Thursday. May 17, 1923. HITS ILL KILL (fTIIK UNLESS Ifllffi ARE MET . Diplomatic Repre- in China Must Guarantee That Govern ment " iH Mcct Terlns ' •ITIMAITM IS 'GIVEN BY BANDITS £ndits Sav Word of Chinese Officials Means Nothing to Them.—^ Must Have Guar 3nlee of Foreign Diplomats : \|. lV 1.1 ißy th<‘ Assoc 1- " inlcss the'.foreign dip r,. ‘i<'si iftotivcs in Fliina guar* •'it' I ~|i .in that the Chinese gov lElt"'r- will carry out the terms lix- I'leaese bandits in the Shan- t’hc foreigners held captive ’ KU - "n' i'„> killed. Father Win. Len “t| j ] i l’ics t who c< infer red ‘m'int' l'ailit chieftain Sunday. re r f;: ;' t j M . .vines iran consul tit Len fiw!*iv tL r ~i ' ' !-•> iC'**:-" descrihed the eliief- F:|M ; 1 I ( „, w.Hig. ;is “a young man. c l , 've, il ilrt wearing eye glass. •• Tie- priest persuaded Wang to HC .I;the limit of his ulti which iimi 1m en fixed at two Sunday.. Wang told him I . l it . i.lcilgc< of Chinese officials ,j,,rhinu I" the bandits, and f‘,‘ •!],■ word of tin* foreign diplo " m n>t he given. (Viniuamlvi- Wang drafted his terms ■'j,j ( .|, ( ii,i mit demand money, lint that the Peking government ; |i the ha ltd its to* the status of J :1: , soliiie; s with the pledge that , Vll „]d no reprisals—and t't-,.; i.ciifcrs arriving in Lineheng, iniiinm'i';.id*- hardships, present f,'' IV; i,g> letter to tile, American COH l’fßnmi That Railways Be Guarded. Vcshingteii. .May 11.— A demand 1.. tin Cliiia’M”. go\u*rninent- take im iii+Hiiat' Meps to guard the principal "Mvs'tiita'in railways, especially the T:,iit-iii-l’iik'iw. and the I’eking-Han -1.. iiiitN. lias been made bv the dip fctaatic mri-s in Peking. A .'niiiuiission of foreign military of f,ir,N juts heeu created to protect life |u;,; MoportA. The commission will iivestigaTt* me; sores taken by the pi’kiig go.cnmienr to protect the Chi nry‘riiihvii} > from a recurrence of otunigc' similar to that at Lencheng- Antr-riran Troi‘|i'< Ready to Guard Rail- Tii-nrsi:i. .May 11 ißy tin* Assuciat mii’risvi -American troops here were die rally Sunday morning to he pc,,m] to guard railway property foi'ovms reports m-eivtHl tit Ameri ca! headquarters‘of ;k buttle in progress ’netween Chinese troops alid i. at TsiirgshaiL 50 miles west m' 1. .rMen . the IVking-Muldeii rail >ELL IJKK 1\ MAKING MACHINERY TO SPAIN Spaniard Brians Spansfi Dirt to Stat esville for Experiment. Statesville. May 14. Francisco l’a fi\ df Barcelona. Spain. left last tw-k for New York City after eon- Ketiag seine experiments with brick .ttking machinery at the plant of- J. 1 Steele k Sons. Spanish clay was nf forth • experiments. which re *’/"■ sitisfaetori.lv. Mr. Padros pur ''i'"l a carluail of the company’s ma anil will have them exported to when- he will make brick and U-Niic tile. . ( -'h I’iidriis was held by the immi >rFi(in officers at F.llis island until ' '■lie.! l»y the New York corres ,,*ii(ient hf ,i iSteele A Sons that he c.i.i '-"mi" ni | ;1 coniinereial mission. , hiterpiM't it accompanied lii.n here ‘f*'!!' \e\y\ork. Mr. Padros not speak- Ftigii-h. There was B(H) pounds k't <-1 < lay Drought over with ~!M m Strap to Main* Convicts Work. , uv: ,, i j, \j av 14. —'Dm* strap .y r liM 'to enforce work and dis lM tli' Guilford county convict • *' F.nishee. (-ounty eominis j, I ’. ll ' ''Large of the convicts, stat !' - toiluwing a mcctiiig of the u-Mmiers upon ways a*d . ' h : down a sort of spirit of :; g tin- prisoneiy. Some of v . I".'.' ‘' lately refused to work, it 1(| / 1 :ni " •' ve been "tlisrespeetful” Cj ,j ‘‘c’ deports~that they cuV ;,j ' 1 : 're denied. ;ilso reports ..F.., k ; - : ari —. camp boss, had re • Qftlt’ a ~of Lseing allowed’ to t,.;. , 'I 1 "' punishment in order to ' work. All other Sir v "''"d before the strap. "Cnee . 1 1 ’•tusfrrrcd to Federal Court, s S { - V. * ;i r < ll ji.., ‘ :, : t for eastern South iii u>,. ~ :I V assumed jurisdiction jii Mi, , il * l ‘ lour Fnired States >?at*. ,I'eers. charged in the! "irh ii t ;,., A L assault and battery iiavtj,. Lili..as a result of their "f . S, ".’ ,s into the rear wheel •'dll'.V; : oeeupnHl by two •hi'k, \ v ; 1 'i- '' •c. a. workers, '"i s,, , ' i'NUed a writ ol’ cum ‘Lr ~j (l( ■' lli| ig the cases from LeaV*' 1 y' i, ' ' l " t Silow at RotmeV 5 n0.-. ; ‘ ! L IP-Several inches of ' '’njij,! Tuesday morning ■e d b. Dougherty «no 111. v. ~./'l,' ‘ ;i . v - Show also tell *; n M. ;| nd in some places 1 "<-'j "f the ridge it had ‘ nches ile3p. ‘ innv„i , v nseil to generate '' 111 iniatare engine re 'X"v Vork | IS "' ,u *d successfully in ""T'wi.'ti,, , ! ' ,u ' ai, °lie copper mirror , v " !l a test-tube full ' : L tks.