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M. Tiu- board of city
- .id. completed
> jobs with the
RIB ;; "I'dcr. 6'dicitor and
HHi . •. vya- electotl city judge
HH Wil'd i! Williams, whose
. '-x pi red. Mr. Wil-
- rving tile city in
of jii !p.' of. the municipal
■[■r.- t.an.e.i city solicitor
■gßi M A .!e\, who was not
nHt f. r--eiei t am. Roth Mr.
|(J|B .1 id .> are aunuig the
R|^w.' v " younger members
R^^Wotte
Mmm - p.ittnliriun of the po-
for the past two years.
■|H<: of police, succeeding
R|R ii-> resigned following
election last week.
■HC and 1.. 1.. Hackney,
■■■ <'■ ••• bu.-ine>s man, were
RRB s " .Judge Henry P. T.nne.
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H' 1 ON 1 UK FRENCH DEBT
RIB hi Reward to Funding Debt
R|B*' Taken b\ French Govern
|Hß M . 14. —The Treasury
■HR 1 umieiit on possible
«■' c'f iundiiig the French debt
g|M made known officially
RR y r.nowii that Secretary
RR" ; iex\ that ’discussion by
H tin. government should be
might have an ill es-
French
BB'" b 1 dots Find One Man In
Seven Million.
of any man who has
RB 1 " ' - d the entire record of
in from ten to twen-
the fingerprint sys-
employed for almost.
RraV register its members.
RR ‘•lhmi.o,,i, men have been in
HR]'" I '''' ; nethod was installed,
R^H , " : ' i of them can Ik* lo-
Kl ; comparing his finger
J it. .the filw. The op-
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|^Rry' ta] searches in a few
M ' ! ' instruction. Al-
HHV'' "a record more than
|^R’ ; ' ' !"_."»»* I> rowns and 28.-
claimed any one of
"V'rdv identified by means
■■T’; ".'■-tom. which also has
" I ' l ' frauds, to keep un-
BR enlisting, a ntl to pro
against false claims.
Ujl| i Uiir Advertisers.
want this* week
BR 1 ‘ the Rrow'ns-Can
■B, ! : fl “' Pat ks-Relk Co.’s
■BmA''. ' ,n '* «et some of the
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BBtC" A .*>o cent ball
BV. • 'lt every $2.50 pui-
H J dcj.artinent. Packages
BR 1 if . .' only SO.OO at
H (, Made in youth-
BB yj; --i of all agW5-
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BHi h;ts ; !imf * r - In recent month;
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BB -'''--r part of the time.
THE CONCORD TIMES
OPPO.SE PLAN OF FORD
TO SCRAP 400 VESSELS
Shipping Board Members Probably Will
Oppose Plan When Formally Present
Ml to Them.
Washington. May 14.—Henry Ford’s
willingness to buy 400 ships from the
shipping board involving a large tscrap
ping program met with immediate oppo-
I sition -today in some shipping board
! quarters.
Should the sale of several hundred
ships, for scrapping be decided on it is
expected the matter would be referred to
the-ship sales commititsion headed by
Commissioner Lissner. ami the ships
would be advertised for sale and the
awards made to the highest bidders. This
would mean that Mr. Ford would have
to enter the field against all other bid
ders.
Mhi e the view was expressed that
eventually .400 or 400 of the laid up
ships, including for the most part Fak
ers,' Would be fflrced to the junk pile,
some cf the commissioners said that it
was by no means certain that the board
would agree to any wholesale scrapping'
for some time to come. *
At the same titme it was made dear
that no offer from ;Mr. Ford had been
< received at the board and the members
are awaiting the return of Chairman
Mr. ’OConnor from a trip ’to Detroit
and Buffalo before formally going into
such a question.
SAYS CHI’RCH BOOKS
ARE FILL OF JAZZ
,Dr. Hubert M. Poteat Declares Publish
ers Are Catering’ to Desires of the
People.
Chapel Hill, May 13.—The church
books of the country are full of spngs
with jazzy tunes, according to Dr. Hu
bert M. Poteat, Wake Forest College pro
fossor and versatile musician of the first
rank, who has been spending several days
here with Dr. and Mrs. Edgar W.
Knight.
Dr. Pofeat gave an illustrated lecture
Baptist Church here Sunday morn
ing. pausing long euough now and then
to go to the church piano and show how
verst*« of serious content are being adapt
ed to jazz tunes.
