ASSOCIATED
PRESS
DISPATCHES
VOLUME XXVI
USTDAYOFSIATE
SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION HELD
Program Today Under the
Leadership of L. W.
Clark. Discussion on
Religious Education.
DR. BROWNLEADS
MOST DISCUSSIONS
Is Editor of Sunday School
Publications and Spoke
Today on M Home Life
and Home Religion.**
« Hickory, N. C„ May s.—OP)—With
practioaly a full attendance here for
the laat day of Hie annual atate con
vention of the western section of the
North Carolina Sunday School Asso
ciation, the program began this morn
ing under the leadership of L. W.
Clark, of Spray, chairman of the ex
ecutive committee. The discussion
of religious education was continued,
with Miss Cynthia Pearl Maus,- of
Ht. Louis, Mo., suiierintcndent of the
young peoples division, leading the
question by an address on “Progres
sive Religions Education.'’ That made
the third speech on the subject since
the opening of the convention here
last Monday.
Dr. Owen Y. Brown, of Philadel
phia, editor of Sunday school publica
tions, followed with an address on
“Home Life anil Home Religion."
Dr- Brown has led in nearly all the
discussions which have so far come
before the convention.
The morning session ended with a
musical program and reports of va
rious committees nftcr Robert D.
Davis, director and organizer, gave
n rather lengthy talk on leadership
training in religious education. He
stressed the point that leaders In re
ligion are made after long periods
of training.
During the afternoon there will be
a conference meeting of the five divi
sions in the association.
8. 8. CONVENTION
OPENS AT HICKORY
Western Section of State Associa
fmjf* Meeting; 1,200 *B*.
Hickory, May 4—Four simultan
eous conferences featured the con
vention of the weatevti section of the
State Sunday School Amorist ion
here this afternoon and tonight there
were two meetings, one for the older
delegates -and one for the younger.
Delegates continued to arrive and it
is expected that by tomorrow the
total number present will exceed 1.-
200.
The adult conference and the ad
ministrative division meeting were
held at Corinth Reformed church,
convention headquarters, while the
childrens’ conference took place at
the Baptist church and tne young
people's conference at the First Pres
byterian church.
Tonight the young people between
12 and 23 years met at the First
Presbyterian church and were pre
sided over by Robert Longnker and
Miss Synthis Pearl Maus. of St.
Louis. The theme was “Measuring
Up."
At the same hour there was a
meeting for the older delegates at
convention headquarters.
Wednesday will be given over
largely to talks and discussions by
the Sunday School leaders, foHowed
by adjournment at 4:45 o’clock.
Routine business and reports con
sumed a major portion of the morn
ing sessions. J- B. Iypy. of Charlotte,
president of the association, reported
that since 1020, when only nine
counties were organized, the associa
tion has grown in five years to in
clude all 100 counties of the Statae.
Dr. Owen C. Brown, of Philadel
phia, Pa., editor-in-rtiief of the Sun
day school publications, Northern
Baptist church, made the principal
talk of the morning.
Rowan, Cabarrus and Davie couu
ties were declared by the State Su
perintendent to be one-hundred per
cent organized.
The closing address of the morn
ing was made by Mrs. S. H- Askew,
of Atlanta, Ga., and at noon a fel
lowship luncheon was held at the
Claremont High School with 100 or
more attending.
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Shoes for spring and summer at
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The Parka-Belk Co. is now having
’\,a special display of notions, hosiery
and toilet articles, which they are
selling at a big saving. See long list
in their big new ad. today.
Aid Coming From Virginia.
Lynchburg, Va., May 5.—04 4 )—Ten
men picked from Natural Bridge
federal forest area will leave tonight
for Asheville, N. C., to old in fight
ing a forest fire on Grandfather
Mountain in the Pisgah National For
•oV
The Concord Daily Tribune
North Carolina’s Leading Small City Daily
English Government Is
Preparing To Use Troops
To Maintain Services
Both Sides Hold Firm To
day in the Great British
! General Strike—Will Be
a Long, Hard War.
i
FIVE PERSONS
ARE ARRESTED
I In Fight Between Police
and Rowdies—lncreased
■ Transportation, Due to
Voluntary Workers.
