\ \ SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
VOLUME XLIX
yison Conditions Are
Discussed By Governor
-
, n ts State Prison to Be
Hade Regular Department
,f the State Government—
Vcrk Able-Bodied Men.
SSAGE IS READ
TO JOINT SESSION
finite Amount of Money.
Vould Be Given for the;
>rison Under Plan as Ad
ocatcd by the Governor.
, 23. —Change of the State (
‘ , m .separate corporation to a
!".• deparintent of the State govern
t"nr.>vi<i<>n for working the more
prisoners on the State high,
’ an ,i v „ads.-ami other public works
Lie'subdivisions, and a request that
Srat e prison he placed upon a defl
‘ nation basis were outstanding
' )lf an address by Governor Me- 1
" on prison conditions , before the
ra l a-sembly today.
Governor did sot appear in per-
M deliver his address, and it was
to a joint session by the reading
Ller the governor's recommendation
improving conditions at the State
m t i, H institution would be made a
rrinent. of the state government in*
i „f being a separate corporation,
board of directors would be ap*
[ H j by the governor quadrienuially
p approved by the Senate consisting
, chairman and six others. 1 This
[1 Wt „U1 be subject to removal at
imo. ami vacancies would be tilled
be governor. - . > 1
m new department of the state would
ijierated on an appropriation basis
r the proposed executive budget sys
aml would be financed on the same
i a> „ther 'tare institutions if Gov
r Md.ean's recommendations are fol
pl. The deficit now existing would
|k.n over by the general state fund,
utstanding requests of the institu
fm- 5204.(»Ml for permanent improve-
S would be granted, the board of di
r> would be authorized to purchase
machinery and ordered to install
f< „f work at which all convicts
1 be employed ; and all revenues from
prison would be paid over to the
. treasury or other objects which
d be accomplished if the governor’s
became law.
[> Sure Highway Commissiqu also
i be required to reimthm# the fcen
!und for work. done, by fronvicts on a
in Madison county started by the
but since taken over by she High-
Commission.
e Governor closed his address with
Statement that lie was having prepar
r cotivderation of the General Assem
>i!!' covering his recommendation.
> Boys in .Jail on Serious Charges.
liner Furr and Willie Heglar are in
minty jail today as a result of in
ly to furnish bond in two charges,
ig spiritous liquor and robbery.
ie two boys were held by the city
eon the"former charge while the
ty authorities retained them on the
r charge. A bond of SSOO was re
*d in the first instance and a SI,OOO
in the second.
'ter selling him liquor, aeeord : ng to
story at the KhereifFs office, a Mr.®
ter of Stanly county was led off to
nearby woods where the two boys
red him of over S4OO in cash. They
arrested yesterday and brought to
local jail.
Irs- 0. H. Blairs Theater Burns.
iuston-Salem. Feb. 21. —The Broad
theater building, on Liberty street,
een Fourth and Fifth streets, was
nerdy destroyed by tire which
eil from an undetermined cause
> this morning. Only the front and
walls were left standing wnen the
! were finally extinguished, the in
of the structure being completely
*1- All furniture and fixtures, were
'°™i. there being no opportunity
salvage of the theater property.
It' building in which the theater
located was owned by Mrs. D. H.
p - of this city and Washington. It
erected 12 vears ago at a cost of
noo.
flf
tl Eyesight Needed to Drive Mary
land Cars.
ad imore, Feb. 21.—A sight test has
|_ Jin-aided in the examination given
1 cants for automobile operators’ li*
in Maryland as the result of an
made by the State com
‘inmw of motor vehicles, which re-
W 1 that a number of automobile ac
'"'s due to the defective eyes of
■ers.
•'isons who wear glasses will be per
tH' t 0 keep them on during the' ex
lnstion. in cases where color
j'liif'o only ,is found, the applicant
I lie de rioted to daylight driving
•‘ those who fail completely will be
® M “fl a license.
i,lts Decision in Case Against Newspa
per.
a - s liiiigton. Fob. 28—The government
ask'd tho Supreme Court to ad
1, 18th the hearing of its
li' I '. 111 'l* l ' ease against the Baltimore
- involving the right of newspapers to
>" i income tax returns made public
‘Mors of internal revenue.
(1 urge’s Condition Improved.