Dr. Poteat said there are too many
cheap song books on the market, that
commercialism in singing is probably the
cause.
“Publishing houses are going to suit
the tastes of the people.” Or. Poteat
said, “for it is from the public that they
get theiT livelihood, they will print the
books the public’ will buy.”
HENRY A. E. KLCTTZ,
OF ROWAN. IS DEAD
Supt. Guy Phillips Leaves Hospital.—P.
A. Brown’s Stolen Car Is Found.
Salisbury, May 13. —Henry A. L.
Kluttz. aged 63, is dead at his home in
Providence township, following a brief
illness. He is survived by his five
sons and three daughters. The fnm*ral
will be conducted from Union Lutheran
Church Thursday at 2 ;80 o’clock.
Guy B. Phillips, superintendent of the
Salisbury school, who had an emergency
operation for appendicitis ten days ago,
has recovered sufficiently tto go to his
home on Fulton street.
The automobile stolen from P. A.
Brown, local salesman, when he was as
saulted by highwaymen, in Davie county
Monday night, was found in a ditch near
the place of assault. Officers are still
• hoping to locate the men who attacked
Mr. Brown. He was not badly hurt and
is able to be at his duties again.
FRACTURED SKULL WAS
RESPONSIBLE FOR DEATH
This Opinion Given in Connection With
Death of Infant at “Baby Farm.”
New York, May 14 (By the Associated
Press). —Dr. Otto Schultze, medical ex
pert, notified the District Attorney after
an autopsy thaU a fractured skull caused
the death of William Winters, one month
old infant, who had been placed in the
East SGth Street “baby farm” of Mrs.
Helen Auguste Geisen-Volk. The woman
is now under $36,000 bail on charges re
sulting from investigation of baby homes
which she conducted.
The death certificate gave heart fail
ure as the cause of death of the baby, As
sistant District Attorney Ryan said.
Prize Winning Babies Ready for Adop
tion.
Greensboro, May 13. —“We have in our
nursery ready for adoption into approved
foster home, ten baby boys and five baby
girls from one to twelve months old,
says John J. Phoenix, superintendent of
the North Carolina Children's Home So
ciety, in a statement just issued.
“These are unusually attractive in
fants and suitable for the highest type
of home.” says Mr. Phoenix. “Appli
cants must be well recommended and
measure up tq a high standard. W rite
us promptly for application blanks and
requirements necessary to secure one of
these infants.”
Sir Rider Haggard Dead.
London, May 14 (By the Associated
Press). —Sir Rider Maggard, the author,
died here today.
In his day H. Rider Haggard was one
of the most widely read of popular novel-
the acme of his popular achievements
being reached in his novels of the late
’Bo’s. “King Solomon’s Mines ” and
“She.’ The scene of these, as of his
other most successful works, was laid
in South Africa, where Rider Haggard
went in 1875 as Secretary to the Govern
or of Natal. He served later in the
Transvaal, and was one of the officials
who hoisted the British flag over that ter
ritory on Queen Victoria’s birthday in
1877.
The first exclusively English golf
amateur championship was held recent
ly on the Royal Liverpool course at
Hoylake. Heretofote all English cham
pionship tournaments—both amateur
and open—have been tbrotvn open to the
world. J
In 1889, at Louisville. Tony Howard
i won a wager of S2O and annexed . the
- “dbampiunship” by smoking 100 cigar
ettes in 6 hours 35 minutes.
Disaster Hero and Rescue Shio
_
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7= - 1 ' ' . M,-——
When the irovernment heat M B Norman turned over in the Mleaieslnnt
Tenn.. fanning the death of more than a “ore S
people. Tom Lee. negro (inset), proved himself a hero. Through his es
forts at least 2° persons were carried to safety in his launch. Above is
shown the Choctaw, which arrived on the scene shortly after the
i en t. dragging the river
MARTIN BOST’S NEW TRIAL
DUE TO ERRORS BY JUDGE
Judge Stack Held to Have 4Erred In
Charge to Jury—Dost Admitted the
Killing.
W. T. Bost in Greensboro News.
Raleigh. May 13. —Supreme Court
opinions today give to Martin Bost, old
man of Cabarrus who admitted the kill
ing of Je«se Vanderburg. September 15,
1024. a new trial for errors in the charge
of Judge A. M. Stack.
