North Carolina Newspapers

i ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VQLUME XXIII SEP. KITCI DIED EIRLY TODAY AFTER LINGERING ILLNESS Death Occurred at 6:14 A. M. in Wilson Hospital, Where He Had Been Un dergoing Treatment. FUNERAL TO BE ' HELD TOMORROW Will Be Buried in the Family Graveyard Near Scotland Neck.—Prominent in Con gress for Many Years. Wilson. Xlay 3] (By the Associated Tress). —Representative Claude Kitchin. of the Second North Carolina District, former minority leader in the House of Representatives, died in a local hospital at (1:14 this morning. Mr. Kiteliiu, whose death had been ex pected hourly for the last three days, began to sing shortly before midnight last night, and the end came peacefully early this morning. He had been in a semi-conscious condition since Monday,' but rallied yesterday afternoon and a spark of hope was held out for his re-1 covery last' night. At the bedside of the former Demo-j crntic leader when he died were Mrs. I Kitchin. Mrs. Isniis B. Suiter, a daugh ter. Miss Kitchin, a son, and Dr. Thur man Kitchin, a brother. They had been with him throughout the night. The body of the statesman was remov ed early today to a local undertaking es- where it was prepared for burial. Accompanied by members of his family and scores of friends, it will be carried this morning to his old home at Scotland Neck, where the funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon. Dr. C. A. AVoodard said Mr. Kitchin's. death was the culmination of complica tions which developed he suffered a stroke of paralysis in 1020. He had nevet- been in good liealth since. Dr. Woodard stated, although the turn for the worse did not come until about three weeks ago. ' During tbe long mouths of suffering, Mr. Kitchin always maintained that bright, cheerful and courageous dis|>osi tion which characterized his mo|e than twenty years on the floor of (ingress. From the moment he entered the hospital r+utt* hundreds of friend* -from . Jtnd far visited him and fie jreeted them ail cordially with a warm handshake and a broad smile—a smile widen had made him one of the most beloved members of Congress. Mr. Kitchin suffered n slight stroke of paralysis in 1020, n few minutes after lie had delivered a most impassioned speech on the peace resolution. He was iptickly removed from the eupitol to his Wash ington home. He was accorded a most enthusiastic ovation when he returned to his seat a few months later. Mr. Kitcli in did not retain his seat long, however, for dizzy spells began to bother him, and he again was forced to retire. Dn the advice of hid physicians. Mr. Kitchin entered a hospital ut Albany, X. Y„ where lie underwent an oiieratiou. Keisirts from Albany were to the effect that the operation was successful, and Mr. Kitchin's friends though lie would soon be able to resume leadership in the House. Shortly nfter his return from Albany to Washington Mr. Kitchin was again attacked with dizZy spells and went to his old home at Scotland Neck to take a fest. While at Scotland Neck last winter Mr. Kitchin contracted influenza, which developed into pneumonia. • Little hope was held out for his recovery. This ill ness left him with a stomach trouble, which grew gradually worse until it re sulted in his death here today. Funeral Tomorrow. Scotland Neck, May 31 (By the As sociated Tress). —The funeral services for Representative Claude Kitchin, who died at the Wilson hospital fatly to day; will be held from the Kitchin resi dence here at 5 o’clock tomorrow after noon, Dr. Charles Anderson, pastor of the Baptist Church of which Mr. Kitchin wns a member, officiating, it was an nounced today. The burial will take place in the family plot in the Baptist cemetery, about one mile from Scotland heck. Tbe active pall bearers will be L. B. Suiter, Bobert .Tosey, .Tames Shields, S. A. Dunn. C. H. England, L. H. Kitchin, Stuart Smith, and William Leverton. The list of honorary pall bearers has not been completed. -< Aas a mark of respect to the memory of Mr. Kitchin. public schools here Will remained closed until after the funeral tomorrow. I In the 20 years of his services in the House of Representatives, including four years as its leader during democratic control, Claude Kitchin never once lost his temper in the thick of bitter and stormy debate. His big, round, red face always was lighted with a smile or a grin "as he slaughtered the enemy,” and Republicans often declared that Kitchen kept smiling “as he operated on them before the country.” Back in the days when he was a struggling young North Carolina lawyer, Kitchin’s temper was like that of a wild man, as he himself expressed it. One day a country trial justice decided a case against him and Kitchin started to clean up the court. It was ah ex citing moment. "And then it suddenly occurred to me,” he tald friends later, “that if I expected to get along . I had to put ice on my head and a bridle on my tongue. Right then and there I decided I would never get mad with anybody