North Carolina Newspapers

CRRiLL, Editor and Publisher. ME XLVIII. Si w Textile Plant For This City Now Assured (■;, Has Beeri Issued by i?try of State for Ho- Manufacturing Co. \ \ r "i * * \ CL-/iN'T YO Sf ART BOON y! ? : i Prod ore Fancy (: l ed Hosds aud Will He ,fart Ca! Near Site of Gib -.■! yiitmii aciuring Co. i ..< now N4oo.t)'X> textile ■ : : ! >’ a:•snmi-1 *v the is h,V : in* Secret: I r.V rl I : Id!.;. I" oil Mil nilf.iCtUr ■. ( •;■! :' . •>! i ;,iis ct; y, and I lie an <■.<>>■ > i : n»; ;in•: ji ,i t he, coiiqmm.v i hat a , . i i ;<■ 1 1nu i.T ;ii • mill , ii i i 1 <-u»fy l« mi awarded, ■ -in in .!; • i l limt• <ti: l le J - 1- . ii. I If)* . of fhf» y> .... i, .i i!• I. • . Ra mix;) tit, A. i; i;,, i|. At!. I!i nil hi. tA. < *ii 11 - , t p. \V i *■«i• x*• j*. \f. i.. Cannon n«f : r r, . »!li.•••..!(, .1 r. The company is j. ... : ;;tfip l'o|* Sit M ).< «» of Wllicll slii-i.ui.d !..-is )h*;*ii pxti«l in. Tin* !.; v ,i!: iv # hecu received. n,.\- j.iniii ai 11 1m» n weave mill , v :! :;• n mil Filey celornl goods.' . ' , in i txji.s no looms of the ■ i;. *;i . ini design will I)s' in i. ; "ii :!!« <■> loom', have already -t i!. it li.:s• hm*n i;itim;ii*“d ii,.- :i, ... i.uratio s that the plant ! riii:.raod ,ii er its goods lu*vt* ..-■i |: • 1 i tlu market and have i■- reputation they arc ex iilish. Tie* building will „ ■ >m ;, » . iwn .viorii-s in height and , - : ■(! iii't south of the (Jib .,i, ' aalm fining Company. on the -, -i v. i , ti.o tracks of the Sonth ;• U; away f mapany. A . .It ::i dy * * plant and the latest i ■ !> at:' w:il he pa rt ot' the the i ompnny. The strue •, ill I • ■•t t. d by Lockwood ; -. , on , . . ill embody alt .i: i yea, ilatioit devices that •< ll \i ;!t I ni (‘inly for tin* , :*• x1 it • el!, ployes. V:|.- !. .1- !'«.)• i lit* home of l lu* new puretyui* ! ft .".i V :v, ii -, *1*■ or ami M,r. \\ 1-’. (Jo«|d n: *i i •• one, ty a'djollis ttio lafihs < * i.ii'Min Ataiinfaet utiit.u < ttnn tii-* unv company will* have I:- *• »v -trie .and sewer lines «<•- • . its plant. The property al* 1 i*• i;,> ill** property of the Sonth !'. '!■ : , ('omp.aity. nntl shipping ii I:: i«*' mi lie had. without nmeh •iv to i!i • new e«»mpanjv Ti;r i.'iiira'a t\»r the work lias heen ■' !•.' t!i«* :t a hehintt tlu* itrojeet." ami ' •< \ : i linn, 'vvnrk is e.\ix*ete«l~"to Ik*- ii * - t,u ;;> materials can Im* sivur “.i. The ma< hinery lias lieen ordered t ip; . i a' Mniii jis the structure is iti • dt:--?. t- iita'se it. i;" >'i in tiers of the eoijiiKtny • i -T - ■ll la id ;i nieetinj; as the . t titly . veeeivefl# recently, l iii : ,i reason tin* management iit-n plant is unknown ;it this ei--. Tin* sOi k 1 toldt“Vs pi-nimbly-a\ ill \\t *k. at wlti- li t ime t In* ■ ' will he eltt>son. and these in . wilt .*!*-*i• i the who will it-ii.e mamaaemeat of the [ikint '-it so .-era l I.f the Theorporators f. '.it !.holders .of tlif* new ;-i:. i w.i >i(.i;t» ti..' IW.I of 1 te'-'-m Alauu-i-.cturin" Company, -auh'..-lion of the new eompspiy v i t -I to bring about any - • V•' the i,t*rs.mnel of the Gibson ii; . mt . mt. aeeordinjt to reliable in : i I’he personnel of rite nian : : i i the llobarton Company w.ill fii a- stum as determined. *: tit-vv nlaiit. arr-ording to one of iet has heen prominetit u> ' 1 :.i/.ation. will be financed al -1 >a ,'. |,y < oiu-ord cjipit.ih and • .- ; ey Idea] labor. < »nly two per ■ - 1 ■lmt ut es 11n* city have. stock : ' ee!;i,.;t||y. ;(*'(•<•.'llillg to ’r(TutWO • 1 'v . on. jmi they have only a N *;;''• •' l:i . ■ t, |»,it* iit df the edtnpany and ■ v, liieii will hdtisti* it will 1 ' • ord dtse of i lie most mod mills in the I'nitvMl States, ii. oi-porator's stated. There i '• nlaiii:. lull none more I • !•• ad.le.l. ■>:, Ctitjapan\ is the first ■ e • rjiorat ion organized in before !!n* World \N ttr. ' Mill is |jiin* most recently ami it was completed l*e . *' ’tiipatiy derives its name from " .Free df its incorporators I»i! rnhardt and Bruton. " ‘‘iu* a frotsky Are Doomed to Die. ch i4.—Russia’s iead , ! *• 'id Trotsky, are doomed Zy ■-i ‘ling to Cl tales R. Crane, a* a minister to China left Loudon for the .after a five months’ J "im. Mr. Crane, who ban M-'t-ow and Petrograd mi the course of the last T’lta: the soviet h,remi<»r v m.thly in ti dying eondi ■>. he asserted, is sutfer < ' 'Uiv malignant ah- I • He is obliged to re b»r it.ivg periods of time, 'ba: not yield to ' ’ ;.c :n<-nr. i - nn ss e. by legislative be -ii graiilicd e(p’.:tl s „ ii with men on the ' Vm•, foimnittees and primary 1 ‘hi two political parties. THE CONCORD TIMES ’ t * - :!