North Carolina Newspapers

B SHERRILL Editor and Publisher yni'UAih Xi.Vlll. South Starts Work of Helping Regions Which Were Struck By Damaging T ornadoes Y esterday I — _ 'iMFOUNB JII k Definitely Known JwMMhers Wore In ilired and Many of Them Jlay Not Recover. lorTH s{ A ffered 4 most . That Stair 66 Persons Were Killed— Georgia Lost ,3 Alabama 11 and North Carolina Three. r , ijj May 1 (tty the As<o ,A:SV,:.o-Witlr ninety tivv persons lj:w mi.re thatt a•. Mere c , s i;nnt<*l.v 7iN> injured, some lVally. mid Uttinlreds homeless, ..i,, a l* 4 «rt ab<mr today T«> relieve i* 'stricken yesterday and Tiies * the woisi wind storms m its Twi*lw‘< dr.wend in? up«»n widely eeefions. ,-an-ed damage es t'; ... siu.iiiHt.iKHi in the seven S.mh Carolina. Georgia, Ala ‘a y orl h Carolina. Virginia. Louisi a ini Arkansas The latter two were „ fif*. "to suffer, being in the area in .|. p (jivtiirbai; originated on ?ilt ] ;i y incomplete reports de ire facilities dis iteted tlie total li-f <f dead ns fjol v C; x Una — Sixry-six. jk Georgia— I Thirteen. Alabama—Eleven. N'.r'h Carolina —Three. Uiidapa—One. A.-kan.-a*-Tlir?i\ With many points in the path of the jUrt*. vet rouiplitoiV isolated, reports ifidithn:'! were anrieipated —a (hid work is proceeding rapidly uii i tn»supervision f the American Red m. a-sistwl hi niit'.eeons 1-cal orgain rx>fr. mmiieipiii ami rminty goverin and imliviilualv Hundreds of i- fi ruinate -urvivors of the Kr. save thrown open their homes to r siferers. while in virtually every tta-y in tilt- a fleered districts tempo- IP kitchens have l>t>.-n set up to dis t** r ■! tn the hungry. 1 fiiunre .if if.sola:'•< n and wreckage a ' •!' the waia nf ihe -turni which I fiitlh I'.itgldy estimated at a l.ibin H,ili- 1 .ng. Its de h t" 1 '. h'Wi vrf. si imed in have >p.-iii a- it sped eastward Gigmia ivning. no d'-nths »W4ig nraurrml ih-r- -n far as known. 'i' ’T"; "to\ damage compared to " l ‘ 'l'-ad and injured and many of !"** c'.ni-t were picked up by tlie In;rl.nl through the air Imn- Miies of teleplmne and Pn-s wen* turn down, hun tlitig- and other buildings from 1 1:t■ ir f oniilations and were uprooted and live •■•l. bridge., wer:* washed away. '•" ‘*i-ii iii many sections by vhiidi aciompanied the IV ■ . .... niiilteji made up a largo j. • " known dead. nhuiirries were destroyed in nml there was tint it plaice " l 11 ' pro a wliii It escaped wholly r,:tal Head \ow ms. j K ,, J [, '* :lv ' 1 l*> tli** Associated f "t additional deaths ' !i Hielilaiiil and Sumler U :;i H t S ‘"‘ ' ;,, '"dna. today swell ml tar " 1,,s 1,1 'l“* .series of storm: jt '' v ' ,M tl‘ ,, a'tern states yester- j. ith Our Advertisers. '.! n causes headaches. Starnev-.MiHer-Parker Co. Hr t. r . * Nwiln!'*! Fri ' lilv ,l "‘ Specialty Hat w.in<li'* ' " '!*■'* sa ' s Wi , , 11! 1 * ,;lr Jtaius await you. p <*nni money het . ( I " ! " in the bank. See* Tii- l' ; , r p [. '. !l ' ttud Trust Co. * "" '* ‘'ffo-ing some - 1 "s tor Friday and Sjit- NaU ln room slippers. ' milliii«*ry and readv *ll*. It J ' T »ay '^morrow"—that's . ("V|lii',on " V|li i ' ,on S <dls goods. ,r:# ' V; i!l ha-i i-’ Truck i “ l a *r* fdants f ' " MMt l’'»no Kico sweet 11 11 I WI It |; ||f * r . j a the 3nr ' * riday. slightly eool " ''‘‘iitral portions to- THE CONCORD TIMES GEX. FARR DID MICH FOR TRINITY COLLEGE He Brough! the Collepe to Durham and Donated tlie Land on Which It Was I Built. . - ) Trinity College. Durham. N. C.. May ! 1- Trinity College. endeavoring to . brace tip under the .sock of the passing ; f-f its late son Joseph H. Ruff, yesfer-i day roct'ived with profound sorrow the I news of the death in Chicago Tuesday ! night of Gene:\‘il Julian S. Carr, one of the oldest of the friends of the College. | In announcing the sad news to the Col lege Community this morning at the regular chape! exercises. Dr. TV. T\ Few. ; President of the College, paid a high tribute to the memory of the distinguish ed citizen of North Carolina and in terested friend of the college. General Carr. Dr. Few said. was I deeply interested in tin* movement | which brought Trinity from the place! of its birth in Randolph county to its present beautiful site in Durham. To gether with Washington Duke and his illustrious sons. Messrs. J. It. and It. N- Duke, lie was instrumental in bring ing Trinity to Durham. It was lie who gave to the college a large tract of land, something in excess of sixty acres, upon which most of the college buildings now stand. Proceeding this throughout the stormy years following the death of Dr. Braxton Craven, founder of Trinity college. General Carr, with Col. J. TV. i Alspaugh and Mr. James A. Gray, I stood by the Institution when its very j existence seemed threatened.