M y. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
VOLUME XLIX
praiESENT,
1 SENATE AGAIN BY
Resident coblidge
■Hiinanon as Sent to the
K na U' Again Today, After
IJcorfeivnee Between the
Hresident and Warren.
|l\hS WILL HAVE
M \IX ESS ARY VOTES
«ident Decides to Fight
®ut Issue by Giving Re
iHiblicnn Senators Another'
Hhance to C onfirrn.
Mavdi 12. —President
H' ‘ r i;n . v v t!i»‘ jsnuutl«*t to his op
■; ill-- -eiiate today by again
„ ,i,i. Humiliation of ('has. H.
H; u, in- Attorney Geqrra).
w-.nl of comment the Pres
l.:ck the nomination just in
it waiting on the Senate
Xi. :■ tie' day's session began at
of the Chief Executive as
■ n „, M ~t the Senators, including
lv ,,uhliean leaders, who had ad
i\"aito House that if returned
of Mr. Warren would fare no
than it did when the Senate re
■ it Tuesday on a tie vote.
„](1 timers in the senate could
precedent for the return of a
■ nomination that already had fail-
H command a majority.
leaders had previously ad-
Coolidge that the situation ap
-1-opele-s. hut with Mr. Warren’s
|,or,, there was ast ffening of the
lines and a careful canvass of
during the long talk between
nr. Senator Butler and the
resulted in a decision thpt oon-
would be possible by a narrow
§■)!.
thi' o|tposition. which iu-
H;ii"i'st the whole Democratic mem-
■ ;i ;iii-j a group of republican insur-
D ught to reorgairze strength
H :1 way as to again block senate
H. action might lengthen the session
Senate which hoped to
Saturday.
a conference with Mr. Warren.
|Hlm<t been suminoneU from Detroit
name failed on confirmation by
vote, the President decided to
the isi-ue by giving the Re*
.-enate leaders another oppor-
H to try for confirmation.
1 hitler, of Massachusetts, a
B personal friend of the President,
at the AA’hite House con-
and said he believed the neces
for eoufirmation could be ob
■
the conference there were indi-
that the President would issue
on' the department of jus-
later in the day. Mean-
B Mr. Warren let it be known he
Bi have nothing to say.
Bhi: 6 KEEN NOW
A McLEAN CONVERT
Hlnille Man. Who Troubled Morti-
Ht. Will stick Unless Something Hap-
His.
■ Host in Greensboro News.
Bb-igh. March 11. —J. Zeb Green.
■ Piedmont insurgent, heckler of Gov-
Cameron Morrison in the olden
H and maker of the Marshville Home,
Bit-en converted to Governor McLean,
■liioiincement that the devil is dead
Htlur the pope seriously contemplates
Hing Presbyterian are in order, but
H Hn-.-n gives himself a getting out
He If he knows what he is talking
and he fours that he generally
H ho iv for Governor McLean, but
Hahiiinee with his excellency is condi-
B'u solely . n Mr. Green's asunmption
■ he ha> not deceive dhimeelf.
Hr. ilro-n was a “pop’’ in the days
HAeay,-!. p,i van. Torn Watson, Silver
H Hland. Hut when the pops blend-
Hheit agrarianism with protection and
Hd'tonianism. .1. Zob could not go with
R • So he became an irregular, ir-
H n, '‘hal>',e. irrepressible Democrat. He
R* |s hi have caused more misery to
R“ r »"i Morrison than all others com-
? 'i. * >t‘ i-ourse he was against Gov
■»’ largely because Governor
’ r ''"> was fur him. But this is the
In f.cls about it now, and he writes
J ra! siit to his excellency :
p * •'tin not deceived with myself I
»"l i ua-iy and almost shouting ly
Ve, ' t, ‘ | ! your administration. Be
an <:iii>.i,lox Methodist this conver
-Ivi hold steadfastly good unless
,l - sojne unforeseen cause for
WidiHg."
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r \\ heeler's jCase to Be Called
April i«th.
1‘ nils. Mont.. March 12.—The
4 ‘ " ! “• I’nited States against Sen
h ! J <u ton K. Wheeler, of Montana,
11 a grand jury indictment with
aeu,i»t od emloyment in a matter
which- th,. I'niteil States held inter
sn uft., his election as United States
nn.,,f v\ ,- set down by Judge C .N.
fhi< morning for trial in federal
urt here April 16th.
Improvement in Labor Situation.