* T *:* x -i ; o -I- TS3KKIC (jRRMAXK X * Y S£iDT AMI IvHJ.KI) rr Buesscldorf. March I.T t By c Associated I're^s). —Three (i*»r- *]- . mans \;ere siuj! and killed by •!• •* t i'ciu-ii eofi-'o iddjT.v while try- ‘T • ■ vo i>r<?;:l. initi , machinery ’>" av:irehouse at fie klijighausen. h- A<-i tiiii- ; {<, the Freti' h nil- 'T ■ . noi??:< emoiit flu* shoot ing took c place alter the Germans had dis- :T reg;mh*(! me usiiiil elijili('nge-. -I* . * | < s > ~. -T_ -r y y y. : _!£ o ; THE BEST COTTON VARIETIES. Toial I Now Narrowed Down To Two or Three. U ileiglt. N. <'.. yiarelt IF. —During ■he past levy xears. tin* Division of -Agi'otioni,* of the North'Cttrolina. I!x --1 it*i iid* 111 Mat ion has tested over 500 varieties of cotton.. Some ol the best ot these varieties ha re li *eii further se ieet: d b\ Dii. R. > . Winters. Plant. ; e'*< '• tor tin* Station and have In < n improved until now the bett«-r of l hern n.tve uv< raged ahotit !tl pounds of lint per acre more than tin- local varieties with which they have been compared. in carrying on this work Dr. Winters "has found that flu* total of cotton varieties may now be rowed down to two or three which give tiie best yields for the State under I toll weevil conditions. I The three varieties which st>e ciail.v iee<*mmends at this time are Cleveland Pig 8011. Mexican Big 801 l and Edgecombe Cook. Cleveland Bill BoJl has yielded best bn Wake, GranviPe. Halifax. Hert ford, Bertie., Chowan, Edgecombe. Cra ven. Cleveland. Iredell, Pender. Samp son. Bladen. Scotland. Cumberland, at?d Onslow Counties. A Lexicon Big 801 l Inis yielded' best in Johnston. Greene. Edgecombe. Montgomery, southern Anson, Ithh mond. Bition. Rowan. Alstmanee. Meek leniiurg. and Rutherford countTes. Edgecombe lias letl in one lest in IMgceoifthe County and stamlk well .wherever it has been tested. Dr. Winters believes that the State ciiti make a reputation for its cotton il the g ovvers unite on some few va rieties tdmt give be-i yields and ijual ity of liar. He finds that those seo litiis in other parts of the country jl.at have male ;t reputation for any product .'tv tht* one?* which r- -ati-irs: jo grow the sating l lung as 1b varmtv amt inuility. Nortti Georgia is now losing some of its deputation as ;i great < ot ton producing section hoenuso of the constant mixture of varieties .during recent years. li is found also tfiat because* ot'. their low yield, poor quality of lint, and other undesirable qualities under hull weevil conditions. Tarheel • grovy ,ers should now discard certain varie ties among which- are tin* following: King, Simpkins, Ricks, Medford. Ruck er’s Select, ingold. Sugar Loaf, Per ry's Improved. Ger-Tliere-FM'st, and Beat-The-8011-AVeevil. THE COTTON MARKET First Prices Were 2 to 24 Points Low er On Obi (Top Positions, But Gen ex ally Higher. New York, March 15. —The cotton market was very irregular after the opening this morning. About 50 March notices weie reported in circu lation. leading to liquidation of near -months; while latej* deliveries were influenced by relatively steady cables and reports of unfavorable weather is the South. First prices were 2to 24 paints lower on old crop positions, but 5 to 55 points, higher. Cotton futures opened steady; March 50.75: May 51.10; July 30.42; October 20.75; December 20.2(1. GREAT BRITAIN MAKES HER FIRST PAYMENT Pays United States $4,128,085, Leav ing a Total Balance Owed of $4,- I 600,000,000. Washington. March 15.—The first payment of the British government under the recently negotiated debt funding agreement will he made today i <tt New York Federal Reserve Bank. Although the formal agreement has ; not yet been actually signed, the Lon don government made its desire to make at once tin* $t.l2S,OS.