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KiL TROUBLES
■ffiP WORK OF
Hatching ifggfhs
■■ember-'»!' ('oast Guard
Been Court >lar
lor Smuggling Li-
K. jt Is Now Known.
■teen have
mm ; EK ' ARRESTED
Hesitate to Discuss
[He Against Men—Short
■■,,( ( rows is Also Hand
■ in the t\ ork.
■■ M k. 1 rttornal troubles
•> t.J COil't JJtianls
■■,,:,<•- Vw - v,,rk ' s ~,nn ~ mv■ ■
■■ i„. r . , fijist guard have
■■,',!. i;>l**'! for -muggling. It-.
■■- , intoxication, it was
mm today.
HH tvfr.isi'i! discuss the
■■L' i' h""'vu nineteen
H'!| c.nti::e.l fur varying pe
f/m tins on Staten Is-
Hb l . martial fnr various
■■ •[' - -;x convicted of snnig
■■.., i,... sentenced to six months
three got three
[H.,4 ’fer intexication.
11. handieap is the prospect
■■,' :U the fleet. Ful
cent..
|„ rent., i; is said, will not
|HH v.i, service terminates
i on the coast gnanl
HB; f, r iniu-ually hard work, and
l,i-ier‘ u'e leaves. These are
■■ induce the guards
occupations.
Will. STICK
■B ro THE DAWKS PL\N
■■ \pniHt r says Vw (io.veminent
Kav‘ rahle to the Plan.
Jim May I s illy the Associated
Minister Stresemann
to the rei( hstiig that
HH. . .-tit would continue
■■cut the Dawes plan.
M r Srrt 'cinann said no country
icTinatiy welcomes the of
[lawes plan to accomplish
■■>. pacitication of Europe. lit'
■■ ui.sf wji<* iippose neceptitnee of
-Ml 1 tii.it v-.tii
■■.rti. i!> wmid never have been
■■.c.l.is!: its currency on a se-
Hi a*i • i would have been obliged
li/V,. struggle for its economic
'citiann said “we shall con
■■ carry out the Dawes plan in
-int:fi.-r as we have heretofore.
■Bern. and gnvern
■■ay change, but 1 canot conceive
■■ih.'-'ra'' •! which would depart
■■ i's g..i!i. and policies we have
■■id G'rinanv's relations with the
most satisfactory and
imiicate that in the Knited
g"r understanding of (ler
\i:\ WIIJHR TO
■■ SPEAK IN TIIK STATE
BW''t • mninemement A dress at
ni\ei-v>t\.—president Imitcd to
Hill.
■■tg M;.\ I s - It. L. Flowers.
M "t Mi" Duke Fniversity. Dur-
1 • aiiiioiineed here today that
■■' idlin' had accepted an invi-
BB 01 ,!il ' coininenceinent a<l*
■H sh" I niversity on Wednesday.
» Aiout inn will be graduated.
■H *l‘ i ' i '' i" '>ident of the Fnver-
('andiiia. called on Presi-
Wm 'Aid, t'oiiimissiotier of In
■H" 1 ' I‘dair. who is a native
B|^B :!ri| lhiian.
' ""lidge was invited by Pros
■'!'" an end the exercises to be
1-th at Chapel Hill in
|M'a;a;’h tiu> >th aniversary of
: - "t tin Fniversity of North
after Civil War.
■v' 1 ." ( ' edge took the invitation
■■ 1 1' ttn - \sso< iation to .Meet in
|B -'ltiy Is. —j Paul T.eon
■B the North Carolina
T . ‘ ur n n. today announced
■HB -’di d annual. convention of
|M: ” 1"' held in t’harlotte
'tated that there would
from all pa its of
IgH' 1 ' ' : ; ni 'i s "trh Carolina, and
‘"'a tfc.se and other states.
"t May lbtli the pro-
HB meetings represent
of merchandizing.
|^^B' ,!iv " lr ‘ will hear a number of
M’.V including Harry
' ,; mve . ~f X,.w Yui k ; A. L.