I-ondon, May 5. —(A*)—Home Sec
retary Air William Joynson Hicks
made a statement in the House of
Commons this afternoon which henr- 1
ers Interpreted as meaning that the
government was prepared to use troops
to maintain services of .vital import
ance such ns the railroads, if neces
sary.
London, May s.—(A>)—Both sides
held firm today in the great British
general strike. The contending forces
, and the general public as well settled
down for what seemed might be a
long hard war.
General attacks on trams and buss
es run by volunteer workers in Glas
gow, Leeds and other provincial cen
ters continued, and were the only
sensational developments up to mid
afternoon.
That the government was prepared
for any emergency along the Clyde
side was indicated by the news that
three large warships were in the riv
er. The giant battle cruiser Hood
joined the Warspite and the cruiser
Comtis moved up the river to Glas
gow.
Denial came from both the govern
ment and labor headquarters that ne
gotiations toward a settlement had
been projected.
Five Persons Arrested.
Stoke on Trent, England! May 5.
— UP) —Five persons were arrested
and several injured in a fight between
police and 700 rowdies here, growing
out of an attempt to run motor buss
es today. The bus windows were
smarted and police were forced to
use their clubs vigorously to break up
the mob.
In the main the country was fairly
Attibt. and the situation little changed,
exeept for increased transportation
facilities afforded by the activities of
vOTBWe’r workers. In a few in
stances strikers returned to work
rather than lose their jobs. These
were not miners.
Business was more stagnant, how
ever, after employers informed tKeir
employees that they need not report
for work as little business could be
done under present conditions.
Both the government and labor of
ficials continued to work intensively
on their respective problems. Both
sides issued statements claiming to
hold the advantage.
Greek Workmen Sympathize With
v British Strikers.
Athens, May S.— UP) —A meeting
of Greek workmen today voted sym
pathy with the British strikers.
Several Thousand Strikers Attack a
Tram Car.
Leeds, England, May 5.—(A 4)—Sev
eral thousand strikers attacked nn
emergency tram car with lumps of
coal taken from a passing lorry. The
windows of the car were smashed.
Some of the passengers had narrow
escapes from injury.
Union Men on British Ships to Carry
On for Present.
London, . May s.—<A*>—The secre
tary of the National Sailors and Fire
mens Union today told the Associat
ed Press that he had cabled New York
directing members of the union abord
British ships there to carry on for
the present. Future action will de
pend on the ballot of the strike ques
tion which will not be known until
the end of the week.
Strike Felt in New York Disturbance.
New York, May s.—(A 4 )—The first
disturbance here in connection with
the general strike in England oc
curred at noon today when forty-six
miners of the engine room crew of the
White Star liner Arabic attempted
to ruth from the ship to the pier three
minutes before the steamer’s sched
uled departure.
Three officers of the ship frustrat
ed the attempt of the men to leave
the ship. The liner sailed on sched
uled time.
Government Will Not Yield.
London, May 5.—(A 4 )—Premier
Baldwin told the House qf Commons
today that the government under no
. circumstances would ever yield tothe
general strike. The moment the strike
was called off unconditionally the
government was prepared to resume
negotiations. This statement was
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‘ NORTH CAROLINA DAY j
11 AT THE SESQUI-CENTENNIAL '
' This State and Tennessee Have Se- i
lected the Same Day.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Rnleigh, N. C„ M*y 5. —North Car-1
’ I olina day at the Sesqui-eentennial |
which hniibeen unofficially fixed for j
, October 7th. t'.ie anniversary of the
I battle of Kings Mountains, hns also I
been selected by Tennessee ns its (lay t
1 1 at the Philadelphia exposition, ne-!
cording to information just received j
by Governor A. W. McLean. Wheth- j
er or not both stntes will observe this
• day, or whether North Carolina will
< be allotted another day has not been
' learned, although Governor Mel-can
■ | has written the committee on arrange
‘ menta to ascertain if it will be pos
i sible to obtain another day.
