Editor and Publisher
UME XLIX
WM WEEK
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|r -Vn t QOAY
Hvr, •: That Before
LK|} , ; ! || the Case of the
BLIt- d N'eedleman
B « the .Jury.
■ement from
||;H!iTIN EXPECTED
B onn ! the Solicitor Yes-
Boy i-Yon Tarboro But
Rm He i:ad Arrived He
Bchanued 11 is Mind.
. \ 1 May 11 IBy the
j v|K>fi:il term of
. \ji! in t’minty called
i-i iniivrd Joseph
HK \lnr;in County jail
,i.,::*il tli* 1 second
Hh ■in i'\|«*‘ctation that
|H ..i' fniir of th<‘
H . will be the
HR t*.day’s pro
tm .i.i-ii-.- by counsel
H charge. The
|H I Imry I>. Griffin.
H ■ i h-atli ami F. W.
c .Mi', named by Xee
the man who
BH aft* v the mob had
from jail where he
_ nt mi charge of
_ Griffin has de-
B^B,m the affair.
of expectation to
■, • ..I brought about by
i ■, : in in that be expected
:.iti'iii*"it before the
T ■ !ot''ti«latit had the so-
Tarboro Sunday
BH • I make ;t statement.
Mr Ci’liain a reived he had
/. S •lieitur Gilliam ex
|Hi t.-day court eon-
Bi 'br.itia >.\’!! make a statement
iiia! certainly in the
ji v t'.r-.l'- him guilty, that
H names have not
ti.p-i.ri..ti* ,1 in open court."
Hi'.,. j. r.lbl*' spe<Mllatioii to
: i p'lit inilcd se>-.ioll of the
- na-
B ■ rV'ppii it ex|>eeted today
B a,, i tiTtses „f'rnv
- \ file conduct of the sher-
'h- jail break incurred. atteu
w. v direct**<l by .lodge N.
B. in Id- charge to the grand
r )»T' .pf the mob who have
!:av. >':ired that several went
B)‘" ; ''' l.oine before the jail break
j 'iie keys of the jail but
-p'i It,was further stated the
B'i !■ arrive at the jail until af
nui ;i:c i"!i ■ii id been accomplished.
Thinks Trial Will (Close
■ Today.
May 11 (By the Asso
” ■ Judge \. A. Sinclair,
’ v 'iiecial term of Martin
Iff' ’ iii " -ip n her** shortly after
' v, "!'d « i today and he would
jii'rv "probably before mid-
BliK COTTON market
I nsettled in Today’s Trading.
Making New Low Ground.
May 11.—The cotton mar
"joitk iuul unsettled in today's
:! - ) 'tie. - making J new low
'j r d.- movement owing to re-
Bg "‘ • i- 1 1■ w eather over Sunday
I-iv' i [mm,l cables.
xv;ls easy at a Recline of
BP '- iuid active positions show-
H ' -- to ::4 poinjts by the
B ~ r knur. .Inly selling down
■> tm.i Oi tober to 22.80. There
' buying <m the scale down
B ' by selling evidently in-
B '.i-ing confidence in a
V' '-I'op -tiirt.
B i|v ' opened steady: May
H’Y- V : October 22.45 ; I>e-
H ,U; January 22.40.
■ UIOI s\\ |> PEOPLE
H A, ‘ ! !\ (IIVRLOTTE TODAY
B (I| i \iiiiunoliilc Races—Greeted
■ ''.wui Overcast Sky.
B 11 t I’*y the Associated
St : ‘.or sky today greeted
H'/ ve-iuirs here who planned
M ‘ ikiy -peedway this after-
K ‘drivers competing for
B ; '' g S2s.(m'Kl.
B tliiit the crowd would
B >;'h hotels filled to ea-
B l!! js away scores last
■ e'" stopping in nearby
B ’ Charlotte today.
g t« Charlotte Races.
H'l .'J. 11 ’"''"'Us i>assed through
H|.jVf'' 'coining i'ii route to the
B [ u ‘- In addition to these
: Foncord left during
I ' M ‘ races which began
B. u’e than 40.000 fans
B>’.s the stands when
. 1 ' r the 250-mile grind.