• fhitt'Vihe. S. C. ; Stephen
■■'"' ' V: t>r;ug t ,,n. 1). C.; Franc
mm' l '" ] -'",: ," f -'-tianta: Edward E.
' K:i / sW and others.
|SB 11 111 tm .Merchant's Asso
£§■ -"ati tying progress dur-
Mr. Leonard,
organizations have
■V:'' ‘Activity among local
marked.”
■Bf" 1 . ° V,T Salt Desert.
B;! 1 ;. ' ( >ii. May I(s.—The
A f:t■ • h experts consider
|M. *iiii’.sual pieves of road
■8i,.;.;, 1 . 11 i ted States, will
mm^:\.:\" { ' [ * >y of
:i, ‘ 'hiring his Western
■■, ' M Hex; month. The new
BB I'tuFv ' : "' ,,U . K l' Sl,:r Lakp Cit >’
i. i :i hue and traverses
' : t- It is built for a
Em b<Mk' ri , of rhe distance
of ti' " ' a 't and completes a
BB route.
THE CONCORD TIMES
In Babe’s Shoes
l f' • ;.f /
Ei n
'•• v ' • lniii’i ii ji
Here’s Ben Paschal, the hard-hitting
outfielder of the Yankees, who has
broken into the spotlight through
the illness of Babe Ruth While not
quite the fence-buster the Bamb is,
Paschal has nevertheless been fill
ing the substitute role acceptably.
He looks like a comer.
MEANS WANTS REVIEW
BY SUPREME COURT
If That Court Denies Appeal He Will
Be Ready to Start Prison Sentence.
Washington. May 18.—A week’s de
lay was granted today in the District of
Columbia Supreme Court in the forgery
charge of (iaxton B. Means, and mean
while Means' counsel is expected to de
cide yv her her he shall surrender and go
to Atlanta to begin service of a two
years' prison term imposed upon him in
New York.
Means is accused here in connection
with signing of the name of Chairman
Rrookhart, of the Daugherty investiga
tion committee. The charges grew out
of the hands of certain records sought
by the committee.
The defense counsel today with the
approval of the district attorney sought
a delay, explaining that ‘the mandate of
the New York appellate court denying
Means a new trial on his conviction of
conspiracy, there, is due today. Means
is seeking to stay the mandate in order
to apeal to the Supreme Court for a re
view. Should he be unsuccessful his
counsel said he would be ready to go to
Atlanta ip which event the Washington
indictment would probably not be press
ed.
GOLDSBORO MAN AND HIS
DAUGHTER ARE DROWNED
Feed Thonpson and Daughter Perished
When the Boat in Which They were
Rowing Capsized.
Goldsboro, N. C., May 18. —Fred
Thompson and his five year old daughter.
Julia Mae, were drowned at Stephens
Mill. 12 miles north of Goldsboro on Sun
day afternoon when a boat in which they
were rowing capsized into the mill pond.
The child is said to have suddenly reach
eel -out for some object floating in the
water. She lost her balance and fell :n
--to the pond. Her father plunged after
her, capsizing the boat. Both were
drowned. An elder sister, Helene Thomp
son. who was with them, managed to right
the boat and get back into it.
MAN KILLS WIFE AND
* TRIES TO KILL HIMSELF
John W. Moody, of Richmond. Thought
Dealh Was Best Way to End His
Troubles.
Richmond, Va., May 18.—John W.
Moody, fit), fatally slashed his wife, aged
(Jo, at their home here today and then
tried to end his own life with a razor
and gas. He told detectives he thought
his act was “the best way out of over
whelming troubles.”
Mrs. Mood}’ had been ill about three
months. 1
Summer Conference of Methodist Protes
tant Church.
The annual summer conference of the
Methodist Protestant young people will
be held at High Point College, the insti
tution of the denomination in North Car
olina, June 15-25 with Rev. H. M. Har
rison. .Tr„ dean of men at the college,
director.
The largest attendance of any of the
conferences is anticipated this year. They
were formerly conducted at Weaverville
with an average attendance of 300 per
sons. It. is expected taht 500 will be
present this summer.
