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VOLUME XXVI
SECRETARY MELLON
NOT DISTURBED BY
BREAKS DN MARKET
%
Thinks the Breaks Are
But Natural Reaction of
Excessive Speculation in
~ the Stocks.
BUSINESS WILL
CONTINUE GOOD
Slumps and Booms Follow
Each Other Until Nor
mal Position (Can Be
Determined.
Wnnhington, March 4.— (/P) —The
break in the stock market in not re
garded with alarm by Secretary Mel
lon who believes it is the natural re
action of excessive speculation.
The Secretary's views outlined to
day nt the Treasury are that the re
action will have a wholesale effect and
that fundamental business conditions
and prosperity will not be disturbed.
He regarded the slump as an inevita
ble eveuing-up program, feeling that
where prices’run to extreme set-backs
are in order.
Slumps and booms follow each
other, the Secretary holds, until a nor
mal position is found. In all periods
of prosperity he eontends, temporary
setbacks are natural.
The present fluctuations in the stock
market, he believes, might be regarded
as more extreme becaus of the larger
volume of speculation, but he does
not consider them any more perma
nent.
Decline Brought to Halt.
New York, March 4.— (A*) —The
drastic dectine in stock prices have
been brought to a halt.
Buying orders for hundreds of
thousands of shares were distributed
in today's market by strong tinancial
interests and hundreds of “bargain
Siunters” or small traders who on'.y
come into the market after a big
break, with the result that prices of
scores of issues rallied 1 to 15 points
before noon.
Trading continued in enormous vol
ume but was not as large as yester
day, due to the fact that large blocks
of stock were no longer pressed for
sale and that bankers were not corn
pelted -to vabaorb large volumes ts se
wittea irotdte..to support then*
for which they stand fluin
eial sponsors. Total sties in the
first two hours were about 1,300,000
Shares; as against 1,576.000 in the
same period yesterday.
-Little Effect in London.
London, March 4.—C4>)—Yester
day's further break in Wall Street
had even less effect on the stock mar
ket'today than yesterday. It is point
ed dut that the aggregate daily busi
ness with New York interests is not
sufficiently large to cause alarm at
possible declines emanating from
Wall Street. Securities in which the
Americans are interested for instance
Brazilian Traction, oil shares, tobac
cos and silks, again ar<* on the heavy
side, but an indication that no par
ticular trouble is anticipated is seen
from the renewed interest in rubber
shares at firm prices owing to an ad
vance in raw rubber of seven pence
(54f cents) in Mincing Lane.
Many stock houses had expected
that the present slump in Wall Street
was bound to come after the recent
speculative favor, and that the few
who had any sort of Commitments
had already taken measures to reduce
them. ,
SENATE SOT ready to
VOTE ON MUSCLE SHOALS
Effort to Set Date on Vote For Dig-'
posal of Plant Failed in -Upper
House.
Washington; March 4.—CP)—Ef
forts to fix a definite time for the
Senate to vote on the Muscle Shoals
resolution failed today. Several re
' quests of Senator Heflin, democrat, of
Alabama, for unanimous consent to
set a time to vote, ranging all the
way from today to next Monday, met
with objections. Finally he yielded to
the suggestion of Senator Smith, dem
ocratm, of South Carolina, to wait
until tomorrow When a better line
could be obtained on the proposed dis
cussion. ,
Chairman-Norris, of the Senate Ag
riculture committee, leader of the op
position, declared there was no dis
position to delay the vote, and that
it probably could be obtained tomor
row.
On the other hand, Senator (Howell,
republican, of Nebraska, asserted
that, he knew of a number of Senators
who wished to speak at length on the
resolution and he would oppose any
suggestion tojsbut off debate.
"Rather Severe" Earthquake Reported
Washington, March . 4.—OF)—An
earthquake described as “rather se
vere,” was recorded on the seismograph
at Georgetown University from 4:50
to 7a. m. today. Father Tondorff, di
rector of the observatory, estimated it
at mqre than 6,000 miles in a north
erly direction from Washington. Its
maximum intensity was at 5:30
' o’clock.
