Vb SHERRILL. Editor and Publisher
■IUMH XLIX
I.ESBY WILL
IS WEEK IB
S B WORK
intcd Superior
r e on Saturday
the Late Judge
DATE
t JUDGESHIP
esented to Gov
“an by Friends,
lent Meets \Y ith
r.
glesby. who on Satur
fn the Superior Court
Mi Loan, will leave
his duties, he having
■L's time to close up
tonl. In a telephone
iovernor McLean late
judge Oglesby was
ils si* lied u led to hold
I his week, but upon
t' Executive that he |
here this week to
affairs Governor Mc
d a special judge to
;lesby will reach the I
time to open court '•
1
is offered the judge
received early Satur-;
iovernor McLean and 1
Chief Executive that
'he appointment was
afternoon.
not a candidate for
vacant by the recent/
i F. Long, his name
iovernor McLean by
s parts of the State
1 iiis marked ability,
of .Judge Long. llou.
I; of the local bar.
r the office, and Mr.
iiber of the Coueord
oiisly endorsed Mr.
<by did not make ap
ip]K)intment and his
so ml wholly by his
a presented his name
in a few days after
Long.
the son of the late
A. Oglesby, and wds
-ant March 31, 1887.
many years a- presid- j
■ tern North Carolina
boyhood was spent
on of the State. He
nity Park School and
iiege and studied law
iege of Law and the
i Carolina, receiving
lor of laws from the
ig up the profession
•shy was for several
cwspaper work. He
i per career on The
• r became city editor
nine when that paper
Mr. .T. B. Sherrill,
staffs of the Roanoke
ita Constitution and |
ned as city editor of j
nlisted as a private
t North Carolina lu
ll the Mexican border
olina troops and dur
lie served in the Ma
becn active in many
■ganizations. especial
f the American Leg-
I as a post adjutant,
lember of the State
» and last year as
nder for the depart
lina. He has given a
e to helping wounded
adjust their claims
niveau. He also has
iml as an orator at
by the Legion and is
ioual speakers bureau
.
me.s from a family "in
been numerous. He
late Judge N. P. Og
md the late Judge W.
Concord, and a grand
nes Gaines, for many
ost distinguished law
lie old circuit of Stan-
Cabarrus and Union,
ornery, who was_one of
t lawyers alid jurists,
lived his appointment
tlie governor. Judge
: received his appoint*
110111 * 'ovcnior Scales, and later
< >2l<-~by is member of the Meth
yl I' and teacher of the Men’s
la " at Knworth ('liureh. He is
»*«-nm.-r and former president of
■ ‘ u \' "»»«»■>■ <’lub. Marine Corps
ami the DeJta Theta
trat, ' rn ' t - v - He is a bachelor.
g<> tt-ilfsby began the practice of
." nT ’" r,, ‘ af’or the war and dur-
H | Tllll “ na ' been a member of the
i'H *‘ as won mueh'T^yjignition,
~,dav one of the larg
■!!U|S,' I ||( rat ive enjoyed 'by any
■, iu . ’ "!ieord. In practically ail
H h hnportant criminal cases
H ' <U( ' b, *V n "'h'dr here during the
' .' IS ' Oglesby was retaiu
|H«. 0 f t , n ‘“•‘htiini hei was counsel in
; on ~'",! n '‘ st . hh'erly fought and im
|Hra|lr ' r '‘ s,llt s. He is recognized
( jo. n • v " u,!g lawyer of marked
Hn-iv kuow him most in
|^B°hiia's m , 01 '"d him one of North
ann ■'** brilliant young men.
with ; , ‘. IR<lnt of *^ r - Oglesby ha«
■ ,u "i and particularly with
■ (C " on Page Five)
THE CONCORD TIMES
•STATE PRISON BOARD
{ TO MEET TOMORROW
To Determine the Fate of George Ross
i Poii. Superintendent.
{ Raleigh, April ().*—The State prison
| board will meet Tuesday of this week
|to determine the fate of George Ros<s
| Pou, superintendent; Hugh A. Love,
chief clerk, and S. J. Busbep, warden
of ihe State prison. At its meeting
last month the board made no appoint
.ments. but held the matter in abeyance
| until its April meeting. Just prior t<>
last month's meeting there were charges
.‘of extravagance made against the pres-.