* pay ment neee«ssai\y to reduce the debt to an even $4*100,000.000. the figure upon which the. 02-year funding plan was calculated. DURHAM TRUST CO. GETS CHAMPION FIBRE STOCK SBOO,OOO Worth of 7 Per Cent. Prefer red Stock Will Be Offered Exclus ively on Southern Markets. Cincinnati, Ohio, March 14. —Nego- tiations for the purchase of SBOO,OOO jof 7 per cent, preferred stock of the [ Champion Fibre Company of Cincin nati, mnd Canton. X. C.. have been clos ed by a syndicate composed- of (’han ncr iN Sxiwyer, brokers, of Cincinnati, and the First. National Trust Co., of Durham. N. C. The announcement of the comple tion of negotiations says that the | stock is not a new issue, but is sold lout of the company’s treasury, bring j ing the outstanding stock of the issue i up to s2,o<M),oo<). j it is v stated that this treasury stock is to he offered the public in Southern markets exclusively. T The funds an* to ho used to retire a A mites of the eempany up to 105-0 maturity, and l’or new equipment for the plants. M tries A. Piesir.gcr, president of ‘ the Minnesota Stole. Board of Phar nmey, is the only woman in the United ' States to hold such a position. PUBLISHED,MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS .PAUL SrHENCK HEARD n\ Lot Al. fiOTARTANS The Candidate For DifTriel Goveimor i M«kcs Fine Impre.ssion.-—Noted | Btsihk rto Be Here. i Paul Sehonek, of Gi'C<*nshoro. e.andi t ditto for tii** Governorship of the sSth , triet in Intermitional Rotary, was a gae. i of tin* Concord eitt i ;t! its week . ly meetiiig yesterday. In addition !<* Paul the* club had as its guvsm \V. \V. . Si riugfollow. of Aimistoii. Ala.. E. « . Biwnhjtrdl and Rev. C. Rowan, of Concord. . W. C. Walker and Walter Sullivan. . high :chot l -students, jippeared behuv the club and tin* former spoke briefly . in the inst rest of" the high stihool hase . hall f' .-tm. The school plank to enter the team in Tin* high school champion ship series this year, and the club members were nsKod to p.v«vhase sea son tickets of 81.00. so the team could no (imtmoii. \ intnifter of the ineni '!>v'is tiurehas<*d thi;ets after tin* m«*vi ' ing. | Gus Hartnell, chairman of the "On ito t 'iiarlestoi?" committee, reported j that he would continue to -receive :m --ipli.cations for reservations up to Fri day night, it is not definitely known 'now how many Concord Rqtarians will -'attend; the district meeting. Concord lost in its membership cam jpatigti with tiio Sjilisiihry <-!n!». Tin ! figures v, ere attitoum e.| by- Pee ret ary \ «•. hurt at * lie iju*eting. Tiie averag* (■for ihr* VSalishttiy club for the two ! months was P 7.12 and ttie standing of ,ilie Concord'< luh was P 7.52. As :t re ; suit of Ihe contest Hie Salisbury mem | fiei's will oe honor guests of the lo»:il j eltth memPets at aDneeting to lie held here in tin* near future. The contest F started Janua.ry iirst and ended Feh- J rttary 2Sth. Mr. Rowan informed tlx* club that , Mr. John R. Todd, of New York City. | builder'of the Curnml otfiee building, and recognized as one of the greatest builders in the world.'will speak here I -in March 2bfh. :it an open tmvfing. Mr. . Todd will use as his subject, "Gee. I .ain't it Great To Be a Boy." .and he j will deliver the same address :it Dav idson College on March 27th and at j Princeton University in the near fu ! tuie. The address will,also appear in lan early issue of Tin* American Mag j .azlne. Tlte Puiilicity Committee, with the | jtssiste.nce of President Richmond, will l co-operate with a e<*mnt'ftce appoint; ; ed by the Kiwanis Club, in advertising the coming of Mr. Todd, and in ntak i ing a rra ngeuuaits for his visit. Boys ! and young men will he given a special I invitatiott. 1 | ' Roiar\ And Some of Its Principles" ' was the subject of a tine 'talk by C.an ; delate Seliem-k, who dtH-htred iliat lie did not want to come hero as a eandi -1 la!:*. !." eoiifcented to do so when ip ; tign ii'i bis behalf. Rotary, he Pe i lieves. is "ttiings )>etns iloiit* *P.v <•<>- ; operation." and these are the things j that make t lu* eo-operation : Change of mental atmosphere. Friendship and Fellow ship. Toleration. I lidi vidua 1 responsibility. The speaker declared that he hopes | the members of the club here will nev | or he satisfied "just to he Rotarians." i lie warned against tin* feeling of | complacency. "Don't think that mere ! membership in Rotary is enough. As Rotarians we must a 1 wx|K s reach out i sind grow." _ | "Intelligent leadership is the goal | Rotarians should set for the future.” : t lie speaker said. "We mußt stilly spe cial ami economic subjects and give i sane le:ide*'ship.'” Tin* Rotary elttb that makes PeUig fan emind hoy for tin* eommunity its | sfogjtn will never get anywhere, lie | added. Rotary eluPs must set the lead i in tackling State and national prob lems. ami in setting the right example for other people. Foiling the Man Who “Listens-In.” New York, March 15.