Five Haases Burned.
piizsbeth City, & C., March 4
OP)—Fire swept by a strong horth
west wind had destroyed five houses
occupied by negro families and dam
age to others here early today before
the blaze was brought under control.
When the alarm was turned in all
seven houses were already burning.
The Concord Daily Tribune
Worldly
Because Clyde- Martin, ex-high
school principal at Pnlyyra, Ind., built
a community /house and organized a
basketball team and an amateur dra
matic society among the students,
he is . being tried by the Church of
Christ, of which he is a member,\for
being “worldly and unchristian. If
convicted he faces expulsion from the
church.
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more Complications .
IN INHERITANCE TAX
? Time Limit to Determine Matter is
? Intent Held to Be Unconstitutional.
Columbia. 8. C.. March 3.—ln
f forest attaches in South Carolina to
1 the decision of the United States
1 supreme, coutt Monday, in Washiw
i ton, upsetting that part of the Wm
' conein state inheritance tax law
; which would tax a gift mndo within
f six years of death ns if it were made
i in contemplation of death.
The South Carolina law now pro
. vides that where a gift is made with
. in five years of death, it is regarded
i as made in contemplation of death
. and is therefore subject 'o the in
. heritance tag.
The legislature last year passed an
■ I*** changing this limit from, lire
. fj*™ ™ °*** y*ar. Senator Carter, of
i Bamberg, being author of ,the meas
l tire. Governor McLeod vetoed the
, act and sent his veto message to the
legislature early In the present ses
sion. The senate over-rode the veto
and sent it to the house. It is now
■ on the house enlendar awaiting nc
: tion of that body.
The United States supreme court
■ held that an arbitrary time limit in
such cases' is unreasonable that the
matter to be determined must be the
: intent of the donor.
SOUTHERN TO DOUBLE
TRACK TO ASHEVILLE
Time and Half For Sunday and
Holiday Work is Now Effective
Over the System.
Salisbury, March 3.—Represents- ,
tives of the shop crafts of the South- ]
ern, returning today from Washing- ,
ton, where they had been in confer- ,
ence with the road officials, brought
the good news that, beginning as o< ,
March the men will receive time and
a ha'f for work done on Sundays
and holidays. For several , years
straight time only has been allowed i
on Sundays and holidays. An in
crease in pay of two cents per hour 1
affecting all shop crafts is also re- 1
ported. *
The Southern has Just pul about
a hundred men at Majolica, the first
’ stop west of Sal.sbury on the Ashe
ville division, to double track the
roadway toward Salisbury. It is
said this force will be increased to
three hundred soon, and the double
tracking between Majolica and
Sa isbury will be pushed as rapidly
• as possible. This is the first link in
the new double track, scheme be
tween Salisbury and Asheville.
Hat Bought Fifty Years Ago is Paid
For With Interest.
Wilmington, Mar. 3.—The Thomp- i
son orphanage, Charlotte, is to re
ceive SSO “conscience money.’’ Check |
for that amount is now in the hands
of Capt. Thomas D. Meares, treasur
er of the East Carolina diocese of
the Episcopal church-
F.fty-six years ago a man whose
name is not given bought a $0 hat
from the grandfather of J. N. By
num, of Belhaven. The hat was paid
for a few days ago, a cheek for SOO,
principal and interest, having been ,
given Mr. Bynum by the purchaser
of the hat. He in turn forwarded it
to Captain Meares' with n request
that it be given the orphhnage.
In forwarding the cheek to the
diocese treasurer, Mr. Bynum, a
prominent member of the Episcopal
church, saya that efforts to locate
all the heirs of his grandfather's es
tate in order to divide the check
equally had proved futile and he bad
decided, with the debtor concurring,
to turn the money over to the or
i | phanage.
Qunk* Reported to Have Killed Many.
Sofia, Bulgaria, March 4— (M —An
earthquake in the Petepenesua With
. a heavy loas of life sh reported by
. a courier arriving here from Greece,
i A cliff shaken Trom a mountainside,
. rolled down into a valley craahlng a
■ train, he reports. Three of the pas
, senger cars were caught in the aja
[ iknche and many of the passengers
. ware killed. ]
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TMUISE IIP?
Rumored District Attorney
Keys Has Gone to New
York in Connection With
Murder Mystery.
