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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI WMOM mmGimsm BLAKKET TO BOSTON More Than 13 Inches of Snow Fell in City, Re-| Suiting in Death of Five Persons During One Day MANY FAILED TO REACH HOMES Had to Sleep in Offices, Public Buildings and Other Places When Ho tel Rooms Were Filled. Boston, Feb."?!.—(A s )—As the worst snow storm of a quarter century pass ed-'lnto history todny, Boston slowly (lug itself out of the drifts and took stock of the damage. In addition to a toll of five desjths directly attributa ble to the storm, a snow blanket of 13.2 inches fell on streets and road ways. Itailronds and electric lines strove to restore normal service which • had been completely demoralised by the snowfall. Off the coast one light ship was a wreck, and another was making for Vineyard Haven for re lmirs, while a lumber schooner wbr on the rocks off Scituate. Thousands of Boston commuters, tumble to reach their suburban homes when rail and electric transportation failed last night, arose with aching bones from chairs or desk top couch es to which they were forced when hotel accommodations could stretch ■ no further. The State House, thrown open ns a shelter by order of Governor 1 Fuller, housed state senators nnd rep resentatives, state employees and a few outsiders, including two women. The City Hall had its quota, and rail road stations, busmens houses nnd de partment stores welcomed homeless hundreds. AMERICANS BECOMING SOFT. SAYS PHYSICIAN Dr. J. E. S. Davidson Presents Plat form For Necessary Reform. Charlotte, Feb. 4.—“lnsanity in creases as disrespect for the law janes aloug with prohibition.” is the sum mary of life among youth as expressed last uight by Dr. J. E. S. Davidson, speaking before the Charlotte picdfcal D». Davidson's tbeiiie concerned the question. “Is the present generation depcerlhting intellectually?” “It is,” declared the physician. As a solution Dr. Davidson offered toler . anee. the placing of religion above sect or denomination, consideration of the race question in nil sections of the country, the institution of uni versal language, eugencis, and the establishment of a publie health de partment as a government office. “Industrial organization is taking the place of spiritualism. We were cru saders in the war—we are reaction aries in peace. “In this day of music by radio, med ical advice through newspaper syndi cation, and other such devices, we have been bathed, shaved and mani cured until we are becoming a soft self-coddled race and it is now a thrilling experience to take a daily dozen by the music of a record or to walk around the corner for an ice cream soda. “Our information comes in a flood of printed matter and our students have become a crew of bnndolined be spectacled rooters for semi-profession al football teams. Our education is developing a race of 99 44-100 pure soap Americans.” While many aspects of the speech were questioned by members of the society during the ensuing discus sion, all agreed that the syndication of medical advice and prescriptions through the daily papers Is an evil. Finds That Money Is Dost as Well as Made By Boom. Kinston, Feb. 4.—Florida seduces the newcomer. Loser of $20,000 , there, a northerner returning home told the Rev. Dr. John Hartley,, local Episcopal clergyman, that he had invested $40,000 in the boom state and dropped half of it in two days. He had been in Florida exactly that long. Telling of his meeting with the un fortunate investor, Dr. Hartley to day described the conversation. “A booster met me 20 miles from my destination,” the northern -man said. “I gathered from him that every blade of grass in that part of the country is a greenback, every bird carries a bill, every wind brings a draft, every horse has a check. What’s more, all the washerwomen wash with. Gold Dust and a great many people ride on Diamond tires. I put out. Then lock put me out $20,000. It took me just two day to tire of- dropping capital at the rate of SIO,OOO per diem.” BASKETBALL Tonight HIGH SCHOOL GYM HIGH SCHOOL —VS.— ALBEMARLE HIGH | Me—ADMISSION—3Sc The Concord Daily Tribune North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily I Peewicktoo p- s?—m.. kI« ofCnn .t u ? ,n the northern Off hi, winter cos™?/ f h °*‘ •*. rummer by a resident of BODIES OF SIXTEEr MINERSNOT FOUND Fat&of Men Trapped in the Horning Mine Still Se cret.