“gingham. England, Feb. 23.—For
t U| ‘ I, * r Lloyd George, who was forc
_‘ > 'ki t<, his bed w jfh a sore throat,
r arnvmg here Saturday to fill a
|“ K c ' Il^ii foment, spent a comforta
, 11 an, l ids physicians this morn
,rini" 1!<< i ,iliU temperature was
r normal. He will be unable, how
’ trawl for several days.
THE CONCORD TIMES
i^
A SHARP ATTACK IS
MADE ON BORGLUM
Randolph Says Sculptor is Greatest
Problem of Stone Mountain Assneia
, tion,
Atlanta. Ga.. Feb. 22.—“For more
than a year the greatest problem the
Stone Mountain Confederate Monu
mental Association ha* had to deal with
has been the sculptor, Gutzon Itorg’.um,”
, Hollii>* X. Randolph, president ot the
{association, said iii a statement issued
j last night.
The idea for the work originated with
Mrs. Helen Plano, it said, and Borglum
was employed to jarry out the idea. The
association raised $5,000 of oubserip
, tions and already has paid our $175.-
000. of which Borglum personally has
received more than $50,000, Mr. Ran
dolph said.
The idea for the miuting ot Stone
I Mountain half dollars originated with
Harry Stillwell Edwards, Mr- Ran
do'ph said, and it was said several
months before Mr. Borglum completed
the design, which, he said, an artist
could have done in three weeks.
"It has been extremely difficult to
get him to do any work at all at the
mountain.'* the statement continued.
I notwithstanding the large amounts of
money paid him. His main desire seems
to be to get his name in the newspapers
often as possible. Between his desire for
publicity and his constant demand for
money which was not due him the as
sociation has seen little peace with him.
“His contracts call for comp’etion of
the Central Group for $250,000. This
group wi 1 consist of seven equestrian
figures. The association has paid him ap
proximately forty per cent of the con
tract price of this group and our con
sulting engineer advises us that the pay
ments are far in excess of the work
done. Outside of head.
Borglum has done none of the finished
carving on the mountain. The bulk of
the work has been roughing out of
granite by the force of men under super
vision of the superintendent of the work
in Borglum’s absence. -
“Borglum threatened to quit once if
he did not receive $40,000 before the
following day.” the statement said, “but
when officials of the association an
nounced a willingness that he do so, lie
changed his mind.
“The association has under considera
tion the dismissal of Borglum from the
work, and it has the right to do so
under the contract.” Mr. Randolph said.
“There will be little difficulty in having
work completed by competent men.
We wish to assure the public that a
campaign is already under way tor t u
ssle of the memorial coin and that about
1.500.000 coins have been minted.”
The sale of the whole issue is only a
matter of a short time, he said.
“This association is not endeavoring
to erect a monument to Borglum, but
to the soldiers and sailors of the con
federacy.” the statement concluded,
"and we will bend every effort to carry
it to completion.”
PEACE PLANS DISCUSSED
BY SENATOR SHIPSTEAD
Wants Federal Government to Control
All American Banking and Investment
Credits In International Field.
Washington, Feb. 23. —Control by the
federal government of all American bank
ing and investment credits in the inter
national field as a means of promoting
world peace was advocated today in the
Senate bv Senator Sfiipstead, of Minn
sota, the farmer-labor members .of the
foreign relations committee.
Through a control of the banking
credit of the world. Senator Shipstead
said, the United States is given the
“greatest power for good or evil tha
was ever given any nation in the world
to control.” He added that the manner
in which control is exercised will de
termine for good or evil the destiny of
nations and the destiny of humanity
Senator Shipstead is chairman of the
foreign relations sub-committee which is*
to begin hearings this week on the La< (
resolution to declare it the sense of the
Senate that American armed forces
should not be used for the collection of
American private loans.
801 l Weevil Tlirives in AlisslsiuppTva 1
ley.
New York, Feb. 22—The winter sur
vival of boll weevil in the Mississippi
vallev was the highest on record for any
year since it first appeared in the cot
ton belt in 1802, according to the
American Cotton association. In urg
inz war against the weevil on a large
scale Colonel Joseph O. Thompson, vice
president of the association, warned
against the danger of another short cot
ton crop in 1025, which he said would
disorganize the producing and manu
facturing ends of the industry.
