Editor and Publisher
I'OLUME xlix
II RADIU!
IY CLAIMS
I ATTENTION
Middlesex Hos-
Curative Value
Can Be Multi
ands of Times.
BEING
RED AT LAST
leing Purified,
and Confined Iu
}s Which Are
er Than a Hair.
t; (I»y the Associated
of Middlesex H«S
lie center of British
jini to liave made an
enabling the curative
quantity of radium
thousands of times.
,-ery consists ofbottl-l
iw n as radon, in tiny
urn emits three kinds
alpha. Iteta and gam
n!y the gamma rays
1. The present sue- •
beta rays which ex
iwing. purifying, con
ing in glass tubes a
a human hair, toi
• name “seed'-.’’
name “seeds." These j
repared to distribute
or curative purposes,
nay prove useful in
lotigii they depreciate
are likely to prove
era certain cure.
TEMPORARY
KTERS IN SHAPE
Rooms Being Re--
k Occupancy During
od.
now being made to
on East Depot street
ic.r the Concord Xat
re in during the time
•it el building is being
meed the first of the
oils between the two
ied the ground‘‘‘floor
and the stairs which
■r atinpx of the hotel
n. With the parti
of suitable size has
iik are of the opinion
era month and pcs
nths before the build
in for them to move
| partitions are torn
as to be laid and a
liich will take much
time the bank will
miters at the corner
n streets, despite the
- already commenced
tin 1 old hotel. ,
of the new bank and
be delayed for sev
kes as long to finish
as officials seem to
us the hotel eommit
k that it would not
four weeks to finish
lot el.
which is to be erect
ip old bank and hotel
est in the city. The
quarters which will
(eighth. Above this
will use as accommo-
THOMPSON
I) THIS MORNING
Charlotte Hospital. —
Probably Tomorrow.
hompson, seventy-sev
loved women in Con
-1 this morning in the
ni where she was tuk
the removal of a goi
ments have not been
nil but it is thought
1 tomorrow afternoon
kick at the home, bur
it Oak wood cemetery,
hope, pastor, will of
had been ill for a pe
ir with a goitre. Her
been serious,until re
st s taken ill with in
lesday it was decided
the goitre was neees
taken to Charlotte but
ikened condition, doc
t not to ojierate.
i was born in the
uirty on February 24,
1 fried to J. M. Thomp
thftt community - until
> when she moved to
a faithful member of
terian Church almost
its organization. Sur
»*. .1. E. and John K.
"• Mrs. K. G. Sherrill,
f. Mrs. C. H, Long
1 hompson. are
n *n surviving.
Clay Merc lants Con
tend.
r.-li 21.—Xv hen nt li
ft oil here - aud
merchants to advertise
mis they should re
their trading at home,
‘d at a meeting of the
merchants’ association
iSoine oftlie directors
that there was some
only out of the city,
state. The resolution
at is fair play” one.
‘ Angela. Man named
Taking them in al
'0 Los Angeles.
THE CONCORD TIMES
Hanker Missing
E. A. Wickham*lS?*Suncn*B!?!ffs.
J lowa, bank president and financier,
has been missing for several days.
Relatives fear that he has been ab
ducted and; is being held for ransom,
possibly in SL Paul, Minn.
PRESIDENT OF LENOIR RHINE
COLLEGE RESIGNS
Dr. Peery and Officials At Odds Over
Retention of Member of Faculty.
Hickory, March 25.—Dr. John C.
Peery. president of Lenoir-Rhyue col
lege. resigm d as head of the iocal in
stitution this morning. his announce- 1
I ment sit chapel coming as a bolt from
the blue. Members of the faculty and
[hoard are sitting tight while develop
i ments take place, or are expected, to
[lake place.
For sometime there has been triction
between the faculty of Lenoir-Rhyne
college, according to authentic informa
tion gathered here this morning. the
main point of difference starting last
year when charges against Dr. J.. (\
Longaker began circulating within
school officialdom. It was alleged that
Dr. Longaker’s degree of Ph. D.. was
not authentic, owing to the fact that the
Potomac university, where he obtained
that title, was listed as a “diploma
mill.” This charge was brought to the
attention.of Dr. Peery. it was alleged
this morning, and he did not take any
action regarding it.