, ent management of the prison, based on
‘ expense accounts. Before retiring in
(favor of the new board, the old board
! held a meeting and passed a resolution
expressing its confidence in Superintend
-1 ent Pou and recommending to the new
'board that it reappoint him to office.
James A. Leake, of Anson county,
chairman of the new board, was also
chairihan ot the old board, having been
appointed by former Governor Morrison
i and reappointed by (iovernor McLean.
Richard G. Chatham, of E’.kin, member
of the board, was also reappointed by
, Governor McLean. The new board mem
-1 bers are Henry K. Burgwyn, of Jack
son : A. E. White, of Lumberton; John
M. Brewer, 'of Wake Forest ; Preston
Wilson, of Warsaw, and Ben B. Everett,
of Palmyra.
[ Superintendent Pou das first apoint
i ed. by the Morrison board, in 1021, to
succeed J. 31. Collie, of Louisburg, now
! with the State department of revenue,
who was superintendent of the prison
during the Bicket administration.
However. Mr. Pou's immediate succes
sor was E. F. McCulloch, of Bladen
county, who died in office. Mr. Pou.
in the meantime, was chief clerk. Upon
' the death of Mr. McCulloch. Mr. I\»u
I was the superintendency,
j Hugh A. Ixive. of Waynesville. was ap
| pointed chief clerk in Mr. Pou’s place,
j Mr. McCulloch had been chief clerk un
der Superintendent Collie.
; Mr. McCulloch served only a short
' while as superintendent.
Prior to the meeting of the prison
board last month, it had beeen announced
that apointment would be made. But.
on meeting, tbe new board decided to
f wait until its April meeting, which will
be held Tuesday^
Warden Rusbee has served through
several administrations as warden. He
succeeded the late Thomas P. Sale,
whose death followed a double electro
cution, The 1023 general assembly
passed a law relieving Mr. Busbee of
the task of electrocuting prisoners, pro
viding for an official executioner, to re
ceive $23 for each man killed at the
State’s prison.
MAHONEY REFUSES TO
DISCUSS HIS CRIME
Admit* That He Killed Mb* Beatrice
Donnelly But Will
Greenwich. Conn.. April 0. —Police
here today were seeking a motive in the
case of Miss Beatrice Donnelly. 24, who
was shot and killed in the woods here
yesterday. James A. Mahoney, 27, of
New York, has confessed that he took her
life, but will not say why. The true
story will never be told;-he asserts.
He and Miss Donnelly had been friends
for two and half years.
Yesterday he walked into police head
quarters and said he had just shot his
sweetheart. He gave up a pistol with
five exploded shells, then led the pokce
to the woods nearby where the body was
found with five bullet wounds.
OFFICERS ARE SEARCHING
FOR ALLEGED MURDERER
Trying to Locate Floyd Commings. Ne
gro. Who Is Alleged to Have Killed a
White Man.
High Point, April o.—Police and coun
ty officers continued their search today
for Floyd Cummings, negro, who is al
leged to have shot and instantly killed
Bonson Hill, and seriously wounded Jos
eph Byerlv. white men, near here last
Saturday.
Bloodhounds brought here to be used
for the search abandoned the trail near
'Jamestown this morning. Officers are of
the opinion that Cummings wias packed
up by a passing automobile at that point.
Easter Baseball Game at Salisbury.
Salisbury, April 6.—Extensive prepa
rations are being made for the annual
Easter Monday baseball game between
the Universit yof North Carolina and
i Davidson College, to be played tlr.fcL year
in Salisbury.
The game was scheduled originally for
Gastonia, but was later transferred to
Salisbury. Negotiations for the contest
were handled by J. F. Somers, of the
Salisbury Athletic Association.
This will be the first big contest on
the new park being built for the Salis
bury club of the Piedmont League. The
infield is in excellent condition. The
outfield is in good shape anil the large
grandstand can amply care for the crowd
that is expected. The park, when com
pleted, will be one of the best in the
Piedmont League.