Both North Carolina anil Tennes
see are equnlly proud of the bottle
of King's Mountain, ns the pioneers
i of both states participated invit. The
fact that this battle took place when
what Is now eastern Tcnnesseec's was
still a part of North Carolina ex- '
plains the interest that Tennessee
showed in wishing to have its day at
Hie Sesqui-eentennial fall upon the
anniversury of this crucial and mo
mentous battle, in which many of its
earliest heroes took part.
As a result of the common interest
of these two neighboring states in this i
anniversary date, it may be possible 1
that October 7th will be indicated as
North Carolina and Tennessee day at 1
the exposition and Hint the citizens '
of both state will celebrate the day 1
jointly. I
Increasing interest on the part of
the various southern states is being i
shown in the Sesqui-eentennial ac
cording to latest advices from Phila- i
delphin. and indications are that the i
South wili be better represented at
this exposition than Ims been the i
case in other similar exposition. The I
tremendous commercial, industrial i
and agricultural progress that has :
taken place in the South in recent ]
years, especially in North Carolina, i
offers an excellent background upon i
whicli to build effective exhibits that
will truly reflect the programm and i
j resources pf the south.
THE COTTON MARKET
■ Opened ThU Morning at a Decline of
From 2 to S Points. v
New York, May s:—(#)—Tie cot- :
ton market opened today at a de- !
cline of 2 to 8 points, active posi
tions showing net losses of 5 to 8 j
points in the early trading under ,
liquidation, with local and Southern .
selling.
Failure of the BritUAi labor news j
to show any apparent improvement ,
with weak Liverpool cables and ex- <
pectations of a fairly favorable week- i
ly review of crop progress by the ,
weather bureau seemed responsible for
the decline which extended to 18.55 ,
for May and 17.16 for October.
There was considerable covering by ■
near months shorts, however, while ,
private reports of cold rains in Tex- ,
as brought in some buyiug of new ,
crop positions. Prices were 2 to 3 j
points up from the lowest at the end ,
of the first hour.
Cotton futures opened steady. Mav ,
18.60; July 18.10; Oct. 17.17; Dec. ,
16.91; Jan. 16.84. ,
DANVILLE RAVAGED BY
$500,000 FIRE TODAY ,
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Several Stores, Theatre and Armory i
Burned During Fire. i
Danville,. Va., May s.— UP) —Fire <
here today destroyed several stores, a 1
theatre and the Danville Grays armory 1
and threw, approximately 200 persons
out of employment. The loss was es- 1
timated at $500,000. I
The blaze which is thought to have 1
originated in Gillmer’s Department ■
Store, destroyed that structure, the <
Bijou Theatre, Woolworth’s 5 and 10 *
Cent Store, the National Guard Arm- 1
ory, and the Crews Coffee Company,
and badly damaged Kaufman’s store.
Explosion qf ammunition in the arm
ory forced firemen and onlookers to
cover, but no one was injured.
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Paul Morphy, the greatest chess ex
pert that America has produced, met
and defeated many of the world’s
most celebrated playerß before he was
ten years old.
similar to that made in the House
of Lords by the Earl of Birkenhead.
Not Try to Settle Cool Strike Nok.
London, May 5. —(A 4 ) —The British
i government will not negotiate for set
i! tlement of the coal miners' disputa as
i long as the general atrike continues,
! Lord Birkenhead declared in the
i House of Lords today.
CONCORD, N. C-, WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1926
SMESOFSC*.
BOR DRIFTED TO
FIGHT FOREST FIRES!
| Calls for Aid From Other,
Points Proving Futile
Because of Situationg in
Eastern Section.
ALL ARE"HAVING
OWN TROUBLES
J All Available Forces Arp
Being Thrown Into ttfe
Grandfather Mountaih
_ Area—Fires on Pisgah.
Asheville, May s.—(A 4 )—With calls I
for aid from other forests proving ff -1
tile because of Hie desperate fire sit- -
nation that exists through the entire j
eastern section of the United States, i
foresters who are battling an appar- j
ently uncontrollable twenty-acre blaze !
in the Boone area of Pisgnh National
Forest today drafted into service!
neores of school boys and Boy Scouts!
from the regions through which the
Haines are spreading with menacing
speed.
