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ii B ciit? JI RTT L itor ” n( * Pub^she r \OLL-V;b' Xi-Vlll. Williams Is Reelected header of Republicans , ri! r»'<'nh in County Con- Liable to Carry Out Plans in the Face of sivonir P iiliams Support. kTSTLER HEARD K ON POSTMASTERSHIP Convention Did Not Give Voice as to Its Choice, However. - Blackwelder Ran .\gaiit-4 Williams. .M ,i:i.hl\ tire Lvo fne )., ...j'llie.-ui party in Cabar -1 . a- test i tied by actions r '‘ ' |. ,-m: it; v convention held thire is not enough insurgents to oust 11. \ »-;i r> leader of bis a nil acknowledged n as the leader for two n • ■ i..n to Mr. Williams • . ,lining die convention .Majority with him. at ;i' votes were the in the convention lie 1 both c'titesfs with Hying - ‘if all kinds afloat ;,.n day forecasting ■ " c< nventioms in ■■ r~ -iiiiiiiic the Republicans. The ru-J ■ " . |r , !t ;|n.)itly were well-founded hut | K'.' ' .Mil iiV si much smoke before I ....... stl |,j)urt given the county I K ,|,y hi> Republican colleagues j ■- r nven tie it. The contests ap- I Vll!v (listtirbeil Mr. Williams bur Tit ■ ~t eeitli lence given him h... amt in' * 11 ■ i,.,),;. ;ir ic,uri!s for it. ■ T's -ifeetinii (>f tie citairmau and B „f rite executive committee. ■,.-ig v.ith the po^fmastership matter ! B'lii'l.t'i ground f r the reports that B. f . )nv .'iitimi wettld be historical. The I Krmer tw.i ipte'tions furnished no thrills ■ ail. ami the latter was nipped so ■iicklv \vh»n presented that few -in the j Bawd' :z m1 j what was happen- j ■ Mr. Williams was opposed in the race j thec!:.iirma! ; -hip by Buford Black-! B Siler. i'i,e of ilr- eoiiutv s young Repnb- | Mr. Williams received 73 votes I the fir-t balbt: Mr. Blackwelder j Rat’s about as eh -e as Air. Williams’ 1 ■ipenents could get to him all after- j ■ ■\M tew executive c<mmptte« was ap-; R.ufcd. f If Al ll aUI moved that j ■/'ores*;:' O'M.'./ -or.'.- „tjntit~.aMOJ.harj Hfl etitio-’ called to lia'me candidates'j B< «•«!•»v offices, us. 1 tliis motion car*j Hpi. it apparently had the support! Ms. Williams. u;i • a neuion that the chair intie also until the* next eon-; ha! Air. Williams ,-||. wed a dis- a t 1 «|ei,uanil a v. to of eonfidenee ■ P-'cin a: d t lie m-umii was lost.! B l '' tiro two preciia ts report. No 1 I ■fftMiiii and pi'ioinm nite. township ’ :, re rdackwoidcr thoir solid vote. Brea ,n all. but af'er :!.at the Williams’ ■ |F ' in rapid!' aml when it was " Vl 1 had f. and Air Blurkwehle • B Bra i I h hu>;:!".. of the «■ invention : ■ ''.el heen coin hided Mr. AA’illiains ■ "any further husin«ss.” That I 'tsna! Kd. Kestler. as ■ ' M 1 " Mwtma'-'ierAiip. to state I Ah- Kestler declared' B "friend; v~ p. ntest” on for B coffin, j, ], ;n ,d | l(> though~lf fir - B • • * tixo 111 i 1»; 1 give voice as B the mat tor. Spectators BJf' M ears at the apnea ranee ■ r. Kisti,. r . },,,• 1 j,,. mlitor had eharg- B lutt Mr. Williams was V '•:;<•••. and they wanted r, i- onto, me would he. B’,i:!” " f,i! b'tig to wait. Mr. B lhat he did not think ■ ‘°iei tor the (piestion to he brought B ''pivetit ion -which has been B '"" 11 now." Every one E mre interested in the party B ttffic.'. he contended. B. V:l ' -aid. at least the ehair- B ’’ heard nothing, for about B^i"-. l ehainnan asked: H Is fee || ey • business?” ;| d.i eirn. ' sliottai K. J. Bl K:| ri ip, IK ■ heard tin—”. started Mr. B 1 Mr. Kestler interrupted B iar had a motion bi'fore ■ “Vt, ■ Dot. i' not recognized be- BriUb. ''’’ U:l ' "" -"cond to it.” Mr. ' J ‘dlUs |1 y,. ( , ■ ■r ]- (i () ' 1 ill a supporter of B,) i ,‘' ~^M r - AVilliams replied, ■ Ih'iv \i! 'j'." 1 has been made.” B • Ix'-iier rose Imrriedly from B 1 ud.-d that he be heard. ■ a right to put the ques- B 'tubers of the Republi- B . bat'fieidarly to the con- B "'Uive committee, which B '"h has final say so a* B , appointed. B /. •i" ,ll 'ii hits been mad( B AVilliams calmlj B " "ady for the ques B^ fr,lli!inu - ,(] page four) j 'UIAT Mrs BEAR says. F 3 I I ~ ' 1 \ " R ;t ' t ‘“-\vi i;u r ’'" i ' : fl,if ! probably Tues<lay H ’ ''•'irrih.p THE CONCORD TIMES ; j CASE AGAINST MRS. CANDLER DISMISSED Police Chief Says He Made Raid at Request of Hus • band of Woman. I 1 Atlanta. March 3.