ASSOCIATE^
PRESS
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVI
FIRST TIME 111 SIX
TEARS THE STATE
PRISONHAS PROFIT
Operations Resulted in a
Profit During 1925 Ac
cording to Report by
Scott, Chamley & Co.
THE PRISON IS NOW
SELF-SUPPORTING
Hie Prison Facilities Now
in Excellent Condition.
—A New Era of Inde
pendence Is Begun.
Raleigh Bureau of
The Concord Daily Tribune
Raleigh, March 20.—Kor the first
time in six years, operations of the
North Carolina State's prison result
ed in a profit during the calendar year
102.1. according to the report of the
audit, made by Scott, Charuley &
Co., public accountants of Charlotte,
made public today by Governor Angus
IV. McLean.
The total net operating profits for.
the State's prison as a whole for the
calendar year amount to $42,543.31,
but when the amount paid to prison
ers upon their discharge for them
selves and their families in commuta
tion, $24,449.88. is gubstracted, the
profit is reduced to $18,093.43. Strict
ly speaking, that entire amount should
not be deducted, since a large part
of that commutation accrued during
previous years, but, with the system
of bookkeeping now in use, there is
no other way to calculate.
But the feature of the entire report
is thnt the prison is now on a self
supporting basis for the first time
since December, 1926. the last time n
report showing a surplus of income
over expenses was made. Not only
that, but the balance sheet of assets
and liabilities shows $2,748,353.55
worth of assets in excess of liabili
ties; a gain of more than $600,000
over the figure of 1924, which was
$2,117,657.20. That means that n
large amount was spent during the
year on permanent improvements to
the prison system and gives added
significance to the net profit shown.
The prison facilities, viewed as an
industrial plant, now are in excel
lent condition, the report show, and
there is every reason to believe that
* a new era of independence is begun
for tb*- State s prison.
For many years the prison was op
erated not only on a self-supporting
basis but in such a manner that it
was able to turn over to the State
each year nice sums in profits from
operations over all expenses. Little
difficulty was experienced in finding
profitable labor for all able-bodied
convicts; expenses for sustenance
were low and, consequently, sizeable
profits accrued.
As far back as 1915, however, a
change in attitude toward the penal
institutions became noticeable. Or
ganised free laber began strenuous
objections to the hiring out of con
victs in a number of the occupations
which had resulted in large profits
and it began to be hard to find work
for nil the men who were able to do
gainful labor. Pressure began to
be brought for higher standards of liv
ing for convicts and the demands had
to be met.
As a result of these factors, and
others, it became increasingly hard to
show profits each year and, since that
had become almost a part of the
State's rttual. various kinds of econ
omies were put into practice to meet
the decreases in revenue
By December, 1920. the surplus had
been reduced to $19,000. which was
the last figure shown in thnt column
of the annual reports. But, not only
had the profits been all but wiped out
in those last few years of financial
Independence, but buildings and thor
facilities had begun to show ill effects
from the system of rigid economy and
a good share of the revenue in the
post six years has had to be devoted
* to repairs to existing facilities and
t additional improvements, which, ex
cept for the seemingly necessity for
scrimping and saving in the earlier
years, would have been spread over
ten years instead of being packed in
to six.
That, and the steady increase in
the number of prisoners, accounts in \
a large measure for the profit’ess re
ports of the past several years.
As late as June 30, 1925. a deficit
of some $160,000 was shown in op
erations for the fiscal year, but that
was due, in part, to the fact that the
crops then were in the ground and,
strictly speaking, could not be count
ed at their full probable value as
assets. Incidentally, the cost of put
ting those crops in the ground was es
timated at $198,000 and their total
value in the present report, both from
actual sales and inventories of stocks
on hand, is shown as in excess of
$240,000.
Nine of the prison units showed
profits for the year, the two farms at
Caledonia and Cary and seven of the
eight eonjiet camps.
Low Prices on Tires and Tubes.
Whatever kind of car you may
drive, you will find tires to fit It at
Yorke & Wadsworth Co.'s from the
lowest priced to the very finest. Y’ou
will find here a wide range to choose
from, lowest prices and b : ggest values,
and every one a Goodyear. The
prices are down now, and there is no
better time to buy. Take advantage
of these values. You are always
* sure of fresh stock, and that means
| much to you.