—Rescue Workers Keep to Difficult Task. Pittsburgh. Feb. s.—(A*) —The ex plosion-wrecked Horning mine of the Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company continued today to retain its secret as to the fate of sixteen miners en tombed by a binst w'.iich shattered its work Wednesday afternoon. Rescue workers have abandoned hope that any of the men would be found alive, but have been unable to recover the bodies because of a fire in the sec tion where the blast occurred. A rescue team this morning brought a story of a twelve-hour futile search for the entombed men, and a denial to the previous report that three bodies had been located during the night. Rescue workers were of the opinion it would be 24 to 30 hotirs before the wrecked section of the mine couid be explored. Three additional men were over come during the night and brought to the surface for attention. The total of twenty-two men have suffer ed from gas fumes during the grim search for the bodies. THE COTTON MARKET Opened Unchanged to 8 Points High er on Overnight Buying Orders and Liverpool Advices. New York, Feb. s.—(A*)—The cot- ( ton market opened unchanged to eight 8 points higher today on overnight buying orders and in response to high- J er Liverpool cables. Covering by i near month shorts which was eonsid-; ered largely responsible for yesterday's ; advance, was much less netive and as-j ter selling up to 19.92 at the start,! May contracts,reacted to 19.87 under realizing. Enough buying gave the market a steady undertone, however, and prices held within a point or two of yesterday’s closing figures at the end of the first hour. Private cables reported trade call ing nnd covering in the Liverpool mar ket and moderate spot demand, but that demand for cotton cloth in Lan cashire was lees insistent. Cotton futures opened steady: March 20.60; May 19.91; July 19.17; Oetober 18.32; December 18.01. Hundreds Employed at New Power Plant. Spencer, Feb. 4. —Dukevtlle, the new town of the Southern Power Company, near Spencer, now has elec tric light, the current having been turned on this week, being supplied by wires'from the high power lines crossing the Yadkin River here. A transformer has been installed and lighta are furnished for the new streets and roads in and adjacent to the new town as well as for the offices of the Southern Power Company which have been established under the supervision of C. T. Warner as manager. The lights are also avail able for the large number of new resi dences and camp houses which have been erected or are in course of erec tion on the grounds. The new town was electrified in short order after the transformer arrived. It ia stated that about 300 men are now employed on the plant and grounds while others are being employed almost dally. At the age of Iff years, Mile. Irene Curie, daughter of Madame Carle, the world-renowned radium expert, has won her Bachelor of Science degree. i'k MENS OFFER FOB SEPAiUTE AIR SERVE! 11 HIM Major Gen. Patrick Tells Senate Committee the Board’s Suggestions Do Not Go Far Enough. MITCHELLALSO GIVES HIS VIEW Former Air Officer Called Before House Military Committee—Status Now “Terrible Mess.” Washington, Feb. 5. —OP)—The of fensive for a separate air service was renewed concurrently before two con gressional committees todny by Major General Patrick, chief of army air Rerviee. and William Jlitchell, once General Patricks' assistant, nnd more recently the center of n quarrel over the policy which led t ohis court mar tial nnd resignation from the army. “A terrible mess" was the way Mitchell described the present status of vniation to tlie House military committee. Patrick, appearing be fore file Senate military eommittee, declared recommendations of the Pres ident's air board did not go far enough, and renewed his advocacy of an army air corps separately organ ized, and with an independent status like that of the marine corps. The air service chief interposed no objection to the Wadsworth bill draft ed by the war department along the lines of the air board's findings, nnd providing for suggestion of the air service under a new assistant secre tary of war. He insisted, however, thnt flic proposal was only a partial solution. ATTACK VALIDITY OF NARCOTIC LAW Harrison Act’s Opponents Say Su premo Court “Questioned Consti tutionality.” Washington, Feb. 3.