- It was the | untiring and unselfish efforts of these j men which kept the college alive in ! those dark days. In 1887 General Carr gave SIO.OOO to | the permanent endowment fund of the I college. This amount was applied to J founding the Chair of Philosophy which] bears his name. Another gift which > General Carr made the college was in the form of a medal, known as the , P.iaxton Craven Medal, which is award-I ed annually for the best essay submitted i by an undergraduate student of the Col lege. General Carr, throughout the years since the removal of the college to Dur ham. has kept in active touch with the institution. For a number of year* lie ta'ettiW -of n*r- TrrtfifT College Board of Trustees, and he lias never spared- any effort in helping pro vide for the rapid growth which the college lias undergone within the past few years. The Trinity flag it- flying at luilf-maet. and the entire college coiiuiuuiitj i> mourning the loss of , this longtime fr’end aml benefactor of the college. NO BURGLARIES WERE REPORTED LAST NIGIH Following Burglarizing of Five Homes Tuesday Night Thief Was Not Active Ijast Night. Police officers reported this morning that no burglaries were reported to them last night and it seems rhat thy person who entered five homes Tuesday ingot lias either left the city or has ceased operations for several days. The thief who entered the homes of Frank Carroll and Z. A. Moore Tuesday night also entered three other homes, it is known. These homes are those of J It Cook, East Depot Street: 1. J. Ferris, Georgia Avenue; aim A. * • Lentz, Franklin Avenue. \ pocketbook taken from the < <K»k ! home was found on the ground near the Carroll home yesterday and this leads officers to belief the thief went to the Cook home first, then to the 1-erris home, then to the Lentz home, next to ' the Carroll home and'then to the Moore j home. , V small amount of cash was taken n> the thief at the Cook home, while he nee tired about SOO at the Ferris home. The money in each instance was taken from rooms in which persons were sleep ing as was the ease at the Lentz home, where about $0 was stolen. Police officers reported this morning that they still have no clue as to who committed the robberies. WORLI) COURT PRO p °* „ APPEAR BEFORE COMMITTEE Persons Favoring American s Participa tion in World Court to Speak to tin* Committee. Washington. May 1 .—Proponents of American participation in the wot id , court massed here today to lay their sir-j gumentK before the Senate foreign rela tions sub-committee authorized to take evidence on the question continued to present their views at today s session ot the hearing. . . ~ The advocates who have joined forces to advance their cause, made way tor the women’s organizations favoring tlie court at the morning session, having selected Miss .lane Adda ms. of Chicago, and Mrs. Carrie Chapman Cntt, of Np»‘ York, as the general spokesmen for tins part of the hearing. . , Representatives of the American it eration of Labor were allotted time to present their views at an afternoon ses sion together with other advocates. Charles M. Schwab Now at Asheville. Asheville, April 28. —( harles ; . Schwab, head of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, arrived here Sunday on his private car for a week’s vacation Mi. Schwab immediately went to the Ashe ville Country Club links and p ayed a game of golf. There wilTbe poaching at Howells next Sunday by the pastor. Rev. M. V. L Preslar, of AVingate, at 3 o dock Sun • day school at 2 o’clock. The public is cordially invited. MARTIN COUNTY WAS j HARD HIT BY STORM * 11 - - . . i . ' _ Citizens of County Set Out ' Today to Make Check of Injured and Ascertain the Extent |of Damage. NUMBER INJURED BY THE TORNADO Ten Persons Were Missing Last Night After the Storm —Three Persons Killed at Pace’s [Mill. Raleigh. X. C.. May 1. — Led by Mayor Cox. of Robersonville. Martin County, a civilian committee set out from Robor sonville this morning to check up the damage and personal injuries caused by the tornado which struck that county yes terday afternoon, causing injury of more than two score .persons, one prahably fa tally. and property damage estimated at j more tlnvn a million dollars. The com , mittee also was to locate if possible, the ten or more persons who could not be located la-4 night, and who it was believ ed may have suffered injuries in the tor- I undo. At Pace's Mill. D miles from Chattel j Hill, where the tornado also strm-k. ev- I cry thing possible was being done for the I s injured persons, and tlie bodies of the I three who were killed had been removed !to an undertaking establishment. Dave