All of this year the matter has been
brewing until within the last few days
a printed sheet bearing information re
garding Dr. Longaker’s degree was
mailed to various persons connected
with the school and others in the com
munity. This sheet was not signed and
ne information, can be gained as to- its
author. Dr. Peery would mrvke •mt'fWtrffcr*
statement regarding the matter, saying
the press was welcome to whatever in
formation it could gather. He will pre
pare a statement for the papers tomor
row. it was said, that will doubtless
throw some light on the situation.
While none of the officials of the col
lege would make any definite stalements,
it is generally agreed that the real
trouble underlying Dr. Peery’s resigna
tion is the fight against I)r. Longaker.
When questioned about his degree this
morning, as contained in the charges
made against him in the anonymous
sheet sent out. Dr. Longaker told news
paper men that he realized his degree
would not lx recognized by higher auth
orities and he declared that when he
first came to the local college he pro
tested against its use in the catalog.
According to Dr. Ixingaker. he joined
with eight or nine other pastors in his
section in Pittsburgh in 1909 in enroll
ing for a correspondence course with the
Potomac university. He was one of
three who completed the courses pre
scribed and he was given a degree for
his work. It was also charged that he
claimed two years’ graduate work in the
University of Pittsburgh. According to
the registrar of that institution he had
enrolled during the fall of 1012-13 for a
course in sociology.
No members of the board could bo
reached this morning, although it was
believed that various conferences were
being held over the city. It was the
opinion of all approached that no mem
ber of the present faculty would even be
made temporary president of the institu
tion. Some suggested that a member of
the board of trustees may act as 1>«- *»-
dent until a permanent head is decided
upon.
TEAPOT DOME LEASE Sl’IT
DUE TO END DURING DA^
Final Argument in Case Will Be Made
By Owen J. Roberts. Government Coiin-
Cheyenne, Wyo.. March 20 (By the
Associated Press).—The trial of the lea
pot Dome was due to end here today "O' 1
the final argument in the case to -e
made by Owen J. Roberts, government
°°Mr. Roberts was scheduled to speak
for 1 1-2 hours in his final rebuttal. It
'was left to him alone to answer the de
fense argument presented late yesterday
before Federal Judge T. Blake Kennedy
bv Martin W. Littleton, counsel for Har
ry F. Sinclair. Mammoth Oil Company.
Spring Opening and Before Easier Sale
at Parks-Belk Cos.
, The Spring of 1025 in here, ami l.e»-
ter is just around the corner. Befoie
you buy your suit, shoes or hats, be sui e
to see the big stock of the I ark.-Belk
. Co. Here you will find a wonderful se
lection, and at prices that will certainly
. i please your pocketbook. In two pages
I of ads. in Thursday’s Tribune and Time.
' they call to your attention the large am
. complete stock they have for you.
‘ I Morrison Invited to Address Assembly
,* Charlotte, March 25.—Rev. Bunyar
McLeod, pastor of the First Presbyter
I ian church, Lexington, Ky., bv wire o
day extended an invitation to tonne
I Governor Cameron Morrison to go t
V Lexington to address the General A*
sembly of the Southern Presbytenai
1 church on April 24. . . ,«
1- Mr. McLeod extended the invitatioi
on behalf of the General Assembly.
m STOCKHOLDERS
OF C. AND 0. HI
RIGHT TO MEETING
Judge Moncure Denies Peti
tion of Minority Stock
holders of Company for In
junction Against Majority.
MAY LEASE THE
ROAD, IT IS SAID
1
Nickle Plate Wants Lease of
999 Years and the Minority
Stockholders Are Said to
Oppose the Lease.
Richmond, March 26. —After having
belli assured by attorneys for the Chesa
peake and Ohio Railroad that no steps
would be taken toward leasing the road
until it could be adjudicated by the Vir
ginia courts. Chancery Judge Moncure
today denied a petition of minority
stockholders for an injunction to prevent
| a stockholders meeting March 30th.