Gov. and Mrs. Morrison Went to Ber
muda.
Wilmington, Feb. 23.-Former Gover.
nor Cameron Morrison and Mrs. Mo
Z™! .mong the «-»>«• ««V,ng
from Wilmington on Saturd ),
arv for the Bermuda Islands. Th >
Sift
rXtC'Sn'Td 8 would not .van.
to say anything that might raise
tions necessitating debate.
With Our Advertisers.
The J. C. Penny Company has a w*
ad. today telling of the new sPt.ug foot
wear sold at their store. Look it up.
Yorke & Wadsworth Co has a fu
line of Oliver farming implements. *.e
th Tbe new Efird store is offering a
wonderful assortment of ladies’ new
HnrinK coflts find ..
P Read the new ad. of the Parks-Belk Co.
today. Also be sure to read what th
beauty shop in this store has to offer in
the way of hair treatment.
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i-egere up. is eligible for the famous Kentucky Derby, and according to
followers of the turf looms as a dangerous contender,
GENERAL HINES HEARD
BY AUXILIARY MEMBERS
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Chief cf Siaff Discusses National Defense
Problems With Delegates of American.
Legion Auxiliary-
Washington, Feb. 23.—The war de
partment study of woman’s power, three
possible solutions of the national defense
problems, and some of the difficulties
now faced by the regular army were dis
cussed today by Major General John L.
Hint's, chief of staff, before a George
Washington Bibrthday meeting of the
American Legion Auxiliary. ;
Things women can do in war are being
studied by ‘the general staff. Gen. Hines
said, not with the idea of “making mighty
fighters of our girls or of creating any
such things as a women’s battalion of
death,” but experience has proved, lie
said, that “there are some tasks that
women can perform better than men,” and
the study was intended to catalogue
these to show “how women volunteers of
the future may be used to best advantage
in order to release men for heavier and
more dangerous duties.”
Referring to national defense problems,
Gen. Hines said there are “Just three pos
able solutions.” The first is to wait un
til war comes and then pay the ful price;
tjie second is to try to prepare hurriedly
at great cost and waste when war, is im
minent, and the third is to build accord 1
iug to a program year by year, which is
the only economic and sound way.
TWO MEN ARE KILLED
IN MYSTERIOUS FIGHT
Six Others Are Wounded During Gun
Battle, the Cause of Which Could Not
Be Is»arnefl.
.uarini, ivy., i-«b. I'l. —Two men were
killed, including a deputy sheriff, and
six; others were wounded during a gun
battle here today. The cause of the
ohooting lias not been learned.
The dead: Talt Hall, deputy sheriff
of Floyd county, and Lewie White-
The wounded: John Hall, town mar
shal of Wheelwright. Ky., Steven and
John Flannery; Dick Thompson and
’ Norman C-ollins.
, Causes which led to the shooting were
veiled in mystery tonight. Authorities
I declared White and John Flail met as
. the latter was was boarding a train here
shortly before noon. The men are re
; ported to have exchanged a few words
and then to have drawn pistols. White
, was wounded but he continued to pump
. bullets at Hall. A few minutes later
[ White fell dead.
, The shooting then is reported to have
, become general. During an exchange of
f shots among an undetermined number of
men, more than 200 shots were fired,
according to police reports.
Two versions of the shooting were
circulated hero tonight. One was that a
feud existed between White «in the
Halls and another was that the Halls
were attempting to place White under
arrest.
W. H. Simmons Seriously Hurt.
Atlanta, Feb. 21. —W. J. Simmons, of
Atlanta, former Imperial Wizard of the
Ku Klux Klan, and Norris Moore, of
Houston, Texas, Supreme Knight Re
rocrder of the Knights of tho Flaming
Sword which Simmons now heads, were
probably fatally injured in an automo
bile accident last night, twenty miles
from Gainsville, Gh., it was learned here
today.
Major Gibbs Moves to America.
New York. Peb. 23.—Convinced that
“America is the only country to live in
during this generation,” Major Hamilton
Gibbs, author and brother of Sir Philip
Gibbs, war corespondent, has given up
his British citizenship to become an Am
erican.
Senator Spencer Wants Inquiry.
