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VOLUME XXIII
OPPOSES USING THE ;
ARMY TO ASSIST IN ,
PROHIBITION WORK!
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Secretary Weeks Lodges Pro- ]
test Against the Proposed .
Practice in an Address in j
Washington.
OPPOSES GENERAL
USE OF THE ARMY I
_
For Enforcement of Any !
, Civil Law Unless All Civil j
Police Power Shall Have '
Been Exhausted. '
(Hr (he Amof»i«o rreaa.l 1
Washington, .Tune 28.—Flat opposi
tion to any project for using the army to
aid in any prohibition enforcement work '
was lodged here today by Secretary
Weeks, speaking at the graduating exer
cises at the American War College.
“I cannot believe," he said, "that per- '
sons who advocate unusual .employment
for the army, such as enforcement of
prohibition. Itave given serious thought
to the possible consequences of such prae- ;
tire."
The War Secretary said lie was "oppos
ed to the use of the army for the en
forcement of civil laws unless all civil
police power shall have been exhausted
and there results that state of 'insurrec- ,
lion, aud rebellion' which Federal law
provides shall alone justify the use of
troops in affording the protection guar
anteed to state governments by the con
stitution."
"In IK7K," he said. "Congress with a
full knowledge of the dangers and abus
es which had arisen as a result of the
use of tlie army in augmentation of the
civil police power, saw tit to pass the act
forbidding the participation of even a
single member of the military establish
ment in a 'posse comitatus." The rea
son for this legislation appears now to be
as sound ns when enacted.”
DAUGHERTY MOVES TO
DROP NUMBER OF CASES
Against Mine Operators Union leaders
and Corporations Charged With Con
spiracy to Restrain Trade.
(By the Amoeldieu Preia.i
Washington, .Tune 2S.—The Depart
ment of Justice announced today that
Attorney General Daugherty had moved
in Federal Court at Indianapolis to no!
prosse the long pending indictments re
turned there against mine operators ami
union leaders, corporations
charging conspiracjWo restrain trade in
the production and sale of bituminous
coal.
Careful investigations, Mr. Daugherty
told the court, strongly supported the
protests of the defendants that litany of
the things complained of were in no
small measure due to the efforts of gov
ernment, officials during the war to bring
about more intensive co-operation be
tween the operators, miners and railroads
in the production and transportation of
coal.
Cases Dismissed.
Indianapolis. Ind., June 28.—Indict
ments against 226 coal opeartors, offi
cials of the United Mine Workers and
mining companies, returned February 25.
1021, charging conspiracy to violate the
Sherman anti-trust taw. were dismissed
in United States District Court today, by
Judge A. It. Anderson upon motion of
Attorney General Daugherty. After the
Attorney General had read a lengthy
statement in which he reviewed the case
and declared his belief that “a verdict of
not guilty would be the inevitable result
of the trial of this case," Judge Anderson
without any comments turned to the
clerk of the court and ordered that the
case be nolle pressed.
DEMPSY-GIBBONS FIGHT
IS ASSURED FOR SHELBY
Mayor Johnson Bark in Charge of Fight.
—Says DCmpsey Money Certain to Be
Raised.
Shelby, Mont., June 28 (By the As
sociated Press),- —With Mayor Jim John
son, of Shelby, back in charge of the
Dempsey-Gibbous heavyweight tight, the
arrangements for stnging the bout went
ahead as usual today, despite the with
drawal yesterday of Dan Tracy, of Great
Falls, as business manager of the con
test.
Mayor Johnson declared the fight
would be held as scheduled, that the final
SIOO,OOO installment due Dempsey next
Monday would be paid, aud if necessary
lie would sacrifice his own property to
raise the amount needed.
Tracy’s retirement leaves Fred R.
Searles, a former Great Falls bank cash
ier. as the sole representative of the
Great Falls interest here. Senrles de
clared today he “would see the thing
through.”
HIGGINBOTHAM TRIAL
Defense Fights Efforts to Show Martin
Tabert Died Because He Was Severe
ly Beaten.
(Br Ike AiwMlainl Pr*»a->
Ijake City, Fla., .Tune 28.—Efforts by
the state to show that “excessive” flog
ging given Martin Thbert, North Dako
tian by Thos. Higginbotham, was direct
ly responsible for Tabert's death, were
vigorously fought today when the trial
of the former couvict whipping Kiss of
the Putnam Lumber Co. was resumed.
