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ASSOCIATED ’PRESS DISPATCHES VOLUME XXVI DMTIC HEARING IN RECEIVERSHIP CASE IT RALEIGH Charges and Counter Charges Flew in Almost Bewildering Confusion as Case Progressed. SUIT BROUGHT BY FIVE MEMBERS Os the Tobacco Growers’ Co-operative Marketing Association for Receiv ership for Association. Raleigli Bureau of Tile Concord Daily Tribune Raleigh, March 30 —Charges and counter Charges flew with almost be wildering profusion in yesterday af ternoon's session of Federal Court here, where receivership proceedings brought by five members of the To bacco Growers’ Co-operative Market ing Association are being heard un til, finally, after three of the attorneys for the plaintiffs had been given an opportunity to say what they thought of AaVon Sapiro, Judge Isaac M. Meekins called a halt on all person alities. It was probably as dramatic a sit uation as ever was staged in the staid old Federal Court room when Judge 1.. Lloyd Horton delivered a scath ing arraignment of Attorney Sapiro followed by Attorney I\ W. Glide well. of Reidsville, who voiced, loud ly and plainly, his utter contempt for the California barrister. They had been preceded by Attorney E. P. Bu ford. of Lawrenceville, Va., who had deprecated the attack on his asso ciates, although he has not been in cluded in the general charges of con spiracy contained in the plea for abatement filed during the morning by Attorney Sapiro. The court room was packed and the onlookers stood upon their seats in order not to miss a word or phrase of the verbal prize fight being staged before them. The judge was unusu ally lenient in allowing the accused attorneys to voice their wrath, ex plaining later that he reulized the great emotion under which they must be laboring in view of the charges which had been made against them. At one point Attorney Sapiro called upon the court to protect him when, after he had delivered himself of a remark which Attorney tjlideweE! con sidered particularly offensive, the Reidsville lawyer had addressed to him a side remark, inaudible to oth ers, whieh the California man termed a threat. The judge assured him that he had the full protection of the court and that it was not necessary to call it to the attention of the pre siding judge. The bitter interchange started with the reading of the answer of the plain tiffs and their attorneys to the plea of abatement filed by the defendant association during the morning, which charged that conspiracy and fraud had been used to bring the ease into the jurisdiction of the Federal Court. Attorney Glidewell then read an af fidavit in which he denied in full that he had been guilty of any improper actions and branded the plea "im pertinent and scandalous.’' It was when Attorney Buford at tempted to read an affidavit bearing upon the admission of seventy addi tional Virginia growers as parties to the notion that the fireworks started. Attorney Sapiro bad objected on the grounds that the plea in abatement should be disposed of before the new issue was introduced and the question of “why" had been raised. “It’s because I want to distinguish between clean clients, brought in by reputable attorneys and conspirators,” the co-op legal light replied, and At torney Glidewell was on his feet in a flash. “Do you mean to say that I'm not n reputable attorney?” he shouted. His associates were tugging at his coat tail and the judge’s eyes were on liim. He subsided, but not before he bad hurled at his attacker a parting ’ shot, unaudible except to the counsel table. “Your, honor, I have been threat ened in your court,” Sapiro announc ed, rising to his feet. “I must ask that I be granted the full protection accorded an officer of the court and, furthermore, that you insist upon it’s being provided.” “It Isn’t necessary that you call my attention to that, Mr. Sapiro,” the judge responded. Attorney Buford was allowed to read his affidavit, after which he sized the opportunity to comment with some heat upon the character of the motion which carried charges against reputable members of the bar. The next inning was Sapiro’s, and he made full use of It. The associa tion might net always be right, be admitted, but it’s purpose was right and it would have succeeded had it not been for the persistent attacks of the buyers and the warehouse as sociation and the defection of some of its members, he declared. Its blunders are being corrected and it is being made better able to serve its members, be asserted further, and charged heatedly that the petition now in