—Th case against Mrs. Asa G. Candler, Sr., and G. W. Keeling was dismissed and W. ,1. Stod ' dard was bvund over for another trial ’ under a bond of S3OO here today when given a hearing in police court on charges of having been in a place where intoxicants wore being consumed. 'fhe original charges against Staddard al-o was dismissed, but lie was bound {over under a new charge of violating the , State prohibition law when he assumed! responsibility for the partly filled bottle < f liquor found by the police on a table when Mrs. Gaudier and the two men were arrested. Police Glief .las. 1.. Reavers, testified! thru he raided an apartment at No. 48 Juniper street on the afternoon of Feb. 1 D upon complaiut of Asa G. Candler, Sr., the aged millionaire husband of the j | young woman. There lie found Mrs. 1 Candler and the two men sealer! around j | a table on which sat a bottle partly filled 1 j with whiskey, he testified. Chief Ilea vein said that Thomas j I’itts, an employee of the Adair Realty [ Company .who he said was working for j Mr. Candler, asked him to make the raid, saying he had been shadowing Mrs. | Candler for some time. Reavers said i he called Pitts in to identify Mrs. Cand ler, and that I’itts asked that Mrs. Candler be taken to the police station. l’itts on the witness' stand said ho had been shadowing Mrs. Candler. After averting that Asa G. Candler. ?a. had made the complaint and that | ”Mr .Forrest Adair told me to make the raid” the chief of police in answer to further questioning by defeuse attor neys, denied that he was under instruc tions from any one to make the raid. shouting “No one instructed me. and 1 they never will in such a case." KOHLOSS RESIGNS 1 Far Firm Home. Hint of “Charges” and “Investigation” Among Reasons. j Washington, March I.—The resigna i tion of li. A. Kohloss. as general prohi bition agent with headquarters at T>en- I ver, became effective today, it i« under | stood. Mr. K at one time held ! the position of prohibition director in ‘h.-I vo disclosed little fo ld in II tion of late days to discuss this ■ development for publication.- When in { quiry was first made about the rumored resignation of Mr. Kohloss one was ro | minded that "the North Carolina man had found himself a long ways front home, and it was suggested that he might Ibe afflicted with homesickness. Later i the possibility of “charges” of some kind was admitted, and there was talk of an investigation under the direction of the intelligence division of the treasury department. Still later there were ad missions that Mr. Kohloss would retire l from the service under a "nominal resig nation.” Commissioner Rlair is known to have had this matter uifcler advisement for. , some rime, and it isla development that doubtless occasioned no little embarrass ment. for a battle has raged about this ■ appointment from the beginning. Orig inally Mr. Kohloss was put into office at the instance of the late John AT. Morehead. but many of the party lead ers were never reconciled to the appoint ment. Some party men desired to make an issue of it at the last Republican ! State convention, and to make repre sentations to Commissioner Rlair on the supbject. Tar Heel to’ Get It. It is not thought that a North Caro lina man will be given tlie position made vasant by the resignation of Koh loss. BOND IS ALLOWED * ALLEGED SLAYERS Further Developments in the* John Ford Murder Mystery. ‘ Gastonia. March 1. —Judge A. M. Stack today in Mecklenburg court, on • j habeas corpus proceedings, ordered the I release of Ransom Killian and Joe Orr. * charged with the murder of John Ford, under bond of SIO,OOO each. The decision followed n conference with Solicitor J*hn G. Carpenter, At torney A- <l. Mangum. representing (laston county; Attorneys li. (I. Cherry, T. L. Kirkpatrick and T. G. Guthrie, representing .Toe Grr : Kemp Nixon, representing Ransom Killiam: Ernest 11. warren and 'Clyde R. Hoey. repre senting Arthur Crowder, and J. Frank Flowers, rej)resenting Effie Grice and Essie Beattie. The bonds were made and the defendants released. The two gilds will probably be released upon their own recognizance- DISCI SSION OF" BONI S COMES IP IN HOUSE Proposal Made That Bonus Be Given In Form of Paid up Insurance. 