I naka National Forest and Chero
kee National Forest in east Tennes
see are Nending rangers to the flame
swept area, but the number is not
grent because of the situation that ,
exists in their own district. Nat
ural Bridge National Forest in Vir
ginia, and others farther north and
east declined to send aid on the;
ground thnt they are having their own
troubles.
While all available forces were be
ing thrown into the Grandfather
Mountain fire .Tuesday night, two
other fires broke out in the Pisgah
division of the forest when sparks .
from logging trains ignited the in
tinder-dry forest floor. One of the
blazes burned over 460 acres of gov
ernment land, while the other swept
200 acres of timber. Both were
p aced under control by workmen' and
fire wardens in the district early this
morning.
SIXTEEN RACING MEN
NOW IN CHARLOTTE 1
The Laat of the Drivers Arrived Lore ,
Tuesday Afternoon. C i
Charlotte.- N. C„ May 5.
teen of the leading automobile-' rnc
ing drivers of the country, including
Pete DcPaolo, 1025 chaiupiofi,- Har
ry Hnrtz, Cliff'Woodbury, Dr. W.
E. Shattuc, Pete Kreis, Bob Mc-
Donngh. Eddie Hen me. Ralph Hep
burn, Frank Elliott, Fred Coiner,
Norman Batten. Bennett Hill, Earl
DeVore, Dave Evans, Ben Jones,
and Zeke Meyers, are here for the
250-mile race to be held in the
Chalotte Speedway next Monday
afternoon.
The lgqt, of the drivers nrrived
Tuesday afternoon and at once be
gan the task of getting their mounts
in shape for the coming race. Garage
men of thin city, mechanics and
mechanics’ helpers had plenty bf
work to do. It is-no easy task to get
these motors in shape after a 300-
mile grind, such as the one that
took p’nce at Atlantic City last Sat
urday, nnd the mechanics will have
to spend many long hours getting
the motor primed for the big race.
Fred Wagner, veteran starter, and
Tommy Milton, veteran driver, also
are on the ground. Wagner has taken
charge of the situation and is work
ing with Coleman W. Roberts, gen
eral manager of the Speedway, in an
effort to get every thing in shape for
the drivers before the time trials the
latter part of this week.
Milton, winner of the race here
iast November, has left the boards in
favor of real estate, but he will have
several cars entered in the big event.
Bob McDonogh will be at the wheel
of one of Milton’s cars, Pete Kreis
the other and Eddie Hearne the
third Milton automobile.
LEITER HEIRS TO SHARE
IN MILLION DOLLARS
GrandrhHfeen of Levi Letter Will Get
Interest Paid by His Son.
Chicago, May s.—(A4)—Grandchil
gren of Levi Leiter, pioneer Chicago
merchant, will share in more than a
million dollars in interest paid by hia
. son, Joseph Leiter for the use of the
Zeigler Coal Company up to the time
Joaeph purchased it from the Leiter
estate, the Cook County appellate,
court ruled today.
The court reversed a holding of the
Superior Court that the $1,004,213.33
ih interest paid by Leiter when he
acquired the mines from the estate 20
years after bis father's estate was
subject to immediate distribution.
Fire Causes $lO 000 Loss at Duke
ville.
Spencer, May 4.—The first fire in
the history of the new town of Duke
viile being built by the Southern
Power Company near Spencer oc
eorred late Monday night destroying
the building that housed the con
crete mixer and plant- The fire was
of ' unknown origin and burned rap
idly while the local fire fighting np
' pnratus was entirely inadequate to
J check the flames. The loss la vari
| ously estimated around ten thousand
i dollars. Early today a force of men
! set to work rebul ding a temporary
I concrete plant -to be need ■to eom
l pleting the big power plant now un
' der way. The fire it is said will cause
I only a alight delay in the work.
I Many a player in the orchestra of
| ’lfe spends ail bis time merely in tun
ing up.
Round Os Activities For
War Mothers At Meeting
Business and Social Activities Keep Visitors on Go
During Day.—Fine Attendance at Opening Ses
! • sion of State Convention This Morning.