Higginbotham is under indictment for
murder in connection with Tabert’s
death.
One hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars will be expended in improvements
at the Methodist Orphanage at Raleigh.
Already a beautiful place, it will no
doubt be a dream when the improve
ments are complete.
The Concord Daily Tribune
IRVING MILLER IS HELD
FOR DEATH OF WILL BARRIER
Two Negroes Had Argument Which Cul
minated in Miller Hitting Barrier
With Piece of Pipe.
Will Barrier, well known Concord ne
gro, was killed almost instantly yester
day afternoon when struck on the head
by a piece of pipe in the hands of Irving
Miller, another negro. Miller made no
attempt to escape, and is now in tlie
Cabarrus county jail.
Coroner J. A. Hartsell held an inquest
over the head body shortly after the
homicide, ami the jury rendered a verdict
charging Miller with the crime and order
ing him held. The verdict of the jury
makes it impossible for Miller to be
freed on bond.
The tragedy occurred near the Con
cord Stettin Laundry. where the two
men worked. Just what led up to the
killing is not definitely known, but it
is alleged that it was the result of the
eternal triangle, and that a woman was
at the bottom of the difficulty between
the two men. One report reaching police
headquarters said Barrier had been teas
ing Miller, who was married only re
cently, and another report said that the
trouble between the negroes was of a
more serious nature.
After striking Barrier, Miller made no
effort to run. He helped place the wound
ed mail in an automobile and made no ef
fort to escape. Barrier died while be
ing rushed to the Concord Hospital. TUe
pi]*' broke his skull, it was reported,
and lie lived only about 80 minutes.
UNION COUNTY SCHOOL
OFFICIALLY CONDEMNED
Second Story Auditorium Said to be a
Perfect Fire Trap; Hold Special
Election.
Monroe, June 27.+—Saturday Deputy
Insurance Commissioner Sherwood
Brockwell visited the IJnionville high
school and condemned the second story
auditorium, which has been ttstd as an
assembly hall for entertainments. The
building is a wooden structure with
exit at oue end and is constructed
very much on the order of the one near
Camden, S. C.. where 7S peop'e recent
ly lost their lives in a school fire.
Mr. Brockman stated that the Union
ville building is about ns perfect a fire
trap as could bo erected and he advised
the trustees that they are to allow no
more meeting of any kind to be held lin
the auditorium until ample provisions
have been made for the safety of the
people.
An election on special tax for flic
purpose of remodeling the building and
mnkiug Uuionville a standard high
school is to be hold at an early date
and it is believed that the people of the
district will see to it that the election
carries for the advanced step.
HIGHTOWER - CONVICTED;
MASSEY NOT GUILTY
Former President of Defunct Raleigh
Rank Will Be Sentenced Tomorrow.
IBy the AnNOcTnted Pre*M.)
Raleigh, June 2S. —J. H. Hightower
was found guilty and 11. H. Massey was
acquitted today by a jury in Wake Su
perior Court, of receiving-deposits in
the defunct Central Bank & Trust Co.,
knowing the bank to be insolvent on Jan
uary 18. 1022. a day before the institu
tion closed its doors.
The jury* returned its verdict shortly
after the noon hour, following delibera
tions of nearly 24 hours. The jury got
the case about 1 o'clock Wednesday af
ternoon.
The verdict against Hightower car
ried a recommendation for mercy and
Judge E. H. Cranmer announced that he
would pronounce judgment at 0:30 Fri
day morning. Judgment was reserved
until then at the request of counsel for
the prisoner. Hightower is stil at lib
erty under $25,000 bond.
PAUL KITCHIN DIED
SUDDENLY LAST NIGHT
Was Brother of Late Congressman Hitch
in.—Funeral To Be Held at Scotland
Neck.
<Uy the Associated Press.l
Goldsboro. June 28.—Paul Kitehin, 50.
a brother of the late Representative
Claude Kitehin, and former Governor W.
W. Kitehin, died suddenly last night at
Seven Springs, a resort near here. The
body was brought here early today and
will be carried to Scotland Neck, his old
home, for burial. He is survived by his
widow and several children.
Mr. Kitehin had been in ill health for
several months but his condition was not
considered serious.
MRS. COY WALKER IS
BURNED AT HOME
Accident Occurred When She Threw
Kerosene in Stove to Start a Fire.