The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
$1,000,000
HB.. H
hl a
Seven years ago Frank R. Patterson
went to Detroit with a college degree
and just enough money to rent a
small office and go to work as a civil
engineer Now he has just paid a
120.000 premium on a milUon-dollar
life insurance policy. He la head ot
sne of the largeet construction firms
in Detroit.
ILLITERACY CRUSADE IS
PLANNED BEFORE CENSUS
New York Has Enough Illiterates to
Make a City the Size of Denver.
Washington. March 29.— UP) —The
federal census takers of 1930 would
be unable to discover any illiterates
In rtie Cnited States, if the national
illiteracy crusade, just otgnnized here,
had its way. Captained by William
Allen White, the Kansas editor the
erusade plans to co-ordinate the ac
tivities of several organizations that
have been seeking to stamp out illit
eracy.
Mrs. Corn Wilson Stewart, nation
al director of the group, who is in
charge of the newly-opened headquar
ters here, and who has been active
iu educational work in the south, dis
closed these findings:
There are 10,000 who cannot read
or write in the city of Washington.
Philadelphia has nearly 60,000 il
literates.
New York City has enough to make
a city tlie size of Denver.
Pennsylvania has enough to popu
late two states the size of Wyoming.
Ohio has more native born white
illiterates than ha* the state of Mis
sissippi.
There are many counties in the
United States where twenty-five to
thirty per cent of the peop'e arc un
able to read and write and some
counties where forty to fifty percent,
are illiterate.
Five million men and women in
this country have completely missed
school.
The lead pencil business would be
increased $3,000,000 annually, by the
wiping out of illiteracy.
“More can be done during the next
five years in f/liminatiqg illiteracy
than has been done in any fifty years
before,” said Mrs Stewart. “Many
states and communities are now wag
ing a war against illiteracy, and 1
they are determined that the federal
census takers of 1930 shall not find
one in their neighborhood who can !
not read or write. They feel that
illiteracy is a disgrace.
"The slow processes of the public
and private schools cannot cope un
aided with illiteracy. These Reboots
have done their best but 5,000,00 men
and women in the United States have
missed them, and must now be cam
paigned into school. Our program
is to put the fight into every section
of the United States. We will help
where existing organizations or the
school authorities are attacking adult
illiteracy and where the campaign
has not penetrated, we shall aid the
local and organize work in the prisons
and in addition make a vigorous cam
paign among the Indians."
Thinks Settlement Still Possible.
Washington, March 29.— UP) —
Complications that have arisen over;
suspension of the plebiscite in Tacna-
Arina are not regarded by Secretary
Kellogg as constituting a barrier to
the mediation offer of the United
States for settlement of the Taena-
Arica dispute between Chile and Peru.
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TRIAL OF CRANFORD
WILL BE STARTED
TUESDAY MORNING
State Was Not Ready to
Proceed With Trial of
N. C. Cranford in Albe
marle Court Today.
MURDER CHARGE
AGAINST CRANFORD
Former “Convict Boss” of
Stanly County Is Charg
ed With Deaths of Two
Convicts.
Albemarle, March 29. —OP)—The |
State was not ready today to proceed 1
with the trial of N. ('. Cranford, for- ’
mer "convict boss" of Stanly county, j
charged with first degree murder in!
connection with the deaths of two I
convicts, and the case will not begin j
before tomorrow.
This was announced by Solicitor 1
Don Phillips shortly before the no on !
rcess.
A large crowd had surrounded the
court house here, and at 9 o’clock,
an hour before court was scheduled
to convene, many persons had already
taken seats.
An imposing array of counsel faced
each other for the trial, led by Solici
tor Don Phillips for the prosecution,
while J. R. Price, R. 1,. Smith, O.
D. B. Reynolds, H. C. Turner and the
titm of Brown & Sikes represented ,
the defendant.
Albemarle, N. C\. March 29.— UP) —
N. C. Cranford, "convict boss,” went
on trial here today in Stanly County
superior court, charged with first de
gree murder in connection with the
death of two negro convicts.
Cranford's trial grew out of the
deaths of James Terry and James
Howell, who died while serving on his
chaingang crew in 1918.
It is charged that the men were
beaten unmercifully by Cranford, who
at the time was superintendent of the
Stanly county convict system.