‘ a t‘igh. March 11.— Considerable im
p 4 ' m, ' nT in the labor situation during
< beginning March 2nd and end
’ ' ai< ‘ a i( h is noted in the wekely ve
"t the State and federal employ
,i„, '‘’ rv * op - which was made public here
|.\ ,V * ran h D. Grist, commissioner
K,r an d printing. A total of 665
K V|!. " p, 'e given employment dur
fic.J" *h rough the six employment
. ' rl| e state, as compared with
Ju iur the preceding week.
THE CONCORD TIMES
CRIPPLED YOUTH DIES
IN CHARLOTTE “Y” POOL
/ Former Governor Morrison Finds No
Fault With Legislature's Actions.
s - Charlotte. March 11.—Nat C. White,
Jr., 21, well known young man of this
city, was found dead shortly before noon
today in the swimming pool at the Y.
M. C. A. Physicians expressed the opin
ion that he was seized with a sudden
heart attack and died almost instantly.
He was a cripple, being partia'dy par
alyzed as a result of an attack of in
i fantile paralysis, but in spite of this
handicap was able to handle himself well
in the water and was a frequent visitor
!at the pool.
His body was found iu the pool by
a negro janitor. Physical Director Carl
Link and I)r. E. H. Hand reached the
youth immediately bpt restorative efforts
were of no avail. Dr. Hand estimated
the body had been under water not more
than twenty minutes.
The youth was seen by a number of
persons at the Y. M. C. A. building as he
went alone to the swimming pool.
| He is survived by his parents, Mr. and
i Mrs. N. ('. AA’hite. of East Seventh
I Street, a brother and three sisters. Fun
> era! services will be held at the home
tomorrow afternoon.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady, But at I>ecliue on Some
Months.—Selling Not Active.
New York. March 12.—:The cotton mar
ket opened steady today at an advance
of 0 points to- a decline of 7 jioints.
There was a little covering by near month
shorts at the start, bust demand was soon
supplied. The general list sold about 2
to 15 points net lower after the call and
under Pquidation promoted by relatively
easy Liverpool cables and the forecast for
showers in east Texas. Selling was not
active or general, however, and after
easing off to 25.65 for Mjay and 25.35 for
October the market held fairly steady.
Liverpool reported the decline there j
was due to freer offerings of spots, a less
active spot demand, and selling by the
continent.
Cotton futures opened steady: March
25.(10; May 25.53; July 20.05: October
25.45; December 25.41.
COI’ZENS PROFITS ON
FORD MOTOR CO. STOCK
Treasury* Will Deliver Notice of Arbi
trary Assessment to Him Tomorrow.
Washington, March 12.—The Treasury
has prepared for delivery to Senator
Couzens of Michigan tomorrow, a notice
of arbitrary assessments on profits alleg
ed to have been made by him in the *ale
of his minority holdings of stock in. the
Ford Motor Co. in 11)10.
While the computation of assessment is
practically complete, it is the intention
of the Treasury to withhold for one day
to give the Michigan senator, who is
chairman of the special committee inves
tigating the International Revenue Bu
reau, an opportunity to sign a waiver of
the statue of limitation if he so desires.
HELD ON SERIOUS CHARGE
-f.
Woman in Dying Statement Says Man
Gave Her Poison to Collect Insurance
Money.
Kansas City, March 11. —Charged in
a dying statement by Mrs. Dora Gage.
52, of Atchison. Kansas, with having
given her poison so he might collect in
surance policies she had assigned him.
Roy M. Turner, 25, wall held here to
day for investigation.
Mrs. Gage died yesterday, shortly af
ter she was found in a hotel room writh
ing in pain. Turner,, Atchison real es
tate dealers and formerly umpire of the
Kansas football player, who came to Kan
sas City yesterday with Mrs. Gage, was
in the room when hotel employees forced
Charged With Making Improper Pro
posal.
Greensboro, March 11. —Ed Turner,
negro bellboy, is held under $2,000 bond
here, after being given hearing in mu
nicipal court today on the charge of mak
ing an improper proposal to Kate Simp
son, white girl, who was a guest at the
Clegg Hotel.
According to the girl, who gave her
home as Marion. N. C., she came here
Tuesday from Danville, A a., went to one
of the mills here and secured a job. also
getting a boarding place, but was told
to wait until today get possession of
Her room.
She said she went back to the hotel
and asked the bellboy to get a paper, and
she said he insulted her when he re
turned. Crawford Nance, night clerk
at the hotel, and Lucian Gilmer, negro
bellboy, are held under SSOO bond each on
the charge of trying to intimidate a wit
ness.