court Is a wolf in sheep’s clothing; that there is no insolvency and that if thfe petition is tinged or tainted with fraud it should be thrown * out of court. Attorney W. T. Joyner, his asso ciate in the case, then read an affi davit sigffed by Robert Wade, of Dan (Continued on Page Two} t ' *■' \ ' The Concord Patty Tribune North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily Sudden Riches JiBKIIHKI,' i [I - mm h Ml,, Edna Whit,. Lo. An*el„ stenographer, was left a fortune ol several million dollars by her uncle Ame> Rubldeaux, Arizona miner, who died several years ago. At torneys found Miss White only reoentty. THE COTTON MARKET Reports of Continued Wet Weather and Low Temperatures in South Led to Advances. • New York, March 30.—OP)—Re port* of continued wet weather and low temperatures in the South were responsible for further advances in the cotton market early today. Buy ing on the unfavorable weather was promoted by relatively firm Liverpool cnb.es, and after opening firm at ad vances of 0 to 14 points active months moved up 10 to 10 points. May ad vancing to 19.04 and October to 17.93, new high ground for the movement. These prices attracted some realiz ing which was asborbed on very slight reactions, with the market active and firm during the first hour. Private cables attributed the ad vance in Liverpool to good trade, call and continental buying of new crops. Locally there was further covering, trade and commission house buying which seemed to be inspired by fear cl. delay in the planting season. Cotton futures opened firm. Max IS. July 18 I'Ve IT. Jan. 17:32. WORK ON THE JUNIOR ORDER ORPHANAGE Resumed Monday Morning.—To Be Carried Through to Conclusion. Lexington, March 30.—Monday morning work is scheduled to be re sumed on the orphanage being erect ed near here by the Junior Order United American Mechanics. After a period of several months of inactiv ity announcement has been made that the work will be again started and that it will be carried through to a successful conclusion, giving to North Carolina one of the largest and most modern institutions for the care of the fatherless and motherless chil dren of this and other states in the country. Work was held up at the order of the national councilor. Charlie Wal ters, of Philadelphia, I‘a., pending the outcome of conferences held with the state board and for several months Juirors of North Carolina have been impatiently awaiting the resumption of work. Announcement was made some time ago that work was to be started abain but not until this week was the time set for it to begin. The unit now being constructed in cludes the main administration build ing, conetral heating plant and dormi tory buildings. Announcement of the definite day for work to be resumed will be receiv ed with general satisfaction, not only among the membership of tbe ) Junior Order, but every citizen of the state having the interest of orphaned chil dren at heart. REPARATIONS NEEDED TO PAY FRENCH DEBT France Cannot Pay War Debt Unless She Gets Reparations Money. Paris, March 30. — (AO —France can make no settlement of the inter-allied debts that is not based in some meas ure on reparation payments from Ger many, Finance Minister Peret declar ed in the course of his speech opening debate on the financial measures in the chamber of deputies today. These terms, the finance minister added, should include a safeguarding clause that would give France pro tection should Germany at any time default. With Our Advertisers. Plenty of modern clotbbound books at 75 cents each at Kidd-Frix Co. For list see new ad. today. See Robinson's millinery for Easter wear. * All kinds of tsport goods at the Ritchie Hardware Company. Only four more days of the big Easter sale at the Parks-Belk Co’s. City taxes and street assessments are past due. Pay today and save cost few April. See notice of Chas. N, Field, city tax collector. Put part of each week’s earnings in to a building and loan account. New series in Cabarrus County B. L. A S. Association now open. Mrs. J. H. Laughlin is confined to her home on account of illness. Medicinal Beer Can Be Bought In Drug Stores Under Andrews’ Orders BEGINNING OF THE PASSOVER Celebration of the Feast of the Pass over Means Mueh to the Jews. New York, MnrA .30.