Eight eases were decided and errors
were found in five of them. This i*
an uncommon percentage of hard luck
for the trial justices. Two opinions
which came dovTTi today affect the hoards
of education in the counties in which
they were tried, and the lower court’s
judgment stood in only one.
The Bost case had no great popular
interest because the defendant happened
to be no great somebody. He was cred
tied with a poor reputation locally, but
he stood well for telling the truth. His
own testimony was virtually all that
the state had on which to base a prose
cution. _ Bost was not tried for murder
in the first, but the second flegree. That
shifted the burden of proof to him to
show that the killing was not done with
malice. His (evidence indicated /that
there was considerable of the defense
element in it. but the court erred there.
Circumstances Rehearsed.
Chief Justice Stacy, writing the opin
ion, rehearses the circumstances detailed
by Bost. There had been a wine party,
but there was no evidence of women and
song about it. A crowd of animals
guzzled the stuff, looking on it when it
was read. Vanderburg aeewied to have
lost hl» powers of locomotion. The de
fendant offered him a bed which he re
fused to take, then Vanderburg took it
slept in it all night. Other evidence
tended to show that Vanderburg hung
about the BosK house all day and Bost
says that without any cause Vanderburg
began to threaten the prisoner. Finally
manipulating Bost into close quarters
Bost shot Vanderburg twice. The dy
ing statement of Vanderburg was to the
effect that he knew no reason for Bost’s
shooting him.
Bost's first exception grew out of the
fact that Juror J. W. Driskill had com
mitted a homicide and that the \preemp
tory challenges having been exhausted
the defense could not make U6e of that
circumstance. I
No Merit in Court’s Exception.
The juror admitted killing a man and
being placed in jail for it. but he was
never tried and the grand jury never
found a bill. Judge-Stack made a re
mark that he did not wish to have any
body on that jury who had ever killed
anybody, and the defense excepted. Judge
Stack stood Driskill, of the very sugges
tive name, aside, but the remark had
been made. The court alone finds no
merit in this exception because the record
does not show that prisoner's counsel
undertook to challenge another juror af
ter Driskill was stood aside.
There is something in this, however:
“Before he can set up that plea"?’ Judge
Stack says, referring to the contention of
self-defense, “he must satisfy you that
lie did not provoke the difficulty, because
when a man brings on a difficulty and is
forced to kill, he cannot • set up the
plea of self-defense, because he provoked
the trouble. Another principle is that
if in this case, the defendant entered •
into the difficulty at the beginning wil
lingly, then he can’t set up the plea of
self-defense.
This is l plain error to the court. It
might be made to fit a state of facts, but
not those of the record. Judge Stacy
thinks the lower court should have charg
ed that even if the defendant provoked
the difficulty and subsequently retired’
from the combat in good faith, the right'
of self-defense is restored. There is
very little evidence at all on this sub
ject. but/such as exists seems to favor
the defendant. He left Vanderburg at
the house and then went to the barn
to feed the horses and cows . This
would have indicated a retirement from
the fight if there had been one.
Fingerprints Are Sent Over Wire.
Chicago, May 13. —Fingerprints sent
by wire from New York to Chicago last
night were identified in one minute after
being received, the bureau of identifica
tion of the police department said. The
tests were made in connection with the
international convention of police chiefs
in New York.
Will Reappoint D. E. Haney.
Washington, May 14.—President Cool
idge decided to re-appoint *D. E. Haney,
of Portland, Oregon, as a member of
the shipping board.
Visiting Cards Beautifully Printed on a
Few Hours Notice.
Visiting cards handsomely printed on
short notice at The Times-Tfibune Office,
60 for SI.OO or 100 for $1.50.
The highest price ever paid for a star
hockey player in Great Britain was $22,-
'SOO.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
CONCORD, N. C„ THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1925
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Firm Today at Advance of 15 to
38 Points, July Selling Up to 22:12.
New York, May 14.—The cotton mar
ket opened firm today at an advance of
15 to 38 points, July selling up to 22.12
and October to 22.03 in response to rel
atively steady Liverpool cables and re
ports that lower levd of prices was
bringing in a little more inquiries from
spinners.
The weather outlook, however, was con
sidered very favorable owing to prospects
for fair skies in the western belt and fur
ther showers east of the River and the
advance was checked by realizing on a
renewal of local, IVestern and Southern
[selling. July reacted to 22.01 aud Oc
j tober to 21.89 by the end of the first
| hour, when the market was rather unset
j tied, although the active months were
still 6 to 12 points net higher.