One Hundred and Ten Miles an Hour on
An Italian Train.
Borne. March U. —Complete plans for
the organization of an electric railway
to connect Genoa, Milan and Turin are
Ulmer! consideration by Premier Musso
lini as president of the council. The
proposed line will run at a speed of 110
miles an !hour— unequaled by any other
train in Italy.
By this projected rapid-transit line
it will be pcasible to travel from Turin
to Milan in fifty-seven minutes, the train
making but two stops on the way. .Very
little longer will be required for the trip
from either of these cities to Genoa.
If the plan works out as its origma-r
tors hope, the line ,will be continued
through Genoa to Spezia, Pisa and lina.-
ly to Rome. In this case the present
running time of seven hours from Pisa to
Rome will be cut down to four hours.
Several Bitten by Dog. j
Salisbury, March 6.-A number of
people were bitten by a dog supposed o
be mad several days ago in tb *
Hill community. Eight of those bitten
were school children . The animal was
killed and his head was sent to Haleigh
for examination. Word comes back that
the examination disclosed the J*
was. infected with rabies and those wbo
were bitten are taking the Paste "*
treatment, which is now administered by
local physicians.
I The presidents of the Wake county cot-
I ton mills include J. R.
G. Pierce, T. N. Webb and R. E. Koyaii.
SALARIES OF CITY OFFICIALS
CUT BY LEGISLATURE
1 Four Ootlur Loeal Bills Passed by the
LegisJature Relative to the Cotiiny.
The State assembly which adjourned
Tuesday passed only, five bills relating
solely to the county, according to W.
A. Foil, senator from Cabarrus.
Os outstanding importance locally was
the cut made in the salaries of the city
officials by the legislature. By this
hill, th.e salary of the mayor was re
duced from SI,BOO to SI,OOO ns a maxi
mum. The salary of the clerk was’iV
dueed from SI,OOO to SOOO. The board
of aldermen were likewise reduced from
S3OO to SIOO.
AA’hile the city officials were having
their salaries cut, one county official,
the sheriff, fared better. His pay was
raised from $3,000 to $5,200 a year.
A bill was passed creating a county
game commission with three members.
C. F. Ritchie was appointed to act as,
chairman of the commission with a tPrm
of office of six years. F. S. Pharr was
appointed for four years and Mason
Goodman was appointed for two years.
AA\ C. Medlin was appointed to act as
game* warden. This measure will be
published later.
An extension of the city limits was
made. Another bill was passed provid
ing for a trial by jury in ' recorder’s
court. The jury members were to re
ceive $1 and were to be paid by an ad
ditional tax 'of the costs.
DR. PARKER SPEAKS TO
TEACHERS AND PARENTS
Is Delighted With Playground Space in
Schools and With the Work of the Y.
Dr. A. AW Parker, regional director
of the American Playground and,Recrea
tion Association, made a very interest
ing talk before the teachers and mem
bers of the Parent-Teachers Association
on the need of playgrounds.
Dr. Parker brought out the fact that
j the child of today has an entirely dif
ferent problem than the child of 25
years ago. The child of 25. years ago
had enough work to do to keep it busy
during the time it was not in school.
The child of today, as a result of mod
ern inventions and modern improvements,
has too much leisure. For that reason
something must be done to occupy the
time of the child.
Wholesome amusement must be pro
vided, said Dr. Parker, by schools and
other civic organizations. The local
schools were well provided with play
ground space and particularly was «he
pleased with the work of the Y. M. C. A.
Chamberlain on the Geneva Protocol.
Paris. .March 12.—Speaking to a
chamber so closely packed that there was
hardly breathing space, Austin Chamber-
Inin, British secretary for foreign affairs,
delivered his long heralded discuoree on
the Geneva protocol for security and die-'
armament before the council of tbt
League of Nations today.
The British secretary urged that it
was a great mistake “to add to the lia
bilities already incurred” without taking
into account the weakening of the league
through the non-adhesion of some pow
ers. He insisted the economic sanctions
provided for in the protocol if simul
taneously directed by the world against
a state which was not economically self
sufficient, would be a weapon of incal
culable power.
’•‘lt was true.”. he averred, “that the
league's work is going on beneficially and
full of promise,” though the United
States remained in friendly aloofness.
Effort to Win Freedom for Seldow.