- t-' 1, d v Rlicifcut steam to i DAMAGE OF MILLIONS BY FLOODS AT HOT SPRINGS MONDAY City Trying to Extricate It self From Debris and Ruin Left by Flood, Fire and Wind Monday Night. NO LIVES LOST IT IS THOUGHT Splendid Marquette Hotel Is a Pile of Ruins, — City Is Without Street Car, Elec tric or Gas Service. Hot Springs. iMay 15.—(By'the As sociated Press) —Hot Springs at noon today .was endeavoring to extricate itself Horn d?bris and ruin left by flood, fire and wind which last night wrecked the business district of the city with damage to property which is expected to run into the millions. Several persons are reported to have been killed but thus far reports of fatalities have not. been verified. It is not expected, however, that the deatli list iwill exceed three or four persons. \Yhile the monetary loss is roughly figured in the mi ions. no accurate estimate is available at this hour. ' The Marquette Hotel is a pile of charred bricks and stones, represent : ing a loss in excess of $150,000. The only building left -in iMarquette block is the Citizens National Bank. The city is without street car, elec tric or 7 gas service. All utility plants, including the telegraph office . were, flooded and put out of commis sion. Marquette Hotel Burned This Morn ing.—No IjOss of Life. Muskogee. Okla.. May 11 tßy the Associated Press). —T'p to four o’clock this morning there had been no con firmation of reports from loss of life at Hot Springs. Ark., the Southwest ern Bell Telephone! Exchange at Lit tle Bock advised the company’s ex change here this morniug. The Mar ipiefte Hotel at Hot Springs was de stroyed by tire. This is the only fire reported. Water stood six feet deep in the telephone company's office at , Hot Springs. No Lives Lost. Memphis, Tenn., May 11.—A tele gram received from tin* Western Cnion ■ manager at Hot Springs at 10:10 this morning said so far as is known no Jives had liecn lost, lmt that the Mar quette Hotel and a number of nearby buildings bad been destroyed. No ac curate estimate of the property dam age was available at that hour. Flood Sweeps Down oil Hot Springs. Memphis. May 11. ( l>y the Associat isl Press.) —Hot Springs. Ark., famous resort and city of many disasters, was stricken last night by a flood which swept down the sides of the three mountains which form tt triange about the city, and by tire which broke out in the wreckage. Commencement at Greensboro College. (Jreenslxiro. May IB. —The com mencement season sit Greensboro Col lege will open Saturday. May I’Bth. and extend through Tuesday, May 20, having as its principal speakers I)r. Franklin X. Parker. Emory University: Rev. G. Ponnshell. Nashville, Tenn., and Dr. Harry Chirk, of the same city, according to the program announced today. Forty girls are in the senior class. Saturday evening, the school of ex pression will present a program of en tertainment. The following morning at 11 o'clock. Dr. Parker will deliver the baccalaureate sermon, and in the evening the anniversary of the Young \Vomeii's Christian Association will he observed, Mr. llounshell being the speaker. On Monday afternoon, tile ,Alumnae Association will hold its an nual business meeting, followed by class day exercises. At six o'clock, the aliimuap-student dinned will be serv ed just previous to tin* annual con cert. Dr. Clark will deliver the lit erary address at the graduating ex ercises Tuesday morning at 11.30 o’clock. John A. MeCufobiiis, Salisbury, May 15.—John Absolum McCtibbins, aged 72, of 'Mill Bridge, died in a Salisbury hospital last night following a stroke or para lysis which he suffered whi'e attend ing the state convention pf Patriotic Order Sons of America in the first session of the annual meeting in the community * building. Mr. McCubbips was a widower and is survived by four children. Grady, who lives at the old home place. Clyde, of Bethsadie, Maryland, Mrs. William Longstreert, *o.f Trenton, New Jersey, and Mrs. Myrtle L. Crabb, a Presbyterian nrssinnary in China. Gov. Trinkle to Speak in Greensboro. Greensboro.^May IB. —TJov. E. Lee Trinkle, of Virginia, has accepted an invitation to deliver tin address here at noon Saturday, June 30. before the council of the Carolina#, Lnited Com mercial Travellers at that time. Ac ceptance of the invitation to visit this oilv and deliver the address, was re ceived today by officials of Greensboro Council U. T. C. in charge of arrange ments for the eon vent ion. Firpo and Willard to Box. New York. May 15.