Court was convened by Judge A. M.
Stack at 10 o'clock. Calling a venire
was the first matter before the court,
and indications were that the defense
would press for a jury from another
county.
HAMBSCH APPOINTED
TO FLORIDA POST
Named Prohibition Administrator
For Florida by Secretary Andrews.
Washington, March 29 UP)— F.
P Hambseh was appointed prohibi
tion administrator for Florida today
by Assistant Secretary Andrews in i
charge of prohibition enforcement.
Hambseh has been assistant ad
ministrator and he succeeds D. T.
Simmons, who resigned recently. He
will make headquarters at Tampa.
James H. Lv hns been named dep-'
uty administrator with offices at Jack
sonville.
The changes will become effective
April Ist.
John Cameron, Sage of Sliarron,
Answers Call.
Kinston, Mar. 28.—John E. Cam
eron, grand master of the grand
lodge of Masons of North Carolina,
died at his “Rose of Sharon" home
at 1 o’clock this morning. He was
59 years of age and the head of a
large family. Probably no man in
America had held so many Masonic
honors, according to grand lodge of
ficers, in so many years. He was
prominent in polities, having held
the offices of deputy United States
marshal and deputy collector of reve
nue for long terms. He was a leader
of his party in the second congres
sional district, and though, a repub
lican, he was appointed to the stnte
highway commission as one of its
original members.
Governor Reiterates Confidence in
Sink.
Raleigh, March 27. —Governor Mc-
Lean today, discussing the prison
| controversy in which Chaplain W. S.
Shaeklette and Pardon Commission
er Hoyle Sink hold the state, reiter
ated his statement that Mr. Sink
has been most cautious in the hand
ling of pnrdou and pnrole matters,
and left nobody in doubt as to his
confidence in the commissioner.
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, MAR CH 29, 1926
Christ Visited in This Home
On Holy Week Wednesday
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Jerusalem™* w hi, |>f ManwutdWmh.'fiii ' Bethany, near
before He returned to Jerusalem for The Lart Su°ppe” ol> " wk ~ t,H ‘ <tay
nißonn
TO SIKKIM
Waives 'Preliminary Hear
ing When Taken Before
’Squire G. M. Lore at the
Court House Today.
Ralph Safrit, 22-year-old white
man of the Rimer community of this
county, waived preliminary hearing
this morning and was bound over to
Cabarrus Superior Court.
Safrit was carried before 'Squire
G. M. Lore at the court house and
liis counsel, J. Lee Crowell, Sr.,
waived the preliminary flearing. Bond
was fixed in the sum of SI,OOO by
'Squire Lore. Protest to this amount
was made by Mr. Crowell but Judge
Lore declined to reduce it.
Safrit was charged in the wamSft
with an attack on a girl with intent
to rape. The warrant was signed
bj- her brother, court sttaches said.
The girl was in the court room with
her mother and c ther relatives She
j appears to be about 14 or 15 years of
ago.
Safrit conferred only with his law
yer. If he had relatives present they
did not speak to him before the'hear
ing was started. He left the court
room once to confer with Mr Crow
ell.
SENATOR JOHNSON IS
AFTER SOME INFORMATION
Wants to Know About Land Grant
to Mexican-Japanese Syndicate.
Washington, March 29.—C4b—The
Senate foreign relations committee
was asked today by Senator John
son, Republican, of California, to in
quire into a 2,000,000-acre land grant
on Magdalen Bay, Lower California,
recently given by the Mexican govern
ment to a Mexiean-Jfapauese syndi
cate.
Senator Johnson's request was sub
mitteby Chairman Borah, who said
he too wanted the facts about the con
cession.
Senator Borah previously had tak
en the matter up with the State de-1
partment, which as a result is expect- i
ed to make inquiries as to the nature t
of the transaction.
THREE NEGROES
PERISH IN FIRE
Burned to Death in Bed When
Shanty is Destroyed.
Fayetteville, March 27.—Felton
McMillan , Eugene McMillan aud
Lacy Evans, negroes employed by I
the state highway commission, were
burned to death in their beds when
a shantytruek jn which they were
sleeping was consumed by flames at
3 o’clock this morning. The tragedy
occurred at a camp southwest from
Fayettevil e on the Wilmington road,
Route 21.