The opening session of the seventh
'annual eonventiion of the North
Carolina division American War
Mothers was held thin morning in
Central Methodist Church, with
delegates present from many ehnp
| tors in the State.
I An instrumental solo by Mrs. M.
|H. Caldwell was the opening num
ber on the prugram this being fol
l lqwed by a hymn and the invocation
by Rev. R. M. Courtney, pastor of
Central Methodist Church.
I Mrs. M. M Courtney, of Lenoir, [
State War Mother, presided at the
opening session. Other State officers
; were in attendance,
i ; Addresses of welcome were heard
(at the opening session as follows:
j Mrs. John K, Patterson for local ,
■j War Mothers; Mayor C. H. Bar-1
j.rfer for the City of Concord; M. B. 1
! Sherrin for the American Legion;
(Miss Maude Brown for the Legion
! Auxiliary; Mrs. L. D. Coltrnne for I
|the Daughters of the Confederacy;
iSJ. H. Caldwell for the Chamber of
j Commerce.
■ Mr*. Courtney and Mrs. Hugh
Montgomery, of Charlotte, respond
ed.
Mrs. Mary Bennett Little, Nation
al Fourth Vice President, was pre
sented to the convention and made
a brief response. Mr«. Little will be
henrd sevetal times during the course
of the convention on various phases
of the organization’s work.
Among the first to arrive for the
; convention were the delegates front
| the Washington and Wilson chap
i Ters who reached Concord Tuesday.
Every train and bus renching the
city this morning brought its quota,
the registration showing practically
every chapter in this section of the
Sjute to be represented by two or
more delegates. Large delegations
were present during the morning
from the Gastonia and Charlotte
chapters.
A ilag-bedeeked elty welcomed the
Mothers who sent their sons to war.
and many automobiles traveling the
streets this morning carried service
flags denoting the number of sons
some mothers offered.
The Church auditorium where all
of the sessions will be held, was a
veritable garden of spring flowers
when the convention wns called to
Alder. Roses, ragged roll ins, (links, 4 .
Rail syringa predominated laroonx .toe!
rofusion of blooms and' bloenoWt
tastefully arranged as n Background
for the convention.
URGE AID IN FIGHTING
GREAT FOREST FIRES
Fores. Wardens Empowered to Sum
mons Ever)’ Able Bodied Man Be
tween 18 and 45.
Tribune Bureau.
Sir Walter Hotel.
, Raleigh, May 5-—Request that
two companies of National guards
men be called out immediately to
help fight forest fires now raging on
Grandfather mountain and in the na
tional forest reserve in Caldwell and
Watauga couuties, near Blowing
Rock, was received by Gov. A. W.
McLean lgte Tuesday afternoon
from F. H. Coffey of Lenoir.
Gov. McLean immediately wired
Mr. Coffey that he was without
authority to order out national
guardsmen to fight forest fires, but
that forest wardens were empowered
to summons every able bodied man
in that territory between the ages of
18 and 45 to help fight forest fires
andto commandeer and horses or
property needed, according to sec
tion 0,187, Act of 1919.
"Under the provisions of this act.
forest wardens have at their call
much more man power than if only
a few military companies were to be
called out,” the governor explained,
"as all the able bodies men in the
territory under their jurisdiction
are immediately at their command.
All that is necessary is to serve a
summons on the men needed and
they must report from duty and re
spond to orders.”
The state is doing everything that
enn be done to relieve the situation
In the areas where the forest nres
are now raging and the forestry de
partment as well as other associated
departments are cooperating in every
way to check the advance of the
flames. Forest wardens in the fire
areas have been authorized to take
whatever steps they deemed neces
sary to check the spread of the fires.
Aside from the assistance being
given through the regular channels
nothing new is being contemplated,
the governor stated.
The lack of rain in the mountain
ous nnd heavily wooded areas, to
gether with the heavy growth of re
sinous timber and the unusually low
humidity prevailing, have hindered
the fire fighters in controlling the
situation.
'Tis said Boston school pupils are
using the baseball averages for exam
ples In arithmetic.
Famous “Y” Circus
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Saturday, May 8 !