81i,.f , f ***** morning that
K os slept in their cars
B '.uiing the night so as
Berii'i",' ’ " ; "’ n the gates opened
Bii 1 .*'i' ! "F" Ul start >iay 25.
B<' . i * Tim eommencement
S ' ll l" , rt college will take
B i. * I 't Methodist church
B AY t’nrlock Hawk, will
B and sermon -to tht
B„ n t , T l !' "indent body. This if
B T - ha ‘ t l '' throwing up and is th(
Bl’togi-m,' N ' !(1S ‘ n t^ lo commence
THE CONCORD TIMES
In Court
Here is Mrs. Shepherd, wife of William
I>. Sheherd, of < 'liicago, when she appear
ed in court where she is accused of hav
ing had knowledge of the murder of Wil
liam I>. McClintock, ’‘millionaire orjihan.’’
and hos mother, for which h« v r husband !
has indicted.
PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS
GIVE SPOONING OPINIONS
- »4- iioys at TK»W Arfmif { fk*y -
Spoon; Very Few Girls Say Tliey I>o. j
Durham, May 10. —Recently four I
groups of psychology students at Duke
University were asked that following
questions: What is your estimate of the
percentage of boys who spoon? I>o you
spoon? Is spooning desirable as a pre
requisite for marriage? The instructor
expressed the wish that the students
answer the questions, but it was left en
tirely optional with them. No names
were signed to the papers and every in
centive for asbolute honesty of convic
tion was brought to bear. The answers
to these questions by percentage were as
follows.:
A group of 82 boys, estimated that
71.5 per cent, of boys spoon; 1!> boys
estimated M 4 yer cent: 3.S boys estimated
55.5 per cent. Total estimate of boys
who spoon made by boys 82.8 per cent.
A group of eleven girls estimated that
.80 per cent of the boys spoon : nine girls
estimated 85 per Cent; sixteen girls esti
mated 74.7 per cent: making the total
estimate by girls 700 per cent, or only
2.0 per cent less than the estimate by
the boys. Total estimate of boys and
girls on boys who spoon, 81.5 per cent.
A group of 35 boys estimated that 08
per cent of the girls spoon ; 19 boys es
timated 74.2 per cent; 22 boys estimated
59.2 per cent, making the total by boys
07.1 per cent. A clas of 17 girls-esti
mated that 45 per cent, of the girls
spoon ; nine girls estimated 62.2 per cent;
eight girls estimated 66.0 per cent, mak
ing the total estimate made by girls of
girls who spoon, 54.7 per cent, dr 12.4
per cent less than the estimate made by
the boys. Total estimate of boys and
girls on girls who spoon, 63.3 per cent.
To the question: “Do you spoon?”
61. or 70 per Tent of the boys in all
classes answered, “Yes”; 18, or 20 per
cent, answered “No’’; .five, or 0.7 per
cent, answered “Have.” Three did not
answer. Only ten girls, or 24.4 per cent
I answered “Yes;” 26, or 63.4 per cent
answered “No”; and five, or 12.2 per
I cent no answer.
[ Seven .boys expressed their opinion
[ that spooning is desirable. Seventy
six. or 91.6 per cent, declared that it
. is undesirable and three ignore/ the ques
tion. Only two girls answered “yes”
I to this question, and 38, or 95 per cent
. ruled against it.
t Naturally, each student put more or
7 less his own interpretation on the word
“spoon.” The definition upon which
the answers wers supposed to be based
was “loving by physical contact.” The
i instructor requested that engaged per
? I sons should not be in the esti
e I matepand the estimate was intended to
l ! apply to an average group of girls. The
\ \ estimate was taken in order to determine
s| as nearly as possible the actual extent
i. of this much-talked-of condition.
t Living Room Contest This Week at
s Salisbury'. .