With Our Advertisers.
Today and Tuesday at the Concord
Theatre “Tell Me Why," dealing with
birth control, doming Wednesday, i
Oorinne Griffith in “The Marriage!
Whirl.” '
Harry Rosenberger. of Schloss Bros. ’
& Co., will be at Hoover's Tuesday 1
nnd Wednesday of this week. Let him
take your measure for a new suit. j
If you are going to need furniture
for n porch this summer, don’t fail to
see the Bell & Harris line.
Everything for Easter for women
and children at Parks-Bolk Co.’s.
Georgette and crepe dresses, Easter
Millinery—-a wonderful stock to select
from. See new nd.
| Coats for Easter day—they're sure
to please in every way—at J. C. Pen
ney Co.'s only $14.75. The mater
ials are smart, sturdy and new.
Your bank book grows more inter
e(ding with every deposit. See new
| ad. of the Citizens Bank and Trust
Co.
Tlie Cabarrus County 8.-L. & Sav
ings Association's new scries is now
open. Take some stick in this series,
■ if only a small amount.
NEW TAX SCHEDULE IS
EFFECTIVE THIS WEEK
All New Ratos Went Info Force
This Morning.—Refunds Will Be
Made,
Washington, March 29.—With the
close of business Saturday the treas
ury said good-bye to the out-of-date
tux law of 1924. When the doors I
fp°ned this morning the tax law of
1926 came into full force.
Some of tlie provisions of the new
statute, including the income tax re
adjustments, became effective when
the President affixed his signature.
Congress provided, however, that
many of the charges in miscel’aneous
levies should be delayed for a 30-day
period, which expires at midnight to
morrow.
One of the reduced rates Which
goes into effect Monday morning is
the tax on passenger automobiles,
which is cut from five to three per
Cl nt.
Other taxes which will be reduced
then aye those on Cigars, stamps, ad
n is?ion and dues. The 16 per cent,
t? ; <n admissions will apply begin
niuy Monday on tiekets costing mure
than 75 cents, instead of on those
costing more than 50 cents.
In addition, the government will
give refunds to automobile and cigar
dca'ers of the difference between tlie
old and new taxes for the amount of
stock on hand Monday when the new
rates became effective.
Reports made public today by the
internal revenue bureau showed that
$8,642 146 in additional taxes was col
lected last month as a result of in
vestigations of delinquent taxpayers.
| The bureau made 30.668 ’.investiga
tions during the month of which 17,-
448 were the cases of those who failed
to file any returns.
BLACK MOUNTAIN WOMAN
SHOT FROM AMBUSH
Was Fired Upon When She Opened
Door to Her Home at 1 O’clock
This Morning.
Asheville, March 29.— UP) —Mrs.
John Melton, who lives near Black
Mountain, was shot repeatedly from
ambush when she opened her front
door at 1 o’clock this morning in
answer to a call from a messenger
I announcing that her son. Harry, bad
been hurt in an automobile accident.
I The person or persons who did the
shooting were concealed in a group
\ of pines in the yard near the door,
and as the door swnug open fourt
shots from an automatic shotgun and
one from a 32 calibre pistol were un
loaded in her direction, the pistol shot
entering her abdomen, and the oth
ers taking effect in her thighs, it is
reported.
Mr*. Melton is seriously wounded
but alive at her home. Attending phy
j sicians arc doubtful as to the outcome
of her injuires, it is said. It is
thought the perpetrators of the erime
intended to shoot Mrs. Melton's hus
band and son, but were unable to
recognize the figure who nppeared at
the door and fired into her by mis
take. investigating officers said.
Bloodhounds are being used in an
effort to trail the offnders. The shoot
ing probably resulted from activities
of Harry Melton in combatting moon
shine operations. Sheriff E M Mitch
ell. of Buncombe countv, said,
i
I Seeks Delay in Ratifying Debt Settle
ment Plan.
i Washington, March 29—(A s)—De
lay in the ratification of the Italian
. debt settlement was urged today in
* the Senate by the Democratic floor
leader, Senator Robinson, of Arkan
sas.
He said the possible value of the
settlement for the promotion of peace
nnd good will “can be better deter
mined after Italy baa displayed her
intention in the proposed disarma
ment conference to contribute in the
most substantial and certain way pos-'
sible to her own political and econo
mic stabilization."