—One can nev er he sure, with the ordinary telephone that someone is not listening-in on the private conversation. If there is a party-wire every person who shares the line can, if he wishes, hear all that is said. A n'e.w invention makes ‘the tele phone, even if its is on si party line, j absolutely secret. Called the super : phone, it consists of a combination of - wireless and ordinary telephone sets, f Wlmt the inventor lias done is to devise ji means of sending wireless' waves along a wire. The radio waves move so rapidly tlmt they have no af fect upon either eye or ear, but by means of a special process which is the keynote of the supe.rphone, they 'can he made to keep to a single win*. lAt a receiving end a detector trails | forms the rapid wireless wave into a : slower boat, which the telephone makes audible to tlie human ear. The waves of any station are of a certain length, and no other stations can receive them unless they sire tun ed exactly t<> their pitch. 'Each, of the sets on a party like under the new system has a different wave length, so that no instrument can hear any thing oT a message, intended for an other. As many conversations as de ! sired can he carried on simultaneous • l.v over the same line. i Charged With Beating Wife and Small Son. I Greensboro, March 13.—William ! Patterson, young white man, today | drew the wrath of Judge A. M. Mack ' and the Guilford Superior courtroom generally when witnesses testified to j bruta' assaults made by the man j upon his wife and a small son. ine ; judge giving him the limit two years on the road-s, and expressing regret that the law does not fix ,ne maximum penalty a larger number, of years. If was testified that when he beat his hoy the shirt of the latter was caked with blood. \ Wet do not need to examind tfie faults of other people in order to know how liable human beings are to do foolish things; we have faults of our QVHh CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1923. Lenoir College Appeal Will Be j Launched in This City Tonight ! In connection with the rally and ' l mass meeting of the Lenoir ('allege 1 Appeal forces in Sf. James Lutheran 1 Clmrch this evening the Alumni of! ‘ Lenoir College, under the leadership '.of Rev. R. T. Troutman, alumni chair-! • mati for the (-’oru-ord district, will hold • a banquet at the Y. M. 0. A. at (*» o’clock tlii:; evening in honor of the disting uished sj)Takers who will lie tin* city'.- guests at that time. ~ ‘ The banquet, and ihe closer organ!- ! zation whi.'li is now being effected in ' tIh 1 Concord dictrict. are a direct oujt- i growth of the stimulated interest tak- | ■ injn Lenoir College throughout the' • entire state, as a result of tin* entliu i- ; ■ astic meetings field in-. Hickory <<n ! 1 March 7th and Bth, during Conference i ■ week. Ai the Aiunmi reunion in Highland hall on the former date renewed loyal- j 'jtv was pledged to th» collegr and all j i for which she stands! While warm ' ■ discussion whs aroused , concerning - Hie change of mine from Lenoir Coi- j ; lege to Danie.l Rhyne College, resolu tions of faith and endor>ement> were agreed upon and passed in u spirit of co-operation. At it special night session in Hickory of the Alumni Appeal workers it was ' | decided that as their share of the 1 . sNso,(too campaign for the. expansion of the institution JR.* alumni would erect a special Alumni building on WATTS APPEARS IN RALEIGH FOR TRIAL Former Slate Official Fined SIOO in the Case in Which He Was Charged With Immorality. Raleigh. X. (’.. March 15 (By the I As ociated l'ressi.—A. D. Watts, for-j inter Commissioner of Revenue of j North Carolina today, in city court I plead guilty ,n ;l ehnrgr of {tiding and ! abetting immorality, and was fined sloo and costs. He plead hot guilty ' to :i charge of immorality. The former official, who resigned im- | modi;-; 4y jtfter the piliee had raided j his apartment here in January, made 1 no statement to the ctmrt. other than lu (‘tiler his plea of jftiilty. Two negroes. ( Hi twA#ranthum and Roliert McDowell, charged with abl ins and alietting immorality in con nection with the, raid, did not .appear j in the court. Capiases sent to States- 1 vilh* for service on the negroes have I been returned ami officials stated they j believed tlu* negroes have "departed i for psirts unknown." \ ImiiK'diatt ly after his resignation ! Watts went to Statesville, where he j entered ,u sanatnrium. liis cjisp was I called twice previously in the city j court, but was postponed each time on j the plea of Watts’ attorneys that their j client was too ill to appear. !GERMANY READY WITH NEW PLAN FOR PEACE? Diplomatic Correspondent of London Newspaper Says Such a Plan Has j Teen Prepared. London. March 15 ( By the Associat ed Press).