(By (lie Asaoclnted I’reM.l
Hickory, N. C., June 28.—Mrs. Coy
Walker, 22, was probably fatally burned
at 5 o'clock this morning at her residence
at Long View, west of here, when kero
sene she had thrown into the cook stove
flared up and set her clothing on fire.
Mr. Walker was painfully burned on the
hands and auns in extinguishing the
1 flames. Mrs. Walker is the mother of a
small child.
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New Road Into North Carolina.
(By the Aaaoelated Preaa.l '
Rocky Moujit, N. C.,- June 2K.—The ac
tion of the Roanoke. Va., chamber of
i commerce in voting to raise $600,000 to
supplement $75,000 available from the
state highway commission to build a
twenty mile road across the Blue Ridge
’ to Rocky Mount Ims met with the ap
■ proval of a large number of business and
• professional men here. If the road is
• constructed, it will open up the National
- Highway from I’ennsylvuniu'into North,
I Carolina and other cities in North Car-'
f olina. Several counties are co-operating
- with Roanoke in raising the funds.
i Miss Hattie M. Berry, secretary of the
North Carolina Good Roads Association,
accompanied by her mother, passed
• through Concord this morning on her way
J to Greensboro.
> Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stone and little
- son, of Charlotte, spent yesterday here
with Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Crooks.
CONCORD, N.’C., THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1923
WHAT FARM WOMEN ARE
ACCOMPLISHING IN STATE
To Be Feature cf Farmers and Farm Wo
men Convention,
i 117 that AsMM-Interi Press.
Raleigh, .Ttiup 2S.—What farm women
in North Carolina are aceoinpljsbing i
will be the feature of the farm women's 1
section of the Famous aud Farm Women f
Convention of’ State College July 81 to i
August 2. Mrs. Jane S. MeKimmnn. sn- <
icrv.s-ir of home demonstration work of |
the rgricultural extension ser ice, an- i
nounoed tonight.
Plane for this, department of the eon-. .
ventior now arc being developed by Mrs. •
McKimmon anil several speakers have \
been named. Mrs. Lacy McArthur, i
P.tinberland county, will preside as pres .
ident of the Karin Women’s section and i
Mrs. J. B. Mason will head the home ]
I urea us. ,
On the first afternoon a roil call by ■
roiinliis will he one of the first events j
on tlie program. Each representative -
will tell of what is being a<--omplishe,!
in home demonstration work in her re- .
sportive county. Short talks on plan
ning family meals, balancing the faniity
diet and other s.itjects relating i< f ods |
and l'Ctritinn will inflow.
Mrs. Palmer Jerman, president of the
North Carolina Federation of Women's 1
Clubs, will be one of the speakers of
the convention, having as her subject.
“The Union of North Carolina Women
for the Good of North Carolina.” Mrs. I
R. R. Cotton, mother of women's clubs i
in the state, and now honorary presi- 1
dent of the organization, also is ached- '
uleil to make a brief speech.
On the afternoon of August 1, the
women will discuss the garden, the home
stead and the home. Arrangements 1
have been worked out with tlie division
of horticulture for a special program in t
which providing garden supplies for the
table, selling the surplus for ' market,
how to whip the boll, weevil with the 1
garden and poultry, and methods of mar
keting produce' will be outlined in short t
talks by women experts on the subjects.
The home orchard also will be given ]
consideration.
CONDUCT EXPERIMENTS IN
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
Scopolamin Used With Success on Three
Inmates of San Quentin Prison.
San Quentin. Cal., June 27.—Scopola
min. an alkaloid, was used in an exper
iment. on three inmates of San Quentin
prison here yesterday, and John L. Far
rar. convicted of the murder of a Chi
nese in Sacramento was proved innocent;
Eugene O’Leary, sentenced from Sacra
mento on a grand larceny charge, provid
ed the authorities with information as
to his identity ; and John L. Johnson ad
mitted his guilt and confessed to partic
ipation, in other crimes, according to the
experimentors. I)r. It. E. House, of
Ferris. Texas, conducted the experi
ments before several prison officials and
criminal investiaators.
1 Dr. House declared the scopolamin
rendered the subjects incapable of men
tal inhibition, and deprived them of rea
soning power, so that they were incapable
; of lying while under its influence. Other
faculties, however, remained intact, he
said.