New York, March 4.—WP)—Dis
trict Attorney Keys of Los Angeles,
who is in New York I (slay refused to
say whether his visit had any connec
tion with the unsolvable murder of
William Desmond Taylor, motion pic
ture director. .$»,
Mr. Keys through a spokesman as
sorted that his visit con<4Ga(ioCOn
siderable official business, kty thjif he
was not at liberty to tell its ngturc.
Taylor was slain in his butqgakplfatJ
Los Angeles in 1921. and’the jtfvasti
gation of the case involves the names
of a number of prominent motioft-’pic
ture actors. Although no suspicion
was attaches) to them, Mary Miles'
Minter and Mabel Xortnatid, favorite
stars at that time, both were ques
tioned because of their friendship with
the man.
Both now are in New Tork and ru
mors that the ease might be reopened
had connected Mr. Keys' visit with the
possibility of their being questioned.
NEW HEALTH LAWS ARE
PASSED IN CHARLOTTE
City Health Officer’s Recommenda
tions Are Approved by Commis
sioners.—Other Charlotte News.
Charlotte, Marrfi 3.—A standard
milk ordinance, prohibiting the sale
of adulterated and misbranded milk,
nnd defining of handling dairy milk
to be gold in Charlotte, an ordinance
against keeping of cows within a des
ignated zone, 'and ordinance regulat
ing the building and leasing of tene
ment bouses haR been adopted by the
■city commissioners.
The three ordfnances were drawn
at the request of Dr. A. W. MePtiaul,
city health officer, and according to
Dr. McPhnul constitute a marked ad
vance in the interest of public health
in this city. Dr. MePhaul said the
ordinances were drawn after careful i
consideration and after the best au
thorities on the subject find been
consulted.
The milk ordinance will become ef
fective six months after enactment,
the housing law sixty days after pub
lication and the anti-cow law thirty
days from date of publication.
The standard milk ordinance, ac
cording to Dr. MePhaul, is sponsored
by the federal bureau of public health
nnd lias been approved by the North
Carolina board of health. The ordi
nance, he said, will prove beneficial
not only to consumers of milk bul to
the dairymen as well.
The keeping of cows in certain
portions of the city now is allowed
but under the new ordinance practic
ally the entire city is in the restricted
area now.
"the tenement law provides that all
places of residences must have llffbt,
proper plumbing and drainage facili
ties. the floor must be dry and the
buildings must be maintained in a
state of cleanliness and wholesome
ness at all times. 0
The milk ordinance covers every:
detail of handling milk and milk pro- 1
ducts and provides for publications of.
tests of the various grades of the
milk.
Dr. Hasting H. Hart, noted social
reform leader and an official of the
Kusaeli Sage Foundation, of New
York, will come here March 15th for
several addresses in whicfi he will
discuss prison reform. Dr. Hart is
president of the National Prison Re
form Association.
After deliberating for nearly 38
hours a Mecklenburg Superior Court
jury returned a verdict acquitting
Augustus Odom, negro, charged with
manslaughter in connection with the
death of Miss Lizrie Lawrence, aged
white woman, Who died of injuries
received when hit by an automobile
on South Tryon street recently. The
jury was unable to agree on a ver
dict in the case of J. L. James,
white man, in the same caße and a
mistrial was ordered by Judge W. F.
Harding. '
During the trial James contended
that the death car w‘a* driven by
Odum while the negro contended that
Jritnes was the driver.
BriUbuit Reception to D. A. R. Visi
tors at Charlotte.
One of the most brilliant and
charming social events of the sea
son was the reception given by the
five local chapters Daughters of the
Battle of Charlotte. Liberty Hall,
Signets and Halifax Convention yes
terday afternoon from 5. to 8:30
o’clock at the handsome and spacious
new, home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Belk. on Hawthorne Lane, Charlotte.
Among those in the receiving line
was Miss Jenn Coltrane, of Concord.
During the afternoon between five
and six hundred Daughters called;
CONCORD, N. C., (THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1926
r HILL HEADS GROUP
j SEEKING CHANGES
! TO VOLSTEAD HI
$ x
« The Unofficial Committee
l of tjie House to Have
i Open Hearings on Last
i Day of Month.