Pine Tree Sprouting Runt, Not Turpen
tine.
Bradentown, Fla., April 0. A pine
tree sjtouting spirits of fruinenti and
not spirits of turpentine, was discover
ed today by Sheriff H. J. Stewart and
his deputies, who accumulated one of
the greatest collections of liquor-mak
ing fixtures ever reported in this tern-
Five stills were captured, two men
were arrested and three escaped. At one
of the stills, a pipe line ran up a pine
tree, and at the top, was the depot of
distribution. '
Farmers’ Day at Yorke & Wadsworth
Co’s. Next Saturday.
Next Saturday, April 11th, will be
Farmers’ Day and Oliver Impiemen
Day at Yorke & Wadsworth Cos On
that day special prices will be made ®"
, Oliver plows and implements, and
. Oliver plows will be given away abso
, lately free Free lunch will be served
from 12 to 1:30 o’clock to all farmers
, and their families. Several men from
, the factory will be in charge of the■dem
cnstralion. This will be something
new. Don’t miss it.
•FOUR KNOWN TO RIVE
DIED BORING STOfll
IN HI YESTERDAY
(Fourth Victim Was Mrs.
John T. Simpson, Who
Died Today as Result of In
juries Caused by Storm.
WHITE BELT DAIRY
CENTER OF STORM
One Person Was Killed, Sev
eral Injured and Six Build
ings Were Destroyed at
the Dairy Farm.
Miami. Fla.. April G.—Four persons
were dead here today and 22 were nurs
j ing injuries in Miami hospitals, follow
| ing the tornado which swept out of the
Everglades yesterday.
Mrs. John T. Simpson, of Westwood
I Park, died today as a result of injuries.
• The bulk of the damage was done at
the White Belt Dairy, six miles west of
M ami. where an aged woman, Mrs. Ma
thilda Schultz, 70. \vas killed, several in
jured, and six buildings demolished be
fore it arose to strike again at the West
-1 wood Inn, a road house near Little River.
| Two died there, John Wasdin Simjv
son, 8, and F. E. Sullivan, 10. Several
j others were injured.
; After crashing through the buildings
•at White Belt Dairy, the giant cone play
ed about for a moment as if loath to
j leave. Four small dwellings, a large
, apartment, ami the moss hall of the diary
were in ruins before it swept into the
Westwood Inn.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Firm at an Advance of 21 Points,
Except For August Which Was 2
Points -Lower.
New York, April 0. —The cotton mar-
I ket opened firm today at an advance of
21 points, except for August which was
1 2 points lower. Buying was postponed
by failure of the weather map to show
any rain in the southwest oyer Sunday
and relatively steady Liverpool cables.
July sold at 25.34 and October at 24.11),
net advances of about 13 to 15 points
on the more active position**, but the
rains reported east of the Mississippi riv
er were considered favorable and
eas si IHffGCboftV •!(* ««• the oyAsniiig Warn-*-
Southern selling and renewed liquidation.
July reacted to 24.43 and October to
24.10, or about 0 ‘Yioints from the best,
with the market comparatively quiet
and steady at the end of the first hour.
Private cables reported some covering
and trade calling in the Liverpool mar
ket, but that the cotton goods market at
Manchester continued inactive.
Cotton futures opened firm. *May
24.22; Julv 24.52; Oct. 24.18; Dec.
24.22: Jan. 23.98.
DIRECTORS OF DEFUNCT
BANK CITED TO COURT
Receiver of Peoples National at Salis
bury Arts For Depositors of Bank.
Salisbury. April 5. —Papers are now
being served on the members of the
boiird of directors of the defunct People*
National bank of this city in an action
brought by the receiver. Far! Fonts. It
is a civil cause and the papers cite the
men to appear at the May term of
federal court at Greensboro. The action
brought to recover money from the
directors for the benefit of depositors of
the bank. When the bank was closed the
assets were $600,000, and the liabilities
$1,200,000.
Attempt to Steal Brick Building is
Halted By Owner.
Detroit. April 4. —"Thief” of a three
story brick building was thwarted here
yesterday and three men were arrested
as involved in the larceny.