—1 n virtually nil Jewish homes throughout the world the families gathered about the tab'e last evening, their heads bowed in devout prayers of thanksgiving, and their voices raised in c'.ianting the prayers of the Ix>rd. f r an occur rence of thousands of years ago. The reformed Jews, as well as the orthdox Jews, who adhere religiously to all of the wonderful symbolism and ritual which make Jewii/i worship pictur esque and beautiful, gathered to com mence the celebration of the Pass over, which means more to the Jew than any other of his religious cele brntions. The celebration of the Passover, an event from which the communion serv ice in the Christian Church was de rived. is distinctly n domestic cele bration, and it is at the fireside of the fat’liers and grandfathers that the un leavened bread is broken, that tile wonderful dish “eliaroses,” is eaten; that the wine is drained from the four 'arge glasses; and that the cup it set aside for the stranger. On other feast days the Hebrew may go to f .iis temple, he may bow publicly in wor ship, and he may chant with the cap tor and hundreds of other members of his race the prayers which have come down through thousands of years, but at the Passover he Ims his married sous and daughters around him, Me gathers all his grandchildren together, and. with the inevitable stranger—for hospitality is one of the most important points in the celebra tion of this feast—he praises the Lord for having passed by Iho Mouses of iiis brethren of thousands of years be fore when lie visited his wrath on the families of all others in Egypt. The reformed Jews do not nd’liere so closely to the forpis and symbolism of the worship of long ago. but their celebrations differ only in that they are not so elaborate. The orthodox Jews eelebrate the first two nights in their homes, while the reformed Jews are satisfied with one night's feast. The orthodox Jews have services for four days in their synagogues, while reformed Jew* attend the temples on ly on the first and last days of the celebration. Tlie celebration is continued for seven days, in accordance with the Biblical command, and during this uiuc ho bread or anything that may be leaven is eaten or brought into the homes of pbservant Jews. Matzoth, or unleavened bread, is eaten during this period. The basis for the celebration of the Passover is the twelfth chapter of Exodus, whieh tejls of'the last-calam ity visited upon the Egyptians by the Lord as a punishment for file treat ment they had given the Jews, when the Lord announced to Moses that he intended to kill the first-born of ev ery Egyptian family and the Jews killed lambs and smeared their blood 'll the doorposts of their houses, so that the angels knew them and passed by, and not a Jew was harmed. On the opening night of the Pass over the celebration the chief feature is tlie 'home service known as the “Seder.” At the Seder each par ticipant—and the lowliest is permit ted to sit at the table that night—is required to drink four cups of wine, in memory off the four promises made by the Eternal to redeem Israel from bondage. On the table are the Mat zoth. tfie shinbone of a lamb (roasted on the coals), the commemorative of the Paschal sacrifice: a masted egg. the “charoaes,” whieh is a mixture of apples and nuts, to symbolic the mortar with whit’ll the “Egyptians made bitter the lives" of the fathers, and bitter herbs, reminiscent of the unhappy days in Egypt. Sturm Causes Damage in Houston. Houston, Tex., March 30.—(A)— Damage estimated unofficially at near ly $250,000 resulted from a wind and electrical storm here early today. Street car transportation was severe ly hampered due to fallen trees and broken power wires. The residence section of thb city was without lights. Many plate glass windows in the* bus iness section were broken, and stocks of goods flooded. ' A THRIFT TALK t° /Lrk \ OFFICE WOMEN \*/ Put part of each week’s f'/T-s » earnings into a “building Ujk \ and loan” account. V(/\ What you can conveni- (7 \T ! \ —X ently save, when increas- < I I J J x ed by our liberal earnings [M~ VT compounded, will reach > ■■ . ■ J 4 ?* totals that will both amaze and gratify. RUNNING SHARES cost 25 cents per share per week. PREPAID SHARES cost $72.25 per share. We have been maturing our stock in 328 weeks. NEW SERIES NOW OPEN—START NOW CABARRUS COUNTY B. L. & S. ASSOCIATION OFFICE IN CONCORD NATIONAL BANK CONCORD, N. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1926 Two Brewery Plants Given Permission to Make Bee of 3.75 Per Cent. Al cohol for Six Months. DRUG STORES TO GET THE BEER Persons Buying It Do Ndt Have to Have Prescrip tion—Malt Solids to Be Predominating. Washington. March 30.