*
! WANT CHANGES
TO PRESENT LAW
Private Citizens as Well as
I Congress Members Witt
' Be Asked to Appear Be
fore Committee.
Washington, March 4.— UP\ —With
Representative Hill, republican, of
I Maryland, unanimously ra-eleqted
chairman, the unofficial House eom
‘ mittee for modification of the Volstead
Act will hold its own open hearings
on March 31, preliminary to drafting
. a bill to revise the prohibit'on law.
The modifleationists have instruct
i ed Mr. Hill, who has led them in
. Congress for some yearn, to appoint
■ a “temperance board’’ of five to con
. aider questions on that subject, and
to outline n progrnm for the commit
tee. At the hearings all members of
. Congress and private citizens will be
i given opportunity to express their
j, views regarding modification. The
Committee hopes then to be able tp
Hhvhip these opinions and suggestions
j nnto a bill for presentation to .the
'■ 'House.
The subject of prohibition not only
! was brought up in the House yester
day, but it entered recesses of the Su
preme Court, where John W. Davis
nnd Assistant Attorney General Wille
brandt debated a legal question aris
ing from the provisions of the law un
der which permits to sell distilled
spirits are used. Wayne B. Wheeler,
general counsel for the Anti-Saloon
League, added a statement to the day's
discussion, declaring the suggestion of
Senator Edwards, democrat, of New
Jersey, for a national referendum on
prohibition to be illegal and impractic
able.
HIGH POINT LEADS
IN AMOUNT OF BUILDING
Was Mere Than Throe Times the
Amount Than That cf January
ms.
. Raleigh. March 4.—-G4>)—High
Point had a larger percentage of in
crease in amount of building during
January over January 1925 than any
other of 28 reporting cities in the
fifth federal reserve district, with Che
single exception of Parkersburg. W.
Va. January building iu High Point
was more than three times as large
iu the amount involved as January,
1925.
This is shown by figures compiled
by the fifth district Federal Reserve
Bank, in its Monthly Review, the cur
rent issue of which has just been
received here.
High Point’s percentage in build-,
ing operations is placed by the lit'-'
view at 270.9. The territory embraced
covers Maryland. Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina and the Dis
trict of Columbia.
In the matter of increase in bui'd
ing operations North Carolina cities
also hold third, fourth nnd sixth
places. Wilmington, with a gain
of 220.2 per cent., stands in third
place. Durham is fourth, with an
increase cf 142 per cent. And Wins
ton-Salem's gain of 124.2 per cent,
places'that city in sixth place in the
district
Gains were also shown by Ashe
vi'le and Salisbury. Raleigh showed
a derease over January. 1925, of 50.9
per cent, Charlotte had 37.5 per cent.,
less building in January than a year
ago, and Greensboro showed a de
crease of 5.8 per cent.
! In the actual amount of new eon-1
j struction work for which building .
! permits were issued during January. <
i fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and
eighth places were held by North,
Carolina cities. Permits involving I
larger amounts than those issued in!
Wimfton-Salem were issued in Janu-I
ary to only three cities, Washington, |
D. C., Baltimore and Richmond. |
The total amount for which per- j
mits were issued for new construc
tion in Winston-Salem was $657,885.
Asheville, with authorizations to
spend $350,375 on new constructions,
stood fifth in the list. Sixth place
was held by Raleigh. The permits
for new construction in this city to
talled $261,900. Seventh place was
held by Charlotte. The total for
CTuarlotte was $261,925. And in High
Point, which manked eighth in the
district iu the total amount of new
construction for which permits were
issued, had a total of $219,050.
Partial Victory b Won By J. B. j
Williams in Arson Case.
Charlotte, March 3.—J. B. Wil
liams, 45, Charlotte contractor, this
afternoon won a partial victory at
bis preliminary hearing on a charge
,of arson in connection with the re-
I cent burning of the home of C. C.
Cox, on Statesville avenue- After 1
some argument the charge against
Williams was amended to a charge
of an “attempt to burn ,a dwelling.’’
Williams then waived preliminary
examination and was bond over to
Suprt-ior court under $5,000 bond,
which he‘gave. He had been in jail
since his arrest several weeks ago.