—Luis Firpo, of 1 the Argentine, and Jess W illard, j former world's heavyweight champion, today signed articles to box for Tex [Rickard in a match to be held in the vicinity of New York not later than July 7. The winner of the contest will be matched against Jitck Dempsev- for the world's title. I The first elevator of a modern type was exhibited in New A ork in 1813, but not until twenty years later were elevators used for carrying passeu gers. , A W —— No New Prison Inquiry In This County Expected at the Present It is very probable that another investigation of prison conditions in tlds county will not be made, though J. F. Day vault, chairman of the hoard of county commissioners, is expecting daily a letter from Attorney General Manning asking that lie co-operate with the solicitor of this district in investigating conditions in the camps. The commissioners last week institut ed anti complefqd a thorough inquiry into life in ftie camps of Cabarrus, and in view of this fact it is probable that Solicitor Long will accept the report made, by the commissioners last Hsjt nrday and not ask for another investi gation in this county. Chairman Dayvnult this morning stated that lie had not yet received the letter from Attorney General Manning, but he is exacting it today. Press dispatches from Raleigh Monday stat ed that Mr. Manning had prepared letters for every solicitor and county chairman in the State, asking that they make the investigations or assist in making tlnfin. Solicitor Long, whose home is in Statesville, this week sent a letter to Mr. Dayvanlf, commending the hoard of for their prompt ac tion in investigating conditions in this county, and assuring the -commission ers that he would assist them in car rying out any recommendations they might want to make now or latqr. COWS BROUGHT INTO THIS COUNTY ttIST BE TESTED Law; Passed By Legislature Will Be Enforced—"R. D. Goodman to Look After This County. R. D. Goodman, county farm agent, states that cows cannot be brought into this county now except for im mediate slaughter, uness they have been tested for tuberculosis. The* county Commissioners recently in structed Mr. Goodman to check up on the county and to prefer charges against persons who willfully bring untested cattle into this county. “There is a State law against this practice.’’ (Mr. Goodman said, “and I am going to enforce it as i can. This county recently spent several thousand dollars aving its cattle in sisected, and this money will be wast ed if we allow oersons to bring un tested cows here and possibly infect our cows.” Persons who purchase the cows will be held responsible. Mr. Goodman stated. The cows must lie accom panied by a certificate, signed by the proper authorities, stating that ( she has bee tested and does not nav: tubercu'osis. LVtrj Goodman is having a number of placards printed now. . pointing out the law on this matter, and these will be posted at prominent places throughout the country so that the public generally will become familiar with the law, NEW $1,000,000 COMPANY FOR C OUNTY C HARTERED C'annon-Robert Interests, Inc., Granted C harter by Secretary of State. Raleigh, May 11.— I Capitalized iit sl.- (KHMHX). and having as its incorjKira tors M. L. Concord. .Tolm M. Robinson.; Charlotte, and L. W. Robert. Jr.. At lanta. Ga.. the Cannon-Robert Inter- j was granted it charter today by Secretary of State \V. N. Everett. J The company is given permission to ■ promote manufacturing and other in- j dustrial and commercial enterprises. The principle offices of the concern : will lie iit Kanapolis. \0 MORE CONVICT WHIPPINGS IN FLORIDA Bill to Ban Punishment Has Passed Both Houses cf the Legislature. Tallahassee. Fla., May 15.—Final passage of a bil to ban corporal puni shment of convicts in this state was effected today when tit? senate by it vote of 15 to lu refused to reconsider j its action of yesterday in banning Its l whip. i The action of tin* Senate means that j it bill requiring the state officials-to j elimitiats whipping from their calen dar jbf prescribed punishment goes to the Governor. Encampment Week For Woodmen of the World. Salisbury. May IL—The Week be g'nning July 13 will be encampment week for 1.200 members of the Uni form Tank, Woodmen of the World, of the sixth district, including North and South Caro ina and Virginia* and Salisbury has been chosen as the site for the camp. That the camp win be held at the local fair grounds is the news from E. B. Lewis, one of the managers of the soverign camp of Woodmen and chief engineer on the stsiff of General Frazer. The camp whs held here several years ago and the fair ground was found to be tin ideal place for it. Lord Ash field, head of the London underground railways and omnibus services, spent his youth in America, where he started his career at the age of eleven as a messenger boy. RESULTS TELL Tlibi’e C an fee No Doubt About the Re stilts in t’omord. Results tell the tale All doubt is removed. The testimony of a Concord citizen Can easily be investigated. What better proof can be hud? J. A. McEacliern. Mgr., street car company plant. 