Cotton futures ! opened firm. May
121.00; July 22.12; Oct. 22.00; Dec.
'22.15; Jan. 21.85.
NO SHORT LEASE OF
MUSCLE SHOALS POWER
Senator Underwood Thinks It Unlikely
That Government Will Grant Short
Time Lease.
Washington, May 14.—There is little
prospect of leasing for a short period the
power of Muscle Shoals, Senator Under
wood. of Alabama, declared here today
after a conference with President Cool
idge.
Senator Underwood championed a bill
in the last session to leaie the properties.
Failure of dispos
al of the properties ha* led to sugges
tions that the secretary of war lease
the power meanwhile.
Senator Underwood agreed with the
view of President Coolidge that no lease
should be made of the power if it will
hinder in any way final disposition of the
properties, a problem which, is now be
ing studied by a special commimssion ap
pointed by the President.
GASOLINE PRICE PUT
UP CENT IN CAROLINA
Advance in Seaboard States Makes the
North Carolina Price 19 Cents.
New York. May 13.—A. general ad
vance in gasoline priees along the At
lantic seaboard was announced foday by
most of the principal refining companies.
This increase, taking place in the face
of private reports of another large gain
in the average daily gross crude oil pro
duction last week, was generally con
strued in Wall Street as an indication
that the surplus supply of stocks was
being heavily drawn upon as a result of
the recent record-breaking consumption.
The Standard Oil Company of N. J.
originated the increase by raising do
mestic prices one cent *a gallon.
UNITED STAGp LINES
ALREADY SHOW PROFIT
Dally Receipts of Over Four Hundred
Dollars Reported by Receivers.
Greensboro, May 13. —The first re
port of receivers of the United Stage
Lines, a bus concern operating between
here and Italeigh, * submitted fTiie after
noon tot Judge A. P. McElroy, of Su
perior Court, shows daily receipts of ov
er S4OO since April 20th, when the re
ceivers. A. D. Ward, of this city, and
John W. Hester, of Oxford, took hold.
Receipts between April 20th and May
11th were $7,746 and expenditures $7.-
236. leaving $470 profit. The receivers
reduced What they called “excessive” sal
aries paid drivers and cut off some em
ployes at terminals. The two weeks
preceding the receivership the daily re
ceipts were $363 on averager
Numbers of Deeds Recorded Here Yester
day.
The following deeds were recorded yes
terday in the office of the register of
*
R. B. and L. I. Little to J. A. Good
man and M. B. Sherrin property in No. j
11 township for S6OO.
F. W. Glass to Joseph D. Glass for I
SSOO property in No. 4 township.
The Southern Loan and Trust Co. to
Thomas Shankle property in the Yorke!
addition, a Concord suburb, for sooo.
D. A. McLaurin to D. J. Gray for
$2,200. property in Brookwood.
E. P. Dobson to E. L. Morrison for
SSO property in East. Concord.
B, L. Umberger two tracts of land in
No. 4 township to Paris Kidd., the first
for S2OO and the second for S7OO.
E. D. Underwood lots in Underwood
Park to John L. Edwards for $114; to
J. S. Fletcher for $104; and to John H.
Jacobs for SB6.
Want Conference Divorced From League.
Geneva, May 14 (By the Associated
p re6S ). —The American delegation to the
League of Nations international confer
ence for control in traffic in arms and
munitions, today officially filed an amend
ment to divorce the arms convention
from the League of Nations,
FRENCH PUNISH THE
TRIBESMEN, SETTING
FREE FOUR OUTPOSTS
Tribesmen Driven Back on
Long Front as French At
tack Line 1 and Gain Head
way in Bayonet Attack.
MANY INVADERS
ARE FOUND DEAD
All Branches of Service Took
Part In French Attack,
With Airmen Harassing
Rereating
Paris, May 1 (By the Associated
Press). —The Riffian tribesmen who in
vaded the French zone of Morocco un
der the orders of Abdel Krim were driven
back along a long front in yesterday’s
operations, according to a statement from
the French headquarters.
Four beseiged French outposts were
relieved and the village of Azdour was
captured in a bayonet charge. The re- i
treat of the tribesmen, the statement j
says, became general at noon yesterday. !
and the retiring enemy is being harassed 1
by aviators operating in great forces.