—The information printed Jby the diplomatic correspondent of j the Daily Telegraph to the effect that | Germany has up her sleeve a peace I plan that includes gun ran tees to ! France ng well as international super-! ! vision ol' her finances, attracted con ! siderable attention here today. The article, based on advices which (lie newspaper says are thoroughly, ro | liable, asserts that Germany is not j prepared to bring the plan into the I light light until shq is assured it will ; receive more attention than did the I proposal she had -ready for the London i i and Paris premiers' conference. 1 Unofficial overtures were recently : I made to llie British cabinet by- Gcr i many, the correspondent continues, its \ to whether Great Britain would enter j j the opening wedge in peace negptia- 1 11ions by suggesting that a definite) i German offer would be considered in I London. These advances, the article I asserts, did not draw out a reply from j j the British authorities, and eotise- < jqnently Germany is reluctant to dis-: ! close her hand. IfIRPO AND DEMPSEY CANNOT STAGE FIGHT In Argentine in November, Says Tex j Rickard, Madison Square Garden j ; Promoter. New York, March 15 (By the Asso ! ciated Press). —Tex Rickard, Madison | Square Garden promoter, today do* j dared that Jack Dempsey, heavy weight champion, cannot accept an of ' for of S7SO,(XX) reported to have been ! made by Argentine promoters for a j light with Luis Firpo in Buenos Aires in November, because' of a contract ; under which the South American pugi l list has agreed to box solely thaler' j Rickard's direction for a year. ! British Sleamship Goes Down. | Flusing. Holland, March 15 (By the Associated Press I. —The British j steamship Merville has gone down near Steenbank with the loss of 12 , lives. ~ The Merville, of 1.055 tons gross, was built in 11X15 it) Dundee, and is owned in Golle, England. '• A biologist of the Vienna Unfver-’ 1 sity has succeeded in transplanting heads from one insect to another and i making thorn grow on the new oydy > without fatal effects. Our black water » bugs thrive and cat with its much ! gusto after exchanging iteads as b> u fore. N campus. locost not less titan SIOO,- 000, of whi. h some SSO,d(M) has already ; been subscribed by the faculty and I student he-dy. ■% | -M the haiH|iH4 :it tlu* Y. M. U. A. i this evening, in addition to the protni 'licnt mc.n from tlm city and the Le noir College Alumni from all parts of tin* (Ymeonnd district, there will he ( present as guests of honor Dr. .1 .('. f Seegers, professor of Practical Theol i °g.y at Mr. Airy Senuuary. Philadi.4- pliia, and one of the foremost theol ogians and popular pulpit orators in ! entire United Lutheran Church ;in Auicrlcri: Dr. .Ltcoh L. Morgan, j pro-Menr of Hie Lutheran Synod of ! Nortti C.‘t t otiiiji.: f»r. John (IVory. .president of Lt-noir College, Hickory; I Rev. John. R. Morgan, liMiteiytu?. eolotiei of Alumni Appeal forces; I)r. :G. H. P.'tnnkoke, of New York f'ity. | popuktr cdm-jitiunal lender of tlu* Lutheran Church in America, whose words of encouragement have* thrilled i the Lutherans in North Carolina to tin* heart and have .urged them to greater determination to provide the. necessary tiuaueial support to male I Lenoir College ihe loading Lutheran : cdtu*ttional institution of the New South' and tlu* famous Lenoir Ap peal Glee. Club of male voices, which has sung’its way into the hearts of many auditors throughout this portion of North Carolina.. :'."y ", _ rSyEiiSYi The Treasury Officials Think $400,000,000 Will Be Col lected Today From Income , and Profit Taxes. Washington. March 15.—Tin* first in j stallment of income and profits taxes j covering the calendar year 1022, due I today, was estimated by high treasury I officials at aboui 8 liK).