—OP)—Mcjl icinal beer, comparable in alcoholic contents to the pre-prohib’tion bever age, will be accessible to the public for the next six months at least. The new “health booster” whieh Anlieuser-Busch Inc., of St. Louis and file I’abst Brewing Company es Milwaukee have been given permis sion to manufacture, is expected to be accessible to the public at drug stores about the time the Senate Judi eiary Committee gets underway with hearings on the bills designed to re lease the old fashioned beverage from the present Volstead law rstrietions. The only restriction on the sale of the malt tonic will be the number of cases drug stores may handle. The permits granted the two brewing com panies by Assistant Secretary An drews of the Treasury allow an al coholic content of 3.75 by volume. From five to twenty-five cases may be furnished drug stores weekly, accord ing to their size and no prescriptions will be required of consumers who foe! the need of more and better health. The “kick” from the healthy wet standpoint lies not in the alcoholic content, but in the warning that the tonic won't behave pleasantly if treat ed as a beverage. Instead of 7.t0 10 per cent, of malt solids as in pre-pro hibition beer, it will contain 25 per cent. As a result, officials explained, excessive drinking of the tonic will produce illness. The differences in alcoholic contents is much less'pro nounced, pre-prohibition beer having contained from 3 to 0 per cent, by volume. The permits for manufacture and sale of the tonic arc of issue for six months and provide that tlie brewers should assist the government in keep ing it out of the hands of bootleggers Wholesalers already have been asku! to assist in the enforcement of this provision. The wet and dry leaders mean while are marshalling their forces for the modification hearings which the senate committee will begin Monday and continue for two weeks with the time equally divided between tlie cori teneding groups. Those opposed to drastic restrictions ill the Volstead law already made seme progress -in this direction, and legislative representa tives of five organizations holding the dry viewpoint were called to meet to day as a joint committee to arrange for presentation of arguments. This committee comprises Clnnon William Sheafe Chase of the Inter national Reform Federation; Edwin C. Dinwiddie, of the National Tem perance Bureau; Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel of the Anti-Saloon League; Dr. Clarence True Wilson of the Methodist Board of Temperance Prohibition and Public Morals; am' Mrs. Elias A. Yost, of the Nations' Woman's Christian Temperance Un ion. The joint legislative committee made up of representatives of organi zations favoring modification -of the law, has selected W. H Stayton. head of the Association Against Prohibi tion Amendment, as its chief spokes man. and other witnesses including Assistant Secretary Andrews will be summoned at the request of senators interested. The action of the House yesterday in passing with support from both the wet and dry ranks the Cramton bill to place all except the highest en forcement officials under civil service regulations drew the following state ment today from Wayne B. Wheeler: “Passage of the civil service bill for prohibition agents, with only two wet objectors is a great victory. I be lieve the Senate will do as well. It Accused of Burning Two to Death 1 ' - Wt , : ||| I i' Thomas Hill, 50. is held at West Union, 0.. charged with first degree murder and arson. His crippled wife and her blind mother died when his farm house burned. He is accused of killing them in the fire because he was fired of caring for them. Photo shows the ruins of the farm house, with an inset of Hill. SUBPOENA USED BY SENATE COMMITTEE In Its Efforts to Get Confidential Re ports of tile Tariff Commission. Washington, March 30.—(40—.* subpoena was resorted to today by the Senate tariff commission investi gating eommmittee in its efforts tc secure confidential reports of the tar iff commission. The subpoenn was issued after Chairmah Marvin had declined to dis close the vote on the commission's ’inseed oil inquiry on the ground that it was confidential report to the Pres ident. The secretary was directed to de liver to the Senate eommmittee all of the commission's reports not hereto fore made public, and the copy of a letter Chairman Marvin wrote Presi dent Coolidge asking permission to publish the sugar report. Senator La Follette. Republican, of Wisconsin, who was questioning the witness at the time, refused to pro ceed further until the information was produced and the session was ad journed until tomorrow. PROPOSE TO QUIZ ALL GOUNTY CANDIDATES Guilford Farmers’ Union Also In tends to Investigate Records of Officer Seekers. Grecsboro, March 29.