The visitors will find lodging in the
college buildings.
l Conviction in Only Five Minutes.
Wilson, May lj|.—The shortest con
tested barn burning case on record here
was disposed of in V\ ilson Superior
court todav before Judge N. A. Sinclair
in five minutes after the case was called.
H. D- Whitman, vhite, 56 years old,
was convicted of burning the barn and
stables of Mrs. W. W. Williams, near
the Edgecombe county line, on the
morning of March 21, 1925 and acn
teneed to the penitentiary for not more
than 10 and not less than seven years.
Killed iIT Fight" With Officers.
1 Hattiesburg, Miss., May 18—South
wick Erion, 35, of Memphis, was killed
in a fight with county officers on the
outskirts of Hattiesburg early today and
■ his brotherin-law, Wiley F. Brown also
• of Memphis, was arrested later, charged
l with having liquor in his possession, and
l with firing on officers. > j
i To Make Debt Funding Proposal Soon.
r\ Paris, May 18 (By the Associated
j Press). —The Temps said today it under
-3 stands a definite proposal will be made
i within fifteen days by the French govern
e I ment to the United States and Great Brit
i ain for settlement of the French wai
1 debts.
No Such Thing as.the Unwritten
Law, Says Judge N. A. Sinclair
Williamstoii, N. C., May IS. —"Men
must be taught they can trust the courts
and that any man can come into court
and redress his wrongs in a lawful man
ner.'* declared Judge N. A. Sinclair in
the Superior Court here when, following
a trial that consumed more than a week.
. lie was ab ut to pass sentence on twenty
three men connected directly or indirect
ly with the mutilation of Joseph Needle
man, tobacco salesman, on the morning
of Sunday, 2!)th. "The old idea
that there is such a tiling as the un
written law,” lie continued, is all false.
There is no such a thing as the unwrit
ten lajv. What is called the unwritten
law is but the excuse of cowards to justi
fy their own lawlessness.”
The judge was accorded close atten
tion. Twenty-three men. grouped inside
the bar and occupying sea'ts in the jury
box, awaited their fate. Four had been
convicted of mutilation, one had, after
hearing the verdict of guilty against
them, entered a plea of guilty, and
others had entered pleas of guilty to be
ing accessories in tiie mutilation when
court opened. Relatives, including wives,
mothers, cousins and brothers of the men
about to be sentenced, were also present,
awaiting the judgment of the court. Spec
tators who had come through curiosity
also gave close attention.
"I think this case is a demonstration
of the fact that the people of North
Carolina can trust the courts,” began
Judge Sinclair.
; ”1 have been surprised to read in the
public press.” he continued, "and to hear
I intelligent men say that the courts are
I not functioning, ail implied justification
of the people taking the law into their
• own hands. It is a lie and a slander
] upon the government of the State, and
•1 hope that the press of North Carolina
Fwill stop that carping spirit of criticism!
which, to a great extent, has created a
feeling that the courts cannot be trusted.
You can trust the courts. They never
fail.
"Men have no excuse, no justification
for taking the law into their own hands.
‘‘The old sentiment that because some
woman has been wronged you must re
vert to barbarism and become savages
taking the law into your own hands and
redressing such wrong, is a reflection
upon civilization. Men who ought to
know l»etter from time to time attempt
to justify and excuse such conduct. It
is absolute poison running through the
state and the men who express such
sentiments are bad citizens and a posi
tive menace to the government of the
state. That spirit must be stamped out
in North Carolina. Men must be taught
that they can trust the courts and that
any man can come into court and re
.dress hi* vron>> in a lowfy' liion-ipr.”
Here the judge denounced 'the “idea
that there is such a thing as unfritten
law," which he declared to be the “ex
cuse of cowards.”
Continuing, Judge Sinclair said:
“This outbreak -of lawlessness in this
county has been very expensive to your
county and shows what lawlessness will
bring about. All the expense that lias
been incurred by reason of the outrage
upon Needleman —guards, hospital and
doctor bills, as a matter of law Martin
county has to pay and it ought to be
paid immediately.