again.” James R. Mann, a veteran represen tative from Illinois, who often crossed The Concord Daily Tribune 1 EVERY SOHOOLHOI SE IN STATE TO BE INSPECTED | Mr. Wade Says the People Are Thorough- Ily Aroused to the Situation. Raleigh. Slay 31. —Asserting that, the Cleveland, 8. fire, in which seventy six persons lost their lives, has aroused the interest of citizens in school build ings, Stacey W. Wade, commissioner of ' insurance, today announced every school building in North Carolinja will be in- Ispeeted by officials of his department and where changes are necessary orders issued foi' them to be made issued ‘be fore the beginning of the fall terms, j The inspection will be started next l week, the eastern section of the State being visited first by the inspectors, op erating under a state law, a large part of which was written by Mr. Wade, covering all classes of buildings and giv ing the commissioner full authority to make changes in the interest of protec tion. “While I do not believe we have any buildingN in North Carolina similar to the one in which the Cleveland tire or iginated, I intend to find oiit whether Changes are necessary in any of them. The pimple are thoroughly aroused to the situation and 1 am sure we shall have their co-operation. I have writ ten the county superintendents and mem bers of county school boards, asking their assistance. "Especial attention will be given to the number of exits and fire escapes. We have some of t'tlie best school build ings iu the South and even in the small ones I know of no instance where kero sene lamps are used for lighting par poses. “We intend" to leave' nothing undone to see that each school building is put into property shape before the fall terms begin,” he said. Fire Marshals Brockwell anil Can nady .will start the inspection next week. words' with Kitchin iu the House, de clared on the occasion of the latter’s retirement as democratic leader, tliat he was vicious in' debate because bis at tacks, like brick in a towel, were wrap ped in smiles. Kitchin's greatest light with his legis lative conscience came when the House was calleil spoil to declare war against the German government in 1017. Con gress was widely excited. Word passed back and forth among members that the majority leader would vote against it. Later, on the afternoon of April 0. mem bers of the leader's fnmi|y and some of his most intimate friends\vere in his of fice. For once the leader hail lost' liis smile. He was weary and fagged from loss of sleep. He told the group that lie could not bring his conscience to the point of voting for war, that his right, of leader because of it would be chal lenged, but that he didn’t care because Ills heart spoke against? it. Then he went to the house chamber —with every seat filled and a vast throng in the gallery—and during a tense anil dramatic moment. Took his stand against war. • Biit once wa£. was declared Kitchin threw his -support, wholeheartedly into the -fight, and cliQinpioneil every move by the government for victory. There were times, it was said, when he was nt oilds with President Wilson at White House conferences, but his political en emies never doubted his patriotism after the weight of American anus hail been thrown on the side of the Allies. In tlie early days of 1919, Kitchin, when a Republican house, elected the preceding fall was waiting to come into power, went to the front as the party leader with tlie biggest war revenue bill ever framed by an American Congress. He put it through. Long a member of the. ways anil means committee which framed the bill, Kitchin had every fig ure nt his finger tips. Fordney, of Michigan, who succeeded him ns chair man of the committee, fought him at every step. It- was during the revenue bill debate, while the House was considering a lux ury on shirts, that Kitchin. standing be fore hundreds of well dressed men, de clared lie never paid more than $2 for a shirt in his life. His plea for sim plicity in dress while the country was burdened‘with the big cost of war wns taken up by the press, and twt> dollar shirts were urged. Not long after the big revenue bill fight Kitehin was stricken. For a long time lie lay ,in bed, trying to get well, but it was ifot an easy thing for a man, so long in public life, to shake off the old habit. Feeling better, he went baak to the old grind, only to be stricken again. A new party had come into power. Champ Clark, stepping down from the speaker's chair became minority leader, with Kitehin as ranking member of the ways and means committee. When Champ Clark ■ died, Kitchin was made minority leader but beiing ill then nt his "home in North .Carolina, he asked that Finis J. Garrett, of Tennessee, be designated ns acting leader, in the ef fort to hold the dwindling ranks of the Democrats in line. Claude Kitebin, who was born March 24, 1869, first came to Congress in 1001, serving continuously thereafter. On the closing night of that Congress—the 57th- —he attracted attention by a fiery speech