Chancery judge also ruled his court
had jurisdiction Jn the matter. It was
J around this point that attorneys for the
'two factions waged their skirmish during
the four days' hearing on the matter.
The meeting which the minority group
sought to enjoin had been called for the
purpose of considering a lease of the
Chesapeake and Ohio properties to the
Nickle l’late for a yeriod of 999 years,
years.
DOROTHY ELLINGSON AGAIN
COLLAPSES IN COURT
Believed She Will Not Be Physically
Able to Go Through Trial at Present
Time.
San Francisco. Cal.. March 2G. —The
trial of lU-year-old Dorothy Elliugson.
charged with having shot and killed her
mother, Mrs. Anna Ellingsou, was resum
ed here today with attorneys for the de
fense and prosecution making in the case
painstaking selection of the jury which
will try the young defendant, and with
precautionary measures iu force to
guard against a physical ami mental
breakdown of the girl.
The fourth collapse of the girl in court
yesterday, dur : ng the third day of the
trial led her attorneys to announce last
night they might petition flic court to
have the girl e*nmiirc,l -»y « jlwystimn
each day before she is brought into court.
The girl's father is quoted as expressing
the belief that his daughter will not be
able to stand the uninterrupted course of
proceedings and an intermiss : on might be
needed.
THE COTTON MARKER
Opened Steady at Advance of 7 Points to
Decline of 2 Points JVitli Near Months
Higher.
New York. March 26.—The cotton mar
ket oi>ened steady today at an advance
of 7 points to a decline of 2 points, with
near months higher in response to rela
tively steady Liverpool cables. There was
some trade buying and covering, but the
demand was limited, and prices eased off
under liquidation, with southern and
western selling. July declined from 25.70
to 25.57. and October from 25.08 to
24.06, with the general market ruling
about 7 to 11 points net lower at the end
of the first hour.
Private cables said Liverpool was stead
ier on the dry weather in the southwest,
and that American selling in that mar
ket had been absorbed by traders and con
tinental buying.
Colton futures opened steady. May
25 42; July 25.70; Oct. 25.08; Dec.
25.05; Jan. unquoted.
RECONSTRUCTION OBJECT
IN STORM SWEPT AREAS
American Red Cross Went Apace With
Plans to Replace And Furnish Homes.
Chicago. March 26. —Reconstruction
and replacement were the objects of ac
tivity today in the storm swept areas of
five states where a week ago ruin and
death were left in the wake of the pre
vious day's tornado.
The American Red Cross went apace
with its plans to replace and furnish
homes, clothing and all necessities of vic
tims to re-establish them as nearly on a
pre-disaster basis as possible.
With Our Advertisers.
New Victor red seal and other records
at Bell & Harris Furniture Co.’s. See
list in the new ad. today.
Save a part of every dollar —that's the
key to future success and happiness. No
better way to save money than by taking
stock in the new series, now open, of
the Cabarrus County B. L. & Savings-
Association. See Gilbert Hendrix at the
Concord National Bank.
There will be an auction sale of a cai
load of Tennessee mules and a few horses
at Laughlinls State at Southern depot
Monday. March 30, at 12 o'clock M. Se*
ad. in this paper.
Premier Mussolini In Public Again.
Rome, March 26 (By the Associate!
Press). —Premier Mussolini made his
first appearance in the chamber of depu
I ties today since his recent illness.
When he entered, followed by all thi
' cabinet members, the entire body witi
I (he exception of communists arose am
II gave him an enthusiastic demonstratioi
in which the galleries joined.
• Complete Arguments in Dennis toil Case
1 London. March 26.-r—Arguments b;
- counsel on the legal points of the jur;
- verdict on Mrs. Dorothy Muriel Dennis
r 1 toun's suit against her former husbam
) were completed today. Judge McCari
* reserved judgment.
l j
j Opening an umbrella in the house o
i bumping a traffic cop with your ca
are signs of bad luck.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1925
Adolescent modernists may refer t the uubobbed as “horse and buggy,” but when
it came to selecting the most beautiful girl in San Diego's high schools aud col
leges, Modelein Prosper, with unshorn tresses, won out. She was selected out of
4,060 pretty California girls.