Farrar while under the influence of
the alkaloid, confessed that he partici
-1 >ated in the attempted robbery of a Chi
nese merchant in Sacramento during
which the Chinese was killed. Farrar
. was convicted of the murder, but accord
ing to Ins story told while under the
drug’s influence, the fatal shot was fired
by Rijy Carver, an accomplice.
NEGRO ELECTROCUTED AT
STATE PENITENTIARY
. Ed Dill Declared He Was Innocent.—
Negro Entered Death Chair Singing.
(By the An.ocratefl Press.!
Raleigh, June 28.—Ed Dill, negro, con
victed in Beaufort County of an attack
upon a white woman, was electrocuted
, this morning at North Carolina state
prison. Dill was singing as he entered
. the death chamber and continued to sing
I as he was being strapped into the elec
tric chair.
"Folks, they’re going to electrocute an
innocent man this morning," he said af
’ ter he finished his song "Lord, help me;
I.iml, save me,” he added.
With Our Advertisers.
Friday and Saturday, the last two
days of the Dollar Days Sale, will be
big days at Efiril's. For these two days
you will find many big bargains at this
store. Dresses and other garments have
been remarked to prices, that will move
them quick. Read page three.
The Musette has the book. "Bella Don
na,” which you want to read before see
ing the picture at the Star July 2 and 3.
A genuine Gilette safety razor for
$1.1)0 at the Gibson Drug Store.
Tlie Citizens Bank and Trust Co. al
ways gives helpful and courteous atten
tion to your needs.
W. A. Overcash has hot weather
clothes in a big range of patterns.
Baseball Saturday.
Baseball fans of the city will be given
a treat Saturday afternoon when the Gib
son and Cabarrus clubs meet at Cabarrus
park. This will be the first game of
the series to be played by these two
Clubs. . Last season games between the
two clubs were very close and hard
fought battles, and drew large crowds.
With each manager promising a good
lineup for the game Saturday it should
be a corker.
Calls Crap a Disease.
West Chester, Pa., June 28.—Crap is
a disease and not a crime, according to
a ruling made in naturalization court
here by Judge Hause. When an appli
cant for naturalization was asked by an
attorney if he ever had been arrested, he
replied he had. For what crime?”
“Shooting craps,” was the answer.
“Shooting crap is no crime,” declared
the Judge. "It’s a disease." The ap
plicant received his papers.
Southern Idaho is said to contain the
largest deposit of high-grade phosphate
found anywhere in 'the world. The total
reserves mineable are estimated to ex
ceed 5,500,000 tons.
To make a mistake and then brood
over iM* to make two mistakes.
Manufacturing Industries to
Help in Vocational Training
IBj the Asnnrtateil Press.!
Raleigh, June 28.-*— Effective the first
week ill July, the State division for
Vocational Education will start a sys
tem of instruction through co-operation
with manufacturing industries in North |
Carolina. Alamance being the first coun
ty in which tlie work will be inaugurat
ed. it was announced! tonight.
Six mill villages in which the Ossiper.!
Altamahaw. Glencoe,'.Carolina, Hr pedals.
Aurora and Haw River mills are located
will be the scene of the first instruction
under the ncw plans. Miss Margaret'
Jones will he in chaigc of the classes
which will continue throughout the year!
Each village will be organized into a
club class and will meet with the in
structor twice a work, their work be
ing ennilr.eteil on tlie short unit, basis,
six to ten lessons composing a unit.
Meal planning, child care and feeding,
dress making and other phases of home
PR. ROBERT L. PATTERSON '
TO g<| TO NEBRASKA
Elected Professor of English Bible and
Practical Theology in Midland Cal- |
lege.
The Rev. Dr. Robert L. Patterson,
pastor of Trinity Lutheran t'hnrcli. Kel
ins'grove. Pa., was on June (ith elected i
Professor of English Bible and Practical |
Theology in the Western Theological
Seminary of Midland College. Fremont,
Xeb. He has accepted the call and will
assume his duties at the opening of the
College about September Ist.
Dr. Patterson is * native of China
Grove, 11 graduate of .North Carolina Col
lege. Mt. Pleasant, and of the Gettys
burg Lutheran Theological Seminary,
Gettysburg, Pa. He served pastorates in
Maryland. Ohio, Pennsylvania. North
CArolimi and Kansas. Since his entrance
into the ministry he has pursued post
graduate studies in the Chicago Luther
an Seminary and the Biblical Seminary
in New York. From the former lie earn
ed. tlie degree of Bachelor of Divinity af
ter two years' resident study. In 1011
he received the honorary degree of Doc
tor of Divinity from Susquehanna Uni
versity', Selinsgrove, Pa.