Carl Singer owned the building, which
had not been occupied for some time.
Passing the property yesterday he ob
served three men razing the building.
The men told him they were employ
ed by a nearby wrecking company. The
wrecking company denied nil knowledge
of the work.
Police arrested Andrew Choba, 50;
Stanley N. Krtzmarsky. 30, and Albert
Rudzinsky, 32. The first two men were
charged with grand larceny and the
third with receiving stolen property, as
he was carrying away the bricks as the
others tore them from the building.
The roof had been removed and one
wall torn down when Singer stopped the
wrecking.
Cummings Arrested.
High Point. April 6.—Floyd Cum
m;ngs. negro, who is alleged to have shot
and killed Bahnson Hill, and seriously
wounded Joseph Byerly. near this city
last night, was arrested here early this
afternoon.
Cummings was caught by Deputy Sher
iff Robert D. Parker in the home of a
negro in the southeast section of the
rity. The deputy sheriff said Cummings
admitted having shot Hill and Byerly.
The negro is being held on the city jail.
Mrs. Lucy Reid Morrison Dies at
Mooresville Home.
Mooresville, April s.—Mrs. Lucy Reid
Morrison, widow of R- H. Morrison,
died at her home at the old Reid place
south of town this evening at 8:30
o’clock. She had been . ill since Thurs
day with pleurisy and pneumonia. rMs.
Morrison would have been 72 years old
lin June. ~ r
Mrs. Morrison was a daughter of the
j ]at e Isabella Torrence Reid and was
widely known in this section, having
lived in Mecklenburg and Cleveland
counties for a number of years. She was
a woman of fine Christian character.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY, APRI
"GAR MASK” MURDER
MYSTERY TO THOSE
WORKING ON CLUES
Alexander Buchanan, Nova
Scotia Carpenter and War
Veteran, Found Dead With
Gas Mask Ov£r Head.
chloroforJTused
TO CAUSE DEATH
Enough Chloroform Found in
Mask to Have Caused the
Death of 25 Persons, Ac
cording to Police Officers.
Belmont. Mass.. April o.—State police
joined with the authorities of this town
today in an effort to solve the mystery of
the "gas mask” murder the victim of
which. Alexander Buchanan, Nova Sco
tia carpenter and war veteran, was found
Saturday in an abandoned cellar hole in
the woods near the McLean Hospital
in Wnverly. A gas mask of a type used
in the U. S. Navy had been fastened to
the man's head, and-enough chloroform to
kill 25 persons, police; said, poured into
the chemical chamber <of the mask. A
gag had been inserted jio tightly that the
man's tongue was split; The string hold
ing the mask in place Ivs were tied with
what sailors sail "Ebbj Tide’ knots. It
was believed that the man was carried
some distance to the place where the body
was found.
Early reports that Buchanan, who was
21) years old. and a native of Sugar Loaf.
N. S., had lived in fear,of death for some
time, were'contradicted, by the police af
ter an interview with las friends and rel
atives. Seareh was made, however, for
Miss Jessie McKenzie, formerly employed
a* a maid by a Brooklyn family whose
engagement to Buclmnaln was broken last
November. Miss McKenzie is believed
to be residing in Detroit at present.
-Buchanan served nin* months with the
Canadian forces overseas qnd was sev
eral times wounded. . I
*
AFFERS REWARD OF 5400
FOR EACH MUTILATOR
State and County of Martin Will Pay
Sum For Needlemaj|*s .Assailants.
Raleigh, April 3.—Broclamation by
Governor McLmn. of
fering a rPWJtNt of wOO for each at
rest and conviction in the Martin coun
ty mob’s multilation of osrpa Needle
man, is expected to stimulate tbe in
terest in that case.
Governor McLean asks the county
commissioners to offer a similar amount
and on the capture of each accused man
he asks that these prisoners be deJliver
ed at. the state’s prison because from
what he can learn and in the light of
what has recently happened his excel
lency does not believe the Martin coun
ty jail is a safe place for prisoners.