I Salisbury. May 10.—A unique affair
1 and one of the first of the kind to be
put on in this state will be the living
room contest to be put on the coming
». week by members of five womens clubs
t of Rowan county. Each club will fit up
is a living room in a local establishment
’.'and these rooms will be inspected and
h judged Saturday by Miss Maud T\ al
ii lace, assistant home demonstration
e agent of the state, and Miss Martha
s Creighton, agent for the Piedmont dis
e triet. The rooms will remain during the
i-! rest of the month for the inspection of
• the public.
One of the Finest Theatres in
America for Mecklenburg Pageant
0
Charlotte, May 11.—One of the finest
open theaters in America is being com
pleted here for the staging during the
five nights of May 18-22 of the Mecklen
burg pageant, portraying in vivid action
the story of the section’s development
since the earl ysettlement days through
the period of the Revolution and ending
with an impressive masque typifying the
present prosperity and leadership of the
Piedmont, regiou.
From the standpoint of possession of
natural properties for the transmission
of human speech without the accompany
ing echoes and overhead vibrations usual
in open air auditoriums, the Charlotte
amphitheatre lias no equal in the United
States, said Howard Southgate, of Chi
cago, a leading dramatic authority of the
nation, who is directing the Mecklen
burg pageant.
The amphitheater is located in the
heart of the city and only ten minutes’
walk from Independence Square. It is
at the north end of Independence Park
and is quickly accessible by street car
or automobile.
A cast of pHOO amateur Charlotte ac
tors will be used in portraying the eight
episodes and masque of the pageant,
which is to be repeated each night as one
of the leading features of the 15(>th an
niversary celebration of the signing here
on Mai 20. 1775. of the Mecklenburg
Declaration of Independence.
The stage of the amphitheater is the
largest in the United States, it was ex
plained by T. Beverly Campbell, tech
nical director of the pageant, who will
be in charge of the handling of a small
army of technical men, actors horses,
and stage properties that will be em
ployed in putting on the big produc
tion. It contains, rough tly, 40,000
square feet. \
The auditorium is of about the same
area. It has nineteen tiers, each of
which will contain two rows of benches.
The benches, if placed end on end, would
extend two and a half miles, and afford
seating for 8,000 spectators. The boxes
accommodate 500 people. The main
ROWAN JURIRS CAN’T
DRAW $3.00 PER DAY
State Law Says $2 Per and Rowan
Higher Fee Is Not Legal—J. W. Hen
ley Is Dead.
Salisbury, May 10. —Because jurors in
other counties in the state get only $2
per day Tt is unlawful for the jurors
serving in Rowan courts to get-$3 al
though a law passed by the recent legis
lature designates the latter figure as the
proper pay for jurors in this county.
When the jurors serving during the first
week of the Mqy term of Superior Court
(“went To get their money the.\T found that
a State law set the pay of jurors at $2
[ per day and the law carried a provisor
that this rate should not be changed by
any county. The new law meant to give
Rowan men a larger pay was introduced
by Repreeenative Rideoutte during the
recent session of the legislature and be
came a law without any one discovering
that it conflicted with a statewide law.
Julius William Henley, aged 53, died
suddenly at the Salisbury Hospital late
Saturday. He had been ill for several
weeks and had been at the hospital a part
of this time. His death came unexpect
edly. The funeral was conducted Sun
day afternoon at Rockwell. Mr. Hen
ley was a miller by trade and had run
mills at Rockwell. Albemarle and other
places in the state. At the time of his
death he was making his home at Rock
well. -
Brown-Norcott School.
The Brown-Norcott public school clos
ed what was. in many respects, the best
session it ever had, on Friday evening.
May Ist. The commencement exercises
were held on Thursday and Friday
nights. On Thursday night the children
of the lower grades gave'a play that was
most interesting. In addition to the
play the children rendered musical num
bers and recitations.
Rev. F. O. Ihynian, who is a former
Methodist pastor of this community, and
who now is pastor of the Norwood M.
