come forward with the I return of Burns from the west. ITO ASK THAT COUNTY JUDGE BE DISMISSED Governor Hardee Said to Favor Dis missal of County Judge B. F. Wil lis. tßy the Associated Press. Tallahassee, Fla., April 30.—Gover nor Hardee plans to recommend to the Senate the removal from office of County Judge B. F. Willis, of .Leon county, named in testimony before the joint legislative investigating com mittee as having agreed with Sheriff .1. R. Jones to send vagrants to the conviet lease camp of the Putnam Lumber Compony at Clara, Fla., it was learned today in an autohirtative quarter. Sheriff Jones was removed by the Senate last week on recommendation of the Governor, and as a result of the investigation into the death at the Clara camp of 'Martin Tahert, of North Dakota. Testimony before the committee was to the effect that the train riders when arrested in wholesale numbers were brought before the judge after having been coerced into pleading guilty, and then without any formality by day or night sentenced to $25 or three months at the private logging camp for which Sheriff Jones admitted he received $25 a head. Other testimony centered about Judge Willis' alleged excessive drinking. NOTED AUTHOR DEAD Emerson Hough Died Tmlny in a Hos pital in Evanston, Illinois. IBy the Associated Press.) Chicago, April 30. —Emerson Hough, author, died in a hospital in Evanston Unlay. Mr. Hough was 00 years old. and was taken to the hospital last Thurs day suffering from intestinal obstruc tion. An operation was performed on Saturday. Heart and respiratory com plications caused death. Continue Dancing Patrol Wagon and Jail. • Baltimore. Md,, April 20.—Eight dancers in the inter-city contest were interrupted by police this morning af ter throwing the officers off the track last midnight by pretending to leave the city. The automobiles Into which they jazzed. It is said, returned to the hall after the police had left. The dancers, who had reached the 108-hour mnrk, continued their efforts in the patrol wagon and in their cells until released on ball for bet rings to morrow, when they left for an un known destination, and have not yet been located. Six of the dancers are Baltimoreans, and flie others are Aubrey Gilbert, of Washington, and Warren Mills, of Co lumbia, S. C. PffiSD BOILS GIVEN TO OFIIIL SCHUOLS Contests for Various Prizes Proved One of the Most Interesting Events of the County Commencement. DR. WHITSETT IS SPEAKER OF DAY Rains of Morning Kept the Crowd Down, But After noon Exercises Were At tended by Large Audince. A large crowd witnessed the elev enth annual Cabarrus County Com mencement in (lie new auditorium at No. 2 Graded School on last Satur day. As the weather was somewhat rainy in the morning, the crowd was not its full size until the afternoon. In the afternoon the large auditorium was tilled to nearly its full capacity. Dr. William Thornton Whitsett made an interesting and instruct!vie ad dress on “Undiscovered Wealth.” Un der this head tie spoke of our rich heritage in our history as a county, state and nation, our w.e.ilth is natur al resources, our wealth in romance and sentiment, and our wealth in undevel oped manhood and Character. The prizes in the county-wide con test in spelling that were given by the Citizen's Bank and Trust Cbmpanjc were won by Willie Ruth Host. Oleo na Linker, Vera Earnhardt and Carl Honeycutt, all of whom made perfect records both during the term and on the county test. The cash prizes offered by tlio Sup erintendent in l'or the besl and second best papers on “Wlmt a, School and. Uonim«nMy Can Do to Im prove Country living Conditions" were won by Susie Brumby, id' the Poplar Tent School and by Lenna Ba ker. of tile Bethel School. The D. A. R. Gold Medal offered by Mrs. J. F. Reed to that pupil who would write the best paper on local Revolutionary history, was won by Mary Pharr, of the Poplar Tent School. Mary wrote an elegant account of.,Die IfWWC TteeTfs br'tnenßTaek KoCs. W is a new prize offered for the lirst time this year. There were thirty-six certificates awarded for proficiency in spelling— sixteen of them for first, proficiency and twenty for second proficiency. A number of children received certifi cates for library reading and two re ceived a full diploma in library read ing. Those receiving library diplomas are Lonut Mae Cray, of the Bethel school, and Oliver Stirewalt, of the Cold Water school. Eighty-two pu pils received certificates for perfect attendance having been neither absent nor tardy during the entire school ses session. This number will be mater ially ’increased and very probably dou bled when all the schools have report ed. Ninety-seven pupils were in the graduating class and received certifi cates. This is the largest class ever graduated and the number will be in creased lo about one hundred forty or fifty when four longer term schools still running in the county close-. The scholarship offered by the Col legiate Institute in Mt. Pleasant to that young man making the highest grades in the examination for gradua tion was won h.v Leonard Orrel Parish, of the Rocky River Annex School and second place for this scholarship was won by Win. Chenault Spence, of the Rocky River School. The scholarship offered by Mont Amaena Seminary to that young lady making the highest grades in the examination for gradua tion was won by Vera Earnhardt, of the Pinnacle School and the .second place for this scholarship was won by Eva Spearsi, of the Hickory Ridgp School. The contest in Recitation and Dec lamation was spirited and good. Near ly every speaker clearly manifested natural ability and good traiining. The reciter’s medal was won by William Linker, of the White Hall school, and the declaimer's medal was won by Carl! Honeycutt, of the Eudy school. The music was a very enjoyable fea ture of tße day’s program and was furnished in catchy numbers by the Kannapolis orchestra that won such merited praise at the commencement a year ago. Annina 1 Conference Dates Are Nonied By Methodists. Nashville Tenn., April 28.