Governor McLean tonight received a
message from the chairman of the
county commissioners saying he had
followed the governor’s advice and of
fered the S4OO reward., Tliot makes a
premium of SBOO on eaeh mutilator.
Vadlidity of Game Commission Order
Closing Open Season.
Acting pursuant to a law giving the
game commissioner power to close any
open season and open any closed season,
the game commission of Oregon closed
the open season for hunting deer with
horns during 1924. The validity of this
order occupied the attention of the Su
preme Court of that state, which decid
ed that it constituted legislation, and
consequently was void, in Winslow v.
Fleisehner, 228 Pacific Reporter. 101.
The opinion of the court, which was
written by Mr. Justice Coshow, discuss
es the power to delegate legislative func
tions very thoroughly, and in regard to
the order under consideration it was
said:
“It thus appears that the game com
mission assumes the power to substitute
its judgment about the proper time for
the closed season for the year 1924 for
the judgment of the Legislature as ex
pressed in section 10. c. 153, Laws 1921.
The order assailed in the instant case is
not subsidiary to the statute, but is
contrary thereto. The order is sub
stantive legislation’’
Charged With Stealing Same Automo
bile Twiee.
Greensboro, April 3.—The only in
stance. of a man here being charged with
stealing the same automobile twice
comes to light in the arrest of M. R-
Kelly, local man. on charge of stealing a
car from R. C. Wagoner, also of this
city. Kellf sold the car to Wagoner, and
is charged with having stolen it from
one. in High Point prior to selling it to
Wagoner, then stealing it back. Last
week he was arrested on charge of steal
ing a car from W. E. Truelove, of this
city, and was released under bond of
S2OO, just in time to get Wagoner’s
car, police say. He was released in the
latter case under bond of SSOO.
Robbers Seize Jewelry.
New York, April 6—Jacob Ross a
diamond merchant, was robbed of be
tween $40,000 and $50,000 worth of un
set diamonds today by men who way
laid him as he was ascending the stairs
of a building in West 44th Street, two
blocks from Times Square.
New Zealand sheepmen are troubled
with two plagues, tbe rabbits which eat
the grass, and the kea, a species of
mountain parrot which bores holes in the
sheep’s back and eats the fat away from
; the kidneys.
I British trade union membership has
1 fallen off 3.000.000 since the close of
the war.
6, 1925
CAN RAILROAD THE
TABLE SECURE NEW
TRIAL FOR CHAPIN?
New York Attorneys Are at
Variance in the Opinions as
to Whether Table Will Re
sult in New Trial.
JURY MADeIjSE
OF THE TABLE
Wanted to Determine Wheth
er Chapman Had Time to
Make Certain Trips as Tes
tified During His Trial.
New York, April o.—The New York
attorneys are at variance in the opinions
on the part a railway time table may
play in securing a new trial for Gerald
Chapman, million dollar mail looter, who <
on Saturday was sentenced to hang for
murder of a patrolman during a holdup
in New Britain. Conn. The time table
was asked for by the jury after it had
retired as an aid in determining whether
Chapman could have left Springfield.
Mass., after 3.30 p. m. and arrived in
Brooklyn by 8:30 on the night of the I
murder. The schedule had not been in-’
troduceil as evidence, nor authenticated
as exhibits must be. although the coun
sel for both state and defense agreed to
let the jury have it. Former Governor
Whiteman, who as district attorney pros
ecuted the slayers of Herman Rosenthal,
said such a procedure would not be al
lowed in New York. Chief Assistant
District Attorney Peetora agreed with
him while Federal Attorney Buckner on
the other hand thought by agreement of
counsel the introduction of the time table
was permissible.
SPEEDSTER PLAYS “HIDE AND
SEEK” WITH THE POLICE
Janies Sheehan Finally Surrenders After
Leading Officers Merry Chase For Four
Days.
Boston, April o.—James Sheehan, 10
year old automobile thief, who played
tag with the Boston force of motorcycle
police for four days because he liked the
“thrill,” wearied of the sport today and
returned to the state school for boys at
Shirley, from which he escaped several
mouths f^go.
get the thrill.”