“It is hard for your county to have
to pay it but the county that failed to
prevent tliis sort of thing must pay the
penalty. There is no excuse for the 1
county government; it need not complain 1
about paying these bills. It ought to
pay them and that is all there is about
it.
“I know there has been a great deal
of feeling in the county. I have heard
a great deal of criticism, pro and con,
not only here but in other parts of the
state.
“I want to say that while some peo
ple thought that Martin county lost
caste, in the eyes of the other people of
the state, I find the sentiment to be
otherwise. The people of the state are
sympathizing with Martin county, be
cause it is generally understood that pub
lic sentiment in this county is sound
and wholesome. Tliere is no disposition
among the people of the state to hold
Martin county in disrepeet or to dis
credit them because of the act of a few
criminals.
“I am glad the case was tried in this
county. I believe the popular impres
sion that the case should be moved on
account of local influence and a feeling
that it would not be proper to try it has
been demonstrated to be without founda
tion, for the -people of Martin county
have themselves vindicated the law.”
Judge Sinclair declared that “the only
way to break up mob law in North Caro
lina is to punish offenders.” He ad
ded: .
“I don’t know why it is, but three
or four years ago we had no spirit in
North Carolina which endorsed mob low;
for the last three or four years we have
had more mob outrages perhaps in this
state than we have had in fifty years.
It is getting time to stop it.
“The object of punishment of crim
inals, of course, is not so much to pun
ish offenders as it is to protect the pub
lic and to deter other people from com-
I mittiiig a like crime.
“There is no idea of vindictiveness
, [or revenge in the administration of the
.1 criminal cour.
, j “I am sure everyone—l do myself—
! feels a deep sympathy for any man who
is so unfortunate as to break the law
and have to suffer the penalty, but we
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; Crisis At Geneva Averted.
* Geneva, May 18 (By the Associated
> Press). —Thp crisis in the international
I conference for control in traffic in arms
1 and munitions which had been created by
| American refusal to have the league of
illations council appoint the central office
'• f or arms control was averted today by the
* decision to abandon the plan to establish
e the proposed central bureau.
The United States produces 40 per
r cent, of the world’s copper and uses 44
per cent.
PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS
CONCORD, N. C., MONDAY! MAY 18, 1925
i must think about the pub'ic.
‘j “The only way to protect the public
i« to punish the violator of law and
! deter others.”
Concluding his remarks, the judge
paused and glanced over the court room,
“room.
Then, from the bench, the names of
those indicted and convicted and those
who, following their indictment, had en
tered pleas of guilty, were calked.
The climax has preceded this* occasion.
It had been reached on the previous day
when, late in the afternoon, the jury,
after three hours of deliberation, lmd re
turned a verdict of guilty as to Henry
Dennis Griffin, Julifen Bullock, F. W.
Sparrow and Ciaro Heath.
Mercy had been as|ed for young Heath.
In fact, on the first ©allot the jury took,
when there was a unanimous verdict
against Griffin, Bullock and the elder
Sparrow, there wefe two votes for
I Heath's acquittal. The remaining ten
I jurors voted to adjudge him guilty of
mutilation without malice. The two
who voted for acquittal joined in with
the others, after the ten had promised
the two they would join with them in
j a plea for mercy. This agreement was
j carried out. Bullock. Griffin and Spar-,
j row were adjudged guilty of mutilation
with malice.
In the meantime F k W. Sparrow, Jr.,
who a week ago had shown symptoms of
(diphtheria and whose case was tempo
rarily displaced, entered a plea of guilty
and sat beside his father, waiting to be
sentenced. He was attired in a light
suit and wore a soft collar. In the
plea for mercy that was made for him
by one of his attorneys, it was stated
that young Sparrow had starred as a
j baseball, football and basketball player
.on the team of the Kinston high school
j and that there had been aything
against his character, v The good charac
ter plea had also bee neutered by the
boy’s father, and by Otaro Heath. Young
Sparrow, 20, Is the age of Needleman,
the man mutilated. *
j Father and son—the two Sparrows—
' drew the same sentence —from six to ten
I years in the state’s prison. Julian Bul
lock, convicted of the major offense, with
malice, drew the sarnie, while the heav
iest sentence fell upon Henry Dennis
Griffin, who had been .identified by
Needleman, on the itand. as the man
who, after he had tried to get others to
do it and they had refused, had actually
performed the operation. Griffin was
given “thirty years in the state’s prison,
the maximum sentence* for murder in the
second degree.”