—Dates for annual conferences fixed by me Methodist Episcopal college of j bishops, south, in session here, m clude Virginia, October 10; Western I North Carolina, October 17 ; Upper j South Carolina, October 31; North Carolina, November 14; South Caro lina, November 28: Kentucky, Sep tember 5; Louisville, September 26 and Baltimore, April 21, 1924. City Union of Epworth League. The City Union of Epworth leagues will he held at Epworth Church, on Depot street insteid of Kerr Street. 1 This change in place is made necessary I by the continuation of the revival; meeting now being held at Kerr Street j Church. Friday night of this week' at 8 o’clock is the time. Why not break . another record for attendance? i J. FRANK ARMSTRONG, President. [ Many Africans do not know any thing about timepieces. NO. 101. CM Fimotl* -..JIE spy AND ; WIN THE SUM OF 75 i Must Have The Tribune and Reserve Seat Admission to 1 Show—Money Given Away This Week. GIVEN TO THE ONE CATCHING SPY The Tribune and Hypnotist Fayssoux Stage Man Hunt That Will Enrich Winner by Sum of $25. “Fayssou’s Spy !" The above phrase, properly filled In where the blank occurs, repeated to the mysterious spy while holding a copy of the current issue of The Trib une in the hand and being in posses sion of a reserved sear ticket to Fa.vs soux's canvas theatre will bring $25 in cash lo the person lirst complying with these rules. The spy will he in Con cord every day this week, and he may tie caught at any time during the week at any place where lie happens to Ik*. Tiie missing word which is neces sary to complete tiie magic, phrase will tie published in advertisements appearing in The Tribune all week. Accounts of where tiie mysterious spy has been will be published in ev ery issue of The Tribune, and advance notices of where lie will appear with the approximate time of his visit will also be made. In this way, all readers of this- newspaper will be given the opportunity of catching the elusive vis itor and winning the $25 in cash. A full account of the activities and . doings of the spy will he rendered at I lie evening performances in the can vas theatre, where William Irvine Fayssoux. world's premier hypno tist, together with his associates! will give nightly entertainments. The spy will visit the theatre every night, in addition to liis other rounds about file city. Arrangements for the spy campaign were completed today by tiie manage ' S' Who (ifv amTheF * gun (In- erection of bis canvas theatre on the lot in the rear of the Tribune office. There will be no “strings” of any 1 kind in connection with maknig the award of the $25 in cash. The mon ey will he paid to the person who lirst catches the spy in accordance with the rules laid down in the second para graph of this article. If the spy suc ceeds in eluding capture during the week, arrangements to make his iden tity know on next Saturday will in sure that ' someone will receive the money. The spy will be in the city all this week, beginning today. He will visit places of business throughout the day anil every evening he will appear at the canvas theatre. Advance notices will be given of where he will be at certain times, and lie will keep the engagements. All that will be necessary to win the $25 is to liaVe a reserved seat ticket to the canvas theatres a copy of the current issue of The Tribune, and to repeat the complete phrase, “Fays soux’s Spy,” with the second word tilled in, when the spy is ap proached. All of the people of Concord and Ca barrus County arc invited to join in the hunt for the spy. Get set and go to it early—there’s no telling who will he the first person to recognize tiie spy nnd win the $25 in cash. Multilatcd Rodv of Little Girl Found. New York, April 29.—The muti lated body of eight-year-old Josepmne Brunno, who disappeared from her home in Brooklyn Saturday night was found today crammed under a grat ing in the cellar of her home, ohe had been stabbed and her head was crushed. A score of detectives were assigned to hunt for the muraerer. ISaven men were arrested and six I later were released. Police refused to divulge the identity of the man they held beyond the fact that he was about 40 years old. Injunction Pattern Filed. IBy tke Anaoclatetf Freaa.l Washington, April 30. —Injunction proceidings asking that the Federal Court put an end to certain operations of the Western Pine Manufacturers ssociation comprising about 50 cor porations, were filed by the Federal government in St. Paul, Minn., at the j direction of Attorney General Daugh erty. [ Rev. Geo. R. Brown, D. D., pastor of the First Methodist Protestant Church of High Point, will arrive in the city this afternoon and will preach at 7:30 tonight, beginning a series of revival Services at Hie Methodist Protestant church here. Services will he held ev ery evening at 7:30 to which the pub lic is invited. The. school at Fink will close Fri ■ day, Mrty 4tli. A short program will | lie rendered by the primary nnd in i j termedinte grades beginning at 2:30 ip. m. After the exercises a ball game will lie played. A pln.v entitled. ; “Which One Won?” will be given Fri- { day night, beginning at 8 o’clock. The public is cordially Invited. — J I Mrs. P. B. Bost, who has been spend ing the winter in Concord, left today for her home at Fl^wes. a- •>»' yCjljfe * lA&j k&Mt ft - r- '■ •• -Ac