Afternoon Performance 4:30
Admission 15c, Adults 25c
N ; *ht Performance 8:30
' ; Children 25c Adults 50c
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The roll call at the opening session
found delegates present from all of the
active chapters in the State. Char-J
lotte and rijastonin had the largest
representation. Telegrams read at the
session indicated that the attendance
tomorrow would be larger.
Owing to illness Mrs. J. I’. Cook
was unable to deliver the address of
welcome for the King's Daughters,
Mrs. J. A. Cannon inking her place
oil tiie program. Miss Jenn Coltrane
represented the Daughters of the Am
erican Revolution in place of Mrs. J.
F. Reed.
One of the most impressive features
of the morning session was the. pre
sentation to the State organization of
a North Carolina flog. The presenta
j tion was made by Mrs. It. E. Riden
] hour on behalf of the Cabarrus chap
ter. Mrs. .1. W. Roark, of Gastonia,
and Mrs. Courtney, accepted tlieflag.
I Mrs. W. H. Cozart was unable to
present to the convention a banner re
cently purchased by tiie Wilson and
Washington chapters as the banner
failed to reach her before she left her
Wilson home. The banner will be pre
sented at the next convention.
In her talk Mrs. Cozart asked the
mothers to protest against the United
States government charging interest
on the war debts of foreign nations.
In her travels in Europe, Mrs. Cozart
said, she had become convinced that a
hard bargain on the part of the Unit
ed States will result in future wars
since the European nations are still
poverty-stricken ns a result of the
World Wnr during which they bore
the brunt of suffering.
Musical numbers featured the me
morial hour program at noon. Mrs. S.
A. Wolff, of tiie local chapter, presid
ed.
Piano solos by Mrs. Rob Roy Peery,
of Salisbury, a duet by Mrs. Gales
Picknrd and Mrs. Ernest Robinson, of
Concord, and a solo by Sam Goodman,
of Concord, with piano accompani
ment by Mrs. Leslie Cdrrell, were in
teresting features of this service.
At 1 o'clock delegates and others in
attendance were guests at a luncheon
given by the Chamber of Commerce.
Reports from State officers featured
the nfternoon session, the program be
ing interspersed with musical num
bers.
j At 4 o’clock the visitors will be tak
s■»£*& the JacksoifsTralning School,
where they will be entertained by the
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RANKERS ENDORSE
THE MACFADDEN BILL
Urge* Its Passage by Congress.—Dr.
Mines to Speak on the Changing
South Tonight.
Pinehurst, N. C., May s.—The state
bank division of the executive council
of the American Bankers Association
in session here today reaffirmed its
previous endorsement of the McFad
den bill with the Hull amndment re
lating to ‘branch bauking. Passage of
the bill by Congress was urged.
Twelve hundred state banks in all
sections of the country compose the
section which endorsed the bill, de
clared Grant McPherriti, of Chicago,
president of the state bank division.
The council today proceeded with
the hearing of reports of its various
committees and commissions. These
reports were expected to occupy to
day's sessions of the council, with
new business to come up Thursday,
the last day of the meeting.
On Thursday resolutions pertaining
to the policies of the Association wil
in order.
Tonight the annual dinner will be
given, with Dr. Edwin Mins, of Van
derbilt University, as the principal
speaker. He will talk ou “The
Changing South."
MEETING CALLED TO
COMBAT FALL OF FRANC
Premier Briand Convokes Extraordi
nary Cabinet Council Thursday
Paris, May 5.—(A 4 ) —Premier Bri
and has convoked an extraordinary
cabinet council tomorrow to discuss
measures to combat the fall of the
franc which had reached 31.73 to the
dollar at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon.
Finance Minister Perct is returning
to the capital.
Youth Who Attacked Family Has
Escaped.
Baltimore, Md„ May 4.—Armed
posses searched t in vain today for
Harry M- Rowe, Jr., 30-year-old
former soldier, accused of attacking
with club and knife his father, step
mother and half sister last night in
their home on Johnny Cake Road,
Catonsville. Baltimore county police
wired descriptions of the fugitive to
several Ohio cities, where it was
learned, young Rowe had clone
friends. A theory that the attacker
had committed suicide wanted when
searchers failed to find his body.