Washington, Feb. 23. —A searching in
quiry into charges that he has practiced
before federal departments in connection
with the fur dyeing industry was invited
by Senator Spencer, republican of Mis
souri. in a letter sent today to Attorney
General Stone.
Wood Is In Biarritz
Paris, Feb. 23. —The presence in Bi
arritz of Osborn C. "Wood, son of Gen
eral Leonard Wood, who disappeared
from his apartment here nearly a week
ago is confirmed by the Hotel Crillon,-
which has heard directly from him.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1925
■ ■
ROBERT FARABOW IS NOT
AT STATE PRISON YET
Alleged That Negro Attempted to At
tack Whit© Woman of Hillsboro Yes
terday,
Raleigh. Feb. 23. —-State prison au
thorities at 10 o’clock this morning indi
cated that Robert Farabow. a negro al
leged to have attempted an attack on a
Hillsboro woman yesterday, and reported
en route here for safe keeping, had not
yet arrived. It is thought probable he
was taken -to some eotinty jail where he
will be considered secure..
The negro is said to have been discov
ered in the Hillsboro home and later was
captured by a posse niul taken from Hills
boro for safe keeping.
KING GEORGE ORDERED
TO MEDITERANEAN WATERS
Condition Not Serious But Physicians
Til ink Trip AVill B© Best For Him.
London, Feb- 23 (By the Associated
Press).— Although it I# known through
medical bulletin* issued- from' Bucking
ham’s Palace that King George’s condi
tion is not serioue as a result of an at
tack of bronchitis, the fact that physi
cians have ordered him to the Mediter
ranean for the remainder of the winter,
has caused quite a stir, of which the
newspapers take full advantage for front
page displays.
His Majesty’s health is ordinarily as
good and his foreign visits so infrequent
that his going abroad is treated as im
portant event.
VICTIMS OF EXPLOSION
IN MINE BURIED TODAY
Funeral Services and Families of Dead
Men Occupy Attention of Sullvian
Citizens.
Sullivan. Ond., Feb. 23 (By the As
sociated Press). —Burial of the victims
of last Friday's explosion in the City
Coal Company’s mine, and rendering of
aid to families cf the fifty-one dead min
ers occupied the attention of Sullivan
citizens today. Next came the problem
of determining the cause of the fatal
blast and averting a similar tragedy.
Funerals were held today for almost
a score of victims.
May Investigate the Fisheries Products
Company.
Investigation of the stock selling activ
ities of the defunct Fisheries Products
Company, which mulcted hundreds of
North Carolinians of hundreds of thou
sands of dollars, by Attorney General
Brummitt was authorized Saturday by
the Senate in a joint resolutions intro
duced by Senator Everett and sent to
the House after immediate and unani
mous passage.
Senator Everett’s resolution to author
iz an investigation of the Fisheries
Products Company met approval from
the Senate. It provides that the at
torney general investigate and secure all
the evidence which he will deliver to
the solicitors of the State upon which
to bring indictments. Senator Grant
wanted to add the Paul Rubber Company
' and (he Bailey Brothers Company to the
• resolution but agreed to let it pass, as
: introduced. .
Senator Everett declared that m his
; county nearly a quarter million dollars
> had been lost by investors! in Fisheries
I Products Company stock. Fie told of
i one instance of an old Confederate sol
; dier who invested $5,000 in the worth
less stock. He stated in Martin county
which is also in his district investors had
also lost large sums. Tlie attorney gen
t eral has been consulted, he stated, and
j will be glad to conduct the investiga
x tion.
Funeral For J. D. Mann Today.
High Point. Feb. 23.—Funeral ser
vices for J. I). Mann, prominent High
Point citizen, who died at his honm here
yesterday, will be conducted at Wesley
Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
this afternoon at 3 o’clock. Dr. E. K.
McLarty, pastor of the Church, will of
ficiate.
President Greets Delegates.
Washington, Feb. 23.—Reception by
President Coolidge at the White House,
and addresses by Secretary Weeks and
other War Department officials were on
the program today for delegates to the
Woman’s Conference on National De
fense and Peace Insurance.
In the early days of the game the
golf ball was stuffed with feathers.
NEW SCHOOL LOAN FUND
PROPOSED IN THE SENATE
Would Create $5,000,000 to Be Allotted
Among Counties For School Work.