—Tlie Guil ford County Farmer’s Union intends o put out a special quiz for candi dates for county office, this to be 'Supplementary to the questionnaire adopted at a joint meeting of the executive committee of the North Carolina Farmers’ Union and the North Carolina Federation of Labor- The county union will hold a meet ing hero Saturday to prepare the questionaire, it was learned today. The county union also intends to in vestigate the records of candidate especially when they were offic. holders. The farmers will also do maud support for a bill that wou! provide for publication in local newspapers of all local legislation sought of the General Assembly, this to be published ten days in advance of offering sfich local legislation for enactment. The farmers say this would revent “sneak" legislation be ing enacted at the last minute. Confederate Veterans to Use Govern ment Equipment. Washington, March 30.— OP) —The bill providing for the use by the Con federate Veterans during their cn ampment at Birmingham, Ala., be ginning May 18 next of tents and oth er government equipment became law today when the Senate adopted the amendments made by the House. Rules in Favor of Clarence Saunders. Memphis. Tenn., March 30.— OP)— John 11. Walker, Jr., U S. Commis sioner, today held that an ineictment returned by a federal grand jury ir St. Louis against Clarence Saunders, which charged use of the mails in a scheme to defraud, did not show that Saunders had "committed an offense ftga'ust the U. S. government.” Corhell Ims won 13 of the 2.8 in tercollegiate regattas held over the Hudson River course at Poughkeep will be a big step forward in elimi nating politics from prohibition en forcement." Prohibition officials expect the new medicinal beer to be sold in “bone dry” states as well as those having no state prohibition law. In the opinion of Coinmiosioner Jones, of the prohibition unit, there are state laws that would bar it. Many tonics nnd other medicines containing a substantial percentage of alcohol arc on sale regularly nt drug stores throughout the country, and are obtainable without prescrip tions. Mr. Jones said today that some of the tonic* now on the mar ket contain a lesser percentage of solids to the amount of alcohol than will be in the new beer. ABERNETHY SAYS ALL CHARGES "ABSOLUTE LIES” Has Never Had Three Wives and is n Favor of Prohibition. Connelly Springs, March 30 — OP) —A statement was issued today by tlie Rev. A. T, Abernethy, of Ruther ford College, branding as “absolute ies” assertions made in the Hou«e yesterday by Representative Blanton. Democrat, Texas, in which the min ister was accused of “drunkenness” and a,t one time of having “three wives.” The assertions were included in a 'etter written by tlie Rev. W. E. Poovey, a Methodist minister nt Ma rion, N. C., and were brought by the Texas member into the prohibition de bate in the House. The reference to the Rev. Mr. Abernethy was made as to one, he said, had advocated amendment of the Volstead act. The statement -of the minister to day declared that inasmuch as he had been a member of the same North Carolina conference ns the Marion minister, lie was unable to under stand why the charges had not been made before. He added, however, hat he did not l'eraeinber the Ma rion minister. “I am heart and soul for prohibi tion,” Mr. Abernethy declared, “and the people of Asheville, Rutherford College and Cincinnati where I have ived and preached, know these charg er are false.” The letter, read by Representative Blanton, declared that in 1907 while holding license to preach and a Phila de'phia church, the Rev. Mr. Aber nethy had “at least three living wives from which he had not been divorced.” PLEA IN ABATEMENT HELD IN ABEYANCE 'udge Meekins Hears Complaint and Answer in Tabocco Co-ops Case. Raleigh, March 30.— -OP) —Decision m the first charge of the plea in abate aent filed in Federal court here by the Tri-State CD-operative Tabocco Marketing Assoc : ation was held in tbeyance today by Judge I. M. Meek ins. The judge directed argument on he second charge of the plea in abate ment to proceed. Judge Meekins, however, shortly de rided to hold the second plea of abate ment in abeyance, and ordered attor neys to proceed with the case itself. He also decided to hold in abeyance for the time being the motion of E. P. Bufort, of Lawrenceville, Va.. to add the names of 72 additional plain tiffs to the eompla ; nt. Attorneys then began reading, para graph by paragraph, the complaint and answer of the Association. Impeachment Charges Taken Up in House. Washington, March 30.