Williams also is facing a charge
of stealing SBO worth of furnitures
from Cox, officers contending that
he removed the furniture and sot
fire to tiie building.
In Race
! Uorge J. Danforth. above, attorney
I t Sioux Falla, 8. D„ will oppose
l_ lenator Peter Norbeck In the Re
II üblican primaries this summer. He
s | rill base his campaign on attacks
S a Norbeck’s record as governor ot
South Dakota, he promises.
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' THE COTTON MARKET
j '
Opening Advance Accepted as Fur
. ther Readjustment of Tecimlcal Po
silion. I
f New York, March 4.— OP) —An op
p euing advance of 10 to 15 points on
the cotton market today was regarded
chiefly as a further readjustment of
J the technical position. ‘ News con
cerning farm operations, weather con
, ditions and other influences affecting
_ sentiment seemed more bearish than
otherwise and aside from covering or
' decs there was not much important
buying in the first houy. The advance
seemed to meet considerable cotton
from Wall Street sources and some of
j yesterday's local buyers. After May
had reached 18.71 and October 18.3!).
| reactions of 8 or 0 points occurred.
( Seven notices of intention to deliver
, on March contracts were issued today,
, making 15 notices thus far this month.
( Liverpool, the West and Nt\v Orleans
interests were buyers on the opening
while there was moderate hedge pres
sure from the South.
Cotton futures opened firm : March
1024; May 18.63; July 18.00; Octo
-1 ber 17.34; December 17.07.
WILL REFUSE OFFER
OF TEN BULLIONS
1 Capt Emerson Offered That Amount
For Drug Manufacturing Business.
Baltimore! March 3.—The offer
by Edward C Carrington, a director
of the J. B. Lyon company, Albany,
N. Y., and president of the Hutchin
son Film Corporation with head
quarters at 122 South Mitchigan
Vvonue, Chicago, of ten million dol
ars for the plant of the Emerson
Drug Company, will be refused it
was said today by Joseph F. Hinds,
president of the company.
The Emerson Drug Company was
•founded by Captain Isaac Emerson,
native of Chapel Hill. North Onro
. ina. who owns three homes, one in
' -Baltimore, another in Georgetown,
Sonth Carolina, and another at Nnr
ragansett Pier, Rhode Island,
where he also is the owner of the
Cacino and the Hotel De Ln Place.
Mr. Hinds today said that tifce
Emerson Drug Company is not for
sale.
With Our Advertisers.
Keep the character known as Ill
ness off health avenue. See new ad
of the Pearl Drug Co.
At Parks-Belk Company’s grocery
department you can get the famous
winesap apples for only 25 cents, a
dozen, 65 cents a peck, $2.50 a bushel.
Regu’nr two for a quarter grapefruit
only 10 cents each or 3 for 25 tents.
Rome beauty apples for cooking, too
j Phone 138.
The Bob’s Dry Cleaning Co. has
■ a new ad. today.
i H. B. Wilkinson has just received
1 a solid carload of the famous Gurney
refrigerators, all sizes and styles to
select from, and the prices are right.
| Gibson Drug Store keeps at ail
j times a complete line of Eastman
Kodaks.
Fresh fish and oysters Friday and
I Saturdav at Cabarrus Cash Grocery
j Co. I
I Victor dance records for March’ at
the Bell & Harris Furniture Co.
Conkey’s poultry feed and Con
key’s laying mash at Riehmond-
Flowe Co’s.
T’iie duel ignition system is pro
vided for Ford cars. Read about it
in the new ad. -of the Reid Motor
Company today.
The Yorke & Wadsworth Comapny
has just received a large shipment of
all kiends of field seeds.
Dog Catcher of Asheville Fired.
Asheville, March 3.—Discharge of
C. R. Searcy, city dog catcher, ef
fective at once, was announced to
! day by Commissioner of Public Safe
jty Bartley,, ns the result of Searcy’s
! action in clubbing to death a big
stray dog near the city hall Monday
\ afternoon.
! ConAnisnioner Bartlett announced
that he had deferred action until to
day in order that he might investi
gate. the dog catcher’s case thorough
ly and hear the full story from
Searcy as well as from others.