'Washington, I). C., March 3.—Propos als to make soldier bonus payments in the form of paid up insurance, led to several arguments today at the opening of public hearings by the house ways and means committee on adjusted compensa tion legislation. Representative Andrews, republican, of Massachusetts, explained to the com mittee a measure he lias introduced pro viding for insurance with an option on cash payments for those veterans not en titled to more than $50.00. Offer Bill For Philippine Independence. Washington, March 3.—The House in sular affairs committee today decided to report a bill providing for Philippine in dependence. AMERICAN TROOPS AT HONDURAS TO AID NEITHER SIDE I . Have Been Advised to Main , tain Neutrality While the I Fighting is Going On In That Country. INSURGENTS WON VICTORY SUNDAY I Gen. Ferrera «Led Troops in Battle—American Proper ty Menaced in Two Sea port Cities. | "Washington, March 3.—Strictest nett- 1 , fro 1 ity between the rival revolutionary ! j forces in Honduras has been enjoined upon Americnn naval commanders in 1 Honduras waters. They have been di- j j reefed to confine fhemselviv strictly to I protection of American lives and j ests, and not to permit their operations : j to assume the appearance of American • I intervention. j The forces of the de facto government • were seriously defeated yesterday by the "revolutionary column commanded by; General Ferrera. The fight occurred at Tamara, fifteen miles west of the Hon duran capital. Presumably -an attack by Ferrera on the capital is imminent. The wife of the de facto president, Gutierrez, luts left the city for the sea port of Amapaht, General Ferrera is believed here to be supporting the candi dacy of Ron ilia, one of the three aspi rants for the Presidency. The cruiser Denver, flagship of Rear Admiral Dayton's special service squad ren, is still at Ceibn, and the cruiser M Iwaukee is expected to arrive soon at j Amapala. Americans and their porer ty have been menaced by disturbing in these ports. PRESIDENT REFFSES TO DISCI SS MATTER Will Not Reply to Vanderlip’s Statement < oncerningDaugherty's Resignation. Washington, March 3.—White House officials said today that President Cool idge did not care to dignify by comment the declaration of Frank A. Vauderlip yesterday that the President lad asked j but had not received fffe resignation of T Attorney General DiiugTier/y. The story nf position to speak authoritatively, Dauglicrty May Semi Important Message. Miami. Fla., March 3.—Attorney Gen eral Daugherty will send amessage to! President Coolidge lute this afternoon "which may he considered important." lie said at the Nautilus Hotel here today. He refused to divulge the nature of the communication. WOMEN KILLED WHEN CAR LEAVES HIGHWAY Mrs. B. A Todd Killed ami W. W. Cranslmrn Injured in Accident Near! Asheville. Asheville. March 3. —Ti e body of Mrs. R. R. Todd. 2G years old. of Brevard, who was killed in an automobile accident neaer here yesterday, is being held at a local undertaking establishment pending the arrival of her husband from Miami, Fla. W. W. Cranshorn. 3*2 years old, a dentist of Pisgah Forest. N. C., who was 1 in the car with Mrs. Todd when it plung ed down an embankment and turned ov er. was only slightly "injured. Mrs. Todd was driving at the time, and it is believed she was smothered to death. Ti e pair were on their way to Asheville from Hendersonville. - ■ —- ONE MAN KILLED IN AFTOMOBILE ACCIDENT John C. Bethea Killed ami B. M. Ha mer Serious Hurt in Aciedent. Charlotte, X. C., March 3.