31 X. Xliite St., Con cord. says: "It has been several years since I used Doan's Kidney Dills but they did me a world of good at one time. My kidneys troubled me an aw ful lot. My back was tame and nett ed almost continually* and I couhqFt do any stooping or lifting on account of the severe pains throughftlie small of ruy hack. My kidneys didn't act right. Doan's Kidney Pills were re«- oiumemled and 1 used them. They 'soon gave n#e relief and 1 continued using them until 1 was free from all kidney complaint.’’ Price title, at all-dealers. Don't sim -1 ply ask for a kidney remedy—get • Doan.'s Kidney Pills—the same that ' Air. McEacliern had. Uoster-Milburn Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, X. Y. THE CONCORD TIMES Mr. Long also staled in the letter that he would visit the camps of this county when he comes hack to Con cord for the next term pf Superior. Court, and as he did not intimate that he would lie here sooner, Mr. Day vault believes that the solicitor plans to ac cept the report made by the commis sioners last Saturday as a final and satisfactory one fqr this county. In the report the commissioners de clared they could find no evidence of prisoners being cruelly treated. f Some of the prisoners had been flogged, the report said, but there was no evidence that the floggings had been brutal, and they had been inflicted after the pris oners disobeyed orders or refused to, work. The report also stated that the superintendent, of the camp had been instructed to give his men plenty of wholesome food and not to work them in the rain or under other”unfavora ble conditions. The commissioners in s preparing their report visited the chain gang camps and gave every prisoner an op portunity to make complaint if he had a complaint to make. They went into the matter thoroughly, and as the re quest from the Attorney General is expected So soon after the investiga tion was made, it fk very probable that no new inquiry will be made now in this county. McBRAYER INVESTIGATION * begun at Raleigh today By Special Legislative Committee Ap pointed at Last Session. Raleigh, May 11.—Investigation of charge's of mismanagement against Dr. L. B. Mcßrnyer. superintendent of tlie State Sanatorium for tlie_treat ment of tuberculosis, was resumed here today by the special legislative committee appointed by the 11)23 North Cavoliim General Assembly. A session was held at the eapitol tit 10 o'clock but a recess was taken un til 2 p. in. in order that attorneys might confer with witnesses and make other arrangements. Dr. Mcßrnyer was expected to take the stand in ins own defense, while Dr. W. S. Rankin, I secretary of the State Board of I Health, itlso was scheduled to testify, j Approximately fifty witnesses, it | was reported, have been summoned by Representative L. Broughton, of Wake, who brought the allegations against Dr. Mcßrayer. •SAYS WOMAN REALLY IS MRS. CLARA PHILLIPS I. • So Says Jesse Carson, Who is Posing as the Woman’s Husband. Tegucigalpa, Honduras, May 11. Jesse Carson, who posed as the hus band of the woman held by the lloii- Idurnn authorities as Clara Phillips, the California hammer murderess, told newspaper men today that the woman in reality is Mrs. Phillips. Carson, who sis also being held by the authorities, asserted. liowever. that Mrs. Phillips \fas not responsible for tiie (lestill of Mrs.’ Alberta Meadows, for which she was convicted, the-real slayer, according ». to his story, being another woman. In.view of this, lie j added, lit* would light sigainst the cx- I tradition of Mrs. Phillips, spending $10,(H!0 if need he in her defense. ! NAPOLEON’S MARE FOUND l Englishman Half Bought Animal and Had Hide Stuffed. Paris. May 11. —The hay mare Na- I poleon is supposed to have ridden in the Battle of Waterloo has just been discovered among tlit* odds and ends of the Louvre Museum. After the of Napoleon the mare was bought by an Englishman, who kept her until sin' died and then had her stuffed and presented to the Man Chester Natural History Museum in 1842. From Manchester the stuffed animal found its way to the Louvre, no one knows how, and was relegated to a dusty corner, where it was for gotten until tin antiquarian unearthed it the other dav. % * KILLED IN EXPLOSION. R. A. Webb, of Bridgewater, Loses His Life at Great Falls, S. C. Chester. S. (\, May IB.