“I am convinced that Searcy made
a mistake in killing the dog on the
street and believe ho acted hastily in
striking the animal a« perhaps many
otLers might have done under the
‘••me cwcumstniiccH. However, I feei
that I am farced to guard against
any similar case which might arise
| in- the future,” Mr. Marlett stated.
THINKS PRESIDENT
WILL APPROVE WAR
DEPARTMENT PLANS
Chairman Morin Has Talk
With Coolidge About the
i Plans For Aviation Serv
ice of the Army.
I TO HAVE BILL
READY FRIDAY
Tells President That De
| partment of National
Defense Does Not Seem
Probable at Present.
Washington, March 4.— <A 3 )—After
a visit to the White House today,
! Chairman Morin of the House mili
tary committee indicated that Presi
dent Coolidge would approve legisla
tion carrying out the five-year a’rcraft
program submitted by the War De
partment.
Morin ■. (•ported ' to' the President
- the action of his committee yesterday
in rejecting a bill providing for a de
partment of national defense and other
proposals designed to change the oper
' ation of the army air service.
u v He said he would have ready for in
troduction tomorrow a bill to carry
out the aviation program which, in
j addition, would provide for tile re-es
tnblishment of the council of national
defense which functioned during the
world war.
' GREENSBORO PARTIES GET
[ CHIMNEY ROCK PROPERTY
; Acquire the Mountain View Hotel
Property WKh 80 Acres of Land.
! Chimhey, Rock, N. C., March 5.
Greensboro parties yesterday acquired
the famous Mounta'n View Hotel
property together with 30 acres of
; land facing on the Charlotte Lake
Lure Asheville highway. This is the
• largest hotel in this region located at
the foot of the toll road leading up
J Chimney Rock Mountain, and in the
• very shadow of Chimney Pock, the
giant monolith’ around Which there
has arisen tremendoijs interest since
1 its sale two weeks ago for six hun
dred thousand dollars.
The purchasers arc not revealed but
negotiations were carried through by
John Atwell and Ted Koenig, both of
1 whom are identified With the Jefferson
Standard Life Insurance Company, in
the main office at Greensboro. The
; purchase price was not made public,
i but it is thought to be in the neigh
borhood of tliree hundred thousand
dollars. The Mountain View T nn was
established 28 years ago by J. M.
Flack and has been the foundation of
a large fortune he has accumulated
durng his long residence here.
Mr. Flack is not only one of the
largest property owners here but has
lately identified himself with banking
and real estate matters to such an
extent that he could not give personal
attention to tfie hotel which has been
kept open all the Winter crowded with
people from all parts of the country
attracted here by the large develop
ment operations going on. Mr. At
well about a month ago purchased for
his syndicate a large tract of land
just below the dam on the Ruther
fordton road at a reported price of
one hundred thousand dollars. At
that time it was thought to be re
mote from developments in hand but j
since then activity in that vicinity
has greatly enhanced its value and
the same is true of the Mountain |
View property which is within a j
stone’s throw of the new bank build-1
1 ing, a new apartment house and otiler i
large improvements announced this
morning. Atwell and Harty left this
morning for headquarters at Kenil
worth Inn, Asheville.
“Ham and Eggs” Is Popular Meat
1 Dish on Dining Cars.
Chicago, March 3.—The old stand
-1 by of "ham-and” is the most popu
lar meat dish on the dining cars of
1 45 lending railroads of the United
States and Canada, it was found in
l a survey made by the National
1 Livestock and Meat Board.
A questionnaire sent out by the
1 department of agriculture on meat
consumption in the home, showed a
preference for beef, but the Live-1
; stock Board's vnding disclose that ;
dining car patrons prefer pork, each
■of tlie roads investigated serving j
ham and bacon.
Roast beef was the most popular i
beef dish with sirloin steak a close •
second and lam 6 chops in equal i
. favor with the steaks.
Dutch Soldiers KiHed in Figiti With
Chinese.
Batavia, Java, March 4.—(/Pl—Ten
Dutch soldiers were killed and six
wounded in a fight with thirty Chi
nese who attacked ‘a Dutch patrol
near Achin, Sumatra, yesterday. Too
patrol lost seventeen rifles to the
rebels whose losses are unknown.