Dr. Harry M. Rowe, treasurer of
the Oarrosea Rowe constructiion
company; Mrs. Rowe and Dr. Rowe's
daughter, Portia, are in a hospital in
a serious condition.
Wreck “Avoidable.”
i Washington, May 4. Derailment
of a Southern Railway train near
Rutherfordton on October 1, 1925, re
sulting in the death of three and
injury to 11 employes of the rail
roaod, has been declared to have
been an “avoidable" accident caused
by the fracture of a truck frame, by
the director of the Bureau of Safety
of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission, in a report just Issued.
Rows Mean
. - c
One of the outstanding members of
ihe Cornell varsity crew this season
!a E. L. “Commodore” Anderson
Anderson is No ■> and pulls a mean
»r they say Cornell, by the way.
looks for a winning campaign on ihe
water with the annual Poughkeepsie
regatta standing out aa the big
event.
STRAWBERRY SHIPMENTS
SHOW RAPID GAINS
Fifty Cars Moved Saturday and Sun
day and 117 on Monday.
Tribune Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh, May s.—Strawberry ship
ments from North Carolina are show
ing rapid gains, according to reports
issued by the state department of ag
riculture Tuesday, which showed t'.iat
fifty-one cars of berries moved Satur
day, and Sunday and 117 cars on
Monday. The reports were received i
in Raleigh by leased wire and showed t
in addition to’the figures given above,
that an additional carload was shipped (
by express Monday.
More strawberries are now being (
shipped out of North Carolina than
from any other shipping state. Ber- j
ries from California and Louisiana
are all having to be shipped by ex
press on account of the competition
from the Old North State berries;
Tjic total carlot shiiWntp lor the
entire United States b> dates. AS of
May 3rd ngggregated 2,209 as com
pared with 4.380 on the correspond
ing date last year, showing a de
crease of 2,177 carloads.
North Carolina berries are selling
on the eastern markets at a range of
from 23 cents to 31 cents a quart,
although a few choice shipments are
selling in New Yorw for 32 cents.
WARDEN INDICTED FOR
FIRST DEGREE MURDER
In Connection With the Death of
James W. Knox, fat 1924.
Birmingham, Ala., May s.— OP)
Charles R. Davis, general convict war
den in this county, and four convicts
formerly imprisoned at Flat Top
Mines, were today indicted by the
Jefferson County Jury on charges of
first degree murder in connection with
the death of James W. Knox, at Flat
Top in August, 1924. Besides Davis
the persons indicted are: Cecil Hous
ton, white; and Elbert Lewis, Joe
Payne and Homer Anderson, negroes.
Houston was a cheek runner or
straw boss about whom much testi
mony centered. Lewis and Payne are
alleged to have been connected with
puported events immediately before
the death of Knox. Anderson is charg
ed with filling the body of Knox with
a metallic poißon “under orders of su
periors" after the man had died in a
laundry while undergoing a “duck
ing."
The persons indicted today were all
in confinement except Warden Davis,
■ who was relieved of active duty some
weeks ago at his own request pending
the outcome of the present inquiry. It
was expected that Davis would sur
render to authorities aas soon as he
learned thauhe had been indicted.
1 The solicitor asked that the case be
made non-bnilable.
Mile. Lies Schrier. the Dutch bil
liard : player who holds the women’s
championship of Europe, is planning
an exhibition tour 6f America next
fall.
Star Theatre
Thursday-Friday, May 6-7
“The American
Venus”
WITH
Esther Ralston, Ford Sterling,
Lawrence Gray, .(“Miss Amer
ica”) Fay Lanphier, and the
Atlantic City Bathing Beauties
Actual Scenes of Atlantic
City’s Famous Beauty Contest
A Picture Well Worth Your
Time
IT’S A PARAMOUNT!
ADMISSION 10c AND 25c
Today Is Your Last Chance to
See Harold Lloyd’s Greatest
and best Picture
“FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE”
THE TRIBUNE I
PRINTS 1
TODAY’S NEWS TODA®
NO. 104-
oftSed
FOB OM lit I
It Has Been Decided sM
Start, Campaign on $$9H
12 Instead of May 11 as |
Was First Announce^,
SUCCESS SEEMS !