—The con stitutionality of the Harrison nar cotic act is to be challenged nnd the Supreme Court asked for an opinion. This law has been in effect a num ber of years and approximately 3,000 persons are in prison or on their • way there for violating its provis ions, Should the law be declared un constitutional efforts wonid b( made to free those convicted and sen tenced. A decision recently rendered by Supreme Court i\ the case of the United States \ mis Daugherty, brought from the L titli Circuit, has' encouraged the opponents of the Harrison act to start a test case. The opinion in that case said: "The constitutionality of the Anti-Narcotic Act, touching which the court so sharply divided in United States vs. Doremus. 249 U. S., 80, was not raised below und has not- been again considered. The doc trine approved in Hammer vs. Dagenhart, 247 U. S., 251, child labor tax case, &e., may necessitate a review of that question if here after properly presented.” No case to test the naw is before the court here now, but it is said one will be brought from Chicago. Because of what the court said in the Daugherty decision, lawyers here have offered to make a fight for an opinion. They consider that the Su preme Court “questioned the consti tutionality” of the law- It was pointed out here today that the decision iu the Doremus ’case was a five-four division, the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice McKenna, iMr. Justice Van Devanter ana Mr. ; Justice Mcße.vnolds dissenting. The ! Chief Justice held that the Harrison act was beyond the constitutional | power of Congress to enact, as it | was an attempt to exert a power !uot delegated, namely, the reserved police power oftbe State OAKBORO BUSINESS MAN SUFFERS MENTAL COLLAPSE C. C. Furr Enters Hospital at Mor ganton For Treatment. Oakboro, Feb. 2.—We have just received the sad news of the critical condition of C. C. Furr, who has been showing signs of insanity. Dr. Lentz is here today making preparations to take him to the asylum at Morgan ton. Mr. Furr is conscious of his troubles and is fully resigned to what measures the doctor or the family think best. Our sympathy is with him and family and we're hoping he can find relief. Two ThomaavUle Newspapers Merge. Thomasville, Feb. 4—The Thomss villc Times is today announcing that a trade has been consummated whereby the Times will be consoli dated with the Chairtown News, the latter purchasing, and will hereafter be printed in tbe News shop as the Times and News. The Times is the . jiaper of long standing in the town, while the Chairtown News has been in operation for only a few years. Marshall Denied Bail. Philadelphia, Feb. s.—OP)— After a two hour hearing on a writ of habeas corpus, David L. Marshall, confessed slayer of Anna Dietrich, was refused liberty on bail today and was held for the grand jury. During jthe last twenty years, ae-, cording to* figures recently made public by one of the official depart ments in Washington, the quantity of material needed for a woman’s dressed from 14 to 4 yards. 1 , - i \ CONCORD, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1926 Save Crew of Ice-Bound Tug r?#??"'' ——— . -flf « > • ' ■ ■ . : ;X I. • Alter their tug, Helen N\, had been ice-bound in Lake Michigan for six days, the five members of the crew were brought safely ashore. Photo shows how the iee held the little boat in its grip. Senate Refuses To Ask President to Take Hand In Present Coal Crisis O OBJECTS TO SAPIRO APPEARING IN CASE W. M. Person Lodges Ctmpiaint jn Connection With Cash Bring Hriffd in Raleigh. Raleigh, Feb. 5. —040—Vehement objection to the appearance of Aaron Sapiro. of Chicago and California, general counsel for t'lie Tri-State To bacco Co-operative association in the suit begun here today before Judge Thomas H. Calvert, to disclose the association, was voiced by W. M. Per son. who brought the suit. Judge Calvert took the objection under consideration nnd announced he would rule on it later. The defense then began reading its lengthy an swer. following the reading of each paragraph of the complaint with the answering paragraph of the defend ant. .e The answer fn general denies most of the allegations of the complaint. “He is not defending the associa tion bnt is defending himself,” de clared Mr. Person in objecting to Mr. Sapiro's appearance in the ease. “He is charged with taking from the as sociation nearly SIOO,OOO. An ancient rule of chancery says that counsel must come into the court