Dutch reinforcements are proceed
ing to the scene from Kaltaraja.
Another Bank Merger.
New York, March 4. —(A 3 )—A mer
ger of the National City Bank of New
York and the Peoples Trust Co., of
Brooklyn, bringing together two in
stitutions with combined resources of
$1,201,000,000 and deposits of $89.-
430.000 was announced today. The
consolidation strengthens the position
of the National City Bank organiza
tion as the country's largest bank.
San Antonio had its first big snow
in more than thirty years. The peo
ple devoted two days to enjoyment
of a snow festival..
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I Meet the president of America's new
eat baseball league. In other words,
we present Mr. Fred M. Nye of the
Utah-Idaho Class C organization. An
Ogden business man of prominence,
Nye has long been interested in the
diamond pastime. He expects the
new circuit to get away to a good
start.
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NOT BEING FUMED
The Possibility of Linking
Companies in Eastern
Half of Nation Does Not
Mean Monopoly.
Atlanta, March 4.—(A 3 )—The idea
of a super power system in Fae east
ern portion of the United States, a
forecast of which was announced yes
terday, was ascribed to Sidney Z.
Mitchell, president of the Electric
Bond & Share Company, of New
Yprk, in a story published today in
the Atlanta Journal.
In his interview with The Journal
correspondent -Mr. Mitchell denied
charges vh some quarters that an elec
tric monopoly or trust was being
formed. On this subject the Journ
al’s story says.- ‘fW'heß these inter
connections are complete, 'ft wfll be
possible for power generating stations
ou the Canadian border to come to
the aid of power generating stations
on the Gulf of Mexico and vice versa.
The surplus power in Minneapolis
can be utilized to meet a shortage in
Pensacola, and the city on Fie gulf
can in turn send electrical, help by
way of Atlanta to the city in the
northwest.”
ERVIN ANNOUNCES FOR
DISTRICT SOLICITOR
Understood That Mr. Huffman, of
Morganton.Has Decided Not to
Run Again.
Morganton. Mar. 3.—First among
1 lie local political announcements to
be made is that of Sam Ervin. Jr.,
who aspires to succeed R. L. Huff
man as solicitor of this district. It
:s generally understood that Mr.
Huffman will not be in the race
j again and that fact has brought put
i a candidate in a’most every county
• in the district. However, the present
solicitor has not yet made a definite
| announcement either way and
whether he runs or not there will
j mostly likely be several candidates
I : n th" race.
Sam Ervin. Jr., is a member of j
he Morganton bar, the son and
partner of S. J. Ervin, Sr., who has
practiced law here for many years.
Young Ervin is a graduate of the
University of North Carolina, the
University Law school and Harvard
Law school. He represented Burke
county in the last general assembly,
where he was a member of many of
the important committees. Since his
admission to the bar he has taken
an active part in local politics. It is
conceded that he will make a storeg
race.
First Inauguration in Washington.
i Washington, D. C., March 4.—The
| interesting fact was recalled in Wash
| ington today that this is the 125th
anniversary of the first presidential
| inauguration held here. The inaug-
I uratiton was that of Thomas Jeffer-
I son . the third President. The eere
| raony was very simple. Jefferson, as
a simon-pure Democrat, had resolved
| that “no pageant should give the lie
to his Democratic principles.” al
though the great day might well have
had a deal of pomp and ceremony,
inasmuch as it was virtually the ded
ication of Washington, the nation's
new capital. Chief Justice Marshall,
for the first time in his memorable
career, administered the oath to the
new executive, a solemn duty he per
formed many times after.
ArkJ-Smuggling Treaty.
Havana. Cuba. March 4.—(A s )—The
ant’-smuggling treaty between the
United States and Cuba was signed
here today by General Enoch H.
Crowder, the American ambassador,
and Secretary of State de Cespedes.
Canada to Aid in Belgian Fund.
Brussels, Belgium, March 4—-<A>)—
The newspaper Neptuna says that M.
Dupont, Belgian consul general in
Quebec, who now is on a special mis
sion to Belgium, bears offers of Can
adian participation in Belgium’s
$150,000,000 loan.