E. Church, South, was secured to deliver
the commencement address, and he did it
in a most acceptable way. Mr. Dryman
chose for his subjectsthese-words: “There
is a time to plant and there is a time to
reap,” and in a ; most instructive way
pointed out to the young people the im
portanee of sowing the right kind of
seed, both mentally and spiritually.
Friday night was given over to exer
cises by students of the liighere grades
and to delivering the certificates.
The Brown-Norcott school is one of the
best public schools in the county and is
under the leadership of a corps of teach
ers who, in elementary school work, rank
second to none in the county. Prof. E.
B. Joyner is principal of this school ahd
his teachers are: Mrs. J M. Culeleasure,
Miss Kathleen Sappenfield, Miss Helen
Widenhouse and Miss Sudie Moore.
A. C. TIPPETT.
BODY FOUND IN FRENCH
BROAD RIVER IDENTIFIED
Is That of Mrs. Brich Carr, of Asheville.
—lt Is Thought She Was Sliot and
Killed.
Asheville, May 11.—The body of a
. woman found in the French Broad River
twelve miles above Asheville yesterday af
ternoon with a bullet wound in the head,
was today identified by a relative as that
of Mrs. Brich Carr, 34. of this city. Sher
iff Mitchell is conducting an investiga
, tion on the theory that the woman was
, a member of an outing party two weeks
. ago and was shot and killed during a
; quarrel. The woman had been separated
i from her husband about two years. A
i coroners inquest will be held today.
I With Our Advertisers.
Buy that piano or phonograph now. See
, new ad. of Kidd-Frix Music Co.
t Girdle and brassiere in one—the new
flexible corsety at its best at Fisher’s.
* The Browns-Cannon Co. continue
l their removal sale prices for a few days
longer.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
CONCORD, N. C., MO NDAY, MAY 11, 1925
t stage. 12.000 square feet in area, has
-1 two elevations. Nearest the audience
(‘jit drops to a level a foot and a half low
-jer than the other part of the stage and
ii on this nearer section a part of the
t smaller group acting will take place,
t Because of the tact that the stage is
; 120 feet "bread and of a proportionate
depth, the sets used iti the pageant are
? of gigantic size. Some of these sets
weigh six tons each. In the Dewey’s
f Bank scene and the old log court house
j jscene of the signing of the celebrated
. j declaration, the sets are extremely mas
-1 sive and are supported on Hat cars which
. are moved on and off the stage on dev-
I erly concealed track in the earth Hoor
. ing of the stage.
. These sets are already made on Ihe
. ( Hat cars and can be shifted on and off
in twenty seconds. In no change of
, I secenery is an interval longer than two
minutes required.
On each side of the .stage are two tall
towers. From the tops of these gigan
tic spotlights will flood the action on
the stage and the directors will handle
the details of the big show.
. Lighting effects will be most elaborate
and gorgeous. In one particular scene
the light changes from twilight to dark
and then to daybreak, producing a most
impressive and realistic effect.
The amphitheater was constructed by
the pageant committee and the city and
will be used later as the gathering place
lof crowds that will wish tot see pro
duced there entertainments of almost ev
| ery sort. It is well adapted to the
j staging of Shakespearean performances,
j opera, school commencement,s, band con
t certs, conventions, boxing and wrestling
i bouts, and various other forms of amuse-
I ments that are occasions for the assentbl
! ing -of big audiences.
| 'Put there by Nature and undiscov
ered until the Charlotte .pageant associa
j tion found it,” is the description given
I the amphitheater by Mr. Campbell, who
i has been on the producing staff of many
1 of the largest pageants in America and
i along with Mr. Southgate, is an author
ity in dramatic circles.
I
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TRIAL OF NEGRO FOR ATTACK
ON DEAF AND DUMB GIRL
Now on in Hickory.—<lt Is Thought It
Win Be Completed by Tomorrow.
Hickory. May 11. —With a jury about
selected by noon today the trial of Ar
thur Montague, negro, tfbnrged with crim
inally attacking a 13 year old deaf and
dumb girl on the night «f April 24, it was
expected to get started by this afternoon
with a slight possibility of being com
pleted late' tomorrow. Solicitor R. L.