with ‘dean hands. He is charged with fraud/’i The court recessed at 1 o'clock for thirty minutes for luncheon after which it was expected to proceed with reading of complaint and answer. WANT CAROLINA ROADS TO JOIN VIRGINIA’S Virginia Legislature Asks For Tar Heels to Construct Roads to Vir ginia Line. Richmond, Vn., Feb. 5. —C4 5 ) —The General Assembly of Virginia today passed a joint resolution memorializ ing the state of North Carolina to construct hard surface roads to meet those which Virginia has constructed to the North Carolina line. The resolution quotes the resolu tion passed by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1921 memorializ ing the Virginia legislature to meet certain roads to be constructed to the Virginia line. It declared Virginia bad fulfilled its part of the contract by constructing the hard surface road from Deep Creek to the North Caro lina line and from Franklin to the North Carolina line nnd would have constructed the third but for the fact that it would not be constructed until the toll is removed from Goode’s Fer ry. The State of North Carolina was asked to complete its part of the con tract during the present road building campaign. MASKED MEN STEAL ALCOHOL FROM TRAIN Pure Alcohol Valued at SIO,OOO Tak en From Freight Train Halted by Bandits Peoria, IU. Feb. 3 </P)—Fifteen' masked men held up a Chicago Rock Island & Pacific freight train near Henry, 111., 40 miles north ot here and escaped in trucks with pure alcohol estimated at SIO,OOO early today. Tbe shipment comprised the greater part of two car loads. Conductor Charles Somers and two railroad detectives were disarmed by the robbers. Representative Madden IU. Wellington, Feb. 5. —049—Repre- sentative Martin B. Madden, of Illi nois, one of the Republican leaders in Congress, was taken ill at the cap itol today and was moved to his home in an ambulance. He suffered a severe chiU and de veloped considerable fever. He has not tieen in good health for many months. Favor Proposed Election. Aries, Chile, Feb. s.— OP)— Both Chile and Peru have appealed for the election law adopted by the commis sion In charge of the coming plebls iete to determine the sovereignty of Tncna and Aries. By Vote of 48 to 28 Sen ate Refuses to Consider , Resolution Introduced i by Sen. Copeland. PARTY VOTE ON THE QUESTION ; Democrats For the Most Part Wanted Resolution Adopted, But Republi cans Were Against It. i Washington, Feb. s.— (A*) —By a vote of 48 to 28, the Senate refused i today to consider the Copeland reso i lution requesting President Coolidge to interveut in the anthracite suspen • sion. Twenty democrats, seven Republi cans and one farmer-labor Senator . voted to take up the resolution, while . nine democrats, 39 republicans vot ed on the negative. . The senate's action was the first . to be taken in Congress in respect to the coal controversy and the vote was I forced by opponents of President Coolidge's non-intervention policy af i ter many previous attempts for a ■ show-down had been defeated in both ■ the House and Senate. Under the resolution presented by Senator Copeland, democrat of New York, the President would have been requested to, call representatives of miners and operators in conference. Before moving to take up the meas ure Senator Copeland appealed to the Senators from New England to stand by him because their states are snow bound now and in need of fuel, but all New England senators present voted against the motion. For consideration of the resolution: Republican—Brookhart, Cousens, Fra sier, Howell, LaFollette, Norris und Nye—seven. Democrats Blease, Broussard, Bruce, Caraway, Copeland, Dill. Ed wards, Ferris, George, Heflin, Ken drick, McKellar, Mayfield, Overman, Sheppard, Smith, Trammell, Tyson, Walsh and Wheeler—2o. Farmer-Labor: Shipstead—l. Total—2B. Against consideration : Republicans —Bingham, Borah. Butler, Cameron, Capper, Cummins, Dale, Deneen, Edge, Ernst, Feruald, Fess, Gillett, Goff, ' Gooding, Hale, Harreld, Jones of Washington, Keyes, McKinley, i Woman, Believed to Be From Char lotte. is Found Dead. Richmond, Va., Feb. 4.