Duke of Btvona Dead.
Madrid, March 29.—OP)—The Duke
of Bivona, farmer Governor of Bar
celona, is dead. He has no heir.
Ban Johnson has been president
of the American League since its
organization thirty-two years ago.
, DRY CHIEF PUNNING
SWING AROUND IRF
COUNTRYIN FUTURE
Secretary Andrews Going
to Visit,All Parts of thej
Country to Make a Per
sonal Survey.
I COMING SOUTH
AT THE JUMP
Later Will Visit the Pacific
Coast and Then He Will
Swing to the Canadian
Border.
Washington, March 29.— UP) —A
nation-wide survey of prohibition con
ditions will be made this summer by
Assistant Secretary Andrews in charge
of tlie treasury's dry enforcement or
ganization.
Soon after July Ist Mr. Andrews
plans to make a swing around the
country. He will inspect first the
southern border, proceeding to the Pa
cific coast, and returning byway of j
the nort'nern boundary lines.
This will be the first checkup of j
his field forces, Mr. Andrews will have
an opportunity to make since he en
tered office a year ago.
Andrew; to Be Witness.
Washington, March 29.—UP)—As
sistant Secretary Andrews, of the
Treasury, in charge of dry enforce
ment organization, was summoned to
day as the first witness to appear next
Monday before the Senate Judic’ary
Oommitte at hearings to modify the
prohibition law.
Three Amendments Offered.
Washington, March 29.— UP) —Three
amendments to the Edge resolution
proposing a nationwide referendum on
prohibition were offered today by Sen
ator Borah, republican, Idaho. Each
is in the form of n quest’on to the
voters which would be placed on the
ballot. The three questions are:
“Do you favor such au amendment
to the constitution of the United
States that will eliminate or wholly
repeal the 18th amendment?
“If you are in favor of amending
the Volstead Act, is it your desire not
withstanding such amendments that
the law remain so as to prohib : t the
manufacture and sale of intoxicating
beverages in the United Stateß.
“If you favor amending the Volstead
set so as to permit manufacture and
sale of light wines and beer, is it your
understanding that such light wines
nnd beer are to be so liarted in alco
holie content as to be non-intoxicat
iug?"
THE COTTON MARKET
Reports of Unfavorable Weather in
the South Reflected in Advances in
Prices.
New York, March 29 —UP)—Re
ports of unfavorable weather .with
further delays in southern farm work
were reflected by advanced in the cot
ton market early today.
The opening was firm at an ad
vance of 12 to 10 points. Active
months sold about 18 to 20 points net
higher before the end of the first hour.
May advancing to 18.90 and October
to 17 85 on covering combined with
some trade buying and commission
house by new crop months. While
the weather was the chief factor, old
crop positions held their own, with
'ater months, and there was little or
no change in t'ne differences between
May and October.
Liverpool was relatively steady on
trade calling nnd continental buying,
according to private cables.
Cotton futures opened firm Mav
18.84; July 18 34; Oct. 17.75;, Dec
17.50; Jan. 17.44.
A $12,000 VERDICT
AGAINST J. B. IVEY CO.
Damages Awarded Dick Jacobs in
Gaston County Court.
Gastonia. March 27. — A verdict of
$12,000 was returned in Gaston su
perior court in favor Os Dick Jacob*,
15, local high school boy. who was
injured when run into by a negro
driven truck of tlie J. B. Ivey com
pany, Charlotte, near the corner of
Franklin avenue and Oakland street,
on August 20, 1925.
The jury was out seven hours.
Attorneys for the Ivey company,
Carpenter & Carpenter and J. Law
rence Jones, the latter cf Charlotte,
rave notice of appeal to superior
court after Judge C-. V. Cmvper re
fused to set the verdict aside.
Will Continue Sale of Memorial Coins
in State.
Atlanta. Ga., March 29. — UP) —
Confederate Memorial half dollars re
maining unsold in southern banks will
be withdrawn A.pril 1 except in the
states of Virginia, North Carolina and
Missouri, Hollins N. Randolph, pres
ident of the Stone Mountain Memo
rial Association, announced today.
Star Theatre
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TODAY AND TOMORROW
POLA NEGRO in
"Flower of Nigh 5 ”
Pola’s Fire and Beauty inspired Am
erica's most colorful author to write
this great story.