Huffman will ask for 14c death penalty.
A guard of ten •s was ordered
for 'the protection of the prisoner in case
a mob began forming. By noon today,
however, there had been no sign of vio
lence although the court house was pack
ed to overflowing. Judge Dunn, from the
eastern part of the state, is presiding.
Millingport-Plyler School Closing.
The most successful school term in
'the entire history of the school came
to a close Monday night, May 4th.
The closing exercises began with a mu
sical recital Thursday night with Miss
Mabel Denniny as director. On Satur
• day night a very interesting program
was rendered under the supervision of
Mises Mary L. Talbert Ellen and Fanny
Lisenby Mabel Denniny, and Mesdames.
Ira Lofler. Nan Lowder. D. W. Sides.
This program consisted of Mother Goose
Goslings, Tom Thunmb wedding and an
operetta “Mid Summer's Eve.” This
program reflected much credit o tithe
part of the teachers, and the iiearty co
operation of the parents in providing
suitable costumes. While each char
acter did exceedingly well, the following
deserve special ment ion: Evelyn Morton,
Billy Rogers. Mary Lowder, Banks Hat
ley Jean Lowder, Sarah Frances Sides.
Mildred Barrier. Marvin Earnhardt. Ev
erett Hatley. Annie Lou Sides, Mildred
Rogers and Minnie Sue Sides and It. A.
Lipe, Jr.
Sunday a powerful sermon by Dr.
Lingle, of Davidson College, was deliv
ered by a very appreciative audience.
The quartet from Charlotte rendered the
music which was a rare treat indeed.
Monday Rev. Mr. Swaringen delivered
a humorous address which kept the en
tire audience in an uproar of laughter
for almost an hour; /
Mr. Moss delivered the certificates of
attendance and promotion. Several prizes
were given. Miss Della Harris received
a. five-dollar gold piece for the best stu
dent in the tenth grade. This was given
by Prof. C. It. Hutchison, principal. For
the best student in the eighth grade the
prize went to Franklin Page. Mr. M. M-
Paliper being the donor. Mrs. D. W.
Sides offered two prizes for the most im
provement in each society. These were
won by Richard Bass and Laymelle
' Moose. The third grade presented Prof.
Hutchison with a nice gift. A most
bountiful dinner was served,
the hearty spirit of school and home co
operation.
The play. “Borrowed Money,” was a
decided success. Ted Lyerly played
the part of a worried husband to perfec
tion and who could excel Laymelle Moose
as she played the part of his ambitious
wife? Brodie Hatley. Vernie Snotherly,
Macon Rowland and Cletus Almornl did
some fine playing, each carrying out their
part in creditable manner. y Minnie Sue
Sides made an ideal character in the per
' son of “Fannie Poverty.” Melva Her
loeker was an admirably clever little
‘ girl. The callers and office girls were
' well selected and did their parts well.
! Grace Penninger and Jessie Sides played
x rhe parts of “Miss Sally” and “Mr. Ben
(to perfection. They made for the play
' a great success. S.
To Raise $60,000 For Hotel ait Hickory
Hickorv. May B.—Contracts have
been conditionally let for the building of
' the new eight story hotel here, the
condition being that an additional SOO,-
7 000 can be raised and added to the
$300,000 already subscribed. Two thirds
? of that amount have already been unuer
* signed, it is stated by officials of the
company.
t ! IT IS HOPED SOON TO
■\ RELEASE SOI OF
ii BODIES IN STEAMER
P [
S Engineers Will Today Break
s Frame Work of Sunken
l Steamer M. E. Norman
; Near Memphis.
j LARGE ANCHOR
IS BEING USED
Attached to a Fifty Foot
Chain and Hammer—Ex
-1 pect to Release Twenty-
Three Bodies.
Memphis, May 11.—Using a large
‘ anchor attached to a fifty-foot chain as a
‘ hammer. United States engineers today
: will break the framework of the cabin of
the sunken steamer M. E. Norman in
the hope of releasing the bodies of some
of the twenty-three persons who drowned
I when the vessel turned oveu*' and sank
1 last Friday. /
Stationed at intervals down" the river.