New York. March 12.—Legal proceed
ings were started today to win freedom
for Morris J. Seldow, ex-convict, and al
leged parole breaker, who was • arrested
last night. He is the husband of 18-year
old Mary AA’oodson, daughter of a Wash
ington dress maker. Mary disappeared
two- years ago and was found on Tuesday
by her mother. %
Roth the daughter and the mothem
Mrs. A. B. Woodson, have stood by Sen
do,w r since his arrest. Bernard M. Sand
ler, whom they have retained as his at
torney, today started habeas corpus pro
ceedings on his behalf.
Expect Heavy Run of Shad and Her
rings.
Washington, N. C., March 11. —Fisher-
men are looking for a heavy run of shad
and herrings from no won. The in
crease in herrings is now being seen daily
and those who know say that shad will
follow suit. Herrings are retailing in
this market five cents a piece while shad
are retailing for forty and fifty cents
per pound. It has not been so long ago
when shad sold here for ten cents per
pound. __
Whiskey Inquiry Ends.
Norfolk, Va.. March 12—With the
close of argument by counsel for the de
fense which raised the possibility that the
200 gallons of whiskey found aboard the
naval, transport Beaufort in a raid
might have been placed in officers’ state
rooms by members of the crew, the in
vestigation by a special by a naval board
of inquiry at the naval base ended this
morning.
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John C. Austin Dies at Newell.
Charlotte, March 11. —Funeral serv
ices of John C. Austin, 76, retired farm
er, of Newell, who "died early Sunday at
his home, were conducted Monday morn-
I ing at the Newell Baptist Church. Rev.
I i) r . Luther Little, pastor of the FirsK
i Baptist Church here, officiated at th|e
services. Burial followed in the ceme
tery at Newell.
Mrs. Bishop Gives Birth to Daughter.
• New York, March 12.—Mrs. Henry A.
Bishop, formerly Miss Gloria Gould, a
daughter of the late Geo. J. Gould, gave
birth to a daughter at a local hospital
i today. Mrs. Bishop is a professional
I dancer. She said the birth of her child
would not cause her give up her ca
;reer.
I
Fire at Salisbury Destroys Six Houses
On Innis Street.
Salisbury, March 11.—Fire this after
noon destroyed six small houses on West
Innis Street. The 'prevalence of a high
wind greatly handicapped the firemen and
created intense interest of citizens in
general.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1925
IGUTZON BOM
f TO CONFER WITH IN
\ With a View, He Says, of
1 Making an Effort to Re
sume Work <m the Stone
Mountain Monument.
STATEMENTMADE
AT WILMINGTON
«: Did Not Giv< the Person
-1 nel of the Committee, But
Did Not Represent Stone
Mountain Association.
Wilmington, X. March 12.—Gut
i zon Borglum. former jjurecting sculptor of
the Stone Mountain .Uonfederate memo
rial. today announce!! he would confer
tonight or tomorrow with a group of men
from Atlanta with ai'view to arranging
resumption of work on the monument.
The sculptor did not give the personnel I
of the committee, biif, stated the mem
bers did not represei# the Stone Moun
tain Monumental Assignation which had
charge of the memorial.
Conference to Take TMace in Raleigh.
Charlotte, March 12^ —Gutzou Borglum,
deposed sculptor of the Stone Mountain
Confederate memorialAin a long distance
telephone call from AYhitevifle, N. C., to
the Associated Press bureau here, con
firmed an announcemeßt made previously
in AA’ilmington, N. C.Jthat he is to meet
a group of Atlanta tpen tonight or to
morrow with a view arranging for re
sumption of work on the monument.
A representative of-’the group of At
lanta men called him pver,long distance
telephone last night fed requested the
conference, the seulptdp‘sa : d.
When asked about toe personnel of the
group, Borglum said be did not desire to
make public this information. The con
ference, he said, will take place in Ral
eigh according to pres#nt plans.
Fall’s Bank Accounts Offered as Part of
Record,
Cheyenne. Wyo.. March 12.—Records
of the bank accounts of Albert IV Fall,
former Secretary of the Interior, were
offered as a part of the record in Teapot
Dome case today, but Federal Judge T.
Blake'Kennedy reserve#: his ruling as to
their admissabilitj.
The figures of the account kept with
the First National Bank of El Paso w r ere
offered by the government in an attempt
to show that Liberty Bonds were ex
changed between Fall and Harry F. Sin
clair, head of the Mammoth Oil Co., which
was given tiie Teapot Dome lease. Tes
timony regarding the bank’s record then
continued.