In connection with jvis pastoral work
Dr. Patterson has been called upon for
teaching Work which lie,a contributed to
ward titling him for his future task. For
three years during his service as pastor
of St. Marks Lutheran Clmrdp Char
lotte. he taught Bible in Elizabeth Col
lege. and during Iris pastorate at Atchi
son, Kans.. he taught the Biblical sub
jects in the Seminary to which he has
now been called.
Dr. Patterson and family expected to
visit relatives, and friends in North Car
olina during tlie month of August and
will go from here fly’HWrraskft about the
first of September.
COURT RULES WIFE OF WEALTH
MUSH SHARE HUT OK HUSBAND
Grants Decree Against Woman Who Re
fused to Live With New York Man
in Modest Flait.
New York. June 28.—A wealthy wife
must live in the home of her husband
even though it be a hut. Chancellor Ed
ward It. Walker, of Jersey City, ruled
today, granting an interlocutory decree
of divorce, on grounds of desertion, to
Clifford G. Miller, of New York, the
“unloved husband."
Miller brought suit against his wife.
Charlotte E. Miller, whose home is one
of the show places of Belmar. N. .1. Mil
ler lives in a modest five-room flat in
Sixty-eighth Street. The court mini
that, although the husband was a resi
dence of the State of Nevy York, he
could bring suit ill New Jersey, as his
wife had lived there three years.*
He testified that he and his wife had
been living apart two years because she
refused to give up her Belmar home.
Mrs. Miller and her two sous, C. G.
Miller, Jr., 22, and James H. Miller, 14,
all testified that they “hated him.”
Mrs. Miller, however, agreed to return
to her lmsbiynd. ami the court gave her
10 days to comply. When she refused
today to live in the New York flat the
decree was granted.
MEETING TO MAKE PLANS
TO CURB LAWLESSNESS
Which Has Been Prominent in the Land
ers Chapel Neighlmrhood of Gaston
County.
(By the Associated Press.l
Gastonia. June 28.—Citizens of the
Landers Chapel neighborhood were called
upon today to meet Saturday afternoon
to discuss methods of curbing outbreaks
of lawlessness in recent weeks, which'
the call declared have culminated in the
burning of hay stacks and in promis
cuous shootings.
Officers of the law have asked the co
operation of residents, it was said. For
mer Solicitor George Wilson is expected
to deliver the principal address at the
mass meeting.
The biggest fool is the upin who fools
himself.
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economics will bo taught by the teacher,
: aud through a broad promotion of this
• program the living conditions in mill vil
lages are expected to be greatly improv
i ed. if was stated by Miss Margaret Ed
it wards, supervisor of vocational home
■, ecofiomics in the state.
j \ In Mecklenburg the Chadwick-Hoskins
I Miy.s and the Highland Park Mills are
among those co-operating in preparations
‘I to start the instruction. Manufacturing
■ industries in Gaston. ,Buncombe and
| DnvTe counties also are assisting in the
i work.
,! An itinerant teacher, who will cover
• a territory including Wilmington. Golds
boro. Rocky Mount, Leaksville Springs
■ and other cities, has been employed to
, teach home economics. She is b°ing
j placed in the field through co-operating
, i with mills and various civic organiza
tions. it was stated.
' A FINE ADDITION TO
TRAININGSCHOOL PLANT
The Athletic* Field is Soon to Receive a
Grand Stand Long Needed.
j The athletic field at the Jackson Train
j ing School is to receive a long ueeiled
addition—a grand stand. It will be 35x
100 feet, seating over eight hundred peo
ple. It will have two dressing rooms, a
store room and a lavatory. The Tribune
is informed that the grandstand will be
of substantial construction and in keep
ing with the other buildings at the insti
tution. It represents an outlay of $2,500.
It comes to The Tribune that there is
much rejoicing at the School among the
boys, who heretofore hud to sit in the
hot sun when hatching a game or wit
nessing other athletic sfuilts. and to the
officials because the cost is provided for
friends of the institution. Messrs. J.