—John C. Bethea, Jr., 24 years old. a bank teller, of Dillon, S. C„ was fatally injured, and R. M. Hamer, a planter of Hammer, S. (’.. was seriously injured when an auto mobile driven by Hamer went over an embankment near ‘here today. Bethea died while being brought to a hospital. Hamer is in a local hospital and is not believed to be fatally injured. Three Davidson College students, also in the car. were slightly hurt. With Our Advertisers. Ti e Bostonian Shoes are right in qual ity, style and price. The S. S. Brown Shoe Store sells this famous brand. The Starnes-Miller-Parker Co. has many styles in watches. See new ad. Everybody is invited to the big open ing of the new Bell & Harris Furniture Store tomorrow evening from 7 to 10 o'clock. The Parks-Belk Co. is offering some big values in huek and Turkish towels. The prices range from 10 cents to $1.25. Sec new ad. today on page two and also the window display. The builders' hardware man at Ritchie Hardware Co. is just back from the Russ win factory and is ready to take care of you. T»rof. Flowers Improving. Trinity College. Mar. 1. —It will be of interest to friends of the Col ege every where to learn that Prof. R. L. Flowers. Treasurer of the College, is improving rapidly at the Philadelphia Polyclinic Hospital, where he went two weeks ago for a serious operation. The operation was entirely .successful, and Prof. Flow ers is growing steadily stronger. Trial of Mrs. Candler Next Tuesday. Atlanta, Ga.. Feb. 20.—Recorder Geo. E. Johnson this morning set Tuesday morning at 0:30 o’clock for the trial of the cases against Mrs. Asa G. Candler, Sr, wife of the millionaire capitalist, W. J. Stoddard, prominent dry cleaner, and C. W. Keeling, brick manufacturer. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1924 Progressive Program Pleasing ly Presented Members of Two Presbyteri | an Churches in City Hear Dr. W. J. Martin and Dr. j C. R. Harding. PRAYER SUBJECT OF FINE SERMON 1 Delivered in First Presbyteri an Church by Dr. Martin. —Prayer Great Force Says President of Davidson. Dr. William .1. Martin. President of Davidson College, and Dr. C. R. Harding, j member of the faculty of the same eol ! lege, spoke in two Coneord ehurehes yes ! terday in ti e interest of the Progressive Program of th* 1 Southern Presbyterian t Church. Dr. Martin <poke at tin* First * Presbyterian Church at the morning ser vice ami Dr. Harding at the same time j was heard at the Second Presbyterian j Church. At the vesper services they ex changed pulpits. At each service they ' were heard by largeleoiigregations. j “Prayer” was tlie Fnhjcct of Dr. Mar ! tin’s sermon at the first Presbyterian Church and at the saute Church Dr. Hard ing spoke on "Personal Fvangolbin." A; the Second Church Dr. Martin also spoke | on "Prayer.” and Dr. Harding spoke on "Stewardship and Profession." In liis sermon at the First Church Dr Martin declared he could detecr a note of optimism in the fact that in such move ments as the Progressive Prog -a 1 stress was no longer laid on material things. Not many years ago, he said, when such a program was launched by any Church more emphasis was laid 011 finances 'han anything else, and the fact that he xvas to talk on “Prflyer.” while otler speakers were speaking on kindred subjects, show ed that more fundamental subjects than money were getting the major portion of attention in the Progressive Program Dr. Martin chose his text from the lllrh verse of the atb chapter of .James: ‘ The effectual fervent prayer of a righ teous man axaileth njjlich." In praying, Dr. Martin declared in be ginning his sermon. » person should take the prayer of Christ ars his model. Christ in praying did not just utter words, I>r. Martin pointed out. He sought quietness and gave serious thought to tin* prayer j he uttered. j The speakere jwunted out that)there is I great difference between praying and say ing a prayer, declaring that many arc accustomed to be.i^iiW -Jhe knee anc} ut tering praxer hitr' toHit too Tew are accus tomed to really praying. ! SHOT WHEN HE REFFSED TO TIP ELEVATOR MAN Visitor at Apartment House Victim of Negro Lift Operator. New York, March 3. — What was de scribed as a negro elevator operator's de mand for a tip resulted in a shooting af fray in a fashionable West Side apart ment house a few days ago. Charles Brennan, who had been a guest in a ninth floor apartment, was shot and seriously wounded. Fred Ches ter. who l ad been visiting another apart ment. was knocked unconscious by a pistol. Frank Capel, the elevator operator, was arrested in one of tin* apartments, whose occupants, two youths, also were held for harboring him. although they protested he had compelled the into pro tect him at the point of a gun. Brennan said an altercation arose when the negro demanded a tip for tak ing him to the ground florr in the ele vator. Chester was unacquainted with Brennan but said he rushed to his aid on seeing Cape! draw a gun. Gowned in Burlap Held by Wire. Weal thy Women Appear in Court. Chatham, Ont., Feb. 20.