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NENOFFICNLL
~r CTED TOM!
AT D. A. H. MEETING
Contest Between Mrs. §
Spencer and Mrs. Van
Landingham Arouses the
Greatest Interest.
MEETINGCLOSES
DURING NIGHT
Mrs. Edwin C. Gregory and
Mrs. Carl Vrooman Were
Heard at the Wednesday
Night Session.
Charlotte, March 4.—(A s )—lnterest
of file North Carolina Society Daugh.
ters of the American Revolution to- ij
day centered in the election of officers I
which was scheduled for the session s
this afternoon.
Most important probably of those to 1
be named was tiie choosing of a vice
president general, an office sought by
supporters of Mrs. Ralph Van Land
iuglmm, of Charlotte, and Mrs. W. O.
Spencer, of Winston-Salem.
Today’s gathering was the last Os
• the convention. Delegates say that
I the present assembly lias been one of
tlie most outstanding in the history of I
the organization in North Carolina.
Speakers last night were Mrs. Ed- 1
win Clarke Gregory, of Salisbury, %
daughter of Senator Lee S. Overman,
and Mrs. Carl Vrooman, of Illinois.
Mrs. Vrooman addressed the coil veil
ton on “Tlie Treaty of Locarno.” .; }||
Mrs. Gregory urged a full-hearted
service on the part of the organization
to the state and nation rather than
being content to honor the “glorious
history of the past."
Mrs. Spencer Elected.
Charlotte, March 4.—(A 3 )—Mrs. W.
O. Spencer today was elected as a
vice president general of the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution by
the North Carolina Society in eon- ,
vention here,
Tlie Winston-Salem candidate won l§
by a majority of a single ballot, tlie ‘
count being 69 to 68.
Mrs. Ralpfi Van Landingham, of
Charlotte, was the defeated candidate.
Following an address of acceptance , ;
by Mrs. Spencer, the moriiing see- ,j
sion of the society was adjourned at j
1:45 p. m. after several active hours
..of pre-VptTng.jUscygftipn. ... . .
NEGRI) AID IN SOUTif ' '
SPREADING TO WORLD i
Foreign Interest Shown in Work
For Better Racial Relations-
Atlanta, March 4.—Work in the
South for better relations bi-tween
the white and Negro races in attract- £
ng worldwide attention and in sev- 1
ernl places the actual plan is being a
so lowed.
“The 12.000,000 Negroes in this
country arc but a small part of the ft
world's colored population, ... the
relation of the racew here is omy a "
segment of a world wide problem,”
said Kenneth MacLennen, Secretary
of the Missionary Conference of
Great Britain and Ireland, who has
just made a study of the southern
plan. “You may feel encouraged, |
therefore, to go forward with your fl
efforts, seeing that they mean »6
much to millions in other laqds.” %
Having met members of the Indus- |
trial Commission, composed of lead
ing white and negro citizens of the
South. Mr. MacLennen lenrned t'hat
the organization, which had its start ,-J
here large'y through the efforts of
he late John J. Eagan, had been
extended into many Northern com-
I munities. Approximately a thousand
j ,'ommi trees are at work promoting
he best interests of the two races. J
The basis of the plan is consults- *
tinn and co-operation. Conditions are el
liscussed frankly and decisions
cached s that the leaders may
work together for a mutual ob- ts
jective.
England, South Africa and India
are showing special interest in the t
commission's work, said Shrewood gl
Eddy of the Young Men’s Christian M
Association, who commended efforts •, 1
to eradicate ljhichings. Suailar com- $
mittees arc being organized in
British .South Africa, he said.
Secretary Kellogg 111. ;
Washington, -March 4.—(A 3 ) '
slight attack of grippe accompanied by J
a light increase in temperature kept M
Secretary Kellogg confined to his
home today.
His physicians advised that he re
main indoors as a precautionary meas
ure. believing that with the rest and
medical attention he would be in a
condition within the next day or so .
to return to his desk.
Chinese girls are betrothed at a
very early age and, in recognition of
the fact, wear engagement bracelets, :>
SAT’S BEAR SAYS*
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• west portion ; Friday increasing cloud- ! |
i iness. Moderate north and northeast |
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