Heat Records Broken in North Caro
lina and Virginia.
AA’ashington, March 11.—The highest
temperature of : record this early in the
reason were reported' today from Norfolk,
A’a.. Raleigh. N. C., Montgomery, Ala.,
•ind Macon, Ga , the weather bureau an
nounced tonight in a report of condi
tions.
Montgomery and Macon were the
warmest places in the Washington dis
trict if not the United States with maxi
mum temperature of 8(> degrees each;
while Raleigh registered a high mark of
84 -and Norfolk 82.
Dr. Graves Missing.
j New York, March 11. —The New 7 York
V American says today it has learned that
Br. 'A. K. Graves, whose exploit as an
international spy have w 7 on him world
wide fame, has been missing since last
August, when he took a trip to St. Louis
to gather information concerning an al
leged plot to restore the Hohenzollerns to
the throne of Germany.
The D. A. R. at Asheville.
Asheville, March 12.—With a number
of candidates in the field for the position
of State Regen.t, the election of officers by
the North Carolina Conference of the
Daughters of the American . Revolution
was the principal business coming before
’ the final session of the convention today.
>
School Bus Hit By Train.
Norfolk. March 11.—Dorothy Stokes. 1
16, and her brother Edward. 14. were
badly injured today when the Norfolk
County school bus was struck by a Nor
folk & Southern train at Butts County.
The girl was driving the bus and her
brother was the only pasenger.
Etlicl Barrymore’s Condition Improved.
Kansas Oity, March 12.—Slight im
provement was noted today in the condi
tion of Miss Ethel Barrymore, actress,
who is cotifined to her hotel here suffer
ing from an attack of arthritis, is was
announced by Wiliam Frank* her mana
ger.
Mother of- Charlie Chaplin Must Leave
the Country.
I Washington, D. C., Marcch 10. —Mrs.
Hannah Chaplin, mother of Charlie
Chaplin, motion picture star, must leave
the country by March 26th, under a rul
ing by immigration officials.
State's Automobile Bill.
! Raleigh. March 11.—The people of
j North Carolina spent approximately
1 $42,4.50,000 for new automobiles from
i July 1, 1924, to February 4, 1925, ac-
I cording to statistics kept in the office of
Sprague Silver, title registrar of the
North Carolina title registration depart
ment. According to these figures the
people of the state spent an average of
1 $202,000 each day during the first seven
months of the fiscal year for new auto
mobiles.
J Hon. W. A. Foil, Mrs. Foil and
I daughter, Adelaide, returned Wednesday
i from Raleigh. Mr. Foil was senator
from this district in the assembly.
NEW TEXTILE DIRECTORY
SHOWS GROWTH IN SOUTH
The 1925 Textile Dim*»ory of the Sowtti
ern Railway Just Issued.
Washington, D. C., March 12.—The
1925 Textile Directory of the Southern
Railway system, just issued, shows that,
notwithstanding the fact that 1924 ivas
a year of general depression in the tex
tile industry throughout the w’orld, the
I remarkable growth in the south again
emphasizes the advantages of this terri
tory for textile manufacturing.
This directory lists' 1,105 plgnts op
j crating 13.006,246 spindles, 257,445 looms
and 43,475 knitting machines located at
points served by Southern Railway lines
at the end of 1924.
In a)l of the southern states there
are now 17,359.420 spindles, or 45.82
per cent, flf the total machinery engaged
in the spinning of cotton in the United
States. There was a net increase of
612,374 spindles in the South in 1924
and a net decrease of 362,545 spindles
in the states outside of the south.
The remarkable growth of the textile
industry in the South is shown in a
graphic way by diagrams one cf which
show’s that while-the South had only a
very small proportion (.27 per cent) of
the total spindles in the United States
in 1880, there has been a steady increase
from that year until, on January 1, 1925.
the South had 45.82 per cent, of, the
total. In state outside of the South
the number of spindles increased slowly
until the maximum of 20,981,175 was
readied in 1922. Since that year there
has been a decrease of 455,055 in those
states, as compared with an iucrease iu
the South in the same period of 1,395,-
039. Another diagram show’s that con
sumption of cotton has increased much
more rapidly in southern mill than in
those of other states and that in 1911,
and in ev<*ry year since that date, south
ern mills have consumed more cotton
than those of all other stares. In 11)24
southern mills took 3,858.317 bales,
which was 2,030,080 more than all other
states and . 67.92 per cent, of the total
consumption of cotton in tne United
States.