—(4)—The Rouse today took up formal charges if impeachment that its judiciary c mmittee has brought against Fed ral Judge George W. English, of Il linois. An unusually large percentage of the House membreship was present when Chairman Graham, of the coni mittee called up the articles of irn peachment. Obscene Literature Barred in Gas tonia. Gastonia. March 30.—t/P)— Ob scene literature, chiefly magazines, are barred from exhibition and sale at local news stands and stores, effective today, following an order issued by City Judge B. Capps. Four defend ants in court this morning paid the costs in their eases and were ordered not to sell any more. Two Men Killed in Storm. Liberty, Tex., March 30.—</P>— Two,men were killed and a third crit ically injured when a storm swept a path about one-half m : le wide through the South Liberty oil field here at 4 a. m. today. Virtually every derrick and building in the path was demol ished. SOLICITOR JOHN G. j CARPENTRY MIME Keeps Up Inquiry Into the Shooting of A. A. Tar rant by Charlotte Police Officers Thursday. OFFICERS CLAIM TARRANT SHOT And Tarrant Repeatedly Denies That He Had a Gun at the Time He Was Arrested. Charlotte, 30—C4 5 ) —An of ficial Investigation into the shooting by city officers last Thursday night of A. A. Tarrant, alleged rum runner, continued here today before Solicitor John G. Carpenter, who declared him self as "determined to reveal all the facts in the case.” At the investigation hearing yes terday. Commissioner of Public Safe ty Robertson produced a pistol said to have been taken from Tarrant by officers at the time of the ‘‘gun battle” which they say followed the man’s re fusal to halt on the Salisbury high way. Tarrant has denied possessing a weapon at the time of the shooting. At the hospital where he is under care, physicians have said that the wound indicated he was shot in the back. Guy Tarrant, of Columbia, S. C..; business man and brother to the wounded man, is here with a Colum bia attorney to assist in the investiga tion. REV. A. T. ABERNETHY, FORMERLY GOT DRUNK Rev. W. E. Poovey. of Marion Makes the Accusation. Wilmington, March 29. —Repre- sentative Blanton’s colorful contri bution to the house debate was made, he said, to illustrate the inclinations of some of those who want modifica tion of the present prohibition regime. He referred particularly to Rev. A- T. x\bernethy, of Rutherford College. X. C.. who he said had ad vocated amendment of the Volstead act. As testimony on the subject of that minister’s standing he presented fa letter, he said, which had been written by Rev. W.- E. Poovey, a Methodist minister at Marion, X. C., that Abcynethy in 1908 was on a drunken spree for M*veral weeks, aud had come into chapel "with his breath heavy with alcoho lic fumes.” The letter also said that jin 1907, while holding a license to preach iu a church in Philadelphia Abernethy “had at least three living wives from whom he had not been livorced.” Rev. Mr. Abemethy Says He Did Not Write Letter. Charlotte, March 29.—Rev. A. T. Abernethy, of Rutherford College, when asked tonight over long dis tance telephone concerning the refer ence made to him by Congressman Blanton as advocating amendment of the Volstead act, stated that he had an article in Collier's Weekly of the 27th giving hits views on prohibi tion, and that thus was probably what the representative from Texas referred to iu hia speech today be fore the house. Mr. Abernethy stated hat he had not written to any con gressmen as to hit* views on prohibi ts or the dry ’aw enforcement. He ielded that lie had received a request from the committee in Congress in eistigating prohibition to appear be fore it next week and that he p an- j ued to appear before the committee. 1— Appeal Fcr Clemency For Raleigh Detective. Raleigh, Mar. 29.—Attorneys here are arranging to go before Governor McLean the middle of next month with an appeal for clemency in be half of Jesse Wyatt, former Ral eigh police detective, who wet to state prison March 15 under an eight to IS months indeterminate sentence for slaying Stephen Holt, prominent Smithlield attorney. Wyatte was convicted of man slaughter in Wake superior court last Xovcmbcr. He killed Holt when he mistook his car for a rum-runner and fired in an attempt to stop it. Especial interest attaches to news of the forthcoming appeal in his be half because of the livestigation now underway at Charlotte into the %hooting of an alleged rum runner by police of that city last week. Engineer Stansbury Drops Dead at Spencer Spencer. Mar. 29.