The Riffians who are retreating north
ward through the valleys of Oued Anc
cuer and Mamouda are reported by the
French lo have suffered heavy losses, i
The French operations were on a mas
sive scale with all branches of the serv
ice participating.
Tribesmen Severely Punished.
Rabant. French Morocco. May 14 (By
the Associated Press). —Abdel Krim's
Riffian invaders were severely punished
by the French yesterday in a series of
operations which relieved all but two of
the surrounded qutposts and established
the French on the Bibane Heights.
REPORT OF DRY AGENTS
- IN STATE FOR APRIL
163 Stills. Many Gallons of Liquor, Sev-1
en Autos and 99 Men Seized During '
Month.
Salisbury. N. C., May 14. —Federal dry
agents working out from the central of
fice under direction of A. B. Coltraue.
state director, had a prosperous month,
according to the April report issued to
day. —~
A total of 163 stills and distilleries,
41 worms, 1.149 gallons of- spirits. 142,-
720 gallons-of malt liquors, 21 gallons of
wine, 2,058 gallons of mash, 660 gallons
of pomace, 1.628 fermenters, and 7 auto
mobiles were seized by the sleuths. The
total value of property seized and de
stroyed is given at $61,260.75, while that
seized and not destroyed is valued at sl,-
890.
Prosecutions totalled 220, with 99 ar
rests reported.
Scorpion Stands Off Swarm of Wild Bees.
Monroe, May 13.—While working in
his field some time ago W. L. Rape
noticed a blackjack in the edge of the
woods which had a hole about two inches
in diameter leading into the hollow.
Sticking out of that hole was the head
of a scorpion ao large that it made Mr.
Rape shudder, for that is one animal that
he does not like a little bit. Not wish
ing to have any difficulty with such a
varmint, he went on about his work,
making a mental note that he would
bring his gun down some time and shoot
him. A few days thereafter he was
working in the same field and heard a
roar in the vicinity of the tree and went
to investigate. He found a swarm of
bees circling round the hole and the same
old scorpion sitting there guarding it. I
The reptile wouldn’t get out and the
bees wouldn't go in while he was there,,
so they settled on a limb of the tree.
Mr. Rape is an old bee keeper and he
knew what to do. He got the boys and
a bee gum. They climbed the tree,
plugged up the hole and the scorpion in
it, cut a section of the limb that the
bees were on and hived them. They
went to work at once for their new mas
ters and seemed happy to be'settled down.
The boys unstopped the hole and pre
sumably the scorpion is still 4>n guard,
though Mr. Rape says he aims t<* take
his gun with him some day and get the
fellow. He just doesn't feel good work
ing in his field with that thing sitting
in his hole watching him.
Albemarle to Erect Confederate Statue.
Albemarle. May 13. —One of the best
pieces of news tto break during the past
several weeks was the announcement by
the local chapter ofithe Daughters of the
Confederacy of the closing of the order
for a monument tot the Confederate sol
diers.
The monument will toe 5 1-2 feet thick
at the base and will stand 18 1-2 feet
high. The base will be of a fine grade
of granite, while <he figure of the Con
federate soldier will lbe of bronze,
i On the monument committee who se
lected the design and gave the order, were
Miss Mary Mabry, Mrs. H. L. Horton
and Mrs. M. J. Harris.
The total cost of the monument will
be approximately $6,000. which amount
has been largely donated by citizens of
the town and county. >
| Os course, not all of the necessary cost
has been raised, but enough is in hand
I to warrant the starting of the work,
and there is little anxiety as to whether
or not there will be any trouble ir. rais
ing the remainder of the funds.
Will Not Take Initiative in Calling Con
ference.
London. May 14 (By the Associated
Press). —The British government will not
at present take the initiative in calling
a world disarmament conference, Premier
Stanly Baldwin to}d the House of Com
mons today in replying to a member's
question. >
TAX LISTERS IN COUNTY
WILL CONTINUE WORK
Get Ruling From Attorney General Rela
tive to Deduction of Fifty Per Cent.
On Some Property.
Prof, J. W. I*. lK»ng, tax so per visor of
Cabarrus county, has instructed tax list
ers of the to continue the list
ing of taxes following a meeting held
at the court house yesterday afternoon
I at whiHi a ruling on the matter of mak
ing deductions on certain property was
! agreed on. The ruling came from At
torney General Brummit and covers the
matter of deducing taxes on homes on
J which mortgages are held, an amend
; ment to the State constitution providing
that in some instances the deduction
shall be 50 per cent.