Throughout the trial the State cen
tered its evidence arofod Henry Dennis
Griffin. He confessed to
having jiarficipYiJed*! i crime
•nor to having had any part in it. On
the stand, in an effort to build up an
alibi, he appeared to become confused
under cross examination. The State
centered on him; Needleman identified
him, and his attorneys fought for him.
Throughout the trial, his wife sat by
his side, manifesting a marked interest
jin every word that was uttered about
him.
Ciaro Heath’s testimony and the man
i uer in which he gave it and stuck by
it was the subject of comment, inside
the court room and out in town.
The feature of the case, in the opinion
of many, was the of Griffin's
alibi and the strength of Heath’s. This
• opinion was borne out by the jury and
was taken into consideration by the judge
who gave Griffin thirty years and Heath
an indeterminate sentence of from two
to three years.
Two of the defendants, Ben Lilly and
John A. Griffin, were put under appear
ance bonds of S2OO each for two years.
They must, during this time, appear at
every term of criminal court in Martin
county and show good behavior.
Judge Sinclair ordered one defendant
fined SSOO. “Mr. Clerk, change that.”
lie a minutes later. “I am go
in&' to require that he pay SSOO toward
the expenses of this special term of
court.” He imposed the same sentence
on nine others, one of whom must serve
a prison sentence also.
Opnions were expressed showing that
both court officials and spectators re
garded the guilt of the numerous de
fendants as varying widely—shading
down from the man who actually muti
lated Needleman to those who had only
minor parts in the affair. The whole
incident of Needleman’s mutilation was
shown in court to have been a well
devised and well-organized affair. Tes
timony to that effect was offered through
out the trial. The sentences imposed
by Judge Sinclair bore out the opinion,
also.
At no time was there any suggestion
of disorder. The special term of court,
called by Governor McLean to investi
gate the taking of Joseph Needleman
from jail and his subsequent mutilation
began Monday. May 4th. The cases
went on trial Wednesday, May 6th, and
the verdict as to those who entered
pleas of not guilty was returned oil
Tuesday, May 12th.
The judge had announced that he
would not leave on the Martin county
docket any case that resulted from the
action of the mob in taking Needleman
from jail on the early morning of March
20th. He left the docket clear Wednes
day, following the imposition of sentences
on principals and accessories in the mob
cases and the formal dismissal of the
case against Joseph Needleman, charged
' with attacking a young woman.
Electrical Storm Causes Damage.
Fayetteville, N. C., May 18. —Tele-
phone and telegraph communication in
and around Fayetteville were interrupted
by a severe electrical storm which visited
this section last night. Poles between
Fayettevile and Dunn were blown down
by the high winds’that accompanied the
electrical The damage was
expected to be repaired today.
Famous detective says women are
poor investigators. We say we doubt if
lie is married.
CHARLOTTE BEGINS
CELEBRATION THAT
IS TO LAST A WEEK
Celebration Is to Commemo
rate the 150th Anniversary
of the Signing of Mecklen
burg Declaration.
pageantlSggest
FEATURE OF WEEK
Pageant Will Enact Historic
Background of Mecklen
burg’s Fight For Feedom
From Great Britain.
Charlotte, May 18 (By the Associated
Press). —A week of celebration commemo
rating the 150th aniversary of the sign
ing of the Mecklenburg Declaration of I
Independence will be inaugurated here j
today with sundry festivities attended by
many personages of note, including a
Congressional delegation. Major Gen.
Henry T. Allen, and officials from sur
rounding states.