j Blalock, bis wife and son. were killed when the mill was swept from its fntin- I dations and carried up a hill more than a : hundred feet, destroying half a dozen houses of small farmers and mill work ers. The body of Mrs. Blalock was found more than •'•Of) yards from the ruins of her home. Raising Funds For Victims. Anders***, A* & 1 of sir,.ooo will be made available by the city of Anderson and Anderson County for the immediate relief of -TOO jhtsohs mad** homeless by yesterday's tornado, which took eight lives and did property damage of $ 1 ..100,000. it was stated to day by officials. Contributions through the Red ('toss have added SI,OOO to the amount provided officially. Seventy-Nine Killed in South Carolina. Columbia. S. C.. May I.—The list of dead ami injured in the series of torna does that swept over South Carolina yesterday continued to grow today as reports of additional deaths slowly trick led into Columbia from 'flu* stricken re gions. Seventy-nine known dead had been reported up to 1 o’clock. The heaviest loss of life appeared to be in Richland and Sumter counties. Twenty-one death certificates lmd been issued in the former, twenty for victims of the Horrell Ilill-Lykeslnnd tornado, and one for a woman lightning victim in Columbia. Sumter county reported op t 022 deaths, all negroes except one. Florence county's death roll stood at 17 by the latest report. GEN. CARR’S BODY IS EN ROUTE TO DI RHAM Funeral Arrangements Will Be Made by Deceased's Oldest Son, Claiborne Carr. Chicago. May 1. —The body of General Julian S. Carr, who died Tuesday night, was to leave Chicago tit 1 p. m. for Dur ham. X. C. His daughter. Mrs. Henry (\ Flowers, of Kansas City, and her hus band, will accompany the body. Although it previously had been understood that the funeral would be held final ar rangements will be decided upon by Clai borne Carr, tin* General s eldest son, at Durham. The funeral party is expected to reach Durham Friday night. The journey will be made byway of \\ asb ington. The Simmons Proposal Accepted by Senate Democracy. Washington. April 30.—Senate Demo crats at a conference tonight formally approved the income tax schedule pro- I posed by Senator Simmons, North Car i olina, as a substitute for the Mellon ' plan. The Simmons schedule calls for re duction of the maximum surtax rate to i forty per cent, instead of 25 per cent, as I suggested by Secretary Mellon, and for a 50 per cent, cut in the normal taxes on incomes below SB,OOO. Asheville Plumbers Get sll Per Diem. Asheville, April 30. —The majority of the plumbing shops in the city reached an agreement today with union plumb ers and steam fitters regarding the new scale proposed by the union and which becomes effective tomorrow. The new scale calls for daily scale of sll with $8 for junior plumbers. All overtime is double time. A young Fng’ish engineer, strolling one evening along a country road, noticed that, the seeds fa’ling from the sycamores acquired a rotary motion be fore reaching the ground. Taking one up, he found that 'the two wings were turned in opposite directions, at an i angle to each other, and that this mutual inclination caused them to re - volve. This gave him the idea of the 5 screw-propeller, which now drives gigantic liners across the Atlantic. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS ’concord,'n7c7tf|orsday, may J, 1924 MAY UNITE *... ~ Present Session of General Conference of Methodists Expected to Be an Import/ ant One. J Springfield. Mass. May I.—With hymns of praise and prayfi's for divine guid | anee the quadrenuialgdelcgated session of ! the General Conference of the Metlio -1 dist Episcopal Chui-tpi was begun at the municipal auditorium in this city today. lAt the first sitting, Vliieli began at 10 ! o'clock and lasted weveral bourn. Pile formal ceremonies of the opening were j gone through and organization wnis ef j feeted. leaving everything in readiness j for the vast amount of business that is ] expected to came before tli,tf body for , disposition. 