Seventy-five per cent, of all the cotton
spindles in all of the cotton growing
states are in localities served directly by
Southern Railway system lines, and one
of the most impressive features of the
directory is an outline map of the rail
way with a dot representing each 10,000
spindles. Referring to the service ren
dered by the Southern Railway system
to the textile industry of the South, the
following is printed on the back cover
page of the directory under the heading.
“Hauling Cotton to the Mill and Cotton
Goods to the Market”:
"Taking into account its tonnage so
raw cotton and of cotton mill products,
the Southern Railway system is un-
the largest carrier of cotton
in the w'Orld. v
“Aeirndfipanyin* the rapid -growth of
the textile"industry, and especially the
present day development of dyeing,
bleaching and finishing, there has been
developed a wider distribution of cotton
goods directly from the mills,
“The management of the Southern
Railway system has recognized the op
portunity and the obligation thus created
for an efficient system of assembling and
distributing textile mill products to the
various markets of the East, North and
West by special cotton goods trains. Tex
tile mill products are assembled daily at
Spencer transfer (Salisbury, N. C.,) at
Hayi.e transfer (Spartanburg, S. C.,)
and at Inman transfer (Atlanta, Ga.,),
where they are loaded into package cars
and forwmrded on special trains sched
uled for continuous movement to South
ern Railway terminals. Daily through
trains operat from Spencer, and Hayn.e
uniting at Asheville, N. C., and carry
through cars of cotton goods to Cincin
nati, Louisville, St. Louis, Chicago, Kan
sas City, and other points in the North
and Northwest byway of Cincinnati,
Louisville and St. Louis gateways. This
schedule is connected at Knoxville wit
through train service via Chattanooga
to Memphis, carrying package cars to
and beyond that point. Mill products
loaded daily at Inman transfer are han
dled on solid through trains to Cincin
nati, Louisville, St. Louis, Memphis, New
Orleans and beyond. From each of
these transfer points through train sched
ules carry cotton .goods to the East via
Potomac Yard (all rail) and via Pinners
Poiut-Norfolk (rail and water). From,
the South Carolina section there is a
daily package car service to Charleston,
by w’hich route, in connection with tthe
Clyde Steamship Line, expeditious rail
and-water service is provided to New
York and the East.”
Borglum Is To Make His Home In
Raleigh.
Wilmington, March 11.—The state
ment that a “man of character and
ability wonld not enter upon work of
that kind undpr any conditions,” was
advanced by Gotsson Borglum. sculptor,
keystone of the Stone Mountain memo
rial battle, when asked today if he no
ticed that F. William Sievers, of Rich
mond, had refused to take up the memo
rial. work where he left it.
He announced that in the future he
will make his home in Raleigh, at least
as long as it takes him to complete two
statute portraits. He has also two
commissions for in the btate of
Mississippi, be said.
Governor May Name Two Emergency
Judges.
Raleigh, March 11.— Governor McLean
may make his first appointments of emer
gency judges under the act enacted by
the 1925 legislature to provide presiding
officers for terms of court in \ancey and
Caswell county. Under the new act
the governor, with the advice of the chief
justice, may commission a practicing law
yer as an emergency judge to hold a spe
cial term of court. The commission
would continue only for the durationg of
te term, which might be a week or two
weeks. Yancey and Caldwell have asked
for emergency judges for terms conven
ing soon.-
Winner of Olympian Championships Dies.
New York, March 10.—Myer Bre.n
stcin. 45, former world’s record holder
in the running broad jump, and winner
of Olympic championships in 1900, 1904,
and 1906 for the United States, died ut
Mt. Sinai Hospital today.
THE TEAPOT DOMfe CASE
Attempt to Prove That Liberty Bonds
Passed Out of Sinclair’s Hands !*►*'
Those Albert B. Fall. - v. t at*
Cheyenne, Wyo.,
eminent in its suit to c» _
Dome navak oil lease, at
tempt to prove that S23(U>OO in Liberty
bonds passed out of the hands of Harry
F. Sinclair and eventually into banks to
the credit of Albert B. Fall, former Secre
tary of the Interior, who executed the
leases to Sinclair.
Only indirectly w’ere Owen J. Roberts
and Atlee Pomerene, government counsel,
able to suggest in the official record that
contention that the defunct Continental
Trading Co., of Toronto, served as an
agent to the plan for H. F. Osier, its
president, H. M. Blackmer and James E.