A pageant composed of more than 800
persons will nightly enact the historic
background of the Mecklenburg tight for
freedom from England and signing of the
declaration fully a year before the nat
ional declaration. An open air amphi
theatre with a seating capacity of 8.000
has been constructed for the pageant.
THE NORTH CAROLINA
MERCHANTS’ ASSOCIATION
Annual Convention to Begin in Char
lotte Tomorow.
Charlotte. May 18.—The twenty-ninth
annual convention of the North Carolina
Merchants’ Association will convene in
Charlotte tomorrow afternoon at 2:30
o’clock. Vanguard delegates arrived this
afternoon. More are expected tonight.
A large attendance, upon the sessions of |
the convention is indicated.
The opening session will be called to
order by W. N. Dixon, of Winston-
Salem, president of the state associa
tion. The Rev. R. H. Daugherty, of
Charlotte, will offer the invocation, after
which Clarence O. Keuster, secretary of
the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, will
welcome the visiting merchants to the
city. J. C„ Williams, of Wilmington,
will deliver the response.
L. Reports M officers, directDCS AndslaiuL
irfg committees will consume the re
mainder of the afternoon.
Tuesday be devoted to
group meetings, starting at 8 o’clock,
and on Wednesday morning there will
be nddreses by visitors from~other states.
Francis E. Kamper. of Atlanta, former
president of the National Retail Grocers’
Association, will speak. He will be fol
lowed by Stephen H. Talkes, of Washing
ton, D. C.. secretary of the Associated
Retail Credit Men of the national capi
tal.
Following an open discussion of credit
problems there will be held the annual
meeting of the Merchants Mutual Fire
Insurance Company.
There will be a banquet Wednesday
night, when the principal speaker will
be Harry Collins Spillman, of New
York.
Thursday’s sessions will be devoted
to topics of interest to merchants, and at
night the delegates will be the guests of
the Charlotte Pageant Association at the
pageant celebrating the signing of the
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independ
ence.
On Thursday afternoon there will be
a presentation of the silver cup donated
by Wilson S. Bell, of Tarboro, to the
local association showing the greatest
progress during the past year in its re
port to be sumbitted to the convention.
MRS. COURTNEY. OF LENOIR.
IS STATE WAR MOTHER
Frank D. Grist Makes Address at Coit»
eluding Session of Annual Conven
tion.
Lenoir, May 16.—At the afternoon
session of the State convention of War
Mothers, in session here, the following
officers were elected for the esning year:
State War Mother, Mrs. M. M. Court
ney, Lenoir: first vice War Mother, Mrs.
W D. Pemberton, Concord; second vice
War Mother, Mrs. W. O. Nisbet. Char
lotte; third vice War Mother, Mrs. J.
M. Parker. Asheville; fourth vice War
Mother. Mrs. L. C. Phillips, Ashboro;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. J. M. Tut
tle, Lenoir; recording secretary, Mrs. J.
W. Roark, Charlotte; 'treasurer, Mrs. W.
H. Lewis, Gastonia; registrar, Mrs. C.
p Robinson. Gastonia; state organizer,
Mrs. John K. Patterson, Concord; par
liamentarian, Mrs. E. I*. Tinsley, Char
lotte. „ _
During the election Mrs. H. C. Boone,
State War Mother of Kansas, presided.
F. D. Grist, commissioner of labor and
printing, delivered an address at the
morning session, taking the place on the
program of Col. John Hall Manning, of
Raleigh, who was unable to be present.
Mr. Grist spoke on “Adjusted Com
pensation.”
Pays to Prepare Land Well For Pasture.
Charlotte, May 16.—P. A. Irwin, of
Sharon township in Mecklenbury county,
has found that it pays to prepare land
well for pasture, says County Agent
Hope Elias. He reports that Mr. Irwin
prepared his land well and sowed a good
grass mixture. He grazed the pasture
lightly the first year and then went over
it cutting out the sprouts, briars and
troublesome weeds.
“As a result,” states Mr. Elias, “when
' I was at the farm recently, his cows
were grazing on grasses halfway up to
their knees.
More than 20,000 women and girls in
New York City are employed as tele
phone operators.