The Law a§ to Operation of
Motor Vehicles in North Carolina
Raleigh, X. C.. March 25. —Motor ve- 1
hides operated by competing carriers j
shall not leave a station in a given city •
or town, or other point, for the same des-1
tination or destination# on the same time
schedule, the state corporation commis
sion has ruled. It is provided further
that where competing carriers operate
motor vehicles over the same highway, all
schedules shall be arranged, as nearly as
practicable, to leave termini at alter
nating periods on evep space of time be
tween departures. ‘
The commission, wh’rh now has super
vision over motor carriers operated on a
commercial basis between towns and cit
ies of North Carolina, has compiled a
set of rules based on the “bnsi' lnw.
Some.of the rales, in addition to those
named above, are as follows:
“That each motor vehicle carrier may
continue over the same route, and at the
same fares and rates with which service
is being rendered on the date the act be
comes effective, pending the action of the
commission upon its application, by com
plying with the following requirements:
“To pay two hundred ($200) dollars
to the commissioner of revenue as pro
vided by Sestion 8 of the act, and amend
ments thereto, and file with the commis
sion. subject- to tin* provis : «ns and con
ditions of the act, an acceptable liability
and property damage insurance policy, in
a company authorized to do business in
this state. i*overiug each motor vehicle
used or to be used by the carrier in the
following amounts:
“Glasses A and B:
“Twelve passengers and under; Five
thousand ($5,000) dollars for injury or,
death to one persons, and subject to a
Tmit of ten thousand ($10,000) dollars
for injury to, or death of, more than one
person in any one accident, and one thou
sand ($1,000) dollars for damage to prop
erty of persons other than the assured.
“Thirteen to twenty-one passengers:
Five thousand ($5,000) dollars for in
jury or death to one person, and subject
to a limit of fifteen thousand ($15,000)
dollars for injury to. or death of. mori
than one person in any one accident, and
one thousand ($1,000) dollars for damage
to property of persons other than the
assured.
“Class C:
“Any vehicle: One thousand ($1,000)
dollars for injury or death to one person,
and subject to a limit of five thousand
($5,000) dollars for injury to, or death
of, more than one person in any one ae
ieilcnt. and one - thousands ($1,000) dol
lars for damage to property of persons
other than the assured
“Class I):
“Any vehicle: One thoifsand ($1,000)
dollars for damage to property of any
person other than the assured
“Class E:
“Any vehicle: Two thousand five ($2,-
j 500) dollars for injury or death to one
! person, and subject to a limit of five
(thousand ($5,000) dollars for injury to,
or death of. more than one person in any
oue accident, and one thousand ($1,000)
dollars for damage to property of persons
other than the assured.
“Class F:
“Any vehicle: One thousand ($1,000)
j dollars for injury or death to any one per
. son. and subject to a limit of five thou
|«nnd ($5,000) dollars for injury to, or
death of. more than one person iu any oue
accident, ami one thousand ($1,000) dol
lars for damage to property of persons
other than the assured."
| In lieu of the above, the commission
has ruled :
‘The applicant carrier may:
“Deposit with the commission, subject
to the provisions of the act. acceptable
bond or bonds of the United States gov
, eminent, the State of North Carolina or
any city or county of this state, or tile
an acceptable bond in a surety company
authorized to do business in th : s state,
■ for each motor vehicle used or to be used
by such carrier, in the following amounts:
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“Passenger vehicles, all classes:
"Seven passenger vehicles and under:
Ten thousand ($10,000) dollars each.
“Eight to twelve passenger vehicle:
(Both inclusive) Fifteen thousand ($15,-
000) each.
"Thirteen to twenty-one passenger ve
hicles: (Both inclusive)) Twenty thou
sand ($20,000) each.
“Over twenty-one passengers: Twenty
five thousand ($25,000) each.
“Property carryiug vehicles:
“Class sJJB®-tNnisawl ($10,000) dol
lars each.'