(Kmumm>. J That figure, official,s explained, is j subject to great uncertainty sinc-e col- i lections today will he based for tee- I most part on the business of 1022, and I will show the full effect of changes made by the revenue act of 1021. It was learned today that Treasury officials, particularly those having charge of enforcement of Ru* reve-iiue laws, have begun ti comprehensive study of administrative proportions of j the present act, with a view to ironing tout technical overlapping and other (trouble making features. It appear- 1 {ed that there was no intent to offer I recommendations for changes in the 'tax dittos, except such revisions ns may result from the modification of j the administrative paragraphs. TURKISH REPLY TO PEACE TREATY RECEIVED Allies Are Studying Text of Reply and j • will Take Action on it In Near Future. I Paris, March, 15.—The text or the I Turkish counter proposals to the | Lausanne draft treaty hits been rc j ceiyed ami arrangements have- been made by the allies for its considefa t on at an early .date. 1 The examination of the counter pro posals wil take place in London by I request of Prime Minister Bonnr Law, i owing to the present state of health sos Lord Curzon, the British foreign I secretary, which is regarded as' too delicate to admit of his undergoing | the fatigue of traveling to Paris, or i another continental capital just now. The text of the proposals which arc understood to have heen already i correctly summarized in news dis patches from Angora, and Constanti jnophvwill he made public shortly, its ; the. Turkish government has signified it lias no objection. | Ismet Pasha, the Turkish foreign i minister who headed the Turkish del j egation at Lausanne, is expected to I come to the continent with full pow ! ers to negotiate upon the basis of the. j results that may be reached at the - coming London conference of the pow i ers in wltivh M. Bompard, former am hassador to Turkey, will represtmt {France. Whether the conference i with Isbmet and his associates will bo ; heltl in London, Paris or Lausanne, 'h is not yet heen definitely determin fed. ’ FRANK LACKEY EXPELLED FROM STOCK EXCHANGE I f'liargeil That Ihe Company He Rep resented IMiule Too Much Profit on Dealings. New York, March 15. —The New York Stock Exchange today announc ed the expulsion of Frank B. Lacqey, head of the firm of F. D. Lackey & |Co., of Wilmington. Del. He was ad-; jmitted to the Exchange on June 15, lime. The charges on which Mr. Lackey ' was *expelled were based on allega tions that his firm manipulated re-j ports on orders entrusted to the.ni for execution and that the profits over and above the proper commission ! were created. These profits were re j tallied by the firm in violation of tin*. I rules of the Exchange. | Masons Meeting' in Charleston. 1 Charleston, 8. March 15. —Grand j Master Potent and Grand Secretary | \v. W. Wilson, of North Carolina, and j Deputy (Band Master C. A. Callahan. () f Virginia, guests of the 1 Grand Lodge of Masons of .>outh ( ar : olina in annual session here. Arthur Stern Dead. j Rochester. X. Y.. March 15.—Arthur i L. Stern, widely kno\#u clothing ntttn j ufacturer, died here today. j THE CASE OF JERRY DALTON 2;: Prison Awaiting Death Sentence He (lives Story of His Life. ’j Raleigh, X. (March 15 yßy the ' Associated Press b —Jerry Dalton, un der sentence to be electrocuted' f< ■ slaying his sweetheart and a Frankli I county man, today presented the pro* j lcni of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in i 1 istatement issued itt the Suite Prison. j "The old Jerry Dalton is dead,’" , jSaid the slayer in his plea for a com j mutation, "and the new .ferry Dalton, ‘ j vylio lias worked and fried lit vain to | forget his act of \iolence ami who •has suffered the tortures of the damn led now exists.” | Dalton is in prison awaiting death tin tin* electric chair because he read ■; a- birth announcement in California. . i Twice he was convicted of murder hud | sentenced to die. After his second j trial, he made a sensational escape from the county jail in Asheville, lie lived a model life in California for many months, according to statements, and held a good position. One day lie read tlie announcement of the birth of a child to an aunt, who had moved to San Diego. . The longing to see his relatives, aml to hear from his mother prevailed. Dalton re sided with the family until the latter decided to move to another state. The aunt told Dalton’s secret to her “best friend." The "best friend” told her "host friend. who happened to the wife of n deputy sheriff. Da j ton was arrested and returned to this state. Since then a liamhm- of persons have become interested in bis light to save his life. *i have lived a new life for three years.” said Dalton/ "1 have Ikhmi so ber and hard working and holiest. "If my going to the electric chair to ’ morrow would bring hack to life and j health the lives 1 took in a moment's I passion. 