—Frank Stans bury, engineer for the Southern Rail way system, dropped dead on the street here tonight while on the way to his home. He had been at work during the day and was apparently in his usual health. He is presumed to have suffered an attack of acute indigestion- He was 50 years of age. City Tax Notice City taxes and street assess ments are past due. Pay today and save extra cost for April. CHAS. N. FIELD, City Tax Collector. THE TRIBUNE 1 I PRINTS I TODAY'S NEWS TODAY ill N 0..» PAL OF CRANFORD - -nufllN DELAYED ATI REQUEST OF STATE Solicitor Phillips StattjrJi That Jail Cases Wfil Be 1 Disposed of in Stansjr 1 Court. I cranforiTready 18 FOR THE TRLW 1 State Probably Will Seek I the Jury From Anotlnf « County When the Case 1 Is Finally Called. I Albemarle, X. 0., March 30.—(4>)— The case of the State against X. C, Cranford, former “convict boss," who is charged with first degree murder tu connection with the death of two ne gro prisoners, will not be called today, according to announcement by Spile's tor Don Phillips. The Solicitor added that the count would proceed with minor cases today with the indication that the stattg would call the Cranford case t Giuor row. It was postponed yeslerdtiy when the state was not readv. The prosecutor did not further clar ify the reason of the state for not go. : ng forward with the trial today, hut briefly stated that “jail cases" would be called. Meanwhile Cranford, who ia out under bond, declared his readiness for proceedings. The indictments return ed against him last fall charged him with the murder of James Howell ard James Terry, negro convicts of Stanly county chain gang. Their deaths oc curred in 1018 and are alleged to have resulted from “beatings" administered by Cranford who was superintendent of tlie county convict system. The prosecution has indicated that a. jury from another county would ba sought for the trial, while the defense has announced that four physiciaua and morticians who prepared the tod ies would be called. The preliminary charges v.era ,'■« brought against Cranford at the insti gat l on of the State Welfare Depart- ;|i meat, and at the preliminary hearing fj a number of convicts who served un- Al] del- the superintendent testified to sub- ’a stantiate the charges. MAKE plans for big' 1 UNIVERSITY PROJECT I Alumni Scorrlary Confers With Of flcials of Insurance Company. A i Greensboro, March 2D.—D. L jf j Grant, general alumni secretary of T die University of North Carolina, 31 met here today with officials and 1 ranch managers of the Jefferson J Standard Life Insurance Company 3 to make final p ans for a $1,000,000 I ■ .dowment insurance project to be j conducted iu connection with the 1 university's loyalty fund campaign- More than 2.000 alumni will be so licited in the drive to begin April 5. ,J The endowment project will mature -S in 1943, the 150th anniversary of eetub.k-hmi'iit of the university, S’ when the $1,000,000 will be present ed by the alumni as a symbol of their loyalty and interest. Fourteen ’3 classes will enter into the endow ment project. Julian Price, president of the insurance company, greatly | impressed with the project, has sign d one of the endowment policies at- I li ucht he is not an. alumnus of thg university. i.uen of the policies will be for S2OO. The alumni loyalty fund was 'ar.ed in 1910 by the late Edward K Graham when he was president J of the university. rm Warnings Are Given on He Gulf Coast. Washington, March 29.—Storm 1 warnings are displayed on the east i gulf const from Bay St. Louis, Miss., to Tampa. Fla., the weather bureau % announced tonight in its report of | conditions, with a disturbance of in- •' creasing intensity over rue Rio j§ Grande Valley wiheh will move cast 1 northeastward and cause strong I southeast winds tonight shifting to north Tuesday afternoon or night. YdS Temperatures have fallen decided over the south plains states, north west Texas and the Rocky Mountain region. The outlook is for rain Tuesday in | the. East Gulf states and for rain j Tuesday end Wednesday in the [South Atlantic states. It win be colder Tuesday in the west portion lof the east gulf states and Wednew ' day in the south At antic and east I :ulf states. W. Harry Montgomery, of Char lotte, was here this mcruiug on his way to Greensboro. SAT’S BEAR SAYS I Rain tonight and Wednesday, warmer in central and west portions tonight, co'der in west portion Wed nesday Fresh east and soutfiuast winds, increasing.