Sheehan said that he began his recent
career as a speedster on March 24 when
he stole an automobile at Clinton. Since
then he had "borrowed” one car after an
other, his record on Saturday beiug four
large automobiles. In a hide and seek
game with the policemen in the Charles
ton district yesterday, crowds turned out
to cheer the youth whose exploits had
been widely heralded.
ELLINGSON HEARING IS
RESUMED AFTER WEEK-END
Question of Girl’s Sanity Is Still to Be
Debated Before Jury Chosen to Try
tl»e Case.
San Francisco. Cal., April o.—Cross
examination of Dr. Judson Ball, an alien
ist for the defense, was in prospect today
at the resumption of the trial to deter
mine the sanity of Dorothy Ellingson,
17-year-old matricide. With final sub
mission of evidence by Dr. Ball who has
expressed belief that the girl is insane,
the defense will be prepared to rest its
ease, attorneys say.
The girl is quoted as having said last
night that her “insanity trial is a farce;
they are making a monkey out of me"
and that before the trial is over she is
going to insist that the jurors give her
a hearing.
“I will take the stand whether my at
torneys oppose it or not." she is credited
w : th saying. “Even if I have to stand
up in the open court room anil demand
Judge Louderbaek to let me be heard."
North Carolina Federation of Women’s
Clubs.
Raleigh, N. C., April 2.—Mrs. T.
Palmer German, president of the North
Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs,
today made announcement of speakers
from outside the state who will address
the annual meeting at Pinehurst, May
4, 5 and 6. ,
Included in the list of visitors is Dr.
Louise Stanley, head of the household
economics bureau of the United States
Departments of Agriculture, Washing
ton- She will tell her North Carolina
hearers something of the work she is
undertaking.
Another prominent 1 visitor will be Ida
Clyde Clarke, an associate editor of
Pictorial Review, New York. Her sub
ject will be, “A New Woman Looks at
An Old World.” t „
There will be numerous North Caro
lina women on the program, which is
now being put into definite shape.
Mrs. Jerman indicated that sne anti
cipated a large attendance at the Pine
hurst meeting.
With Our Advertisers.
Start a savings account for your baby
by taking one or more shares in the new
series of stock in the Cabarrus County
B. L. and S. Association.
The very latest in Spring hosiery in all
colors at Ruth-Kesler Shoe Store. See
new ad.
New shipment of Easter suits opened
every morning at Broxvns-Cannon Co s.
Cotton Manufacturers in Session.
Washington, April 6.—Members of the
National Association of Cotton Manu
facturers convened today for their semi*,
annual meeting with much of tbe three
day program devoted to a first study of
1 tbe various government activities relat
ing to both the manufacturing and mar
keting end of the textile industry.
LEGION ENDOWMENT WEEK
PROCLAIMED BY GOVERNOR
Calls Upon All the People of
Carolina to Do Their Full Part. \ >
Raleigh, April 4. —A proclamation si
ting aside the week of April 12th ro
19th as "American Legion endowment
week.” and urging individuals onil or
ganizations to aid in the campaign to
raise the .state’s quota of the national
$3,000,000 fund, was issued this after
noon by Governor McLean.
Calling attention to the purposes of
the endowment fund to help widows and
orphans for ex-service men and disabled
veterans, the proclamation makes the
following appeal for observance of endow
ment fund week :
"1 recommend that the people of
North Carolina observe it as such, and
1 urge the churches to co-operate in mak
ing a contribution this week to the debt
we all owe to the orphans and widows of
war veterans, and to the sick and dis
abled service men.
“More particular}". 1 urge the cam
paign organizations in every city and
the members of m.v conimitttee, to see
that all tbe machinery is perfected anil
all the preliminary work done so that
we may successfully conclude the cam
paign on April 19th.”
The governor, as chairman, recently
designated a special committee of promi
nent men and women to direct the state
campaign. North Carolina's quota, which
1 the veterans hope ter raise during the
week, is $60,000. <
The following compose the State cam
paign committee:
A. I). Ward anil W. B. R. Guion.
New Bern ; William Wallace anil D. M.