1 would be willing to go. But [that cannot be. ami the state of North .Carolina should be willing to give a i reformed man a chance, j "I have shown the people I want to do right. 1 was only an ignorant kid whenl got into this .trouble. I know 1 have never had my just rights in court, and 1 thank God for sparing my* life as long as He has. He has some purpose 1 khow. anil- my hope is that my sentence will be changed so that i enn be a benefit to my slate and so that l can write a hook of my (past life. - "This hook would he a great help to the young men of today. It would tell of the suffering and torture I. nave j been through during the past live .tears. No criminal blood dwells with in me. I never had if in my heart to kill—and Cod knows 1 am telling Hie truth. _ "I had the chance of being one of tire worst criminals that evqr walked j through the west. But L never had a | TTibugiii Os leaning such a lire. T MSW | recommendation to show that I work i eel in a man’s office in San Diego where jl could have gotten away with lmn i| (Ireds of dollars, hut I never thought of taking one live cents. "My reason for speaking of this is that when a man happens to a misfor tune as 1 have he is called a criminal, or a murderer. But 1 am not at heart and never was,” Ik* said. Dalton killed' Merrill Angel and Maude Grant, described as a "fasci nating widow.*’ in Franklin county in 1911). ills case attracted nation-wide attention. Dalton said, in a recent in terview. that lie was drinking at the time of tht' shooting. lie said: i "When I came upon Asigell and Mrs. j Grant riding together on a road to I Franklin, she wanted to go with me. 'This angered Angel and the quarrel ! started. He,.’reached for his gun. I ! pulled mine and the trigger caught in my clothing, discharging and killing ! the woman. I then shot Angel in self ; defense.” i Dalton also recently expressed him ! self a.s peing in favor of capital pun ; ishment when "a man wilfully kills | another.” Cut because he killed Mrs. I Grant through accident and Angel in ' self defense, according to his conten j lions, he does not believe he should be electrocuted. HEAVY EARTHQUAKE IS CORDED IN ROME Shock So Intense Seismograph Instm ments in Rome Were Damaged. Rome, March 15 (By the Associated Press). —A heavy earthquake at a point not far distant was recorded on the seismograph at Naples and l og gia at (5:15. and d:55 o’clock this morn ing respectively. The shock was so in tense that it damaged the instruments. A dispatch .from Florence says the .observatory there, reported an eartli- I quake ibis morning. Felt in Washington. Washington. March !•».—An earth quake described as of "moderate in tensity” qnd lasting about thirty min utes. was recorded early today on tin* seismograph of Georgetown i nivet sity. Will Call Rev. I)r. Lilly Winston-Salem. March 14.—1 t was learned last night that Dr. I). Cay , Lilly has or will be extended a call Ito the pastorate of Reynolds Pres byterian church, a few miles west of the city, and that assurance has been given that hi* will accept. Dr. Lilly is now pastor of \a large church of his denomination at Lexington, Ky. He served the congregation of tin* First Presbyterian church * here as pastor twice -and was universally popular with all denominations. He is general ly regarded one of the strongest pulpit men of the Southern Presbyterian church- With Our Advertisers. Wriie your will and'make the Giti iens Bank and Trust Go. your execu tor. • The Store That Satisfies.” alias the ! Bell & Harris Furniture Go. has a half page ad. today. They have a wonder ful display of Home Furnishings, em bracing everything that is up-to-the- ( minute in design. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. SEVEN 111, IWO Mm nrn-1 Slot. '■‘O'*’’’ i aImshUUSE BURNED i I * Tragedy Occurred When Al legheny County Almshouse at Angelica, New York, Was Destroyed by Fire. GAS EXPLOSION STARTED BLAZE j * ■ Six of the Women Were Cre mated in Bed and Other Was Killed When She jumped From Window. [ Angelica, NV Y., March 15. — j women and two men perished when I the Allegiuuic.v county almshouse on [the outskirts of this village was bum led early today. The tire started from a gas explosion in tie* basement |of the structure where, twenty-four j women patients were quartered and quickly spread to the administration ! building. I ’’The building when* the women were I quartered was 1150 fec.t long and joined a concrete'structure where the. 29 men j inmates wore housed. Glmrles San ! born, head stableman at the institu tion. lost bis life in an effort to rescue | the women inmates. The night fire man was killed by the explosion. Six women were cremated in their beds, and another was killed when she leaped from the upper window of ; the- blazing building. GREENSBORO HAS NOW POPULATION OF 40,000 New Charier Increasing Corporate Limits.-—Became Effective at- Mid night Last Night. Greensboro, March 15. —Greensboro’s new charter, granted during the re cent session of the General Assembly, went into effect at midnight last night. As a result the city is r*e lieved to stand third in the state in population, with (approximately 40,- 000 people in the did and new dis tricts. The new charter increased the area of Greensboro from 4 to 10.9 square miles, and its assessed valua tion from *45.900,009 U) between *70,- 000,000 and ' The 1920 government census gave Greensboro a population of 19,861; n recent police count raised the figure to 25.375; and now steps have been taken to get an accurate census of tin* enlarged city. DWIGHT DAVIS TO GIVE I P TENNIS PRESIDENCY ; Says Duties of Assistant Secretary' of War Demand All of His Attention Now. Washington, March ,15.— Dwight F. Davis, assistant secretary of war, an nounced today lliat lie would tender his resignation of tlu* United Staff's * Tennis Association to the executive committee of that organization at its meeting Saturday in New York City. Mr: Davis, who is .the donor of the Davis,Gup said he fejt his new duties in the war department would demand his closest attention, and he neces sarily would have to reduce other ac tivities accordingly. Driving Ships With Camphor. New York. March 15.-MVUI ships of j the future he camphor-driven? It ■ was demonstrated recently that this substance will drive, objects through water. A piece of zinc foil was cut out in the shape of a boat, awhe stern of which was placed a small lump of camphor.. The vessel was then placed in a dish of water, where it proceeded to sail round in circles. Had the dish been big enough, this unique ship would have sailed on for thousands of utiles. The secret of the new motive po«tt: is that the camphor gradually <j& solves, thus reducing the resistance W the hack of the boat. In the case of tin* experiment described, this caused a disturbance and forced the vessel onwards. Only a minute por tion of the camphor dissolved, and a pice as big as a pinhead would drive a toy boat many miles. Much ground has to be covered l*e fon* camphor can be used commercial ly as a driving force, hut if scientists achieve the success they expect, ships will cost little to run. and all fear of a breakdown will be banished for tin* simple reason that there will be noth ing to go wrong in a camphoetdriven vessel. S. N. P. A. To Meet at White Sulphur Springs. Asheville. March 15. —Information has 'been received here that ’ the Board of Directors of the Southern NewspajM*r Publishers Association Ims decided to hold the annual convention this year at White. Sulphur Springs, \V. Ya. For many years the conven tion has been held in Asheville. Exchanges to Have Holidays. New York, March 15. —The New York Exchanges today voted to close on Good Friday and tin* following Saturday. — ... .. Reduction in Freight? Rates Ordered. Washington, March 15.—Railroads operating through the southwest and the lower Mississippi Valley were or dered by the Interstate Commerce Commission today to make a general revision of commodity freight rati? schedules now in effect and to put the new charges into effect after June 30 next. NO. ll?*