Class F: Five thousand ($5,000)
each.”
It is provided by the commission that
wherever any action shall be brought in
the superior court, involving the liabil
ity of any indemnity or surety bond or
bonds deposited or tiled, as provided, such
motor vehicle carrier shall immediately
file an additional bond or bonds fn the
same amount, and in *defauTt thereof such
motor carrier's license certificate shall be
revoked; provided, that if the judgment
in any such action shall be rendered in
favor of such carrier and such carrier
has deiMisited the additional blind requir
ed. then such carrier shall have the priv
ilege of canceling the bond upon which
action was brought.
The corporation, in its rules governing
motor traffic of a commercial nature,
provides that common carriers shall ob
serve the speed limits set out in the
laws of the state.
It is indicated that the commission may
reduce the speed limit where it is deem
ed advisable.
It is further provided that each appli
cant to become a motor vehicle carrier
shall cause to be filed with the original
application for a license certificate a sep
arate application for a driver’s permit
for each person such applicant expects to
iwrate motor vehicles in such service.
Such applicants for drivers’ pernrts may
continue to operate as motor vehicle driv
el's pending the action by the commission
upon his applications.
No license certificate shall be issued to
two or more persons operating under a
fade name, unless organize!! in such a
manner that will definitely fix responsi
bility.
Under the regulatory legislation, the
corporation commission has ruled that all
common motor curriers shall be equipped
with proper lights, brakes, horns and other
accessories as will insure safety, conven
ience and comfort for passengers.
The amount of express or baggage that!
may be carried in a motor vehicle with I
passengers shall not be greater than can '
safely be carried without causing dan
ger or discomfort to passengers.
Any license obtained by misrepresenta
tion shall be revoked. Also, it is pro
vided that failure to comply with any of
the rules, which may be modified from
time to time, may result in revocation of
license.
,Declared Guilty on Immorality Charge.
Charlotte. March 25.—Eula Causey,
voung white woman who is suing Chief
of Police W. E. Snoddy for $20,000. al
leging defamation of character, follow
ing her arrest on a charge of immoral
conduct, was Wednesday sentenced to
serve a term of from six months to
three years in the Mecklenburg In
dustrial Home after conviction in police
court on a charge of occupying a hotel
room for an immoral purpose. She serv
ed notice of appeal and boud was placed
at SSOO. She will later face the charge
in Mecklenburg Sujierior court. A. G.
Smith, her companion in alleged offense,
failed to show up for trial and forfeited
a SSO bond.
Cabinet Predicts Business Prosperity.
Washington. March 24. —Cabinet mem
bers at v today’s regular session with Pres
ident Coolidge were asked to give him
a summary of their views on the busi
ness situation and they agreed generally
in predicting a continuance of business
prosperity.
SCIENCE BACKS TRI E
RELIGION. SAYS DR. REILAND
Ethical Basis of Love and Sacrifice De
manded af* New Christian Stimulus.
,A friend of- this paper who formerly
lived in Concord but who now its a resi
dent of New York, write as follows;
"Dear Mr. Sherrill:
“Enclosed is a clipping from the Her
ald-Tribune of Monday giving extract*
from a sermon which was preaC
the First Presbyterian Church i
morning, March 22nd, bv the ret\_ -air
St. George's Episcopal Church of this
city. Ir gives some of the views of one
of the modernists tful is radically dif
ferent, though not necessarily opposed
in all respects, to the views which we
have held for so long. Something is
taking place in religion and I am sure
I do not know what the outcome will i
be. I feel that the outstanding fea
ture. and one which I think is hopeful,
is that there is a disposition to talk
about religion upon any and all occa
sions. I hope the Christian people can
take advantage of this sentiment, or lack
of sentiment, and make the most of it.
“This minister is even bolder than Dr.
Fosdick in his utterances but his com
munion doesn’t bother him at all.”
The following is the clipping referred
to:
The Rev, Dr. Karl Reiland. rector of
St. George’s Protestant Episcopal Church,
declared yesterday in his sermon that
science and re.igious faith were not in
imical. The light 'of science on the
Scriptures, he held, led to a clearer un
derstanding of the teachings of Jesus.