Ausley, Statesville; J. It. Sherrill. Con
cord: Judge J. Crawford Biggs, Major
W. F. Moody. 31 rs. T. Palmer Jerman,
Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson, Mrs. Josephus
Daniels. Mrs. T. W. Bickett. lion. \V.
N. Everett and Gen. Albert L. Cox. Ra
leigh ; Charles A. Webb and M. M.
Capps,! Asheville; Hon. Clement Manly
and Major Robert M. Hanes, Winston-
Salem ; Hon. O. Max Gardener. Shelby;
Hon. T. C. Bowie, Jefferson; W. I). Mc-
Millan, Jr., J. W.. Little. Louis T. Moore,
Major Thomas W. Davis. Hugh Macßae.
Wilmington; J. E. Latham, C. M. Van
story, E. B. Jeffries. G. S. Ferguson.
Greensboro; John G. Carpenter. Charles
Ford, and Major R. G. Cherry. Gastonia ;
Oscar B. Carpenter, Kings Mountain;
Lionel Weil, Major George K. Freeman,
Go dsboro; Colonel Don E. Scott. Gra
ham; Hon. John F. A. Cecil, Biltmore;
Colonel T. L. Kirkpatrick, Colonel Wade
Harris, W. C. Wilkinson, Jee A. Folger.
Charlotte; John Sprunt Hill, Durham;
Yv. W. Cowgi’J. Pinehfirst; Marvin It.
Robbins, Rocky Mount: G. A. Rodman.
Washington; General Albert .T. Bowley,
Fort Bragg; Hon. J. El wood Cox, High
Point.
FAMOUS KANSAS EDITOR
SAYS THE BLOCS RULE
T’fcTftfe' fe on^'W
tility of Party Government.
Greensboro, April 3. —The two parties
are not the rulers of America. William
Allen "White, noted Kansas editor, said
here in ail address tonight, and whatever
the chairmen of the Democratic and Re
publican parties may think of any mea
sures is “of the least importance.”
If is the blocs that govern, he assert
ed, the Federation of Labor, the League
of Women's Voters, farmers' organiza
tions. Anti-Saloon League, bankers and
lawyers anil other organizations, at least
100 of them.
They do it by creating public senti
ment, by their appeals to class, or sec
tion or ideas or, in some instances, there
is attempt at sordid self-interest by some
organizations. * v
The Anti-Saloon League can and does
walk into the White House on it sheels
anil dictate the appointment of federal
judges anil district attorneys. Mr. White
said. Before chairmen of the great or
ganizations, committee chairmen in Con
gress take their hats in their hands; the
two party chairmen have before the great
Power of the Leagues and Association
anil Blocs no more power than a child
pushing a go-cart on the side walk, Mr.
Allen said.
He spoke before the open forum, an
organization of Greensboro people that
brings thinkers here to spread their
thoughts.
Smith Signs 11 Bills Foe Safer Motor
ing.
1 Albany. April 2.—Gov. Smith today
signed eleven bills affecting drivers of
automobiles. They provide:
Parents of children over sixteen may
obtain for them, on certificate of
necessity, a license to operate an auto
mobile.
Diving girls and similar posters are
banished from windshield and rear
windows. .
License plates of unbonded taxicabs
may be seized.
License plates used by bootleggers or
other criminals to hide the identity of
cars may be seized.
It is a misilmeanor to a reach to an
automobile the insignia of fraternal,
military" or automobile organization to
which one does not belong.
A license plate on the front of a car
must be plainly visible.
Manufacturers and; dealers are re
quired to register at the Motor Vehicle
Bureau the sale of new cars.
Courts must report to the Motor
Vehicle Commissioner within forty-eight
hours convictions of driving while in
toxicated.
Mrs. Nellie Kendzie Jones, now head
of the home economic* extension work
at the University of Wisconsin*, was the
first woman to be given the title of “pro
fessor” by Kansas State Agricultural
College. It was at the Kansas institu
tion that Mrs. Jones began her career
and one of the buildings on the campus
there is named in her honor.
Favor Unification.
Kinston, N. Y., April 3.—The laymens'
Association of the New York Conference
of the Methodist Church today voted
unanimously in favor of unification of
I the Methodist Church, north and south.