1 When the assemblage was called to (order nearly all the- delegateo were in their seats and the;, remainder of tlie spacious auditorium \tras filled with spec tators of both sexes; who followed the proceedings with closest attention. There were aocredited to the conference 8>»0 delegates, who. with the fraternal vis itors, come from fortjT-four countries and represent 4,77r>.000 epmiuiinieants of the Methodist Episcopal denomination. Among tlie delegate* are men of na tional and international reputation, con spicuous in the ehur«*fi and in business and professional life. " The present conference is expected to be one of the most important in the history of the churcfi. The plan for unification with the-1-Methodist Episco pal Church. South, drawn up by com missions from the two denominations, will he considered apd acted upon by the conference. .It Is understood that the 'Outlook is favorable. The plans call for a general conference in which both churches will participate while keeping their own permanent organiza tion intact. The merger of the two churches would end a distinction which lias existed since the general convention of ]S4T», when the denomination split on the question of slavery. Other matters to come before the gen eral conference are numerous and so im portant that many of them may create a tempi Vary .sensaficti of tlieir own. Among these are wo(|d peace, whether or not the church shauld have a daily newspaper all its »wi, the social prob lems of today in America, the election of officers for the cninuig four years and the selection of a pfnpe for the next convention, and a number of minor ques tions affecting the administration and policies of the church as a whole and through its local organizations. The question of utnusements will again come up for discussion. There is a strong sentiment .iu favor of allow ing Methodist young*, fceople to dance, play cards and attend the theatre with a perfectly good conscience, and a num ber of the local Have adopts m1 resolutions to tWehd. Questions of theology are not expect ed to play a large part hi the delibera tions. but issues related to church gov ernment and policy are sure to claim a large degree bf attention. The ques tion of limiting the tenure of bishops to eight years, that) of electing district su perintendents at the conferences instead iif appointments by the bishops, also that of frequent, changes of field for church leaders, from hwhops down, are coming up. The five-year limit on a pastor's office in a given field may be, rci in posed. Admission of women to ordination for the itinerant ministry and not merely a> local preachers is to be recommended to the conference, and a strong demand is expected to be voiced in favor of full recognition for the sex in this regard. The entire organizatiou of the ben evolent, boards of the denomination is to ' be considered and* the plans debated for J reorganizat ion. Several plans have been discussed in various sections of the . church and a commission was appointed ro study the question. The general conference will decide whether the pres ent ten highly specialized boards will la* combined into a single general board with many departments, combined with , a smaller group of four or five, or left as they are. I>H. CIIARLEC MANLY DEAD AT GAFFNEY Was President of Furman University For Many Years aiul Pastor of Many Big Churches. Gaffney. S. <\, May I.—Dr. Charles Manly, president of Furman University at Greenville from 1881 to 181)7. died here at midnight ;it the home of his daughter. Mrs. Edward Watson. He was born in Charleston in 1855 and served as pastor of Baptist churches in a number of states. Funeral arrange ments have not been completed. Poppies to Be Sold for Benefit of Ex- Service Men. Durham. N. C., May 1. —Plans for the sale of poppies for the benefit of the ex service men who are in the government hospitals, are being perfected, the Wom en’s Auxiliary of the local i»ost of the American Legion, according to informa tion received at the pos headquarters. For the past several years, it was stated, j tin* Durham women have been taking part in the annual poppy sale for the ben efit of the disabled world war veterans who are in the various government hos pitals over the country. Heretofore the sales have been large, it was said, and ' the belief was expressed that the sales this year would be a success. Statewide Search For Charlie Pritcliard. Chapel Hill, N. C.. May 1. —A state wide search for Charlie Pritchard is said to now be in operation by the friends and relatives of the young man who stu dents say has been missing from the University where he was a student, for two weeks. It has been reported that students heard from him in Durham less than a week ago but at the University it was stated that he had not attended class es since the Eastpr holidays. Sixty-Four Dead Bodies Located. Wheeling, W. Va., May I.