—The body of a young woman, believed to bC Mias Maggie Harper, 21, of Char lotte, N. C., was found this after r noon in her room in a boarding house here. She had been dead for some time, and although the room was . filled with gas from an open jet, Cor- ' oner J. M. Whitfield said he could i . find no trace of gas poisoning. The girl went to the house several days ago and latter told' other oecu- 1 , pants that she had come to Rich mond to escape marriage to a man < whom she did not want to marry, i The authorities also found the name • • “lyiary Harper" on her belongings. The girl was visited by the landlady 1 at 7 o’clock this morning. Opposes Further Review of Felder** Washington, Feb. s.—W>>—The - Department of Justice in a brief tiled ■ In the Supreme Court, opposed any , i further review of the case of Thos. • B. Felder, New York lawyer, convict ' ed on the charge of conspiracy with Gaston B. Means and others in con nection with the sale of stock of the i Glass Casket Company. Bryan, Texas, business men have set a precedent locally and as far as they know nationally, in the 1 election of n woman to head the ■ Chamber of Commerce—Mrs. Lee A. ' Rountree, who is the editor of the • local daily newspaper and also presi dent of the Texas Editorial Aasocia-' i | tion. DEFENSE WITNESSES BEING HEARD TODAY AT BOWMAN TRIAL Mother and Sister of For mer Guard Officer Take Stand For Him During the Morning. LESS INTEREST IN CASE NOW Court Room Was Not So Nearly Full Today as It Was When the Case First Bggan. Newton, Feb. 5.-— UP) —The trial of Wade V. Bowman in Catawba County Superior Court today proceeded under a lost interest atmosphere as addition al witnesses for the defense began to take the stand. The court was not nearly so large during the morning session. Mrs. F. O. Bock and Mrs. W. P. Bowman, sister and mother respective ly of the defendant, took the stand and testified to eventß leading up to the entrance of the 12 year old prose cutrix into the new house of Mr. Bow man in Hickory. Mrs. Bock swore that she saw the little girl enter the house and then leave in about 10 min utes and ride toward Hickory on her wheel. Both women said the Major came back to Mrs. Bock’s house where lie and his wife lived stt the time of the alleged attack, and sat down on the porch for about five minutes. They said he was sitting in the swing with his wife. Neither of the women heard any outcry or anything unus ual. Major Bowman Testifies. Newton. Feb. s.—C4>)—Wade V. Bowman took the stand this morning in his own defense. Under direct examination by Defense Attorney Feimster, he told the story leading up to the time the 12year-old prosecutrix entered his then incomplete house in Hickory. He admitted putting his arm around the shoulders of the child and walking up the stairs. He said be sat down on a stack of shingles ami the girl came up to him. Bow man admitted to unprintable indict ments, but denied the elements of as sault. He left the stand at. 12:45 after testifying for more than two and one-half hours. The defense rested at 12:50/ FATHER SLAYS FAMILY AND TAKES HIS OWN LIFE Michigander is Said to Have Been Demented Over Condition of His Daughter. Dowagiae, Mich., Feb. 4.—A men tal breakdown caused by worry of a father over the birth of a child to his unwed daughter is believed by county officers here to have resulted in the death of Wil iam Wilkinson, his wife, a son, the daughter and the latter's three day old child. The bodies of the victims were found early today in the ruins of the Wilkinson home in Silver Creek township near here. Investigator said marks on the bodies indicated the father had slain the four, set fire to the house and then perished iu the flames. The dead are: William Wilkinson, 65; his wife, 00; Floyd Wilkinson, 27 ; a son, Gineth Wilkinson. 25; a daughter, and Genith’s baby, three days old. C. S. Robinson, who attended the daughter when the baby was born is quoted by the sheriff ns saying the father appeared demented and that Wilkinson told him if he had known his daughter's condition he would have killed her. Albert Alexin, a Pottawatomie In dian, who the Wilkinson girl is said to have named as the father of the child, refused to make any statement to officers today.. He has not been taken into custody. Miovie House For Young Won By Turkish Women. Constantinople, Feb# 2—The Turk ish Women's Union, the first organi zation of it!) kind in Moslem Asia, has just won a fight for special motion picthres for children. Through the influence of the union the managers of all motion picture houses in Constantinople have agreed to so-operate in the building of a special movie theater for children, and after its completion children less than sixteen year Hold will be barred from all other houses in the city. Until this project is realized one of the existing theaters will show special children’s program on certain days. State Highway Detours. Raleigh, Feb. s.