Raleigh, Feb. 23.—The Senate today
received a new bill providing so ranoth
er $5,000,000 school loan fund to be allot
ted anioung counties applying for aid
from the fund on the same basis as the
two former school loan funds of like
character and amount.
Among the measures which were pass
ed on final reading in the Senate was the
i administration bill authorizing the Gov
ernor to apjKiint the Treasurer and Au
ditor as a sinking fund commission, di
rected to look after enforcement of the
numerous sinking fund provisions of the
various bond authorization acts.
Senator Bethune’s bill to put into ef
fect constitutional amendment relative to
homes and homestead notes, which was
ratified by tlie people in the general elec-'
tion last fall, also passed its ’thJrd read
ing in the Senate.
Would Create Sinking Fund Commis
sion.
Raleigh, F’eb. 23.—A measure to pro
vide for the appointment of the State
treasurer ami State auditor as a spe
cial sinking fund commission to at all
times keep accurate check on the fund
was introduced in the Senate today.
It was sponsored by Governor Mc-
Leart.
Local Measures in House.
Raleigh, FVb. 23. —Local measures re
ceived attention of today’s sesion of the
House. A large number of these were
passed on third reading, while others were
introduced and referred to committees.
Shortly after noon a special address from
Governor McLean on prison conditions |
was read to the body. 1 »
VICTIM OF AUTO WRECK
IS RESTING VERY WELL
Believed Thait Mrs. Foster, of Concord,
Will Recover of Her Injuries.
Greensboro. Feb. 22. —Mrs. John K.
Foster, of Concord, was resting well to
night at the home here of her; brother,
W. J. Crowell, and indications are that
she will recover soon from injuries re
ceived Saturday afternoon when an au
tomobile in which she was riding and
another collided oil the Greensboro-High
Point road. -
The car in which Mr*. Foster yvas
riding hit a Collie dog and swerved into
a car coming from the opposite direction.
Both cars were badly wrecked. Os the
occupants of the cars, Mrs. F’oster was
the only one injured. At first it was
thought her skull was fractured, but phy
sicians today stated it was not.
In addition to injuries to her head,
she suffered several bruises over her
body.
SERVE PAPERS IN TAX
Y CASE AT^JCHARLOTTE
Charge Raise Income and Profit Tax
Returns Filed—Subpoenas For 28
Persons.
Charlotte, Feb. 21.—Service of sub
poennes on 23 stockholders and officials
of the Camp Greene Investment com
pany, organized in 1910 to salvage the
Camp Green property near cnrlotte,
charged with filling false income and
profit tax returns with the collector of
internal revenue was continued today
by Marshal Cain.
The suit has been filed by the federal
government in United States District
court and is expected to be heard this
spring. The difference between the tax,
collected and the amount actually ’owed
was $24,036.09. the suit alleges. G. G.
Ga 11away and Osmond L. Baringer,
both of Charlotte, are president and
treasurer respectively of tne firm.
INVESTIGATE CHARGES
AGAINST TWO SENATORS
Senators Spencer and Bursum Charged
With Using Their Influence Improper
ly in Washington,
Washington, February 23. —'With one
United States Senator already under in
dictment on charges of accepting a fee
for practicing before a government agen
cy, the justice department is investi
gating charges that two others im
properly used their influence in M ash
ington.
The two against which the latest
charges have been lodged with the at
torney general are: Spencer, of Missouri,
and Bursum. of New Mexico, both re
-1 publicans. Senator Wheeler, democrat
of Montana, is awaiting trial in Mon
tant and a new grand jury proceeding
■ against him how is in progress here.
1 LOVE PIRATING FELONY,
NEBRASKAN’S PROPOSAL
1 Introduces Measure to Give Prison Sen
-1 tence to Home Wreckers.
J Lincoln. Neb., F>b. 23.—A bill mak
ing alienation of the affections of a hua
; band or wife a crime punishable by a
prison' sentence and fine, or both, was
favorably reported to the Nebraska Sen
* ate bv the judiciary committee for gen
, eral file. , . ..
f Senator J. C. Cooper, author of the
1 bill and a bachelor, declared “there is
nothing absurd about the bill,” adding
‘ that the “breaking up of homes in this
i country has become a hobby. It rfiust be
_ stopped. Criminal procedure is the only
I j method.”