—Sixty four bodies of victims of Monday’s ex plosion in the Ben wood Aline bad been found by rescue workers up to noon I today. Drawing of Proposed Hotel Is On Exhibit In City Now *• Tentative Plans for the New Hostelry Call For Building That Will Be a Credit to the City. SELLING STOCK IN COMPANY Old Stockholders to Be Giv en First Chance to Get the Stock Which Will Be a Good Investment. A drawing of the proposed new bote] for Concord is being shown now at the Gibson Drug Store and is arousing keen interest among those persons who realize that Concord's greatest need at present is modern hotel faeilities. The draw ing was made by George Sayre, architect, of Anderson. S. <who has been en gaged by the local company which is raising funds with which to erect the hostel ry. The tentative plaits for the hotel building assure for Concord a hotel that will take, rank with the best in the State. The building will not be as large as runny of the newest hostelries in the larger cities hut it will he just as modern jand convenient, and is being planned on a scale lilting with the needs of the city. It will be seven stories in height, with an outside exposure for each “I*oolll. Last year when the present St. Cloud Hotel property was purchased by the local company, which was organized for tlu* purpose of giving Concord a modern hotel, enough stock was sold to pur chase the property. Since then no ef fort was made to sell more stock until this week when members of flip company began a canvass of the city to increase the stock. All cf the old stockholders will he given a chance to increase their holdings in the company and should they fail to take enough stock to pay for tlie building other persons in the efty will be given an opportunity to subscribe. “The contract which the company wil secure for the building will assure the stockholders a return of about 0 per cent, on tlieir money each year for 15 or years,” one of the canvassers stated today, “and for this- reason we are not, expecting hnve muoh tfronfrtc' inj fell - iutfc. jTOAllftif u4q«J(ritA “While we tire going to give the or iginal stockholders first chance to in crease tlieir holdings we are going to Jet other people have an opportunity to get in on the deal also.” the canvasser explained. “We hope to raise most of the money during the next two weeks, and we can easily arrange to borrow any difference that will be needed to complete the structure. “In addition to being a good financial investment buying stock in the hotel company is a fine civic investment. Con cord is getting unfavorable publicity through her lack of hotel facilities and it is the duty of her citizens to make a sacrifice if need be. to wipe out the black shirts recorded against her l>e cause she offers no modern hotel accom modations. “But we are certain no sacrifice will be made. Several well known hotel men of the State are bidding for the management of the hotel. They have made very attractive propositions, ane one of which will assure for the stock holders a handsome return on tlieir money . The lease can be made for 12, 17 or 20 years and-the return in vestment will bring in about 0 per cent, each year.” In addition to the new hotel the Con cord National Bank plans to erect a modern home in keeping with the hotel •structure. The hank will erect its hme on the corner of Lnion and Depot streets, at the site of its present home, and its part of the structure will be the same height as the hotel building. Final plans for the hotel structure ■fynve not been made it is stated by mem bers of the company financing the propo sition. but tentative plans - have been agreed upon and only a few minor de tails remain to be straightened out. These details probably will be Complet ed in the very near future. It is also reported by the company that the lease of the building has not yet been granted. Several prominent iiotel men of this and other states want to secure the lease which probably will be granted after another conference with the various hotel men in the immediate future. Under present plans contract for the building probably will be let within the next 4o or GO days. By that time all plans for the building will have been completed, the lease granted and the money secured. J. s. Efird Gives SIO,OOO to Mount Pleasant Collegiate Institute The appeal for a $75,000 dormitory for the Collegiate Institute at Mr. Pleas ant has beguu in a fine manner. Fifteen thousand dollars of the above amount is already raised. Mr. .T. S. Efird, of Albemarle, gives $5,000 and says that lie may do more. Mr Efird expresses himself as being deeply interested in the cause of educa tion ‘in general and of the growth and development of Lutheran schools it North Carolina, particularly the \*o schools at Mt. Pleasant. In addition to Mr. Efird's gift. alumni and friends of tbe school have pledged SIO,OOO. Alumni and ex-students of the school are determined that a dormi tory shall be built. I They are pledging LOCAL CHURCH BUYS LOT FOR PROPOSED NEW HOME J First Presbyterian Church Purchases M. Ij. Camion Property on North L nion Street. A