against French spoliation claims. From that day his reputation as a House debater was made. He was boru in the district he represented. He was the son of a Congressman and his broth er, W-illiain W. Kitchin. served five terms in the House prior to his election as Governor of North Carolina, i During a hot political campaign in his district in 1898 Kitchin pub lic attention by taking au active part in what was known as “the red shirt movement,” a revival of Democratic tac tics in some Southern states in recon i struction times. It was organied by the wihe people, chiefly Democrats, for the avowed purpose of eliminating the negro in politics and office holding. But its purposes were peaceful. Thousands rode to the first public meeting in Kit | chin’s district in red buggies, on horses j draped with red, wearing red shirts, red jhats, some even digging up the old red | trousers of fox hunting days. The I speech made by Kitebin put him in line *"tor the House, and he won the first time tip. CONCORD, N. G, THURSDAY, MAY 31,^1923. Definite Plans Made For Auto Drawing to Be Held Saturday Definite plans for the drawing for the prizes to be given away (luring Trade Wpek have been mapped out by the Advertising Committee of the Mer chants' Association, which has had gen eral supervision over the conduct of thp trade event. The pfbns were announced this morning. Heads of all business houses (will close the eoupon boxes in their stores at 6 o'clock Saturday night. As soon as the boxes are closed the heads of the business houses will collect the coupons and report with them not later than 6:30 at Central Graded School. At 7 o’clock all of the coupons will be placed in one large box and the dinw ing started. The coupons will be drawn from the box by a disinterested person* who will be in such a position that lie cannot see within the box, and cannot see any of the coupons. The first number drawn will be for the Chevrolet touring car. the first prize. If the person holding the corresponding number to the one drawn is not pres ent. another number will be drawn. As ATLANTA EXPECTS 50.000 ELKS AT JULY GATHERING Fifty Thousand From All Parts of the Country Are Looked For. fßy the Associated Press.) Atlanta, May 31.—Not less than fifty thousand Elks from nil parts ol •America are expected to bn present at the annual convention of the grand lodge of the order which meets in At lanta .Tilly 9 to 10. The gathering Will assemble delegations from Maine to Hawaii, with present indications point ing to representation from a large ma jority of the 1.600 lodges in the coun try. This is the first time that a conven tion of tlie grand lodge of Elks has ever been held in tlie Southeast, and the first time in ten ears that the order has come south. The Atlanta lodge is enmp'eting pre parations to entertain a minimum, of 75,000 visitors. The hotel capacity will' be enlarged by July 1, college dormi tories will be operated as temporary hotels, two vast pullman cities will! be, set up in the heart of the city, nan the grounds and buildings of the South eastern Fair will be converted iuto a monster tourist camp to accomodate several thousand southern lodges which will make the trip by automobile. Thousands of private homes will also be opened. A special railroad rate of a fare and a half for the round trip, under the identification certificate plan, will be in force over practically all lines. MEMORIAL DAY FATALITY Firing Squad Cuts Electric Wires In Saluting the Dead. Martinez. Calif., May 30.—A horse was killed, a grass fire started, nud more than 1,000 lives endangered here today when a firing squad using ball ammunition fired over the. graves of the soldier dead in a Memorial Day cere mony and cut down two electric power wires, each carrying 11,000 volts. The wires, struck the horse, killiug it. and "fell on many of the hundreds of automobiles parked outside the cem etery. While the fire department was responding to the alarm sent iu when the tall grass started to burn, there was a panic among the 1,000 spectators and many were slightly injured. Volunteers held the pnnickly crowd back until the current had been cut off. How it happened that ball ammunition instead of blank cartridges wns used had not been Explained tonight. CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL DESTROYED BY FIRE All Children in the Pittsburgh Hospital Were Carried to Safety. Pittsburgh. Mny 31.—The Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh was destroyed by fire today. More than 100 little patients, most of them crippled, were moved to the maternity hospital nearby. So far us the authorities were able, to determine, there was no- loss of life. Detroit Tent Colony Grows as Kents Continue to Rise. Detroit, Mich., May 31.