In his ruling the attorney general ex
plained that homes on which building
; ami loan associations hold mortgages are
not to be subject to the deduction un
less the associations actually list aud
pay taxes on the notes in question.
Mr. Long read to the listers present
at 'the' meeting the following letters,
, which it was agreed, straighten out the
matter entirely:
[Mr. J. W. B. LoAg, Tax Supervisor,
' Concord. N. C.
! Dear Mr. Long :
j Replying to your letter of the 11th.
I I have to say that the deduction of fifty
j per cent, in accordance with the terms
of the amendment is to be of the value
of the note and mortgage. This may
result in a queer situation some times,
but I think that the amendment is clear
on that point. I herewith send you
j copy of our ruling on the subject, from
' which you can no doubt work out most
jof your problems.
j It should be borne in mind that the
owner of the home cannot get the exemp
tion unless the note is listed and taxes
paid on fifty per cent, of it. As a prac
tical matter, I think it would be well
j for the list-takers to take note of every
claim of this kind presented by the own
er of the home, getting alll possible in
formation, and then when fie comes to
make up his books, he will be in a po
sition to determine whether the claim
should be allowed.
Yours very truly.
DENNIS G. BRUMMITT,
Attorney General.
Mr. J. W. B. Long. Tax Supervisor,
Cabarrus County,
Concord. N. C.
Dear Sir.
Your letter of May 9th has been re
i ceived and carefully noted.
| I am enclosing you herewith copy of
the ruling of the attorney general, which
will dqubtless answer your question.
Ordinarilly, building and loan associa
tions do not list and pay taxes on notes
and mortgages held by such association,
and unless the building nnnd loan asso
ciation does actually list and pay tax
on the note in question, the borrower
could not properly take credit for 50 per
cent, of the value pjktbe note.
Yonrs very >truly. 4 -
J. H. HARWOOD,
Assistant Attorney General.
CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
TO CLOSE MAY 29TH
Graduating Exercises at Grammar School
May 28th—Senior Play May 29th. *
The city public schools will close
their year’s work on Friday, May 29th.
The grammar schools will hold their
graduating exercises on Thursday eve
ning. May 28.
Rev. Chas. B. Scovil, rector of All
Saints Episcopal Church, will deliver the
address to the graduates of Central
Grammar School.
Finals begin at the High School next
week.
The annual Recitation Contest has al
ready been held.
The Senior play will be given Friday
evening, May 29th.
The annual sermon will be preached on
Sunday morning, May 30th by Rev.
Jesse C. Rowan, D. D.
The graduating exercises will be held
on Monday evening, June Ist. The Lit
erary address will be delivered by Rev.
F. J. Prettyman, I). D., of-Gastonia. Dr.
Pretty man wa» for a number of years
Chaplain of the United States Senate.
He is a most cultured gentlem%i and a
distinguished speaker.
POCKETBOOK MAY PROVE
X THE MISSING LINK
Property of Slain Woman Found in the
Effects of Bruce Lane Now In Jail.
Asheville, May 13. —A poeketbook may
prove the “missing link” in the murder
of Mrs. Nora Ellis Burns, whose life
less body was found last Sunday in the
French Broad River.
Her poeketbook was found in the per
sonal effects of Bruce Lane, painter, who
is being held in the county jail in con
nection with the tragedy. Two weeks
ago-the woman left the house of a friend
and said she had an engagement to meet
Lane at a local restaurant. Several
hours later, Lane, it is claimed, went to
the home of this witness and said he
had been hunting for the woman and was
willing to offer SSO reward to learn her
whereabouts. From the time the woman
left the house until the body was dis
covered in the river near Long Shoals,
her movements have not been traced.
The theory of suicide has been dis
carded by Sheriff Mitchell for he believes
the woman was murdered. She was
shot just above- the left eye, the bullet
piercing the skull. Mrs. Burns was
right handed and it is not probable that
she would have fiml a shot over her left ,
eye, contends the sheriff.
Merchants Association to Meet This Eve
ning.
There will be a called meeting of the
Merchants Association at the Y. M. C.
A. this evening at 7:30 o’clock.
At this meeting delegates will be elected
to the State convention which convenes
in Charlotte next Tuesday. May 19th.
continuing through the 20th and 21st.