deed tiled yesterday with the regis ter of deeds of Cabarrus county records the >ale of the M. L. Cann n lmme place on North l nion Street to tlie First Presbyterian Church, tlie purchase price being .817.000. Several weeks ago it became known . that Mr. Cannon had offered the prop-j orty to the church at figures greatly be-j low those asked of individuals who were interested in the purchase of the lot. and Sunday week age. it was reported, fleers of the church decided to purchase the property. The deal was consummated yesterday. Trustees D. B. Morrison, E. C. Barniiardt and G. H. Richmond act ing for tlie church. It is understood the members of the church -do not plan to begin work on a new home in the immediate future. They purchased the lot. however, so they could begin tlie new house of worship when they wished to. The CJnnon lot is one of flic most desirable and most beautiful in Concord. It extends from Union Street through to Church Street and lias a frontage mi Union Street of more than 100 feet and is several feet wider on Church Street than on Union Street. It is understood that the present house on the- lot will be torn down when the congregation gets ready to start work on its new church. PLEADS FOR FORD PLAN \V. J. Cummiirs Says People of South Carolina Want Ford to Get Plant. Which They Feel is Theirs. Washington. May I.—The Muscle Shoals hearing took a .spectacular turn today when W. J. Cummins, a former inmate of Sing Sing prison, arose in de fense of Henry Ford's bid for Muscle Shoals, and told the committee a roman tic story of bis life's history. He identified himself as president of the Bon Air Coal and Iron Company and declared lie had regained his for tune and standing in society, after being sent to Sing Sing, charged with wreck ing the Carnegie Trust Company of New York, which lie had purchased. He de clared he had lost $3,000,000 in the bank's crash which he said was caused i*> bought fyWatk,- conditionally when Whitman became governor of New York, he said. “We want Henry Ford down here,” he said, and argued "don’t do anything to keep him away." Muscle Shoals, he said, belongs to 1 lie South. THE C OTTON MARKET Opened Steady at Decline of 12 Points to Advance of 7 Points^ —SGwdied As ) ter Opening. j New York. May I.—The cotton mar | ket opened steady today at a decline of I *l2 points to an advance of seven points,' near months being lower under overnight selling orders while later deliveries were influenced by the storm news from the eastern belt sections. Liverpool was relatively firm, however, and after the initial offerings here had been absorbed. ] the market ruled steady on covering and | trade buying. May advanced from 2t)..T> 1 : to 2!)..“M. and October sold up from ‘ 1 24.2.7 to 24.47. making net advances of .about six to seven points, i Cotton futures opened steady. May 2D 40; July 27.80 ; Oet. 24.4.7; Dee. ‘ 2.4.74; Jan. 23.42. CONDITION OF COL. BIRCH IMPROVED TODAY General Manager of Chariotte Observer Has Been Critically 111 for the Past Several Days. Charlotte. May 1. —Colonel A. W. Burch, general manager of the Charlotte Observer, who is critically ill at hi> home here, today was reported to be in a slightly improved condition. Colonel .Burch is suffering from heart trouble, and two days ago was ordered by his physician to remain in bed until fur ther orders. There is no immediate danger of his death, it was stated, but he is required to remain quiet, and no one is permitted to wee him. Advises That McKenna Duties Be Sus pended. London. April 21). (By the Associat er Press). —Chancellor of the Exchequer Snowden in his budget speech today recommended that the McKenna duties lx* abolished. Many high school athletes of Texas will display their wans in an inter scholastic track and field meet to be held in Dallas on April 2«> under the auspices of Southern Methodist 1 Di versity. in amounts from SIOO to $.»00 each in spite of the fact that all are young men and just beginning life. However, they expect real help from all Lutherans of North Carolina. The school has enrollment of 173 boys, coming from twenty- North ( arolinn counties, and eight states. Many of these arc quartered in private homes of the town which is an unsatisfactory con dition to all concerned. The last week in May every Luth eran congregation of the North Caro lina Synod, will make a congregational canvass through which it is expected that the whole amount will be more than raised. It is believed that a very large per cent, of tbe amount necessary will ibe raised by that time. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. .i r ": ,J FINNEY THIS CALIFORNIA OIL LEASE INVALID Tells Senate Oil Committee Lease Given For Reserve No. 2 in California Was Not Legally Made. [SEC. WORK HAS ISSUED LEASES That Part of Reserve No. 2 Not Leased by Fall Has Been Leased by His Suc cessor Recently. Washington. May I.—Turning its at tention for the first time to naval re serve No. 2 in California,-the Senate oil committee was advised today by Assist ant Secretary Finney of the Interior De partment. that a search of the records failed to show the necessary Presidential approval of the lease over 3.000 acres in that reserve to the Honolulu Oil Com pany. The lease was not valid, the witness said, unless approved by the President, because Secretary Fall had no authority of his own to make such a contract. All of tie naval reserve No. 2 had been leased by Fall with the exception of 1280 m res. he said, nnfi since Sec retary Work came into office the runain der has been leased at the request of the Navy I cpnrnnont. The leases made since Fall resigned carry royalties of from 01 to 70 p**r cent., he said, which was much higher than those under Fall. At the conclusion of Mr. Finney’s tes timony the committee took a recess uu til May Bth. WHEELER COMMITTEE HEARS MORE EVIDENCE One Witness Says Senator Was (o Get Money But There Is No Record That He Got It. Washington. May 1. —The special Sen ate committee investigating the indict ment of Senator Wheeler, in Montana, was told today that the Senator had promised when he came to Washington to take care of the land permits in which l Gordon. Campbell, was inter tinen first he heard such an assurance given to Campbell in January, 1D23. and that Campbell had told him Wheeler was to bo paid for it. The Montana in dictment charged that the Senator took a fee for appearing before the Interior Department in the matter. T nder a severe cross examination the witness stuck to his story but said he first had made these statements within ten minutes after he had met Blair Conn, sent to Montana by Secretary Lockwood of the republican national committee, al though he did not know for what pur pose Loan wanted the information. Prior to Rhea’s testimony tin* commit tee had received from Commissioner Spry of the general land office, a letter saying the files of his office failed to show that Senator Wheeler ever had appeared as an attorney for him in land matters Strawberry Season Has Begun. Raleigh. X. C.. May L—Practically it month later than the usual time the strawberry season has now begun, says a statement issued at the State College of Agriculture here. The first shipment, was two crates sent, by express from Chadburn on April 22. according to a report received from the Wilmington office of the Atlantic Coast Line Rail road. Four crates were routed by ex press from the Rose Hill section the following day. it was said. The carlot movement began on April 20 when a car of SI crates (usual car contains 224 crates) left Chad bourn for Philadelphia by refrigerator freight. Wallace moved a car on Tuesday. The opinion was ex pressed that the movement should be in full swing within a few days. A market news - service will opened at 'Cliadbourn on Thursday. May 1. by the Federal Department of Agriculture co operating with the North Division of markets, it was announced. Mr. U. D. Callahan will be in charge of this ser vice and those desiring copies of tin* daily market report on strawberries should address him at Chadboum. it was explained. Mr. Correll Shumaker of the State Division of - Markets at. Raleigh, states that lie will be glad to supply names of growers from whom tin* express shipments may lx* ordered. Abemethy Regales Solons With Praise ~r of North Carolina. Washington. April 30.—Praises of the ‘'Grand old State of North Caro lina” were siing in the House by one of its Representatives—Abernethy, a Democrat from the third district. “If all the cigarettes made in North Carolina were rolled into one.” he said, ■jyoung man could lean against th« South Pole, light his cigarette from the fire of the Halley’s comet, and blow smoke around the seven seas "lf all the tables made in the State were stretched into one festive board, they would seat all the banquet guest/* from the days of King Arthur to the recent fiasco of the Arms Conference. "And if all the stockings were made into one huge sock it would hold all ■ the toys of Santa Claus.” The meet isolated town in tbe world is said to be Manao*. on the Rio Negro not far from that mighty tributaryV ' junction with the Amazon. It is tb* ' only town of Amazonia, and situater L a thousand miles from any other cirili * zation. | * It has been proved, as the result n I experiments, that the circulation of tin blood is affected b’y music. NO ‘BS