It's a Paramount
Started It
Amanda Ziegler of Tork Pa., baa
had bobbed hair for the past SO
years, and is thus several furlongs
ahead of the earliest flappers. She
doesn't approve of lipsticks, rouge
or rolled stockings, however.
WHAT ATTITUDE WILL
CHAPLAIN SHACKLETTE TAKE?
I Hearing to Be Continued Thursday.
—Speculation Is Bife.
Raleigh Bureau of
Tlie Concord Daily Tribune
Raleigh, March 28.—Excitement
caused in State eapitol circles by the
rather sensational charges <of Rev.
W. S. Shaeklette, prison chaplain,
against Prison Superintendent George
Pou and Commissioner of Pardons H.
Hoyle Sink, had simmered down to
day, bnt speculation was rife as to
the attitude the ehap'.ain wil> take in I
next Thursday's continued hearing of
the prison board.
Then, with his attorney present,
he will have no good excuse for reti
cence concerning his allegations and
the sources of his information. In
yesterday's hearing he denied having
connected Superintendent Pou with
the alleged “sale’’ of a pardon to
W. W. Green and refused to discuss
his charge against Commissioner
Sink, in the same eonnectinn. In
view of the fact that undisputabie
proof has been advanced to show that
Governor McLean granted the pardon
to the prisoner Green against the
wishes of Commissioner Sink, who
had assisted in the prosecution of
that case through all the courts, the
charge against Mr. Sink, which Mr.
Shaeklette refused to discuss, was
branded on all sides as utterly ab
surd.
What proof the chaplain eou'd pos
sibly advance in support of such an
a"egation no one could conjecture and
it was freely predicted that this
charge, too, will be withdrawn when
the board again convenes. That is
no more than guesswork, however and
is based on nothing that Mr. Shack
lette has said. In fact, the chap
lain has said nothing since the board
began its investigation about these
charges. He returned to Caledonia
yesterday evening and declined to dis
cuss the matter before he left.
Persons who have watched Com
missioner Sink's conduct of his office
were astounded that any such charge
should even be breathed against him,
much less preferred in such a man
ner as to get before the public Those
familiar with the trials of such a po
sition declare that he has resisted
in every instance all pressure, polit
ical and otherwise, that has been
brought to benr on him to secure the
release of certain prisoners, a faet
which has won him the highest re
spect of everyone cognizant of the
straightforward course he has pur
j sued.
There will also be those persons
who believe that personal or political
friends should be given preferential
treatment in matters of governmental
administration. It is no particu'ar
secret that Mr. Sink has beeu called j
upon to recommend leniency for pris
oners by men who, in their own opin
ion, at least, were influential in the
state. So firm has the commissioner
been in his refusals to be swayed by
any such demands, that the custom
has languished in North Carolina and
such calls now are few and far be
tween.
For those reasons; charges such
as have been made by the chaplain,
strike Mr. Sink’s intimate friends as
ridiculous in the extreme ; n r r would
they arouse more than indignation
were seemingly indisputable proof of
their impossibility not availab’e
As for the additional charges said
to have been made by the chaplain
against Superintendent Pou when he
exonerated him from any complicity
in the Green matter, but little thought
is being given them. No hint has
been given as to their nature, but
the prevalent belief is that they ac
cuse him of mistreatment of prison
ers. Friends of Mr. Pou arc not
worried on that score and even those
not on particularly friendly terms
with him do not incline to the be
lief that any such accusations can
be substantiated.
Not to Honor Osdildeston Requisi
tion.
Asbury Park, N. J., March 25).—0P)
—Governor Moore in a statement tele
phoned from Trenton, announced that
he would not honor any requisition
papers which might be presented to
him for the return to Binghnmt n N
V. of Dr. Fdkin Odi’dc too. 03 year
! physician and Crimean War ve
eran.
Dr Osdildeston was arrested Fri
day on 40 year old charges that he
a horse thief and an escaped prisone.
The arrest was made by deputy sher
iff S. Foster Black, of Binghampttn
N. Y„ who himself is 01 years old
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PRINTS I
TODAY’S NEWS TODAfjl
NO. 72 ,j
598 KILLED DURING |
" WHS IN Ml
! IN TRAFFIC WRECKS
| Figures Compiled From?