Archie Cannon. William 11. Gibson and
George S. Kluttz, prominent and substan
tial Concord citizens, generously and lib
erally made it possible when the matter
was called to their attention as a fine op
portunity for a helpful service.
TAKING ISSFE WITH
PRESIDENT HARDING
Senator Fletcher Says Farm Legisla-1
/ tion Was Passed Over Opposition of
Administration.
CMy the AsuoelateCl Press.)
Washington, June 28.—Taking issue
with President Harding's address at
Hutchinson. Ivans., Senator Fletcher,
democrat, of Florida, a member of the
agricultural bloc, said in a formal state
ment today that whatever recent legisla
tion has been enacted of real benefit to
the fanner had come from a combination
of Democrats and Republicans, in the
face of Opposition by the adminisfraflon.
Wherever the administration has in
tervened “under pressure” demanding
I some relief for the agrictultural popu'a
tion. Senator Fletcher asserted “the
methods and effect of the intervention
has been to weaken or destroy the bene
fits intended to be accomplished.
Paying tribute to the '‘farm bloc.” the
Florida Senator said, that hut for “their
energy and insistence.” many measures
never would have been written into law
or put into effect, “and now we have the
i spectacle of the leader of the party and
the administration claiming credit for
that work.”
Advocates Less Food for Men of Riper
Years.
(Hy the Ptea*.»
San Francisco, June 2<S.—Two meals
a day as a regular diet for men over
■ middle age, especially those whose oc
i cupations do not require great physical
exertion, would avoid disorders of the
I stomach, kidneys and heart. Dr. <\ D.
* Spivak. of Denver, told the American
Medical Association here today.
Dr. Spivak stated that a study of the
, diets of a large number of families in
dicated that the caloric value of the
i (daily meals increased, breakfast having
■ the smallest value, luncheon the next
I and dinner the largest.
> “As persons grow older* the appetite
grows feebler for the first meal of the
day, and yet the quantity of food con
sumed as a result of habit remains the
* same,” affiled Dr. Spivak.
- Monroe Lad Dies From Effects of
1 Poisoning.
Monroe, June 27.—Hugh, 12 year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Enos Hin
» son of Wingate, died Saturday from in
-1 section caused by poison from coming in
i contact with some kind of poisonous
< weed. The day before tin* death of the
\ lad his foot became terribly inflamed
i» and nothing could be done to relieve the
- sneering. Interment was in the Hinson
billing ground Sunday.
. Rowan Cotton Mill Pays Dividend of
1 Five Per Cent.
? Salisbury, June 27. —The Rowan
Cotton mill has declared a 5 per cent
I semi-annual dividend.• This is one of
* the newest mills of the county and is
■ headed by A. (\ Lincbecgor president.
* rJ " ■■ " ■ - .
LADIES
find that this bank meets
every financial requirement
and at all times accords cour-.
tous service.
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POISON TAKEN FROM 24.000
REPTILES FOR SCIENTISTS
Sent to Scientists Who Are Trying to
Find Remedy for Snakebite.
tW AMMiOInIH I*TMB.
Brownsville. Texas, June 28. —Three
glass jars, hermetically sealed, each
filled with yellowish crystals, renose on
a shelf in the office of W. A. ("Snake” >
King, at “Snakeville.” on the outskirts
of Brownsville. The crystals in each
jar represent the collection of poison
from approximately 8.000 rattlesnakes,
and, according to Mr. King, there is
enough poison in tlie jars to kill several
regiments, if it were properly applied.
King annually buys and se’ls thous
ands of rattlesnakes, and at "Snakeville”
there are at all times hundreds of rat
tlers of all sizes and descriptions. For
several years he has been collecting poi
son from the reptiles, crysralizing it in
a small ki’n and sending the crystals to
scientists’in all parts of the world who
are endeavoring to find u remedy for
snake bite.
Few people in Brownsville realize the
volume of business which flows through
“Snakeville.” They daily see scores of
boxes labeled “Dangerous Reptiles:
Handle With Care.” leave and enter the
express office, blit it is an accustomed
grown sight. Dozens of Mexican snake
catchers are required to keep the stream
of reptiles moving into King’s pens.
”1 have never charged a cent for tbe •
poison crystals, nor do I ever expect to
charge any one for the antitoxin.” King
states. “I have saved the poison and
crystalized it for the benefit of science,
and I have tlje antitoxin for the benefit
of any one bitten by a rattlesnake.