—Detroit has seen, during the last fortnight, .the growth of its -tent colony in the Grand River subdivision district from a hand ful of open-air-residents to a small city containing hundreds of ofamilies, wno have takeA this means of fighting the home shortage nod. attendant high ren tals here. Rents in many parts of the city hnvi almost doubled within the last month. This especially is true of ipodest work ingmen's houses, according to officials of the city welfare department, who daily ara being besieged by scores of persons ejected from their homes be cause they could not meet the rent ad vances of $35 to $75 a month. Refusal of the landlords to rent their places to families with children still further complicated matters, welfare of ficers say. _ Eflrd’s Chain Sale. The big Efird Chain Sale will begin on Friday morning. June 1, at 8:45 o'clock and will • continue through the entire month of June. During this sale every thing will be included, and the price re ductions will be drastic. The store was closed today at 12 o’clock to mark down goods "for this sale. This great sale in not only goiug on in the Efird store here but in all the 33 stores of this great chain. Read the big double page ad. in today's Tribune and Times nnd see some of the hundreds of reductions that will be made during this sale. Fire In Salisbury Today. (IU the SKWtswS-rrwM Salisbury, May 31.—Fire of undeter mined origin damag'd four business houses on Main street here to tihe ex tent of approximately $50,000 early to day. The entire was threatened but quqick work on the part- of the fire men prevented the fire spreading. soon as the wifiner of the first prize ft determin'd, the drsiHng for the second prize will be startel' and conducted in the same manner asljiUe first. Heads of the business houses' which have co-operated in Hie event and which have erected boxes for the coupons, arc urged to have their bpxes nt the school building nos later than 6:30 Saturday night. By getting all of the coupons at the school house by that time, the committee will have to get final plans for the drawing into Iffeot by 7 o’clock when the numbers will be drawn. The winners of the prizes must be on hand when the drawing takes place. For that renson hundreds of peop'p are .expected to be at Ceftral Graded School when the event takes place. Just two more full days of trading before the bargain event closes. The stores will have many fine bargains. And the numbers yoi; get today, tomor row or Saturday forjyour purchases are just as likely to determine the winner ns any number already given. WASHINGTON IN GALA ATTIRE 'FOR CONVENTION 'brine Hosts Gather In the Capita! For an Overflowing Week. Washington. May 81 (Capital New,- 4ervioe). —Although the official program if the Shrine convention does not start inti! next week, Washington is already filled to overflowing with thousands of visitors, who have taken complete pos session of the city and made it their >wn. Never has the Capital shown a lair -r face; the decorations are most •lnbornfe and speetaejilar. especially nt light, when fifty thousand many-col ored bulbs make of Pennsylvania Ave nue and the "Garden hf Allah,” in rront of the Treasury, Wlptv House, ami State, War and Navy Departments a bower of rainbow-Mke beauty. A most elaborate program nas been arranged, which includes literally hun dreds of concerts by the many visiting bands, drills by patrols, a water carni val and fiagcniit. three monster parades, ’one by day and two by night, several fireworks displays, a huge dance two miles long on Pennsylvania A Venn ' with music from two bands broadcasted by amplifiers, the dedieatiii nos the Zero Milestone, in which the President ' will take' pivrt. trips to Mount Vernon, a wild west show, a massed band concert of five thousand musicians, led alter nately by John Ph iHi ft Sousa miu \Vil 'inm C. White, chief of the Army Music School, both of whom have wi n ten marches iu honor of the occasion: dances, balls, dinners, baseball games water sport meets, canoe races: any visitor who finds tirat- hofig heavy on his hiinds, with five, places to go for every hour of the day, must indeed be hard to please. All government buildings will be open to all visitors, in itself nn entertainment which travel many miles to see. Tlie most careful preparation has been made by the police'for the comfort and safely of all. and housing and feeding the multitude is a problem which *is solved DRYS. WETS AND NEUTRALS , FLOCKING TO ALBANY Trying to Influence Governor Smith in Regard to Mulllen-Gage Bill. (Br She Associated Press.) Albany. N. Y., May 31. —Drys, wets and prohibition neutrals marched on the capitol today primed with last minute arguments with which they hoped to in fluence Governor Smith's' action on the legislative bill for repeal of the Mullen- Gage state prohibition enforcement act which be must sign, veto or kill by fail ure to act, between now and midnight Sunday. Numerically the drys got the jump on their opponents beginning to puck the Assembly Chamber where the public hearing on the repealer was to be held, more than four hours before the time for the Governor's appearance. THE COTTON MARKET Opening Barely Steady at Decline of 6 to II Points Due to Easier Cables. (Rv the Associated Press.) New York, May 31.