•CERTAIN SOOM
It Is Believed That Cam
paign Will Be Easily I
Completed in Two Dsyf. i
Meeting at Y Tuesday.
The annual financial campaign fop $
the Concord Young Men’s ('hriatia*K
Association has been postponed one
day. the change ns announced tqd/Nf I
making the dates May 12th nhd 13tb.
Tiie decision to change the dtttep
was reached at n meeting of the Ckwef
pnign executive committee Tuesdajßf
night, it being explained thqt aig
many members of tile campaign ffnms
wanted to be in Charlotte on tyay :j
10th for tiie races and therefore imSm •
not be present for tiie final P r enßJ»
tion meeting, the ates were moveil i
hack one day.
To perfect their plans all workers j
willl gather at the Y Tuesday liighf
at 0:30 for a luncheon meeting. 'fAj
this meeting the team leaders wfi|
discuss plans with their' members mSI
cards will be distributed to the yayl)
otis campaigners.
All ministers of the city have been I
invited to attend this meeting so as to
lend their moral as well as physical
influence to the campaign. .•uie.fH
Dr. T. N. Spencer, chairman
the committee, stated this morning
that the meeting Tuesday night
n most enthusiastic one. “Members ,
of the committee are demonstrating .
a fine spirit in the work." he stated,
“and they begin the campaign with
determination and optimism.” sM
Practically every member of the I
committee was present for the meet- :
ing. it was stated, and it was decided
to leave the budget as it was this
year, the amount sought being sl<L- :
000.
H. \V. Blanks, general secretary of
the V. is planning now to have a«
edition of The Concord Daily Trib- :
unc, this edition to be made, publie
on the day previous to tiie opening!*
of the campaign.
’’Business and professionaU#i#« of 3
the city who wish to exptenf theiy '.l
views on the Y. M. C. A. are askait n
to send in their eftpy to me at-aaee.l’ :
Mr. Blanks stated, adding that al-. |
ready a number of men have sent in- 1
articles and photos for the special J
edition.
In addition to these artMUW and- ■:
photos die edition will carry, stories
relative to the work of the ‘*“Wig
tion, and also there will tfe’ ngay j
photos covering the activities in the
association building.
Individuals and business concerns
of Concord are making the speeia}
edition possible, Mr. Blanks statadf
Cards bearing the names of all
persons who have subscribed to the
Y in the past, together with thows
bearing the names of new prospects, ■>
have been prepared. TheseVid be :
distributed to the team members and j
the eanvasgers will see only the per
sons whose cards they hold; This
plan will eliminate confusion atwl du
plicates.
Race horses, representing the sev
eral team captains, will be lined up in #
file gymnasium of the Y each time
the reports are made. lVith every
850 reported the horse will move a
certain number of feet, the plan being
so arranged that the team repotting j
the greatest amount of
will win the race.
It has been arranged to admit the
public to these sessions ro they can -
see, from the balcony of the gyte, the
progress of the campaign as shewn
iii the progress of the horses.
ENGLISH IMPEACHMENT i&M
TRIAL IN NOVEMBER )
An Agreement is Reached to Hold j
at This Time.
Washington,- May 5. 04 3 )—Ui (iffn
dent Coolidge was told today by Rep» ’
resentative Tilson, of Connecticut*. 1
the Republican House leader, that an
agreement had been reached to hold
the impeachment trial of Federal j
Judge English, of Illinois, iri Novem- )
her.
Dr. Watkins Re-elected. (,-1
Memphis, Tenn., May s,—OP)—Dr. i
A. F. Watkins, of Meridian, Mism,
was re-elected secretary of tbe gen-1
oral conference of the Methodist Epjftl
copal Church, South, in the opening
session here today of the twentieth i
quadrennial conference of the
It was the fifth time Dr. Watkins hnn.i'j
served as secretary of the oojafercflfija)
The election of a secretary fol
lowed the opening roll call.
SAT’S REAR BAYS ’ J
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Fair tonight, Thursday fait, ritdnin
temperature in west portion.
ate north and northeast wlndr, WM