“Scientists throughout the world have
asked me for crystals, and I have never 1
failed to respond, provided I was as-*
sure,d they were to be used for legitimate
scientific purposes only.”
It is a crious fact. King points out.
that the poison used to produce the an
titoxin works well only when it comes
from the family of snakes from which
the bite has come. In the case of a
rattlenskae bite. King asserts, the serum
used is made from the b’ood of a horse
inoculated with rattlensake poison in
jected into the blood as near and as
Boon after the bite as possible.
When the snake farm at Sao Paulo.
Brazil, was established by tine Brazilian
government and placed in charge of ad
vanced scientists. King was asked by
them for some crystals and antitoxin.
• King supplied several quarts of the crys
tals. representing the collection from
about 20.0000 rattlesnakes.
King has branched out bis business to
include birds and animals of diversified
variety. Parrots, iguanas, ant-eaters,
horned toads, wildcats, Mexican lions,
leopards and scores of other specie of
animal life of Mexico and the southwest,
are found on his farm.
1 HORSE AND MI LE WILL
. ALWAYS BR. IN DEMAND
Dr. C. A. Gary Says Machinery Cannot
< Take the Place of Horse and Mule on
the Farm.
lll.v tbe A«a«>ef»fe«f Prelaw.
1 Statesville, June 28. —Machinery will
uever do away with the horses and mules
on the farm or in war. Dr. (\ A. Cary,
dcau of the Veterinary Department of
Alabama Polytechnic Institute, told
! the North Carolina Veterinary Medical
Association at its annual convention
‘ here today.
| Prospects for the veterinarian never
were brighter, the speaker continued and
he urged them to take over the practice
. belonging to their field, and to work to
wards a concerted effort to abolish cor
respondence schools for veterinarians.
He also predicted that the time will come
4 when every town will have its meat in
spector.
" Dorman Thompson, of Statesville, en
-1 joined the veterinarians to take a pride
in their profession and to make and
economic return their primary motive to
1 take an active interest in their com
munity life, and to be honest with them
? selves and their fellow countrymen. The
word “camouflage" should be stricken
from the English language, he said.
' The convention comes to a close this
t afternoon.
THE COTTON MARKET
. Yesterday's Decline Followed by Ad
p vances During Early’ Trading Today.
(By the Aaaoelated Pre*»*».)
New York. June 28.—Yesterday’s de
* dines were followed by advances in the
cotton market during today's early trad-
I ing. There was some further scattered
covering on reports, but cables were bet
ter than due and rather a more cheer-
II fill feeling iu stock market circles were
s supposed to be reflected in some Wall
Street buying or covering. The open
ing was steady at an advance of 00
e points on August and of 4 to 14 points
" on other months.
Cotton futures opened steady: July
f 27.00; October 24.55; December 214.07;
January 28.00; March 28.58.
“ MAKING ANOTHER
POISON TAKEN FROM 24.000
REPTILES FOR SCIENTISTS
, f EFFORT FOR RECORD
s Capt. Smith ami Lieut. Ritclier Took
Off as 4:4« .Today on Endurance
«. Test.
Sau Diego, June 2S (By the Associat
ed Press). —In their second attempt in
two days to break endurance and speed
records. Capt Lowell H. Smith" anil
Lieut. .1. I). Ritclier, army aviators, who
were forced down by generator trouble
yesterday, took off at 4 :46 this morning
on what was planned to be a flight of
four days and four nights.
WARNS MINE WORKERS
AGAINST STRIKE NOW
Federal Coal Commission Says Public
Public Sentiment “Will Tolerate No
Strike This Year.”
ißr the Associated I’ress.)
Washington, June 28.-—Public senti
ment "will tolerate no suspension of an
thracite coal supply this year,” the Fed
eral Coal Commission today informed a
convention of union miners delegates now
in session at Scranton, Pa., considering
new wage demands.
A leaf hits the. ground and dies; a
seed takes root and grows. Which are
you, h'af or seed. j,
@ TODAY’S 9
@ NEWS &
@ TODAY *
NO. 153.
ASHEVILLE MECCA '
FOR TOfiACrn MEN
T.’SitU STATES
Tobacco Association of the
United States Will Open
23rd Annual Session There
Tomorrow Morning.}
MANY DELEGATES
ALREADY ARRIVED
Number of Important Ques
tions Will Come Before the
Convention, According to
Full Program.