■ crews of government boats will watch for
1 the bodies which engineers are confident
. will be released.
The cabin was definitely located last
; night after workers had broken up other
■ parts of the steamer. Attempts to reach
■ the hull of the vessel with expert divers
failed because of the strong undercurrent
which swept the divers far down the
• stream when they attempted to descend,
i Attempts to raise the hull of the steam
» er with char Tis engineers decided would
’ require several days. They determined
I on the plan of breaking of the super
• structure of the Norma has the most
practicable method of reaching the disas
ter victims.
NANSEMOND APARTMENT, 1 3
, NOW BEING OCCUPIED
Persons Living In Them Find Them
Convenient an d Homelike.—Three
Apartments in the Building.
Concord’s newest apartmen* house,
. the Nansemond, at the corner of Corbin
I and Spring streets, has recently been
; completed and is now being occupied.
, The building was constructed by J. F.
Cook and is one of the handsome’t of
its kind in the city.
It is two stories in height anil lias
I three apartments in it. Two of these
, apartment* face the fr6n.t oa Corbin
street and the other faees on Spring
street. All are very commodious and
light. The fact that each apartment
has two stories, making it possible to use
the second floor for bedrooms, gives to
them a more homelike atmosphere.
In each apartiiient there are six rooms
ami a bath, together with a suitable
i number of closets. All of, the rooms
have plenty of outside light, giving them
a cheery appearance.
In the downstairs there is ’a living
room, a dining room, a kitchen, a pantry
apd a back porch. The living room is
• most attractive on account of the fact
that it is of such large size and has
such perfect appointments. On one side
■•of it a stairway leads to the next floor
, and on the other. French doors lead to
the dining room. Behind this is the
; kitchen.
, t Persons who have rented apartments
are particularly pleased with the kitchen.
; It is equipped with everything that is
. needed in a modern room of this kind.
One particular joy. say the housewives,
is the very fine gas stove with a tireless
. cooker attachment. In addition to this
there are built in cabinets and all the
. other necessities of a kitchen.
The upstairs has three bedrooms and
a bath. The front bedroom is quite
commodious, extending as it does across
the entire front of the bouse. It can
. be used conveniently as a nursery when
there are children in the family. The
other two bedrooms are of average size.
One unusual feature of the apartments
is the space provided for parking cars.
This is done in the alcove between the
apartments, there being ample space sos
parking four cars.
Persons who are occupying the apart
i ments are very pleased at the very con
venient arrangement of the entire build
, ing. They declare that they are very
delighted at its homelike qualities in
addition to the very modern design.
, “There is,” said one of the residents,
“a place for every thing, even to the milk
bottle.”
F. M. Youngblood and family. Mr. and
p Mrs. M.-W. Risley and N. K. Reid and
, family are now occupying the three
apartments.
; Airship Los Angeles Passes Over Wil
mington.
Wilmington, May 9.—Wilmington
i was greatly keyed up at 8 o’clock to
-1 night when the big airship L#s Angeles
'passed over this city en route north
*! from Porto Rico. The big ship was fly
tjing very low, approximately two hun
, I dred feet high. The roar from the engine
I; exhausts caused many people who fail
■ 'ed to pay much attention to think that
trucks were passing
- homes. The I<os Angeles was making
- great speed and passed over the oit>
. from south to north in several minutes.
''The big ship was brilliantly illuminat
. ed and made a beautiful picture in the
1 dusk, outlined against the sky.
. Duke Beats Davidson in 13-Inning Con
test.
Monroe. May 9. —Playing before the
- largest crowd that has ever witnessed a
> baseball game in Monroe, the Duke uni
f! versity tossers defeated Davidson col
' I lege here this afternoon 8 to 7 in 13
- innings.
? Each team used three pitchers,
• Thomas starting for Dukfc and Captain
-1 Dempster finishing, while Wells, Oden
s and Laird did the twirling for the
• Wildcats.