Records of. Associated
{ Press.—North CaroUltit
Second on the List, J
floridaTeader
IN THE SOUTH
115 Deaths Occurred !h
This State and 285 Were
Injured During the Sun# ■
Period.
(A 3 ) —Eleven Southern States yield* i
ed a total of 508 dead and 3,316 in*
jured in traffic accidents during thg'i
first three months of 1026, a consolf- *
dation of weekly surveys by the Asso- jj
cit!ted Press revealed today. Thin con
solidation left out the remaining three
days of March, winding up the period ’
with last night.
Accidents by trains, automobiles, 1
trolley cars and motorcycles were tab- I
en into account in the combination at
the survey.
Florida and North Carolina led in
chalking up the larger number of I
deaths. Florida's toll being 120 for j
three months, while North CarolllUk
registered 115. Arkansas trailed the 3
list with only 29 deaths for the period. if
Florida also led in the injuries col
umn. with 666. Again North Caro- j
; linn with her 115 deaths came fifth In
the list of injuries, with 285. Mie ;
| was led by Georgia. Virginia and Log.
isiana in addition to Florida. South
Carolina brought up the rear io this 3
column with 68.
There were no particular outstand
'ng accidents which yielded a large
number of deaths recorded during the 1
period of the survey.
A tabulation by states for the quar* j
ter includes: North Carolina 115
deaths. 285 injured, South Carolina, 5
39 deaths 68 injured.
m
TOBACCO CO-OPS HAVE / I
ANSWERED SUIT CHARGES 11
Plea in Abatement Alleges “Fraud, ;
Conspiracy aral Misrepresentation of 1
Facts.”
Raleigh N. C„ March 29. —CP)—A 1
plea in abatement alleging “fraud, con
spiracy and misrepresentation of facts” j
in scourng plaintiffs to file
ings against 'the Tri-Slate Tobacco ,
Growers Co-operative Marketing As
sociation was filed in U. S. District
Court here today. The plea was made, 1
as a portion of the answer of the As- :
socintion on the injunction proceed- ’
ings seeking its dissolution. Five
Virginia tobacco growers, members of
the association, are named as plain- 5
tiffs in the proceedings.
Court recessed shortly after 11
.o’clock until 2:30 this afternoun lit.;
order to give plaintiff attorneys time |
to prepare an answer to the chargea :'i
conta in'd in the plea of abatement?
The hearing opened with a motion 3
by tlie pla’ntifFs attorneys to add 72
Virginia member* of tlie Association J
to the bill of complaint as plaintiffs, -
The motion was registered by Aarod a
Sapiro. counsel for the Association, on
the ground that the Association would
enter a plea in abatement charging
fraud and misrepresentat’on in secur
ing the five plaintiffs who signed the
original complaint. Judge I. M. Meek
ins presiding, took the motion under
advisement. The answer of the de
fendant Association then was read
through the plea in abatement when 1 ;
court was recessed.
The plea in abatement charged
that in two particulars the plaintiffs
attorneys bed practiced “fraud, con
spiracy and misrepresentation of
facts” in obtaining plaintiffs for Uya ;
action.
It was alleged that the complaint 1
was drawn without knowledge of who
the plaintiffs would be, and then sent
to Virginia, where one of counsel se
cured five s’gnatures. It was farther
alleged that the five plaintiffs did not i
read the bill of complaint or know the ‘
nature of its contents.
The second ground was that the five
plaintiffs had already broken their
contracts with the association and
therefore had no rights in court as
plaintiffs. In support cf this conten
tion figures were given show’ng tliat >
In 1922 the five growers had marketed
total of 56,000 pounds of tobacco
hh ugh the association, while tin
1920 they had marketed an amount
slightly greater than 1,000 pounds, ti
24 Lawyers Disbarred. ’
Washington. March 21).—OP)—
Twenty-four lawyers have been dm- •;
barred from practice before tlm Treas
ury department, as a result of an In
vestigation of charges of collusion he- J
tween them and employes of the In
ternal Revenue Bureau.
RAT’S BEAR SATSt /'|
Cloudy tonight and Tuesday, fol-*1
owed by rain Tuesday. Moderate
s utheast shifting to northeast, winds. • :