“There is a feeling.” he said, “that
science has no business in qualifying re
ligious satisfactions; that somehow it is
opposed to religion, especially in its doc
trine of evolution. This makes for a
perverted view of Goil.. Who must be
behind a biological fact as well as be
hind a Bible truth. The same God is
back of every ‘ology’ jor ‘onoray’ and
must be responsible for them as the crea
tive cause.
New Attitudes Demanded.
“The scientist is in no danger of dis
covering what is to God's discredit. The
more lie can unfold to us of God and
His work, the better we shall understand
the Creator and the better will our re
ligion be on account of the truths which
must result from the resolution of scien
tific fact with religious assertion. The
creation story in the Book of Genesis,
the teaching of the fall of man, resulting
in death, entailed upon the race an ac
count 'Qf an original sin, must go in
the face of the establishment of evolu
tion. This is, in reality, the only fall
that man has sustained—the fall of this
nation. . .
“So our scientific learning is driving
us to feel that the Christian religion
demands, among other things, four new
attitudes. First, a new ethic as a basi#
of our religious stimulus —not an ethical
basis of fear and a hope of reward, bin
an ethical' basis of lov? and sacrifice.
Second, a new focus —not some heaven
to be achieved or hell to be avoided in
the future, or, as the early Christians,
to distrust the reason, despise the body
and disparage the world —but a spiritful
focus upon the value of this life here
on earth where Jesus came to meet it
and deal with it and help it tot greater
abundance. We know no heaven be
yond this until we get there, po life but
this until we live it. no place but this
until we take it. Third, a new sanction
to accept and follow the teaching of the
Master, not because of prophecy nor the
physical miracle of a Virgin birth nor
any other miracle, nor the atonement
satisfying an angry God —for none of
these reasons —nor for dogma nor for
creed will the Church prevail and Jesus
be worshipped.
Jesus’ “Moral Need.”
“Jesus will be worshipped because He
will be seen to be the economic spiritual
and moral need of civilization in general
and of character in particular, and
Christian satisfactions will be where
Jesus put them —not in the variegated
faiths which you can express, but in the
unmistakable fruits of life which you
c|n produce.
j “Fourth, a new enthusiasm; not for
something above and beyond our sense
ojf reality, but an enthusiasm where Jesus
found —it for and among his fellow men:
an enthusiasm for the kind of life they
should lead; the way they should walk.
And so we need a new enthusiasm for
humanity, for our common life among
our companions of earth.”
TWO MOUNTAINS IN
COLORADO ARE MOVING
Meeker’s Mountain Has Slipped 100
Yards in Two Day's—. Another Near
Denver.
Denver. Colo.. March 25—The antics
of Meeker’s moving mountain, in Rio
Blanca county of western Colorado, has
led to the revelation that the state has
a rival “runaway” peak in the foot
hills near Golden, according to Charles
W. Henderson, mineral geographer of
the U. S. Geological Survey. Golden is
15 miles west of Denver.
The condition is a common one. Hen
derson said. He reported that the Golden
foothill has been marching steadily eats
ward for several years, interfering both
with a highway and a branch line of the
Denver Tramway company. Every lew
weeks, according to Henderson, crews of
workmen are required to shovel off ton*
of dirt from both the highway and the
railroad.
The Golden disturbance apparently is
caused by the same thing as Meeker’s
phenomenon, namely, that a soft cla.>
base for a heavy sandstone, has become
water-soaked, through seepage, and can
not. longer hold up the mountain.
Meantime the progress of Meekers
“moving mountain” continue!! uninter
rupted. It slipped steadily along yes-
Iterday and in two days has moved 160
yards-
Southern’s Net Operating Sum Shows
Good Gain-
New York. March 25 Despite a de
cline of $77,433 in gross revenues for
February compared with the same
month last year, the Southern Railway*
net operating income increased to
207.332 from $1,020,870. Net tor the
first two months this year was $4,287,-
470 aeainst $3,681,411 in the cor
responding period of 1924.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
MOST TESTIMONY IN
BENNETT CASE HAS
PRESENTED
Possible That Arguments In
Case Will Begin Late To
day or Early Tomorrow as
Most Testimony Is In.