/
Sold for $75
Fifty dollars down and |25 more
upon delivery. Tnat was the price
quoted on Mrs. Louisa Job of Chica
go according to enarges she has
made against her husband, Anton,
i Mrfe. Job says her husband sold her
* to John Parker, a contractor. She
refused to be delivered.
~
IREDELL YOUTH FACING
SERIOUS U. S- CHARGES
Boy and Girl Infatuation Brings J. L.
Robbins Under Displeasure of Law.
Charlotte Observer.
J. L. Robbins, a Mooresville youth,
was arrested by federal officers yester
day on charges of violating the Mann
act, it being alleged that he accompanied
Elma Ryals. a 16-year-old Halifax
county girl, to South Carolina for im
moral purposes. Robbins submitted to
the charges, waived examination and
posted $2,000- bond before W. S. Hug
gins, IT. S. commissioner here yesterday.
Advices from Mooresville are to the*
effect that the young man is of good
family, also that in that community his
difficulty is regarded more as a result of
an ill-advised infatuation of youth than
"senpade-
The girl in the case is said to live in
Halifax county, where the two became
very much enamored of each other. The
affair left the conventional paths, ac
cording to bis submission yesterday, and
they crossed the state line without the
formality of marriage. The passage from
one state to another brought the mattor
tinder federal jurisdiction and the de
fendant is, therefore facing serious
charges.
PARKER R. ANDERSON
IS SUED FOR DIVORCE
Mrs. Anderson. Now Residing in Ral
eigh. Starts Action Against Her Hus
band.
Washington, May 10. —Os interest to
many persons in North Carolina was the
filing of a suit for divorce in the Circuit
court at Alexandria, Va.. by Mrs. Kath
erine Fort Anderson against Parker R.
Anderson, well known in newspaper
circles in the state, and nt present a
resident of Alexandria. Mrs. Anderson
charges desertion and asks the custody
of the child. Bill Buck Anderson.
Mrs. Anderson has resided in Raleigh
for the past four years, where she has
been employed in the office of the state
commissioner of revenue. Mrs. Ander
son is the daughter of the late David
Ira Fort and Fannie Wilder Fort.
For three years Mr. Anderson held
the position of editor and manager of
the Alexandria Gazette, and is at the
present time located in Washington as
advertising manager of the Gazette and
other newspapers. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Anderson are well known in Greensboro,
where they resided when Mr. Anderson
was publisher of the Greensboro Record,
the High Point Enterprise and the Wil
mington Dispatch.
WANT DEFENSE DAY
TO BE ANNUAL EVENT
To Coincide With Armistice Day Exer
cises on November 11th.
Washingtin, May 11. —President Cool
idge in the near future will be asked to
announce Defense Day as an annual
event to coincide with Armistice Day
exercises on November 11th.
Plans of the army general staff for
the defense test, awaiting only White
House approval have substituted the
word “muster” for “mobilization" as ap
plied to defense day last year, and which
occupied considerable controversay. The
old military term “muster,” it was point
ed out by a committe of reserve officers
association which drew up the plan, bet
ter expressed the meaning of the plan,
that of taking stock.
BABY VANISHED FROM “FARM”
While Mrs. Wm. Angerer Was Confined
In Insane Hospital.
New York, May 11.—MrR. William
Angerer was back in her own home today
discharged as cured from the State hos
pital for the insane at central I slip.
Long Island, hut broken by the news that
the seven-months-old son whom she had
not seen a month after its birth had van
ished from the “bab? farm” of Mrs.
Helen Auguste Geisen Volk.
All knowledge of the child's myterious'
disappearance and the baby substitution
charge brought by her husband against
Mrs. Geisen Volk had been kept from
the mother and it was not until her re
; lease last night that she was told.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Grafinger and
i Miss Charlotte Brown, of New Castle,
i 1 Pa., are guests at the borne of Mr. and ■
, rf J p. G. Sherbondy, sister of Mre. I
Grafinger and Miss Brown.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly ill Advance.