O’Neill, American oil men now abroad,
refused to answer questions when called
before representatives of the U. S. gov
ernment at Toronto and Paris for deposi
tions.
Nevertheless tlieier depositions were
read in order that the government might
put before the court the question.
BOWIE CONSIDERS
SENATORIAL TOGA
May Make Attempt to Succeed Over
man in the United States Senate.
Raleigh News and Observer.
T. C. Bowie, member of the lower
house of the general assembly from Ashe
county, is seriously considering entering
the race for the United States Senate
in the Democratic primary two years
hence, at the expiration of Senator Lee
S. Overman’s term, it was learned here
last night.
Representative Bowie, when question
ed concerning the matter, stated that he
had not definitely made up his mand and
did not care to make a formal announce
ment at this time. 'He stated that should
he decide to remain in public life lie, in
all probability, would seek the senatorial
toga.
Representative Bowie lias terved ten
terms__in the, house, iiicdluding several
siiecial sessions. He was speaker in
1915 and at one time prior to the con
vening of the session just closed he was
spoken of as a possible candidate again.
However, he abandoned this and the race
narrow to Pharr and Cox, the latter
withdrawing' and leaving Mr. Pharr an
open field.
SALISBURY LEGION ASKS
FOR RIFLES AND UNIFORMS
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Legionnaires Need Supplies For Mili
. tary Funerals For Deaths at Oteen
Hospital.
Washington. March 9. —At the in
stance of J. Giles Hudson, post com
mander. Samuel C. Hart, post No. 14. of
the’ American legion, Salisbury. Sen
alter Overman has taken up with the.
secretary of war. Mr. Weeks, the matter 7
of furnishing at least‘a dozen uniforms
nlnd rifles to the members of the post
ti> be used for funerals.
| A national cemetery is located at
Salisbury and the boys who die at Oteen
and Johnson City hospitals are sent
there for burial, and this post is very
anxious to have these funerals With all
military honors; that they have had at
least 20 funerals in the past 12 months ;
that there la re very few of the members
of the post who have uniforms and most
cases they are worn out or are too small
and that the rifles are in very bad condi
tion, so that at those funerals they make
a very bad appearance as many of the
soldiers even wear civilian clothes.
Senator Overman has asked Secre-l
tar.v Weeks about this matter. He hopes
that the request will be granted.
Dr Vardell’s Residence Is Destroyed by
Fire.
Red Springs, March 11. —The residence
of Dr. C. G. Vardell. president of Flora
Maedonold College, was destroyed by fire
tonight. The blaze was discovered in
an upper story of the building about 9 :15
o’clock, and rpead rapidl, A piano
and some furniture was taken from the
rooms on the ground floor. The build
ing and its contents otherwise will rep
resent a total loss.
The residence was one of the original
buildings on the college campus. It
once stood on the site now occupied by
the Vardell building, but had been mov
ed back to give way to a more modern
establishment, later being converted into
a residence and since occupied by Dr,
Vardell and his family.
Dr. Vardell is in Greensboro tonight.
South Carolina Senate Passes 5-cent Gas
Tax.
Columbia. S. C., March 11—The South
Carolina senate last night passed by a
vote of 26 to 9 the bill providing for
a gasoline tax of five cents and A sched
ule of automobile license starting at $9
for the lightest cars. Os the five cents
tax two cents is to go to the counties
for roads not ip the State highway sys
tem, and three to the State highway sys
tem. ; ,
This bill is offered as a change from
the present system of three cents tax and
license schedule starting at sl2-
Wilkinson Again on Highway Board.
Raleigh. March 11. —Governor McLean
la«t night sent to the senate and that
body copermed the re-appointment of
three members and the chairma i of the
State highway commission. v Those re
appointed for a period of six years were
Frank Page, chairman; W. A. Hart,
Tar boro, for the first district; W. U.
Wilkinson, Charlotte, for the sixty dis
trict, and A. M. Kistler, Morgan ton, for
the eighth district.
Dr. Simons Now Acting German Presi
dent.
Berlin. March 12 (By the Associated
Pre^s). —l» r . Walter Simons took the
oath today as acting President of the
German republic, to succeed the late 1 red
erck Ebert. Like Ebert. I>r. Simons did
not add “So help me. God.” which is left
optional in the oath as prescribed b> the
constitution.