Deficiency Appropriation Bill Reported.
Washington. Feb. 23.—A deficiency ap
propriation bill carrying $54,426,562 or
$470,674 less than budget estimates were
reported today by the House appropria
tion committee. It is the last supply
measure of the session, and will be takeu
up tomorrow by the House.
the education of rab
bis has been opened under Soviet aus
-1 pices at Leningrad, according to the
Jewish Daily Bulletin. The conditions
include, instruction for one hour a day
in political economy and three hours a
week in the history of communism Tberte
jare 2,000 rabbis in Poland waiting for
admission to the United States.
I Mrs. D. W. Sharpe, of Durham is
'spending several days with her sister,
i Mrs. E. E. Peele, at her home on North
Church street.
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Anne Luther, prominent ncreenj
actress, who became more prominent
in hep suit against Jack White for
SIOO,OOO for breach of contract has
started more gossip. She is seen
nightly with Frank Maya*, actor
BODY OF OLSON WILL
BE EXHUMED NOW
Was Brother of Chicago Jurist Who Has
Prosecuted In Death of William Mc-
Clintock.
Chicago, 0., Feb. 23.—Exhumation of
the body of Dr. Oscar Olson, brother of
Harry Olson, chief justice of municipal
court, who has prosecuted "the investi
gation of the death of William McClin
tock. millionaire orphan, will be ordered
in connection with that case, the Chi
cago Tuibune said today.
Judge Olson said that his brother had
been a friend of the McClintocks before
the birth of William, and was a friend
of the youth until his death three years
ago when William was eighteen. Dr.
Olson, suffered an attack of ptomaine
poison. . by the Sheppa*4*v
was alone for a time with Mr. Sheppard,
ate a pear proffered him, and died a few
hours later, said the judge. A physi
cian signed a certificate of death from
heart disease.
t Dr, George Fosburg testified at the
inquest that Sheppard twice had sought
information about post mortem exami
nation after a death due to typhoid fev
er or poisoning by a certain acid.
HOLD-UP COUPLE
TWO YEARS IN PRISON
Woman Will Not Have to Serve If She
Makes $12,000 Restitution.
Asheville, Feb. 21. —Two years in the
State prison was the sentence given
Mrs. Marion Hamby and her brother,
Herbert Skyles. who pleaded guilty to
the charge of robbing Silvano Delgnrdo
of jewelry and valuables worth $12,000.
the judgment being pronounced today by
Judge James L. Webb in Superior
Court.
Mrs. Hamby will not have to serve
her sentence, provided she makes proper
restitution to the Cuban, the presiding
judge said after court had adjourned.
Fraternal Orders Are Not Exempt in
Revenue Measure.
Raleigh. Feb. 20. —Senators Mc-
Keitan and Burgwyu tonight fought to
prevent the exemption of fraternal or
ganizations from the revenue act, losing
out before the joint finance committee
after forceful speeches.
The fraternal organizations will con
tinue to pay nothing on their holding in
this state. Senator McKeithan also
sought to prevent indigent soldiers of
the Spanish-American and "World war
from the exemption from peddlers’
licenses. He said that it was absurb to
exempt all such veterans and that some
definition should be placed as to what the
word “veterans’’ meant. He won out on
his argument to the exten that the word
ing was amended to include only
veterans of this state or veterans living
in other states.
Program Advertising Absolutely Worth
ies^.
Fayetteville, Feb. 19.—Seting what
is believed to be a precedent for local
entertainment, the promotion com
mittee of. the American Legion voted
unanimously against framing a program
with advertising for the fortncomiug
production of “Kick In,” the gripping
drama which will be staged at the high
school uditorium on February 26.
It was the consensus of opinion in the
committee that program advertising is
■ absolutely worthless and the member**
. went on leeord ~s saying that such
- schemes only bled the merchants and
■ caused more ill-will against local enter
. taining enterprise than anything else.