‘
Sir Arthur Cona.n OovEe
aiLthor, of "The Lact Wm-Lri?
V
The Absorbing Serial Story Now Running
in The Tribune.
THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Easy Today at Decline of 2 to
24 Points—July Eeased Off to 22.06.
New York. May IS. —The cotton mar
ket opened easy today at a decline of
2 to 24 points, showing net losses of
2 to 14 points in the early trading under
liquidation by recent buyers, with local
and southern selling promoted by con
tinued talk of mill curtailment, relative
ly easy Liverpool cables and a favorable
view of crop progress in the South.
July eased off to 22.02 and October to
21.77 but at these figures the decline
was checked by covering and there were
rallies of several points from the lowest
before the end of the first hour on re
ports of too much rain in some parts of
the western bent and low night temper
ature.
Private cables said the decline in Liv
erpool was due to local and continental
selling.
COMMUNISTS ACTIVE
IN SOFIA AGAIN NOW
Armed Bands Composed of Desperate
Men Are Harrassing Countryside in
Central Bulgaria. Also.
Sofia, May 18 (By the Associated
Press). —A resumption of communist ac
tivities has been noted in the last few
days. Several armed bands composed of
desperate ffien? aR goejd marksmen, and
possessed of good knowledge of the ter
rain, are harassing the countryside in
central Bulgaria. They operate only at
noght and thus far have eluded the
troops and police sent after them.
A large supply of explosives has been
discovered at Icbtiman, between Sofia
and Philippopolis, while in the latter
city two machine guns and much ammu
nition was found in a communist home.
UNION CARPENTERS IN
ASHEVILLE ON STRIKE
700 Quit Jobs When They Failed to
Reach an Agreement Relative to
Wages.
Asheville, N. C., May 15.—Seven hun
dred carpenters went on strike at 1)
o’clock this mprning following inability
to agree with employing contractors over
the proposed new wage scale. The car
penters gave notice of an increase in
pay from 87 1-2 cents an hour to one
dollar an hour, effective May Ist. Con
tractors insisted that present contracts
be carried out under the old scale and
agreed to meet the new wage scale July
Ist. This was declined, and following
conferences they last night voted to call
their men off the work this morning.
KNOW 43 PERISHED
IN MINE EXPLOSION
In Addition to Those Killed 27 Others
Were Injured in the Explosion.
Dortsfeld, Germany, May 18.—The
number of known dead in the mine ex
plosion here Saturday has reached 43,
with 27 injured.
The work of the trapped miners’ com
rades in recovering the bodies and res
cuing the wounded constitutes one of
tiie heroic pages in mining history of
this region.
With Our Advertisers.
Silk thread, in all shades. Corticello,
the kind that don’t tangle, only 6 cents
a spool at J. C. Penney Co’s. J. &P-
Coats’ thread, white, black and colors,
only 4 cents a spool. See big ad. to
day for other bargans.
Heisey’s glassware is of the highest
quality. Sold here by the Ritchie
Hardware Co.
Don’t forget to visit l’arks-Belk Co’s,
beauty shop. All kinds of beauty*cul
ture work anth hair cutting.
Sale of silk hosiery now on at Fisher’s
from 95 cents to $1.05.
The removal sale at the Browns-Can
non Co. is stil lon.
Curtain scrims, nets and draperies at
the Parks-Belk Co’s. Many other spe
cials now on at this big store.
Caillaux Candidate For French Senate.
Le Mans, France, May 18 (By the As
sociated Press). —Finance Ministed Jos
Caillaux today accepted the candidacy
for the Senate from this district, offered
by the radical party. He will replace
Senator Gigon, who offered his resigna
tion in order to permit the return of the
finance minister to parliament.
Northern Saghalien Transferred to Rus
sia.
Tokyo, May 15 (By the Associated
Press). —The transfer of northern Sag
halien from Japan to the soviet govern
ment of Russia was completed today with
the signing of protocols and the opening
of the Rusisan consulate at Alexandrovsk.
An international wireless exhibition is
to be held next Fall in Geneva.
Wages.