—Grotesquely clad in ragged burlap which was fasten ed to their bodies by hay wire, two el derly spinsters, well educated and re puted wealthy, were arraigned in Police Court, charged with cruelty to animals. They were Luella and Mary Ann Rad more,'whom authorities last night lured away from their valuable 200,-acre farm in Romeny township, after having had to fire their guns in the air a score of times to frighten away the "evil spirits the spinsters vowed lurked in the neigh ed in the neighborhood. The arresting officers told the Court the prisoners had on the same kind of clothes they wore when taken in custody seven yeai"s ago on another charge of cruelty to animals. Milton Shaw, the jailer.’ later reported the prisoners refus ed to doff the garb for the feminine gar ments of civilization he obtained for them. The cruelty charges were based upon evidence found on the farm that man> of the sheep, hogs and cattle whose car casses were found, had died of starvation. The sisters were sent to jail foi . 11 week to be examined for insanity while the charges could be investigated further. Their 82-.vear old mother, who lived on the farm with them, was brought into Court later and placed in care of wel fare authorities. Favorable Trade Balance. "Washington; Feb. 20.—A foreign trade balance favorable t> the United States of $101,381,556 was shown today in figures made public by the Department of Commerce. The department's figures show ex ports for January amounting to $395,- 170.120 and imports of $293,788,573. State Dry Laws Upheld. Washington, March 3.— State laws pro hibiting the possesseion of intoxicating liquors acquired before national probe bition, were sustained today by ike knit ed States Supreme Court. The Southern Intercollegiate Confer cnee basketball championships will b< i he!d in Atlanta February 29-March 4 The prayer to God should he fervent. 1 ns a living thing, the speaker said, and unless it is uttered with a real purpose it will not gain the ear of God. "God wants to be assaulted, as it were. |in prayer." Dr. Martin said. "He wants | to know that you mean it. that you real j ize what you are saying and that you are i not uttering vain repetitions, j "There are several ways a person should pray. First, with faith. Faith ! gets results. "Second with expectancy. When you 1 pray you must expect to get results if i your prayer is effectual. | "Third, with thought fulness. Your j mind must be concentrated on a definite t purpose, and you must know what you want. Do you pray with thought as to what God means and as to whom you ate asking help for. or do you just launch words with no thought as to why you are praying? "Fourth. with earnestness. God is deaf to the prayer that is uttered with out earnestness, t is the fervent irre sistible outpouring that God hears." Dr. Martin pointed out with special emphasis that God says nothing about! tin* prayer of the wealthy, or powerful or influential availing anything. "God said J it is the prayer of the righteous that is heard. We can all come within that class. All cannot get money, or power, or- special influence, hut we can seek right eousnes. "Neither floes God say that only the prayer of the perfect will be heard. If that were true only Christ would have been heard. Rut all who recognize their imperfections and strive for the blesisngs of (iod will be heard." Dr. Martin pointed out that in pray ing one should seek something in addi tion to praising God and asking for the forgiveness of sins. "We should seek I power to help others.’’ he said, and in the fonowing, manner described outlets for power: j "First, through our action. That means I being just wlmt you are. What kind of J influence or power do you spread by your daily actions? By your daily hab its? They should be so controlled as to benefit others. "Second, through words from our lips. Do we talk to hurt or help others? "Third, through our service. How are j you using your talent? Are you destruc- I tive or~ooustructive? "Fourth, through our money. Money ; has a peculiar power for in a sense it is jour own personality. The man who digs in the ditch and puts the money he re ceived for it in his pocket is in reality putting just that much of his self in ltis pocket. ’The first three ways mentioned > elT’ ******' ■ gaffer-•*» & (Concluded on page four.) ! MOB FAILS TO TAKE NEGROES FROM PRISON j Mob at Elizabeth City Dispersed When Mask Was Taken Dff leader. Elizabeth City. X. t\, March 3. —I n in asking of a leader of the mob that last night sought to take El well Over ton ami Sap White, negroes, from the I Pasquotank county jail here, today was credited with having much to do with causing the crowd of men to disperse without serious trouble. Sheriff Ohas. Reid and Captain Winslow, of the po lice dejmrtment, ripped a mask off one of the leaders and the crowd scattered after a number of officials ami other citizens had exhorted the crowd to let the law take its Course. Overton is charged with having thrown W. R.-Bflllanee, engineer of a tug boat, overboard during a fight. White is be lieved to be the highwayman who fatally wounded O. C. Bray, local insurance matt, several months ago. The negroes were hurriedly removed to Norfolk. Ya., after the mob had been quieted. SOUTHERN WILL SPEND BIG SUM AT SPENCER Additions to Shops There Will Call For Expenditure of Several Hundred Thou sand Dollars. Salisbury. Feb. '2D—Construction of a new 37-stall round rouse, an annex to | the machine shop, flue and babbit shop. a 100-foot turntable, two 100-foot engine ! inspection pits, and a 320 foot, runway . to accommodate a 10-ten traveling crane to convey heavy parts from the new round house to the ships, will be begun at Spencer by the Southern Railway just iis soon as contracts can be let, accord -1 iug to announcement today by H. IV. Miller, vice president in charge of opera ’ lion of the Southern. While no statement was made as to the ; cost of the improvements it is known lo cally that they will represent an addi tional investment of several hundred ’ thousand dollars by the Southern at Spen \ i cer. I ONE KILLED. 20 HURT DURING EXPLOSION j 1 Accident Occurred in Explosive Building of Nitration Company. I New Brunswick. N. J., March 1. One > man was reported killed and at least. - twenty injured men were brought to a 1 local hospital today astern a nex plosion jof the TNT building of the Nixon Ni- I tration Works at Nixon, near here. e i A call from Nixon for the Raritan * I Arsenal and the Raritan township fire 1 departments was made shortly after the I explosion. II indows for a mile aiound j the scene were crashed in, and in many ■* j instance* doors were blown from the ‘ j hinges. Reports from New York (Tty said the ! explosion shook the down town district ! there. >- ! r g! Ten years ago the value placed on i- ' “Babe” Ruth as a ball player was $2,- r- 200. This was the sum paid by the Bos- I ton Red Sox when that club obtained the famous swatter from Augusta in 1014. ,o Norway produces more than one-half of the world's total production of whale oil. FRANCE’S ATTITUDE TOWARD GERpvj.,, WORRYING Qm Premier McDonald Sends Another Letter to Premier Poincare Setting Forth Views of English People. AFRAID FRENCH SEEKING RUIN Os Germany, the British Pre mier Points Out, and That They Also Want to Domi nate the Continent. London. March 3. (By the Associated Press). —Premier Ramsey McDonald’s second letter to Premier Poincare of France, published today, sets forth some of rhe apprehensions regarding France's policies held by numerous Englishmen, and these fears the .French premier in | his reply endeavors to allay. Premier McDonald's letter says that the people of England "regard with anx iety what appears to be the determina tion of France to ruin Germany, and dominate the continent without consider ation of our reasonable interests and fu ture consequences to a European settle ment; that they feel apprehension ment ; that they feel apprehension of the large military and aerial establish ments maintained by France.” NORTH CAROLINA NOTES ARE SOLD AT A PREMIUM Money Will Be Loaned to Counties Foi ! Construction of New School Buildings. I Raleigh, Mar. 2. —The stale disposed of its $3,700,000 short term school fund notes in New York at 4.50. Governor Morrison has announced. The First National Bank of New York took them. When the state offered them for sale several days ago the best bid was about 4.75. and it was rejected. Both Governor MorHson and Treasur er Ben Lacy were elated over tin* .suc cess of today's sa'e. The rate for money was reported at 4.75 at the time of the* sale of the state notes, they said, and the fact that the North Carolina notes went for less was considered gratifying- The money will he loaned to the coun ties to aid in the construction of new .school buildings. It was obtained in am i.-ipatiou nf the, 'safo of s.o,<lO(Mlt>9 in land. aTifhorizcd by* the 1023 legislature for the school building fund. THE COTTON MARKET Good Deal of Covering at Opening.—First Prices Firm at Advance. New York, March 3. —Tlere was a good deal of covering at tlie opening of the cotton market today. First price!? were firm at an advance of 10 to lp points, although Liverpool made a full | response to aturday's decline, and there was also some trade buying in.the local market. May advanced to 28.42, but there was continued Southern selling, and the market was unsettled during the early trading. May reacted to 28.08 and after selling at 27.70 on. the call. July broke to 27.38, making net declines of about 12 points. Houses with New ftr leans and other Southern connections were sellers here. Cotton futures opened firm. March 28.10; May 28.45; July 27.60: Oct. 25.30: Dec.' 25.00. SPECIAL APPROPRIATION GETS RECOMMENDATION House Committee Would Appropriate $153,696,587 to Cut Out Deficits. Washington. March L—An appropria tion of $153.690,507 was recommended by the House appropriations committee to enable various government departments to wind up the fiscal year without defi cits. I The individual items include $13,850,- to enable the coast guard to recon dition 20 destroyers, aim buy 325 fast motor boats for use against rum runners. The committee also approved appro priations of $326,000 for repairs and al terations at tin- Ellis Island immigration station, and $150,000 for factory build ings at the Leavenworth penitentiary. No Bankruptcy For M. L. Jackson- Greensboro, Mar. 1. —A petition ask ing that M. L. Jackson, of'Salisbury, be declared a bankrupt, has been dismissed by Judge E. Yates Webb, of Western North Carolina Federal District court, unon request of the petitioners. A. B. Carter, of C-aston county: the Bank of Rockwell. Rowan county, and the Peo ple's Bank of East Spencer. Reasons for asking that the petition he dismissed are not known. Jackson is under bond of SIO,OOO to appear in (federal court here in June to answer charges of violation of the national banking laws in connection will the failure of the Peoples National Bank, of Salisbury. He was member of the board of directors of the bank, a’so a member of the hoard of directors of the Mecklen burg mills company, with whose paper lh<> bank \vn< heavily leaded when it failed last June. | When the petition that Jackson be de j Cared a bankrupt was filed with the 'court here the answer was made re turnable on February 18. and later the j case was continued to February 28. by j consent of attorneys for both sides. Specific allegations of insolvency were cited in the petition- Two Killed in Explosion. Quincy, 111.. Feb. 29.—Two killed and ( five injured, two of the latter perhaps j fatally, and damage estimated at SIOO,- 000 resulted from an explosion at the ■ I North Star Straw-board Mills here to . day. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance, GOVERNMENT CODE ..Mil TO TALK BEFORE COMMITTEE They Will Be Called Tomor row When Oil Committee Will Again Conduct Its Hearing in Public. BURNS ALSO TO TALK TMORROW Will Be Asked to Explain How Employes of McLean Got Possession of Code*of the Government. Washington, March 3. —Cipher experts of the war department who have been translating code messages found among the McLean telegrams, will be called first tomorrow when the Senate oil com mittee resumes its public hearings. Senator Walsh, democracy, of Mon tana. chief prosecutor in the inquiry, said today that translations of the tele grams by the government experts did not differ materially from the paraphrase* furnished the committee last week and arrived at by the use of an old code of the Department of Justice. William J. Burns, chief of the depart ment'* bureau of investigation, will he questioned by the committee tomorrow as to how employes of the Washington publisher came into possession of this code, and whether McLean is n the rolls of the special agents of the bureau at a salary of $1 a month. Burns also will be asked about the “Mary" code message sent to one of Mc- Lean’s confidential men at Palm Beach in which reference was made to Burns and to 'the McLean investigation." Mrs. Mary Duekstoin. former private secretary to Burns, and now an opera tive in the Justice Department, who -'ent the "Mary” telegrams to her hus band. IY. O. Duckstein. probably will follow Burss on the stand. McLean may be called before the com mittee before the end of the week. He returned from Florida last month in re sponse to a summons, but unlike other persons under subpoena, lie has not been required to make daily appearance at the hearings. Senator Wheeler, democrat, of Mon tana. presented tor he Senate today two letter* soy the purpose, he said, of show ing -+he extern to whh*b some of "tin l vested interests” of the country are go ing in an effort “to besmirch the charac ter of Senator Walsh.” One letter, dated February 15th. and signed by Fred R. Marvin, of the New York (’ommereial. was addressed to E. C. Shields, of Billings, Montana, and said the writer wanted to get "the low down on one Thomas lYal*h, a Senator from your state.” "To what extent has lie been connected with Bill Dunn and the radical element?” the writer asked. “No one can give you the desired dope and remain within the realm of truth." Shields wrote in reply. “Walsh is not. and never has b<*en a Socialist. His abil ity and keen sense of justice prevent him from being a radical." REC EIVERS NAMED FOR V-C. CHEMICAL CO. Arthur C. Vemlerhilt and C. G .Wilson Named in Creditors’ Suit. New York. March 3.—C. CL Wilson, president of the Yirginia-Carolina Chem ical Company, and Arthur C. Yander bilt today were named receivers of the company in a creditors' suit filed in the United States District Court of New Jersey. The action was taken. President Wil son said, when it became apparent that it was the only means of protecting the company's assets and property and the best interest* of the security holder . The company has requested its bank ers to formulate a plan of readjust ment. There would Is* not interruption in the normal conduct of the company's business. Mr. Wilson said. Receivers under the direefi ;n of the court, be said, were prepared to carry out all sale* contracts. He saidMie hoped thut the .readjustment plan epuld ve promptly presented and agreed upon. The receivership was foreshadowed by a collapse in the price of the company's stock and bond issue* on the New York Stock Exchange la*t week. NEW SEASONAL RECORD FOR RAILROAD TRAFFIC During Week Ending February Itt New Record for Traffic Volume Was Made. Washington. Feb. 29. —Railroad traf fic volume during the week ending Feb ruary 16th set a new seasoual record. The car service division of the Ameri can Railway Association today report ed that ear loadings totalled 935.109. an increase of 28.629 ears over the num ber loaded during the preceding week; and 118.463 ears over the number dur ing the corresponding week a year ago. Coal was the only commodity which showed a decline from the preceding week. The Fight on Henry Ford’s Offer. Washington. March I.—Opponents of Henry Ford's offer for Muscle Shoals to day laid plans for the fight they will wage next we' 1 in the House against the Mc- Kenzie bill which provides for acceptance of the bid. Books for the Teacher Training School for March 16-21 have come and may be purchased at the Musette. I ? An Australian club-swinger recently - swung a pair of Indian clubs, three and ‘ cne-half pounds, for 107 hours continu - onsl —and then went into a fiit of de | liritim. No. 68.
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