—Cotton traders evidently found no sjiecia] incentive in the over-holiday news and the market here was comparatively quiet during the early trading. Tlie oiieniug was barely stwady at a decline of (1 to 11 points be cause of rather easier cables and some what -more favorable weather map than expected. Cotton futures opened fairly steady: July 27.28: October 24.75; December 24.20; January 23.98; March 23.91. Instrument That Detects Frauds., New York, May 31. —A wonderful in strument that serves to bring science more on a level with everyday com mercial affairs is the spectroscope, which has been modified in such away that it can detect adulteration in i>er fumes, alcohol, and so on. in u tar more effecient manner tihan can the morw generally useil chemical methods. Should a *tamptc of some particular stuff be needed for s' analysis, the spectroscope can perform this opera- Ition by dissecting a ray of light from it, or a ray of light that has passed through it, at no matter what distance. Nor is it confined to such experiments, for its' detective properties arc strong. A tiny stain on a suspected man’s clothes can be analyzed and designated as paint—or Hood. A bottle of wine of professed vintage may be delected as fraudulent. The instrument has for a long time -been used to test the com pound steels of modern metallurgy, aud it can even detect a single drop of aniseed in eight gallons of alcohol. Many Killed In Theatre Disaster Helsingfors, May 31 (By the Associat ed Press).—The Petrograd opera house was burned last night, and many in tlie audience were killed during the panic stricken rush for the exit, according to a Central News dispatch received here. BUSINESS I FIFTH RESEBVE DISTRICT SLOWED UP IS SPRIL Many Thoughtful Observers Think I the Expansion of Industry and Construction Lines Has Been too Rapid. FEDERAL RESERVE MONTHLY REVIEW Part of the Decrease Was Seasonal, a Dull Season Naturally Following the Pre-Easter Weeks. Ilaleigh. May 31 (By the Associated Press). —Business in the fifth reserve district slowed up during April, anil many "thoughtful observers believe that the expansion iu industry,” trade and constructioii lines has been too rapid, ac cording to thp..official monthly review of the Richmond Federal Reserve Rauft made public here tonight. “Part of the decrease was seasonal, a dull period naturally following the pre-Eeaster weeks, but there are signs that the slowing up was partly based upon a hesitancy and uncertainty about business prospects,” the report reads. Advancing prices of labor and many I commodities have nbt only caused con-1 corn, it is stated, but have resulted iu delaying some construction plans. “The experiences of 191!) and 1929 have not been forgotten by either sellers jr buyers,” the report asserts. “Tlie first determined resistance against | •mounting costs appears to have been made in the building industry, in which advances have been greater, perhaps, than in other lines. The resistance has taken the form of indefinite post ponement of the erection of a number of buildings that doubtless would have built if prices for labor anil material had not advanced so rapidly and to such high levels. "How far this resistance will spread cannot be anticipated, nor to what ex tent if any it will flow over into other fields in addition to the building indus try.” Reports to the Richmond bank show seasonal increases in outsanding loans o customers, decreased deposits and in creased rediscounts. These indications ire the resnlf of "needed’ acmrimroilst-ions luring this season of the year by cus tomer, it is stated. "Savings in commercial baliks show a slight decline for the first time in many months, but savings reported by sav ings banks show a continuation of the steady increase that lias been in evi dence in 1920." tlie review reads. "The Federal Reserve Bank's redis count for members rose during April. I while the note circulation declined, re- j suiting iu lowering the reserve ratio to i 17.03 per cent, on May 16. Debits to j □dividual accounts in clearing house j Ijauks in twenty-three of the district's leading cities showed substantial in creases during the four weeks ending May 9th of this year in comparison with the preceding four weeks and the cor responding four weeks of 1922. "Business failures iu the fifth district in April were 41.9 per cent, fewer in number than during April 1922. and 20.9 per cent, less in the aggregate of liabilities involved. The April. 1923. number of failures was the lowest in the district since September. 