— UP) —Thirty-five official detours on the North Caro lina state highway Bystem are an nounced for the month of February by the State highway commission. Routes Nos. 10 and 20 have six •detours each, and one or more de tours are designated by the commis sion on routes Nos, 11, 12, 15, 22, 26, 27, 30, 40, 50, 56, 74, 1)0, 91, and 285. Child Killed by Truck. Statesville, Feb. s.— UP) —Doris Jolly, aged 9, was killed near her home at Taylorsville today when she was struck and run over by a truck. The accident was considered unavoilable. Smith College, at Northampton, Mass., has the largest number of students of any exclusively women’s college in the world Brooklyn" Tot Oni ElUott, husky southpaw, who U figured one of the best pitching •r os poets on the Brooklyn staff. He *aa with Terre Haute In the Threw fye League last year, leading the luriers with 26 victories and eight lefeats. ElUott is a big fellow, stand- feet two and* weighing 200 pounds. ErnET MISTERIONSLY LOST f 1 Got Separated From Rela- ! tives in Greenville, S. C„ i Theatre and Cannot Be \ Found in the City. i i Greenville, S. Feb. 5. — UP) —The 1 police of Greenville today were search ing for Miss Maybell Powell, sixteen- I year-old girl of Asheville, N. C., who 1 disappeared after attending a motiop ' picture theatre here. The girl in 1 company with her brother, G. H. * Powell and the latter’s wife, were en * route to Florida and were stopping at 1 the tourist camp here. The trio attended a thefffre last night, but on coming out of the build ing Miss Powell betsme separated from friends. An all night search was made but it was not until this morning that Mr. Powell made a re- , port to the police. The girl is said rbe 5 feet six inches in height and | decided brunette. • Her brother could give no reason , for her disappearance. TOBACCO ASSOCIATION DEFENDS ITS ACTION 1 Tri-State Co-operative Association 1 Wants to Function Without One of l Its Directors. Raleigh, Feb. s.— UP)— The tri- 1 state tobacco growers’ co-operative as- 1 sociation went into court here today ' to defend its right to exist minus the services of one of its directors, T. C. Watkins, Jr. Mr. Watkins, who is alleged to have made high profits from his pri- I vate re-drying of association tobacco. , and who has been a storm center of . the association’s troubles because of these charges, resigned yesterday as- , ternoon. Today’s action, scheduled for noon, was to be before Judge Thomas Cal- , vert. i With Our Advertisers. t Oranges, grapefruit and apples by i the thousands at Rarks-Belk Co’s. ' grocery department on the second < floor. J. G. Parks is now in Flori- 1 da, and has shipped from there a solid ! carload. The grapefruit and oranges arc sold at $3.95 a crate. Read the ' new ad. on page two for full par- < ticulars. | Newest models in footwear for 1 spring at the Markson Shoe Store. 1 From February sth to 28th the i Boyd W. Cox Studio will give free 1 with each order of one-half dozen or ’ more photographs one oil colored por- i trait. Phone 879 for an appoint- l ment. Studio over Correll's Jew- i elry Store. i Blond and light kid slippers at i Ivey's, $5.95 to $9. i New arrivals daily in millinery at Robinson's. Everything in men’s and boys’ wear at Efird's. Yen will find at Fisher's a spring exposition of frocks that are a won der-value in dresses. Sec now ad. in this paper. School Children Thriving on Milk- High Point, Feb. 4.—A milk diet has worked wonders in the month that it has been in use here, accord ing to the Christmas Health Seale committee. Almost all of the children are drinking milk at Bchool. All have gained weight and a number have at tained their normal weights. Other children are learning to drink milk at school, where it can be purchased at recess *nd noon. The children, it was pointed out, have grown so interested In their weights that it has become necessary to pur chase another pair of scales. Members of the school faculty have been k#pt busy supplying the milk to the children. They are grate ful to the N. C- Tuberculosis Asso ciation for the good that has been accomplished. THE TRIBUNE f PRINTS ! TODAY’S NEWS TODAYS NO. 28 | TOBACCO GROWERS’ '! ASSOCIATION IS TO ■! ’NSWER IN COURT; Cited to Show Cause gs| Raleigh Why It Shouttl Not Be Dissolved and §1 Receiver Appointed. _________ -.v--- - THREE STATES 1| ARE INVOLVE^ North Carolina, South Car olina and Virginia.