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
SHEPHERD ON TRIAL
P.r ~'TH OF
FOSTER SON
The Trial of W. D. Shepherd,
Charged With Murder of
William McClintock, Cre
ating Much Interest.
STATE’S ATTORNEY
CROWE TO PROSECUTE
Said That Attorney General
of Illinois Will Keep Close
Watch On Case—Trial Will
Be a Lengthy One.
Chicago, May IS.—Caught in the trail
of disaster that has followed the Mc-
Clintock fortune for generations. Wil
liam Darling Shepherd, the last titular
owner, today faced trial for murder. He
stood charged with slaying by typhoid
fever germs the last possessor of the
$1,500,000 legacy. William Nelson Mc-
Clintock. a youth, who was ward of
Mrs. Shepherd, had lived with them six
teen years.
Shepherd counter charged that it was
a plot fostered by a dozen cousins of
McClintock to break the will in order
to come in for a division of the fortune
and thereby deprive him of his inherent
rights. He entered an absolute denial .
of the 21 counts of the murder indict
ment.
State’s Attorney Robert E. Crowe will
direct prosecution. It was indicate that
the office of the attorney general of Il
linois will keep close watch on the pro
ceedings through an observer at the trial.
Selection of the jury was expected ito
consume two o-r three weeks.
Will Ask Death Penalty.
Chicago, May 18.—William D. Shep-i
herd went on trial today charged with
Wm. N. McClintock, with the pr“«ecu
the murder of his mililonaire foster son,
tioii indicating that it would ask for the
death penalty.
Chas. C. Faimnn, head of th» school of
sciences, indicted with Shepherd, and
who confessed he instructed the latter in -
the administration of typhoid germs and
suplied him with cultures, was granted a
separate trial on motion of State's Attor
ney Robert E. Crowe. Faiman is slated
to be the state’s star witness.
The first and second veniremen examin
ed for jury service were ex. used by the
state after they had said they have con
scientious scruples against imposition of ,
caital punishment.
ORDER OF GEN. METTS
Says That All Checks to National Guard
Must Be Presented Within Six Month*.
Raleigh, N. C., May 16.—Adjutant
General J. Van B. Metts has issued an
order declaring that all checks made pay
able to members of the North Carolina
National Guard will in the future be
null and void if not presented within six
ty days after issuance. This applies also
to all checks issued more than sixty days
prior to the issuance of the order, in
cases where where they- have not been
cashed.
“All officers commanding National
Guard United holding for delivery armory
pay checks, and all others having in their
possession any check or checks issued
sixty (60) days or more prior to the
date of this order are directed to return
promptly such check or checks as direct-'
ed herein,” reads a portion of General
Metts’ order, “with information concern
ing cancellation, non-delivery or the is
suance of a new check.”
General Metts indicated that the or
der was based on an opinion from the
Attorney General.
The General Assembly of 1925 passed
a law'" requiring all checks issued by the
State to be presented within sixty days,
elsje they were to become null and void.
Speedy “Reduction” Through Surgery.
Kinston, May 15.—A patient in Par
rott Memorial Hospital here is con
valescing after an unusual operation.
Twenty-*%even pounds of fat were re
moved from the abdomen of a woman
whose 325 pound* of avoirdupoise were
burdensome to her. Dr. Albert DeK.
Parrott, of the hospital staff, perform
ed the operation. Tbe patient it> “doing
nicely,” it was stated at the institution
today. f
An incision was made from dank to
flank and a layer of flesh eight inches
wide laid back to remove the fat. A
“pad“ weighing 27 pounds was taken
off andthe patient was "sewn up again
weighing less than 300 pounds.” She
came here from a down-country point.
Wants Bulgaria to Reduce Size of Army'.
London. May 18 (By the Associated
Pres*). —It is learned in official circles
that the British government in an agree
ment with other allies, does not feel in
clined to authorize retention beyond May
31st of the excess troops which Bul
garia was allowed to raise to care for
recent disorders in that country.
WHAT SAT*S BEAR SAYS
Unsettled with local thundershower^
* tonight and Tuesday. (
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