1921.” Owing to what was termed the un settled condition of the cotton market, the textile industry, iu which North Car olina is more interested than any other state in the district, is at the moment marketing time, the report states: “Dp to about the middle of March a sellers’ market appeared to exist, and the mills were receiving all the orders they eared to accept in the face of ris ing prices of raw cotton, but during the latter part of March the situation re versed itself," the report reads. "Cot ton prices began declining, aud mills be came willing to commit themselves far ther iu the future, but the buyers also were watching cotton prices, and with thp decline orders to the Mills slackened ami in many cases ceased altogether. “Since the situation came about there have been no further developments, and there the matter stands as we write. The mills are continuing full time, oper ating on orders previously . placed with them, and they are going on with ad ditions to present plants and the con struction of new ones, thus showing that the owners believe the present j slump to be more or less temporary. | "Many authorities believe that the j textile industry in the South, and es pecially in the fifth district, is just be ginning to come into its own. The | present conditions in the industry eall : for skillful management but the mill au thorities appear to believe that basically | the industry is sound, and very few of them are disturbe dover the outlook. “There have been' comparatively few cancellations of orders, nnd mill stocks i have declined only a few points since the flow of new business ebbed two | months ago. With labor fully anil, profitably employed, large consumption of cotton goods seems assured, and the mill managers appear to think that or ders they are not receiving now are merely being temporaril/" vSthheld until prices settle, a condition which in the end may work to the advantage of the mills as well as the buyers. Not much change is looked for in the industry un til this year's cotton crop advances far enough to 'give a reasonably safe basis | for estimates of this season's produc- I tion.” I North Carolina mills consumed 104,- 004 bales of cotton during April, lead ing the South. The amount, the re- VV. G. BROWN NAMED AS COUNTY ROAD ENGINEER Has Been Connected For Some Time With State Highway Commission.—ls Ready to Begin New Duties Here. Members of the County Highway Com mission of Pnbarrns County have see„- ed Mr. W. G. Brown as general suiierintendcnt of \ State Li this county. Mr. Brown in Concord yesterday nnd by the first of the week, will be in position to take ov er the management of county roads. Mr. Brown has been with the State Highway Commission for some time, nnd comes to Concord from Scotland Neck, where he had his headquarters recently. He has had much experience not only in road construction work but also in the management of road construction forces and camps, and was highly recommend ed by officials of the State Highway De partment. In addition to looking after goad mat ters in the county Mr. Brown will have general supervision over the county's convict camps. Mr. Brown plans to move his family to Concord as soon as he can secure a house. The Cabarrus Highway Commission of ficially begins its duties tomorrow, June first. It was created under an act of the Inst General Assembly of thhe State and is composed of T. H. Webb. John W. Cress and G. S. Kluttz. It will have general supervision of all road matters, and as the commissioners are named in the bill creating the commission, its per sonnel will not be affected by any politi cal changes that take place in the county. PILLOW IS DEAD FROM i EFFECT OF HIS INJURY His Two Daughters Killed and His JSon Fatally Hurt in Automobile-Train Accident. , ] Greensboro. May 30.—1. C. Pillow, aged.7s. Reidsvil'.e man, injured when a train struck au automobile iu which he was riding in Reidsville yesterday even ing. died at a hospital here at 10 o’clock tonight. His son. John Pillow, also of Resls ville. also hurt in the accident, is still alive at the hospital, but is in a critical condition. Mrs. Thomas Mitchell, also, of Reidsville. who was also in the car, suffering injuries, who was brought here for treatment, will recover. She is suffering from shock. Pillow's, two children, .Tames, aged 14. and Birdie, aged 16. were killed out right b.v the train, their bodies tossed with the automobile high iu the air nbove box ears on a siding, which arc said to have obstructed the >view nt the street crossing. , . WILL FIGHT EFFORT FOR MILLS RECEIVER Salisbury Syndicate Owning String of Cotton Mills Claims Inferior Cotton Was Sold. Salisbury, Mny 3ft.—The-Mecklenburg Manufacturing company will fight the petition to name a receiver for their mills, according to Walter H. Woodson, one of their attorneys. Officers for this string of mills live in Salisbury, although none of the mills are located here. Mr. Woodson says his clients will con tend that the Memphis concern suing ! the mill company and asking for a re ceiver furnished inferior cotton and this is reason their bills were not paid. The mills company also contends that the Memphis concern has redress iu the law and is not entitled to.an action in equity. The Pnrks-Belk Co. will give a bread knife free to every customer making a dollar purchase iu the house furnishings department Friday and Saturday. port continues, for South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia totals 203.680 bales, 35.3 per cent, of the to tal American consumption for April, which amounted to 577.396 bales. "Tobacco markets closed during April, only a little low grade tobacco having remained to be sold that month,” the review reads. "The new oorp is being phinted. but cold weather lias damaged plant beds to a considerable extent. "Nearly all crops are getting a late start this year because of unseason ably cool weather, and it is yet too early to form any opinion as to the crop pros pects. construction work for which permits were secured iu April broke all previous records for both number of per mits and estimated valuation, but many projects have recently been (Kistpoiied because of high costs, and the outlook for the building indstry has become un certain. "Retail trade was good in April, con sidering the date on which Enster fell, aud wholesale trade ' was considerably -ahead of the April, 1922 business.” Now Is The Time To Subscribe For Stock in The 70th Series Concord Perpetual Building And Loan Association SERIES STARTS SATURDAY, JUNE 2nd BOOKS NOW OPEN FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS AT CABARRUS SAVINGS BANK CONCORD AND KANNAPOLIS, N.'C. Do you want a good, safe, tax-free investment for your savings ? Do s*>u want to borrow money to buy or build a home ? THIS IS THE TIME AND PLACE. C. W. SWINK, Pres. H. I. WOODHOUSE, Sec-Treas. , P. B. FETZER, Assistant Treasurer TODAY NO. 129. fffiEmip is * w o MBITS [ur THE Kll HU Petition is Filed in the Su perior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, by D. M. Rittenhouse and Others. MISMANAGEMENT IS CHARGE MADE Evans and Simmons Charged With Collusion in Settling the Recent Controversy Regarding Control. (By the Amoiiutrd Pteu.) Atlanta. On.. May 31.—Receivership for the Knights of the Ku Klux Klnn was asked in a petition filed in Fulton County Superior Court today by David M. Rittenhouse and others, of PhMndel phia. who charged gross mismanagement ,to W. H. Evans, imperial wizard. The i petition also charged that the imperial Wizard and W. J. Simmons, grand eni -1 peror. entered into n collusion in set tling the recent controversy involving control of the organization. ! .Judge Humphreys signed an order tem porarily restraining the use of any Klnn funds and citing the defendants to show cause before him June !>th why the peti tion should not be granted. Judge Humphreys also restrained the Klan money to iMty the excuses of the meet ing of tlie Kionciliurn called by Imperial Wizard Evans to meet iu Washington .Tune Ist and 2nd. ■ The defendants likewise are temporar ily enjoined from removing headquarters, of the Klan from Atlanta. Twenty oth er Klansmen are named in the petition in addition to Dr. Evans mid Col. Sim mons. The petition also charged Dr. Ev ans and Col. Simmons with having vio lated the iiatriotic principles and with having tried to convert the Klan into a purely money making machine. Those named as defendants besides H. W. Evans and W. J. Simmons included Henry A. Grady, Clinton. X. C. Judge Grady One of the Defendants. Raleigh. May 31.—Judge Henry A. Grady, of Clinton. N. 0.. judge of the Sixth North Carolina Superior Court District, mentioned as one of the de fendants in the receivership proceedings against the Ku Klux Klan, filed in At-' lanta, in recent weeks has •'repeatedly” declined to answer questions as to whether or not he was a member of the Klan. according to a story published by the Raleigh Times this afternoon. ' NEW BERN BOY KIDNAPPED. Nephew of Hon. Chas. R. Thomas Stolen but Is Later Recovered. (By the Associated Press.l New Bern, Slay 31. —Chasles Thomas, 10 years' old, grandson of former Rep resentative Charles H. Thomas of this city, was kidnapped by an unidentified man last night about 'J o'clock as he was leaving St. Paul's school, Beaufort, after commencement exercises, but quick work on the part of citizens of the- tawn resulted iu the recovery of the child and the arrest of the alleged kidnapper, ac cording to a message received here front Beaufort by Mr. Thomas. An effort was also made to kidnap Frank Thomas. 4-year old brother, but the attempt was frustrated, it was stat ed. and the would-be kidnapper was ar rested. Both men are being held in the county jail at. Beaufort. When arrested last night neither man would give his name but one admitted to the police. Mr. Thomas was informed, that they had been “hired” to kidnap the boys. Litigation was recently brought by Mrs. Mary McNeil, of Greenville, S. C., grandmother of the children, to obtain the custody of them. The case was tried before Judge Devin in Wilmington, and he decided in favor of the father, Charles R. Thomas, Jr., of Chicago, who had placed in the children in school. Former Representative Thomas left this morning for Beaufort. J. W. Howey, a self-taught artist who earns a livelihood as a collector for a gas company, has had one of his paint ings accepted for this year's exhibition of the Royal Academy in Loudon.