The committee will prepare a single
i page program of the play, printed on
one side, for the convenience of the
patrons. No freewill contributions will
" be asked in the form of worthless space
. buying and the show will stand on its
» merits.
r Michigan Rejects Child Labor A men An ent
i Lansing. Mich., Feb. 20.—The lower
i house of the Michigan legislature today
r voted 61 to 24 to reject the proposed
federal child labor amendment.
s A bill is before the Missouri legisla
, ture to re-establish horse racing in that
i state by legalizing the pari-mutueal sys-
Jtem of betting.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
ALLEGED VIOLATORS
„E-.“"1H1CBTIC
_
TO BE HEARD
Arrests Made in and Near
Charlotte in Raids Which
Were Started There Satur
day Night.
FOUR WOMEN IN
PRISONERS’ LIST
Narcotic Agent of Washing
ton Led Raids Being As
sisted by Thriteen Other
Agents.
Charlotte. Feb. 23.—Twenty-oue per
sons charged with violating the national
anti-narcotic laws, today were to appeaer
before the U. S. Commissioner here fol
lowing a series of raids conducted by
Federal agents Saturday and yesterday.
Dr. R. R. Rhees. narcotic agent of the
Washington division, led the raids, and
declared it was the intention of the gov
eminent to “clean up Uorth Carolina” in
sofar as illegal traffic in narcotics is con
cerned. Thirteen agents assisted him in
the raids.
All those arrested resided in Charlotte
with two exceptions, Dr. E. V. Taylor,
who resides in a beautiful home at Stanly
Creek, Gaston County, and said by offi
cials to be the head of the drug ring op
erating here; and Fred Riggsbee, of Ral
eigh.
Four women were among those arrest
ed.
DUKE MAY BUILD
• A NEW RAILROAD
Gossip That Power Magnate Will Ex
tend P. & N. to Durham.
Greensboro, Feb. 22.—Greensboro
business men are takifig heart some
what for competitive rqil service be
cause of a report that J. B. Duke, head
of the Piedmond and Northern Railroad,
an eleetrict line, plans extension of the
line from Charlotte to Durham.
Further expansion would be to link
the line in North Carolina with that in
South Carolina by building a track from
Spartanburg, S. C. From Spartanburg
the line goes to Greenville, Anderson and
Greenwood, S. C. ,
An
Journal is the basis for the re-.-
ports. People familiar with railroading
seem to think that if a line is built from
, Charlotte to Durham it will follow the
Southern practically all the way and so
take in Greensboro. Following 1 the
Southern it would have for feeders the
towns and cities using power of rhe
Southern Power Company in their in
dustries-
Thq». matter is yet in the realms of
speculation, but intimation of belief in
the article in the Wall Street Journal
of such a step brings hope that the
Southern Power and Electric Line head
would extend the line and come through
here with it.
ONE KILLED. ONE INJURED
IN STREET CAR COLLISION
Accident Occurs at Salisbury When
Automobile and TrWlley Meet Head-On.
Salisbury. Feb. 22. —Robert A. Green
is dead and Charlie Jones is in a Salis
bury hospital minus a leg as a result of
a collision between a small car and a
street car last midnight on South Main
street. The two men, with a third one.
Bennett Bowers, were going north when
their car. which was being driven by
Jones, met a south bound street car
head-on. One side of Green’s face was
smashed off and he died soon after being
rushed to the hospital* Jones was badly
injured and it was found necessary to
amputate a leg. Bowers escaped by
jumping. Green was 32 years old and is
survived by a widow- He had been con
nected with laundries here for a number,
of years. The- funeral takes place Mon
day afternoon at-4 o'clock from the
home of his mother on East Bank street.
Chas- A. Hunt. Sr;, Dir*, at Lexington.
Lexington, - Feb. 23.—-Charles A.
Hunt, Sr., veteran manufacturer of
Lexington, died at his home here early
today, aged over 81 years. Funeral
services will be held at 3 o clock Mon
day from Grace Episcopal church, of
Which the deceased was for many years
a vestryman.
A. O. Cline.- formerly of Concord, but
vhe was transferred to Monroe several
months ago, has again been transferred
to Statesville and will move his fatuity
there to live , _____ ,
E G. Lewie, of the Southern freight
office, spent the week-end with relatives
; in South Carolina.
i .. ——
The library will be* closed today :n
; observance of George Washington’s birth
> (lay.
\ Cotton on the local cotton market is
[ today quoted at 24 cents per pound.
WHAT SMITTITS CAT SAYS
r—J
t Showers tonight, cooler in west por
tion; Tuesday generally fair and much
cooler. .
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