—39|| Hearing Will Take Placjt Tomorrow. Raleigh, N. C., Feb. s.— UP)— Tha Tri-State Tobacco Growers tive Association will answer .in Stt perior Court here tomorrow to th# order citing it to show cause why 4g should not be dissolved and a re ceiver appointed. The Association is composed of tobacco growers «eiU North Carolina. South Carolina and 1 Virginia. The order was obtained by Wiley M. Person of Franklin coun ty. a member, on Jan. 19 and WHB signed by Judge M. V. Barnhill. tPfcjM hearing will take place before Jtidjifill Thomas H. Calvert presiding over : Wake county Superior Court. The case tomorrow will mark first appearance ill court of the ' Growers’ Association in which a verdict against it will mean dis solution. In a somewhat similar case tried before, the case of Pittman vn Co-op Association, a verdict would indirectly have meant dissolution for Pittman sought to have his contract r declared void on the ground of nlift- | management on the part of tha directors of the Association. Had th* grower won his case, the growers as individuals could have withdrawn' from the Association by similar pleas. Tomorrow's case, how- A ever, should it result adversely for ; the Association will mean dissolu tion with a single court action. T| The case tomorrow is the outs growth of internal difficulties ex tending over a period of years which have beset the Association. The*g‘| culminated recently in the report the Federal Trade Commission thfit a there was mismanagement of the A*. ~ sociation and iu which criticism was > directed at its redryiug policies. The Association answered the charges the Federal Trade body with ffM statement defending its redryi*g«j policies. The suit instituted by Wiley M. Person was brought £#*l Edgecombe county a few days after the Federal body's report. --V'aSbß The contentions which will come before the court tomorrow are that because of “waste and mismanage-* ment" the Association has practical ly forced numbers of growers to, virtual bankruptcy because of their inability to collect for crops of previous years. Mr. Person asks that the Association be dissolved and a receiver appointed He also asserts that certain salaries alleged to hnra been excessive should be returned to the Association’s assets as well aa certain personal profits made by two officers, R. R. Patterson and T. C., Watkins, Jr., in handling re-drying contracts for the Association. Tlie suit instituted against the Tri- State Tobacco Growers’ Co-operative Association by Wiley N. Person, of Franklin county, North Caro Una, seeking dissolution of the organization and the appointment of a receiver; waa the culmination of internal troubles which had bothered the organization for a considerable length of time. In addition to asking the court to dis solve the association and wind up ftgrt? affairs by the receivership method, Mr. Person alleged in his complaint that there had been paid to officer# ‘ excessive salaries constituting "waste** which should be returned to the aseo- \ eiation's assets and that profits made by officers in redrying operations also should be returned to the assets. For several years the association, - which is composed of tobacco grow ers in Virginia. North Caro Una South Carolina has had considerably , difficulty in securing deliveries of to bacco by all its members. The trouble appeared to be caused by the fact j that on tSie auction markets grower* l were able to obtain the full cash i>ajv , ment for tobacco while the associa tion members received a part payment at the time of delivery and the bal ance at a later date. The tion claimed that its entry into the field had caused a general increase in | the price which the grower obtained 1 for his tobacco but this increase waa i reflected as well on the auction, floor*. Inability to obtain full payment* caused unrest among the members and resulted in contract-breaking. In a number of cases the associa tion went to court and obtained in junctions compelling delivery and (Continued on Page Eight) SAT'S BEAR SAYS I rigSU ♦ t k i||l P--AA / Fair tonight, Saturday IncreyatiH cloudiness with rising tempaiaUMHi Diminishing northwest witn>rlmmSl ing southerly Saturday.
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