The condition of Mrs. Dewey Moose,
who is ill at her home on South Spring
J street, is reported as being unchanged.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
!pif5 To :®sE
tHtHCH BANK NOTES
GIVEN TO CABINET
Plans Adopted by the New
French Finance Minister,
Who Wants Vote of Confi
dence on Them by Deputies
WANTS CAPITOL TO
GIVE 10 PER CENT.
Cabinet Debated Question
for More Than Two Hours
Today and Will Resume the
Debate During Night.
Paris, April 6 (By the Associated
Press). —Bills providing for an increase
in the bank note circulation amounting
lo four billion francs, and for a volun
tary ten per cent, contribution by capital
were presented to the cabinet today by
31. ile 3lonzie, the new finance minis
ter.
The cabinet will meet again ronight
to finish discussion of these measures,
which when whipped into final form will
be presented to the chamber of deputies
tomorrow.
It is understood that M. de 3lonzie will
stake confidence in their adoption.
The sort of capital levy provided for
in the bill willl be technically a loan
to the State bearing four per cent, inter
est. It will be payable in cash or French
government securities at slightly above
market quotations, and will be devoted
to amortization of the debt.
31. de 3lonzie is determined to resort
to a straight capital levy plan only if
the proposed measure proves unaccept
able.
These measures were debated by the
cabinet for two and one-half hours when
it was decided to adjourn until tonight.
YOUNG SON OF CECILS
CHRISTENED SATURDAY
Christening Ceremony For Heir to BUt
more Estate Made Elaborate Event.
Asheville. April 4.—George Henry
Cecil, young son of 3lr. and Mrs. John
Francis Amherst Cecil and heir to the
Vanderbilt estate, was formerly chris
tened today at Biltmore house by Rev.
A- G. R. Bennett, rector of All Souls
church, the Episcopal ritual and sprink- .
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being used in the ceremony.
Young Cecil war born early on the
morning of February 27 at the Bilt
more mansion and is just a tew days
over a month old.
The christening ceremony was pri
vate, only members of the immediate
family and a few close friends of the
family being present It took place nt
4 o'clock this afternoon and was follow
ed by a general celebration on the eS
afe which took the form of two dinners,
one being tendered the tenants on the
estate at 6 o'clock and at which they
feted the new heir, while the other took
place at 9 o'clock and to which approxi
mately 150 guests were invited from
Asheville and other places in the
United States.
After the latter event a display of
fire works in front of the mansion prov
ed to be a tlecidely novel feature of the
affair and was enjoyed by the large
coterie of guests present. This also
brought to a close the program of enter
tainment planned for the christening
event and after that the guests departed
with the exception of those who are
visiting at the mansion, and are from
points out of the city.
Thinks Verdict Will Be Carried Out.
Hartford, Conn., April 6. —States At
torney Hi 31. Alcorn, who successfully
prosecuted Gerald Chapman for the mur
der of Policeman James Skelly, of New
Britain, feels sure the state of Connec
ticut has every legal right to try the ban
dit for the crime, and that the sentence
of death having been imposed, it will be
carried out.
This opinion was expressed by Mr. Al
corn today in comment on a report from
Washington that Chapman might have to
serve liis 25 years in Atlanta.
Find More Tuberculosis Reactors.
Richmond, Va., April 6. —The total of
tuberculosis reactors in the dairy herds
of the Richmond district was boosted to
1.2(H) this morning with the announce
ment that 51 additional reactors had |
been found in a single herd of 03 animals
in Henrico county. Thirteen herds re
main to be given the test.
Some years ago the members of a large
church in Glasgow decided to move the
building from its old site to one half a
mile away. It wqs found it would be
cheaper to move it bodily than to pull it
down anil rebuild, and so skilfully was
the work carried out that, though the
church was only dropped on to the new
foundafions'on a Saturday afternoon, the
next day services were held in it as
though nothing unusual had happened.
WHAT SHITTY’S CAT SAYS
Probably rain on tbe coast and prob
ably cloudy in interior tonight; Tues
day probably fair, conttinued cool.
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