—R. A. Weld), of Bridgewater, N. C.,.was killed, and Benjamin-Lumpkin, a negro, of Great Falls, S. probably fatally injured in tin explosion near Great Falls today, according to reports received here. They are said to bo employes of Scott, Stuart & Jones, contractors. DR. RIVKIN ARRESTED. Had 100 or More Engraved Plates for Counterfeiting U. S. Currency. Chicago, May 10.—I)r. Felix Rivkiii, it dentist and,artist of New York and Chicago, was arrested today its he stepped from n train at the Union sta tion. aud 100 or more engraved plates for counterfeiting I . S. currency of various denominations were seized, according-to Federal authorities. Sanatorium Probe to Be Expedited. Raleigh, May 15. —With the re sumption of the legislative com mittee’s investigation of Superin tendent L. B. 'Mcßrayor’s conduct of the state sanatorium, the committee this afternoon served notice on ioun sel for the complaintants and for Dr. (Mcßrayer that it proposes to tx pediate ths matter with all speed? The annoucement of the committee followed a session broken into by failure of Witnesses to appear afld was) accompanied by adjournment Un til Wednesday morning at 9 o ciock. d. M. Robertson Special Agent L. S. Department of Labor. Raleigh, May 12-J. M. Robertson, chief of the Bureau for the Deaf, lias been appointed special agent of the United States Department of Lahof. Free Employment. Service Division. M. L. Shipman, commissioner of labor and printing announced toriSy. * I Dancing instructions will be given j by Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Houser at the ( American Legion HnlU starting today, i See ad. in this issue. What woffid happen if a community should give the same thought to the development -of the character of its _ boys and girls that it does to the de velopment of its commerce? ! MILLS t NABLfe TO I KEEP DOORS OPEN Fall River Cotton Factories Can’t Com pete With Southern Mills. 1 Fall River, Mass., May 14—The tex i tile industry of this city with twelve of its largest cotton mills closing their doors tonight for an indefinite j>criod and more to take similar action as the weeks go by, while the remainder are to operate but three days a week, is facing ruin. The closing of the Tecuh seh, Granite, Cornell, Flint, Barnard, I’ocasset, Troy and other mills brought about by the inability to compete with Southern, competition is but the ini tial move in the transfer of their op erations South. More than 15,000 hands are effected by the ! ''shut down. Most of these con cerns have completed their contracts. The move, though sudden, was not un expected for ever since the granting of a 12 1-2 per cent, increase in wages in this "city, business has been on the steady decline while orders have fall en steadily. The condition of the cot ton market coupled with the attitude of buyers in the cloth market has been such that tin* manufacturers have re fused to place goods in their stortf houses and has hastened orders few and far between, have been filled ac cording to reports from authoritative' sou ices, at a loss. Manufacturers and brokers declare that it is impossible to attempt to compete with the cotton industry of the South, especially since the last in crease in wages granted the employes. “Frankly we are up against it,” de clared an official of the'Fall River Tot ton Manufacturers Association tonight. “Conferences arc useless, we can op erate only at a loss and if we are to remain in business there is hut one tiling we can do, follow the general move to the South, to the Carolinas.’ TWO TIMBER TREES THAT ARE NEW TO SCIENCE Discovered by H. M. Curran, of State Agricultural Extension Service. Raleigh, X. (\, May 12.