It is also probable ,that the matter
of the stores closing on Thursday after
noon during the summer months will be
presented. It is the desire-of the officials
that tkfee interested in this matter be
presentjo give their views.
Get yonr front teeth all tightened up
► for corn-oc-thv-cob. season. ;
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
3 REPORTED OHO
m&L ...jutiED
IN TRAIN ACCIDENT
Passenger and Freight Trains
Crash In Indiana, With
Twq Engineers and Fire
man Perishing.
TWO ENGINES ON
PASSENGER TRAIN
Number of Coaches on This
Train Were Derailed.—ln
jured Taken to Hospital at
Terre Haute.
—T
Terre Haute. Ind., May 14 (By the
Associated Press). —Three persona are
reported killed and several injured in
a collision between Pennsylvania railway
passenger train No. 6 eastbound. and a
freight train, near Martinsville, 111., six
teen miles west of here.
Those killed were: Dan Walsh and
George H. Mueneh. both engineers, and
William Zimmerman, fireman. The two
enginer pulling the passenger train and
coaches were derailed.
The list of injured included James Et
ter, 44, Covington, Ohio, mail clerk, badly
burned about the head and face: Albert
Hardwich, 54, mail clerk, Coshocton,
Ohio, severe burns of body and badly cut,
may die: Ray F. Flory, 29. mail clerk,
Richmond, Ind., severe cuts on arms and
facer-Louis F. Orahwood, express mes
senger. Columbus. ()., left arm and face
cut; Edward D. Resser. Los Angeles,
Calif., passenger, cut and bruised.
All of the injured are being brought
to hospitals here.
MISS ABBY ROCKEFELLER
TO WED DURING DAY
Police Guard Home as a Precaution
Against Over Curious Crowds at the
Wedding.
New York. May 14.—A of po
lice guarded the town house or John D.
Rockefeller. Jr.. <today as a precaution
against over curious crowds at the mar
riage of Mr. Rockefeller's eldest child and
only daughter, Abby Rockefeller, to Dav
id Merriwether Miltou.*
The ceremony was set for 4 :30 this af
ternoon. The officiating clergyman se
lected was the Rev. Cornelius Woelfkiu,
pastor of the Park Avenue Baptist
Church, where the bride’s father has
taught u Bible Class for years,
Ohly members of the tvyo families
were invited to ceremonies itself, but the
guest list for the reception numbered
1.200. The bride's 85-year-old grand
father is expected to see the weding.
NEGRO LYNCHED, SAYS
REPORT FROM FLORIDA
Officials Advised Negro Was Hanged for
Alleged Attack on White Woman.
Orlando, -Fla., May 14. —Sheriff Karri,
of Orange County, was informed by tele
phone from Sanford today that a negro
named West was lynched by a mob last
night at Longwood, 15 miles north of
Orlando. The message said the negro was
charged with attacking a young woman of
Sanford two weeks ago.
A group of Sanford men, the message
continued, had been looking for West,
who was reported missing since the crime
was committed. Finding the negro last
night the mob is said to have banged him
to a tree and riddled his body with bul
lets. *
Fear Another War ty China.
Peking, China. May 14 (By the Asso
ciated Press).—Considerable apprehen
sion exists among the Chinese in the
northern part of, the country, owing to
reports that Geu. Chang TsoLin the Man
churian dictator, is moving trodps toword
-Peking where the “Christian general,”
Feng Yu Hsiang has stationed his forces.
The reports are that considerable num
bers of the Mukden general’s soldiers
soon will arrive in the vicinity of the
capital, but it is generally believed that
Feng A’u Hsiang will allong Chang to
occupy Peking without fighting.
It is reported that some of Feng’s sup
porters have been prevailed upon to adopt
a neutral attitude, and consequently the
Christian general is not strong enough
to fight.
J. W. Denuy_will take a group of boys
to a camping place several miles from the
city Friday evening, where they will eu-
gage in a sham battle Friday night and
Saturday morning, returning to Concord
some time Saturday morning.
Work on the room formerly occupied
by The Musette in the Cannon building
is being rushed to completion by a corps
of carpenters. The entire front has been
torn out and new display windows are
being installed. When conydeted it will
be occupied by Browns-C’annon Co.
The breaking of glass is one of the
characteristic features of a Jewish wed
ding.
WHAT SAT’S BEAR SAYS
*
Fair in the wfcat and central portions, -
showers in the extreme east portion to
night; Friday fair.
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