The presidents of the cotton manufac
turing plants in Rutherford county in
clude Charles H. Haynes. C. M. Wood
ford, J. F. Alexander, A. J. Cumnock, 8.
B. Banner, K. S. Tanner, and 8. E. El
more.
$2.60 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
108 SON YAT SEN
fM OF DESTINY":
OF CHINA IS DEAD
The Manchu Dynasty Had
Fixed a Price of $200,000
on His Head for Campaign
ing for Republic.
WAS A CHRISTIAN
FOR MANY YEARS
Dr. Sun Yat Sen Was Iden
tified With Almost Every
Phase of the Public Life
In China.
Peking, March 12 (By the Associated
Press). —Dr. Sun Yat Sen, on whose
head the Manchu dynasty fixed a lwice
of $200,000 when Dr. Sun was campaign
ing for a republic in China, died here
this morning from cancer of the liver.
He was 63 years old.
Called “China’s man of destiny’’ by
many, Dr. Sun was identified with al
most every phase of public life in his .
country. He was conscious to the last.
He gave instructions to his wife about
personal matters and talked rationally.
The . body will lie in state at some
public place to be selected today.
AGED WOMAN LEFT
ALL TO HER DOGS
Lovely Old Woman Said Dogs More
Faithful Than Humans.
New York World.
A lonely old woman was burned to
death in her home in Mount Holly, X.
J., last Friday. With Mrs. Beatrice
Bohn when she died were her two dogs,
the bodies of which were found beside
hers.
A friend. Mrs. Harriett S.' Hartwig. of
Philadelphia, yesterday produced a let
ter which she said Mrs. Bohn had writ
ten before she died.
“I have so many false friends on two
legs and so many, many faithful and true
friends on four legs that I want the
little money I have worked for and saved
to be used.” it said, “for the most faith
ful creature that breathes —the dog.”
Mrs. Hartwig said the estate was
worth $50,000. She said Mrs. Bohn had
written- her that she would have had at .
least $50,00Q more if “Christian women”
' lirffT not “worked upon my impulsive,
sympathetic** nature to, obtain money,”
women. Mis. Bohn wrote, who “would
not inconvenience themselves for a dog.'
With Our Advertisers.
Seed Irinh potatoes, sweet potatoes,
lespedeza; clover seed, grass seed and gar
den seed at Cline & Moose’s. This firm
wants to buy all your country meat.
The Henkel-Craig Live Stock Co. will
have 85 head of horses, mares and mules
for one week only at Salisbury beginning
today, March 12th.
Hats that are gay, sparkling and
youthful at Fisher’s.
Browns-Cannon Co. has just received
a new shipment of bow ties. Everything
for men there.
Parks-Belk Co.’s Beauty Shop makes
hair switches.
More beautiful Spring goods for your
inspection at the Parks-Belk Co’s.
This will be the last week at the Or
ange Store, 41 S. Union Street.
Car load of riding cultivators, guano
distributors, corn planters, walking culti
vators. drag harrows, cotton planters,
etc., at Ritchie Hardware Co.
1173 New Laws Placed on Books of the
Legislature.
The General Assembly of 1925 passed
1,173 new laws and adopted 52 resolu
tions. The last bill ratified was H. B.
1.079-S. B. 1.052, being an act to vali
date certain acknowledgments and regis
trations in Catawba county.
Robert T. Wilson, of Yanceyville, en
rolling clerk, kept up with the wor’c of
both houses, so that little time elapsed
after the Senate completed its legislative
duties before the last bill was ready for
ratification. The efficiency of his of
fice brought praise from the presiding of
ficers of both houses.
Big Shipment of Chinese Cotton to the
United States. •
Victoria, B. C., March 11.—One of the
largest single shipments of Chinese cot
ton ever made to y Canada, 1,600 tons, ar
rived here last night aboard the Empress
from Chinese ports. Her cargo includ
ed 3,500 bales of raw silk, valued at
more than .$4,000,000 consigned to New
York mills.
Severe Storms in Indiana, and Illinois.
Indianapolis. Ind., Match 11.—Indiana
and southeastern Illinois were taking
stock today of the damage done by the se
vere wind, hail and rain storm which
swept over these states late yesterday and
last night, causing property damage es
timated at more than $500,000. Several
persons were injured slightly.
'Four persons are steadily employed
in cleaning and polishing the table silver
in Buckingham Palace.
WHAT SMITHY’S CAT SAYS
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Partly cloudy and slightly colder to*
night, Friday partly, cloudy, _
NO. 97