* tßy tlie Associated Press.»
Asheville, June 28.—Fixing the time
for opening stiles of tobacco in producing
states of tjie south will be considered by
the standing committee of the Tobacco
Association of the United States this af
ternoon at 4 o'clock and will be reported
to tin* main convention of that body to
morrow morning when it meets for the
23rd annual Session.
A. B. Carrington, of Danville. Va., and
a number of delegates to the convention
i reached this city this morning and others
will arrive this afternoon and tonight.
Mr. Carrington is chairman of the stand
ing committee, and says that designation
of the time to begin tobacco safes will
probably be the most important business
of public interest coming before the con
vention. Tobacco states of the South are
divided for this purpose into various
zones in which time'for sales is usually
fixed in accordance with ripening of the
crop in the various zones.
It was stated further by Mr. Carring
ton that Georgia lias requested its sales
be started about July 17; South Carolina
about August 1 : eastern North Carolina
about September Ist; and the Old Belt
territory around Winston-Salem. N. (\,
and Danville, Va., want to start about
October Ist. These, however, are just
the proposals for these territories.
The committee on graduate dues of the
Association will also meet this after
noon with W. T. Clar,k of Wilson, N. (\,
chairman.
JOHN PARK DOESN’T THINK
“JUNKET” VERY COSTLY
Says Cost of Feeding Passengers
Practically Only Expenses Involved
on Leviathan
Raleigh. .Hitie 27.—As the “actual
food costs was less than $2 a day i>er
passenger” and the cost of food was
“about the only expense of having
guests aboard” during the recent trial
trip of the Leviathan, John Park, pub
lisher of The Raleigh Times, on his re
turn from New York today declared “I
didn’t feel it so much like an imposition
at that rate, although, regular, pas
sengers pay SB4O for the accommoda
tions assigned to me.”
Enthusiasm over the performance of
the Leviathan was expressed by the
publisher, who was the . only North
Carolina passenger on the trip.
“I had enough curiosity to find out
how much Chairman Lasker and the
shipping board ‘wasted’ on men as an
invited guest on the trip,” he asserted.
“The chief steward told me that the
cost of food was about ‘the only expense
of having guests aboard as the entire
crew is paid on a monthly basis. Raying
food in quantities keeps down expense
so low that the actual cost was much
less than $2 a day per passenger. I
didn't feel it so much like an imposi
tion at that rate although regular pas
sengers pay SB4O for the accommoda
tions assigneed to me.”
ROCKY MOUNT WOMAN
INJURED IN MONTANA
Mrs. Calina Brothers Dangerously Hurt
When Tree Fell on Auto in Which
She W r as Riding.
(By the Associated Press.)
Rocky Mount. June. 28.—Word was
received here last night that Mrs. Calina
Newell Brothers, well known young wo
man of this city, was in a hospital at
Livingston, Montana, probably, seriously
injured from injuries received when a
1 tree fell on the automobile in which she
was riding in Yellowstone National Park.
Mrs. Brothers* father, who is general sup-'
1 erintendent of the Atlantic Coast Line
i Railroad, left inst night for her bedside.
Mrs. Brothers left for St. Paul, Min
nesota. about two weeks ago as a dele
; gate to the *T. P. A. convention from this
city and after the convention she with a
party of delegates went on a to\ir of the
west.
CITY TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP
Semi-Finals Today at 4 P. M.—Finals
Tomorrow at 4:30 P. M.
In the semi-finals today a good match
is promised at four o'clock between Miles
Wolff and Leslie Bell. Wolff has won
his way to the semi-finals by defeating
Tom Coltrane. Ben White and Nevin
Sappenfield. This game has steadily im
proved and i\o one will be surprised to
see him give last year’s champion a
great fight in this match. Leslie Bell,
holder of the city championship honors
for the past two years, reached the semi
finals by defeating John M. Cook, W. C.
Wauchope and M. S. Young.
Bolt Hits Mast as Liquor id Wasted.
New York, June 27.—Just as the
excess liquor of the steamer Finland,
of the American line, was being heaved
overboard near the three-mile limit to
day a bolt of lightninug struck one of
the masts. Superstitious seamen con
sidered this an omen against such a
waste of good drinking liquor.
Just as a boy is drawn to wrong by
the presentation of wrong, so he is
drawn to good by the presentation of
good.