MRS. BENNETT IS
ON WITNESS STAND
Adds Denial of Guilt to That
of Her Husband, Who Was
One of Principal Witnesses
Called Yesterday.
Chattanooga. March 26. —Assurance*
by counsel that testimony for the defense
would be completed during the session
today marked the trial of W. H. Bennett
and his wife. Mrs. May Bennett, charged
with the murder of Miss Augustus Hoff
man.
The State brought its case to a close
yesterday afternoon and the defense op
ened with Bennett taking the stand.
Much of the defendant testimony was
given on cross examination conducted
by Attorney General George W. Cham
lee.
The defendant said he did not murder
his aunt and knew nothing of such a
murder.
Mrs. Bennett on Stand.
Chattanooga, March 26. —Mrs. May
Bennett, indicted jointly with her hus
band. W. H. Bennett, on charges of mur
dering Miss Augustus Hoffman, today
added her denial to the guilt to that of
her husband.
BALTIMORE CONFERENCE VOTES
DOWN METHODIST UNIFICATION
Merger Plans Are Beaten the First
Test—Loss Is Overwhelming.
Washington. March 25.—The one hun
dred and forty-first session of the Balti
more conference* of the Methodist Epis
copal Church. South, today overwhel
mingly voted down the proposal for uni
fication •of 7 the Methodist Episeojial
Church and the Methodist Episcopal ,
Church. South. The vote, 137 for and
141 against, was taken without debate.
A three-fourths vote was necessary for
approval.
The action.-which came on a yea and
pay vetA-aftev- tbe conference, reversed ,
in the matter of voting by ballot,
wa> the first to be taken by an anuual
conference of‘the more than forty con
ferences in the Methodist Episcopal
Church. South, in the United States.
The Cuban conference recently voted
unanimously in favor of unification.
The proposal how is being voted upon
in tiie northern church cor.ferences and
while complete returns are lacking, it
is understood that a large majority have
adopted it.
Bishop Warren A. Candler, of Atlan
ta president of the conference, presided
as tli! 1 vote was taken.
Despite the adverse action, proponent*
of unification were optimistic that other
southern conferences would approve the
pi nposaJ.
With its most important matter set
tled at the outset, the conference re
solve!! into its annual routine business
and devotional services. Approximate
ly 500 delegates are in attendance. Pre
liminary reports indicated that virtual
ly all of the churches in the conference
are in good financial condition.
WANT REVIEW OF
CONFERENCE VOTE
Appeal May Be Made to College of
Bishops as Result of Vote of Balti
more Conference.
Washington, March 26.—An appeal
probably will be filed with the College of
Bishops in connection with the adverse
vote of the Baltimore Methodist Confer
ence yesterday on the proposed consolida
tion of the northern and southern brandi
es. • *
Review will be sought, unification lead
ers declared today, of the ruling of Bish
op Candler, that one-fiftl) of the dele
gates could order a yea and nay vote.
The question will be presented to the Col
lege at the May meeting scheduled to be
held in Nashville, Tenn.
Fourteen Conferences Favor Unification.
Chicago, March 26. —Fourteen confer
ence* of the Methodist Episcopal Church
have voted in favor of unification with
the Methodist Episcopal Church. Kouth,
Dr. R. J. Wade, secretary of the confer
ence of the northern church, announced
today. The question of unification is
now before the annual conference* of the
church and will not be completed for
some' time. » •
Marquis Curzon Buried.
Derby, England, March 26. —The re
mains of the late Marquis Curzon. of
Kedlexton. were laid to rest today in the
family vault beneath the old Kedleston
church which adjoins Ked Hall, the Cur
zon ancestral home.
WHAT SMITTY’S CAT SAYS
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Partly cloudy tonight and Friday,
probably showers iu west portion; warm
er tonight in the extreme west portion.
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