NEW CITY OFFICIALS
BEGIN DUTIES AFTER
•p-nu i HEIR OATHS
Mayor Barrier and Aldermen
Sworn in Thursday Night.
--Aldermen Hold Their
First Meeting.
salariesltxed
FOR NEW YEAR
Salaries Show Cut in Most
Places—Board to Meet the
First Thursday Night In
Each Month.
Mayor C. H. Barrier and the mem
bers of the board of aldermen who are to
serve during his regime, met in their
first meeting at the city hall Thursday
night and they moved off in such fashion
ns to indicate their regime will he one
of economy and speed.
Appointment of committees and fixing
of salaries for the city officers were the
most important matters acted upon by
the board after the members had been
sworn in. The board agreed to the
meeting date of the retiring bogrd—the
first Thursday night in each month.
It didn’t take the board long to get.
down to business after the daths had
been administered and it didn’t take
long to get action on the various mat
ters presented for action. Mayor Barrier
, started things with a rush by naming
the following committees, the chairman
being named first in each instance:
Street Committee—Aldermen Hahn,
MeEaehern and Sapp.
Finance Committee—Aldermen How-
I ard. Wilkinson and Hullender.
Health Committee —'Aldermen Wilk
inson, Hullender and Sapp,
i Light. Water and Public Property
committee—Aldermen MeEaehern, How
ard and Hahn.
The salaries of the officers of the city
-for the coming year will be as follows,
the amount having been fixed in most
instances by the last General Assembly
of the State:
Mayor $1,000; Aldermen SIOO each:
City Clerk and Treasurer $600; City
Attorney $1200; Chairman Street Com
mittee S3OO additional to nldermank?
pay; Recorder SIOO a month; Chief of
Police $175 a month: First Sergeant
i $l4O a month; Patrolmen W 25 a month
> and firemen $l2O a month.
The board authorized that the fire
1 chief of the city be paid S3OO a year and
that the salary of the Milk and Meat
; Insj>ector be reduced from $2,000 to sl,-
500 a year.
The commissions ofthe city tax col
lector will be decided later by the
' finance committee, and the same com
mittee has been authorized to determine
what shall be done with the offices ofj
city engineer and city building in
si>eetor. it having been suggested at the
meeting that the offices be consolidated.
The salary of the combined offices or for
the separate offices as now maintained
will be determined later.
The question of providing some means
of raking rare of the tra>h of the city
was put to the board at its first meet
ing. but, no action 'was taken, the ques
tion going over until the next meeting.
A representative of “jitney men
operating passenger ears in the city ap
peared" before the board and asked that,
the license on such cans be reduced. The
board ordered a reduction of so. from
$25 a year to S2O a year.
The board of canvassers of the city
election held last Tuesday submitted its
report at the meeting, showing the fol
lowing vote:
' Barrier 541 : Sapp j>3*> : Howard 10.»;
Wilkinson 84; Hahn 45; MeEaehern
87; Hullender 70.
For school commissioners the vote
was; Cannon 84; Harris 45 and Hunter
79.
Legion Speaking Friday Night.
Charles G. Montgomery, government
insurance expert stationed at the veter
ans’ bureau in Charlotte, will speak at
the meeting of the local Legion post on
Friday night at 8 ojeloek. ,r Mont
gomery will be able to give official in
formation about the insurance and all ex
service men of the county who want in
formation on the subject are invited to
attend the meeting. This applies to
all men whether or not they are mem
bers of the Legion.
Special Display of Zephyr Prints at the
Parks-Belk Company’s.
There will be a special display of
thousands of yards of “\ear Round
Zephyrs” at the Parks-Belk Co. today and
tomorrow and Wednesday, priced at only 1
45 cents a yard. These prints are fast
, s n color and the patterns are all fasci
nating. See half page ad. in this paper.
A wealthy Scotsman. 75 years old, is
traveling 7.000 miles from Honolulu to
Scotland to pick a few sprigs of heath
er and eat a dish of haggis.
WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS
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ers tonight.
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