—Two tim ber trees new to science, discovered by 11. M. Curran, farm forestry expert of the North Carolina Agricultural Ex tension Service, while he was engaged in forestry investigation in Brazil, r have just been named by I)r. S. F. Blake, of the National Herbatium. Smithsonian Institute. One of the species will have as its name - "Bros iinuui Columbianum,” while the other will be called "Brosimopsis Diandra." These trees were discovered by Mr. Curran during his investigation of tropical forestry in Brazil and Colum bia and arc closely related to the com mon mulberry of this country. "I found one of them on the coast of Brazil and the other in the flood plains of the Rio Magdalepa River.” Mr. Curran said. “I believe they are destined to play an important part in solving future forestry problems both in this country ami South America. “They are large timber trees, grow ing ton height of 125 feet or more and with a diameter of three feet or over. From fifty to seventy-five feet of the bole can be used for timber and the wood is pure white, very .hard and tough and is a good substitute for hick ory. The ‘flivvers’ of the future' prob ably will be equipped with spokes made from the wood of one of these trees— the Brosimopsis Diandra.” A complete description,of both trees is found in Volume 55 of the. Biologi cal Society of Washington. Both spe cies were studiefl at the request of Dr. S. J. Record, of Yale University, who is engaged in the study of koods of this family. Dr. Blake states that the trees will be of great commercial importance. PftlSOX BOARD TO MEET. Governor Morrison Notifies Board to Meet in His Office Thursday. Raleigh May 15.—Governor Mor rison tonight notified members or the state prison board to meet in his of fice Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at which time it is expected that material modification of the prison board’s position in investigation of the institution will be made both by the board and by the Governor. Chairman Leake’s letter not a cen tury ago indicating his satisfaction with commissioner Kate Burr John son’s investigation and even welcom ing such an inquiry, is discussed whether there is any such now or not. At any rate, the prison board is not going to meet eajly. What. Governor Morrison lias in mind to Tnake an ideal prison he has refused to say, but it has been known a while here that he has asked the attorney general to find if possible some way by which the warden’s present duties of electrocuting may Ue taken from that office so that the mender of broken lives will not be the same man who ends them. Wheth er there is any law >bv which these functions can be divided, the attorney general apparently has not sa.d, Diit this is believed to be one of the things which his- excellency has in mind. Attendance Double Previous Conten tions. Salisbury. (May 15.—The state con vention of the patriotic Order Sons of America meeting hers today in an nual session had double the attend ance that had been at any other of the state meetings during the 13 years of the association's history and the interest - manifested indicated that the Jn a flourishing condi tion. The net gain in the state during the past year was around 1,000 mem bers and the financial reports showed several thousand dollars more in the treasury than any previous report j had shown. This order conducts its own funeral benefit assiciation with in Salisbury and reports from this de partment were very gratifying. Bryan Can’t Be at Montreat. Montreal. N; C.. May 10. —Dr. Char les Goodell is scheduled to deliver the principal address at the Wednesday t ;evening. pre-assembly session of thei {Southern Presbyterian church here, j having been substituted for William Jennings Bryan, who notified officials he would not be able to attend the meeting this year.* The following j morning, the initial session of the six- j ty-thinl session of the*General Assem bly will be held, . Dr. R. C. Reed, of tho Columbia Barring of newspaper men and even messenger hoys from the floor caused a flurry of excitement in the trade. At the office of the superintendent of the exchange it was said no announcement would bo made as to the nature of the secret session. BOND .STILL IN JAIL Charged with Killing with His Auto mobile Five-Year Old Child of State Capital. Raleigh. May 15.—H. W. Bond, young printer, who was arrested ear ly today charged with runing over with an automobile and killing John McKt*e Horton, 5-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Z. V. Horton, here last night, was still in jail this afternoon bavirfg been unable to furnish SI,OOO bond. Bond did not stop the automobile after it struck the child, according to the police. The little boy died in a few minutes after reaching a local hos pital. Bond told the police he was too frightened to stop.' He was arrested at the Union station where lje had taken some friends to a train six hours after the accident. THE COTTON MARKET Showed Renewed Firmness at Begin ning. First Prices Being 11 to 42 Points Net Higher. New York. May 15. —The cotton mar ket showed renewed firmness at the begining today, first prices to 42 points nef higher on overnight buying orders, further covering atid scattering demand promoted by high er Liverpool cables, more encouraging reports from Manchester and contin ued crop complaints from the South. Cotton futures opened firm. May 2(5.50: July 25.30; October 23,20; De cember 22.87 ; January 22.41. SIO,(MM) REWARD OFFERED Fbr Information That Will Clear up ti»e Mystery of the Death of Leigh ton Mount. Chicago, May 1(5 (By the Associated Press). —-A reward of slO,l (00 was of fered today by the trustees of North western University at the request Dr. Walter Hill Scott, president of the institution, for definite information that would clear up the mystery sur rounding the disappearanee of Leigh-, ton Motuit. a freshman, who disap peared September 21, 1021, after a class rush. (Serious consideration is being given to the'construction of a uertv iriferoeeauic canal, either at Panama or the Nicaragua route. ■The Panama Canal cost in round numbers $400,000,000. The gross revenue for the fiscal year of 1922 was $i1.197.- 000. In six yteArs the canal has in creased its business almost 300 per cent and it is increasing yearly. PAGE FIVE GUILFORD COUNTY CONVICTS OPENLY DEFY THE GUARDS Superintendent of the Cen tral Camp and of the Road Gang Tender Resigna tions.—Situation Serious. PRISONERS WILL BE GIVEN LASH Prisoners Take Advantage of Agitation Over Prison Re form to Shirk Their Work, It Is Reported. : Green sltoro, May 15. —Guilford coun ty eommissldners were marking time today pending completion of investiga tion by County Attorney John N. Wil son into Guilford’s convict camps, where, according to the county coiu i missioners, prisoners are shirking* • their work and in some instances open ly disobeying and cursing the guards. The commissioners’ decision to em power the county attorney to conduct an investigation with a view to find ing some solution of a situation at the camps which is described by the com- ' mUsioners a s serious, followed a spe cial meeting late yesterday afternoon at which time Martin Burfis. superin tendent of the central camp, and Charley Andrews, superintendent of the road gang, tendered their resigna tions. Both men reported to the commis sioners that prisoners had taken ad vantage of the agitation over prison reform in this State during recent weeks and are shirking their work, many instances of flagrant disrespect toward the guards being Pending the report from the county attorney. Giles Foushee, commissioner in charge of the convicts, announced today that the lash will he applied ns a last-resort to maintain discipline but only according to 4a\v. —> - HOME missions with ’ y SOUTHERN •PRESBYTERIANS The Committee Is Now* Greatly in Need of Funds. The call to members of the South ern Presbyterian church in the Synod of North Carolina for the cause of home missions during the year la-gin ning April 1, is $78,000 for svaod’a home missions and $07,000 for pres bytery's home missions; the first of these figures is 10 per cent, of the en tire budget. The home mission com mittee of the synod and of the presby teries are greatly in need of funds for their work and are handicapped in the work because of lack of funds with which to meet the pressing needs de volving upon them. In order to con tinue their work, the home mission committees of several presbyteries have been forced into heavy debt be cause of the fact that the churches • are not contributing their apportion ments for presbytery's homo missions. In the\ Synod of North Carolina the home mission field is white unto har vest. and with a sufficient number of workers and sufficient money to meet, the needs of the work there would I>h a great ingathering of souls during the coming year in this synod. The fol lowing Distances illustrate the crying need of this work: Only recently a white man 87 years of age was found in Edgecombe county who never had heard the name of Jesus Christ, until he was told the gospel Story by the minister who found him and who led him to Christ. One Presbyterian min ister aloiie has established recently five Presbyterian churches in the northern part of Johnson eoifnty, thus changing the entire condition of a huge part of the county. Some home mission pastors have the care of five or six churches because the hodic mis- ■ sion committees have not mbney to provide for the support of a 'suffi cient number of missionaries. There is a great need also for church build ings for congregations now worship ping in sclio